#FantasyIndiesNovember Day 20- For /this/ book, inspiration came from growing up as a sad, lonely teenager, surviving mental health emergencies with no support, resources, or understanding in a foreign country. Lots of big feelings! #booksky #inspiration #WritingCommunity #WritingAsTherapy

Art is contribution, history, and immortality. Literature is travel, sagely wisdom, and personal exploration. Poetry is hope, confession, and empathetic ache spanning eras. Keep creating. Keep humanity human. #create #art #literature #poetry #booksky #immortality #quotes

#FantasyIndiesNovember day 19- I *STRUGGLE* with transitions. It never feels right to just say "The next day" over and over again. I also suck at just accepting what I've written. I'll go back and forth on a comma vs a semi-colon for literally MONTHS. #writesky #writingcommunity #WritersStruggles

"The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes." — Andre Gide #writesky #writingcommunity #indieauthor #writers #literature #poetry #booksky #readers #quotes

#FantasyIndiesNovember Day 18- Favorite characters In this book (2), probably Sihan... which might be why Rim was jealous lol In the whole series- Kenita (book 4), Jash (book 8), and Ekino (book 7). #booksky #writesky #writingcommunity #authors #characters #ILoveAllMyChildrenEquallyBut

"The first sentence can’t be written until the final sentence is written." — Joyce Carol Oates #booksky #writesky #author #writingcommunity #indieauthor #writingprocess

#FantasyIndiesNovember Day 17- #Singing- I was an opera singer long ago. Now I'm more folksy #Linguistics- got an MA; love phonology #Languages- I speak 3 languages, and am *trying* for more #Grammar- got an MA in TESOL, and have loved grammar ever since #HousePlants #Ukelele #Travel And much more!

#FantasyIndiesNovember Day 16 I guess a planster? I legit have a hard time understanding either definition, cause I cannot fathom them in the extremes. I'm a "one liner". I'll have a single quote that is so good, I'll write an entire scene, chapter, BOOK, around it. #writesky #writingcommunity #📚💙

Tro Yuxim finds himself surrounded by war and magic and chaos. He clings to the hope and calm he finds in a fellow soldier and a spark begins to burn. But war is hell, and those who live within the army are not the same as those who live without... #Booksky #EpicFantasy #IndieAuthor #AStoryOfDainu

#FantasyIndiesNovember Day 15- #SaturdaySnippet Tro is not a Bash, and yet he finds himself trapped as a soldier in their army and amid their war. He must endure if he ever hopes to get home again, but will the friendships, lessons, and love he finds along the way be enough? #AStoryOfDainu #BookSky

"To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting." - Edmund Burke #read #readers #readingcommunity #books #booksky #indieauthor #writingcommunity #writebook #reflect

#FantasyIndiesNovember Day 14- post your #pets These are my three adorkable best friends, Gilly Turtleman McToot, Sweet-Jared Houdini Catsby, and Tevye Shi'thead Snodgrass. They're all around-and-about 7 years old. #booksky #indieauthor #petpic #cats #TheNamingOfCats

#FantasyIndiesNovember Day 13- Where do you write? I'm fortunate to have a home office where I do most of my writing, surrounded by house plants and warm cats. But I'm also a fan of coffee shops and park benches upon occasion. #writesky #writingcommunity #writers #indieauthor

#booksky #books #reading #readers #writesky #writingcommunity #authors #indieauthor #quotes #goodbook

"If you love books enough, books will love you back." - Jo Walton #booksky #quotes #books #reading #writingcommunity #writesky #indieauthors

#FantasyIndiesNovember day 12- #GoodAdvice: READ. Writer's block? Read. Need more vocab? Read. Grammar lacking? Read. #BadAdvice: don't edit as you go. Dafuq?? Of course edit as you go! How can you go back later to fix what you've forgotten you were doing?? #writesky #booksky #indieauthors

#FantasyIndiesNovember Day 11 I #write #EpicFantasy for novels, and #Sci-fi for short stories. I mostly #read #fantasy and LOVE the #classics. Lately, I've been reading way too much YA. I need to get back into some higher lit; raise my prose again. #booksky #writesky #Literature #books

#FantasyIndiesNovember Day10 ONE line? How, pray tell, can I pick ONE favorite line? I really do have so many, but I'd say this one was pretty central to the entire theme of the book... #quotes #booksky #writingcommunity #writesky #indieauthor #snippet #excerpt #fantasy #alone #haunted

"Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart." - William Wordsworth #writing #literature #books #poems #poetry #writingcommunity #author #indieauthor #journals

#FantasyIndiesNovember Day9 I've been waiting for this prompt! We just bought a house last month, and because our #priorities are correct, the first room to be painted and finished was the library. Here is my #bookself! #booksky #bookshelfie #literature #classics #fantasy #danmei #scifi #reading

#FantasyIndiesNovember Day8: #SaturdaySnippet This is the opening page of book 2: A Tchao in Ilimak. Book 1's MCs were the Bash; now we get to meet Tchao... #EpicFantasy #OriginalMythos #AStoryOfDainu #Booksky #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Readers #IndieAuthor #AmQuerying

#FantasyIndiesNovember Day7- Free Day Abducted and sold to a foreign army, Tro must learn to adapt to survive this strange land full of magic and violence. War is hell, but maybe he doesn’t have to endure it alone... #ATchaoInIlimak #AStoryOfDainu #booksky #series #EpicFantasy #OriginalMythos

I did not enjoy reading as a kid. I was mocked for my poor vocab and stutter, and so words felt like enemies. But my adolescence was spent in a very lonely place where the ONLY hope for friendship I had was in books. #Redwall was the first story that taught me I could love reading.

"Authors must spend months, years making fantasy believable in a single work, while reality runs rampant in complete chaos elsewhere." - Don Roff #writingcommunity #indieauthor #writesky #reading #books #booksky #reality #stories #fantasy #chaos #quotes #📚💙

#FantasyIndiesNovember Day6: #WritersTools I'm delighted to see a lot of folks here saying they use Libre; that's all I use too. I've used the text-to-voice accessibility tool to try to hear typos. Voice memos on a phone for quick ideas? #Booksky #Writesky #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #Reader

#FantasyIndiesNovember Day 5: I've just finished #Peerless by #MengXiShi. (It was okay. #ThousandAutumns was better.) I'm debating if I want to read vol3 of #LegendOfExorcism or start #CopperCoins, knowing I'll have a long time to wait for the next volume- I'd prefer to binge, tbh. #TBR #Reading #📚💙

You all really know how to make someone's day! I still have four more days til my birthday, and I've already hit my goal of 500 followers!! Thank you, #writingcommunity and #booksky. I really enjoy being a part of this great group! #indieauthors #books #readers #readingcommunity #writesky #writers

#FantasyIndiesNovember Day 4: I want my books to harken back to classic epics like Tolkien and Le Guin, so they are my primary #inspiration, but I've been into Danmei lately thanks to authors like #MXTX, #Priest, and #FeiTianYeXiang: stories w/ LOTS of characters, each one developed and interesting.

"A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest." - C.S. Lewis #books #stories #childrensbook #reading #writingcommunity #booksky #writesky #quotes #📚💙

#FantasyIndiesNovember Day3: #Playlist I don't really use a playlist while I write, but I do have some 'theme songs' that tend to motivate me while I daydream. This book's theme is definitely #RiverFlowsInYou, by #Yiruma. Melancholy, but hopeful. #WritingCommunity #Booksky #IndieAuthor #WIP

"You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you." - Ray Bradbury #quotes #books #writing #writingcommunity #indieauthors #boosky #reality #📚💙

#FantasyIndiesNovember Day 2: This is actually the oldest of the 10 books in this series, bc it was part of the original story I began 20+yrs ago. What started as a bored, lonely child, writing out her imaginary friend's adventures, has now become a 10-book epic! #booksky #writingcommunity #indies

#FantasyIndiesNovember I had a blast with this in Sept for book 1 of my series #AStoryOfDainu, so this month I'll play along with book 2. Day 1: Introduce yourself and the book. I'm Duke, grammarian, linguist, and fantasy author. And this is #ATchaoInIlimak. #Booksky #writingcommunity #indieauthor

"No one says a novel has to be one thing. It can be anything it wants to be: a vaudeville show, the six o’clock news, the mumblings of wild men saddled by demons." - Ishmael Reed (from Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down) #booksky #quotes #novels #writingcommunity #reading #author #reader #stories #📚💙

Good morning, #Booksky! I am so close to 500 followers- and, coincidentally, next week is my birthday! Consider giving me a follow, and enjoy great #quotes about #reading, #books, #authors, the #writingcommunity, #libraries, and all around #literature. Happy November! #📚💙

👑 Royal family drama 💍 Arranged marriage ⚔️ War and strategy ✨ Magic 🔥 Original mythology Come join Dokiro, Ambea, Danola, and others as they set to put the right family back on the throne- whatever the cost. Book 1/10 of the series #AStoryOfDainu #IndieAuthors #📚💙 #WritingCommunity #EpicFantasy

“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” — Jack London #indieauthors #writingcommunity #writers #poets #books #artists #inspiration #quotes #booksky #📚💙

“I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.” – Benedict Cumberbatch #booksky #reading #books #library #writingcommunity #indieauthor #reader #cozy #📚💙

"Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?" - David Baldacci #booksky #quotes #read #readingcommunity #books #writingcommunity #indieauthor #BeNice #📚💙

Question for my #authors and #indieauthors. How do your characters come into existence? Do you think of a person you know and expand, do you think of a personality fitting the plot and explore, or do you think of a quote and fill in the personality behind it? Bc I am 100% the last one! #booksky📚💙

"Simply put, I love books, physical books. I own so many--many of which I have not read (yet). I just need to have them...It's comforting to know I am surrounded by pages of stories. And, thus, by storytellers." -Donna Talarico #booksky📚💙 #stories #reader #writingcommunity #author #books

Taken from "The Depths of a Soul: a story of Dainu" by JG Duke (This is book 8/10 in the series) #excerpt #quotes #hope #OneMoreTime #books #epicfantasy #bookquotes #AStoryOfDainu #writingcommunity #indieauthor #fantasy #booksky #📚💙

SoooOoo... My birthday is in 2 weeks, and I'm almost at 500 followers. Ya know what would be great?... 😁🙏 Anyone who likes #booksky #indieauthors #libraries #linguistics #grammar #books #quotes #reading or the #writingcommunity, let's be friends!

"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them." - Ray Bradbury #reading #books #anti-intellectualism #modernlife #booksky #quotes #FightFascismByReading #writingcommunity #📚💙

Major plot points: easy. Characters and personalities: no sweat. Plot twists and satisfying endings: my forte. Connecting all the scenes through interesting/necessary segues... Aaahhh!! The bane of my existence, and the hardest aspect of any story I write. #booksky #indieauthor #writingcommunity

Sometimes, we need reminding. #indieauthor #booksky #📚💙 #writingcommunity

SoooOoo... My birthday is in 2 weeks, and I'm almost at 500 followers. Ya know what would be great?... 😁🙏 Anyone who likes #booksky #indieauthors #libraries #linguistics #grammar #books #quotes #reading or the #writingcommunity, let's be friends!

I stand by this. One of the best compliments I've ever received!! #booksky #readers #indieauthor #writingcommunity #fantasybooks #📚💙

”It wasn’t until I started reading and found books they wouldn’t let us read in school that I discovered you could be insane and happy and have a good life without being like everybody else.” – John Waters #booksky #reading #readers #bannedbooks #author #books #📚💙

I stand by this. One of the best compliments I've ever received!! #booksky #readers #indieauthor #writingcommunity #fantasybooks #📚💙