LMAO OVER HERE!! 🤣

The main character has no reputation. No one considers here as she’s a “lowly” courtesan. BUT when she becomes the first woman to join the spirit corps and excels at it, she begins to earn a reputation. Most either love her or hate her for defying tradition. #AwesomeCharacters #WriteSky

One of the great ironies of the male “loneliness” epidemic, is that most of those men don’t actually like women. They may be sexually attracted to women, but they don’t LIKE women. They actually enjoy and prefer the company of other men. They seek validation from men.

Moon magic, dark-academia, or something with spirits. As long as it’s dark, moody, and mysterious. #WriteSky

When the author spells everything out too much. Let me use my brain. Please.

A description from the temple of the wind gods: Twisted horn-like shapes molded from clay line the walls, and when the breeze stirs, they let out a bass note that somehow harmonizes with the the clang of the chimes hanging on ropes above. #WriteSky #Writingq

Jimmy Kimmel is a better person than I am because I wouldn’t have gone back. I’d have gone full vindication mode. I have nothing but villain energy when it comes to bigots and hypocrisy.

#WIPSnips From the latest chapter I wrote. Part of the inciting incident.

#WIPSnips #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #writesky I'm sure the rest of this scene will be nice & cozy & not catastrophic at all 🙃 From Book 3 of my #Atlantis trilogy.

Maev (FMC) is a few months shy of eighteen. It’s important because at eighteen, she’ll be put to work as a courtesan. Unless she…you know…claims spiritual divination and become the first female soldier of Khanj to get out of it. #AwesomeCharacters #WriteSky

I just think it’s very irresponsible of Jesus to have created this cult and then casually disappeared, leaving us with the most toxic fandom on the planet.

#UnhingedPit #YA #R #LGBT #Q Erin & Liv Are Not (Not) Together 📚🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ - lesbians, therapist cat, Hugo the guide dog, queer care home, toxic exes, fake dating, yearning, ghost tour walks, doughnuts, LEGO, found family, mental health rep, queer JOY AND CHAOS 😁

#WIPSnips | skill #writesky #writercommunity #writingprompts #romancelandia #romancereaders #secretswekeep I'm going with talent.

Well, this will probably be the last time I can post from Phoenix Rises Dragon Soars since I just finished proof reading it. Luckily we have a match in Ch. 9 and it's even one that doesn't spoiler future readers. #wipsnips #writingcommunity #writers #writesky #fantasywriters #sff #writingprompts

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TW: Mention of chronic pain and a near death experience #WIPSnips #Writesky

My rapture outfit

Probably a guide on healing spirits, as she and the MMC becomes the first to do so. That, or a feminist manifesto. #FantasyIndiesSeptember #WriteSky

UGH I love this prompt. In Seam Fall, there is a goat spirit named Norbu that steal paths. The MC comes across one and loses her way...literally. It's not a major plot point, but rather a single scene that shares some moments of vulnerability of the MC. #SeptemberWorldbuilders #WriteSky

Another word I can share from my new WIP. This one is from the first chapter. #WIPSnips #WriteSky

I’m an ESOL instructor and we took the students to the beach today for a surfing lesson. While they are all technically adults, they still feel like ‘my kids” and it was a blast to watch them have fun. Especially with the attitudes toward them now. #WeeknightWriters

A1: Honestly? I’m 75% sure we’re living in a simulation with all this craziness. Trying not to let it get to me and using reading/writing as a (possibly unhealthy) dose of escapism. #WeeknightWriters

A1: Happy Thursday! I’m Emi Lou, writing a YA fantasy inspired by Joan-of-Arc, only she’s faking spiritual divination to get out of being a courtesan. I FINALLY started writing is this week after a month of plotting/prewriting. #WeeknightWriters

Anyone else hate drafting? I just started and I already miss editing. What...I'm supposed to just write trash and accept it?? And it's not that I don't plot. I have SO much prewriting done. I just can't get into it until the voice magically develops. #WriteSky

I have a character that is loosely based off of Empress Dowager Cixi from the Qing dynasty. My character is a concubine of the king and tries with all her might to make her son, who isn't old enough for the throne, the heir so that she can be the de facto leader. #FantasyIndiesSeptember #Writesky

The myth of Jurate and Kastytis. The goddess of the sea goes to yell at a fisherman messing up her home and falls in love. Perkunas, God of lightning, hates this and destroys her amber palace. Now, when teardrop-shaped amber washes ashore, it said to be her tears. #FantasyIndiesSeptember

Gaija—the red moon goddess. #WIPSnips #Writesky

I am absolutely convinced I’m in coma from a car accident. There is no way the director of the FBI wrote children’s books about being a wizard and defeating Hillary Clinton with Donald Trump and his dragon: DOJ. What timeline is this and how do I get out?

Hoping Colbert makes them regret leaving him on the air.

I felt helpless and like I needed a little cry, but then I canceled Hulu/Disney/ESPN and immediately felt like I had done something, anything to resist. Deep breaths. We’ve had to pivot so many times these last few years, and we can do it again. And again. This is a small sacrifice that is doable.

Nothing beats having an overwhelming hyper-fixated creative vibe suddenly possessing your entire being, and knowing the next month or two of creativity is about to go absolutely wild

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

On September 15, 2006, the Cassini spacecraft observed the Sun eclipsed by the planet Saturn. Its dark side is illuminated by its rings. In the distance, to the left of the image, just above the main rings, is the pale blue dot of Earth, almost invisible. NASA

My autumn TBR is long but here are a few: A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire by Don Martin Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim How to be Eaten by Maria Adelmann Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell #FantasyIndiesSeptember #TBR #BookSky

There's a fish called a Petal fish that is loosely the love child between a beta fish and a lion fish. Beautiful but deadly, colorful yet heartless. #SeptemberWorldbuilders #WriteSky

The #WIPSnips word for September 17th is "difference" I have the word! Not the most exciting excerpt but I like how I redescribed a location from the previous book and still made it feel… new? Uncanny? Idk 😂 The tone is there even if it’s salad rn 😅 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

The #WIPSnips word for September 17th is "difference" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

I thought this one would be easy, but apparently, I use "indifference" a lot more than I use "difference." This is from Opus Eternal. #WIPSnips #WIP #AmWriting #WritingPrompts #Writers #Writing #Authors #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #FantasySky #Romantasy #AuthorSky

22 Days till release! Get your copy here October 9 www.christianakins.com/novels#/grim... #writingcommunity #WIPSnips #WriteSky #BookSky #GrimPortents

My first #WIPSnips for my new WIP. I only just started writing but already got one of the words. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Pssst Have you heard? #FirstDraftFall is coming back!! And we'll be starting up very, very soon

From ‘first to fall’ sometimes even when you practice avoiding magic it can’t be stopped. #writesky #writingcommunity #writingprompts

#WIPSnips “practice(d)” Javawocky - 🌽

#WIPSnips September 16: “Practice”. Nia’s starting to figure out that she might actually be good at stuff.

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#Wipsnips #dogwood2 uh..."practice" -> "practically" lol ((Little prey animals hide their wounds.)) This scene is pretty funny (insult to author) cuz its actually a really easy situation to get out of but they're having an "I'M DROWNING!!" / "JUST STAND UP, IT'S SHALLOW WATER!" moment.

Khanj, while large area-wise, was smaller in population do to its altitude and harsh elements. But after the seamfall, when the spirits came, all those living in crowded areas ran to Khanj where the elements shield them. Now, Khanj has a few million people. #Septopolis #WriteSky

We hate bullies in this house, but Luke’s gotten better about standing up against his. #WIPSnips

Jurate is the goddess of the sea. She was hidden under the waves by Laima, the matriarchal goddess of fate. Jurate is the daughter of the affair of Laima's husband, Diev, and Maras, the goddess of darkness. Therefore, Laima hates her, and forces her to the sea. #SeptemberWorldbuilders

#WIPSnips Wish I can put more context, but here's what you need to know: Kov is a thought sower. Rasa is a mind reader. They're after a common enemy—someone far to close to both of them. #WriteSky