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Hannah Steenbock<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/PhantastikPrompts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhantastikPrompts</span></a> 15.7.: "Duzen, Siezen, Ihrzen: Wie wichtig sind Anreden und Titel?"</p><p>Ich schreibe meistens auf Englisch, das ist das kaum ein Problem.</p><p>Wird aber in dem Moment zum Problem, wenn ich die Stories übersetzen möchte...</p><p>Es kommt ein bisschen auf's Setting an. In Lar Elien wird ge-Ihrzt. Bei den Wölfen eher gesiezt und gedutzt.</p><p>Bei den Winds &amp; Pillars weiß ich es noch nicht, aber Goha dutzt South von Anfang an, ich lasse es wohl dabei.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Schreiben" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Schreiben</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Stefanie Neumann<p>'Source' - <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/DailyPictureTheme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DailyPictureTheme</span></a></p><p>Love. The ultimate source.</p><p>---<br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/vss365" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vss365</span></a> - <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/contrarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contrarian</span></a><br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/WordedArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordedArt</span></a> - <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/refill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>refill</span></a><br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/BlueSkyRelay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlueSkyRelay</span></a> - <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/revive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>revive</span></a><br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/DailyHaikuPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DailyHaikuPrompt</span></a> - sand / hibernate</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/KBFPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KBFPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/MobilePhonePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MobilePhonePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dailyhaikuprompt</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/vss365" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>vss365</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writingcommunity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>writingcommunity</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/poetry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>poetry</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/haiku" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>haiku</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span></p>
Hannah Steenbock<p>Guten Morgen, Freunde.</p><p>Too exhausted to post last evening, but yesterday was a good day.</p><p>Wrote 750 words for the Wolf Bonus story and had great fun with that.</p><p>Fell into an emotional rabbit hole about Sylvia's Mother (the song).</p><p>Went to a birthday party and met a lot of former friends - who were actually happy to see me.</p><p>Not sure what to think of that, because for about 15 years, they never bothered to contact me...</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PennedPossibilities</span></a> 727 — MC POV: Do you remember your 21st birthday? Describe it as best you can. </p></blockquote><p>The devil-girl pretty much spilled the beans about her age in <strong><em>The Wanted Poster</em></strong> in 1st person POV, which is pinned to my profile. Consider reading the 540 word tootfic for a taste of her autistic deadpan humor and the situations she fervently doesn't want to get into but does because she has the back of people she's responsible for, to a fault. As for her age, these two paragraphs set up and provide her answer. </p><blockquote><p>[I] read [the wanted poster] further, "<em>Wanted for questioning in regards to the Old Harbors Post Office and the Three Forks Bridge explosions. Suspected of transporting illegal goods and wanted persons, assault, racketeering, attempted murder, and terrorism. Goes by the name Gelding and other aliases. Aged between 15 and 35.</em>"</p><p>I muttered, "A two-decade range? I'm not even two decades old." I really worked on disguising myself, and it paid off.</p></blockquote><p>She doesn't remember her 21st birthday, yet…</p><p>PS: The age of majority in her world is 24. </p><p><strong><em>The Wanted Poster</em></strong>: <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110136451462609798" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/11013645</span><span class="invisible">1462609798</span></a></p><p>[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoostingIsSharing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a><br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mystery</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thriller</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>romance</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sf</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a><br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a><br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSdiscussion</span></a> <br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSstory</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSReluctanceStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSReluctanceStory</span></a></p>
Spooky Panda 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PennedPossibilities</span></a> 727 — MC POV: Do you remember your 21st birthday? Describe it as best you can. </p><p>Alexios: Mmm. I was so young and naïve. I'd give just about anything to relive that day, too. I had just graduated from university and there was this lass I fancied in my class... She wanted to see a film together for my birthday. I spent the morning with my parents, helped my mum in the garden, and spent some time with family. I was over the moon that this lass had asked for a date night, said yes, and picked her up around dinnertime. We had a meal, enjoyed the movie and all that. It was a great time. I miss being young. Everything felt so much easier back then, didn't it? </p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/LGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBT</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/TheCityOfOpulence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCityOfOpulence</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/DigitalDystopiaSeries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalDystopiaSeries</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Cyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cyberpunk</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Romance</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Worldbuilding</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)<p>Your character thinks they have been invited on a date. Why are they wrong?</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingPrompt</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Elektra<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@Priyajsridhar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Priyajsridhar</span></a></span> <br>I'm Elektra Hammond. Find me at untilmidnight.com</p><p>See me talk about SF/F, writing, comics, TV, and Supernatural at Con-Tinual (the Con that Never Ends) on Facebook and Youtube.</p><p>My next convention is Confluence in Pittsburgh, PA.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writephant</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amediting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amediting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Confluence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Confluence</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/alternatehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alternatehistory</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writersofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ConTinual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConTinual</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/supernatural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>supernatural</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comics</span></a></p>
Jack Groundhog 📷📸🪶<p>Pygmalion<br>A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> in two parts</p><p>—</p><p>i.</p><p>I never asked you to sculpt me.<br>My cracks make what I am.<br>From hollow help I’ll set me free:<br>False love’s a tarnished sham.</p><p>I know my gears are rimmed with rust<br>and my tongue’s a tangled mess:<br>Our love’s stone façade’s turned to dust,<br>clawed, crumbled in vines’ caress.</p><p>🧵👇🏼 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poemaday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/statue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>statue</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a></p>
Scott Rochester<p>I have always wondered about websites that publish other people's poetry without discussing copyright.</p><p>When does a piece of literature become “public domain” and/or copyright free?</p><p>Could somebody with superior knowledge please guide me to an explanation?</p><p>Thanks.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/askfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>askfedi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lazyweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lazyweb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a></p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> 2025.07.14 — Self-promotion day. Show us what you're proud of. Let's boost away.</p></blockquote><p>What I'm proud of today, I'm going to title <strong><em>Savory Soup</em></strong>. It features both my writing and cooking skills, is 502 words, and provides a good insight into the character of one of my women MCs—from what may yet turn out to be a cozy (yet spicy) romance fantasy (it has dragons) novella. Best of all, the excerpt is posted here on Mastodon. It ought bring you a smile, so please give it a read.</p><p><strong><em>Savory Soup</em></strong>: <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/114814396383680088" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/11481439</span><span class="invisible">6383680088</span></a></p><p>[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoostingIsSharing</span></a> and <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/CommentingIsCool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommentingIsCool</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> photographer chef cooking<br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>romance</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sf</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a><br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSdiscussion</span></a> <br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSstory</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSInklingsStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSInklingsStory</span></a></p>
Hannah Steenbock<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> 7/14: What is your favorite emotion to write?</p><p>Love. Hands down.</p><p>And I mean all aspects of love, the joy, the pain, the pining, the relief, the happiness, the fear.</p><p>All of it. </p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 2025.07.14 — What’s your favorite format to release your work (ebook, paperback, audiobook, etc.)? Why?</p></blockquote><p>I'm going to be obtuse and answer that if I could find an easy and accessible path to traditionally publishing my stories and novels, I'd take it in a hot second. I'd rather let the publisher and agent hash formats out.</p><p>I suspect I won't find that.</p><p>[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoostingIsSharing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a><br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSdiscussion</span></a></p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 2025.07.12 2/2 — Are you comfortable promoting your own work [<strong>in person</strong>]?</p></blockquote><p>GAH! Okay, having reread this prompt, I realized I attended an SF and Fantasy convention (BayCon / WesterCon 41) over the July 4th weekend. Do I like promoting my work? Again, I repeat, GAH! I am a shy person and the amount of mental energy necessary to roll that boulder up the hill and over the crest is Sisyphusian.</p><p>But.</p><p><em>I did it!!!</em></p><p>Strangely, turns out, as a number of you writer-author folk pointed out in your replies to me (thank you!), other writers, authors, artists, readers, and fans are or have been in situations that have made them supremely anxious, too. I was <em>surprised</em> at how many people asked questions or led me into conversations. I <em>talked</em> a lot that weekend, and asked <em>questions</em> that let me listen to also sorts of wonderful things about craft of writing, and living that life. My palms did not betray me and remained dry when I shook hands. I did talk about my view on gender and feminist fiction, and my works, and shared about Mastodon. I even ended up pitching a small press about <em>Mars Needed Women</em> (not actually realizing that I was) and got instructions how to submit even though they are not accepting submissions until next year. I'm hoping the beta readers give me enough feedback that I can make it acceptable before open submission time…</p><p>Wow. Okay, I won't say I was <em>comfortable.</em> It was <em>work,</em> and I burnt out for an hour here and there, but not in front of anybody I wanted to talk to. I. Did. Not. Blather, either. It was gratifying. I should work on having a higher opinion of myself and a kinder opinion of others.</p><p>[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoostingIsSharing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a><br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSdiscussion</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSMarsNeededWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSMarsNeededWomen</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSStory</span></a></p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 2025.07.13 — Do you regularly write reviews of others' work or promote them?</p></blockquote><p>I <em>regularly</em> boost author books, articles, and art on Mastodon, and state as much on my profile. I need to see the post to do so. I prefer posts that include links: <u>I am lazy and presume others are, also; links on your profile are insufficient in my opinion, especially since Mastodon shrinks links so they aren't full length.</u> I don't boost repeated instances that are too close together as I don't want to spam my followers. You can PM me and I'll look for the public post, but nobody has taken me up on that offer, yet.</p><p>I will likely end up boosting everybody's <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> self-promo post for July 14, 2025.</p><p>If I've read you book or article, I may post about it. When I see nice art by the artist, I may review it—or critique it if I think it needs a little more to become a masterpiece. I use hashtags, and suggest that you do, too. I am more regular about art since it takes a lot less time than reading.</p><p>To be clear, I don't boost work promoted other than by the <em>artist's own account.</em> If you are promoting <em>your own work as well as others,</em> I will boost that.</p><p>[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoostingIsSharing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sketch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sketch</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fineart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fineart</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/photographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photographer</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/watercolor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watercolor</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>painting</span></a> <br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSdiscussion</span></a></p>
Noel J. Penaflor<p>SUPERMAN (2025) <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Review" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Review</span></a> </p><p>This Superman (2025) Review Has Nathan Fillion Adding Another “N” To His Name! (<a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Link" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Link</span></a> Below)</p><p><a href="https://hubpages.com/entertainment/superman-2025-review-that-shrinks-in-freezing-weather" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hubpages.com/entertainment/sup</span><span class="invisible">erman-2025-review-that-shrinks-in-freezing-weather</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/reviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reviews</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/filmreviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>filmreviews</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/moviereviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moviereviews</span></a><br><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/article" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>article</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/listicle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>listicle</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/list" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>list</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/read" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>read</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/writersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writersofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funny</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/superman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superman</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/superman2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superman2025</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/writingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Movies</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/movie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>movie</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/cinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cinema</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/cinemastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cinemastodon</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Film</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/films" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>films</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/filmmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>filmmastodon</span></a></p>
Kirsten Menger-Anderson<p>Great to see THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS included in the latest issue of the Haverford College magazine! </p><p>"Deemed 'an appealing intellectual mystery' by Publishers Weekly and featured in the Washington Posts's notable books for March, The Expert of Subtle Revisions plumbs the complexities of time and the narratives we construct for ourselves."</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/writersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writersofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon@a.gup.pe</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon@fedigroups.social</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://issuu.com/haverfordedu/docs/haverford_magazine_spring_summer_2025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">issuu.com/haverfordedu/docs/ha</span><span class="invisible">verford_magazine_spring_summer_2025</span></a></p>
Amalia Zeichnerin<p>EDIT: Thanks, my question has been answered.</p><p>These days, if you fancy somebody, or very much like them or are almost at the point of falling in love with them, you might say that you have a crush on them.</p><p>For a story set in the US in 1995, I am now wondering: was "to have a crush on someone" something people said back then? Or would they have rather said it differently? </p><p>(I grew up in the 1990ies, but in Germany, and I am writing this story in English.)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a></p>
Sifaseven<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> Day 14 What is your favorite emotion to write?</p><p>I’m not sure I have a favorite emotion. But maybe the thrill of discovery, finding pieces and clues to a puzzle.</p><p>I also like writing scenes where the characters just chill and interact with each other.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a></p>
Sifaseven<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 14: What's your favorite format to release your work (ebook, paperback, audiobook, etc.)? Why?</p><p>E-book, as it’s easier for me to publish on different platforms. If I could also release on paperback, that would be awesome.</p><p>I’ve considered doing an audiobook of my poetry, but I’m not sure if anyone would be interested in anything like that.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a></p>
Scott Rochester<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> 14 Jul 'Self promotion day! what are you proud of.'</p><p>AngryBard is making his debut appearance in the orchestra of Miss Fortune.</p><p>when I wrote this in Jan 2025 it was chapter 7 not 18</p><p>it's not being edited</p><p>it has been ripped apart and rebuilt completely in the past 24 hours</p><p>maybe not perfect, but I'm much happier with the new version</p><p>see Alt Text for more x2</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CopperWolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CopperWolf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/orchestra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orchestra</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKeduChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKeduChat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amediting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amediting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GCSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GCSE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShowTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShowTime</span></a></p>