I've been working on this essay forever. About my ancestral grandmother Ellen, her spreading the Lost Cause Myth, which justified lynching, and living in Mississippi at the same time as anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells-Barnett. I feel good about it, but it's long, 3400 words, and complicated in my expanding understanding of the deep damage Ellen did. I don't know if anyone will ever want to publish it. But I've done what I can. Now for readers.
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#Today 22
Good day!
It’s difficult to get up when there’s a soft, purring creature snuggled tight to your chest.
FIVE chapters left to edit in Book3.
When I walk this morning it’ll be freezing. The nights remain cold, the days mild.
I’ll then draft this week’s blog post, part two in a self-editing series.
Be everwell.
#WritersCoffeeClub 22
most/least traveled character
Most is simple enough. Riparia Dellbane, the heroine from Kovenlore Chronicles. The series is partly an adventure & she travels great distances in 5 novels.
Least? To eliminate minor characters, I’ll limit this to main characters.
Zephtasha Barcaine in Cryptic Design. A fallen witch on probation, she CAN’T leave the immediate vicinity. The story takes place in/near the city of Cather in Pannulus.
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spring sky blue
#dailyhaikuprompt - spring sky
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#PennedPossibilities 650:What profession would you have if you lived in the world of your WIP?
I thought about this and realized: a) I'd be what I am, a writing prof, but more importantly, b)my protagonist's arcology is going to house a university!
Each arcology has a set of industrial floors that makes something or provides a service.Why one that's essentially a "college town"?
I'm concerned it's a little up my own butt,but I'm also tickled by the idea. Tee hee!
"A writer has to write until they find out who they are. There's no way around it and you can't as a writer know how long it will take to find you. That's why it happens right away for some and not for a while for others. The only rule in #writing is persistence." - Wrtr #amwriting #author #writer
My character just yelled, "WATER!" at his kids to get them to stop fighting and reflected that when they were little he'd had to use actual spray bottles. These catkin twins may get a YA spinoff at some point because I freaking love them.
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I'm Elektra Hammond. Find me at untilmidnight.com
See me talk about SF/F, writing, comics, TV, and Supernatural at Con-Tinual (the Con that Never Ends) on Facebook and Youtube.
My next convention will be Balticon on Memorial Day weekend, where Permutations, an anthology based on Jack Chalker's Well World will launch.
I had a "clever" idea to introduce a character in the middle part of my book only to find them again,years later,having transitioned,and play it as a surprise.
As in,we meet Jacinta, and then much later,we meet Wiktor,and my POV character reveals they're the same person by reintroducing herself to him (Wiktor).
But then I thought, am I perpetuating the stereotype that trans ppl are trying to "trick" us cissies? Thoughts?
How far would your character go to sample their favourite beverage?
(Seriously, I've been pouring into this thing for twenty minutes.)
It’s time for the Monday evening writing chat #writephant! I’m your host today and the topic is… Writing Energy
Life is too long not to sing. Sing your passions.
Sing for your fare.
If a prostitute stabs you in the face with a cricket post on the Jen and Judy show,
Sing it rare.
A lovely review of "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life" which is set to open in May 23 and then going wide a week later. I live in a rural area, but our local indie theater brings in great stuff, so here's hoping it shows up!
https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/jane-austen-wrecked-my-life-review-1236299874/
#AmReading #AmWriting @bookstodon #books #Bookstodon #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #JaneAusten @romancelandia
Variety · 'Jane Austen Wrecked My Life' Review: A Delectable Modern Rom-Com
#pennedpossibilities 649 - What research did you conduct for your WIP, and did you uncover anything surprising or fascinating?
A lot...Originally I was going to set this in a post Islamic world so my FMC could speak Arabic, but the more I researched, the more I realized that the Zhenguan era (627-649CE) was more fitting. Meaning in addition to reading Classical Chinese texts and scholarly works about my era, I also had to brush up on my Coptic to write this WIP.
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I've implied a lot of progressive city planning in the background as well as anarcho-syndicalism in the industrial base of the setting: the Greater Cascadian Megalopolis. It's a functional socio-anarchist sprawl where individual arcologies house the equivalent of small towns that specialize in a product or service. One might make car parts while another does security software.
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#ScribesAndMakers Apr 21: Do you write for a broad or niche audience?
Niche. I write for progressive SFF readers. If they're not onboard with a biracial Eritrean/Polish side character transitioning halfway through the book then they're not going to like what I write.
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#WordWeavers Apr 21: Is there anything that bores you about any of your characters?
No. If I'm bored of something, it won't sustain my interest, and I won't write about it. I'm not getting paid for it, so I pursue my own enjoyment, TYVM.