The lie was option 2, in case you were curious. Part of my social media inactivity of late is because I burned out hard during the opening stages of the pandemic—but largely due to a cascade of non-covid stuff in my life and the lives of my family—and am still clawing my way back to personhood.
I'm only mentioning it now because it's good to be open and honest about the reality of burnout and its long-lasting impact. In truth, it fucking sucks.
#ScribesAndMakers 5/10: Have you done collaborative projects? If so, how did you divide the work?
Yes, I've done one collaborative project, a novel.
We each took one MC and alternated chapters. It was difficult, but generally my co-author added chapters faster and I played catch-up.
It was very hard work, but eventually, our book got published with small press. I think I earned €4 from it all.
Never again.
The novel is called "Der Mannwolf von Königsberg".
@saposcat, @willelm, @gahlearner
The May 9 prompt has worked really well for engagement. That's the best I've seen, with really interesting and entertaining responses. Well done. 
#Scribesandmakers day 9 answer.
The truth is, I never really got kicked out of ballet school. I kicked myself out because I absolutely needed to dye my hair purple.
I can indeed estimate the precise variations in heat and duration for the decarboxylation of cannabis by smell alone.
And a very religious lady protested my solo exhibition 'Botanical Anatomy' and claimed my work was plagiarizing god because he made nature, and I was using natural structures in my work.
For those who voted, the correct answer was, indeed, number 2.
I had an internship with a state agency, where it was my job to help create and maintain endangered/threatened snake habitat. I even held two of them! 
I saw Hamilton in 2018 when I was in Chicago for a conference. It was fabulous!
But I have never taken a creative writing course! (Aside from watching a few of Brando Sando’s writing course videos on YouTube.)
#ScribesAndMakers Answers addendum
10 Have you done collaborative projects? If so, how did you divide the work?
I've participated in a few nonsense round robins, that was silly fun.
My beta and I tried to collaborate on an idea but had no idea how to go about it, and our ideas about how the story should go were too different to work. I wrote something then, but that was so bad that it rests in the ice box.
#ScribesAndMakers 8. If you garden, do you plant for style/appearance or food or both?
due to space / planting constraints, i mostly do container gardening. this evolved into growing bonsai, because i like trees better than flowers, and i needed a way to keep them small. i also start various veggies from seed.
my most mature bonsai hasn't leafed out yet, and it has some overlong 'sacrifice branches' that will eventually be pruned off. it's a native red maple i've had for...4 or 5 years now.
#ScribesAndMakers
May 9
Tell us two truths and a lie about yourself.
Spot the lie (the correct answer will follow at the end of the poll):
So, the question was:
May 9. Tell us two truths and a lie about yourself.
Ooh… In no particular order:
1. I have never driven a motor vehicle of any kind
2. I have never left the country in which I was born
3. I have never set foot in a Starbucks
None of which are remotely creative, (except one, of course…)
Thanks for those of you who answered; in hindsight I should have done a poll like the cleverer ones on here.
I’ve never driven a motor vehicle, but did sit behind the wheel of a car to teach my pupils about the engine, and switched on the ignition only to feel the car lurch forward, missing my teaching assistant by inches, as the owner of the car had left it in gear.
I’ve been lucky enough to spend time in France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Russia.
I once read an article in which the owner of Starbucks declared his vision of a Starbucks on every corner. Well, that got my goat, so I vowed a lifelong boycott of the chain. It’s going well.
So the actual answers :
- I’m left handed 
as ~ 10% of the population but many more in creative fields it seems (and tennis)
- I have a master degree in museology although I can’t prove it because I don’t have the official paper (in fact I don’t have any, we always moved to new towns just after exams on the years so I can’t go take them)
- I love to cook pastry
️ not all French like to cook (although — because? — I do most of it)
#scribesandmakers 2025-05-09
#ScribesAndMakers Tell us two truths and a lie about yourself.
#ScribesAndMakers Day 9: Tell us two truths and a lie about yourself.
1) When I was in high school, I took part in the chorus and the concert choir. I even tried out for state level, but failed.
2) I used to do tengwar calligraphy — just over twenty years ago.
3) I was a model in a gothic-alternative fashion show (back when I had hair), wearing a jacket that combined ruffles and buckles.
[Edit: I'll answer guesses tomorrow.]
#wss366 #Ask #scribesandmakers 5/9 (Part 5)
“Poe, what are you doing up so late?” Time Manager ASKed.
“Writing, banging on my keyboard.”
TM looked over Poe’s shoulder.
>> Seabubble: When can you visit? 
“What are you really doing?”
“Chatting up a mermaid. I said I was born at the sea. That interested her. Don’t blow my secret.”
“That’s a big ASK, but sure.”
“And what is the Time Manager doing up so late?”
“The night-hours were getting a wee wild, so I stayed up to lecture them.”
“Did they listen?”
“No, but they invited me out for a drink at a nightclub.”
To be continued
9. two truths and a lie about myself
1. I once worked as a dress-helper for models at a fashion show
2. I have a degree in paleontology
3. I was a model for a sculptor once
#ScribesAndMakers 5/9. Tell us two truths and a lie about yourself.
#ScribesAndMakers 5/9. Tell us two truths and a lie about yourself.
I've not scrolled to see how others are doing it, so I'll just lay them out and people guess in the comments if they want?
1. I used to have an all white cat
2. I love mornings
3. My favorite type of food is Italian
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