Ilsa's henchmen are alllll the demons, but particularly her Commanders and Lieutenants. Vasthra *wants* his henchmen to be Jact and Vrakya. #FantasyIndiesSpooktober

I'm in the process of moving things around, so these are all the books I have with me right now 😂 #FantasyIndiesSpooktober

Brianna hates all the villains - they took her home and everyone she loves. Jack, Vasthra, and Ilsa all find Brianna interesting. Jact sees Brianna as a unique opportunity to remake the society he's grown tired of. #FantasyIndiesSpooktober

A snippet, freshly edited!!! Aya really started coming alive in this rewrite and I'm so freaking thrilled for her 😭 #FantasyIndiesSpooktober

Value of Life: 🌲🌲🏹🙎🏼‍♀️👹👹👹⚔️🔥☠️ #FantasyIndiesSpooktober

For paranormal creatures, I love demons the most 😂 most varieties vibe very well with me. But I also like ghosts - banshees can be cool. Do zombies count??? Also like them! #FantasyIndiesSpooktober

I will always recommend @kaitlincorvus.bsky.social for all your thriller-y reads. #FantasyIndiesSpooktober

Omg OOF it's been too many days... Ilsa's goal is to be a supreme ruler. Vasthra's goal is to overthrow Ilsa. Jact's goal is to be rid of the system altogether. #FantasyIndiesSpooktober

SO PROUD OF YOU KORI! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

I loooove scary things! Horror movies are my relaxing time 😂 Brianna would, too - she'd love to sit around a campfire and hear creepy stories, then going to bed scared (or having to act tough for her friend Aya, who would be a huge wimp) #FantasyIndiesSpooktober

I'm Valerie Storm and I'm still poking at Value of Life, Brianna's story and the second prequel to my main series. #fantasyindiesspooktober

I'm trying not to be harsh on myself for the progress (or lack thereof) on Brianna's story 🥲 I edited maybe 2-3 chapters this month, and they were big edits! Onto the next...

Brianna leans extrovert, though she's really only comfortable with a handful of people. #fantasyindiesseptember

I'm allllmost halfway through some heavy edits of Brianna's story. After that, I'd like to have a lovely friend beta it before I finish fixing it. It's a long way from publishing, but I'm having fun~ #fantasyindiesseptember

A snippet! Last time worked for me to edit a scene, so let's see if it works again... During this rewrite, the background characters finally have some life and existence. It's been occasionally troublesome but also amazing ❤️‍🔥 #fantasyindiesseptember

I'm looking forward to getting some writing time the next couple of weeks...if I can just motivate myself to do it 😂 #fantasyindiesseptember

25 I DIDNT FORGET 🥲🥲: Brianna's favorite subject would be anything with crafts, specifically creating weapons or something useful for hunting. #fantasyindiesseptember

25, my favorite number. Good job, SSP 😏 Aya’s grin widened to show her pretty teeth. “You got a shot that clean without even trying? Come on, Bri. When are you going to admit how cool you are?”

No YOU forgot to post to Bsky This story takes place roughly 1000 years after the Ascension, when demon souls first released into the world. By this point in the timeline, humans are trying to rebuild after some wars and demons are trying to amass in Kestos. #fantasyindiesseptember

Character select screen from an OC art giveaway I did a while back! This took a lot of effort to finish but I'm happy with the result :) #originalcharacters #oc #art #anime #fighting #game

Author wisdom for this lovely Sunday: Write for ✨you✨ and fuck the haters #fantasyindiesseptember

Thank you so much Karen 😭❤️❤️❤️

An unedited snippet for Saturday...maybe this will inspire me to start fixing this fucking chapter 😂 #fantasyindiesseptember

Pet photos! My cat Nox and my boyfriend's dog Tim 😌 #fantasyindiesseptember

IT MEEEE 😎⚡

Vasthra, Lady Ilsa, and Jact are all power-hungry in their own ways lol Vasthra would love to rule the demon city Nagaris (which would require a coup against Ilsa) Ilsa wants to expand the demon empire. Jact wants the power to make massive changes to everything he knows. #fantasyindiesseptember

This autumn I'm maybe gonna finish the Darren Shan series...maybe the Circle of Magic too. #fantasyindiesseptember

Marketing advice? Get a number oriented brother to do the research for you 😈 #fantasyindiesseptember

My favorite books are Briar's Book by Tamora Pierce and Hero's Song by Edith Pattou. #fantasyindiesseptember

An updated scene for Snippet Saturday wherein suddenly everyone and their mom wanted to fight all of a sudden #fantasyindiesseptember

youtu.be/Mev6rJED_I8 I thought I'd be done by now with this series by now, but I have at least three more months of material to cover. @valeriestorm.bsky.social if you want to find the author #TheHeirsLair #Review #BookReview #DemonStorm #DemonStormReview #BookSky📚💙 #Romantasy #YARomantasy

With luck, my next WIP will be my first prequel rather than jumping around 🥲😂 #fantasyindiesseptember

Covet is a really strong word; Brianna doesn't care for either so much. If she did, she'd go more for knowledge. #fantasyindiesseptember

I would love to have telekinesis. Brianna would want to have super strength or speed, something she could use to help her or show off to Aya and Siza. #fantasyindiesseptember

Brianna would like school if it required being outside! (Day 8 cause I time traveled......) #fantasyindiesseptember

I was surprised by how much the demons and their city came to life in Brianna's story. A whole branch of history I'd barely considered burst into life when I first started writing. #fantasyindiesseptember

We're just pretending I didn't forget a snippet for Saturday... #fantasyindiesseptember

A friend got this art piece last year for my birthday, but it was during the transition between me using the bird app and this place, and neither was a good place for sharing art at the time. It's me, Kira of the Wind, dressed as Kagura of the Wind from Inuyasha! Drawn by Nabe (hamsterdujud on twt)

I actually stay away from fandoms with everything I have 😂 nothing turns me off something more than rabid fans. #fantasyindiesseptember

Today's SSP #authorspotlight goes to @rosanthatindall.bsky.social Rosantha has a short story in our Dreamcaught Anthology as well as the series Blackliners, this first of which, The Whisper-Man, is available now!

Brianna loves to practice shooting her bow and exploring with her friends, Siza and Aya - sometimes this extends to making weapons or clothes, too. #fantasyindiesseptember

Everyone will be shocked to know I haven't considered education much in Value of Life 😂 this was a big stick for Kari too. I suppose I'll have to decide an explanation for why Brianna can read...and why her and Jact write different languages. #fantasyindiesseptember

I kind of just choose my next read by vibe. Right now I'm rereading some old books I've wanted to read again for years. #fantasyindiesseptember

I'm Valerie Storm and I'm here to try and talk about Value of Life again 🥲 Been trying desperately to rewrite and edit Brianna's story, and I've been making some good work lately! #fantasyindiesseptember

I didn't do a perfect job of updates this month, but I'm trying to get back into this after a couple of years of fuckery 🥲😂 On the bright side, I've done a fair chunk of rewriting Brianna's story. 1/4 of the way through, and ready to tackle this bitch 😎

My favorite characters in Value of Life are Brianna and Jact. I do like lots of other side characters though, especially those that popped up out of nowhere lol

Hunger Games was always a comp for Value of Life. Now K-Pop Demon Hunters can be too 😂 #fantasyindiesaugust

I'm sure Brianna's people have folklore, like kissing behind the waterfall ensures a long bond or something?? But spoiler alert, I haven't developed those ideas lol Some demons of Nagaris believe their current leader is a "divine" descendent of the fabled Demon Lord. #fantasyindiesaugust

(shhhh we're pretending I didn't forget ANOTHER ONE) #25: Brianna shares everything with her friends, Aya and Siza. #fantasyindiesaugust

Brianna's name actually has a funny backstory lol. When I got my car, the license plate started with BTB, and my mom lovingly said "Oh, it's like "Bring the Bitch." And I was like LOL WTF mom! So then my then-husband said "what about Brynn the Beautiful?" And I liked it... #fantasyindiesaugust