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#WritingCommunity #Booksky #Writersofbluesky #PortalFantasy #Authorsky #writersky #writesky Which title do u prefer? The Gests of Nequinum, or the The Nequinum Gests? *Gests is a medieval narrative for heroic deed/adventure. And the stories are strongly inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia.

#Bookvember 13 Coraline by Neil Gaiman (may he rot one day) It was a world of intrigue and horror. A modernized, dark fairy tale of the Brothers Grimm variety.

#QueerPrompts 13 #LGBTQwriters #Queerwriters #Writingcommunity #writersky The Machlyes (intersex/androgynous/effeminate nymphs) offer their blessings of healing, fertility spells & divination to any poor soul traveling in or by their domain. They take hospitality very seriously.

#FantasyIndiesNovember 13 #Authorsky #Writersky #Writersofbluesky In my room, where I feel more calm and collected. Not to mention my room is cozy and has almost everything I need. It also gives me more privacy. I just have to remember not sit for too long or else I get numb 😏😆

#NovemberWorldbuilders 13 The immortal Baalite (ruler) Dromb of the antagonistic nation of Magalote, considers himself the authority on morality in his empire. His moral absolutism is dangerously combined with narcissism, jingoism, xenophobia, militarism, superstition, & anti-intellectualism.

I do wonder.... how is she able to drink water without melting?

#FantasyIndiesNovember 12 #WritingCommunity #Writing #Writesky #Writersofbluesky Good advice: think of your characters as people first, regardless of their identity. And don't worry if your story has already been told. All stories share the same bones, you just give it different flesh.

#FantasyIndiesNovember Good/bad writing advice The trick is figuring out that what works for someone else, might or might not work for you. @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social @fantasyindies.bsky.social @lvrussell.bsky.social

#NovemberWorldbuilders 12 #WritingCommunity middle-aged Sir Grotewort is a semi Falstaff figure: a corrupting influence over Prince Halcyon of Neony. A petty criminal, vain braggart, feckless drunk, and immature parasite who's eventually unfriended by Halcyon, much to Grotewort's dismay.

#Bookvember 11 Although it can never be proven, the Bronte Sisters are speculated of being neurodivergent. I love Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre because not only can I see Jane as autistic coded, but her story is one of survival (child abuse, poverty, rejecting a loveless marriage).

VETERANS DAY😳

#FantasyIndiesNovember 11 #Authorsky #Writersky #writersofbluesky #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #authors I love reading & writing fantasy. But I have ambition to be a multi-genre writer. I don't always like sticking to one genre.

#NovemberWorldbuilders 11 Amnos is the Messianic animal lord of Nequinum (son of the sky king & earth mother). Like with Aslan, he's wild, but overall good & loving. He doesn't fully involve in heroic deeds, but offers advice & hope. He only gets involved when an evil god is involved. 1/2

#QueerPrompts 11 In the epilogue of The Wild Family, Bethany's (the bi mc) husband and older brother enlist in WW2. The brother especially has a change of heart because at first, he originally thought Hitler was "making Germany great again", now he can't stand the dictator.

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#Bookvember 9 The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Apart from the queer subtext, I also love that Wilde is critiquing our culture's unhealthy obsession with youth and beauty. And also critiquing what we would call pretty privilege (Dorian uses his handsome looks to get away with his crimes)

#FantasyIndiesNovember 9 Honestly, wish I had a bigger one.

#NovemberWorldbuilders Villian in the past The Father has been the wellspring of the conflict between the Humans and the Fairies since time before any living memory and history. The part he shows to the Humans is but a part of the whole of his being. @kiraofthewind.com

#NovemberWorldbuilders 9 #WritingCommunity #Portalfantasy #Fantasy #Writesky #WIP #Booksky Amartia (Nequinum's first/pre villain) a demigoddess witch & megalomaniacal, colonizing conquerer who stunted Nequinum's creation & imprisoned their mother goddess, just so she can build her empire over it.

#QueerPrompts 8 Intersex people, as with all queer people, are treated normally and natural in my story's universe. The only people who don't treat/perceive them as normal and natural are raging bigots, puritans, fascists, & so-called "classic liberals" who think there's progress enough.

#Bookvember 8 Definitely Angela Carter's "The Bloody Chamber" for me. She retells the Fairy Tale Heroine as rescuing herself and embracing her desires.

#NovemberWorldbuilders #WritingCommunity Hadkuz the chivalrous soldier of Palamede, retired to a life of farming ala Cincinnatus; King Galamund, fought off dragons in the Calazan islands who in return, pledged loyal alliance to his land; Lady Hua of Tahan, warrior farmgirl retired to a nunnery.

#QueerPrompts 7 Sadly I have no Trans art, but I do have my first Trans character; Iphido was born a girl, orphaned at a young age because a Hellhound slaughtered the family out of fear of a prophecy that the sons will kill him. Iphido was magically turned into a man to slay the Hellhound.

#Bookvember 7 I confess I wasn't a book-lover as a child, I was hooked to the TV like Mike Teavee. I was forced/monitored to read books, and I confess I didn't like it. It was years later when I found the passion to love reading (and writing). And I also confess to being a picky reader.

#NovemberWorldbuilders 7 #WritingCommunity 1/2 Barghests, Capalu (phantom cats), Harpies (with their black-brown feathers), Keres (black wings & hair), some Mandragora (stick-like imps), Phantoms (black-grayish), Samebito (mermen with black shark tails), and some Werewolves.

#FantasyIndiesNovember 6 Apart from laptop-based tools, and my phone where I take notes when I have ideas when I'm not writing, nothing much else. But lots of energy and patience which is no easy feat for a AuDHD/Neurodivergent writer like myself 🤣😅😢 But I think my greatest tool is my imagination.

#Bookvember 6 Mercer Mayer's East to the Sun/West to the Moon. The colors drew me in to the world of the fairy tale. But what really draws me in is the imagery of the Heroine questing for her loved one. I see her struggling but bravely determined to accomplish her quest.

#QueerPrompts 6 8-10 Despite the trials, tribulations and temptations, and the fact the Heroine's quest takes seven years to complete, Bethany pulls through. She remains steadfast, despite her fears and personal conflict, and with her close companions, she's determined to rescue her adopted family

#NovemberWorldbuilders 6 #WritingCommunity 1/2 Amnos the Messianic animal God of Nequinum, in the form of a white dove (of his 7 forms). His mother, Thespione, is a white unicorn (of her 5 forms). The Nereids wear white silk garments. Shishi, Huli Jing, & Snow Lions are pearly white.

#FantasyIndiesNovember Current reads Just finished Keeper of the Keys, and now reading Shadowfane, both by Janny Wurts. Might read Curse of the Mistwraith next, but not sure. @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social @fantasyindies.bsky.social @lvrussell.bsky.social

#Neurospicy #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity #Audhd A coming-of-age portal fantasy/isekai story with a bi, autistic heroine..... written by an autistic person, and with having the autistic protag be the voice/narrator of her own story. Would u read that? www.wattpad.com/story/279737...

#NovemberWorldbuilders 5 #WritingCommunity Mormo (vampiric nymphs) wear dark-purple dresses. Sila (witchy Jinn) have purple eyes. Zhenniao (poisoned birds) have purple chests. Maenads & Oceanids wear purple garments. Phoenix Birds are purplish-red. Potamoi (river gods) & Crones wear violet.

#QueerPrompts 4 In the Paramyths of Nequinum (WIP), the world started out as a barren, stony, earthlike egg, of which cracked into existence when the Earth Mother and Sky Father magically nursed it, bringing forth the sun, moon, stars, mountains, oceans, woodlands, etc.

#NovemberWorldbuilders 4 #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #Writing #Worldbuilding 1/2 Wormtooth Island Dragons, Woodwooses (covered in green hirsute & vegetation), Rusalka (green hair, eyes, and dress), Nixes (pale-green male water spirits), Attorcroppes (green hooded snakes with spindly legs & arms)

#Bookvember 4 #Booksky #Writesky When I was a kid, I loved the Eyewitness book series. I nerd out over several sciency and nature things (when I wasn't nerding out on fantasy).

#FantasyIndiesNovember 4 #Authorsky #Writersky So many. Mainly CS Lewis, but also Tolkien, Terry Pratchett, Angela Carter, Margaret Atwood, Ursula K LeGuin, K.A. Applegate, Dickens, Shakespeare, Jonathan Swift, the Brontes, Hans Christian Anderson, Lemony Snicket, Chaucer, Stephen King, Roald Dahl.

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#NovemberWorldbuilders 3 #WritingCommunity In the world of Nequinum, in the antagonistic nation of Magalote, the immortal but old, selfish & cruel Baalite (Emperor) Dromb has a gaudy gold-yellow and orange aesthetic; wigs, makeup, jewelry, robes, and everywhere in his palace.

#QueerPrompts 3 Because queerness is natural. It exists in nature, across cultures and even mythologies. Only Idiotic Fools, Religious Fundies, Prudish Puritans, Toxic Masculine Broflakes, Fascists and Reactionaries think queerness is "unnatural"

#Bookvember 3 #Books #Writesky #Authors C.S. Lewis, definitely. I just fell in love with his worldbuilding, and his storytelling. Weaving magic and reality together. His writing is simple but has depth and magic in them.

#NovemberWorldbuilders Blue Aurora's eyes were blue when Canin first saw her. But then turned green in a night. Canin is still not sure why. @kiraofthewind.com

#Bookvember 2 The Chronicles of Narnia. I fell in love with the characters, the adventures, and most of all, the worldbuilding.

#WritingCommunity #Fantasy #PortalFantasy #Writing #Booksky #Authorsky What would you honestly think of a book series title called "The Paramyths of Nequinum"? Is it too esoteric? *Paramyths is my own invention. Para + Myths. Tales that are beyond mythology.

#FantasyIndiesNovember 2 First, I was a paracosmist, a worldbuilder, which eventually led to storytelling. I originally wanted to be an artist, but it didn't work out so well. I believe it started in the early-to-mid 2000s, when I learned how to use a computer. And the rest is a blur to me.

#QueerPrompts 2 Belledame, the Fairy Queen of discord & destruction, is a queer parent herself, and her son, Prince Odilon, is also queer (as are most of the Otherworld Monarchical Hierarchy).

#NovemberWorldbuilders 2 #WritingCommunity #Fantasy Besides the obvious (ocean, sky), in Nequinum, there's blue roses, blue-feathered Thunderbirds, blue-winged Anemoi (wind spirits) and blue-haired Oceanids (ocean nymphs).

#FantasyIndiesNovember Intro. Hi, I'm Joel and I'm writing the Servants of the Moon and Sun series. It's a loose epic fantasy reimagining of Sleeping Beauty. What if Maleficent was Aurora's mother and what if she wasn't really evil? @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social @lvrussell.bsky.social

#FantasyIndiesNovember 1 I'm Nectar Vam (my username and future pen name). A neurodivergent writer currently working on my first WIP story, called The Wild Family. I think of it as Labyrinth meets The Wild Swans (an Anderson Fairy Tale), with a bi, autistic heroine.