Priya Sridhar<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@neve" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neve</span></a></span> <br>Here are my latest Medium articles:<br><a href="https://medium.com/permanent-nerd-network/where-caesar-flickerman-stands-within-the-hunger-games-ff83a8a3195f" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/permanent-nerd-netw</span><span class="invisible">ork/where-caesar-flickerman-stands-within-the-hunger-games-ff83a8a3195f</span></a></p><p><a href="https://medium.com/permanent-nerd-network/wishing-well-wishing-well-shows-how-to-believe-in-faeries-70f15c5d7b87" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/permanent-nerd-netw</span><span class="invisible">ork/wishing-well-wishing-well-shows-how-to-believe-in-faeries-70f15c5d7b87</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writephant</span></a></p>
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RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@neve" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neve</span></a></span> </p><blockquote><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writephant</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/self" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>self</span></a>-promo We’re at the end of the hour, which means it’s self-promotion time -- reply with links to your website, book, promotion, etc</p></blockquote><p>The only thing I can "promo" today is the sample stories pinned to my profile. Yesterday, I deleted my web-novel <em>Mars Needed Women</em> (<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSMarsNeededWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSMarsNeededWomen</span></a>) as I am now heavily revising it and proofing it. The 23K story was essentially a first draft when posted it on Mastodon as I wrote it over 31 days, but now I've added plenty extra material (see my A2 answer, which greatly improves the chapter titled <em>Shelter</em>). I will be shipping out a beta to my beta readers probably next week. Of course, if anyone else is interested in becoming a beta reader, go ahead and PM me.</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoostingIsSharing</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingCommunity</span></a></p>
Priya Sridhar<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@neve" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neve</span></a></span> Join the <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WriteStuff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WriteStuff</span></a> chat tomorrow? I cohost that though not up tomorrow. <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writephant</span></a></p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@neve" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neve</span></a></span> </p><blockquote><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writephant</span></a> Q4 Does social media boost or drain your writing energy? How do you recharge creatively — by going inward or getting out and connecting?</p></blockquote><p>This might be a little TMI.</p><p>Social media is a shy egoist's dream. I safely become a character in my own narrative, and it does recharge me creatively, whilst letting me practice my craft, and gives me a reason to be writing whilst avoiding actually doing the real work of writing stories. (Bad RS!) Trying to go inward is asking for angst and baiting depression (which I've kicked, so I doubly try not to go there). </p><p>Remember, shy people aren't antisocial, we want to communicate. I communicate through writing.</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoostingIsSharing</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingCommunity</span></a></p>
Neve Maslakovic<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@Priyajsridhar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Priyajsridhar</span></a></span> </p><p>I'm still finding my way around Bluesky - today I figured out how to have my website be my username there, so that's a start.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writephant</span></a></p>
Elektra<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@neve" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neve</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 will be Balticon on Memorial Day weekend, where Permutations, an anthology based on Jack Chalker's Well World will launch.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writephant</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amediting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amediting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/alternatehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alternatehistory</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writersofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ConTinual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConTinual</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/supernatural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supernatural</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/permutations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>permutations</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/wellworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wellworld</span></a></p>
Neve Maslakovic<p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writephant</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SelfPromo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfPromo</span></a> </p><p>I write science fiction that leans towards cozy, with plenty of mystery twists and humor. Find out more about my books here:</p><p><a href="https://nevemaslakovic.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">nevemaslakovic.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mystery</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/speculative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>speculative</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
D. G. Marshall<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writephant</span></a> A4 Does social media boost or drain your writing energy? How do you recharge creatively — by going inward or getting out and connecting?</p><p>It can boost. Connecting with other writers, knowing they're going through the same kind of things with their writing/querying/sales.</p><p>And I've used lots of real world events (current and historical) for inspiration. these things pop up on the right social media.</p>
Elektra<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@neve" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neve</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writephant</span></a> Does social media boost or drain my writing energy? How do I recharge creatively?</p><p>Some social media can boost my energy, but most of it tends to drain me. </p><p>The best way to recharge is to take a creative class or to go to a convention where I can hang out with creative types and go to/be on panels.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritersofMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersofMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SFConventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFConventions</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ConTinual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConTinual</span></a></p>
Neve Maslakovic<p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writephant</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/self" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>self</span></a>-promo We’re at the end of the hour, which means it’s self-promotion time -- reply with links to your website, book, promotion, etc!</p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@neve" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neve</span></a></span> </p><blockquote><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writephant</span></a> Q3 Do your MCs tend to be introverted or extroverted?</p></blockquote><p>They run the gamut. I have one super shy MC who I can write from experience, but the previously most introverted is plenty capable of dealing with people and being assertive if she wants to (which she doesn't, but nobody gives her choices). The others it really is a nonissue. No social butterflies though; they're mostly moth-like and not flamboyant.</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoostingIsSharing</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingCommunity</span></a></p>
Priya Sridhar<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@neve" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neve</span></a></span> <br>Twitter was one of the most cursed things to hit writers in hindsight. Almost as soon as it became necessary to have one, it became a minefield for marginalized creators. I've been learning that those who succeeded on Twitter are more than likely to not be decent human beings.<br>Tumblr is a hellsite, but you know that going in because I was there shortly before DashCon, where the two adult co-founders tried placing the burden of responsibility on the minor co-founder, happened. <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writephant</span></a></p>
Priya Sridhar<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@neve" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neve</span></a></span> Sighhhhh<br>Posting as an influencer is not something I'm skilled at for myself; the act of presenting an image that's a fraction of the truth is hard. <br>I will say doing these chats, here on Mastodon and Bluesky, is a recharge. Because I know the ones who will respond are 90 percent likely to answer in good faith. <br>Going to break this up into several ruplies <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writephant</span></a></p>
Elektra<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@neve" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neve</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writephant</span></a> Do my MCs tend to be introverted or extroverted?</p><p>It depends. I write my MC's personality whichever way will make for a better story.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritersofMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersofMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Neve Maslakovic<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@elektra" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>elektra</span></a></span> It seems like we all rely on the subconscious thing! Should have remembered to put it in the question as a third option, ah well</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writephant</span></a></p>
Elektra<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@neve" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neve</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writephant</span></a> Do I get my story problems solved by ruminating or by talking things out with people?</p><p>Mostly I ruminate until I've figured it out. Sometimes I sleep on it--the magic of the subcounscious mind doing the work for me. Occasionally, I find someone to talk it out with, but that's pretty rare.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritersofMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersofMastodon</span></a></p>
Neve Maslakovic<p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writephant</span></a> A4 Does social media boost or drain your writing energy? How do you recharge creatively — by going inward or getting out and connecting?</p><p>On the good side of things, <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writephant</span></a> tends to boost my writing energy. And some other corners of the social media landscape do as well.</p><p>Much of it is draining, though, and I try to stay away from those corners as much as I can.</p><p>Connecting one on one, or in a small group, tends to work the best for me.</p>
Elektra<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@neve" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neve</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writephant</span></a> Do I prefer writing alone in silence or in a busy place with people around?</p><p>Short answer: yes</p><p>TLDR: I like to write with the TV on, but too low to really hear. Kind of a white noise thing. It lets me focus and I tune it out completely when I get going. I do the same thing when I have trouble sleeping.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritersofMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersofMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Priya Sridhar<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@neve" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neve</span></a></span> Introverted. Some are extroverts but aren't very good at it haha. <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writephant</span></a></p>
Priya Sridhar<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@davidtheeviloverlord" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>davidtheeviloverlord</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@neve" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neve</span></a></span> Yeah... his mom and I think he'll figure this one out in a month. <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writephant</span></a></p>
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