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I write character driven adult Fantasy fiction and poetry. WIP: epic fantasy sibling story I live with bipolar disorder - @siegeofthespirit Clinical Laboratory Scientist Mountain backcountry horsewoman Every trail’s the one true home.
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*takes notes* #writersky this is really good, check it out! eirenicverses.com/2025/02/26/c...

#FantasyIndiesFrbruary Day 27 MC hobbies: Rushak enjoys teaching his nephew the harp and collecting honey from various beehives around the Forest, assuming he can beat the bears. Lara enjoys carving/tooling leather esp. book covers

#WIPSnips #fantasy #shame #WriteSky #WritingCommunity More from Brother’s Keeper: We’re in a #zone and what a zone it is. No words. 😢 The *vibes* say it all. 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️

#FantasyIndiesFebruary #fantasy Day 26: How MC thinks of self. On the visceral level, Rushak hates himself and (I have to admit) pities himself, for being cursed and “an abomination.”His actions toward others belie this, but how he treats himself & allows himself to be treated solidifies it daily.

This statue in the Tuilleries Garden by the Louvre is actually titled "Caïn venant de tuer son frère Abel" and shows Cain after killing his brother Abel (2017)

#FantasyIndiesFebruary #WritingCommunity Day 25: The Expanse Return of the King

#WIPSnips #fantasy #WriteSky #WritingCommunity 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️ Rushak’s in the bad place. This is from the first #part of the pivotal event in the story. Nothing will be the same for anyone.

#FantasyIndiesFebruary #WritingCommunity Day 24: the phrase that leaps to mind as one of Rushak’s is to his brother, to wit: “Stop it, Drisal.”

#WIPSnips #fantasy #WriteSky #WritingCommunity 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️ I don’t have #shine so I’m going with a synonym today. Our heroes are struggling to reach safety!

#FantasyIndiesFebruary #WritingCommunity 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️ Day 23: Sweet moment in WIP. Flashback where MC finds out just how abysmally cursed he is when he’s only 8 yrs old, and a special foal blessed by the Goddess comes & bonds with him right then, anyway. 🥹

#WIPSnips #WritingPrompts #Writing #Authors #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

When the world says “Give up,” horse whispers, “Try it one more time.” #HorseSky #Positivity #goodvibrations #perseverance

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #fantasy #WritingCommunity #sliceoflife #amwriting #feign At times it’s fun when scenes written in fantasy could happen in your own house. Drisal & son son are home to get dressed for an event at palace park grounds. Tëryl can’t have ANY FUN if dressed in silk! Synonym today.

This platform is like a 6-lane freeway at rush hour.

I’ve started using “fail” instead of “R” on my submission tracker spreadsheet. It’s much less soul-crushing. 😂 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️ #fail #fantasy #amwriting #amsubmitting #stories #WritingCommunity

#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #Writer #SciFan #TimeTravel Day 16 Against all odds...? 😶

Appearance isn't always reality. From THE FARM #WIPSnips #writingcommunity

#WIPSnips #fantasy #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #money I seem to have a recurring theme today … 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️

#FantasyIndiesFebruary #WriteSky #fantasy #Pain figures heavily in my work, primarily exploring its relationship with creativity. Not in any way particularly shareable in a snip, but happily I have something else! 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️

#WIPSnips #fantasy #amwriting #WriteSky The writing snip word today is #whim. What would Bráthal think if he understood his loss of a family member, never mind his very existence, sprung from a fantasy!

I’m ready for summer. I mean, really ready. And so is little Aspen. And rolly-polly Sunflower. #DogSky #TripawDogs #wilderness #saveourpubliclands #HorseSky #arabianhorse

#FantasyIndiesFebruary Today’s prompt, as so many of them do, really got me to examine Rushak’s motives. 2ce as many emotional as either logical or moral. I made a list with categories. It was gratifying to see how logical he is, tho, for sure!

#WIPSnips #fantasy #plaque #amwriting #WriteSky The fantasy writing word of the day … I don’t have it. I have a synonym, close as I can get it. My MCs at the palace for the first time.

Riding up Navajo Lake Trail! #HorseSky #arabianhorse #appaloosahorse #wilderness #colorado #saveourpubliclands

#WIPSnips #sense #fantas#WritingCommunity #WriteSky The bros are discussing Drisal’s 8yo son.

There are days, and there are days. #HorseSky #HappyThoughts #arabianhorse #saveourpubliclands #mentalhealth

It’s here! #BookSky #fantasy

#WIPSnips #fantasy #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #bowl #integrity Drisal has made Rushak a gem of protection from his nemesis. The gem causes minor harm to the individual, which Rushak didn’t know at first because Drisal didn’t tell him. Honesty + respect of others are critical to their work.

How many of these did you have on your Presidential bingo card: Coward Fool Thief Liar Tyrant Octavia Butler (1947-2006) was one of the first African-American science fiction writers, and one of the first women to break the science fiction gender barrier. anotherendoftheworld.org/2021/03/08/e...

#FantasyIndiesFebruary #WIP #fantasy Haven’t participated in this one in a while. Can’t resist #heartache though! (unconfessed love triangle).