D.C. Robertson

**𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧**
1st Gen Romanian-American | TTRPG Contractor | Writing | Gaming | Murloc translator. 🐸

[D.C. Robertson @inkandbog]

I was a contractor for the last 2 yrs for a TTRPG company (Gary Con sponsor). I did their community management, player onboarding, and just did a thing I won't share just yet.
I also did contract work for TTRPG Kickstarters.
I refuse to live a boring work life. This is too fun.

[D.C. Robertson @inkandbog]

@GoKineticFiber And always ongoing 😂

[D.C. Robertson @inkandbog]

"You spend all day with your husband?!"
Yes. Yes, I do. We both work from home, and we don't even have our own offices anymore. We sit across the room from each other at our identical desks, where I can watch him argue with the cat.
It's a good thing I love the guy I married, huh? 🤣

[D.C. Robertson @inkandbog]

@DanNEO_SS My ex husband. The church I left in 2016.

[D.C. Robertson @inkandbog]

@harperlee789 Freya :)

[D.C. Robertson @inkandbog]

@leodey4u Indian food.

[D.C. Robertson @inkandbog]

Just a Balkan girl, getting reported repeatedly in a FB world.
Them: "What are you getting reported for?"
Me: "Who knows. My existence?"

All I know is I went from a 400k+ reach to under 180k in a matter of three days.

[D.C. Robertson @inkandbog]

@phantascene Agreed. I now write as a hobby with the hopes to make money but many are career writers. (I used to be a career writer and would be piiiiiissed if this pirating thing was going on as badly then, so I get it.)

[Sandra Fikes @phantascene]

I've noticed several people make comments along the lines of how they are not into writing to make money and will give their stories away for free. And that is a very valid perspective, I have wrote many things that I just released for free.

But the question is not "writing should be free" it is "Not all writing is meant to be free."

It is okay for a writer to ask for a small payment for thier craft from those who want to read it, the same as it is okay for a painter to ask for money for prints, or a sculptor to ask for payment for brass castings of the statuette they made, a singer to ask for payment for the music they create...

Getting mad at writers because they do not want their work stolen makes no sense at all, and if you have a good reason for why it does I would love to hear it.

[D.C. Robertson @inkandbog]

Just spent the last three hours solving various technological issues for my kids. Now, time to lock in and WORK.
Thank the gods I own my own business and don't have a boss over my head.

[D.C. Robertson @inkandbog]

@prestonedu1 I used to have one nearby for the same reason when I was a kid!

[D.C. Robertson @inkandbog]

Sitting here at my desk, I notice my 12yo skimming through a book and then searching on her phone. I asked her what she's doing, and she said, "Skimming for big words in the first chapter so I know what they mean before I start."

She isn't a writer, and she doesn't know about all the hoopla around using a smaller vocabulary. 🤯🥹 #writingcommunity

[D.C. Robertson @inkandbog]

@SurtseyAna Nah she's got this. I asked her if she planned on doing that for every chapter and she said no. Just the first because when she gets into the flow of the book, she understands most words through context.

[D.C. Robertson @inkandbog]

Query letters out, back to my WIP. #writingcommunity

[D.C. Robertson @inkandbog]

@WeisMargaret @YoDanno Chop, chop, Danno! 😆

[D.C. Robertson @inkandbog]

@DanNEO_SS she says, "Thank you, thank you."

[D.C. Robertson @inkandbog]

I'm sorry. I just woke up from a nap. I get...different.

[D.C. Robertson @inkandbog]

From now on, it's "short story, long," and then taking you on an adventure you never asked for.

[D.C. Robertson @inkandbog]

Look what just came in! Laugh with me!
My old lady eyes need the backlight and the larger font these days, but hey, in 2011, I was supposed to lose my sight entirely to meningitis, so I'm not complaining! #writingcommunity

[D.C. Robertson @inkandbog]

The ladies came by to see us again last night. The sunset was, as usual, very pretty.

[D.C. Robertson @inkandbog]

Query letter is out. This is fine.
*waves at @melflashman*