It is very funny the day @just-write-studios.itch.io 's my good friend (check her game out) commented that I have 69 followers that I gain an additional one and lose that status lmao

Day 16 I'm a plantser. I generally try to outline as much as I can but while writing I usually do end up making off the cuff/spontaneous decisions depending on where the scene takes me. This is usually because as I write my draft, I'm still getting ot know the story. #🪐📚 #FantasyIndiesNovember

Day 15 Saturday Snippet The snippet I attached is a recently edited short scene featuring two side characters, Martin and Ginger. He's a noble knight, she's a convict and a bit of a fixer-upper. They fall in love b/c that's life and they're freaking adorable #🪐📚 #FantasyIndiesNovember

Day 10: The favorite line i've written is from Book 2 of of my series www.amazon.com/gp/product/B... "I deserve help,” Frances thought to herself. “I deserve to make mistakes and learn from them. I deserve to be cared for. I deserve to be loved. To love." #🪐📚 #FantasyIndiesNovember

Day 4 Inspiring Authors My series "A Fractured Song" was directly inspired by two authors who I continue to look to for inspiration. They are the late Brian Jacques and his Redwall Series and the still active @garthnix.bsky.social (books pictured below) #🪐📚#FantasyIndiesNovember

Day 24 Free Friday 4th concept cover for "A Fractured Song: The Broken Melody" (www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...) by Quietvictories, ft. MC and her mentor. This wasn't chosen b/c it was too zoomed out and didn't capture the MC's appearance! #🪐📚 #FantasyIndiesSpooktober

AI bubble, ethics or not, (and I do think there is an AI bubble and using AI is ethically problematic due to how they are built), it occurs to me that at any point in time the companies running the AI can monetize their product. At which point, frequent AI users are... screwed. #hottake

Day 21 Scary movie/tv recs I don't watch enough scary stuff, but a friend of mine showed me the classic "Creature from the Black Lagoon" (1954) and I loved it. I also recommend @just-write-studios.itch.io "Catalyst Blind Faith" just-write-studios.itch.io/catalyst-bli... 🪐📚 #FantasyIndiesSpooktober

Day 16 Tricks and Treats in your WIP "A Fractured Song" has a drink called Hearthsange, which I describe a sweet, malty orange-flarvored drink made from a herb unique to that world. It's my main character's favorite comfort drink when she's feeling down 🪐📚 #FantasyIndiesSpooktober

Day 15 What would your character's wear to a Halloween Ball? Frances (MC, petite mage girl with a kind heart): fairy godmother Timur (her roguish love interest): Pirate or musketeer Elizabeth (MC's lesbian best friend, korean): Janggeum (1st korean royal physician) #🪐📚 #FantasyIndiesSpooktober

Been having a lot of fun playing through "Master of Command" Seven Years War! store.steampowered.com/app/2878450/... (Release Date October 27, Demo is Out) @armchairhistorian.bsky.social #gaming #masterofcommand

Day 11 Saturday Snippet A fun bit of worldbuilding I did with my series "A Fractured Song" is introduce "Named" wands and staves, sentient magical objects with their own will and special abilities. This is a snippet that introduces them www.amazon.com/gp/product/B... #🪐📚 #FantasyIndiesSpooktober

#vndev #indiegamedev #art #writingcommunity #horror #darkfantasy 🔥Narrative #devlog on quality #writing + my methods! ✍️I went hard for my favorite #gamedev skill!!😂✍️ 🖌️17 pics ✍️5.1k words 💖You can read it here: just-write-studios.itch.io/catalyst-bli...

Related to my previous post on Nebulous Fleet Command (store.steampowered.com/app/887570/N...), just wanted to shout out @papapandamonium.bsky.social for his frankly fantastic concept on the game which then got translated into some of the best looking ships I've ever seen in scifi

I posted about my friend's @just-write-studios.itch.io 's horror game last time. This time I want to shout out Nebulous Fleet Command, a game I've been a great fan of since 2021. It's a scifi space sim on sale for 10 more hours so if you're interested... store.steampowered.com/app/887570/N...

Day 5, What are your characters afraid of? Frances of "A Fractured Song" series is survivor of child abuse survivor. However, while her story is about conquering her trauma, she's actually most afraid of harm coming to her friends and adoptive mother. #🪐📚 #FantasyIndiesSpooktober

I've been playtesting for this game and I think it's been an utter blast! @armchairhistorian.bsky.social has been a great director and his team have been responsive and contentious. Can't wait to get it on release!

Day 3 "Free Friday" I really liked this concept cover by my artist (www.artstation.com/quietvictories) but decided not to use it because it was too peaceful. My book had far more action than the cover implied! #🪐📚 #FantasyIndiesSpooktober Get my book www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

September 30, Monthly Wrap Up This was great to participate in these prompts and I think they're a good way to help one build their audience. Thank you everybody who liked the posts! It was really nice to be introduced to blusky's writing community! #FantasyIndiesSeptember #📚💙

Day 28 What stage is your WIP in? So "A Fractured Song" has 3 books out of the 6 out which you can find here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DDJ5LTZW. I'm working hard on editing book 4 right now, which is on Frances defending a city! #FantasyIndiesSeptember #📚💙

And for some reason ppl keep saying to me “oh use ai. it’s more practical/better or efficient.” I find keeping a good network of ppl you can commission art from and get feedback from far more practical

Re this: Many authors and cover artists will block ppl who use ai. I’m pretty sure that if i wanted to go genai for cover art I’d lose all of my community of friends, peers and acquaintances i write and art with. So aside for the many moral grounds, there‘s a very practical reason for rejecting ai

Belated Day 26 Free Friday or share something you’re looking forward to. I’m looking forward to sleeping in to be honest. I tend to write or think about writing in the late evening which is when I have some time alone but it means I sleep late. #FantasyIndiesSeptember #📚💙

@just-write-studios.itch.io is a good friend of mine and working on horrifyingly delightful visual novel that she's fought tooth and nail to get to this point. I strongly encourage peopel to check out the demo at just-write-studios.itch.io/catalyst-bli...

Day 25 - What would be your MC's favorite subject in school? Frances my MC from "A Fractured Song" is a total nerd, but while she'd like history and physics, her favorite subject is music. Singing is after all the way to channel magic in my world #booksky 📚🪐 #FantasyIndiesSeptember

Day 24 ”Interesting fact from your IP world‘s history.” So ”A Fractured Song” is an isekai, aka kids got transported to another world story. This isn’t the 4th time this has happened and so one side feels they get oppressed when they get overpowered heroes summoned against them

Day 21 - Pass on some Author Wisdom Your personal health is probably more important than your writing because you can't write if you're not healthy or in a good place. So take care of yourself FIRST and don't stress too hard about not writing. #booksky 📚🪐 #FantasyIndiesSeptember

Oooh this is fun "Frances is an abused kid isekaied into a narnia like world to defeat the demon king w/ her classmates, but her abuse is actually serious and requires a caring Anti-Dumbledore to teach her." Bonus: How Edana (mentor) and Frances (MC) relationship Is really caring #LateNightWrite

Day 20 (Saturday Snippet) I chose this snippet from book 4 of my series "A Fractured Song" with my MC Frances and one of her best friends Martin, a knightl, b/c it highlights my female MC having a male friend that is not a love interest. #booksky 📚🪐 #FantasyIndiesSeptember

Day 19 (i'm joining late) Free Friday w/ a fun discovery I found out while editing my 4th book in "A Fractured Song" series called "Stormcaller's Clarion" that I can edit things so an earlier event in my series is foreshadowing! The things you can do w/ edits #booksky 📚🪐 #FantasyIndiesSeptember

One of the series I deeply admired and aged quite well is the "Redwall" series by the late Brian Jacques. While not every book in the series is perfect, the descriptions of the environment, and the food all made their way into my own writing! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/DUI/r... #booksky 📚🪐

So my MC Frances' mentor is Edana, a middle-aged woman with kyphosis (spine twisted forward). In the world Frances is transported to, all human mages have a form of physical disability. Why? B/c I just honestly just wanted to. #booksky🪐📚 www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

I never got the right-wing male grindset of getting bulk, getting women (as if women are somehow something you own???), get rich. it’s such a STRESSFUL idea. I mean can’t you just make a bunch of friends of whatever gender, enjoy their companu and do your best to be healthy and economically stable?

Here's a funny tidbit on how I met the artist of my books, Quiet Victories(www.artstation.com/quietvictories). He did a cover for a fanfiction of mine. I was so happy with that I asked if he could do one for my self-published books! Rest is history! www.amazon.com/gp/product/B... 🪐📚💙 #BookSky

You might have noticed I started posting like … a lot. well I realized that for my writings long term future I need to do some community building, and that means daily posting. I can’t promise it’ll all be high quality but I’lL do my best! Thanks @just-write-studios.itch.io for the encouragement!

The second concept cover of “A Fractured Song: The Broken Melody” by quietvictories I liked this one‘s dynamism but it was toooo 👊 💥⚡️and at this point in my series I hadnt settled on what my big bad would look like. So I let this one go. #booksky 📚🪐 📚💙 Book here www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B09T...

Thinking about why I chose the name "A Fractured Song" for my book series, I was aiming at trying to encapsulate the point of the book, which is about overcoming one's trauma, but also the scars that it leaves behind. Thus, "A Fractured Song" www.amazon.com/gp/product/B... 💙📚🪐#writingcommunity

A rejected cover concept for book 1 of my series "A Fractured Song" by "Quiet Victories." I liked that it featured my protag and set the tone for the world, but it left very little room to put a title and my name! Get the book here: www.amazon.ca/Fractured-So... #booksky #writing 🪐📚 #books

#booksky While not exactly cheap, one of the most fun things about getting a book cover is the design process. Thanks to Quiet Victories (www.artstation.com/quietvictories) my artist, we came up with a really good design for my book which you can get here: www.amazon.com/Fractured-So...

🖋️Writing "The Lost Princess" YA Fantasy Novel 🪄Author of "A Fractured Song" YA Fantasy Series www.amazon.com/gp/product/B... 💓 of books, history, anime and musicals

#BookSky 💙 📚 #Books #BookChallenge Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 1/20