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#WordWeavers 10/10: What is one thing your antagonist genuinely admires about your MC?
Well… since the demise of Perriad there’s been no one in the series who could really be called an ‘antagonist’. In the current WIP you could label…
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#WordWeavers 9 Oct. Your MC finds a letter addressed to them that was never meant to be delivered. Who wrote it, and what does it say?

Solen Masters: Acacia finding a letter from Deja. Deja would have written this "letter" hundreds of years after Acacia's death.. The Story involves time travel […]

#WordWeavers Oct 9: Your MC finds a letter addressed to them that was never meant to be delivered. Who wrote it, and what does it say?

It's a letter from his coworker addressing his need to update his wardrobe. She didn't send it because she knows he doesn't like disco. She still does.

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#WordWeavers 9 Oct
Your MC finds a letter addressed to them that was never meant to be delivered. Who wrote it, and what does it say?

Honestly I haven't figured out in The Trovador how the letter to Marya from her father *was* delivered or whether it was definitely meant to be. I should work […]

#WordWeavers 9. Your MC finds a letter addressed to them that was never meant to be delivered. Who wrote it, and what does it say?

From the First Saviour:

Dear my successor.

OMG - I am so sorry. It is all going to suck for you.

#WordWeavers 10/9 Your MC finds a letter addressed to them that was never meant to be delivered. Who wrote it and what does it say?

To Prefrontal Cortex:
"I'm sorry for putting you through hell. I didn't mean to." /The Observer

#WordWeavers 8. Which character is most likely to make a terrible decision for a very good reason?

I love this question!

Prefrontal Cortex is the undisputed champion of good reasons. Incidentally, they're also the heavyweight champion in terrible decisions.

To be fair; decisions is their […]

#WordWeavers 8 Oct
Which character is most likely to make a terrible decision for a very good reason?

For characters in The Source of Fire I can make a 2x2 matrix:

* Good decision, Good reason: Aena

* Terrible (as in, legitimately terrifying) decision, Good reason: Celandine

* Good decision […]

#WordWeavers Oct. 8: Which character is most likely to make a terrible decision for a very good reason?

Other than the author? The mad scientist's helper. He is just trying to keep the scientist as sober as possible.

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#WordWeavers Oct. 8: Which character is most likely to make a terrible decision for a very good reason?

Me, because I didn't know about a taboo. Elthea and her dad quietly rescued me.

#WordWeavers 8/10: Which character is most likely to make a terrible decision for a very good reason?
In current WIP, which concludes the series, it has to be Wandell, who’s accepted that his (and his parents’) long pursuit of the Skilthorn estate…
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#WordWeavers Oct 7: Share a line of dialogue that tells us everything we need to know about a character's personality.

From Cantata Deeps, Anselm explains his selling technique.

#WordWeavers Oct 7: Share a line of dialogue that tells us everything we need to know about a character's personality.

This is from quite early in my upcoming book 'Management Apologises for the Inconvenience':

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#WordWeavers Oct 7
Share a line of dialogue that tells us everything we need to know about a character's personality.
That distracted him from the realization that he missed the signs Sophia was giving him last night.
He had been endowed with the mental antidote that left him oblivious.
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#WordWeavers Oct 6. What is considered completely normal in your story's world that would seem bizarre to us?

Runts. Small, annoying Runts. Some are ratlike animals, others look like an unfortunate hybrid between a raccoon and a porcupine with a t-shirt and sneakers. They are sticky, steal […]

#WordWeavers 10/6/2026. What is considered completely normal in your story's world that would seem bizarre to us?

Using pedicars, bicycles, or walking for all personal travel. Electric drives are reserved for delivery trucks and emergency vehicles. Fossil fuels only power ships and trains. The […]

#WordWeavers 6. What is considered completely normal in your story's world that would seem bizarre to us?

A spy novel without lots of explosions and shootings. James Bond would roll over in his grave.

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#WordWeavers 6/10: What is considered completely normal in your story's world that would seem bizarre to us?
Well, almost everything in the story is mirrored in our own history within the last 200–250 years and much of it remains in some parts of the…
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