Happy #pretendpanel! Any independently wealthy milli/billionaires wanna fund my creative endeavours enough that I can quit my day job and write/work on HQP stuff all day? 🥲

Come with me on a journey through @eliwoodsgheist.com's Bludeye Beach! (Sans specifics and spoilers, of course. You'll have to snag yourself a copy on the 1st for that 😉) Thanks to @hookandquillpress.com for the ARC! Here we go...🧵 #BookSky #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

#pretendpanel Dec 26 I need to manage my time better in general 😣 Particularly, I need to try harder to stay ahead of my school work instead of just barely keeping up or falling behind. When I'm stressed about work I have a hard time focusing on anything else.

My writing goal for 2026 is to finish the first draft of my next book. To do that, I need to write consistently without pushing myself too hard. 500 words per day, with breaks on weekends, is my game plan. Slow and steady. #pretendpanel

Someone gets his very first taste of politics. From "A Telepath's Tale" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips

#WIPSnips | type In which Viola overhears something unexpected ( saranadosfiction.com/2024/08/17/s... )

#WIPSnips Calmav attempts to negotiate with the engineering crew of the FIC ship the IIF has just stolen... (Excerpt from FHSD Book 2: Sink Deep, Rise Higher)

#Smutcember Both in life and in literature, I hate the non-communication because PLOT trope. So Wren and Spencer communicate pretty well as they get to know each other better. Wren is not great at vocalizing her feelings, but Spencer is 🧵 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #Wrencer

#smutcember Owen and Kenzie both communicate pretty poorly bc they're so repressed but they understand each other very well. Not perfectly! But functionally. Wesley's verbose and is comfortable/accurate communicating. But he can't always parse out O&K's twisted "what they do vs what they mean."

Today’s snip from my ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide’ #FanFic has Trillian trying to identify Zaphod’s problem … one of them, at least … #TheBestBangSinceTheBigOne

type = sort Spencer gives Bruce a scare. 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

Selania’s meeting with the Azantium general and their clashing belief constructs… #WIPSnips from KOSAL subbing “kind” for “type”

(Benny Safdie voice) Until someone builds a soul bomb. Also, only a few days left to vote in the #indieinkawards if you haven’t already! Vote here: indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-... #writingcommunity #writesky #booksky #WIPSnips #indiebooks

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #writingprompt Talismans of Sin (The Worst™️ person in my books has arrived)

#WIPSnips #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #writesky Mr Gellar takes a chance & lends Noah The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, an Old Book which according to the Rules is never supposed to be taken out of the Library 🤫 From #Tenement, my dystopian mystery about people living in an infinite building.

It's my birthday, and if you want to give me a gift, consider buying my books, preferably somewhere other than Amazon! 👀😁 🔥 Dark fantasy set in a world inspired by Greek Mythology ⚔️ Lesbian warriors 🩸 Blood magic (and other types... 😈) linktr.ee/NicoleHidalg... #BookSky #QueerWriters #Books

Merry Christmas from me and from the Atlas Brothers, the blorbos in my ongoing #WIP The Atlas Brothers Break the Multiverse! If you got a Christmas present from one of the boys, here's how it would be wrapped. (Always expect a mess from Kip 😂 ) #MerryChristmas #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

#Smutcember 26: The whole relationship between Jenna and Tarek in The Stars Will Be Our Ocean is built around how they connect through communication, so it's very important they do it well. Jenna in particular can't help but lay out everything on her mind in her desire to be understood.

#Smutcember I try to have them blunder a bit and then say EXACTLY what they feel. Tempest and I realized we're more Gomez & Morticia Addams, and they were "weird" mainly because they actually talked to and liked each other. A weird segue but consider: Ed Wood (1/4) #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

#Smutcember 26 I try to write characters who communicate well, especially after they start getting to know each other, unless there's a reason that *makes sense* & isn't stupid for why they would keep something to themselves. Characters being obtuse for no reason except Plot makes me hate them 😂🤣

#smutcember Both kinda well and kinda terribly? Like, when forced to work as colleagues, Kallista and Geni argue over ethics but come to a working compromise in time. Over personal emotions, they will talk things out and get on really well. It's just that there's this _damn subtext_ in the way!!!

G'morning #WIPSnips! This is the focal point of this scene, the image that's been tormenting me for days now to put into text for Cavern Clipper's Sequel I know it's probably stupid and I don't know what I’m writing about here, but it had to be written! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

From ‘House Rules’. Prompt - ‘Type’. #WiPSnips

#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity One of my favorite small things in this book is the little mark on the stair that Turnip steps on every time she goes up or down the stairs. And then how Shanks starts doing the same thing.

#WIPSnips 26. "Type" It's my birthday, so I'm going with a very self-indulgent snippet of a very rough scene that I have no idea when will happen, but that I already (partially) wrote :3 #ChroniclesOfTheRealms #SayaAshrah #CaptainNitara #Ashtara #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #QueerWriters

Everything in Christmasland that can go wrong is going wrong. But surely the elves aren't so desperate that they'd interrupt Santa's post-Christmas vacation #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity From "Meanwhile in the Cold, Dreary Snow of Christmasland..." a ...In A Pear Tree 🎄☕ short

Generally speaking, I try to write main characters that communicate well with each other in all situations. If an argument or misunderstanding happens, it’s quickly resolved. I just can’t stand stories where that’s not the case. #Smutcember

December 26th – type Av’ry and Fox are trying to recruit some allies for their cause. Unfortunately, it is widely known that they aren’t exactly loyal to any specific authority. #DawnsBlood #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity I feel like this snippet might be the perfect encapsulation of these two (Grilled and Aubergine) both as individual people and their dynamic together. Like, if I had to explain them in one scene, this is it😂

#DecemberWorldbuilders There are lots of cute furry animals in Atalantis! Some of the most notable are mongooses (often kept as pets), the desert jird, macaques who are abundant in the laurel forest, and little desert sand cats! 🥹🥰

Hi yes please gaze upon this lovely Sugimori-vibed illustration of my bbs. 🥹 Commissioned piece from @icaromozartt.bsky.social. 💜 #art #artcommission #ocsky

LIKE JEAN VALJEAN ON CHRISTMAS EVE, I COME TO YOU WITH A GIFT! BEHOLD! AN UNPROFESSIONAL REVIEW OF: LES MISÉRABLES In which the most important question I ask is probably: "Is #Catradora just space fantasy #Eposette?" #LesMis #BookReview #Booksky

Um... am I wrong, or does this imply Rudolph's nose is radioactive? 👀 Maybe the other reindeer had a good reason not to let him play games with them after all.

#DecemberWorldbuilders 24! I've already talked about Guardians, so let's talk about Curses today. While Guardians strive to protect the Library from harm, Curses are like their mirror image In particular, Aberrants assume the form of or corrupt animals into monstrous versions of themselves 1/3

#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity No goblets 😭 Gotta use 'mug' instead. This may not be the case for the final product. I feel like they'd have some goblets at the inn... Anyway, here's child-Grilled's first time talking to the town's executioner, a man who eats alone, away from everyone else.

#DecemberWorldbuilders The glenphishers are a pretty solid pick for nocturnal beluan. I've talked about them once before in June, and they're the first example of "evolution" à la Pokémon-styled metamorphosis. They are rarely occurring in the wild, late stage version of a phoskipat. 🧵1/5

#Smutcember 24: Writing smut is a skill (a suite of 'em, depending on what you're doing), which can be learned like any other writing discipline(s). AND, the point of building that skill, IMO, is freeing yourself to express exactly the things that speak to your heart (and other parts 💖) (1/8)

#WIPSnips 'goblet' ('cup') #InReverse: I used this exact snippet recently, but whatever. Meg learns to eat and drink in reverse. #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity

i don't have any goblets because i'm not writing THAT kind of fantasy but i do have plenty mugs of tea i know this segment's kinda choppy & stilted but i actually do really like how this reads in the context of the scene #wipsnips

#DecemberWorldbuilders 24 The Atalantean Golden Bat! Based off the Azores Noctule, which ~fun fact~ is the only mammal species endemic to the Azores Islands. In my headcanon they're the descendants of Atalantean bats who survived the Big Ope. They're also the 5th animal in the Na'aqal zodiac 😁

Today’s snip from my ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide’ #FanFic. In which Trillian has a task for Marvin. #TheBestBangSinceTheBigOne

#WIPSnips Sergei spent all the time he could with Vlad the Third and became his scribe that kept track of the castle's livestock. When they were murdered, it was Sergei that got back up, not The Impaler. Sergei loves Dracula films for getting it wrong. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

#WIPSnips 24. "Goblet" Have I already how much I love this mother-daughter banter? 💜 #ChroniclesOfTheRealms #CaptainNitara #BattlemageAskaly #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #QueerWriters

G'morning #WIPSnips! Back into TLC again, and i really had to dig and synonym for today's prompt word 9and even then it's a stretch even for me). #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity

#Smutcember Being horny is like being drunk, characters don't change during sex but (especially if trust is established) they do get MORE themselves. Let their guard down. Be playful. Be a tease. Be a bit greedy. As long as it's still fun for YOU to write. (1/2) #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #writingprompt Talismans of Sin (and glass as a synonym. The age/rank thing *can* be a bit of a gray area, but Junpei’s desperate 💀)

Merry Christmas Eve! Got a snip of planning that doesn't pan out and a little nudge for Elara to accept that sometimes she has to let people do their job #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #sff #StatuesErode #sciFiWriters

After too many “goblets” of milk, Clove Apple appreciates a mere “cup” of water. Don’t let the MG-ness fool you. Fairies get drunk off milk Summer’s being a bit obtuse about the boys, though #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity From …In A Pear Tree🎄🥛

No goblets, but many cups and mugs. My characters all seem to be coffee (kral in this world) drinkers 🤔 Hope this isn’t too spicey! #WIPSnips from KOSAL subbing “cup” for “goblet”.

A #WIPSnips from book 2 rough draft of The Annora Project #writingcommunity #writesky “cup” for “goblet” Annora wakes up in a dystopian future—