#WordWeavers Sept 9

Answer: In The Colours of Ellengard, it's that Katerina can see magical colours.

She works VERY hard to seem just like everyone else, weird visions included.

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#WordWeavers Sept 9: What secret would cause the most damage if it were revealed in your story (right now) at a different time to what is written?

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#WordWeavers 9. What secret would cause the most damage if it were revealed in your story right now?

How the mad scientist's machine saves the world. Especially with all of the chicken paprikas all over it.

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#WordWeavers 9/9: What secret would cause the most damage if it were revealed in your story right now?

Elthea's dad's motivation. It would tempt the reader to attribute it to El, and threaten to turn her "hero's journey" into a melodrama. El and I didn't know it, neither of us needed to know it […]

#WordWeavers 9/9: What secret would cause the most damage if it were revealed in your story right now?
Nothing springs to mind in the present WIP. There are some big reveals in Book 5 (there’s a hint in the title), and in Book 8 we…
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#WordWeavers SE 08: "Which character would be the worst person to get trapped in an elevator with?"

The security office in The Mansion, for sure. She's hypervigilant and suspicious of everything, even shadows, and she's not very nice about it either.

#WordWeavers 8/9: "Which character would be the worst person to get trapped in an elevator with?"

The CEO of the evil corporation wheezes a lot. That would get annoying fast.

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#WordWeavers 8 Sep: Which character would be the worst person to get trapped in an elevator with?

Depending on your species, Plyxst.

#WordWeavers 9/8: Which character would be the worst person to get trapped in an elevator with?

That random guy holding a black cat in his arms, who suddenly starts chattering away, telling you that today is Friday the 13th, and who makes it clear with a wink that the elevator technician—who’s […]

#WordWeavers Sep 7: Describe a moment when one of your characters realizes they've made a terrible mistake.

Elthea's mother, but it's off-stage. It's in a reconstructed story in my outtakes directory, because it's *too damned dark*.

Her mother is preaching never traveling alone, avoiding […]

#WordWeavers Sept 7: Describe a moment when one of your characters realizes they’ve made a terrible mistake.

From How Deep the Light of Stolen Suns. Solae learns the hard way that they should have been more careful about their opsec with the Thanarchs around:

"What's that?" There was a small […]

#WordWeavers Sept 7: Describe a moment when one of your characters realizes they’ve made a terrible mistake.

The protagonist is so afraid of making things worse, of ‘rocking the boat’ or disturbing anything, that their refusal to act almost brings the whole house down on their heads. Problems […]

#WordWeavers Sep 7
Describe a moment when one of your characters realizes they’ve made a terrible mistake.

Opening where MC thought explosive diarrhea for an artist would devalue their art.

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#WordWeavers 7 Sep
Describe a moment when one of your characters realizes they’ve made a terrible mistake.

Although in this case Joreth is blaming Calnor for making the mistake. His brain situation is complicated.

#WordWeavers 7/9: Describe a moment when one of your characters realises they’ve made a terrible mistake.
In the current WIP, Book 9 (and final) of The Shattered Moon, Wandell (you haven’t met him before; his father made a brief but…
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#WordWeavers 07 September:

Describe a moment when one of your characters realises they've made a terrible mistake.

Jenny is looking at this dog that came up to her like she knew her.

Jenny read the tag on her collar, and discovered someone had named a striped/brindled dog "Spot".

And […]

#WordWeavers 06 September: What is your MC hilariously bad at?

Jenny is hilariously bad at identifying a dog.

Spoiler Alert: That's not a dog.