2026-04-21T05:52:27Z https://yabu.me Grahame the Ghost https://yabu.me/npub1hy5ksqdqp9kptt84sw77wl6a5py67ufrxdlk8n84pvd7tm3gw02qg2l9l4 https://s3.c.im/accounts/avatars/109/313/745/222/797/456/original/e5e6eb8863d5b949.jpg https://s3.c.im/accounts/avatars/109/313/745/222/797/456/original/e5e6eb8863d5b949.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqnclxjgzgqt65czlfnlqfpuq3acjhm2chhwkpwq8plxwxlue6jlczyzujj6qp5qykc9dv7kpmmemltksyntm3yveh7c7v7593he0w9peagpream3 #WritersCoffeeClub May 7 - Do readers need to understand a character&#39;s motivations to understand the story?<br/><br/>I feel the need to write the motivations for major characters. My &#39;reader&#39; might just be using the book to prop up a wonky table leg. 🙂 2026-05-07T09:50:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy2us36r6k205v7p84f5v9kt5kgny7qpdacqf6600hjrzkz543m8czyzujj6qp5qykc9dv7kpmmemltksyntm3yveh7c7v7593he0w9peag9g2x00 #ScribesAndMakers <br/>#TTMD <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ldjpj6xv59n7wflcn37807y3tr6yx0ev70kxj4y74kczrd3k606q95f82c" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Anderlandbooks</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ldj…f82c</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>I&#39;m really intrigued about your new book set in Hamelin at the time of the legend of the Pied Piper ...it sounds like something Guillermo del Toro might turn into a movie one day. 🙂 <br/><br/>You mention on your bio about the importance of well-researched historical characters ...and I presume setting as well. <br/><br/>How do you approach the research? Is it woven into the drafting process, or earlier, as part of a character development phase when planning the book.<br/><br/>And how important is it for you to have experienced the locations for your stories in real life? 2025-12-07T08:51:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy8r92r7n5xhee5pdu5xcxck4jk4m7vqk6r8k6ntaz4hklweltykqzyzujj6qp5qykc9dv7kpmmemltksyntm3yveh7c7v7593he0w9peagzrxd2v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsglmahrht46vky5fn87mqze29669mkd4hfwe2xkf7mda7shdeeves2aup2n'>nevent1q…up2n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ll need to get a bit more famous first. 😁 2025-09-03T16:09:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9vzhdt9sawgfq9uwegz8sktc22wquxyz3aktv6cgrfuuv7l2pe2czyzujj6qp5qykc9dv7kpmmemltksyntm3yveh7c7v7593he0w9peagwpw9wf #WritersCoffeeClub Aug 3 - Have you ever based a character on yourself? If not, would you?<br/><br/>If I did, I don&#39;t know how recognisable it would be. It would be my perception of me, which could be quite different from everyone else&#39;s. <br/><br/>For instance, I think I&#39;m funny. 🤔 <br/><br/>...Nah, I prefer to just carry on writing about all the characters I&#39;ve met in my life ...and it&#39;s probably for the best that some don&#39;t know. 😀 2025-09-03T09:37:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszvlrevwk366kzjrjv0p4dzm04zggz66y4sdfeflytmumk0pu222gzyzujj6qp5qykc9dv7kpmmemltksyntm3yveh7c7v7593he0w9peagsnvhsu #WordWeavers Aug 22 - If money wasn’t an issue, where would you arrange a WordWeavers writing retreat?<br/><br/>I suppose I would need to host it in beloved Glastonbury, with personal guided tours of the local legendary sites.<br/><br/>Each day would begin at dawn on top of the Tor, bottling service for water from the Chalice Well, and some lovely Somerset countryside to relax in ...with a good supply of locally farm produced, if slightly dubious scrumpy. <br/><br/>Organised around the festival of Lughnasadh so the Druids are out for a bit of a celebration.<br/><br/>Writing? Oh yeah there might be some of that as well. 🙂 2025-08-22T08:56:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstf0ghlchyn4hcraayg39ks63t3n7kgqlaqffndsa9nwrwzj4vgygzyzujj6qp5qykc9dv7kpmmemltksyntm3yveh7c7v7593he0w9peag3n8mcn #HeavyMetalHardRock<br/>#JukeboxFridayNight <br/><br/>There are so many good metal covers, but this is my favourite<br/><br/>Chop Suey - performed by Halocene, Lauren Babic, and Violet Orlandi<br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/vUpcCN_PWYw?si=awaBwD59YqIfcpuP">https://youtu.be/vUpcCN_PWYw?si=awaBwD59YqIfcpuP</a> 2025-07-25T08:23:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2u5945ns6us3lmrcj5kg5k9zke7mcydvme98m2qpakr7eu0fcv7gzyzujj6qp5qykc9dv7kpmmemltksyntm3yveh7c7v7593he0w9peagsf8yra In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqmk9tlfan4g0c5msg0psrwdma8juuxl9khjmdvdfy72zhtgj5xcc553aaj'>nevent1q…3aaj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Probably something I&#39;m more likely to learn about as a subject for study rather than a student, but yes I have had a lot of experiences with writing where the book seems to start writing itself, and the relevant knowledge to solve an issue with the story suddenly appears from a random source.<br/><br/>I tend to just blame the characters themselves, but it can&#39;t just be that. 2025-06-26T16:12:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw5dml3rgx0mgarjygleeyymchvjle8t2gcg0pgn5rrquvzrhyptszyzujj6qp5qykc9dv7kpmmemltksyntm3yveh7c7v7593he0w9peagkxgp0d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst06q4ksqkunce7u8hycz4ffyfugjcva0vgtyr3cclxcn0j86c72qu60jqr'>nevent1q…0jqr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Only in the context of general research. I maybe should read more. Although what amazes me is just how far back in time similar theories appear. I know. I should maybe have went to school and I might have known about it all much earlier. 🙂 2025-06-26T15:52:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0z85lycw0tv48qpzj53338ezqf4gec44jyhv879c7ad0elktk9nszyzujj6qp5qykc9dv7kpmmemltksyntm3yveh7c7v7593he0w9peagrqyxw7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszlhhlfqm00chkph8jnxq48dtzyufdss9mqu7h0q0s6aepjx2frvqudg3u4'>nevent1q…g3u4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Which reminds me ...Carl Jung, and resonance ...What&#39;s going on? Is maybe how I should have answered the prompt. 🙂 2025-06-26T15:29:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv3c9jctnz3c8gwunylnk8k83qy8h3hh2kxshsgvahq5ze7apy3sgzyzujj6qp5qykc9dv7kpmmemltksyntm3yveh7c7v7593he0w9peag030d56 #ScribesAndMakers June 26 - What?<br/><br/>...What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality - Plutarch<br/><br/>I&#39;m touching on this philosophy in my current book and it appears that it&#39;s starting to emphasise its presence in my life through #ScribesAndMakers prompts. <br/><br/>...spooky. 🙂 2025-06-26T11:16:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs89fm5u8nxtpnz7fl5ushkvgz093ycgt5qsxm0a7jtnuzvh6sq44czyzujj6qp5qykc9dv7kpmmemltksyntm3yveh7c7v7593he0w9peagudaprf #PennedPossibilities 697 - MC POV: What, to you, would be the worst way to die?<br/><br/>The worst death? <br/><br/>My last glimpse is of Gwenhwyfar in danger, the last thing I hear is her anguished calls of pain, and my last thoughts are filled with the certainty that it&#39;s too late for me to do anything about it as my own soul departs.<br/><br/>Any other death I can face, as long as it&#39;s not that, I have no fear of the stillness of Avalon. 2025-06-12T11:39:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgfqwwnu8suvhlge9fchpnk97l258k77y87tdyzzy3jehvx8wcp2szyzujj6qp5qykc9dv7kpmmemltksyntm3yveh7c7v7593he0w9peagw9gxd9 #WordWeavers Sep 5 - If you could collaborate with another author, who would it be?<br/><br/>On the history side, Professor Michael Wood, who wrote the book In Search of the Dark Ages, which was a huge inspiration to me - So if he&#39;s up for applying his extensive knowledge of history to an anarchic comedy fiction - then I&#39;m interested.<br/><br/>On the comedy side, I would have to say Bob Mortimer, but if that collaboration ever happened I know I would just spend more time laughing than writing. 😀 2024-09-05T11:27:35Z