The space here is quite hostile, partially because of a high concentration of tsuchigumo yokai in the area. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #NA #fantasy

They both have a stubborn streak. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #NA #fantasy

Rin’s first impression of Ryo. “Incredibly focused and a little annoyed” is a decent description of him most of the time lol #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #fantasy #YA #NA

Ryo has all the resolve, all the time. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #NA #YA #fantasy

Happy New Year! New Year’s is actually very important in my WIP. It’s the day the walls between the human world and spirit world are thinnest. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #NA #fantasy

I wanted to finish my draft this year, but new baby made that impossible. I’m on track to finish by March. I revise a lot as I go, but I’m hoping to make my big cuts in the spring and then be ready to query by the summer. #DecemberWorldbuilders #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #fantasy #YA #NA

Ryo has a deep fear of his personal failures harming other people. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #NA #fantasy

This chapter lets Rin be truly on her own in some dangerous spots. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #NA #fantasy

Rin’s elderly neighbor often comments about what her brother would have done in XYZ situation (here, he wouldn’t have allowed Rin to walk home by herself at night). But it’s too soon since his death, and it just makes her want to cry. #WIPSnips #writesky #amwriting #writingcommunity #YA #NA #fantasy

A late #WIPSnips post after the most harrowing night this child has given me since he was born 🫠 The most significant difference characters note between the human world and the spirit world is that everything in the Reikai is incredibly alive. #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #fantasy #NA

He never actually goes to that medic—he’s always got something more important to do than taking care of himself. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #NA #fantasy

Rokurokubi yokai. It’s the not harmless kind. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity

Merry Christmas, friends! We tackled too many events on Christmas Eve, so today I just woke up and I already need a nap. 😅 #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesjy #writingcommunity #YA #NA #fantasy

No goblets, so it was glasses or tea cups over here. Many of the characters in this WIP have family problems. Aiko and Jiro are close as siblings, but Junichiro is much older and their relationship with him is more complicated. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #NA #fantasy

Ice imagery is used a lot around Yoshimaru. He’s just got a dead cold personality. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #NA #fantasy

I only had this word twice and I believe I used the other one as a different #WIPSnips …I kinda like when I only have a few choices lol #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #NA #fantasy

Ryo is an exceptional shinobi, so to be at this kind of disadvantage is unheard of. This is no ordinary enemy. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #NA #fantasy

Everyone is romantically clueless. But as my college roommate used to say, I try to avoid having characters “lose track of the plot in each others’ eyes” haha #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #NA #fantasy

One of those words with so many uses I didn’t even attempt to read all of my options 😂 #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #NA #fantasy

I didn’t have many uses of this word, and several of them felt spoilery. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #NA #fantasy

Taro suspects Rin must have some connection to the Reikai if she’s able to pass through the portal at all. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity

She’s delighted because if she’s in pain it must mean that she wasn’t dreaming all of this, but they just met and poor Ryo is just confused lol #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #NA #fantasy

Does anyone else feel like #NaNoWriMo happens at literally the worst time of year for #writing? Maybe it’s because I’m a teacher with small kids, but fall is when I most have to manage my writing expectations. I do my own version in the summer when I have more time. #writesky #writingcommunity

Ryo passed out and Rin had to drag him inside. None of the boys have been in the house before because Rin has a nosy elderly neighbor who will get the wrong idea. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #fantasy

Y'all, act 3 got me killing my darlings cause we have no space left in here. This is why I will never be a short story author. #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #NA #crossover #fantasy

Brother, sometimes a friend just has to knock some sense into you. I like this because it shows something about their friendship—if Taro hits him, his first instinct isn’t to hit back, it’s to ask why he did it, cause he probably has a good reason. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity

#literaryagents out there, what are your thoughts on marketing #newadult / #crossover titles? I’ve leaned toward #YA #fantasy because of shelving categories and my characters are teenagers, but I think the complexity of themes and #writing style lean toward adult fantasy. #writesky #writingcommunity

Rin’s lessons are not going well. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #fantasy

I feel like “smash” is not a word I use very much (and did not use in this WIP). From the prologue, set in the past of my otherwise modern portal fantasy WIP. #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #fantasy

Taro is always the voice of reason. But to Ryo’s credit, if mundane life makes Rin have a ki outburst, it’s not a mundane problem anymore. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #YA #fantasy

Ryo sabotages a drawbridge to buy time. This guard is basically an innocent bystander (who will also be in trouble for letting this happen), so he feels a little bad about that. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #fantasy

Rin’s grief is also tied up with the isolation of not being believed…but her story is so wild she’s not sure she believes it herself. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #fantasy

I wasn’t actually sure I’d have this word, but lo and behold! I never make it to lunch without a snack, Ai-chan. But this snack is a plot device lol #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #fantasy

The word “empty” is actually in the title of this chapter as well. Do you title your chapters? I do in some projects and not others. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #fantasy

Now is a good time for individuals and institutions to know what you believe, why you believe it, and to stand for it regardless of what the influencers or your donors say. Because there is no winning that game. Integrity is priceless and eternal.

I think the õmukade is one of my favorite yokai battles for sheer group effort required. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #fantasy

Rin is slowly but surely losing the ability to hide her double life. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #fantasy

Ki ended up being a HUGE part of this version of the story. My earliest versions didn’t include anything supernatural or spiritual. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #fantasy

I’ve been trying to decide on a pen name, and I mentioned it in passing to my husband who landed on the right one immediately ❤️ Handle officially changed 😎 #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity

Ryo, the fact that you actively thought, “We’re going to make it,” is a guarantee that you are not going to make it. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #fantasy

“Fraction” for “percent.” Of course it will not be that simple, Ryo, because ~plot~ #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity

Rin disguising herself as a servant—it’s about the most shinobi thing she’s ever done. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity

Ryo treads a fine line. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #fantasy

Just started #Famished by @annajrollins.bsky.social because my copy came early!! #bookvember #booksky

Poor little naive Rin-chan. She doesn’t know what she’s gotten into yet. This was oddly my only use of dedicate in a story that deals with duty a lot. 🤷🏻‍♀️ #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #fantasy

I do all of the above nowadays. I have historically been a hard copy reader, but when I started working with my hands a lot during my crafting years I listened to audiobooks, and now that I have small kids I use an e-reader so I can read in the dark while other people sleep. #bookvember

Lots of synonyms for me this week. “Wind” for “zigzag.” I think I posted earlier this week Ryo saying he needed a cell phone. This is later the same day, when some backup would have been helpful 😅 #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #fantasy

When Jiro starts waking up to the reality of the spirit world, there is a heavy dose of denial and panic. #WIPsnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #fantasy

I have a WIP I finished a few years ago that is a mess, but I hope to totally rewrite it in the future. Every time I think about that though, I remember that requires reading the mess with years' distance, which sounds...harrowing 😅😂 #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity

Ryo realizing that he probably needs to get a cell phone because Rin won’t be able to reach him the “normal” way (meaning she can’t send a paper shikigami messenger to wherever he happens to be lol) #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #fantasy