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@elektra #writephant Self-promo time! What links, pieces of writing, art, and so forth would you like people to see in this chat?

Well, I'd like to promote that you can build anything with duct tape. Be sure to enlarge the image to examine the magnificent job this scooter's owner did. Note that there is NO duct tape on the helmet; they b smart! More in #AltText

Oh, I wrote this small tootfic, which I think might entertain you. The "prizefighter" I mentioned in my answers today is the MC.

A Spider Hiding in the Corner: eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/11454456

#BoostingIsSharing

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#writephant: Self-promotion time! What links, pieces of writing, art, and so forth would you like people to see in this chat? Post as many as you like within the character limit!

I've posted these before, but...

A vampire hunter's soliloquy:
thequarantinereview.ca/main/th

A time-travel two-hander (that's really about covid):
journals.openedition.org/calib

The Quarantine ReviewThe Vaccine — The Quarantine ReviewOrion Ussner Kidder
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@elektra
Parents that call for book bans should have regular appointments with CPS and remedial classes on literature.
Prologues are in excess.
Publishers should not be soliciting their next bestsellers from A03.
Convention volunteers that extoll benefits of generative AI and get defensive when you tell them it’s theft should be made to pay us restitution per use.
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I'm Elektra Hammond. Find me at untilmidnight.com

See me talk about SF/F, writing, comics, TV, and Supernatural at Con-Tinual (the Con that Never Ends) on Facebook and Youtube.

Permutations, an anthology based on Jack Chalker's Well World is finally out! Order it from book sellers near you.

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Q4
If choosing between a sword and shield, what would you prefer?

I did a session of dress up mock sparring once & those shields are heavy, sheesh. I think I'd have a better chance of survival with a sword. Even if it just enabled me to run away more easily and not weigh me down. 😆

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@elektra #writephant A4. If choosing between a sword and shield, what would you prefer?

Me?

FOTFLOL.

I can't fight. I cook, so I know what a knife can do to meat, and I don't want to do that to someone else or have it happen to me. Since I write lots of fight scenes, and I go for gritty realism where the winner even ends up with sepsis, I know for an absolute fact I would not know how to use a shield effectively.

I'm taking the third alternative: I'm running. If they are waving a sword, I might even pee myself!

#BoostingIsSharing

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If choosing between a sword and shield, what would I prefer?

No contest. In my youth, I was a skilled foil fencer (I competed at the Jr Olympics & the NCAAs). In the SCA (I've since GAFIAted) I learned to wear a sword with no thought. And now I'm learning to wield a katana inTangSooDo.

Swords all the way!

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Q1
Do you like reading about fights, big or small?

I'm kind of a battle wimp when it comes to being a spectator to fights, whether reading or watching . I tend to skim overly gory scenes. Conversely, I can write any sort of battle, including bloody ones, without it bothering me. 😈