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Got this one in my paused fantasy/swords & sorcery WiP, “One Man’s War”. #WiPSnips

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cw// for a man being a creep (nothing too serious) #WIPSnips This scene happens while discussing that, although the characters live in a queendom, it's hardly a paradise for women, and also, women are rarely innmasters (their word for innkeeper prior to the revolution) due to sexism

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#WIPSnips “whim” I do have the word “whim” alone, but it’s in a spoilery area at the end, so “whimsically” it is! #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WIP

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#WIPSnips #amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity #writers #writesky Although my MC Mireia often does things on a whim, I'm going with a snip about Kena today. From Book 2 of my Atlantis trilogy: Kena gets a lesson about love from a priestess of the Cult of the 5 Loves.

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#amwriting #WIPsnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

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21. I'm not far enough into developing the northern nations to figure out food, but Kythe is known for a dish of millet porridge and salt fish (or it was until Kythe became more globally connected), and Archyropol for a flaky cheese and honey pie. #FebruaryWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #writesky

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One WIP has no whims. The other, fortunately, has a god full of them. #WIPSnips #writingcommunity #writesky

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I stg if some asshole farmworker passes something to me and it gets to my cats, I'm going feral.

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Two Nazi salutes at two MAGA events but we're supposed to not call them Nazis?

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20. Rei was executed by her own priesthood, struck a bargain with the god she hates, and now has to kill for him in exchange for life. She isn't thrilled. Hild is better off in many ways, except she can't fulfill her role and is lost because of it. #FebruaryWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #writesky

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#FebruaryWorldbuilders Day 19: Societal issues What issues plague society depend on the time and place we're talking. The Makai is rife with whatever corruption the Lord in charge of an area likes. Ophidia has an ever-present slavery problem. Pre-Greed Wars Aloutia has problems with the voraciously

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19. Kythe has recently sacked Archyropol instead of fighting the Sarqani. Jatkuva and Uskon are fighting over arable land and the disappearance of Jatkuva's future High Radiance. And the dead goddess whose bones make the world might be waking up. #februaryworldbuilders #writingcommunity #writesky

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Tell me what's going on in your WIP right now using only a gif

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#WIPSnips "I mean, it makes SENSE, doesn't it? Everything about Ash frustrates me, confuses me makes me feel…” Including extra here for context. ✨ Veyla, my FMC in Starelic, comes out as a lesbian to her best friend!!! 🫣👩‍❤️‍👩🏳️‍🌈 #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #Readers #LGBTQIA #Sapphic #Lesbian

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#WIPSnips #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #writesky Another from my Atlantis WIP. For context, this is pre-Mireia being chosen as the Sea Mother, meeting Kena, etc. It sets up a question that hangs over the whole rest of the story: are they actually gods, or is it all just made-up bullshit?

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Today's #WIPSnips comes from a conversation in Chapter 3. The snippet seems innocent, but I promise there's much more tension and drama in this scene than what appears. I just don't want to spoil if I can help it. #WritingCommunity

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#WIPSnips Grilled sends his hand out on a mission to another plane. Here, he talks about how his sense of proprioception works when his body and hand are on the same plane, but doesn't work if they aren't.

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#wipsnips Feb 19 - This snip is from somewhere in the third act of Thief of Gods as Jaska's going through some things... #sff #scifi #spaceopera #writesky #booksky #writingcommunity #amwriting #books

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#amwriting #WIPsnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

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This is a concentration camp. They are describing a concentration camp.

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Beren is the go-to solver of the coven. #WIPSnips #writingcommunity #writesky

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Rei's first time in the Mese, the city-wide market of Archyropol, former City of the Gods. #FebruaryWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #writesky

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Beren is not keen on having to deal with Dionysus. #WIPSnips #writingcommunity #writesky

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Got this one! Without having to grind it in to a story! Yay! 🎉😅 From “The Last Duty”. #WiPSnips

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#WIPSnips “bowl” Veyla, Starelic’s FMC, gets to celebrate her first-ever birthday since awakening as a clone — in a dorm room at magick school, no less! Surrounded by new friends, delectable party snacks, & some definitely-not-wasted “adult beverages,” it’s a night to remember… #WritingCommunity

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#wipsnips Feb 18 - No bowls in Thief of Gods. Closest I can get is "plate" and a dining scene. I think I've posted part of this before for a different #prompt. #sff #scifi #spaceopera #booksky #writesky #writingcommunity #books

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#amwriting #WIPsnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

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#WIPSnips From when Aubergine first joined the inn and got his first taste of some good food... Or, at least, tasty treats in this case

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Beren is not keen on having to deal with Dionysus. #WIPSnips #writingcommunity #writesky

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#WIPSnips I don't have candy in my Good Thyme Inn book yet😱 How can this be??? Well, have some very sweet hot chocolate instead. This is after a scene where Garlic learns to cook. Parsnips the chef thinks that with a name like Garlic, boy better at least learn how to make various kinds of bread

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#WIPSnips “candy” Ash (the frenemy) is observing the FMC on a planet that neither one of them is from but that they both happen to be on. 🪐 #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors

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Just wrote this today. Maybe I should shoehorn all the words I don’t have into my writing for the day? 🤔😅 From a new #ONC2025 entry, “Holo-Mon: Beast/Bird”. #WiPSnips #OpenNovellaContest2025

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#wipsnips Feb 17 - The closest I come to "candy" in Thief of Gods is "sweet treat" and I think I actually posted this same snip the other day for the #prompt "sweet." #sff #scifi #spaceopera #booksky #writesky #writingcommunity #books

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17. Gender roles aren't terribly pronounced in most places. It's economic class and magic that really determine societal roles. The one exception is Jatkuva, for reasons related to its founding. Those reasons are also why Jatkuva has only two mages. #FebruaryWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #writesky

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In case you are wondering what is making me so freaking mad at the moment. I know, everything is on fire. But this fire is in my house, right now, and I will not have it.

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Shared this one before, but I like it enough to use again. #WIPSnips #writingcommunity #writesky

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16. In both stories, the MC doesn't quite fit in. Hild is meant to be the most powerful woman in Jatkuva, but she can't fill that role, & neither can anyone else. Rei abandoned her priesthood to sell her sword, & has no outward devotion to any god. #FebruaryWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #writesky

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Running really late, but here we go! #WIPSnips #writingcommunity #writesky

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the plan? we fire hundreds of USDA employees during a bird flu outbreak that's causing the highest egg prices in US history

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15. As Getaera is a Medieval-esque world, it's broadly divided into the three categories of Medieval society: those who pray, those who fight (rule), and those who work. Just with more magic and less gender and race discrimination. #FebruaryWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #writesky

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#FebruaryWorldbuilders Social classes vary: Aloutia pre-Greed Wars: pretty standard Renaissance-era European style with royal/noble upper class, a middle class, and struggling lower class. As you go through the timeline and approach the Greed Wars itself, the middle class disintegrates.

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cw// mildly gross #WIPSnips I posted this a few days ago, I think for a different prompt, but it deserves to be posted here, too, lol Fun fact: the PDists don't use the word "heart" to mean anything related to emotion. It's only ever the organ or a reference to something being in the 'center'

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#WIPSnips “heart” Poof got injured during a final confrontation, & Veyla’s pretty devastated by it. ⚡️ #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors

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#amwriting #WIPsnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

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I was spoiled for choice today, but this bit amuses me. #WIPSnips #writingcommunity #writesky

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