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Editing this angsty confession scene really has me crying and sliding down the wall

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#FantasyIndiesMarch Minot's sense of humor is pretty dry & a little sardonic. She likes a good joke but finds a lot of humor in the absurd. It's a coping mechanism tbh. Vic is more of a wisecracker, always quipping & using humor to deflect inconvenient questions. They have a lot of fun together.

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#WIPSnips From the beginning of Chapter Three of BETWEEN VIRIDIAN TREES.

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Just finished editing Chapter 12. Manuscript is officially down 4,000 words! 🎉

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#FantasyIndiesMarch Snippet Saturday! Sticking with the suggested theme ("journey") with this paragraph.

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Happy International Women's Day to all my beautiful sisters around the world. Being a woman is a strange and delightful gift, regardless of when you opened your hands to receive it. The body means nothing; it is the soul and the heart that connect us. I love you all so deeply. ❤️

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#WIPSnips Every autumn, rural children are stolen away by monsters in the woods. From chapter two of BETWEEN VIRIDIAN TREES.

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Two requests from a reader to authors publishing on itch io: 1. Please tell me what file format your ebook download is in, I've seen a few listings without file extensions (EPUB is best for most ebooks) 2. Please tell me how long it is, as in short story/novelette/novella/novel or list word count

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When Amazon launched in 1995, there were 5,500 indie bookshops in the U.S., with 7,000 locations. By May of 2023, that number had decreased to 2,185 indies & 2,599 locations. When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️

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#lesficfri Don't mind if I do 👀 Here's a bit from my sapphic sci-fi novella, CAT/MOUSE. If you like bounty-hunting butches and art-thieving femmes, this one's for you.

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A HUNT OF BLOOD & IRON is an achillean romantasy in a post-apocalyptic world reclaimed by the fae—fae who demand sacrifices to satiate their blood lust. 🗡️🌲🍄🍂 Claim a copy for free this month! ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ buff.ly/3EGVxzr 🌈🚀💫 🌈💜♠️ 📢📚🌈📚

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#FantasyIndiesMarch “Good fortune” means I’m posting this paragraph wherein folks are seeking favor from their god.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders highlighted a new analysis showing that the wealthiest 1% has extracted $79 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans since 1975. In 2023 alone, $3.9 trillion was redirected upward—enough to provide every U.S. worker with a $32,000 raise.

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THE CROWDFUND FOR NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY 2025 IS LIVE Three issues - a Sword & Planet special - a New Jirel of Joiry story... The more re-posts this gets, the more bonus stories will be added to this year's issues! Go here to learn more and back the magazine: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

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post a meme made by you

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Me on book panels: Sex scenes can explore dynamics between the characters that might not otherwise be expressed, as a moment of intense intimacy is also a moment of intense vulnerability. Me when somebody asks what's the point of my sex scenes : blows cigar smoke cause it's hot

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#SFFChat Maybe not to death, but this bit from the prologue has perhaps been edited to within an inch of its life.

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#SFFChat “The City of Brass” is an exceptional book for people who love fantasy and want to dip their toes into fantasy romance. The romantic tension never quite goes away, but it definitely plays second fiddle to the magical and political plot threads.

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#SFFChat Ooh I love this question, as a writer who also loves fashion. In my novel, clothes symbolize changing times & developing technology. The nation’s close to an industrial revolution, largely centered on textile production. Greater production = more extravagant clothing, esp for the rich.

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#SFFChat My FMC’s love interest, Vic, is sort of a trickster, insofar as he enjoys a bit of fun and takes great pains to keep his real identity hidden from the world. Does it still count if you can’t show your real self without risking injury and death? To me it does. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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#SFFChat Hi friends! I’m Regan, a SFF romance writer and general monster enthusiast. So far I’ve written shifters, demons, and aliens. So I think I’d most like to write a vampire — I have an idea for a vampire novel, but it’s pretty far down the list in terms of upcoming WIPs.

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In this scene, tension is brewing, as a crew member is reminded of his past. "Stigma" instead of "reputation". From a light-hearted satire novella about the adventures of a girl, a small robot, and the heist crew they call family. #WIPSnips #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WriteSky 💙📚

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It's always a good idea to wipe your feet, wherever you are.

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#WIPSnips A flirty moment from BETWEEN VIRIDIAN TREES 💙📚🌶️

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#FantasyIndiesMarch Minot has a few — she’s nearsighted & has to squint at clocks, but has a sharp sense of smell. She loves foreign poetry. But Vic is the REAL quirky one. He scours inn rooms for forgotten items, calls folks silly nicknames for his own amusement, & collects friends like stamps.

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What are the tropes/themes in your WIP? #amquerying BETWEEN VIRIDIAN TREES includes: 🌿mysterious plague 🌿forbidden love 🌿fate vs choice 🌿monsters in the dark 🌿don’t go in the woods 🌿gods fighting gods 🌿humans vs nature 🌿environmental destruction 🌿high stakes 🌿bittersweet HEA

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#WIPSnips No usage of "negative" in THE DEVIL'S BIND, so here's a snip with the synonym "bad" instead! This one's from Chapter Thirteen, AKA "Irene's dinner with Satan." 📚🌶️

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At the stage of editing my novel where I’m googling “cake frosting history” to figure out if it would be weird for this setting to have buttercream frosting.

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#WIPSnips Virgil has been trying not to sleep since Raphael’s funeral as his recurring nightmares have gotten even worse. His magic can’t stave off the impact much longer and Blake clocks it. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

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what is pining if not denial persevering

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#5 - Risks When you're a funeral director in a town with a wee Undead problem, each time you have a new body on the embalming table, there's a risk that you'll have to fight for your life before you can do your job. #FantasyIndiesMarch #writingcommunity #writingfantasy #writingparanormal #vampires

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#FantasyIndiesMarch 05: Risks in WIP In Coward and its sequels, people are at a perpetual risk of getting turned into beasts, or getting killed by beasts. Slayers are immune to that first risk, but in exchange get in danger of going insane.

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#FantasyIndiesMarch Minot is generally risk-averse, but when stakes are high & her loved ones are in danger, she’s willing to go out on some pretty thin limbs. Vic, on the other hand… well, his entire life has been one big risk after another, so he tends to play things a little looser.

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I am absolutely COOKING with this ekphrastic poetry lesson plan. Very excited to teach it!!!

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#FantasyIndiesMarch Vic believes in fate wholeheartedly. Minot believes in luck, more specifically in the absence of luck — but after spending some time with Vic, she’s starting to understand (and maybe agree with) his stance.

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Only six hours left in the Sapphic Speculative Fiction Bundle sale on Itch! You can help give girls kissing a good home today. 🧡🦄📚 #booksky 🌈📚 #writingcommunity 🌈🚀💫 itch.io/b/2859/sapph...

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#FantasyIndiesMarch One of the themes of my novel itself is lying. Minot lies to herself about her wants & needs. Vic lies to protect his family. And the theocratic establishment lies to its followers, because they themselves were lied to by their god. It’s all very messy lol.

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Just submitted a poem I’m very proud of to a very exciting magazine — fingers crossed it finds its home there 🤞

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I’m seven chapters into re-editing my novel and I’ve managed to cut ~2k words. So there’s that.

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#FantasyIndiesMarch Day 1 & 2: I’m Regan, and I’ll be posting about BETWEEN VIRIDIAN TREES, my monster romantasy novel! My FMC, Minot, leans extroverted. She craves deep conversation but is often too tired or preoccupied to seek it. Her LI, Vic, is a full-blown “life of the party” extrovert.

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#WIPSnips To avoid posting spoilers, here’s the word “serving” instead 😇

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If you have an lgbtqia+ book in the Smashwords Ebook Sale this week, PLEASE send it to QBW! I am begging.

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We're adapting Frankenstein next year, and we want to cast entirely Trans VAs! All roles are paid $35/hour of recording time. No previous VA experience required! We're using this call to form a roster to cast specific characters from. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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