#FebruaryWorldbuilders -21- NICEF Everything related to Nicefs. Licensing and training requirements for pilots, the support structures and staff, etc. The entire economy hinges on Nicefs in this setting, and the NDB decides those laws, which is why it's so powerful. Buy Options: linktr.ee/pjc_cahill

#Febchantment - 21 - Demon King Daughter Going for the most every-day scene in the series. Masuyo's a new mom, looking to protect her baby from spirits up to no good! Buy: linktr.ee/pjc_cahill

Demon King Daughter Main Romance: Kyoka/Himari -slow burn, young love -met as young children -dark power made soft -loving, warm holy magic -confidently out/deeply in closet -mutual adoration -mutual, deep yearning #booksky 📢📚 All Buy Options: linktr.ee/pjc_cahill

#PretendPanel Feb 21 - Not REALLY. I have been caught by a character leaping off the page at me a few times (and it's always wonderful), but I've never been gobsmacked by something I produced. Closest I ever get to that is deep satisfaction with a rough draft, feeling it just needs typo-hunting.

#WIPSnips - Demon King Daughter - A peek at book 2! Further growth for Kyoka and Himari's relationship, showing how beautiful and joyful use of magic can be, especially with someone who can properly appreciate it. Kyoka finds Himari's magic uniquely beautiful. Buy Options: linktr.ee/pjc_cahill

Support got back to me after a week, and my books do finally appear on searches and under their tags on itch. I appreciate that, but it also confirms there was no valid reason for the deindexing in the first place.

Originally, I thought this #AwesomeCharacters prompt would be a short one. It ballooned out massively, so you get a big ole thread! 🧵 (1/9) NICEF, Taegen: is specifically demisexual/demiromantic. She CAN be interested in intimacy, but it's never a gut-level reaction. Her bond with Selene>>

When a Duke is murdered at his own wedding, it falls to Ren, Amy, and Fiona to find the killer before a murder turns into a diplomatic incident. But when King Hardrada casts suspicion on Ren, the team must clear Ren's name before she is framed for the murder. www.patreon.com/collection/1...

#FantasyIndiesFebruary -20- Cry Wolf Using this as an excuse: werewolves are NOT allergic to chocolate like dogs in this setting. They can eat it just fine, it's just not really useful. Rieka can enjoy sweet flavors, but she prefers protein snacks. I like both! 🤷 Buy Options: linktr.ee/pjc_cahill

#FebruaryWorldbuilders -20- NICEF The Nicef Development Bureau (NDB) is the government's interface with the Nicef manufacturing industry. Everyone knows that the NDB is really calling most of the shots on day-to-day decision making, directed by corpos. Buy Options: linktr.ee/pjc_cahill

#Febchantment - 20 - Demon King Daughter Seeing Slayers on the street with glowing, magic weapons is completely standard (like walking past a cop). Witches are just another minority group that's shoved to the side of society. "He's cursed" is similar to "flu" or "cancer." Buy: linktr.ee/pjc_cahill

Please buy Cry Wolf! 💙📚🌈🐺 Rieka is a lonely werewolf without a pack. Jiya is a charming bartender hiding deep pain. Can they heal each other before the Russian mob's werewolf ruins everything? All Buy Options: linktr.ee/pjc_cahill #booksky 📢📚

#PretendPanel Feb 20 - I fluctuate between pride (arrogance) and imposter syndrome about my writing. At times, I feel like it's trashy waste compared to what it should be, and other times I'm on cloud 9, sure it couldn't have been done better. Obviously, I try to keep both extremes quiet.

#WIPSnips - Demon King Daughter - I had fun leaning into the Demon King's edgelordness for the brief period he's on the page, and this is also Torlash's introduction. Torlash remains one of the two main villains of the entire series. Buy Options: linktr.ee/pjc_cahill

#SFFChat Thanks for hosting. That graphic is a gas! Since it's on-topic: I have a series where the antagonist uses the entire world as a prop to stage a play about a hero. Want to watch? books2read.com/The-Three-Fa... itch.io/s/162068/the...

For now, I'd just like my books shared. Thank again for hosting!❤️ books2read.com/u/mvw8Pe ko-fi.com/rebeccaevita... <--Signed copies with a FREE bookmark!

#SFFChat Superheroes thread! 🧵 I'm PJC Cahill, husband, author, gamer. I didn't REALLY have a writing hero because of how my brain processed books, but to translate: Probably Brian Jacques of Red Wall Abbey fame. My mom read those books to me with delightful voices. (1/5)

NICEF, Taegen: not directly. She's a genuinely talented engineer and researcher, but hasn't had time to develop a gentler hobby. DKD, Kyoka: her art is magic and martial arts. She appreciates both conceptually and has complete mastery. (1/2) #AwesomeCharacters

#FantasyIndiesFebruary -19- Cry Wolf Rieka knows her abilities PHYSICALLY, but does NOT grasp her social nature properly. She's extremely shy and meek by default, warm and jovial if she can relax, and TERRIFYING when she's pissed. She's not aware of those flips. Buy Options: linktr.ee/pjc_cahill

#FebruaryWorldbuilders -19- NICEF Taegen is literally an assassin infiltrating to kill all of the leaders that led the genocide of her people. If they knew who/what she was, she'd be kill-on-sight. Without Aroi House's influence, she'd happily return the favor. Buy Options: linktr.ee/pjc_cahill

2 weeks off of writing to recharge and lots of gaming with wife XD

#Febchantment - 19 - Demon King Daughter Demons and curses being tangible, literal threats is the main cultural shift between the story setting and IRL. EVERYONE knows they're real. It's not "There's no such thing as" It's "We call Slayers/Exorcists for that." Buy: linktr.ee/pjc_cahill

Mechs = Nicefs! Nicef? "NAI-seff" --Darkstar flagship: Phoenix --custom hybrid construct: Aegis --Darkstar super-heavy: Devastator --NeuroGen melee-special: Thunderstrike All official NICEF art by Luigiix! www.deviantart.com/luigiix Buy Options: linktr.ee/pjc_cahill #booksky 📢📚

I think complaining outloud helps, because I got several solid ideas on my commute to work this morning. Helped amp the passion and engagement a bit. #writingcommunity

I will die on the hill defending denouement because it's the word for my favorite part of every story XD

#WIPSnips - Demon King Daughter - Short snip. This was an excuse to show the genuine, tender affection between Masuyo and her daughter that really is foundational to both characters and most of the core themes of the story. Kyoka genuinely loves her mother. Buy Options: linktr.ee/pjc_cahill

Makes you wonder how many people stopped writing too

QTP with a male character you love. Because he rightly gets smacked and actually learns from it.

Heh... oh boy they're starting to realize they pushed too hard past the break point. Heh heh heh

Ugh, TaMB 3 (Tangle Web) is killing me on drafting. It's a very awkward mix of rewrite and new material, trying to reuse about half the cast from the original old version, while completely replacing the 'villain' groups to be less problematic. #writingcommunity (1/4)

NICEF, Taegen: heh, she has a drug that can knock people out. Discrete tentacle>quiet movie. DKD, Kyoka: quick muffling spell that fades once credits roll or they leave. Cry Wolf, Rieka: politely ask them to be quiet, then an invite out to the parking lot of they don't listen XD #AwesomeCharacters

I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland. And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.

A magical, sapphic, all-women fairy tale retelling combining the legends of King Arthur and Robin Hood (and some other Celtic myths sprinkled throughout). Robyn, notorious leader of the band of thieves, and Art, the new queen, become unlikely allies to heal the land. www.amazon.com/dp/B0GG7B95VX/

Book Anniversaries!!! ☔ Without Stars turns 1 this month 🐾 (www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXDF61QM) 🔥 Oath Keeper: On the Other Hand turns 2 this month 🌼 (www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVZRL68W/)

#FantasyIndiesFebruary -18- Cry Wolf Werewolves have a proclivity toward meat and protein, and Rieka is no exception. Closest 'desert' for her is probably the Chai that Jiya makes. Once she's introduced to it, Rieka LOVES Chai. Buy Options: linktr.ee/pjc_cahill

#FebruaryWorldbuilders -18- NICEF They're strict if you're poor! Corpos like to force workers into debt, send debt-hunters to round them up, then basically turn them into slaves forevermore. Various methods of enforced indentured servitude show up everywhere. Buy Options: linktr.ee/pjc_cahill

#Febchantment - 18 - Demon King Daughter So many. Healing, building, logistics, etc. can all benefit heavily from magic. It's simply a question of training, licensing, and population at a certain point. All the tech we use is still used, there's just ALSO magical versions. Buy: linktr.ee/pjc_cahill

Made an official fundraiser: Keep a Disabled Trans Woman Housed givebutter.com/iG0zWz (More info in the link)

Please buy Demon King Daughter, book 1! 💙📚🌈👹 The Demon King dies and comes back as a tiny lesbian who loves her family SO MUCH! Just trying to be happy, her family has to deal with bigotry, bias, and magic! All Buy Options: linktr.ee/pjc_cahill #booksky 📢📚

#WIPSnips - Demon King Daughter - A peek at book 3! Part of growing Issei and Masuyo's relationship. She really needs to vent, and Issei is a retired boxer, so he offers his private gym. I love this whole scene, and I look forward to audience thoughts! Buy Options: linktr.ee/pjc_cahill

#AwesomeCharacters Picking the characters in question is a little arbitrary. Some of these casts are large. Either way BIG THREAD 🧵 --NICEF: Selene meets Taegen when Taegen joins Aroi House (or tries to...). Since Aroi House remains the focus on the surface level of the plot>>(1/10)

Cry Wolf is a paranormal romance blending sweet, healing love between two very broken lesbians (one a werewolf) with monster violence as an ice-queen werewolf bent on revenge starts mucking up their lives. All Buy Options: linktr.ee/pjc_cahill #booksky 📢📚

Really liked the cast dynamics in this one! Recommend!

#FantasyIndiesFebruary -17- Cry Wolf I'm low-spice, and my stories reflect that. You're generally not going to see more than heavy/steamy kissing in my work. I tend to skim or skip sex scenes in media I consume (I check for dialogue in case of plot relevance). Buy Options: linktr.ee/pjc_cahill

#FebruaryWorldbuilders -17- NICEF Never directly comes up. Intended to be upper-class, detached, status-quo-serving bureaucrats making things go slowly, and never really helping achieving justice. The admin of the academy is transparently corrupt for the corpos. Buy Options: linktr.ee/pjc_cahill

#Febchantment - 17 - Demon King Daughter Magic use is regulated. If you keep it subtle, most people will just ignore it, but overt magic will get government attention. Witches have to get licenses once their innate abilities are public. (1/2) Buy: linktr.ee/pjc_cahill

N.I.C.E.F.: Neural-Interface Controlled Exo-Frame Main romance: Taegen/Selene -sapphic (demisexual/lesbian) -disability rep -agegap drama -beauty+beast/Frankenstein's monster vibes -'Touch her and die' alien protector All Buy Options: linktr.ee/pjc_cahill #booksky 📢📚

Pretty universal theme in my casts is fear of losing loved ones. Otherwise it tends toward fear of failure.

#WIPSnips - Demon King Daughter - An important moment of Masuyo learning how to be a good mother to such a unique child, which excuses a bit of world-building in natural flow. Kyoka's extremely adult verbal rhythm is purposeful. She actually sounds 'younger' later. Buy Options: linktr.ee/pjc_cahill