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Psychologically focused, character driven, socially conscious fantasy. Ask me about my novels (especially if you're a literary agent). He/him/his. Pro-BLM, Ukraine, Palestine, and LGBTQ+. Down with white patriarchy. Take your AI and jump in a lake.
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When you've been on hold with customer service for fifteen minutes already and you really have to pee, and you find yourself wondering if they'll keep you waiting long enough to take care of that or if they'd pick up just as you're in the middle of things ...

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My roommate's cat kept getting on the kitchen counters to eat my food after they promised the cats wouldn't do that. The cat crapped around the house. My roommate dismissed it all as typical cat behavior without even saying they're sorry. I'd say six months of free rent is enough, wouldn't you?

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#Char_Roleplay Rhugada: Revenge can be meaningless and stupid, or it can be a message that threatening you isn't worth it. That said, I'll always be glad to gut a Trokaan whenever I get a chance. #WritingCommunity #writesky

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In my fantasy satire, Alakshi has a long-bladed knife that she's especially protective of, because it was a gift from her late mother. #authors #characterinspiration #characterdevelopment #characterquestion

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Common peasants play games similar to horseshoes, wrestling, and rugby, with local variations. The upper classes do more expensive sports that involve horses, and like to watch poor people fight each other. #writesky #writing #writer #authors #worldbuilding #storydevelopment

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#Writewich Seff is fifteen and Kevra is a grown adult, so Seff probably wouldn't have been hired as a squire if they traded appearances. Also, Kevra has become an undead nightmare of body horror. That also would have caused Seff problems. #Writers #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

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I use a lot of description. I want to make most of my stories as immersive as possible, so I try to add a lot of details about settings, sensory input, and especially emotion. It can be overdone, though, so I have to be careful not to distract from the rest of the story. #writingq #WritingCommunity

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#WIPSnips Lesson one: be prepared for hostility when questioning a wizard. Lesson two: don't provoke Drohim. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #writingprompt #fantasy #WIP #amwriting

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#FantasyIndiesApril 20. Seff struggles with belief. She's seen Drohim work actual (if minor) miracles with his god's power, and always in benign ways. Just the same, she's seen just how little that god does for most people in the day-to-day. She believes in it, but doubts that it deserves worship.

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I'm brainstorming around ideas for how magic is actually done in a fantasy world - I might use it in my current WIP or I might not, but it could be useful to have at least one possible system for when I need details. Also, it's fun. #amwriting #fantasy

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Being from the UK and a member of the late part of Generation X means having to live with the fact that every photo from your childhood resembles a still from a cultishly acclaimed but commercially disappointing folk horror film. ESPECIALLY IF THEY ACTUALLY ARE: tomcox.substack.com/p/some-photo...

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Aside from praying to other gods while in a church of the Many, the one thing Seff can't really defend herself for doing was stealing writing implements from cops. She's killed people and beaten up cops in self-defense, but the inksticks were for her sketching hobby. #writingq #WritingCommunity

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There are evil (if not Evil) gods and legendary mortals in this world. Probably the most infamous is Hast the Handbiter, the Friend with No Friends, god of traitors and liars. #writesky #writing #writer #authors #worldbuilding #storydevelopment

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Seff is a common peasant who's never even thought about standing out in any way. She just wanted to be relatively competent at not starving to death - but now she's realizing that she has the potential to be much more. #writesky #writing #writer #authors #characterdevelopment #characterquestion

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#WIPSnips Seff wakes up for the first time since Kevra's attack on the road. Of course nothing is easy. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #writingprompt #amwriting #fantasy #WIP

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#Writewich This raises the question of how we define art in the first place - and I'd rather just write a story than bother with that discussion. I like to show characters with different moralities and let the reader decide which they agree with. #Writers #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

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#Char_Roleplay Seff: Well, being a squire is a step up from working in the family distillery that I was literally born in, even if it's more likely to get me killed. I didn't have any other realistic options until Drohim noticed me by chance and offered me a job. #WritingCommunity #writesky

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Well, my roommate's cat has learned a new trick: leaving shit outside the litter box. So far it's been just outside the bathroom where her box is, then on the stairs, and now the living room. There's going to be a change.

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10 video games to get to know me 🕹️Final Fantasy (the very first one) 🕹️Final Fantasy Tactics 🕹️Shining the Holy Ark 🕹️Vagrant Story 🕹️Ultima VI: The False Prophet 🕹️Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 🕹️Lost Vikings 2 🕹️Final Fantasy IV (2 on the SNES) 🕹️Final Fantasy IX 🕹️Silent Hill

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I think I would rather get eye surgery than write genre romance. I would say the same about family drama, but I had a dream a few years ago that I decided to write one out of cynical greed, and I started getting real-world ideas that actually aren't bad. #writingq #WritingCommunity

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Seff has never known anyone well who had more than a modest living, so this is hard for her to imagine. Ideally, she would live somewhere safe and reliably warm, with space for - and from - her family. #writesky #writing #writer #authors #characterinspiration #characterdevelopment #characterquestion

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Festival day feasts begin with passing a bowl of wine and everyone taking a sip. #writesky #writing #writer #authors #worldbuilding #storydevelopment

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#WIPSnips Another symptom of Drohim and Seff's changing relationship. #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #writingprompt #amwriting #WIP #fantasy

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#pretendpanel I don't set goals for myself to write a certain amount per day or anything. If I had actual deadlines, I probably would, but as long as it's something I do just for fun, I'll keep doing it just when it's fun. #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts

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