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The writer worked feverishly on the document. He was revising now, moving back and forth through the text, bringing sections into alignment and smoothing transitions.
"Hey!" growled a large, burly man. His eyes twinkled above his thick, curly beard. "What about your friends?"
"I haven't abandoned them," the writer replied, his eyes still glued to the screen. "I'm just trying to finish this."
"That's of no #account! Post something to #wss366! Or else."
"Okay, okay," muttered the writer. "Sheesh!"

#ScribesAndMakers Show us something you've created. Tell us the story behind it.

I made a new shimenawa for my cherry tree last year: https://stevendbrewer.com/new-shimenawa/

Five years ago, I made my first one and wrote a longer post describing the process: https://blog.bierfaristo.com/content/making-shimenawa-and-shide

#WritersCoffeeClub Do you write your characters’ thoughts, or let their actions speak for themselves? Why?

I prefer to describe actions, dialog, reactions, and events. One of the things the panelists on the "live slush-reading panel" objected to about my opening was a lack of interiority in my writing. Fuck those guys. I do sometimes describe thoughts and feelings, but I would rather express those things using observables.

I am drinking a can of Year of the Wooden Snake while checking the shipment of new books that arrived too late for Readercon.

Today is Sea Day (海の記念日) in Japan. Or was. It's probably already over.

There was a daring pink dress she had gotten for a holiday party. But it seemed too risque for a marriage interview.
She decided it needed to be a white dress. She had several. One was a bit too austere. And another too frilly. The third seemed perfect. It was elegant with a sheer layer, but panels for modesty that made it ideal for something like this. (2/2) #wss366 from Lady Cecelia's Trial

Cecelia went to the closet, stepped inside, and walked down the long line of hanging clothes to consider which outfit might be most appropriate for a marriage interview. A dress, clearly, but which one? 
There was a very nice #green one she had gotten for a ball. But she had gotten it, honestly, because she thought boys would find it repellent, and not ask her to dance. (1/2) #wss366

I got a card from Neil Clarke certifying that I have been officially rejected by Clarkesworld.

"You'd better bring up your shield," Tseluna said. "And I want you to expand it so it covers me too."
"But I still can't do that!" Rory said.
"You don't want me to get hurt, do you?" she said. "In a few minutes, we'll have another shower of burning #ash. Maybe even splashes of lava. If you don't cover me, I might get seriously injured."
"Can't you use your own shield?" he asked anxiously.
"I'm depending on you, Sugar," she said. "You can protect me, can't you?" #wss366 from *A Familiar Problem*

#PennedPossibilities Is your WIP a singular novel, a series of books, serial fiction, comics, or fanfiction?

Most of my work has been serials (The Mary Stories, Revin's Heart, Better Angels, Lady Cecelia's Journey, etc.) A Familiar Problem is a stand-alone novel, but could be part of a trilogy. I'm currently working on a stand-alone novel, The Ground Never Lies, which probably won't be part of a serial. Probably. I do love the characters, though, so I might want to visit them again sometime.

A biochemist stopped by my Readercon dealer table and was captivated by the 任せて Human DNA Analysis tool. He listened to my pitch, then loaded and ran the tool. He accepted its report with good humor, wrote in the reported value, and said his colleagues would get a kick out of it. He said he'd be back to buy a book later.

A woman was walking by our Readercon dealer table with an adorable little girl who had a very sour expression on her face. The mother spotted the cover of one of our Dragon Gems books that have cute, anthropomorphic dragons on them.
"Ooh! Dragons!" the mother said, tipping the book up so the girl could see it.
"Ech!" the girl said, with infinite disgust.
Someone is having quite the morning.

Forrest jumped down onto the man's chest. He strutted up to his throat and, leaning over his face, hissed down venomously at him. "If you don't pick it up in about 10 seconds, that's what your pukkin' face is going to look like!" (3/3) #wss366

"Do you know what kind of meat it is?" Forrest asked.
"Hamburger?"
"No! That's ground #chuck."
"How can you tell?"
"Because you let the pukkin' wrapper blow off onto the pukkin' ground!" Forrest shrieked. The man backpedaled frantically and fell over backward. (2/3) #wss366

Forrest landed on a table by a young man fixing to cook his very first burger.
"That's some good looking meat you've got there," Forrest said, amiably.
"Really?" the young man replied. He was looking a bit queasy, preparing to form patties. "I've never done anything like this before." (1/3) #wss366

Korean fried chicken and "It's Complicated Being a Wizard," a DIPA from the Burlington Beer Company. A perfect end to a long day selling books in the Readercon bookstore.

The Bookstore at Readercon is about to open!

We've come to Pressed Cafe in Burlington for breakfast. Good coffee and tasty burritos!
Daniel had said, when I suggested it, "Why are you making me go to the Depressed Cafe?"

I've been happy enough with Independent Analytics plugin for Wordpress, that I decided to purchase a license for the "pro" version. https://stevendbrewer.com/independent-analytics-for-wordpress/

"I'm a biological android. Real bears can't talk. I was made for a circus, to be scary."
He suddenly stood up and roared at her.
Brunhilde was unfazed. She clapped, laughing at his performance.
"Weren't you scared?" he asked.
"Of course not," she scoffed. "I know you'd never hurt me." (2/2) #wss366