Kit, the protagonist for this volume in the series is identified as a 'disaster lesbian halfling thief' and a main part of the plot is her dealing with the first girl she fell in love with and then being honest about her feelings for a lovely barmaid she currently has a crush on. #QueerPrompts

#ClassisLit #WriterSky

it's a weird time in publishing. I kind of have the urge to abandon society, go into the wilderness and write my books on tree bark and float them downriver for the beavers to read. #AuthorSky

Welp my autocrit scores are all hig, so i think any more fiddling with the calculus of hope risks squishing the juice out of my voice, so it's time to do my final proofread before handing it off my BFF Nick to do the final FINAL proofread. Def on track for a July 2 release. #AuthorSky #QueerBooks

sometimes I see the memes of 'this is how you age when you're unproblematic' about Ann Hathaway or Paul Rudd or whomever and I get why, but we need to push back on this narrative of pretty=good/ugly=bad that humans already have a tendency toward because it's led many of us over the edge of a cliff.

No details because spoilers but this will be a definite thing later in the series (like books 7 and 8) but I'm not telling you who right now because I haven't even introduced the endgame love interests for everybody yet. #QueerPrompts

Kit - Most Sarcastic Thief Ethan - World's Bravest Himbo Tilii - Most self-sacrificing Mage Shixara - Most traumatic backstory #QueerPrompts

#SkyWriters #AuthorSky

To borrow the concept from James Clear, you don't rely on motivation, which is fickle. You become the sort of person who writes. and you do that by building the habit over time. the more you do it, the easier it gets. But it's hard at first to overcome resistance. #QueerPrompts

#GaySky #BrokeSky

Kit is a skilled thief by profession and will steal anything not nailed down (and even then might bring a crowbar so everything is at risk). In her defense she tries to only steal from rich assholes. #QueerPrompts

it's legit weird to have my new release recommended to me by my kindle every time I open it. Hopefully it's doing that to people who bought book one as well! #AuthorSky

sometimes I just have to stop and think 'THIS MAN is destroying the Republic? how can that be when he's so fucking stupid?' but that's just evidence that the problems are systemic.

Kit loves beautiful jewelry. Specifically, she likes stealing it and gifting it to Maeve, the barmaid she has a crush on. #QueerPrompts

Sometimes the hardest part is starting. Yes, there is a risk in moving, but there's a risk in standing still. Take the risk that moves you forward. #AccidentalLifeCoach

We start out in the city of Bright Harbor and take a three day journey to the halfling farm village of Greenbarrow, and spend most of the book there and in the caverns in the surrounding foothills. #QueerPrompts

Proof of life! Back to work after another unplanned week off because I got sick again. my immune system will hopefully catch-up to my grandkids elementary school soon!

For me, there are three reasons for a scene to exist. 1. advance the plot..2. Develop characters/relationships 3. illustrate important Worldbuilding. for a scene to be included in my books, it must do at least two of these three things. #QueerPrompts

Kit was a side character in book one (Curse of the Onyx Heart) and now she's the lead protagonist of The Radiant Tomb, but The Circle and the Shadow series has an ensemble cast where different characters will step forward in different books. #QueerPrompts

one thing I forgot to mention yesterday was that April 2, the release date for Valley of Storms, was the 5th anniversary of the publication of my first book! 12 books in 5 years isn't bad, I don't think. #WriterSky #AuthorSky

Tilii, my young elven Mage in this book is autistic (though of course they don't have the language for this in this world)..Autistic readers picked up on this and liked the way it was represented in book 1. #QueerPrompts

March progress report! after months of being sick and then a couple weeks of life blowing up on me, my goal this month was 20,000 words, and I squeaked it out with 20,086 words. More importantly, I reached the midpoint of the book. YTD 56,449. The Radiant Tomb is a proper novel! #AmWriting

I think you mean 'title your chapters' and yes, I usually do this. #QueerPrompts

Why is it always the marginalized people being asked to be understanding of Bigots and not the other way around? It's been over ten years the Magats have been given enough grace FFS.

There's a special place in hell for people who don't use headphones when playing videos in public, right next to the people who don't put their carts in the cart return.

There's a special place in hell for people who don't use headphones when playing videos in public, right next to the people who don't put their carts in the cart return.

#StarTrek #ADHDSky

#GaySky #ADHDSky #WriterSky

Welp, there's me read for filth at 2:14 pm on a Sunday... #AudhdSky

In the Radiant Tomb, that would definitely be Ayelet, the nard with a past as a cleric of Prana, the goddess of life. That said, Holo, to he dwarf changeling, is good at making you confront your problems, sometimes by literally throwing you at them (as Kit recently found out). #QueerPrompts

in the radiant tomb I hit the midpoint in which Ethan ended up bonded to a magic sword that has OPINIONS, man! and I love this so much for both of them. #AmWriting

I find this question reductive but the circle and the shadow series is kind of like what if Chris Claremont wrote Lord of the Rings. not even kidding . #QueerPrompts

sometimes the people who love you have no idea who you are. My dad just told me 'and if your side hustle takes off you won't have to write books anymore!' And I'm like SIR, do you think I do this because I HAVE to? lol #WriterSky

tonight i stunned my friends Nick and Lucas are with the astonishing depth of my knowledge of 90's Soap Opera Hunks (it was a, um, special interest). #GaySky

Being the person who gets my four month old grandson to sleep nearly every night. #WeeknightWriters

#WeeknightWriters upcoming publications. Valley of Storms, book 2 in my secondary world contemporary fantasy series (The Ascension Apocalypse) comes out on April 2. You can preorder it now. I certainly can't stop you! www.amazon.com/Valley-Storm...

Honestly the biggest thing I need is to do whatever I can to make sure I get an adequate amount of sleep, which has been a problem the last few months. #WeeknightWriters

Not great, my dudes, not great. so. much. rage. But at the same time the rage feels kind of sacred? #WeeknightWriters

I'm Chad and I write Queer SFF with Epic Worldbuilding and Big Feels (link to my website is in bio). Getting ready to release my 12th book next week. writing has been hard because I've been sick since the beginning of the year but I seem to be over it and I got back to it this wk. #WeeknightWriters

The past is behind you. There's nothing there for you anymore, so quit staring at it. The future is where you will spend the rest of your life. #AccidentalLifeCoach

#AmWriting #AmEditing in my defense, I was on allergy meds.

Oh man, Kit has many siblings (halflings breed like rabbits) the most important of which is her twin, Kevrin, who is mad at her not only because she left town without a word to anyone three years ago but also because she tried to swipe his girl on her way out. #QueerPrompts

You can't fall down the stairs of your mansion if you don't have a mansion. Stay Humble. #AccidentalLifeCoach

i'm a big fan of indoor plumbing and WiFi, so this world. #QueerPrompts

Clan of the Cave Bear. I regret nothing!

Not everything sparks joy. Some things barely spark mild tolerance. But if you can sneak a little joy into the corners, suddenly the whole day stops feeling like a punishment. Tiny rebellions matter. #AccidentalLifeCoach

I mean ... you can probably assume any new character I introduce is gay unless it's explicitly stated otherwise. #QueerPrompts