[Archive — 2016] Vive le son du canon

Ça me fait toujours marrer de voir des gens s'enflammer parce que tel ou tel truc est « canon » ou pas dans un univers de fiction. Perso j'en ai jamais eu grand-chose à carrer : notre imaginaire reste libre, en fin de compte.

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#PennedPossibilities 646 — How would you describe your MC’s job or occupation? (You can be comedic about it, if you like.)

These stories hop around over more than a decade, thus the lists. Some stints are very temporary.

• Thorn: High school then university student. Occupational prefecture governor. Astronaut.
• Streak: High school then university student. Lover. Researcher. Test pilot. Advisor. Astronaut.
• Devil-girl: Homeless ascetic, grocery clerk, prizefighter, transporter, bodyguard, dõna, troubleshooter.
• May Ri: Student, mother, engineer, princess (she considers that one a joke but others don't), general.
• Wintereyes (feral but kind human): Friend of animals (including wyverns), wolf pack member and provider, involuntary student, idiosyncratic mage.

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#WordWeavers 2504.17 — Is your antagonist high maintenance? CW: Ugly potentially terrifying character description.

Today, not the usual suspect but a total cad.

Ezekiel Stan, one of the original scientist-colonists on Mars—one of the EM Mars Corp's colonial onsite directors until he butts heads with May Ri (the MC)—is a Decath religious macho jackass in plenty of unsavory ways. Depending on how you interact with him, he's super high maintenance, especially if you are a woman. It's hard to satisfy him; his wife knows about and must tolerate all his hypocritical indiscretions as we learn near the end of the book. For men, it might be worse. He has an eye for mistakes or venalities, and never forgets if he can use weaknesses to coerce and corrupt. He's not above violence, even against his own son who turns out "too feminine." If you must interact with him, especially if you live within his sphere of influence, you will do whatever it takes to placate him.

Except for May Ri. That makes Ezekiel and her mutual antagonists. She, however, is not the stupid woman he expects her to be—she's an engineer.

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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2504.17 — Do your real-world tastes show up in your writing?

[Well, you asked. If that's not enough of a content warning, read on.—RS]

I like people.

I may be cripplingly shy, strictly monogamous, and a bit autistic, but I like people. I observe them. From afar. I populate my stories with people that would interest me, who might attract me, whom I would interact with physically could I convince myself because I understand how safe they are or are not. They are the totally average, the generally honest, the sometimes ethically challenged, the occasionally passionate, and the intermittently ambiguous. These are my tastes. Why would I write about other's tastes? However, I work when writing to never fully describe the people who populate my stories so that the reader might satisfy their tastes, too. Notwithstanding red hair and freckles, of course—they look super cute on men as well as women. (Wait… Did RS really say that? Or is RS being funny?)

As for food: What I describe, sometimes in great detail, is my taste. Whether my stomach would rebel eating such a meal is another story altogether. Kippers and onions are salty oily heaven, btw.

I love impressionism. Art sometimes populates my stories, and it is always impressionist. When the character is a photographer, they are an extension of my soul.

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#ScribesAndMakers 2504.17 — Marketing can be difficult. As a reader/viewer, what catches your interest and makes you want to buy? CW: The opinions are solely those of the author and don't reflect those of any marketeer or designer.

I am a golden retriever. Movement and color catch my eye. Squirrel!

I am also like a crow. What is the shiny thing??? Must. Have. It.

I am a baby. I've not seen that thing. Stare…

Recently, it's been authors writing about their work or their books that have made me buy. I like seeing the self-promotions, if they don't come at me like spam (or look like it). Thusly has mastodon marketed your books! I can't say whether I'm typical or whether I'm unique, but there you go.

If I'm browsing without aim in the bookstore, cover art and title play equally big roles. Your presentation doesn't have to be like all the others. I like the imaginative, the primitive, the abstract, and the non sequitur as much as I like the interesting hunk or princess on the cover doing the outrageous thing they're not supposed to be doing. A bit of abstract art on a shelf or the beautiful people will catch my eye. A puzzler title, or one of innuendo or doble-sentido, or stating the obvious forcefully will get me to think, though. Combined with the art, they will make me pick it up.

Not helpful, I know. No secret sauce recipes here. However…

AI art will cause me to place the book pages-forward, or hide it from view behind other books. Won't buy it! No I won't. If the publisher cheaps out, I'm assuming the author did, too.

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https://wdldiamond.blog/2025/04/17/haunted-theatre-geloyras-ghostly-legacy/
Geloyra, a ghost tied to the Grand Majestic Theatre, confronts new owner Killan, who wishes to renovate the theater she loved. While he sees it as a dilapidated building, Geloyra views his plans as sacrilege
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https://wdldiamond.blog/2025/04/17/empire-lizard-a-rock-bands-journey-on-a-cruise-ship/
Empire Lizard, a band on a cruise ship, initially toned down their performances for older passengers. However, inspired by Mrs. Harris’s encouragement, they unleashed their raw energy during a performance
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Yay! I completed a fiction podcast and sent it off to the show runner! series called girlfriend material. It’s a fashion romantic comedy involving two women at meet over repairs and fall in love. It has a happily ever after, and is the lightest thing I’ve ever done, but it was a lot of fun! It doesn’t feature disable characters, but I honestly don’t think I need to write disabled characters all the time. #Podcast #Podcasts #Fiction

This is chapter 8 of my Phoenix Academy story: Shared warmth, forced coolness. https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/109929/phoenix-academy/chapter/2210049/shared-warmth-forced-coolness

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#QuestionOfTheDay who is your favorite female love interest character in fiction and why? caveat: she cannot be the main character/protagonist

In a divided world, fiction can break through the barriers that keep us apart, says Rachida Lamrabet.

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