Elyse M Grasso / is on Nostr

Retired. Fiber arts. Books. Spec Fic. Colorado Mountains are view from former porch. She/her. ace/aro/NB Survived the Marshall Fire. The view didn't burn

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2024-03-15 01:48:02

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@npub1k74…dmux Condolences. Hope the rest of the year goes better!

2024-03-14 20:55:33

#Fire #FarmersInsurance I want to praise the service I've had from Farmers Insurance since my house burned down in Dec 2021. Diane Little in the Large Claims department noticed that there was some money available if I filed for it and reached out to me. It should cover my April payment to the construction company.
I've heard horror stories about other people having to fight with their insurance companies after the fire, but the Framers corp. has been reasonable and the people have been helpful.

2024-03-13 05:21:28

#WritersCoffeeClub 13 Do #WritersCoffeeClub, #WordWeavers or PennedPossibilities inspire you?
I have bandwidth for 2 regular hashtags, which currently are WritersCoffeeClub and WordWeavers.
I also read some answers to PennedPossibilities, but don't engage directly (though thinking about the questions is often useful/interesting).
The questions and discussions have been very helpful in preparing my story for the alpha and beta readers and professional editor and getting things to balance.

2024-03-12 06:01:04

#WritersCoffeeClub 12 Do you agree with Ray Bradbury: "Quantity produces quality. If you only write a few things you're doomed"?
There is a saying that is takes 10,000 hours of doing something to start mastering it. And another saying that you need to write a million bad words before you start reliably producing good ones.
I think all three are talking about building skills and consistency.
Those numbers sound huge but 10K hours is just 5 years of full-time work.
And the words add up...

2023-12-16 04:08:01

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@npub1acq…0tnv @npub1ek8…t2en
The hosts of WordWeavers have said repeatedly that character-targeted questions that don't work (Antagonist questions when there isn't one, forex.) can be applied to a different class of characters. If the rules for the PennedPossibilities prompts are different, that may need to be made clearer. People may have been making adjustments in good faith.

2023-10-22 11:10:49

#WritersCoffeeClub Oct 22: Stephen King portrays writers in his stories. Which actor should play you in the story of your life?
There are no words sufficient to express how vastly uninterested I am in having my life portrayed, anywhere. Let them put the effort, if any, into filming one of my stories.

2023-09-01 10:06:13

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@npub16uc…k62q Hmm. It feels like you are burying the lede. Could you re-order it so the crisis/stakes are described before the participants? Or is the relationship more important than the plot?

2023-08-11 19:34:46

#WritingWonders Day 11 MC POV: If you had to give your closest friend one piece of advice, what would it be? Why?
Franz-Karl: Giving grownups advice feels... unbalanced. But if I must: don't let my troubles eat your life entirely. Keep a space for yourself. And watch your back.

2023-08-05 07:40:24

#writingwonders 5 Does your MC have any pictures of themselves with friends or family?
Franz-Karl is a Prince in a palace where his family has lived for a few generations. There are lots of relatives on the walls, including familiar faces showing up in allegorical or religious scenes in addition to explicit portraits.
Household Shrines display tokens of living and dead family members that are often miniatures, or sometimes sketches.
Not sure a group illo of his immediate family exists.

2023-08-02 05:29:21

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@npub1wln…kuvx @npub1k24…26zw and another one that is powered by moving water