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Jon Sparks<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 16/7: SC POV: What do you do to calm down when you’re angry?<br>Railu: my first years in the Five Principalities were hard, but with a small child to look after I couldn’t stay angry. Nothing worse than taking it out on a helpless infant. I think that taught me to set it aside—but I think I’m naturally quite calm anyway. Which is a good thing in a surgeon, don’t you think?<br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writersofmastodon</span></a></p>
The Sleight Doctor 🃏<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://writing.exchange/@SJHoodlet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SJHoodlet</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 15Jul—How emotionally intelligent is your MC?</p><p>Extremely. He's a Welsh gypsy (Kale) whose bloodline have had to survive day-to-day on their wits for centuries. He's often mistaken for a drug-addled and/or drunken buffoon - lots of fun and a sharp wit, a flamboyant dresser with a big personality, but not "smart" in any conventional sense. However, he's also hyper-aware of the sensitivities and motivations of others, and always has a plan to out-maneuver them.</p>
S. Lott<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>western</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a></p><p>7/15. How emotionally intelligent is your MC?</p><p>The two books each have a pair of MC’s. One is relatively mature, the other is relatively immature. </p><p>And. It’s horror: confronting the unknown requires a kind of arrogant immaturity. Understanding that it’s going to transformative is only helpful in a “this is going to hurt” kind of way.</p>
ig 🏳️‍🌈<p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 15: How emotionally intelligent is your MC?</p><p>note that being 'emotionally intelligent' is not the same as being good. Lucifer knows her own vices and is at peace with them; she recognizes emotions and does not throw tantrums when something upsets her. this doesn't stop her from making selfish or manipulative choices, however.</p><p>Eleanor demonstrates EI by recognizing her emotions, and allowing herself to feel them. but she does have trouble showing anger. there is heavy social pressure to be grateful, even for a family that mistreats her. she will learn to express this anger eventually.</p>
S. Lott<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>western</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a></p><p>7/14. What’s your favorite format to release your work (ebook, paperback, audiobook, etc.)? Why?</p><p>My trad-published non-fiction is in both ebook and paperback. I don’t have a strong preference. </p><p>I’ve followed this for my self-published non-fiction. I use tools that assure the ebook precisely matches the print edition.</p>
Lydia Vvinters<p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 15, How emotionally intelligent is your MC?</p><p>Hyper but selective. She wields it consciously, and so, often refuses to point such efforts towards those who would pose any sort of complication or conflict to herself, or her family/friends.<br>She has some admirable, healthy boundaries. Though, she can feel her family in her bones.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a></p>
C. R. Collins<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> Jul 15<br>How emotionally intelligent is your MC?</p><p>Gia from Fury's Gift has very little. Travelers don't experience emotions like most people &amp; have trouble reading them in others. But Gia wants to learn.</p>
GaH Learner<p>15. How emotionally intelligent is your MC?</p><p>Uh, given the rather controversial definition of EQ, I'm not sure. It's not extreme, a normal rate, I guess. She can detect and understand emotions in others quite well, but managing, using, and handling them, not so much. She hates manipulating and being manipulated.<br>She's a bit repressed with her own emotions, which has a reason. But none of it is extreme.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/GL725" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GL725</span></a></p>
Jon Sparks<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> question a few days ago: Are you comfortable promoting your own work?<br>Well, here I am: The Silence of Numikès, Book Six of The Shattered Moon, will be published on the 8th of August and is available for pre-order now.</p><p>For the first time in the history of the Known Lands, the house of Apstone presents a novel written by a slave…</p><p>To find out more, see stockists, and read the opening section, visit my website—or read the entire first chapter on Substack.<br><a href="https://www.jonsparksauthor.com/the-silence-of-numikès" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jonsparksauthor.com/the-silenc</span><span class="invisible">e-of-numikès</span></a></p>
Sarah J Hoodlet<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 15Jul—How emotionally intelligent is your MC?</p><p>My MCs are quite emotionally intelligent. Jaslan most of all, which is partly just how she is, and partly the depth of her magic (saying more would spoil book 3).</p><p>I write emotionally intelligent MCs because that's what I love reading (I crave it, truthfully). They're not all written the same, though. EI presents itself in different ways, and is expressed differently with each character.</p>
Jon Sparks<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 15/7: How emotionally intelligent is your MC?<br>I have lots of MCs, but let’s take Jerya. In Book 1 she’s 19; by book 7, now in progress, she’s past 50. Consider that for those first 19 years she spent a lot of time on her own, but since then has had to deal with a lot of people. I think she’s always had some innate empathy, but emotional intelligence has had to grow and deepen. That’s a big part of her story, in fact…<br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writersofmastodon</span></a></p>
Kem Herkes<p>Self-promo day: <br>I write action-adjacent scifi set in worlds a few what-ifs from our own. Heavy on memorable characters, low on military solutions. Most are in the <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Smashwords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smashwords</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SWSale2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SWSale2025</span></a> sale at 75% off right now!<br><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/K._M.Herkes" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smashwords.com/profile/view/K.</span><span class="invisible">_M.Herkes</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> 14 July. Also related to the <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 12 Jul prompt about self-promo comfort because I'm unreasonably proud of myself for posting ir. I was offline all wknd &amp; always have to fight the sense I haven't Contributed Enough to justify promo.</p>
Kem Herkes<p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 14 Jul followup.</p><p> Pls know It isn't something I judge people for *not* doing. <br> isn't economically or logistically feasible for many Indies to release audio or deadtree editions of everything, tho paperback publication happily does keep getting easier.</p><p>It's just why I am dedicated to doing audio &amp; print of my books even though I know I will never make back the audio $$. (my books don't sell much in any format, TBH, and I am also committed to hiring real human narrators.)</p>
Kem Herkes<p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 14 Jul: What's your favorite format to release your work (ebook, paperback, audiobook, etc.)? Why?</p><p>All of the above. I am a firm advocate of FULL reading accessibility. <br> I have legally-blind who only do audio, I can only read comfortably on screens, and I'm married to someone who can only concentrate on text if he's holding it printed in hand---but those aren't the reasons I believe in multi-format availability is important.</p><p>It just IS.</p><p>*kicks soapbox back under the sofa.*</p>
Eoin O'Beara<p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 7/14: What’s your favourite format to release your work (ebook, paperback, audiobook, etc.)? Why?</p><p>My first two books (a mini-series) I published on e-book and paperback. I have minimal sales on Kindle, despite advertising. <br>I've recently stopped Ads on Amazon, and my next book won't be available there. <br>I prefer physical books, but an ebook will be available too.<br>I've yet to publish on hardback, but if there's demand then I would.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Christina Anne Hawthorne<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 14<br>favorite format</p><p>There’s nothing like the hard copy of each book I publish for my shelf, but, on the other hand…</p><p>The ebook format is by far the easiest to upload. If that was all I did there’d be little to do on “uploading day.” The added advantage for readers is that the maps are high definition so they can zoom in.</p><p>I don’t have the resources to create audio books.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Hannah Steenbock<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 7/14: What’s your favorite format to release your work (ebook, paperback, audiobook, etc.)? Why?</p><p>I usually release my stories as ebook.</p><p>Print costs more because the covers need more work, and honestly, I don't sell a lot of the print books I do have out there. (Not a single one this entire year.)</p><p>I do have a few audiobooks (autonarrated) on Google and one of Amazon, and I don't sell any of those, either. Not enough sales for a narrator, alas.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Paul Kater<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> Jul 14: What’s your favorite format to release your work (ebook, paperback, audiobook, etc.)? Why?</p><p>Every format, if possible, because there are readers and listeners in every format.</p>
C. R. Collins<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> Jul 14<br>What’s your favourite format to release your work? Why?</p><p>I currently only release ebooks. They are easy to produce, distribute in multiple channels, &amp; price reasonably. I lack the funds to do audiobooks properly at the moment, but maybe I'll do that someday. I am dragging my feet on paper books hoping some good soul will start a POD company that offers recycled or treeless paper. I'm debating releasing my next book as blog serial in addition to ebook. Might be fun.</p>
Sarah J Hoodlet<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 14Jul—What's your favorite format to release your work in? Why?</p><p>I don't know if I have a favorite.</p><p>Maybe print, on the off chance that someone buys one and asks me to sign it. But that would be the only reason why I'd say that. However people wish to consume my stories is fine with me.</p><p>That being said, I haven't ventured into audiobooks yet. I'm sure I will someday.</p><p>Personally, I prefer owning physical books. I have a growing list of eBooks I wish to buy in print.</p>