The historical event that has the most direct impact on the story is called the Shadow Seige. It happened over a thousand years ago and when a cult that had been driven out of the Fain Empire attacked the northern country of Portis with a bunch of undead creatures. 🧵 #Wrencer #Juniplex #Writesky

#pretendpanel Same! I love the minutiae that gives a world flavor. Wren reads cheap paperbacks and her favorites are boudoir novels (basically smutty romances). She loves to eat naan mirka, which is a street food consisting of roasted sweetened peppers 🧵 #WritingCommunity #Writers #WritingPrompts

Wren and the gang are playing a game to pass the time on a long boat ride upriver. From book 2 of my romantasy wip about a priest of the dead and a thief with a heart of gold. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #Wrencer

#pretendpanel I write because it makes me feel good. I'd be doing it regardless of whether anyone read a word of it. I am always chasing that deep joy I feel when I read a good book, trying to recreate that feeling in my writing. #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts

#Juniplex So the organization opposing the Gray Lady's church is an ancient cult that has been restarted in modern times called the Cult of the Undying. It's goal is to eliminate death altogether, which goes completely against the Gray Lady's philosophy 🧵 #Wrencer #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity

#AwesomeCharacters Wren usually dresses practically, with lots of pockets and clothing in subdued colors that lets her hide and move easily. That said, she also loves a disguise. I think she wears at least 3 different disguises in book 1. Spencer... 1/2 #Wrencer #WritingPrompts #Writingcommunity

Resident Alien.

#Juniplex The Gray Lady's symbol is the infinity symbol with wings. This is often seen embroidered or woven in her servant's clothing, worn as holy symbols, craved in headstones or decorating places of burial. Spencer explains the symbolism to Wren in the snip. #Wrencer

Spencer and Wren are staking out Magnus Var Krugan's lodgings in Fenholt. From Thief of Death, a romantic fantasy about a priest of the dead and a thief with a heart of gold. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #Wrencer

#AwesomeCharacters Wren's usual go to (when she wants to allude to her criminal skills) is to introduce herself as a master of the acquisitional arts. Spencer would just call himself one of the Gray Lady's chosen. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #Wrencer

Sam just wanted to buy some pastries for breakfast but now he's caught in an argument he wants no part of. From #Herbs&Iron a cozy romantasy about a witch returning to her childhood home to reopen her Gran's herb shop and reconnect with the blacksmith she left behind. #WIPSnips #WritingPrompts

#Juniplex it varies depending on the religious order, however for the Gray Lady, the essential belief is that death is not an end to fear, but a new beginning to embrace. Humans go on to a new form of existence after death. There is a soul or life force 🧵 #Wrencer #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#AwesomeCharacters Wren's healthiest relationship (other than Spencer) is her friendship with her store clerk, Gillen. He knows that she does things "off the books" but doesn't have anything to do with that side of the business. They've worked together 🧵 #Wrencer #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Look what you made me do @pamelaelaela.bsky.social Spencer's fake cologne 🤣 #Wrencer

Comm wip for @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social 🫜🫜

Spencer just wants to go for a walk and commune with his goddess. I'm sure everything will be FINE. From book 2 of my romantasy wip about a priest of the dead and a thief with a heart of gold. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #Wrencer

#Juniplex Do the existence of gods count as weird phenomenon? In this world, gods are not a philosophical exercise that creates order or explains the weather. They are real beings who exist and favor certain humans with magic. Some humans having power others don't creates conflict. 🧵 #Wrencer

#AwesomeCharacters Wren was running. She stole a necklace that was cursed and knew the best place to find answers about what it was and how to render it safe were in her home city, Fenholt. Even though it was full of people holding grudges against her. 🧵 #Wrencer #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Post dragons.

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This is how we first meet Sam in my cozy romantasy, #Herbs&Iron He is a blacksmith with a troubled past that has led him to become anxious and isolated. A reunion with his childhood friend Hazel will help heal old wounds for them both. #WIPSnips #Writesky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity

#Juniplex I will mostly be talking about the organization of religious organizations, like the Gray Lady and Helidon's churches. I might also dabble into the structure of Wren's former gang, the Blackboots. #Wrencer #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity

#AwesomeCharacters Wren is the sneakiest by far! Spencer is not exactly bad at moving quietly and going unnoticed, but he hasn't practiced and honed the skill way Wren has. Bruce is the least sneaky, mostly because he is usually wearing armor. #Wrencer #WritingPrompts #Writesky

book 1! and spoiler alert, he was successful :) #WritingCommunity #Writingprompt #Writesky #HQpress

#SundaySnips Going in vibes here for Talia’s first success on her case, the first breakthrough, when she (literally) catches the scent of her first lead.

#SundaySnips Using "succeeded". Plus victory is a type of success. The group's muscle working in a fight pit to earn some money before he's recruited for the job. This will not be the last person he throws around.

I suppose it is appropriate for 'success' maybe, but since the first episode of Philosopher Queens is technically only a WIP for 1 more day, let's get a #SundaySnips from that one! Bonus little preview of the web page.

It's #Stunday and for #SundaySnips an excerpt from a cozy horror: The Phantom Ankle-Biter’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Haunting You can read the 600 word micro-fiction here: ss.lucidillusions.in/shortstory/2... #WritingCommunity #Writingprompt #Writesky #HQpress

#SundaySnips Again, not sure if I'll be keeping this when I actually get there with revisions, but... ehh, for now, everyone's struggling~

#SundaySnips Got to admit, I was expecting this one to be easier to find a good snippet for. Tim and Jon have only been together a few weeks. A conversation about why Jon never invites Tim to his place, turns up some insecurities Jon hasn't revealed before.

#SundaySnips - May 31 *success* From my WIP The Blades of the Four Kingdoms, a dark sapphic multiverse romantasy. #WIP #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompt #Writers #QueerWriters

#SundaySnips May 12 -- success Iberto is not always the pessimist... just, sometimes.

From my philosophical godpunk WIP, "Laughter of the Hunted Gods." #SundaySnips #WritingCommunity #Writingprompt #Writesky #HQpress #FantasyWriters

I am back from visiting family out of town just in time for #SundaySnips ! Hazel is having a hard time getting her guild application approved for reopening her Gran's herb shop. From #Herbs&Iron a cozy romantasy about a blacksmith and a witch. #WritingCommunity #Writingprompt #Writesky #HQpress

#SundaySnips - success From The Bird and the Blade, in which Callum successfully does not scowl and Wilder unsuccessfully tries to get Callum to laugh at his own name.

#SundaySnips | Success #⚔️🌿🌼 With Sterling’s presumed disappearance, Reverend Pryce has called a meeting to discuss what to do next.

Stephen O’Keeffe successfully failed to evacuate through sheer good acting. He behaved as though the orders didn’t apply to him, and was overlooked. #Dogwood3 #SundaySnips

In 1883 success would be not dying from Tuberculosis, Bronchitis, Scarlet Fever, Smallpox, Measles, Whooping Cough, Cholera & Typhoid. Nice 🤣 From my #WIP A Conspiracy of Ravens! #SundaySnips @hookandquillpress.com success #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #Writingprompt #Writesky #HQpress

#SundaySnips | success In which Archer is both more wrong and more right than he knows (Sabbat's actually perfectly capable of asking questions subtly, he just doesn't like doing it... and he *was* brought up in Dockside, he's just never told Archer that) ( saranadosfiction.com/2020/06/15/b... )

#SundaySnips "success" from A Prayer for the Pirate Queen 🏴‍☠️💜⚓️ currently in third draft revisions

Welcome to #SundaySnips! A once-a-week prompt game for writers hosted by myself and @hookandquillpress.com Hopefully, all that learning will eventually lead to one place: success! #WritingCommunity #Writingprompt #Writesky #HQpress

Bluesky isn't a bubble or an echo chamber, it's a garden. You plant some seeds and pull some weeds, you tend to it with care, and you make it into a space that pleases you when you come to sit in it a while. Other people can plant and tend to their own gardens, if they like. This garden is yours.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Texas… everywhere. 😑

Spencer, Wren, and Bruce are hiding in a graveyard. From Thief of Death, a romantic fantasy about a priest of the dead and a thief with a heart of gold. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #Wrencer

#MemeMay I would cast Andria Arjona who played Bix in Andor as Wren and Tom Ellis (of Lucifer fame) as Spencer. Some of it is physical resemblance but some of it is definitely their acting skills.

#AwesomeCharacters Wren is probably a 3-4. She would need to feel she or someone she cared about was in danger, but because she is a little paranoid and she's small compared to most other people, she tends to act preemptively with the element of surprise. #Wrencer #WritingPrompts

✨🌟✨ARCs & RELEASE DATE✨🌟✨ My queer sci-fi romance, The Stars Will Be Our Ocean, featuring gorgeous cover art by @aowna.bsky.social, is going to be available *JULY 14TH*, which is both Bastille Day, and... SHARK & RAY AWARENESS DAY! 🦈😆 More details and ARC sign-ups below.