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Jon Sparks

@JonSparks@writing.exchange
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Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www.jonsparksauthor.com.
Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https://jonsparks.zenfolio.com.
Still very much into the #outdoors, especially #cycling #gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too).
AI-free (and I mean free).

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Jon Sparks
@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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Jon Sparks
Jon Sparks
@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange · 3d ago

#WritersCoffeeClub 14/3: Do you think readers want new experiences in structure or narrative, or do they prefer what's familiar?
Well, ‘new experiences in structure or narrative’ sounds like the sort of experimental writing that turns most readers off. Star Trek might seek out new life and new civilisations, but it tells the stories of those encounters in highly traditional ways. Storytelling is as old as humanity, and is a big part of what makes us human.
#books #writing #writersofmastodon

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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Jon Sparks
Jon Sparks
@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange · Feb 27, 2026

#WritersCoffeeClub 27/2: Do you edit while you write? What are the pros and cons?
Absolutely, I’ve been doing it a long time. It may owe something to my freelance career, when I rarely had time to ‘draft’ something and then go ‘revise’ later. Let alone ‘rewrite’. But it may go back to handwritten school and university essays, where you couldn’t ‘revise’ without writing the whole thing out again.
Cons? None that I can see.
And first drafts ARE NOT ‘always crap’.
#books #writing #writersofmastodon

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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Jon Sparks
Jon Sparks
@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange · Feb 27, 2026

#WordWeavers 27/2: Which of your characters do you find especially interesting? Why?
They’re all interesting, as they have to be; I’m certainly not going to single out any one. The tricky thing is when someone’s supposed to be a minor character, present for a few chapters at most, and I find myself wanting to follow them further. It means that character’s working, but letting them go is like a small bereavement.
#books #writing #writersofmastodon

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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Jon Sparks
Jon Sparks
@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange · Feb 26, 2026

#WordWeavers 26/2: Who in your book is most like a real person you’ve loved IRL?
Nope, I don’t do that. If I ever thought I was ‘basing’ a character on someone close to me, I would probably have to start again.
There’s a partial exception in one or two characters who are quite like myself, such as Simon in the novel I’m currently serialising on Substack. But I don’t invade anyone else’s head.
#books #writing #writersofmastodon

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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Jon Sparks
Jon Sparks
@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange · Feb 26, 2026

#WritersCoffeeClub 26/2: Does your current WIP have an antagonist? Why or why not?
In the current WIP (Book 8) there is no central antagonist. There are still many structural elements to society that present obstacles, and there are people who prove troublesome at times.
Why? There is no why, it’s how the story goes.
#books #writing #writersofmastodon

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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Jon Sparks
Jon Sparks
@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange · Feb 25, 2026

My latest Substack post tackles the vexed question of ‘literary’ vs ‘genre’ fiction.
https://open.substack.com/pub/theshatteredmoon/p/when-is-genre-not-genre

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Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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Jon Sparks
Jon Sparks
@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange · Feb 25, 2026

#WritersCoffeeClub 25/2: What’s a unique habit you have while writing?
I don’t for one moment think any of my writing habits are unique.
Though you might get the impression, from some writing pundits, that in being a pantser who rejects the ‘first draft is always crap’ orthodoxy, I’m pretty far out on the way of weird.
#books #writing #writersofmastodon

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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Jon Sparks
Jon Sparks
@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange · Feb 25, 2026

#WordWeavers 25/2: How is light created in your book? Candles, electricity, magic, or what?
First off, there’s this thing called the Sun. It’s the most important source of light by far, and the only one that really delivers enough light for many kinds of fine work. And its light reflected of the moons helps people move around at night.
Otherwise there are candles, firelight, and various kinds of lantern. Electricity is possibly on the way, but not yet.
#books #writing #writersofmastodon

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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Jon Sparks
Jon Sparks
@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange · Feb 24, 2026

#WordWeavers 24/2: Tell us something about your MC that seems unimportant but really is crucial.
I can think of various things that are key to Jerya’s character, but none that ‘seem unimportant’.
#books #writing #writersofmastodon

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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Jon Sparks
Jon Sparks
@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange · Feb 24, 2026

#WritersCoffeeClub 24/2: What’s your greatest challenge in fleshing out your setting?
Finding the sweet spot between not enough detail and too much. It’s one of the things I look at when I go through the MS again.
#books #writing #writersofmastodon

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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Jon Sparks
Jon Sparks
@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange · Feb 23, 2026

Continuing this serialised novel of murky goings-on in the great outdoors.
Free to read.
https://open.substack.com/pub/theshatteredmoon/p/the-kanchenjunga-manifestochapter-4d2

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Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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Jon Sparks
Jon Sparks
@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange · Feb 23, 2026

#WordWeavers 23/2: What word/phrase do you use too much? Has it changed over time?
Well, people probably smile and nod too much. Trouble is, people do.
#books #writing #writersofmastodon

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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Jon Sparks
Jon Sparks
@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange · Feb 23, 2026

#WritersCoffeeClub 23/2: What techniques help you write a difficult second act?
I don’t write in ‘acts’. I have no time for any such formalised notions of story structure. I see this as an extension of the way a long career practising and teaching photography, taught me to discard all formulaic ideas about ‘composition’. Composition comes from seeing, not the other way around. Ditto story structure.
#books #writing #writersofmastodon

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Jon Sparks
@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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Jon Sparks
Jon Sparks
@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange · Feb 22, 2026

#WritersCoffeeClub 22/2: Are there types of settings you avoid writing? Why?
I don’t think of it as avoidance (negative), rather gravitating towards the settings I do want to write and feel capable of tackling. But it boils down to the same thing; I’m not, for instance, going to try and write a real-world setting or culture I’m not familiar with.
#books #writing #writersofmastodon

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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Jon Sparks
Jon Sparks
@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange · Feb 22, 2026

#WordWeavers 22/2: Have you ever created a character that you really didn’t enjoy writing?
Can’t think of any. Sorry, boring answer.
#books #writing #writersofmastodon

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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Jon Sparks
Jon Sparks
@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange · Feb 21, 2026

#WordWeavers 21/2: What part of editing is the hardest for you?
Nothing in particular. I don’t see editing and writing as separate entities anyway. None of it is easy,nor should it be.
#books #writing #writersofmastodon

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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Jon Sparks
Jon Sparks
@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange · Feb 20, 2026

#WordWeavers 20/2: What tropes are in your current project?
Don’t know, don’t think in those terms. (See also ‘story structure’.)
#books #writing #writersofmastodon

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Jon Sparks
@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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Jon Sparks
Jon Sparks
@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange · Feb 19, 2026

#WritersCoffeeClub 19/2: What’s your biggest challenge when crafting a satisfying ending?
Knowing when to stop. Life goes on, the characters go on, but books have to end somewhere.
#books #writing #writersofmastodon

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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Jon Sparks
Jon Sparks
@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange · Feb 19, 2026

#WordWeavers 19/2: Does your antagonist believe in the supernatural?
Perriad does not. And therein lies one of the few points on which she and Jerya would wholeheartedly agree.
#books #writing #writersofmastodon

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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Jon Sparks
Jon Sparks
@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange · Feb 17, 2026

#WritersCoffeeClub 17/2: How do you write about ecstasy, in a spiritual, artistic, or sensual context?
I don’t ‘write about’ emotions. There’s no ‘ecstasy writing kit’. I aim to be open to whatever the characters are feeling at any given moment and capture that. Real human emotions are a melange most of the time anyway, not discrete states that we switch between.
#books #writing #writersofmastodon

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Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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Jon Sparks
Jon Sparks
@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange · Feb 11, 2026

‘The Prime Minister cited an IMG report that claimed that, if fully realised, the gains from AI could be worth up to an average of £47 billion to the UK each year over a decade.
... The creative industries contribute £126 billion per year to the economy. I do not understand the excitement about £47 billion when you are giving up £126 billion.’
BARONESS KIDRON quoted in https://societyofauthors.org/2026/01/30/brave-new-world/

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Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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Jon Sparks
@JonSparks@writing.exchange

Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www. jonsparksauthor.com . Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https:// jonsparks.zenfolio.com . Still very much into the # outdoors , especially # cycling # gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too). AI-free (and I mean free).

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@JonSparks@writing.exchange · Feb 02, 2026
#WordWeavers 2/2: Do you enjoy writing good, bad, or morally grey characters more? Why? No one is absolutely good or absolutely bad, even if certain ‘world leaders’ currently come very close to the latter. And one-dimensional characters aren’t interesting to write about or to read. But ‘grey’? Why limit ourselves to monochrome? #books #writing #writersofmastodon
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