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#LGBTQWriteAThon 20th: So the covers are actually secret to my Patreon spoiler tier atm BUT I can say that I'm a sucker for the old cover styles, with the gold or silver borders+lettering on fabric-esque/textured backgrounds ♡

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#JuneWorldbuilders 20th - Families Ryder's family weren't always known as the Williams family but they have always lived in Dunraven, since before the town had a name. The Vance family moved there centuries ago and have become an integral part of the town's more modern history.

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#WIPSnips 20th: Sauce does not yet exist in my story. I have apples, carrots, blackberries, chips, muesli bars, quiches I think, and muffins as well as unspecified canned meals but uh... No sauce yet!

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#Tropes101 20th: Dapper evil gentleman 😌 I can't help myself Dx Also other dapper evil gentlepeeps gender isn't a clincher to the overall "omg I love themmmmm" vibes. Also evil people that are good at pretending to be their innocent selves (so a second personality/soul). All of the above is 😌🥰💯

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#QueerPrompts 20th: My summer isn't until December (Southern Hemisphere) and so my plans are to dial back the OG writing and chill with some fanfic finishing, as well as work on my hella long TBR list that grows ever so slowly. I might start with properly chipping my way through Discworld 🤔

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I still say “I am le tired.”

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#SFFChat Q1 I think it's a personal choice that every writer has to make, but "writing for an audience" can be difficult since that audience can be constantly-shifting, and by the time you finish your book, whoops, the audience wants something else now. I ALWAYS write for myself first and foremost

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I left an extra "the" in there Dx ahhhhh! This is why we don't late night market our stuff without scheduling and proofing it in the normal waking hours! 😂 My original pitch was 160 something + characters too long for Bluesky otherwise I woulda had it perfect first go

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Wish the Fire Nation died out instead of the Air Nomads? Then check this out! Ryder is the last descendant of the Fire Guardians, devout Alistair worshippers that stayed to defend their home. As the Dunraven's history is eroded away, what will Ryder do to prove he's more than an outcast? #WitchChild

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Trying to use only the basic programs, because one less subscription for something I only use a fraction of would be heavenly, honestly. ko-fi.com/dicepooltave...

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This in a nutshell is what's just happened this week. I gave myself this week and the next to do Chapter 7, then the fortnight after that to do Chapter 8... and I've posted them both within about 3 days of each other.

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Ok forget within the hour, looks like it took 10mins, max :D Here is the eighth #Beta chapter for #WitchChild available to Adventurer Tier ($3USD a month) on my Patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/131796...

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Plus notes, #WitchChild has just hit over 50k words! Not including notes/scripted scenes for future chapters, the current word count is 48.6k words! Look out, Chapter 8 is going to be uploaded for Beta Reading on my Patreon within the hour!

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After Grilled murders someone who was going to rat out Aubergine's location to the people who want to throw him back into the breeding facility and use him as nothing more than a stud (derogatory)

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Most books have trope maps Killer Debt gets a murder map Grab it today on Itch: diannagunn.itch.io/killer-debt And elsewhere: books2read.com/u/bO9Ne9

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It’s really neat how you can write a book, edit said book with the help of others, commission art for the cover, format it, upload it to a bunch of places online so people can buy it and read it, then order a copy and hold it in your hands.

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The worst day of Ren's new life. ... Wait, there was something about renting a place. I remembered something. What was it? The White Rose Hotel.

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#QueerPrompts 19th: Ryder's personal culture is full of magic and deity worship, but Dunraven has evolved a taboo on the entire idea despite literally housing one of the Four Element Altars. Ryder feels suffocated that he can't mention magic to the general populace because it's made him an outcast.

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#Tropes101 19th I don't get the 'MY LOVE LANGUAGE IS SHOUTING AT YOU AND CALLING YOU AN IDIOT ALL THE TIME WHILST I DO NOTHING TO PROGRESS THE PLOT!' Like anime main girl energy. She's just there bc they need a girl somewhere, she loves the MC but finds them annoying, and is just kinda.... there.

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#WIPSnips 19th: “I don’t really think anyone knows what they’re going to do out of school until they get there. Even then, it might take a while. I have been considering doing a librarian course though, something that lets me read more. Or becoming a physicist, that sounds like fun too.” - Manson

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#JuneWorldbuilders 19th: Ecological Niche? Well, #WitchChild is set in a fictional version of the Victorian bush (In Australia) but it snows much more commonly in Dunraven than it ever did where I grew up in Victoria!

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#LGBTQWriteAThon 19th: The best I have for a theme song for Witch Child part 1 at the moment would likely be 'Hello' by Evanescence. Specifically aimed at Ryder and his motherly figures. The actual book though has some happy and vibrant scenes in it so I don't know how well just one song works 😅

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I am making up teachers as I go, and I needed one for Art. So I went why not make them NB this time 🤷🥰🏳️‍🌈 #WitchChild 'Since their teacher was nonbinary and didn’t care much for honorary prefixes like every other teacher, it was common knowledge that Della Kaufman was simply referred to as ‘Kauf’.'

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#DiceRollArt Wednesday is complete with today's #Yu-Gi-Oh TCG/OCG prompt response of... drumroll SCAPEGOAT! <3 www.patreon.com/posts/dicero...

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#QueerPrompts 18th: Manson: Swimming at his beach Ryder: Doing art outside, or magic Valerie: anything with air conditioning Victor: probably inside 'cooking' things that don't need the oven. He does gardening in the early mornings in summer, spring and autumn.

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#Tropes101 18th: The kind that, whilst they will do anything to love and support the MC at the drop of a hat, they have agency and a chance to have their own crazy, whacko adventures without the MC and then they can come back and compare notes :D

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#WIPSnips 18th: 'The storm hit with little warning beyond what they’d already sensed. Immediately pelting them with heavy, slanted sheets of freezing cold rain, buffeting their bodies with heavy winds that nipped painfully at bare skin. '

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#JuneWorldbuilders 18th: At this time, none of the Witch Child crew have a companion creature (this may change in book 3.) HOWEVER I do have these beautiful creatures from the past called Anelats. They are part antelope (horns), part weasel (main body) and part bat (wings). I really do love them <3

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#LGBTQWriteAThon 18th: Most books I grew up with were fantasy, so my other works are definitely inspired by what I read. Things like Inkheart, Rangers Apprentice, Percy Jackson, Septimus Heap, The Keepers, Discworld and a LOT of Emily Rodda's works are like, my reading baseline of who I am.

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Greetings everyone! This is Mechkura, AKA Ash, the person behind the proverbial bar counter of this tavern. Feel free to come by, listen to a story, and share your own. Sites such as my Patreon, Discord and more can be found at this link: the-dicepool-tavern.carrd.co #Introsky #booksky #DPT

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This week's #DiceRollArt #fanart is going to be No.55: #Yugioh TCG/OCG! Oh the decisions, there's so many!! 🫣

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Wonder if I should retroactively update some of my #WIPSnips posts because as I continue to write, words I had to skip/change in previous days now appear in the story 😅

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#WitchChild Part 1 is now 39.2k words long. 42.3k if you include the notes and partial scripts for further chapters!

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A #Magic PSA #WitchChild Just like with proper first aid, consent was always a positive thing to strive for when it came to casting magic spells. [...] Some people had strange rules about their self-care, but that didn’t mean you got to disrespect their opinions just because you disagree with them.

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I had an epiphany about what I want the #WitchChild covers to look like... that's right, plural! It's going to be a 4 book long series! For the High Rollers and above, spoilers within! www.patreon.com/posts/131643...

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#Tropes101 17th: I don't like how all the 'classic' anime Main Characters are the big eating types. Like the famous ones. It's ok to have big eaters in the crew but like... do all plots have to focus on the happy go lucky 'i only think about food' types of people? Feels a little bit overdone? 🤷

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#WIPSnips Popular is closest “Wouldn’t it be a bit more physical if it was a demon?” Since these creatures were popular mythology across all of Vethera, demons of many varieties appeared in most supernatural and fantasy-themed media as story villains, summonable creatures and generally evil goons.'

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#JuneWorldbuilders 17th: Enemy Monsters Again this is probably just the demons, because that's all I've worked on for Witch Child so far, but there WILL be proper monsters by... book 3. The Kraken exists in Vethera (near to Aeon City) and is considered a 'monster'. I used to have the Ventus too 🤔

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#QueerPrompts 17th: I don't really have any summer specific traditions yet, but I'd like to add in the longest night of the year celebrations for sure. It's a little difficult for me to figure out with my fictional world, magic-influenced super continent 🤔

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My proposed schedule for finishing my current WIP #WitchChild ! Well, part 1 of the story anyway... Plus some other important dates :D (Post is free to view as well, so feel free to check it out!) www.patreon.com/posts/131630...

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