#JulyWorlbuilders, good morning! How has fashion changed over time in your setting? Fashion is notorious for changing irl, but does it change in your world, too? Nobles or the upper classes might especially love changing trends as a way to see who's keeping up. 💅

#AwesomeCharacters I recently rewrote Grilled's introduction! It's more interesting now! He had run away from Ophidia with his brother. They were both naked and starving. He was stealing and eating old, expired ingredients from Shallot and made himself sick.

#JulyInterviewFic Ooh, I gotta decide who I'm answering fo-- It's Grilled. It can only be Grilled (for now)(I might change to someone else later, lol) Grilled: Ah, yes. My name is Grilled Zucchini. Just call me Grilled. Yes, I know it's a silly name. I was 8 when Mamallot told me to name myself

I WROTE A FEW WORDS. Enough to make a fun snippet anyway, lol From my Patreon serial, The Dominion is My Canvas, about a sapphic pair traveling across a post-capitalist high fantasy world on a quest to make an illustrated bestiary. Context: St. L'tsok was the one who defeated capitalism

🎶Every girl crazy 'bout a 🦈-dressed man🎶 I NEED THE SHARK IN MY LIFE NOW

Since a lot of people here seem to like this, I'mma keep going! WRITING TIME! This is your reminder to do something today to make yourself proud! Tell me what you did today 👀

We’re not done with Pride — it’s time for our team’s Disability Pride Month recommendations! grimoireinkreviews.wordpress.com/2026/07/01/2...

#SummerOfStories My name is Erika, though you can call me Kira or any other suitable nickname. I write and read Fantasy, particularly darker and more on the epic side. My current wip is Welcome to the Good Thyme Inn, which mixes cozy with grimdark in a high fantasy world

#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity Grilled and Garlic (young teens in this scene) go out into a terrible blizzard to search for a missing person...

ALSO THIS, which is so well-put. (And I swear this is the last thing I'll say about the word discourse.) To me is it not really the 'I don't know this word' that bugs me, it's the ask. You do not get to ORDER UP what an artist provides! You get what you get! When did this change?!!??

Welcome to a new month, #JulyWorldbuilders! The first week of this month is for the worldbuilding involving clothing/jewelry. I'd like to thank Karkki for ideas for cool questions this week! Today's Q: What are the cultural garments in your world?

#AwesomeCharacters I could probably come up with a better answer if I had more time. Kinda rushing this... Shallot - a queen bee Aubergine - katydid for sound manipulation Grilled - mosquito because bloodthirsty bastard Shanks - water strider Cookie - literally based off a cicada, lol

Alright, got 385 really crappy words down, but it was for my Patreon story which I'm not too bothered to make pretty right now. This is my "just for fun" story about an artist going on an adventure across the world to illustrate a bestiary.

WRITING TIME Hey all, yeah, I kinda fell off on doing these. Do people enjoy them? Do you like my reminders? I stopped because I got distracted with other things + I wasn't making good progress and felt sad. Anyway, I'm gonna do some writing now. Let's go!

Ok here's the dealio. Normally I rattle this because these take a lot of time and energy to make and yada yada. I had a rough start to the month that made me nearly cancel this activity. But I'm aight now. Someone who's having a rougher time right now though is @professoremily.bsky.social. 🧵

#JuneWorldbuilders, tell me a bit more about your overall worldbuilding process. Did you pre-plan a bunch before writing? Or are you more of a "worldbuild as you go" sort of person? Maybe a mix of both, but was there something you planned before but changed along the way?

#JuneWorldbuilders I almost wasn't going to reply my own prompt today, but I gotta say it... I'm struggling again. I haven't written in... two weeks? No reason, either. It's not for lack of ideas or motivation. I just... haven't. I can't focus on writing for more than a minute.

#AwesomeCharacters Most of the Good Thyme gang are! With one very notable exception and I think we ALL know who that is... 😅 I'm joking, of course, because Grilled is responsible in his own way. I might not trust him around kids and he has to be pestered to finish most chores, but he always

I'mma need everyone who likes doing worldbuilding prompts do bully Pixies for this

#Juniplex The post-Greed Wars Aloutian military is pretty self-sustaining and strong on its own, but in the event of a BLU collapse, I could see them 'adopting' @asouthernsun.bsky.social's Faithless. Lulu would feel sad they were abandoned/abused by their Mind God, and he'd feel paternal, lol

#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity A time when Shanks transformed into his "big monster" form. He's a kid and wasn't raised around other Krakens who could have guided him through it, so he's struggling

#JuneWorldbuilders, hey there, friends! It's the end of the month, so these questions are just to chill and check how we're doing. How are you feeling about your wip currently? Everything going well? Or are we having some problems?

Losing my fucking mind with Scrivener right now. Does anyone know how to open the Synopsis window on the right? I like having it so I can write quick notes. I have it in my older projects, but when I opened a new one, it didn't start with it. I have no idea how to get it open and googling failed

oh my GOD just LOOK AT HIM. WOW He's so scary and intimidating and... well... HOT 🥵

#AwesomeCharacters It's funny you ask this because I first think of them at the age they were when I first created them. For the Good Thyme gang, that's when most of them are in their 30s. Grilled is 32, Aubergine is 34. But in the book I've been writing for YEARS now, they're kids/teens😂

IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR #JULYWORLDBUILDERS!! I've been kinda off and on with my activity lately and I think it'll continue this month, too. I hope you'll join me in answering these and also chatting with other worldbuilders! Make friends! Have fun! General rules/expectations below

#QueerPrompts *cough* Uhh... yeah... to put it lightly, my Good Thyme Inn book is a teensy bit on the side of, uh... *refuses to fedpost* To put it not lightly, Aubergine murdered the first c** he ever met in Aleton. Grilled is often concocting a plan to destroy the nobility

#Juniplex cw// mentions of rape, genocide, harm to children (it's literally a question about war crimes in a fictional universe) So, the Aloutians don’t have “war crimes.” This isn’t to say that I haven’t thought about it. Or that THEY haven’t thought about it.

#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity Grilled (a child in this scene) helps Parsnips make the final meal for a group of condemned criminals set to be executed. The town has a "ritual" for executions that starts with allowing them one final meal at the inn.

#JuneWorldbuilders, good morning! For our last day on animals, tell me about an AQUATIC animal in your world! Got any cool fish? Anything else that may or may not count as a "fish" but still lives in the sea or a river and you want to talk about? 👀 I'll accept space whales, too!

#AwesomeCharacters I'mma be real with ya, that sidekick is just gonna be another member of the gang. They aren't gonna come up with anything that the gang hasn't already come up with for themselves. Unless it's REALLY offensive, then Mamallot has to set them right.

#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity A very easy snippet for me, when most of my characters are named after root or bulb vegetables 😆 Here, Grilled (one of the few NOT named after such a veggie) gives dinner to a customer who mentions the Good Thyme Inn's signature meal.

#Juniplex This is one area where it’s… not as great as it could be. But another plan for the future of my world. When the future Goddess of Darkness apotheosizes, her churches are dedicated to therapy and mental health (for everyone, but soldiers, too).

#JuneWorldbuilders, hello friends! Tell me about an animal in your world that can fly. Is it a bird? An insect? Something else entirely? I want to know👀

QTP with your favorite Grass-type pokemon 🍃 Art by Japanese concept artist Lownine (I don't know if they're okay with reposted art. I'll delete if they wish)

Grilled is literally a serial killer and I put some traits in him that are, shall we say, common in serial killers. That isn't to say I made him utterly emotionless or cruel toward animals. Oh no, not that. But he's not exactly brimming with empathy and he DOES think that violence is a solution

ngl, I've been told that I'm intimidating, and as a now Older Woman, I'm okay with that. Maybe a 7? I definitely have my PMS moments, angry outbursts, and spicy hot takes, but I don't make it my whole personality all month long, lmao.

Quoting this for emphasis. TAKE BACK THE DASHES! I WON'T STOP USING EM-DASHES JUST BECAUSE AI DOES IT I use Word, which Kayleigh talks about in the second post, so I don't have the keyboard shortcuts memorized. Scrivener also autocorrects two hyphens to an em dash.

#Juniplex On a battlefield with lots of casualties, shinigami are often waiting and will sawdust bodies when the fighting is over. Aloutian soldiers have identifiers like what we call dog tags, though I intend to call them something else in my world (I haven’t decided what).

#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity A bit of lore on Nine Fires, the Viemen, and Shallot's thoughts on her husband being an Ice elemental...

#JuneWorldbuilders, tell me about some reptiles or amphibians that exist in your world. Obviously, I'm looking for INTERESTING answers. I want to hear about unique animals to your world or animals that appear/are relevant to your story/setting.

#AwesomeCharacters I actually designed the Merchants series around this idea. 😂 I wanted the three MCs who'll team up in the fourth book to sorta fit a D&D team, but their role isn't the stereotypical personality of that role

I've been thinking about this all night, lol. Thing is, if I use Tynan, they're killing machine on their own. They can solo any fight on the journey. So, what they need out of party members are like... parental figures, sibling figures, mentors with words of wisdom. Oh, and anyone tied to Death

#Juniplex Aloutia doesn't have a great answer for this because their big tech boost happened when Lucognidus became a God and he just gave them a bunch of information all at once. And told them that was all they needed. Sidonay (present day) asks "what tech does our God NOT want us to have?"

#JuneWorldbuilders What are some cute animals in your world? Got any cute, fluffy or furry critters that may or may not be friendly? What's their deal? 👀

#AwesomeCharacters Shallot, when it's something that the gang has filled her in on. She's their mom. She's the one who keeps things running and chill. But if they don't want her in on the plan? Their next voice of reason is Aubergine. He'll still let them cause chaos, but it'll be controlled chaos

If you see this, post an Archer I mean, he's the first one to come to mind 😆

It's my birthday! 🥰 To celebrate, both of my books and my short story are free on Ko-Fi and Itch today! 💛 Please enjoy! Itch: itch.io/s/187858/ale... Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/alexlarkspur...

#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky From the scene where the gang has a party for Peaches which is partially a "welcome to the gang" party, partially a "congrats on coming out as nonbinary" part, and partially a "congrats on divorcing* your abusive husband" party *(Grilled killed him, actually)

cw// rape mention #Juniplex Aloutian propaganda is largely truthful, despite how much it sounds like the sort of thing any country would say about their enemies. If Ophidians take over a city, they WILL kill all women and enslave+rape the men+all other genders. That's been their MO for centuries.