Les mains.
Les épaules.
Puis la tête.
Écrasement ?
Entraide?
Manque le contexte.

#writever #Annabidule

Introduction to R.S., Author, Novelist Updated 03/22/25

First, a few words:

"One thing you learn from watching TV, movies, anime, and reading best sellers, to pulp, to fanfic: No story is perfect. There's always hopeful contrivance and caricature in plot or character, a little or a lot... but it works. We like it. It gets bought, published, produced, noticed, sometimes loved despite the warts.

"Authors and playwrights of all levels... take heart. Complete your project and go on to the next. Complete is the superpower you can have, perfect doesn't exist."

And something that works for me: Are you blocked by your internal censor? Do you worry you're revealing your embarrassing true self? Say what I say to myself:

I am not telepathic.

Repeat that: I am not telepathic.

Louder: I AM NOT TELEPATHIC!

I DON'T know what the reader is going to expect.

I DON'T know if the current scene is going to frighten, trigger, or be too explicit for my audience...

Because I DON'T have anyone looking over my shoulder, clicking their tongue, and saying, "Tch, tch, tch!"

I am going to take a deeeeeeep breath, now,
clear my mind,
and write the flapping scene—
full stop.

Who is R.S.?

I am a formerly published feminist SF author and a prosaist—which is what a poet is to poetry, but for prose.
I write #fiction stories that often address issues of gender at least peripherally. I'm aiming to short list for an Otherwise Award.
My genre tags are #sf, #sff, #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and #romance.
I'm a fan of rhetoric and elocution; I'm a prosaist, remember? Humor makes life and writing tolerable.

My community is #author, #writer, #writingCommunity, and #writersOfMastodon.
I hosted the #EngenderedWriting hashtag. See: #EngenderWritingQ.
I post often to various writing hashtags, which are variously called games, prompts, or challenges: #pennedPossibilities, #wordWeavers, #ScribesAndMakers, #writever, and #writersCoffeeClub,
If you become confused about my gender, that's intentional. I write gender fiction, so if I revealed mine, it would add subtext to my stories. If you know or learn it, please keep it to yourself. Thanks!
#ActuallyAutistic, which explains how I can overly focus, seem obtuse, or end up running down rabbit holes. No worries. It's actually a superpower.
This link (https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110470537747067765) leads to a list of shorter stories I've written to post exclusively on Mastodon (#microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic). I retain the copyright on those stories.
My Markdown Reference: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/114741821407500330

I'm building a network of authors by entertaining you, and by sharing what I've learned through decades of doing it the hard way. My motto: There Shall Be Content! I want to help our writing community by helping authors overcome what keeps them from completing stories. I'm learning self-publishing as a business. I want to push back the loneliness that's part and parcel of this solitary profession.

I follow serious authors, which means people diligently writing or working at completing stories or articles or anything containing words with the intent to publish, whether that's #fiction, #nonfiction, #scripts, #comics or #manga, or #games. I will read your profile to check for content before following. You need not courtesy follow in return for a follow.

I boost posts that announce authors' work and publications. I want my followers (largely artists, authors, and photographers) to see your work. We're all creatives here, trying to be professional. Everyone needs to promote their work; I want to help you. Don't repeat too often. Since I follow so many people, my timeline is full. Don't feel bad if I miss something. Private mention @sfwtr@eldritch.cafe!

I'll follow an #artist upon seeing interesting artwork, #photography or hand-drawn/painted #art. I am partial to #charcoals and #pastel, appreciate #sketch art, but love #watercolor. If wowed, I'll discuss what's great in reply, or #critique if you're close and I I can help. I commission cover and interstitial art. I do fine art photography and some wedding and event photography.

Life and Everything Else: I have a weird sense of humor, which follows since many of my characters are snide and cynical.

Favorites: My clicking the favorite button means something caught my attention, was particularly apropos to the idea, was entertaining, or somehow pithy. If I reply to your post, I've definitely noticed something!

Hot Buttons: Feminist issues are my bread and butter. So too labor issues, like jobs being automated out of existence without ensuring former employees can support themselves. If you want to use #genAI, #chatGPT, or AI to replace writers or artists, or jobs, you're barking up the wrong tree, buster! I post those road apples under #theComingLaborApocalypse.

I believe Boosting is Sharing. I appreciate when people boost my posts when they affect them.

#BoostingIsSharing

Et si on commençait janvier par la fin?
1 jour
1 mot
1 texte
science-fiction 🚀
fantastique👻
ou fantasy 🗡️
En thread et avec #writever pour être repéré·es

ALT

What if we started January with the end?
1 day
1 word
1 story :
science fiction🚀
fantastic 👻
or fantasy 🗡️
Ideally in one thread and with the #writever hashtag

ALT

En décembre, la montagne vous inspire?
Comme dernier défi de l’année, grimpons et racontons :
1 jour
1 mot
1 texte
science-fiction 🚀
fantastique👻
ou fantasy 🗡️
En thread et avec #writever pour être repéré·es

ALT

In December, does the mountain inspire you?
As the last challenge of the year, let’s climb and tell stories:
1 day
1 word
1 story :
science fiction🚀
fantastic 👻
or fantasy 🗡️
Ideally in one thread and with the #writever hashtag

ALT

Je tente le #writever ce mois-ci. On verra bien où ça mène.
Edit : J'ai enfin retravaillé et mis en ligne la version finale de ce writever. Voici donc Etilia ou les possessions.
https://medium.com/@SchizoFreine/etilia-ou-la-possession-3e1aa7ed2b3c

ALT

Je commence 2026 avec un nouveau #writever. Je ne sais pas encore ce que ça va donner, mais c'était le cas pour d'autres éditions et ça a fonctionné.
Sur une suggestion de @ortaviz je vais aussi les poster sur @microfictions en plus du recueil habituel de Micronouvelles sur #Atramenta à la fin du défi.

ALT

#writever Passage

Pour le passage du Styx, outre les deux pièces traditionnelles, Charon accepte aujourd'hui les principales cartes bancaires, mais aussi le paiement en nature. Personne ne sait ce qu'il fait de tous les morceaux d'âmes qu'il reçoit.

@microfictions
#MastoArt #MicroFiction #sfff

Writever en retard

Comme une gourde, en voulant corriger un truc, j'ai tout supprimé, donc je recommence mon writever en retard (basé sur mon personnage de jeu de rôle textuel et l'univers de bouzouks.net)

#1 : passage

Dissimulée dans un buisson du jardin de la villa Struleone et armée d'une bombe de peinture rose, Pincemi attendait l'opportunité de se frayer un passage jusqu'à l'intérieur du manoir.

Si ces mafieux à deux struls croyait qu'elle avait oublié leur trahison passée, ils allaient vite comprendre que non quand elle aurait repeint la chambre de son défunt mari de graffitis indécents.

#writever #writing #ecriture #JdR

@microfictions

12 - vautour

que fouaille-t-on
de souvenirs
d'émotions de pensées
d'idées faites
ou à germer
qu'arrache-t-on à soi-même
à d'autres
de silences
de secrets
raclés dans les entrailles
parfois encore grouillantes
que vole-t-on qu'on ne rendra
jamais

qu'on tord
boyaux
pour donner de la chair aux fictions
donner du compost aux poèmes

#writever

20. Hantise

mes cheveux battent au vent
la hantise me transperce
de la veine à la mer
de disparaître
de moi

#writever #poésie