#scribesandmakers 9. What would your best creative life look like, keeping it realistic? All I want is to find a good, fulfilling job as a narrative designer which, among other things, would allow me to comfortably continue to self-publish my books and working on Chronicles of the Realms […]

#pennedpossibilities 608. Does your MC have any nicknames? Some demons call Ashrah by her species, elbhyr, and some living creatures will use "purple-eyes" or "purple-eyed demon" to refer to her. Much later, Nitara calls her oruloele (oh-ryo-le-leh), which is Vaeternian for "little eagle," a […]

#wordweavers 9. Could you survive a day in your MC’s shoes? I don't have Ashrah's amazing fighting skills, her incredible spiritual powers, or even her unbreakable will, so that's a big nope no matter how you define "a day" in the Netherrealm (time there is... complicated, and they have no […]

#writerscoffeeclub 9. Does caffeine intake influence your writing? I only drink coffee with milk, so nope.

#wordweavers 8. Which one of your characters is in the least safe situation? Ashrah is on a quest to find a portal to escape the Netherrealm while the Archdevil who kept her as a slave for a thousand years hunts her down. And now she joined with a Nether-Touched who's also being hunted down by […]

#pennedpossibilities 0.43 How does your MC best recharge their spirit? By eating the soul of other beings, especially those of the living, though Ashrah sticks to other demons most of the time. And using her spiritual powers can be *very* exhausting!

In retrospect, painting a full-body character might have been a bit too bold of me, but now I won't give up! 👀

Bound by their pact of spiritual purification, Ashrah and Datusha seek a way out of Ultarvy... and are confronted by the Eternal Flame's new and fierce slave. Chapter 5 of Eternal Flame is out! https://archiveofourown.org/works/63099754/chapters/163221496 […] [Original post on writing.exchange]

#ScribesAndMakers 8. What is the nicest thing anyone has said about your work? It's honestly surprising how many nice things people have said about This Is How Immortals Die and Chronicles of the Realms or even some older stories. I guess I never really […] [Original post on writing.exchange]

#writerscoffeeclub 8: What female author has inspired you the most? First of all, Happy International Women’s Day to all the amazing and talented women on this platform and beyond 💜 I mostly read female authors, and so many of them are fantastic (especially the indies among us!) and have […]

Last day of the #Smashwords #ebookweek25 sale! It ends 11.59pm Saturday 8 March Pacific Time (which is 3.59pm Sunday in Perth, Australia, and that’s the last timezone help I can give anyone 😂) It’s a great chance to stock up on DRM-free ebooks — browse those […] [Original post on mastodon.au]

#lesficfri: "Touch" On the FridayKiss prompt, I shared a sneak peek at Ashrah and Nitara's meet-cute. Now, here it is a, uh, different point in their lives 👀💜🖤 #writingcommunity #romancelandia

FridayKiss: Confession From For Love of a Konbini Idol By Nara Moore Deep in the Kakuriyo lies The Court of Willows and Ash, ruled by Empress Takiyasha-tenno. At: https://www.pixiv.net/novel/series/11417104 https://archiveofourown.org/works/52770025 […] [Original post on sakurajima.moe]

#FridayKiss: Tall I don't usually post here because I never seem to find a fitting snippet, but hey, this is Ashrah and Nitara's meet-cute (and if one word can describe Nitara, it's "tall"... and "muscular"... anyway)! :D (she's a vampire, btw, not a […] [Original post on writing.exchange]

#scribesandmakers 7. Many authors write the book they couldn't find. What does your work offer that you couldn't find elsewhere? I wanted a dark fantasy story wrapped in dark fantasy, that did Aphrodite justice, and that was lesbian. Nowadays, I know there are other sapphic fantasies inspired […]

#writerscoffeeclub 7. What’s the first thing you do when you sit down with a new project? I open a new document and start writing what I call "the premise." This is a text of however many paragraphs I need where I note down, in a sort of stream-of-consciousness manner, what I want the world […]

#wordweavers 7. Which one of your characters is in the safest situation? Mileena is a princess of the Suêòng Dynasty, and while she will never sit on the throne, she lives a comfortable life without many responsibilities, is respect by her people, has a friend and lover in the Royal Ambassador […]

#pennedpossibilities 606. Is your MC keeping any secrets? Can you tell us more without giving away any spoilers? For most of Eternal Flame, Ashrah keeps her communication with Datusha (and consequently that it's a sentient sword) a secret. Sareena has her suspicions after a couple of odd […]

#wordweavers 6. Are any of your characters trying to change the world? Yes. Quan Chi, the antagonist. Also Ulorzz, the Archdevil who wishes to drown the world in Eternal Flame. A few other characters, like Goddess Fujin, do what they can to make the world better by keeping it safe and […]

#writerscoffeeclub 6. How do you feel you can further develop as a writer? By continuing to write. I may read books on the craft or watch an author I like talking about their processes to see if something clicks with me, but in the end, the only way to improve is to dirty my hands!

#scribesandmakers 6. Tell us about a book you read over and over. What do you love about it? I don't really re-read books (except my own, I guess, but that's for editing purposes) 😅 There are books I'd love to re-read—the When Women Were Warriors trilogy, for example—, but between going back […]

The way Lockheed so casually rests on Magik's head 🥺💜 #comics

#scribesandmakers 5. If you have family living with you, what do they think about your creative work? My family approves of my creative work (I rarely show them my drawings, though), which is usually accompanied by those exaggerated exclamations of, "I can't believe you wrote a book! And how […]

#writerscoffeeclub 5. What writing-related tools or resources have you found most effective? The Emotion Thesaurus has been a very interesting tool (I heard the other thesaurus in the series are good, too, but still haven't bought them). Then there's the normal thesaurus, Wiktionary […]

#wordweavers 5. What social classes do your MC and antagonist belong to? Uh... not exactly what the question is asking, but Ashrah is an elbhyr, a high-class demon with an inherent connection to the Astral Plane (realm of the spirits), which gives her a privileged position among the many other […]

#scribesandmakers 4. My creative work is an essential part of who I am, true or false? Interpreting "my creative work" as my ability to write, to draw, to express myself creatively, then yes, it's an essential part of who I am. Life without storytelling, either in written or visual form […]

#wordweavers 4. How much does money matter for your antagonist? Nothing. Quan Chi deals with desires, promises, and pacts, not with any kind of physical currency. The Netherrealm has its own form of currency, the soul shards, but that doesn't have any impact on Quan Chi dealings, either—as one […]

One of my first Ashrah drawings (you can see I hadn't even decided on her outfit yet, she's wearing a random grey trouser 😅) was this one for Pride Month (along two other flags, asexual and rainbow). I like this drawing, but... I think it's time to make a […] [Original post on writing.exchange]

#scribesandmakers 3. Are you more productive during long stretches of free time, or when you have to squeeze creativity into your busy life? Mostly when I have free time, though pressure has been known to spark my creativity and generate some interesting results, especially when the story I […]

The urge to buy Monster Hunter Wilds just to create Ashrah in another universe 👀

The Smashwords Read-an-Ebook sale has started — which is very convenient timing for anyone maybe looking around for alternatives to Amazon right now. There’s heaps of DRM-free indie books on sale or even free for the next week […] [Original post on mastodon.au]

Although Ashrah survived her confrontation with Ulorzz, the Torch remains inside her. To get rid of it once and for all and help her achieve the freedom she desperately dreams of, Datusha makes her an offer. CH 4 of Eternal Flame is out—and Datusha is now […] [Original post on writing.exchange]

#wordweavers 2. Is your MC a picky eater? What are their preferences? I think you could say that about Ashrah since she avoids eating the soul of mortals, which is objectively more nutritious than the soul of other demons. Her life changes a lot when she discovers food x)

#writerscoffeeclub 2. How accurately does the first line represent your style and voice? "Aphrodite’s graceful smile threatened to shatter my heart into pieces." "Ashrah clenched her teeth and squeezed her eyes shut as liquid fire sloshed through her veins." These are the first lines for […]

#scirbesandmakers 2. Are you inspired by nature? Please explain. It is. When I'm world-building, I'll often research real-life places from the regions that inspired my fictional world (Vietnam for Edenia, for example; speaking of which, nature is very important in Edenia), and use photos of […]

Okay, okay, I laughed more with this than perhaps I should have 😂 #comics #spiderman

Although Ashrah survived her confrontation with Ulorzz, the Torch remains inside her. To get rid of it once and for all and help her achieve the freedom she desperately dreams of, Datusha makes her an offer. CH 4 of Eternal Flame is out—and Datusha is now […] [Original post on writing.exchange]

#scribesandmakers 1. What are your goals for the month? 🌹 Finish Garden of Rotten Roses. That includes getting the cover art (I saw the first concepts yesterday, and girl, this one will be GOOD! 😆), transferring the file to Kindle Create to format it (screw Scrivener's Compile lol), and […]

#writerscoffeeclub 1. How did your WIP’s premise take shape? For World Without Love, I wanted to explore the theme of love in a dark fantasy setting (something that became a constant in my stories), and I wanted to portray Aphrodite in a... well, better way than she's often portrayed […]

#ScribesAndMakers 28. Shameless self-promotion. This Is How Immortals Die, the first book in my dark fantasy, sapphic tetralogy set in the Aphrodite's Apocalypse is available on Amazon, Kobo (including Kobo Plus), Google Play, and itch.io! Book 2, Garden […] [Original post on writing.exchange]

#writerscoffeeclub 27. Post an image which reflects the tone of your WIP. A warrior, in a wild environment, ready to fight... yeah, I guess it's a good enough representation 😅

#wordweavers 27. What is the thing the LI or friend likes least about the MC? Nitara detests Ashrah's arrogance and holier-than-thou attitude, the way she refuses to accept Datusha's manipulation and promised purification, her insistence on trying to convince Nitara to fight her to the death […]

Just found out about the Sapphic Stuff Your Kindle Day! Lots of sapphic books for free or $0.99! 🙌🏽 https://yearofqueerlit.com/ #bookstodon #lgbtqbooks #sapphicbooks

#scribesandmakers 26. In writing and with other activities, do you stick to one genre/category? In writing, I mostly do, my focus being (dark) fantasy and sapphic romance. I've written some historical fiction and science fantasy (and I still have the hope to finish and publish this science […]

#writerscoffeeclub 26. Did your childhood affect the way you write / what you write? No, I don't believe it did. When I was a kid, I liked to draw ("draw" here being a very generous term) monsters, and that did continue into my writing life, and I also always iiked warriors, but that's the […]

#wordweavers 26. If your SC could change one thing about their world, what would it be? Johnny would wish for a less brutal world for artists. A world where artists, of all kinds, are respected as human beings and remunerated well without needing to kill themselves to land a position they want […]

#scribesandmakers 25. Do you buy your supplies online, at discounters, or in specialty shops? I don't really buy supplies. When I decided to start learning how to draw, I went to the stationery shop near my house and bought what I needed. Had I continued with traditional art, I'd probably […]

#writerscoffeeclub 25. Do you read outside your era, country or language? I can count on my fingers how many books I read that are set in Brazil. Truly, most books I read are set outside of our Earth, but when I read things set in our world, I prefer to read stories set outside the usual […]

#wordweavers 25. MC POV: If you could have any job in the world, what would you choose? Ashrah: What is a job? Sareena: When someone pays you to perform a task. Ashrah: *frowns* I am a warrior. My payment is the spoils I take from my slain enemies. I have told you the story of my shawl. That […]

Ah, yes, the "I'd burn the world down for her" trope! You're doing good, Illyana! 🤭 #comics #marvel #magik