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Klepsis<p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a></p><p>June 30. When is a piece of writing done?</p><p>When I cast Mend on it. </p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a><br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WizardLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WizardLife</span></a></p>
IAmTorva<p>With wand in hand and map askew,<br>I seek adventure (and maybe a clue).</p><p>🎮 ⚔️ <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Hogwarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hogwarts</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/HogwartsLegacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HogwartsLegacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/IntrovertParadise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntrovertParadise</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/torvafirmus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>torvafirmus</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/torva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>torva</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/joinme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>joinme</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/WizardLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WizardLife</span></a></p><p>Twitch: twitch.tv/TorvaFirmus</p>
IAmTorva<p>Time to set things on fire, get lost in the common room, and accidentally learn Avada Kedavra while looking for snacks.</p><p>🎮 ⚔️ <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Hogwarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hogwarts</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/HogwartsLegacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HogwartsLegacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/IntrovertParadise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntrovertParadise</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/torvafirmus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>torvafirmus</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/torva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>torva</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/joinme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>joinme</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/WizardLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WizardLife</span></a></p><p>Twitch: <a href="https://twitch.tv/TorvaFirmus" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">twitch.tv/TorvaFirmus</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Klepsis<p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a></p><p>May 27: What is a ‘load-bearing’ part of your non-writerly life that makes writing possible for you?</p><p>Like many other recent prompts, the answer to this one is **Magic**.</p><p>Purists would say that fobbing off life tasks to various magical apparatus or spells is a debasement of the arcane, but really what is magic even for if not to make life better? </p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WizardLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WizardLife</span></a><br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a></p>
Klepsis<p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a></p><p>May 17. How do you ‘write what you know’?</p><p>Magic. </p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WizardLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WizardLife</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Krazy_Good_Gaming<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/n8Fb4Pb6lHI" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/embed/n8Fb4Pb6lHI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> We tried to survive a dungeon. We failed... gloriously.<br>Fireballs were misfired, spells missed, goblins chased us, and someone definitely farted.<br>Join us as we fight (and mostly flee) from everything this cursed cave has to offer — with only one rule: TAKE THE BOOK!<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookfinisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookfinisher</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dungeonchaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dungeonchaos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coophilarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coophilarity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darkanddarker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkanddarker</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamingfails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamingfails</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darkanddarker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkanddarker</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dungeoncrawler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dungeoncrawler</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamingfunny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamingfunny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wizardlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wizardlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamingfails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamingfails</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rpgmoments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rpgmoments</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/funnygaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funnygaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamersunite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamersunite</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/l" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>l</span></a>...</p>
Klepsis<p>And we have our Champion!!<br>The clear winner of the inaugural <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/MageMadness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MageMadness</span></a> Wizard tournament is the Russian Queen of Night and Day, the Legendary Baba Yaga.</p><p>Thanks to all who participated by voting, and to all the magic users who didn't make it to the top — better luck next year! </p><p>I'll be posting complete results with scores on my blog, so check it out if you want to relive the Magic. </p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WizardLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WizardLife</span></a></p>
Klepsis<p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a></p><p>28 What would your best creative life look like if you weren't bound by reality?</p><p>Since I'm not terribly bound by reality anyhow, I suppose it would look much like what it looks like now </p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WizardLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WizardLife</span></a><br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Creativity</span></a></p>
Klepsis<p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a><br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/EpigraphCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpigraphCoffeeClub</span></a></p><p>"It's all <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://indieauthors.social/@saposcat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>saposcat</span></a></span> 's fault." — <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://writing.exchange/@gahlearner" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gahlearner</span></a></span></p><p>27 What’s the strangest situation or place where you’ve written?</p><p>I was in the middle of an interplanar teleportation when I had a really great idea for a side character in a project I was working on. I had to jot it down in the margin of the scroll that held the teleport incantation. </p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WizardLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WizardLife</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/InterPlanarTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InterPlanarTravel</span></a></p>
Klepsis<p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a><br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/EpigraphCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpigraphCoffeeClub</span></a></p><p>"It's nearly impossible to create art that is politically neutral." — <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://indieauthors.social/@AlexCorby" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>AlexCorby</span></a></span></p><p>25 Describe your workflow if it had to be 100% analog.</p><p>The only thing digital in my workflow is the finger I point at the wood in the fireplace to magically light a fire. It sets the mood perfectly. </p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WizardLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WizardLife</span></a></p>
Klepsis<p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a><br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/EpigraphCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpigraphCoffeeClub</span></a></p><p>"I think you can extract iambic pentameter from homogenized Islets of Langerhans." — <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cstross</span></a></span></p><p> 22 What distracts you the most from writing? How do you deal?</p><p>I'm probably most distracted by watching my miniature monsters. They are so fascinating. </p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WizardLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WizardLife</span></a></p>
Klepsis<p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a></p><p>12 Do you play games? If so, do they influence your creativity?</p><p>I do not, because I cannot find anyone who will play against me. Everyone thinks I am using magic to cheat.</p><p>They aren't entirely wrong. </p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WizardLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WizardLife</span></a></p>
Klepsis<p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a><br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/EpigraphCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpigraphCoffeeClub</span></a></p><p>"People don't decide to read or reject a book after reading a single sentence. The first sentence is like a warm-up, before going into a longer sprint." — <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@ignova" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ignova</span></a></span></p><p>5 What writing-related tools or resources have you found most effective?</p><p>The illusions I put on my windows that make it look as though nobody is home are the only thing that allows me to get any work done.</p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a><br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WizardLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WizardLife</span></a></p>
Klepsis<p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a></p><p>2 Are you inspired by nature? Please explain.</p><p>For those who consider magic to be a part of nature, the answer is yes! </p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WizardLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WizardLife</span></a></p>
Klepsis<p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a></p><p>26. In writing and with other activities, do you stick to one genre/category (e.g. historical, portraits, sweaters, architecture)?</p><p>In writing, I stick to what I know, which most readers here would consider fantasy. </p><p>In magic, I tend to focus on Transmutation. </p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WizardLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WizardLife</span></a></p>
Klepsis<p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a></p><p>25. Do you buy your supplies online, at discounters, or in specialty shops?</p><p>When I was younger, I used to gather raw materials from far and wide myself. Nowadays I have to reply on daring adventurers willing to delve deep in the earth or climb treacherous mountains to retrieve what I need. They do not work cheap.</p><p>Adventurers these days are so privileged. </p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WizardLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WizardLife</span></a></p>
Klepsis<p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a></p><p>24. Time management. How do you manage to fit one or more creative activities into your day/week?</p><p>I hate to lump myself in with Hermione, but I have been known to make use of some powerful time-manipulation magic just to fit in everything I want to do. </p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WizardLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WizardLife</span></a></p>
Klepsis<p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a></p><p>22. Which creative activity gives you the greatest satisfaction, and why?</p><p>There is nothing like making happen a bit of <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Magic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Magic</span></a> that no one has ever seen before.</p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WizardLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WizardLife</span></a></p>
Klepsis<p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a><br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/EpigraphCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpigraphCoffeeClub</span></a></p><p>"There has not been a year in my life when I spent less on books than I did on groceries." — <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://historians.social/@elysegrasso" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>elysegrasso</span></a></span></p><p>21. Did you grow up with creative people? Artistic, crafts, writing etc?</p><p>My mentor in the Magical Arts was very creative. Particularly the way he faked his own death in order to infiltrate a dragon's lair.</p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WizardLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WizardLife</span></a></p><p>(Maybe I should have gotten him into the <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/MageMadness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MageMadness</span></a> tournament.)</p>
Klepsis<p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a></p><p>21. Do friends/family give you gifts for your activities, or do you buy all your own supplies?</p><p>The kinds of supplies I use are rare and/or dangerous to acquire. I would never expect a friend or family member to extend themselves in that way for my benefit. </p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WizardLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WizardLife</span></a></p>