My new job has taken over more of my life than I'd hoped, so blog posts have slowed way down. But I have good news about my WIPs! The Last Firstborn is going to be a real book this year! #WritingCommunity #WriteSky www.krholton.com/post/state-o...

It's February! And there are new indie books releasing this month 😊 ajcalvin.net/the-indie-au... #booksky #indiebooks #writingcommunity

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#WIPSnips - Jan 30 - Suggest This snip is from The Last Firstborn, book 1 of my dystopian fantasy series, which is coming out this fall! Follow for brothers, prophecies, found family, and fighting the man! #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

#WIPSnips - Jan 29 - Formation How about a rock formation? This snip is from Firstborn's Legacy, book 2 of my dystopian fantasy series. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

#WIPSnips - Jan 27 - Storm Swapped for wind for this snip from The Last Firstborn, book 1 of my dystopian fantasy--coming this fall! #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

I've been out of the #WIPSnips game for a while. My new job means I'm not consistently online on sun or mon to schedule the posts anymore. 😭 But anyways, here's a snip from Firstborn's Legacy, book 2 of my dystopian fantasy trilogy. Pretty sure I've already cut this bit in revision. lol #WriteSky

Everyone deserves shelter, food, water & healthcare. Even the people you don’t like. Even the people you feel made “bad lifestyle choices” Even the people who you don’t think “contribute enough” Every person should have their basic needs met This shouldn’t be controversial.

GUYS, it’s okay, relax, we have accrued enough punches on our FIFA Peace Prize Card, and it lets us have One Free Unconstitutional War Maneuver — and presidential abductions are not exempted, so it’s totally fine!

Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation. I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.

My friend, A. Hawk, got her short story read on Creepy, a #horror #podcast by Bloody FM! You can listen to it here: buff.ly/HL2LRzc (it's the second story) or read the text here buff.ly/zvQPyMB . The vibes are eldritch horrors meet new age yoga guru, and if that catches your fancy, check it out!

I stopped waffling and finally sent my book to an editor, drafted book 2, won at the RAWR writing challenge, plotted the overview of a prequel trilogy, and made some good writing friends. It's been a good writing year. ❤️

So, I talked about doing Revise with Me vlogs, but then I just dove into doing the revisions without filming anything. Oops. And now, interrupting my work with the camera seems really awkward. That said, it's been so fun to go back to the beginning of The Last Firstborn! #WriteSky #AmEditing

#WIPSnips - Dec 28 - thread This is from near the end of The Last Firstborn, during the "main character finally claiming his power" phase. I love the idea of him finally taking his family's crest into his own use. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

Happy Holidays, from Peppermint Menace and the Rogue Writers! #writingcommunity #writing #roguewriters

#WIPSnips - Dec 27 - Doctor Swapped for Nurse because Lune, one of the side characters in The Last Firstborn, is constantly helping out the crew on her downtime. They'd all be dead without her probably. #WritingCommunity #Writesky

My goals are: 1. Publish The Last Firstborn, book 1 of my debut dystopian fantasy trilogy 2. Revise book 2 2.5 (maybe twice) 3. Zero draft book 3 4. ??? #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

#WIPSnips - Dec 26 - Type Aw, Eno's probably my favorite character from The Last Firstborn. Don't tell Levi. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

Editor @cknightwrites.bsky.social gave me the best Xmas gift anyone could ever ask for--an edit letter! The Last Firstborn is one step closer to be realllll. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AmEditing #AmRevising

#WIPSnips - Dec 25 - Delicious lol, little brother always gonna little brother #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

#WIPSnips - Dec 23 - Stone Levi having his first official prophecy in The Last Firstborn #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

#WIPSnips - Dec 22 - Angle Levi's first trip out of the Merx tower is not going well so far. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

Hey bsky. I really didn't want to do this, but I just need help. I can't see a way to get through my bills this month on my own. Commissions are open as well as my shop and I'm taking on all the work I can, but I'm not getting anywhere. Please consider helping me share. gofund.me/8d24d1d24

Writers: *summarize their books with a few easy to read paragraphs on the back of the book or on the website* Tech bros: our AI can summarize books and stories for you! Writers: we already... Did that...

#WIPSnips - Dec 21 - Silver Levi finding his spine in the only way he knows how--giving just the right amount of information while he's interpreting his prophecies. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

#WIPSnips - Dec 20 - Default Lot of Vivienne-heavy snips this week. She's not even in most of the book, she just causes most of the drama. lol #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

"we only use AI for coming up with ideas" no you don't. you use AI to come up with the a bland version of other people's ideas. there is currently NOBODY more replaceable than you

If it was inevitable, they wouldn't work so hard to convince you.

#WIPSnips - Dec 19 - High Vivienne missing the point on purpose this time. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

#WIPSnips - Dec 18 - Request Vivienne, completely missing the point as Levi struggles to fill his dad's shoes in The Last Firstborn. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

#WIPSnips - Dec 17 - Clay Swapped for dirt--literally the one place that has exposed dirt in the city in The Last Firstborn. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

The "word" of the year is AI slop, I'm so happy, the mainstream backlash is happening for real

#WIPSnips - Dec 16 - Moist In The Last Firstborn, untreated water is poisonous, so the rains that fall in the wastes every dusk and dawn can be deadly. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

#WIPSnips - Dec 15 - Blanket I think I've shared this bit of The Last Firstborn before, but I like this moment where everything comes crashing down for Levi. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

I can't think of the specifics, but @salviaobscurus.bsky.social 's beta reading comments on LFB were really important to me. Knowing that someone GOT my book was a huge confidence boost.

#WIPSnips - Dec 14 - Line Levi's bloodline is blessed by the goddess with the power of foresight, but it's only the firstborn who gets the blessing. There's a lot of pressure on him to secure an heir before the blessing drives him insane. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #fantasy

#WIPSnips - Dec 13 - Control Dang, four in one. Probably a good indication this needs to be edited lol #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

i stand by this statement every year

#WIPSnips - Dec 12 - Smash The Last Firstborn is my dystopian fantasy WIP. I'm going to be back in revision mode on this project pretty soon and I'm so excited to dive back into it! #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

#WIPSnips - Dec 11 - Full The Last Firstborn, my dystopian fantasy, is in the hands of editor @cknightwrites.bsky.social! I'm thinking of doing "revise with me" videos or streams once I start working on the next draft. 🤔 #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

#WIPSnips - Dec 10 - Pipe This is from The Last Firstborn, my dystopian fantasy. Wes thinks Vivienne is tricking Levi into helping her do crimes. Levi, prophet for the goddess Polea, is trying very hard to ignore the clues. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WIP #dystopian

the world is so fucking stupid and crazy right now nobody is even going to notice your stuff. might as well have fun with it, fling that weird all over the place

The wild emotional swings of being horribly disappointed by Brimstone only to fall deeply in love with Alchemised by chapter 3. By 200 pages in, I'm almost positive this will be one of my favorite books ever. Holy shit. More Gothic horror fantasy please. 💙📚🪐 #romantasy

#WriteRAWR was a success! It was a bit iffy by the end because I was definitely losing steam, but the community momentum definitely helped.

#WIPSnips - Nov 30 - Number This is from Firstborn's Legacy, book 2 of my dystopian fantasy trilogy.

Looking for comp titles for you query letter? If you write fantasy, sci-fi, or horror, check out my Resources page for searchable databases of traditionally published, standalone, and first-in-series novels from the past five years. #Querying #Comps

Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen — GAEREA Deafheaven Gatecreeper Zeal and Ardor Baroness

For this Thanksgiving here are three turkeys looking like Roman centurions #birds

Part of the rheumatologist's instructions to deal with my chronic pain was to get better sleep. As if I'm struggling to fall asleep on purpose. Like, sure, I'll just stop being such an idiot about sleeping. Got that on my to do list for tonight. Thanks. #ChronicPain #Spoonie