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@jonsparksauthor.bsky.socialOct 17, 2026, 5:41 AM

#WordWeavers 17/10: What is the worst possible first impression someone could get of your MC? Would it be accurate?
For Jerya, in the second half of her life, it would probably be to be judged on her acquired rank—as if she were just another hereditary…
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@tomhalasz.bsky.socialOct 16, 2026, 12:53 PM

#WordWeavers 16. What is one choice your MC made for the right reasons that ended up having terrible consequences?

Giving the artist explosive diarrhea. It ends with an artwork that sells well.

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@jonsparksauthor.bsky.socialOct 16, 2026, 7:44 AM

#WordWeavers 16/10: What is one choice your MC made for the right reasons that ended up having terrible consequences?
In Three Kinds of North, Jerya not only walks away from the Guild of Dawnsingers, she takes Railu with her. One result is that Railu…
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@nemorosa.mastodon.nu.ap.brid.gyOct 15, 2026, 12:08 PM

#WordWeavers Oct. 15: What piece of backstory did you invent just for yourself that readers may never learn?

My WIP is based, as far as possible, on psychology and science so that's more a selection process than an invention so all I did was read about the brain and the development. I am not […]

@petealexharris.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gyOct 15, 2026, 6:50 AM

#WordWeavers 15 Oct
What piece of backstory did you invent just for yourself that readers may never learn?

Plenty of things that didn't need to be on the page.

1. The same incident is behind the events of both disOrder and Pure.
2. The Ash Winter mentioned in The Horror in the Snow was caused […]

@jonsparksauthor.bsky.socialOct 15, 2026, 6:08 AM

#WordWeavers 15/10: What piece of backstory did you invent just for yourself that readers may never learn?
I wouldn’t use the word ‘invent’ for any of it, whether backstory or ‘front story’. There are all sorts of short pieces, some of which could be…
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@nemorosa.mastodon.nu.ap.brid.gyOct 14, 2026, 5:15 PM

#WordWeavers Oct 14: If your MC could ask their future self one question, what would they ask?

Prefrontal Cortex watches their reflection in the mirror with unblinking concentration. 'One question only,' they say. 'Just one.'
The silence grows in the room until they put down the teacup, and […]

@davecb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gyOct 14, 2026, 2:05 PM

#WordWeavers Oct 14
If your MC could ask their future self one question, what would they ask?

Did the cold war end? It looks like it did, if you're here

@tomhalasz.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 1:59 PM

#WordWeavers 10/14: "If your MC could ask their future self one question, what would they ask?"

"Why did you order the extra spicy chili?"

*happy he is using his hotel bathroom*

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@steventalkingbooks.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 1:06 PM

#WordWeavers Oct 14: "If your main character could ask their future self one question, what would they ask?"

How did we survive? (This applies to more than one main character.)

Though I'll be honest, I'm trying to step down the stakes in my stories.
1/2

@jonsparksauthor.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 6:52 AM

#WordWeavers 14/10: If your MC could ask their future self one question, what would they ask?
In the course of the current WIP, Jerya turns 70; from the perspective of the 19-year-old she was at the start of the series, she IS her future self. But…
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@tomhalasz.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 2:01 PM

#WordWeavers 10/13: "What is something your MC would risk their life to protect but would struggle to explain why?"

Shorter office meetings. If they are over an hour, weapons come out.

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@nemorosa.mastodon.nu.ap.brid.gyOct 13, 2026, 11:39 AM

#WordWeavers 13/10: What is something your MC would risk their life to protect but would struggle to explain why?

Protocol. Prefrontal Cortex won't be able to explain why it's so important, but they will go to great lengths to protect it.

You'd be amazed at what lengths the brain will go to […]

@jonsparksauthor.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 6:34 AM

#WordWeavers 13/10: What is something your MC would risk their life to protect but would struggle to explain why?
Jerya would risk her life for a number of reasons, but I don’t think she’d struggle to explain any of them: not since the…
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@tomhalasz.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 1:59 PM

#WordWeavers Oct 12: Which relationship in your story changed the most from what you originally planned?

My MC getting a GF. I never intended that to be part of any story, but I guess he had other ideas.

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@jonsparksauthor.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 6:52 AM

#WordWeavers 12/10: Which relationship in your story changed the most from what you originally planned?
The question assumes that relationships can be ‘planned’, but that’s not true in real life, nor in my stories. I wouldn’t want it…
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@davecb.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gyOct 12, 2026, 12:35 AM

#WordWeavers 12. Which relationship in your story changed the most from what you originally planned?

More like *than I imagined*. Biography, a SC did something critical that we would never have guessed.

@mathling.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 11, 2026, 3:55 PM

#WordWeavers 10/11: Share a passage from your WIP where the setting is doing as much storytelling as the characters.

From Crystal Falls (coming soon!) a sci-fi murder mystery (text in alt)

Text reads: The sun caught the tops of Mount Eos first. Bright flags of brilliance bloomed above them, then steadily crept down from the heights. It was not a monolith, but formed a rank of craggy pillars with wild buttresses and columns of twisted stone. In the rosy light it looked like a fairy castle, ethereal and unreal. Crystals sparkled across the turrets and towers, flashing as the light descended and caught a new set. No. *This* was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. Zee had done well to find this place, convince him to come. It felt healing. Soothing. A good place to rest. To stop. He felt an easing in his chest, a tightness loosening that he hadn't even known was there. Then the light hit the plateau, and Cantor realized that no, no, he hadn't seen anything beautiful before at all. In a sudden flush of pink and red, the whole plateau burst into flame. Light bloomed all around them. It was like a flower opening, no, a gentle smile on a lover's face, the first sip of coffee in the morning, a warm zephyr making flowers nod across a meadow. No. It was like nothing he had ever experienced. He felt as if a hand had reached into his chest and squeezed, a goddess had whispered into his ear. *Look at this.* Mount Eos indeed. Goddess of dawn. He felt breathless.
@nemorosa.mastodon.nu.ap.brid.gyOct 11, 2026, 1:58 PM

#WordWeavers 11 Oct: Share a passage from your WIP where the setting is doing as much storytelling as the characters.

This is a passage from 'Management Apologises for the Inconvenience':
#thementalmansion

‘Oh! Oh, this one. This one’s a beauty. Hold on, don’t breathe too loudly, it’s delicate.’ They lift a dream that glows colder than the others. The moment it rises from the chest, the air around you cools, and the shadows shimmer as though dusted with frost. The cloud unfurls, slow and reverent. You’re standing in a winter night so still it feels enchanted. Moonlight glistens on untouched snow, each crystal catching the light like a tiny star. The trees are coated in frost, their branches glittering as though dipped in silver. Your path home stretches ahead, glowing faintly, a pale ribbon through a galaxy of frozen sparks. The snow muffles every sound. The cold steals every scent. And in that silence, the world feels impossibly vast and impossibly gentle. You remember the way your breath hung in the air like a ghost. The night wrapped around you, making you slow your steps, just to stay in it a little longer.