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tobadzistsini<p><a href="https://bonequest.net/tags/Writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writephant</span></a> A3. Are you a writer with routine or who has to be spontaneous? Sometimes we want to create routines, but life is too chaotic.</p><p>I write when I can or when the spirit moves me.</p>
tobadzistsini<p><a href="https://bonequest.net/tags/Writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writephant</span></a> A2. How about your writing? Is any part of your writing life complicated?</p><p>I feel like I am not being creative but when I do bang something out, I realize I am mentally preoccupied.</p><p>Surprised I got this one down.</p><p><a href="https://bonequest.net/@tobadzistsini/114973027393008106" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bonequest.net/@tobadzistsini/1</span><span class="invisible">14973027393008106</span></a></p>
tobadzistsini<p><a href="https://bonequest.net/tags/Writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writephant</span></a> A1. Do you think your life is complicated? Why or why not?</p><p>Yes. Getting situated at a new job. Helping prior employer catch up with invoices on Saturdays and 3 days after my day job. Also hoping the coming three months aren't going to fuck me.</p>
green<p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writephant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/selfpromo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfpromo</span></a> I (currently) write fanfiction! my current project is "Dreams of Dead Stars," a complete re-write of the FFXIV MMORPG "Endwalker" expansion and a continuation of my rewrite of the last part of "Shadowbringers", "The Monsters We Become" <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/34145443/chapters/84956344" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archiveofourown.org/works/3414</span><span class="invisible">5443/chapters/84956344</span></a></p><p>I also have a completed novelette rewrite of the MCU "Thor" movie, titles "Tongues of Serpents," which you might like if you like Loki, Norse mythology, or genderweird shapeshifting dragons. <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/16125740/chapters/37673537" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archiveofourown.org/works/1612</span><span class="invisible">5740/chapters/37673537</span></a></p>
Elektra<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@Priyajsridhar" class="u-url mention">@<span>Priyajsridhar</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@adriabailton" class="u-url mention">@<span>adriabailton</span></a></span> <br />I knew a guy (sadly passed away last year) who had a license plate Plan B. When asked about it at the US/Canada border, he said it was the name of the book that paid for the car.</p><p>Highly recommended. Plan B by Sharon Lee &amp; (the late) Steve Miller</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Writephant</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/LiadenUniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LiadenUniverse</span></a></p>
Elektra<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@adriabailton" class="u-url mention">@<span>adriabailton</span></a></span> <br />I&#39;m Elektra Hammond. Find me at untilmidnight.com</p><p>See me talk about SF/F, writing, comics, TV, and Supernatural at Con-Tinual (the Con that Never Ends) on Facebook and Youtube.</p><p>Come see the Sidewise Awards given out at Worldcon! 6pm FRI - Alt Hist of Space Travel with me, Mary Kowal, Rosemary Smith, Olav Rockne, Dr. Laura Woodney</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>writephant</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amediting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amediting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WorldCon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WorldCon2025</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/alternatehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>alternatehistory</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>writersofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ConTinual" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ConTinual</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/supernatural" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>supernatural</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>comics</span></a></p>
Elektra<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@adriabailton" class="u-url mention">@<span>adriabailton</span></a></span> <br />Additional note to one little thing to make your life simpler--get rid of the gas station stop.</p><p>I love my electric truck (not a Tesla!!). Go electric or hybrid when your lifestyle supports it--you&#39;ll never go back.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Writephant</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/EVsarethefuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EVsarethefuture</span></a></p>
Elektra<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@adriabailton" class="u-url mention">@<span>adriabailton</span></a></span> <br />What is one little thing I can do to make my life simpler?</p><p>This is hard--because I tend to implement immediately. Using a shared calendar was a HUGE improvement for us in scheduling. </p><p>Getting the office upstairs cleaned out so I have a quiet place to retreat and work and the cats can&#39;t knock stuff over in the night (it has a door!) would be great--but I have to triage the printers up there and put stuff away, etc.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Writephant</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritersofMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WritersofMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/simplify" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>simplify</span></a></p>

I don't have much to self-promote right now. Hopefully I'll have more news about my novel or perhaps one of the few short stories that are looking for homes will find one. In the meantime, I offer Peaches, hanging out with me during chat.

A3. Are you a writer with routine or who has to be spontaneous? Sometimes we want to create routines, but life is too chaotic.

I like to have an orderly life so that I can be governed by serendipity. I write when I feel like it. My life is pretty routinized but that just gives me flexibility to do whatever I want. I don't want my writing to be routine.

It's the top of the next hour, and the official questions for are all posted. Please continue to chat about simplifying your life on the hashtag.

Now it's time for self-promo! Feel free to post whatever fits in the character
count.

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@adriabailton
Am I a writer with routine or who has to be spontaneous?

I crave routine, but I'm terrible at it. When I have outside forces, like Tang Soo Do lesson M/W 4pm, I get there.

I try to set goals for myself, but everything went out the window when hubby had his first foor surgery and started working down the hall. He has a lot of loud meetings--and he's distracting . . .

A2. How about your writing? Is any part of your writing life complicated?

The writing part is pretty uncomplicated. When I get stumped on a manuscript, I sometimes have to take a walk to sort out what's happening, but that's about it.

But there's a lot more to my writing life: trying to get published and to promote my work after publication: Attending conventions, running bookselling operations, etc. Plus my service to writing organizations (SFWA and Straw Dog) keeps me busy.

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@adriabailton
Is any part of my writing life complicated?

My writing life is pretty uncomplicated--when I moved in, my best friend (a librarian!) shelved all the books in the library, and reference books are easy to find. I am trying to move into my upstairs office, but that requires a lot of clean out first, and may be beyond me.

Everything that needed to be out of reach of the cats (when we had 30+ of them) got tossed in there.

A4. What is one little thing you can do to make your life simpler?

A small thing: I've been trying to run the dishwasher before bed, so I get up to a nice clean kitchen.