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I am your √(-1) friend<p><a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> 25-03-15 World Art Day! What visual artist is most present in your work?</p><p>Myself.</p><p>Although if I was able to afford to hire an artist to do pictures for my books, I'd probably commission Winona Nelson, ( J. Catherine Jones would be my other choice though she passed in 2011 r.i.p.)</p>
Erik Buchanan who writes stuff<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> 16/04 asks how present music is in our work.</p><p>Not as much as it should be, I suspect. Music is a great part of people's lives, especially pre-industrial (like most fantasy), when there's precious little else to do of an evening.</p><p>I was pondering this earlier this week, and should ponder it more as I go on writing the next few books.</p>
gaian<p>so...i decided to go with Medium to publish my stories. </p><p>the first third of the first book of the Hereafter trilogy is here:</p><p><a href="https://medium.com/@roblosricos_41780/part-1-7f466af6b965" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/@roblosricos_41780/</span><span class="invisible">part-1-7f466af6b965</span></a></p><p>if anyone bothers to read it, please give me feedback. </p><p>i kinda think the story-telling is way too self-indulgent. </p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/writinglifestyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writinglifestyle</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/writerscoffeeclub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writerscoffeeclub</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/wordweavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wordweavers</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a></p>
Quasi<p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> 15: Visual artist most present?</p><p>That'd be me, I did illustrations for the first half of my serial. Plus there was my webcomic too. Occasionally I added photos.</p><p>Now, if you want quality art, I've done commissions for all the major characters, but no one single artist would stand out there.</p>
Sax Brightwell 🇨🇦<p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> 16. How present is music in your work?</p><p>None of my main cast are musicians but if they're around others music will show up eventually. I typically write to music and the sound du jour often influences how I describe music in a scene.</p><p>1/2</p>
NaraMoore ⛩️👻八尺様👻⛩️ at Fedi<p><a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> 16. How present is music in your work?</p><p>In the past I included small snippets. That was a mistake, which I will not repeat. <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/Girlfriend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Girlfriend</span></a> </p><p>Now, I will mention the title. If it is a real song, no lyrics. If it is an imaginary song, only enough words for the plot, for example, at one point my WIP says, "I heard the words 'suicide, suicide' before she turn it off."</p><p>In side side story I have a four line song which I adapted from a Tang Dynasty poem. It is plot-relevant and my work. I won't do it again so as not bog down the story. (I posted the song recently in scribesandmakers, so I will omit it.)</p><p><a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/NMWCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NMWCC</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/NMPrompts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NMPrompts</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/NMKonbiniIdol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NMKonbiniIdol</span></a></p>
Chad Grayson<p><a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/writerscoffeeclub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writerscoffeeclub</span></a> 16. How present is music in your work?</p><p>I've worked music into both soul cages and blade of Shadows, wings of light. I also work phrases from songs into chapter titles. I Wrote the song Jack sings to Griffin..</p>
Elyse M Grasso<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> 16. How present is music in your work?</p><p>The presence of castrato opera soloists -- who in our world were the first international musical star performers -- was one of the defining criteria of the worldbuilding that eventually produced Franz-Karl's Living World.</p><p>The Pristinists reject music: they don't even sing Yule carols. Otherwise, music is as close to everywhere as you can get with pre-recording tech, and music and musical instruments can be weapons for the Elderkin.</p>
Aurora<p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> 16/04 asks how present music is in our work.</p><p>Not very and at the same time quite a bit. I like to communicate with my readers through the songs characters listen to. It's my way of saying 'Make some effort, will you?', which can be important if readers are confronted with a disabled own voice perspective for the first time. Example: Character listens to 'She's Lost Control' by Joy Division? Go research that song and then spend a minute pondering what I'm trying to tell you.</p>
Bern<p>Writers’ Coffee Club for 16th April 2025</p><p>16. How present is music in your work?</p><p>In some, not at all. In others, clearly present. In my current WIP, there’s a whole side-character arc that revolves around it.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a></p>
B.J. Vancheyson<p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> 15: World Art Day! What visual artist is most present in your work?</p><p>I can't say there's a fairly present artist, but in my WIP, one scene does contain a little tribute to Charles Burton Barber's "A Special Pleader."</p><p>*Public domain image from Wikimedia.</p><p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>novel</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/victorian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>victorian</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a></p>
Elyse M Grasso<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> 15. World Art Day!</p><p>There was an account on Twitter that used to post daily collections of curated art with slightly snarky commentary: artist of the day (birth or death), or a topic or person portrayed by a lot of different artists. Giving overviews of different artists and periods. They posted here for a while but I think moved over to Bluesky <br>I think the handle was something like p_p_rubens</p>
Inverse Shadow<p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> 15: World Art Day! What visual artist is most present in your work?</p><p>While I can say that I think of my wip as being done in animation, I can't point to a single artist. However, as always, I really need to send a shout out to Stazinski. I've heard he's not super personable, but the man can write, and he gave me my intense love of foreshadowing.</p>
Em<p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> 15: World Art Day! What visual artist is most present in your work?</p><p>None in-world, though Turner was in there for a while. For me, the influences are theatre, and wacky 80s films/ TV productions.</p>
Lydia Vvinters<p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> 15, World Art Day! What visual artist is most present in your work?</p><p>Well, me. 🤷‍♀️ </p><p>But I'm a big fan of Turner paintings, and so occasionally, my descriptions can "look" a little like his paintings. Loads of hues, sunshine, epic lighting, a bit hazy and trippy. </p><p>And there is a collective called the “painting prophets” who paint predictions. Their work looks like that of the early impressionists. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a></p>
Edwin Downward<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> 15 World Art Day! What visual artist is most present in your work?</p><p>I have to say my sister, Eileen. She's the painter of the family and I grew up seeing her at work and then the finished piece. Everyone one of us kids have at least one of her paintings on our walls, and her FB feed is filled with artwork being shown at the next local art show.</p>
Sifaseven<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> Day 15: World Art Day! What visual artist is most present in your work?</p><p>One of Jhana's handmaidens is an artist and paints a picture of her as a young woman.</p><p>Outside of a story? I've done my own e-book covers (so far)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a></p>
Orion (he/him)<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> Apr 15 World Art Day! What visual artist is most present in your work?</p><p>Probably Lucasfilm, to be honest. The book I'm working on is an elaborate critique of Star Wars. :)</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingSFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSFF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Scriberspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scriberspace</span></a></p>
Ixtli Dekami :coolified:🍕⚾🖖<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> 15 World Art Day! What visual artist is most present in your work?</p><p>In-story, none that I remember, but I could be wrong…=)</p><p>Here in the unreal world, J. Scott Campbell and Shirow Masamune, both masters whose art is clearly not sexualized in any way. I'd lie if I said that their work isn't a *BIG* influence…=)</p>
Elfbiter<p><a href="https://mastodontti.fi/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> World Art Day! What visual artist is most present in your work?</p><p>Too many to mention.</p>