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Once she stood tall…

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#WritersCoffeeClub Feb 3: What signature marks your work as definitively and effectively yours?

Unashamed mindfuckery. You start reading my work, you're pretty much guaranteed to bump into some unexpected twists that even I didn't see coming.

Any portrait casts a shadow…

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Peter Dinklage recites poem for Renee Good who was killed by ICE.

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#WritersCoffeeClub Feb 2: How satisfied are you with the rhythm of your works?

I like rock and jazz, and it reflects in my work. Groovy, sometimes uneven, edgy, powerful. That’s in my rhythm too.

A dark cup of coffee on our long wooden table.

#WritersCoffeeClub 1 Feb: How satisfied are you with your current writerly ‘voice’?

Ehm, the current is doing a lot of heavy lifting here 😅 my writer’s voice is all over the place atm, but I guess that’s part of the process of moving from a finished project to a new one.

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#WritersCoffeeClub Jan 31: What did you learn this month about your writing process or habits that you want to carry forward?

I was definitely focused on a single manuscript for far too long. I try to leave more pieces for other works now. I will try to do more of that going forward.

Angels & Demons by Dan Brown. Delivered this morning.

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A psychological thriller about a woman who’s lost her husband and two sons. In order to cope with the loss, she’s adopted two dogs.
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#Thriller #Suspense #Fiction #SuspensefulNovel

Two printed piles of manuscript and some pink laces.

One copy bound…

Handwritten title. Et voilá!

It’s been a hot minute since I last handmade a few copies of #mrsCleyton …

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Picture is the corner of my office, the walls are a sage green. In this corner. a unusual piece of art is on the wall. It kind of looks like an alter piece or something,, it’s black, it has a small shelf and the backing is tall with ribbons to keep photographs in place if you want to use them. I have stuck in a postcard about Moby Dick, old black-and-white photos I found in a vintage shop. the shelf are too small candles and a vintage brass apothecary, mortar and pesto. On the hangers is a vintage cigarette holder very long, and at the end of it is what looks like a cigarette, but is in fact an incense stick. Below that is an orchid that has not yet bloomed, an old-fashioned, antique typewriter, a silver platter with writers, tears, whiskey, and two glasses, and an award I won as a distinguished author.

This is gradually becoming a sort of author altar. 📚

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#WritersCoffeeClub Jan 30: This month, how did you successfully navigate a challenge or a sticky point in your writing?

For me it was letting go of the manuscript I've been finishing up. I felt I was even asking too much from my editor... Glad I was able to find a second editor for proofreading.

A tree in the dark
Is still a tree
Reaching for the light
However it can

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#WordOfTheDay : Ferocious

Merriam-Webster defines it as “exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality”, or simply “extremely intense.”

If you like psychological thrillers, you must be a ferocious reader.

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#WritersCoffeeClub 29 Jan: Which phrase, paragraph, or page are you most proud of writing this month?

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A woman holding a tablet showing the cover of Mrs. Cleyton with a big English Mastiff. A sentence from the novel floats next to it: he’d been aggressive and lost, while her dogs ran free,

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#WritersCoffeeClub 28 Jan: what resource unexpectedly helped your writing this month.

Instagram. I always saw it as a tool for marketing only, and didn’t really want to engage there. Now I’m finding a new voice there as I’m preparing for the #mrsCleyton marketing push. Still feels eerie though 😅

#WritersCoffeeClub Jan 27: What’s a technical skill you think should be more widespread?

Repairing bicycles. In general we should cycle more, and being able to repair them yourself is an essential survival skill IMO 😅

This bathroom is astonishing. - Feddit UK Pretty sure I would keep bumping my head trying to drink from that glass of water 😂

Definitely sure I would keep bumping my head trying to drink from that glass of water 😂

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#WritersCoffeeClub Jan 26: Do you include things you personally find repellent in your work?

Quite so. To deliver in the thriller and horror genres, I feel I need to write about stuff that makes my own skin crawl.

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#WritersCoffeeClub 25 Jan: What comes first? Character, setting, plot. What comes next?

For me, it starts with a setting. I’m intrigued by historical settings, so I let those guide me. Next come the characters. Without good/strong characters, any story falls flat.

#WritersCoffeeClub 24 Jan: Share something you’re proud of but had to cut from a work.

I’ve had to do some major revisions on drafts, but I don’t get too sentimental about them. I can’t recall the name of any character that didn’t make the cut.

An empty exposition hall displaying a single painting: The giant Mastiff on the cover of Mrs. Cleyton.

"She froze as the giant creature sniffed her hand. A trembling feeling started to envelope her, but she tightened her belly to stop the shaking from reaching her hand. Dogs did not like people who displayed their fears, she knew."

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#WritersCoffeeClub 23 Jan: There’s satisfaction in writing a good sentence. What satisfies your writing ear?

I love music, but a song with great lyrics makes my heart melt. So I like to play with words, read them out loud and discover their rhythm. When the rhythm is right, that’s perfection to me.

#WordOfTheDay : Scrutiny

To look into something with immense detail, often from a distrusting angle.

“She scrutinised the relationships with all her ex-lovers, looking for ways to lay the blame with them.”

Sing, my little bird Sing the prettiest notes Please, my little bird Please my ears alone Grace, my little bird Grace for this song I wrote And don’t you ever wonder What happens if you don’t

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#WritersCoffeeClub 22 Jan: Share a recent advancement in your craft of which you are proud.

I’m transitioning away from the craft of software engineering because I felt there’s not a lot there anymore to be proud of. But I’m proud of myself for finally taking the plunge to become a writer 😊

I write from the threshold between myth and the everyday where the sacred still shows up in kitchens, relationships, grief, desire, and art. Where nothing is too small to matter.

— Helena Solith