Keira's World

I'm probably going to cough in your ear, whine, and sneeze all through this.

Bastdazdog asks: I was hoping you could speak more on Rodney and his emotional state so far in TTB. I am wondering if it’s a case of John who, at the beginning of the story had already progressed through the five stages of grief and so while he still needed to heal, it was just the final bit of healing that could only happen by falling in love again, whereas Rodney is still distancing himself from what happened to him leaving him stuck in the first phase/stage – denial, and it’s Rodney’s great coping skills (fuelled by having to continue to interact daily with his abuser and her continued abuse) that allow him to hide in plain sight, and so his journey is still really just beginning when TTB opens and he meets John. If so, how far along is Rodney in healing at the end of chapter 14 – The Broken Road Actually -- the comment was huge. Read the whole thing here.

I received a twatty email about my "inner circle" and playing favorites and mentoring so I thought I'd talk about that. Tonight's Required Short Pitch: We've never sacrificed a unicorn.

Jilly Asks: I don’t know if this question has come up, but what’s your strategy for managing multiple separate plot lines in a story? Whether it’s the more extreme version where you have one storyline happening on Earth and one on another planet, to minor secondary storylines. Tonight's required short pitch: I'm a little vain so I'm going to talk about myself first.

Spelunker74 asks: I was wondering how you decided what to work on next without getting overwhelmed. Do you plan ahead of time what you will work on, or write whatever, and in which ever fandom, you’re feeling like writing in at the moment? Bernie Sanders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frPKif4j5go

Assholery in fandom.

Rivermoon 1970 asked on Tumblr: I find that in some of my stories I use time jumps, not a lot and often not more than a couple of years at the most. However I usually try to have a very short explanation and try to avoid info dumps. I've noticed quite a few fics that have huge time jumps 10+ years often with no explanation. Happens a lot in the HP, Supernatural and Buffy fandoms. What are your thoughts on time jumps and how to use them well?Side note: I'm going to start calling my short writing topic shows - Bitch Craft. Of an Arcane Binding

1. Have your character write or read letters to deepen their knowledge.2. Have your character witness events to gain information.3. Have your character provoke or invite discussions so they can learn what they need to learn.Make Lists for your main character:1. What does he know?2. What does he need to find out? And who will he learn this information from?3. What are his goals?4. What are his motivations?5. What are the conflicts?6. Who does he hate?7. Who does he love?Also:http://bubbies.com/ (get the sauerkraut, seriously. Awesome!)

Basic craft, author voice, and author arrogance.That thing you do, that's wrong, isn't quirky. It's not author voice. It's not a "style choice". It's just stupid.

No, really I cut it out with a box cutter and I have no regrets. I also burned the pages in a ritual of my own design to ward off all that negativity and creepiness.Albus Potter really doesn't exist as far as I'm concerned.