Lir's and Faris's parents were both married. The Royal Mother was married to the late monarch. There are other married folks, but a lot of the characters are unmarried. #QueerPrompts #WriteSky

Lir and Faris both admire their mentor Morian, which has its problems. They also both admire competent people, including their mothers and Governor Ellereve. #QueerPrompts #WriteSky

Some personal issues have made parts of this year really tough, but writing has been pretty good. I had a short story come out in an antho last month and I'm making good progress with the novel. Got some other shorts out on submission too. #QueerPrompts #WriteSky

Faris loves colors, so he would definitely wear pink. He'd coordinate with pink makeup too. Lir rarely wears anything but neutral colors. He would only wear pink if forced to. #QueerPrompts #WriteSky

Hm, this doesn't really come up in my story. The story takes place over just a few months so it's not that wild that no major birthdays happen. #QueerPrompts #WriteSky

Hoo boy. Lir and Faris both lost their fathers as children. Morian has basically raised them both. They both look up to him and try to win his approval and favor. Morian is all too aware of this. #QueerPrompts #WriteSky

@tressiemcphd.bsky.social The Black History Bike Ride started as a group of friends visiting important sites in Austin in 2020, but it has grown to be so much more. Their first documentary, The Route to Emancipation, is a great one that I regularly recommend watching blackhistorybikeride.com

One of my characters is jailed for a crime they didn't commit and has to regain their freedom. #QueerPrompts #WriteSky

Howl started chemo today. It won't fix him but we're hoping it gives him a few more good years. #cats

I don't think Lir or Faris have ever really faced bullying. If it happened, Lir would probably quietly plot terrible revenge, while Faris would enchant a stone to turn the bullying back on the bully. #QueerPrompts #WriteSky

Just finished PLATFORM DECAY by Martha Wells and I think it's my fave of the series. Just a truly entertaining book. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

#WriterShareWednesday My first book THE GODS OF ATALANTIS, part 1 of a trilogy about 2 lovable kids chosen as the avatars of the gods on a doomed island 🥰 Books2Read: books2read.com/b/bP21wz Amazon: a.co/d/05tkgfxW Physical print coming this summer (hopefully!)

Also, I'm feeling spicy this morning and tired of "But I can't make a cover without AI." The internet is full of amazing stock art. Much of it free, much of it available for commercial purposes. This cover? Photography from unsplash.com/sebastiaanstam, colour corrected and adjusted for brightness.

Fun fact about Fisher: He is the bleppiest cat ever! #cats

Lir likes to read, often books about magical theory. Faris loves makeup and fashion, including adding embellishments to clothing with embroidery. #QueerPrompts #WriteSky

No, not really. The law is mostly concerned with violent crime, tax, and trade. Citizen protections aren't a consideration. #QueerPrompts #WtieSky

OCEAN'S ECHO by Everina Maxwell THE PREY OF GODS by Nicky Drayden THE SECRET LIVES OF COUNTY GENTLEMEN by KJ Charles PROPHET by Sin Blaché and Helen McDonald #QueerPrompts #WriteSky

My story takes place in a queernorm world, so this doesn't come up. I'll use free Friday to mention that my book lacks a meet cute. Lir and Faris have known each other for years when it starts. #QueerPrompts #WriteSky

Probably accidentally? Lir and Faris aren't violent, but neither are they clumsy. The most likely scenario is that people around them are hurt by someone else in a way that looks like they did it, because someone else has it out for them. #QueerPrompts #WriteSky

Good.

This is a bit of a spoiler, but I researched how criminal trials have been conducted throughout history. I didn't want to just mimic a modern American trial, which is the only thing I was familiar with. #QueerPrompts #WriteSky

If I were Ted Cruz I would probably not talk about running away in the face of weather.

An edit that doesn't require you to march round the garden and make a spluttering cup of tea while getting over yourself probably didn't go hard enough. Sad but true.

This is why I wrote “Through the Machine.” #fuckai

As always, I'm writing my rivals to lovers mage romantasy. I just got a library copy of PLATFORM DECAY by Martha Wells, so that's the next queer book I'm reading! #QueerBooks

Being gay is normal in Lir and Faris's world. However, Faris did realize he was unusually magically gifted when Morian took him as an apprentice despite already having Lir as an apprentice and despite Faris being a kid from the slums. #QueerPrompts #WriteSky

Faris's friend is Kosha, who works in the kitchens. They used to hook up but don't really do that anymore. Lir doesn't really have friends exactly, but Andra, the palace's head gardener, has cared for him since he was a child. #QueerPrompts #WriteSky

Post an album you've listened to 100+ times. Honestly it's their entire discography, and "listened to" doesn't begin to encompass what I've done 😅

Have you read? Welcome to Heroism by John Wiswell in Uncanny Magazine I love John's work. The story felt a bit like Last to Leave by Teresa Richards in the beginning and ends like a retelling of of the poem/speech "First They Came" by Martin Niemöller. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/welc...

My story is a second-world fantasy so this is a tricky question. They are undergoing a technological revolution based on magic. Vintage in terms of the story occurs when one character has to send letters because the object they use to communicate over distance is broken. #QueerPrompts #WriteSky

Happy Pride! This weekend you can download Errant, Volume One—two fantasy novellas about a stoic swordswoman and a cheerful pickpocket actress causing each other a lot of trouble—for free! books2read.com/errant1 feliciadavin.itch.io/errant1 co-authored with @ghostalservice.bsky.social & KR Collins

I absolutely adore The Last Binding trilogy by @freyamarske.bsky.social. Excellent queer historical romantasy with both M/M and F/F pairings.

Uuuggghhhh I kept wondering why my feed was so poor and finally realized I'd somehow swiped over to Discover without noticing. Wish there was a way to turn that thing off

Not much, although at one point Faris thinks a noble couple don't understand that he isn't attracted to women when they mention the possibility of him courting their daughter. They in turn are surprised he thinks attraction is relevant in noble marriages. #QueerPrompts #WriteSky

The story takes place during a rainy period, but much less rain has fallen this year. There's also a province deep in a years-long drought that Lir and Faris try to help. #QueerPrompts #WriteSky

Just got a call from the vet confirming my sweet Howl has lymphoma. Hoping we can get it under control with treatment. I've lost 2 cats in the last 10 months. Can't handle losing him too.

Lir and Faris are both gay. Monarch Illan is nonbinary. Many characters with smaller roles are also various flavors of queer. #QueerPrompts #WriteSky

The Side Quest Row series by RK Ashwick, beginning with A RIVAL MOST VIAL. It's quaint without being dull, and the couple are adorable. Very D&D inspired. rkashwick.com/the-side-que...

Poorly lol. It takes most of the book for Lir and Faris to face their shame and begin to move past it. It helps that they realize they were being manipulated for someone else's own ends. #QueerPrompts #WriteSky

Hilarious and deeply insightful writing by @brianphillips.lol.

Lir is proud of the fact that he is trusted with delivering the health tonic to the monarch, although he wishes he also got to brew it. Faris is proud of being apprenticed to the archmage despite being a poor boy from the Quarry District. #QueerPrompts #WriteSky

Happy pride!

Hi! I'm Elizabeth (they/them). My WIP is a rivals to lovers gay romantasy about mages who are competing to be the next archmage. #QueerPrompts #WriteSky

Had an absolute BLAST at #HayFestival and seeing The Amazing Devil perform live was truly the experience of a lifetime!

#MemeMay #WriteSky My latest short story "How the Dragon Met Her Match" is in the new antho GENDER EVER AFTER: books2read.com/GenderEverAf... Thanks so much to @sagetgreene.bsky.social for hosting and to everyone who participated and interacted with me!

#MemeMay #WriteSky

#MemeMay #WriteSky I don't write to music and don't understand how anyone does. Instead I'll share that I almost missed this prompt because I'm in Hay-On-Wye to go to the show by The Amazing Devil tonight. This has nothing to do with music, I'm just very excited!

#MemeMay #WriteSky I've already done this with my leads so instead have 2 major supporting characters: Naveen Andrews as Morian and Shohreh Aghdashloo as Ellereve

#MemeMay #WriteSky Morian every time Lir and Faris work together and help each other:

#MemeMay #WriteSky I LOVE the trope "there was only one bed," truly one of my all time faves. I use it twice in the book, with very different emotions each time, and neither time does it end up with our couple getting together.