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#WritersCoffeeClub for Oct 9. How does your own sense of mortality influence what you write?

I have no children of my own, and I admit that see my books as a legacy of sorts. The Brothers Grimm are still famous, more than a century after death. And I hope my books on German folklore will be […]

#WritersCoffeeClub for Oct 9. How does your own sense of mortality influence what you write?

I think it's there all the time. Life is short; be kind.

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#writersCoffeeClub 8. Tell us about someone who supports you on the sidelines.

My husband.

What he means to me, to my process, and my peace of mind cannot be explained. He is my refuge when the process has been mean to me, and the one I turn to when I want to celebrate. When my mind is tangled […]

#WritersCoffeeClub 10/8 Tell us about someone who supports you on the sidelines.

Definitely not my cat. She is evil in a cuddly way.

Many people are supportive. They let me talk about my WIP without their eyes glossing over.

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#WritersCoffeeClub 10/8: "Tell us about someone who supports you on the sidelines."

Sarai Pahla, a woman who immigrated to Germany from South Africa. We have been friends for more than a decade now. As she is a translator for Japanese medical texts, she understands the field of #translation […]

#WritersCoffeeClub Oct 8. Tell us about someone who supports you on the sidelines.

I'm supported by too many people to mention them individually. Hundreds of people contribute every month to financially support me so that I can explore and write about meditation and Buddhist practice. I feel […]

#WritersCoffeeClub 8 Oct
Tell us about someone who supports you on the sidelines.

Um... I just discovered this hashtag and don't know if I'm allowed to use it considering I hate coffee, but yay writerly chat!

Anyway, I'm very supported by my lovely family. My dad stole my author copies to read.

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Tell us about someone who supports you on the sidelines.

I'm fortunate that there isn't really anyone close to me who isn't supportive of creativity in general and my writing as an expression of mine. My wife, obviously, does the most to keep me sane and likes my stupid […]

The darling partner is quite the reader and not bad in the spell checking department, she'll be my proof reader before I think of querying

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#WritersCoffeeClub 8th Oct ~ Tell us about someone who supports you on the sidelines.

My wife is my biggest supporter but I have a number of others, friends and family, who are supportive whether or not they read my work.

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#WritersCoffeeClub 8/10: Tell us about someone who supports you on the sidelines.
It’s my partner, although ‘on the sidelines’ doesn’t really do her justice. Her contribution to my last non-fiction book was such that I would have liked…
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#WritersCoffeeClub for 8th October 2026 Tell us about someone who supports you on the sidelines.

My adult son is a big fan of my #writing. Otherwise I get most support from the online writers group I belong to and from my beta readers.

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#WritersCoffeeClub for 8th October 2026 Tell us about someone who supports you on the sidelines.

Elthea and i were supported by our fathers, who didn't want their first-born daughter taken as less than human, or her brother/cousin called out as a girl

#WritersCoffeeClub Oct 7: Does your editing process tend towards addition or reduction?

That depends entirely on when you ask. The first few rounds are mostly about adding the things I skipped behind [ADD THIS LATER]. But once that's done, it's trimming, trimming, trimming.

#WritersCoffeeClub Oct 7: Does your editing process tend towards addition or reduction?

Mostly addition At least historically. A sketchy version, dialogue and scene directions. A few little details here and there. First round of editing is about putting flesh on those bones.

#WritersCoffeeClub Oct 7
Does your editing process tend towards addition or reduction?

Mostly rearranging. I write as I think, but I am a bit scatter-brained. Editing requires making it read normal.

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