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Can you imagine the intensity? Perfume, sewage, and the late night stench after the pubs/clubs empty out. 🤢🤣

#PennedPossibilities 58: Has your MC ever felt like "the new kid"?

Jack has twice.

He was orphaned at 8 and forced to move across the country to live with his very reluctant uncle.

He left home at 18 and headed to the city.

Friendships don't come easy. He's awkward and quiet. Never knows the right things to say to "fit in".

He tries. His bar job was a conscious effort to get out there and interact with people.

He's alone and very lonely until he meets Ellis and then Marcus.

#WIP #AmWriting

#WordWeavers Day 1: Introduce the antagonist with as much sympathy as possible.

Tough one. I'm still developing him and so far he hasn't cast himself in the best light.

Aiden is the alpha of Ellis's childhood pack. He's not a kind or pleasant person, but he grew up tough and fought his way to the top. Softness wouldn't have gotten him there.

Umm... He has two kids. Keri, his daughter, is possibly sociopathic. His youngest son, Lark, seems quite nice.

#WIP #WolfShifters #AmWriting

#PennedPossibilities 50: MC POV: What requires your patience today?

Ellis: It's taking every ounce of patience to resist going in there and laying out my soul. But he doesn't want to hear it. He's not ready.

I can't believe I thought Jack would be the one to back away when I told them the truth. But then, he knows what it can take to survive a shitty hand. He gets that sometimes you have to do unpalatable things just to see another day. Marcus has been protected from that reality.

#AmWriting

#WritingWonders Day 12: MC have prejudices?

Growing up, Ellis despised rich people who put their wealth on display for all to see. It made it easier for him to steal from them. He tries to keep his own worth on the low down. Except for clothes. He does love a well tailored suit. He's also a fan of powerful cars. His den needs to be safe, and big and welcoming, so it will be worthy of a pack, one day.

Okay, the irony isn't lost on him. He's not flashy, but it's pretty clear he has money.

#WIP

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God I feel this!

I have about a month and I don't want empty shelves, or to be digging around in boxes looking for the damned spatula I packed, because we definitely weren't going to need it again.

Good luck with it all. 💜

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I'm the same. My kitchen cupboards are crammed with things I never use. I haven't even started packing yet. It's too daunting.

#PennedPossibilities 31 — The world worse or better than when MCs were children?

Jack - His parents died when he was 8. He remembers feeling safe and loved but not much about them. His world felt secure. Afterwards it didn't.

Marcus - Precariously better. Sex workers rights are at the whims of the government and the media. It ebbs and flows.

Ellis - Shifters have equal rights in theory. In practice, money talks and a lot still face casual discrimination. Many don't disclose it.

#AmWriting