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Last Notes npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks @npub10d5âŠvvxa it does, doesn't it? npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #WritersCoffeeClub Aug 6. In your writing, what location has inspired you the most? Not sure,but I've always been most creative near the sea in fall/winter or on my morning run through the park. https://bookstodon-files.web.thunderhost.net/media_attachments/files/112/913/978/193/994/446/original/c9f7a2fcd0abb431.jpg https://bookstodon-files.web.thunderhost.net/media_attachments/files/112/913/978/757/375/574/original/4dba9c4b5bdf5b44.jpg npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #writerscoffeeclub Jul 27 . Is everything tied up at the end or are there questions remaining? After spending an entire day researching and then realizing that the museum I wanted to visit next week is closed until 2026, I kinda wonder if this story ever gets written at all, irrespective of any loose ends. Sorry. Kinda discouraged right now. I don't want this to turn into another 12yr project... npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks @npub10d5âŠvvxa omg, I'm glad you're unhurt! npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #pennedpossibilities 345 â How does your MC respond to silence? Do they take comfort in soundlessness, or seek to fill the void with noise? Niklas doesn't mind silence. Sometimes, he actively seeks it, too - whenever he has to figure something out. Poor boy is not in a good place right now... Just turned twenty-one and his world is rocked to the core... #TheMindOnFire npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #phantastikprompts 14.06.: Wenn deine Leser*innen nur eine Erkenntnis / einen Gedanken aus deinen Geschichten in ihr Leben mitnehmen könnten, welche(n) wĂŒrdest du dir wĂŒnschen? Seid tolerant und nett zueinander. Es lohnt sich. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #wordweavers June 14. Are your characters using the same name inside and outside of their family? Kind of. Niklas is actually called Nikolaus. Depending on the country, he gets called Nicolas, Nicholas, Nikolai, or Nicola. He's Nico for the revolutionaries. Buck and Francis call him Nicky. Mitya dubs him Kolya. But for the baron, he mostly stays Niklas. #TheMindOnFire npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #pennedpossibilities 344 â Is your SC possessive over people or things that matter a lot to them? How do they express that possessiveness, or lack thereof? The only thing the baron is possessive over is his name and legacy. He cares about and for his people, but he is not possessive. And material goods are only important for him in terms of serving his reputation. #TheMindOnFire npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #TimeTravelAuthors Jun 13 Pets or animals in your story? I'm sorry to say there are none. A few horses for riding, but that's it. #JulesNVera npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #wordweavers Jun 13: If you werenât a writer, what other creative avenues would you pursue? I once played the electronic organ. I might for for music. Or I start drawing again. I'm not very good, mind you. But I'm also lacking a lot of practice. If I played and drew as much as I wrote, I'd be certainly better. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #writerscoffeeclub Jun 12. Which social media channels do you use as a writer? Which gives you the best engagement? This one here is the nicest for interaction. I still have my old X account and go there sporadically because there are still some people I care about. I'm also on Bluesky. When I do promotion, I post on FB, IG, Tiktok too. But I'm not there for interaction because it's simply not my kind of media. I'm also in a couple of communities on Discord. I know I need a better plan... npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #wordweavers June 12: Which of your hobbies/interests would your MC find the most boring? Niklas is now 14. Pretty sure he would not understand the desire to write books. He's rather outdoors playing with Mitya in the Russian winter. #TheMindOnFire npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #pennedpossibilities 342 â Does your MC actively seek romantic companionship, or cherish the liberties of being single? Niklas does not care about romance until he's kissed for the first time. Then, however, he perfectly gets why his best friend Buck (who is a little older) went crazy over girls the year before. And he starts taking his chances đ #TheMindOnFire npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #phantastikprompts 11.06.: Was stellst du dir persönlich als ideales Setting vor, um dein Buch zu genieĂen? (z.B. am Kamin, in der U-Bahn, vorgelesen ...) Warum? Dies hier. Und ich lese selbst. https://bookstodon-files.web.thunderhost.net/media_attachments/files/112/597/908/101/732/203/original/8ea181939b57a0d2.jpg npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #wordweavers June 11: Which of your hobbies/interests would appeal to your antagonist? There's no antagonist in the classical sense in #TheMindOnFire. However, Pieter and Ella van Krammart who come the closest would be most interested in music. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #pennedpossibilities 341 â What are some of your SC's other (lesser) fears? The baron fears the loss of the old order. Which is kinda weird as he was against the old order and pro-enlightenment in his youth. But he defines himself via his old name and standing. Losing that scares him (and that is not a lesser fear, tbh). #TheMindOnFire npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks Ich schĂ€tze, ich bin nicht nicht ĂŒber das Trauma hinweg, 12 Jahre lang an #DerGeistInBrand geschrieben zu haben. Die Ăbersetzung fĂ€llt mir schwerer als erwartet. Procrastion, here I come. Ich meine, Leute, DIE FENSTER SIND GEPUTZT!!! (Edit - der Titel war falsch. Sogar der Titel!!) npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #writerscoffeeclub June 9: How do you select ideas from all the ones floating around? Uhm. I guess I take the one that sticks to my brain and develops a life of its own. The rest get noted down for "some time later" (I have already used some of these ideas for later, too đ. They're not abandoned. They're dormant.) npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #pennedpossibilities 340 â How does your MC or SC feel about love as a concept? At the point where I am right now, Niklas is 9. As long as he feels loved, he doesn't care about the rest. Later on, however, both romantic and not-romantic love will become very important for him. Kind creature, my MC. Probably the kindest of them all. #TheMindOnFire npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #TimeTravelAuthors June 9: What thing does your MC care about most? At the beginning, Jules cares most about saving Philippa. Vera, however, cares most about proving to Barb she's no little kid anymore. #TimeCurves #JulesNVera npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #wordweavers Jun 8 â Where would your SC go if they had a bad day? The baron would seek either solitude or some good friends to distract him. Since he is a wanderer, there is no specific location he would go to. #TheMindOnFire npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #pennedpossibilities 339 â Does your MC learn from their past, or are they prone to repeating the same mistakes? Niklas is an innocent, way too trusting. And it takes a while before he learns to be at least a little more distrusting. #TheMindOnFire npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #phantastikprompts 8.6.: "Was ist das gröĂte Problem deiner Hauptfigur(en) am Anfang der Geschichte? Und was am Ende?" Zu Beginn ist Niklas' gröĂtes Problem, dass der Baron ihn mitnimmt und er somit sein Heim verliert. Das gröĂte Problem des Baron ist es, keinen Erben zu haben (und nicht zu wissen, was aus seiner groĂen Liebe wurde). Am Ende hat der Baron keine Probleme mehr. Und Niklas ist sicher keiner mehr bewusst. #DerGeistInBrand npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #writerscoffeeclub Jun 8 Do you agree with Michael Moorcock, who said: "Ignore all proffered rules and create your own, suitable for what you want to say"? Since I'm not sure I even know all these rules, I guess I agree đ
The only rule I follow is - if I want to publish it, it must be readable. And here are some guidelines that will help you make it easier for the reader to follow your thoughts. Works for me. đ€·ââïž npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #phantastikprompts 6.6. Eine deiner Figuren (zufĂ€llug gewĂ€hlt) stĂŒrmt atemlos in einen Friseursalon. Warum? Wie geht die Szene weiter? Hah. Wenn das Niklas wĂ€re, dann wĂ€re er nur hier, weil er sich geirrt hĂ€tte. Und er wĂŒrde auf dem Absatz kehrtmachen, brĂŒllen "Ich will keine PerĂŒcke! Die Dinger jucken!", und dann wĂ€re er auch schon wieder rausgerannt. #DerGeistInBrand npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #wordweavers June 6 MC POV: When was the last time you laughed? Niklas: *shrugs* 'Don't know? Today, I guess? I laugh whenever there's something funny, and the world is big and funny..." *author mutters something* Niklas: 'Yeah, I didn't laugh when the uncle took me from my home. But he's not so bad. And Paris is big and funny! Greta would love it here!' *author sighs* Well. It's Niklas. #TheMindOnFire npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #writerscoffeeclub June 06 Have you queried agents for traditional publishing? How did it go? I queried three publishers early in my days, and when they responded negatively, I decided I would not publish. Well. Things did go differently, after all. But never an agent. A friend suggested it once to me, but I never acted on it. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #pennedpossibilities 337 â What was the worst job that your MC or SC ever had? Niklas... doesn't have a job. He is the protĂ©gĂ© of a rich baron at the end of the 18th century. He wouldn't understand it either. Although he stems from poor landed gentry, jobs aren't something a noble does. Not in his world. #TheMindOnFire npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #TimeTravelAuthors Jun 5: Wednesday snippet - clock #TimeCurves #JulesNVera https://bookstodon-files.web.thunderhost.net/media_attachments/files/112/563/216/479/864/725/original/96bd8581ee8e4e2c.jpg npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #pennedpossibilities 336 â Would you or have you ever used a mixed metaphor in your writing? We would love to hear some examples.Unintentionally? Hopefully not unintentionally! Intentionally: Yes, but rarely. I try to think of an example, but of course, right now, nothing comes to mind. I'll update once I have a good example. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #writerscoffeeclub June 5. Have you ever dreamed about characters in your work? Not after I put them down in writing. But before - yes. Many of my books were inspired by very vivid dreams. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #wordweavers Jun 5 Do you have fans/people who enjoy your writing? Whatâs your relationship to them? I don't know most in person, but there was this one fan who bought all my English books until last fall. I saw on Twitter when #OfElvesAndWolves came out (she posted the paperback version) and asked her if the quality of the books was fine in the US. We chatted for a bit. She even asked if she could meet me in person. Unfortunately, she disappeared last fall on Twitter. Well. So did I. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #phantastikprompts 04.06. Beschreibe ein Vorurteil (fiktiv oder nicht), welches innerhalb deiner Geschichte herausgefordert wird & wie das geschieht! Ok, da muss ich doch noch mal zurĂŒck zur Irrfahrt: 1. Jungs können nicht vergewaltigt werden (doch, kann und wird er). 2. Das Vergewaltigungsopfer hat die Vergewaltigung provoziert. (Hat er nicht. Aber es dauert eine Weile, bis ihm jemand das auch so sagt.) So. War mir wichtig. #IrrfahrtInsGelobteLand npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #writerscoffeeclub 3 June: Should books contain a content warning? (somehow missed yesterday, but this is important). I never did that before I entered the English market. But I put a content note on #OdysseyToThePromisedLand. I realized that there are some things in it that might be disturbing, so I'm warning. Should is the right word. Sometimes, however, I feel like it has to do with respect for the reader. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #writerscoffeeclub June 4 â How do you handle highly intimate scenes? If this is with regard to sex scenes: I'm not afraid of that, but it has to fit the story. Some stories are fade-to-black, some more explicit. The most explicit feature the incubi twins and their companions. In general, I shy away much more from explicit violence (which you'll find nowhere in any of my stories). If this refers to other types of intimacy: heck yeah. I got them, loads of them. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #phantastikprompts 3.6. ErzĂ€hle von etwas, das in deiner Geschichte verloren geht und dann wiedergefunden wird (oder nicht)! Der Baron hat bereits etwas verloren: seine groĂe Liebe und seinen Lehrer. Ob er sie wiederfindet? Tja - Spoiler. #DerGeistInBrand npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #pennedpossibilities 334 â How does your MC handle sadness and depression? It's rare that Niklas feels depressed, being a sunny and uncomplicated character. His sadness is expressed differently while he grows up - from the heavy, unrestrained sobs when he's taking from his home to the numbing grief he feels when he loses his foster father. (I would share a snippet, but I'm not there yet) #TheMindOnFire npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #wordweavers Jun 3: Who is your most creative character? Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven feature in #TheMindOnFire, but they aren't truly mine. So, of my original characters of that story, it's probably Nicolette. My characters don't tend to engage much in creativity. That is something to keep in mind... npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #phantastikprompts 2.6. Teile einen Abschnitt aus deiner Geschichte zum Thema âĂberraschungâ! Tja, das ist die allererste Ăberraschung, die Niklas widerfĂ€hrt. Und, wie man vielleicht erahnen kann, ist er ĂŒberhaupt nicht glĂŒcklich darĂŒber. #DerGeistInBrand https://bookstodon-files.web.thunderhost.net/media_attachments/files/112/546/673/654/291/318/original/f885814dc1b60aa4.jpg npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks Of sacred paths and profane dreams... #OdysseyToThePromisedLand out now and free for a limited number of days as kindle ebook! Link will take you to your respective store: https://mybook.to/ToThePromisedLand #freebook #kindle https://bookstodon-files.web.thunderhost.net/media_attachments/files/112/542/350/170/728/089/original/38cfede9cc2e246b.jpg npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks It was supposed to be so easy... #OdysseyToThePromisedLand is live and free on Kindle for a limited number of days! The link will take you to your respective store: https://mybook.to/ToThePromisedLand https://bookstodon-files.web.thunderhost.net/media_attachments/files/112/540/371/943/596/331/original/27cb2ecebdc7f501.jpg npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #pennedpossibilities 332 â What were your MC's childhood obsessions? New month, new story: My next (and presumably last) translation project is #TheMindOnFire - a story about the son of a Prussian knight, a "Krautjunker", who gets adopted by an elderly baron and experiences the European World in 1787-1802. Niklas' obsession as a child at home was spending time with his neighbor Greta at their willow tree. He didn't want for much more - yet loses this. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #writerscoffeeclub Jun 1. Intro and update: Introduce yourself and/or update us on your writing journey since your last intro. Hello! I'm a passionate writer using Twitter different pen names, avid reader, and tiny publisher. Stories are what make my life special to me. And the update is: #OdysseyToThePromisedLand is live! And free for a few days on Kindle! If you want to read, this link will take you to your respective store: https://mybook.to/ToThePromisedLand npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #phantastikprompts 1. Juni: Vorstellungsrunde! Lass deine Hauptfigur deine Geschichte vorstellen! Neuer Monat, neue Geschichte: #DerGeistInBrand Niklas: "Ich wollte das nie. Ich wollte daheim bleiben. Aber die Dinge, die ich erlebt und gesehen habe - wer hĂ€tte je gedacht, dass das einem kleinen Krautjunker aus PreuĂen passiert? Meine Zeit ist wirr, Revolutionen und Kriege, und dennoch - am Ende bereue ich nichts. Ich habe Freunde fĂŒrs Leben gefunden." npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #TimeTravelAuthors May 31 - author's choice As #OdysseyToThePromisedLand will go live tomorrow, and one of the reasons why I translated that story was #JulesNVera - here is the scene where these two stories connect for the first time. #TimeCurves https://bookstodon-files.web.thunderhost.net/media_attachments/files/112/534/599/040/596/248/original/fb82b571b6915fe7.jpg npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #phantastikprompts 31.5. Gibt es jemanden, dem du im Zusammenhang mit dem Schreiben besonders dankbar bist? Es gibt sogar eine ganze Reihe, denen ich sehr dankbar bin. Aber keiner von denen ist hier. Und deshalb geht mein Dank heute an die #writingcommunity auf Mastodon - an alle, die inspirieren, unterstĂŒtzen und mich zum TrĂ€umen bringen. Ihr seid der Grund, warum ich jeden Tag hier vorbei schau. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #pennedpossibilities 331 â Has your MC ever desired the feeling of a fresh start, or a better understanding of themselves and / or the world around them? Goodness, yes. Katja sometimes feels like she's been caught in a nightmare, not understanding why people around her act the way they do. She would love a fresh start. #OdysseyToThePromisedLand comes out tomorrow!! I'm so excited! npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #wordweavers May 31 â Do your MCs enjoy games that are more physical or intellectual? Katja would be up for both, if she has the headspace and time to play. She might argue that she's not up to the task, but she would not back down from a challenge. Max, main SC, would definitely prefer the physical ones if asked. #OdysseyToThePromisedLand comes out tomorrow!! Yay! npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #TimeTravelAuthors May 29: Wednesday snippet ("blue") yup, got confused and am late again. First interaction of Jules and Vera! #TimeCurves #JulesNVera https://bookstodon-files.web.thunderhost.net/media_attachments/files/112/529/377/484/528/309/original/b8b9c47730135f0d.jpg npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #writerscoffeeclub May 30 How do you achieve a sense of wonder in your stories? If I do that, it is through the eyes of the characters. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #pennedpossibilities 330 â How does your MC go about expressing or not expressing their sexuality? Katja has a very big problem with that. She falls easily in love, but the only experience she had physically so far was with her much older husband. She hated it. She cries every time she thinks it might happen again, until [spoiler]. #OdysseyToThePromisedLand will come out in 2 days! npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #wordweavers mAz 30 Are you comfortable writing from the POV of a child? Written any? I am. The youngest POV I have is at the beginning of #TheMindOnFire: Niklas is seven. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #TimeTravelAuthors Went out for drinks with a friend yesterday who almost begged me to beta read a story of mine (this has literally never happened to me before. Reading yes, but not beta reading). Since I can't say no to that and #JulesNVera is my only project close to beta'ing, I'm gonna return to my time travel novel! Was planning to do another project first - but how many times does such a thing happen?? npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #pennedpossibilities 329 â How is your SC typically seen by others? Does it ring true to who they really are? Excellent question for Max! As he is often seen as a clown, jokester, and overall cheeky boy, he is not taken seriously by many. He is called Mischief-Max for a reason. Very few see beneath that and perceive his profound sense of honor and even fewer notice his deep-rooted issues and pain. Max is a complex character. #OdysseyToThePromisedLand coming out on June 1st! npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #wordweavers May 29: How would your MC handle finding a spider in their home? Katja wouldn't bat an eye and get rid of it. She's traveled to Jerusalem and back, mostly on foot, so a spider doesn't scare her (unlike the arachnophobic author đ
) #OdysseyToThePromisedLand coming out June 1st! npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #phantastikprompts 28.5. Kommt in deiner Geschichte eine Szene vor, in der eine Figur ganz anders ist, als sie zunĂ€chst eingeschĂ€tzt wird? Ja. Da das meiste durch Katjas Augen erzĂ€hlt wird - sie schĂ€tzt Max zuerst falsch ein, und Rainald ebenfalls. #IrrfahrtInsGelobteLand npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #pennedpossibilities 328 â If you could meet your characters, what would you say to them? Apart from apologizing to put them through hell? (You know, there was this story to write, and you happened to hang around...) I'll tell them that it'll all be fine in the end (at least in most parts). You'll be alright, and it'll be worth it. #OdysseyToThePromisedLand coming out on June 1st! npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #wordweavers May 28 â Did your MCs have comfort objects they carried as a child? Now? Katja was an only child, her mother died young. Her father certainly made sure she had something to comfort her, especially when he was away. But now? She's happy when she can wrap herself up. #OdysseyToThePromisedLand npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks Proofs are here! Im excited, and I love the cover. Some minor tweaks remain, but the publish date will be June 1st. Thank you all! #OdysseyToThePromisedLand https://bookstodon-files.web.thunderhost.net/media_attachments/files/112/513/394/272/475/056/original/7d42d95d837ad0ba.jpg npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #phantastikprompts 27.5. Was schreibst du nach deinem aktuellen Projekt? Ist bereits das nĂ€chste in Planung? Yes! Der Plan ist, solange coding school noch lĂ€uft, die Ăbersetzung von #DerGeistInBrand und ggf. noch edits von #TimeCurves zu machen. Und sobald das durch ist, geht es los mit Gabriel ZurmĂŒhlen und dem Barock. Ich habe schon so viele Ideen... npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #wordweavers May 27: What would your ideal writing group be like? Kind, dedicated creatives who are not only interested in showing off their own work, who are willing to help and support, and who do not see each other as competition. Yeah, I'm an idealist. But I've met quite a few people here who fit this picture, tbh. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #writerscoffeeclub May 27. What's the ideal story length? Use any definition of length you like, not just word count. I can only echo the many others here who already said - as long as it needs to be to tell the story (and not longer). npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #phantastikprompts 26.5.: "Ist dir bei der Recherche/ beim Worldbuilding mal ein besonders kurioses Faktum begegnet/ eingefallen, das du fĂŒr die Geschichte dennoch nicht verwendest?" Der junge König Balduin III von Jerusalem hatte Lepra und trug deshalb eine Maske, wenn er in die Schlacht ritt. Aber Katja ihm auch noch begegnen zu lassen, wĂ€re irgendwie absurd geworden. Sie begegnet schlieĂlich schon genĂŒgend König:innen etc. #IrrfahrtInsGelobteLand npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #wordweavers May 26. What childhood similarities do your MC and antagonist share? Again, the disclaimer thar the roles of antagonists are fluid. But if we take Rainald: Both he and Katja are the children of wealthy merchants, and both are forced to marry according to their guardians' wishes. #OdysseyToThePromisedLand will be published soon! npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #pennedpossibilities 326 â Do any of your characters have a favorite place that they've ever visited? Constantinople will remain a magical city for both Max and Katja. It's bigger and richer than anything they've ever seen. Doesn't mean they'll ever go back, though đ #OdysseyToThePromisedLand npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #writerscoffeeclub May 26 Would you consider writing a guide to your work, e.g. for aspiring writers? Not sure how to answer that. A guide for aspiring writers? No. Others have done plenty of those (and I haven't read a single one, tbh). A guide to my work? Some stories require a little background knowledge, or better put - it's out there, either in the afterwords or on the website. Other than that, no. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #pennedpossibilities 325 â SC POV: If you could relive one day of your life and change its course of events, which day would you choose? Author: Max? Max: Laodicea. No doubt about it. Author: You sure? Max: Yep. No matter how much I might have gained in the end, that price was too high. I'd change it in a heartbeat. Author: No more questions asked, Max. #OdysseyToThePromisedLand npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #wordweavers May 25: How often do your characters think of death? Katja and Max are both young, and thus, they only think of death when in true danger (which does happen quite a few times, though). The other folks of the crusade do it way more often than these two. #OdysseyToThePromisedLand npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #writerscoffeeclub May 24. Is there any work of fiction you could have written better? Don't be shy. In my very own personal opinion? Heck, yes. Will some people think the same of my books? For sure đ€Ș npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #pennedpossibilities 324 â SC POV: If you could relive one day of your life without changing anything that happened, which day would you choose? Max: Uhm. Not sure I've had such a day yet. Well, maybe the day Katja lost her patience with me at my mother's house. That day was... noteworthy. *smirks* #OdysseyToThePromisedLand npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #wordweavers May 24. While writing, do you avoid or binge watch similar material? When I'm writing, I can't read. I simply cannot focus on another story or get invested in another MC. So, if I'm reading or watching anything, it'll likely be non-fiction about something I need to research. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #phantastikprompts 24.5. "Wie verhĂ€lt sich deine Hauptfigur, wenn sie gelobt wird?" Katja wird nicht sehr oft gelobt, und es macht sie verlegen. Aber sie freut sich sehr ĂŒber jedes noch so kleine Lob. #IrrfahrtInsGelobteLand npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #writerscoffeeclub May 23. What gets in the way of your writing? The need to pay bills and thus earning money aka doing my day job. And sometimes people who need attention for whatever reason. Oh. And social media. Yup, logging off now. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #wordweavers May 23. Are your MCs picky about where they sleep? As long as it's safe, no. If they were, they wouldn't sleep. (And if it's not safe, they don't sleep (much) either). #OdysseyToThePromisedLand npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #phantastikprompts 23.5.: Was wĂŒrdest du im Zweifel eher Ă€ndern, das Ende, auf das deine Geschichte hinlĂ€uft, oder den Weg, den die Figuren nehmen? Warum? Pantser hier. Also definitiv das Ende. FĂŒr #Alsterdiamanten hatte ich was anderes im Kopf, aber Leander und Sophie haben sich durchgesetzt. Tja. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #pennedpossibilities 323 â What's a piece of advice for writers that you listened to and are glad for? I believe it was Marion Zimmer Bradley who said something like writing is 10% talent and 90% practice (or 20% and 80%?). Anyway, I remembered that. And though I felt I sucked when I started, I kept on writing for fun, and now people who have never met me give my stories 4-5 stars. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #TimeTravelAuthors May 21: Do you expect the reader to understand the mechanics of your story's time travel? The... mechanics? Uhm, no. The logic, yes, but not the rest. I would have a hard time explaining it too. #JulesNVera #TimeCurves npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #writerscoffeeclub May 22. (amended) If someone were to write your biography, who would you want to write it? I don't want anyone to do that. Besides, my life is rather boring (which is a good thing if you compare it to the lives of my characters đ€Ł) npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #phantastikprompts 22.5. Was ist das ungewöhnlichste oder auch lustigste Schimpfwort, das in deiner Geschichte vorkommt? Wie bist du darauf gekommen? Huh. Ich fĂŒrchte, diesbezĂŒglich war ich in dieser Geschichte super unkreativ. Sollte ich mal fĂŒr die nĂ€chste im Hinterkopf behalten! npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #pennedpossibilities 322 â What piece of advice, as an author, did you once receive but hadnât followed? Looking back on it now, you might wish that you had. Don't switch POV in a scene. Cocky young me thought, pffff, I can do that, who cares! It took me weeks later on to fix the issue after I realized what that does to the reader. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #wordweavers May 21. Do you consider how your MCâs appearance may contribute to stereotypes? Never paid much attention to that, tbh. But I never describe in much detail in the first place, leaving a lot to the readers' imagination. That's simply because I don't enjoy reading lengthy descriptions myself. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #writerscoffeeclub May 21. Do you format as you write or do that at the end? The minute I know that something will be longer than just a scene, I do basic formatting. I'm writing in word, and it simply makes it easier to navigate the document if I've got headers, parts, and so on. However, I do the final formatting for ebook, PB and HC only once I'm done. They differ too much, so it's 3 different docs in the end. I final formatted #OdysseyToThePromisedLand yesterday! npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #phantastikprompts 21.05.: Hast du eine von dir getrĂ€umte Szene eingebaut oder hat dich eine Szene schon mal in den Traum verfolgt? Wenn ja, was passiert darin? Eine Menge meiner Geschichten beruhen auf TrĂ€umen. Sie sind allerdings der erste AnstoĂ, auf dem dann das Ganze aufgebaut wird. So entstand #IrrfahrtInsGelobteLand auch durch einen Traum, der die Grundlage fĂŒr die Flucht bei Laodikea war. Dass ich TrĂ€ume in bereits existierende Storys einbaue, ist bislang noch nie passiert. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #writerscoffeeclub May 20: When did you first know you wanted to be a writer? Had to think about this. My first reaction was - did I ever decide I wanted to be a writer? But I do remember the day I first wanted to write a story for real, and even where I was - roughly ten meters from where I'm sitting right now, at my parents' house. I was 12. I hated the story I had just read. Mom said - well, do better. I said, ok. Then I went upstairs and started to write. Haven't truly stopped ever since. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #pennedpossibilities 319 â MC POV: Where did you grow up? What was your childhood like there? Katja: I grew up in Mainz! A lovely town at the Rhine - it's so beautiful there! My father taught me how to swim and told me stories from his travels, and the house was always filled with sweet smells of spices and foreign goods. But then he died, and my uncle had to take me in, and that was less nice... But I still love Mainz! #OdysseyToThePromisedLand npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #pennedpossibilities 318 â What do you need in your writing space to help you stay focused? Like others said - solitude/not being interrupted, and a certain kind of quiet. I can write with noise canceling earphones on a full train. I'm having more trouble when I'm sitting in the beautiful sunroom, and someone next to me keeps talking to me at random intervals. Oh, and time. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #fantasyleserprompts 16.05.: Wie lange brauchst Du ungefĂ€hr fĂŒr ein (richtig dickes) Buch? Ich denke einen Tag. Und damit meine ich die Dicke von bis zu 200k Wörter. FĂŒr 80k brauche ich ungefĂ€hr einen halben. Ich habe schon immer schnell gelesen. Irgendwann habe ich gemerkt, dass ich mir Seiten ansehe und mein Hirn die SchlĂŒsselwörter rauspickt. Toll zum Entspannen, Mist bei schwierigen, fachlichen Texten. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #pennedpossibilities 317 â What clothing materials or outfits feel the most comfortable to your villain? There's no true villain in #OdysseyToThePromisedLand, but if we take Brother Johannes, he most enjoys wearing his full Templar regalia. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #writerscoffeeclub May 17. Other than writing, what's your go-to creative outlet? Music, esp. singing and dancing, and drawing. I'm not good at any of these, but I love all of them, and they relax me. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #writerscoffeeclub May 16: What's your target audience? Why? People like me, I guess. Because I always write for myself first. So, people that love to read, don't like too much blood and gore, like some romance and don't mind sex, enjoy a happy ending or something akin, like strong female characters, don't like the alpha male crap or anything akin, like fantasy and history, don't mind people not being hetero, and enjoy if not the strongest and broodiest of 'em all gets the girl. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #wordweavers May 16: If your characters were in a museum, how would they act? Depends on the type, I suppose. But everything that is further advanced than their knowledge in 1149 would have both Max and Katja gaping. If it's technology of some kind, make sure to watch Max because he would so try to get into the exhibitions. #OdysseyToThePromisedLand npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #pennedpossibilities 316 â Does your MC or SC have a hard time connecting with others? Nope, quite the opposite. Katja is a sweet, empathic girl and people tend to want to take care of her in one way or the other. She's trusting too. Max is a little less trusting (ok, a lot), but he easily makes friends. That they don't know his bitterest, darkest secret is another thing altogether. #OdysseyToThePromisedLand npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #pennedpossibilities 315 What smells remind your MC of their childhood? The smell of spices, foreign goods, and the like. Katja's father was a merchant. #OdysseyToThePromisedLand npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #wordweavers May 15 Who are your book's most and least gullible characters? Hah! Apart from the little children, I'd say Katja is the most gullible and Max is the least. #OdysseyToThePromisedLand npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #writerscoffeeclub May 15 Have you ever attended a writer's fair / festival to promote your work? Would you? No. And... I don't know. Maybe, if I ever have enough time. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #TimeTravelAuthors 13: How did you come up with the rules of time travel? Some I had already made up in my backstory in my teens. The biggest chunk, however, was based on some personal logic and then a lot of calculations. I wanted a certain situation for Jules to live in, and the rest is based on that. #JulesNVera #TimeCurves npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #writerscoffeeclub May 14. Do you have a sense of how much plot you need for how long a manuscript? Quite some experience meanwhile. But tbh - I don't care. I want to tell my story, not hit a certain word count. npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #fantasyleserprompts am 13.05.: Wie entscheidest Du, ob Du ein Buch kaufst / welches Buch Du kaufst? (Cover, Reinlesen, Empfehlung...) Cover ist tatsĂ€chlich nicht so wichtig, Hauptsache, ich kann den Titel lesen. Klappentext ist super wichtig, ob ich das Buch aufmache. Und dann lese ich rein, ob der Stil mir gefĂ€llt. Ich höre nicht mehr auf Empfehlungen, tbh. GeschmĂ€cker sind halt anders. Und hochgelobte BĂŒcher waren zu oft gar nicht meins npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #pennedpossibilities 314 â Has your MC ever felt as though they were reborn in the mental / emotional sense? Katja, no. But Max, the most important SC, certainly experiences that in Hungary. #OdysseyToThePromisedLand npub1fgkawnes466ret26gfr647yuknx0r92528jan9ll4pcvswr4t66qdj5tk5 Anderlandbooks #wordweavers May 11. Who is the best leader in your story? Hmmm, difficult. Maybe it's Friedrich of Swabia, the future Emperor Barbarossa. Yusuf bin Ayyub, the future Saladin, is still a little boy. Max and Katja both only take over leadership when there's no one they can rely on. It's the way they were raised. #OdysseyToThePromisedLand