Been a while since I shared from #NamedByLove (My found family platonic love story.) I think the 2nd half of this is too much tell, but what's done is done. (Besides that I like too much tell.) Do themes like this make a story not MG?🤔

#AwesomeCharacters We get very little from Rider's childhood. A quick retelling of how things went down on a large scale. A few reverences to memories (mostly not his POV (in Magic's Friend, unpublished)) That said, for the years we follow his life, we experience a lot first hand. There are- 1/?

#AwesomeCharacters We get Lawcket's life from when he's a 6 yr old. We don't see every detail, & I do fear readers who have no experience with a peasant's life style might feel they're not told enough. But I never skip much more than a yr, & we do see a lot of little details of ordinary life. -1/2

#QueerPrompts Most of my stories show a lot of physical intimacy, but it's rarely romantic. Lawcket's WIP has a lot of close family bonds. We do see a little of his parents' feelings for each other, but most of it is parent to child. Kisses on the hair or forehead Faces buried in clothing . . .

#QueerPrompts February 22: Level of physical intimacy shown in your story

February 21st – billow #AnthropomorphicNovel, today! Ray has been participating in some light arson. She promises it was for a good reason. You’ll have to take her word for that. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#WIPSnips The metal screeched as he pulled the keyring through the small, broken opening. He dared not rest. If he hesitated he might never move again. He stumbled toward the nearest prison door, disoriented as though he were dizzy.

Sorry for Saturday #snippetshare being so late. I'm hopelessly behind on social media, & didn't get online earlier today. Option theme "desperate" Feel free to share any day. Here's a tense moment, from Healing's Whisper (Aisferk's POV.) Sorry for the many words, but this is my style.

Sorry for Saturday #snippetshare being so late. I'm hopelessly behind on social media, & didn't get online earlier today. Option theme "desperate" Feel free to share any day. Here's a tense moment, from Healing's Whisper (Aisferk's POV.) Sorry for the many words, but this is my style.

#AwesomeCharacters Rider generally takes no advice. He might not even bother to walk away with a shrug. That said, if he does have a partner he trusts, he'll hear them out & weigh any ideas or plans they have, as carefully as he weighs his own.

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters How is your character at taking advice? Are they open minded and ready to hear people out? Arrogant and resistant to suggestions? A bit too ready to change for someone else? Does it ever cause them problems? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#AwesomeCharacters Lawcket is a bit stubborn-minded, but making others happy is also very important to him So it depends on the advice & the mood If he's being told to change, he'll likely be hesitant unless he believes what he was doing hurt anyone other himself. However if someone he trusts-1/2

#QueerPrompts February 21: Scene or snippet with "love"

#QueerPrompts (Hope it's okay to drop in.) Lawcket looked up into his Dad's face. “I think hugs are love,” he said, his voice barely quivering, barely sounding like a question. “How can I hug you while you hold that goat?” Aisferk teased with a smile. “Besides, the sky can't hug you.”

#WIPSnips (sticking with short.) “Lawcket, just calm down and tell me what happened,” she soothed, running her fingers gently over a scraped bruise on the corner of his forehead, and into his hair. “Oh you are such a mess. . .”

#FaveLineFriday This is a line I added in editing. I'm still not sure if it's staying, but I do like it. Aisferk watched his child, trying to read the thoughts hidden behind those downcast lashes, a small hand resting motionless on the baby goat's cream fur.

#AwesomeCharacters Lawcket doesn't have a romantic or sexual orientation. So I guess that leaves ace as the default, but he's not extreme ace. He's a bit too young for that kind of attraction, & could never be attracted to a girl who's not attracted to him, but I highly suspect he is capable -1/?

#AwesomeCharacters I don't really believe in romantic/sexual orientations, so my characters don't really have them well defined. That said, Rider is completely ace, for more than 1 reason. I don't personally see him as romantic, but "romantic" isn't well defined. Is it important to him? Well,-1/?

#FaveLineFriday Chunkier bit today, but Mick calls a bluff. Leaving the poll for the rest of y'all. :)

And she knew better than to stand in judgement of someone's choices, even if it was not something she would choose for herself. The choice and that freedom were the point. - When Morning Comes #FaveLineFriday

Happy #FaveLineFriday! Drop your favorite line that you worked on this week, and don't forget to interact with others'! Bonus Q: Poll time, actually! Is this time slot good for you, or would you like the graphic to pop up earlier/later?

#FaveLineFriday This is a line I added in editing. I'm still not sure if it's staying, but I do like it. Aisferk watched his child, trying to read the thoughts hidden behind those downcast lashes, a small hand resting motionless on the baby goat's cream fur.

I will not ascend the steps to heaven If but one souls is left to hell If one thing Christ's sacrifice has taught me 'Tis that love will suffer all Else 'tis not love at all #Poetry to get me blocked. But this is what I am, Christian yet utterly not not Christian, for the same reason.❤️

February 19th – subtle #AnthropomorphicNovel, today! Let’s check back in with Ray, trying to decide where to best exit the train station to both avoid her pursuers and connect with her contact. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#AwesomeCharacters Rider does play music once (even though he shouldn't know how to) & he sings songs only he knows. Apart from that, I think the only way he could be seen as an artist, is how he controls himself. It's less about art, & more about the differences in how he sees the whole- 1/2

#WritingQThursday Let’s talk personality types! (MBTI, Enneagram, etc.) What personality types are your characters? Do you use personality types as a way to help you write/build out your characters? #Writing #AmWriting #WritingQ #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #Writesky

I've never used personality types to build characters. I always let it happen naturally. I'm not even sure where to start for answering what my characters personality types are. For one thing, they're affected by their life circumstances. Lawcket's most base trait is probably his fragileness - 1/?

I will not ascend the steps to heaven If but one souls is left to hell If one thing Christ's sacrifice has taught me 'Tis that love will suffer all Else 'tis not love at all #Poetry to get me blocked. But this is what I am, Christian yet utterly not not Christian, for the same reason.❤️

#WIPSnips Just 1 sentence today, bc I'm low on time. She answered him with a subtle, caressing, touch of flame, telling him that he *was* all her happiness.

The simple choice to try, no matter where it takes you The stubbornness to care, no matter how it breaks you #Poetry

Hope 2 lines is okay. (Page 39 is about the coziest part of Healing's Whisper.) The two brightest stars in the west half of the sky already twinkled in the dusky blue purple. He closed his eyes and leaned his head against the wall which was still warm from the light of the just set sun.

The simple choice to try, no matter where it takes you The stubbornness to care, no matter how it breaks you #Poetry

I come to you in the morning and evening I come to you in rain and in sunshine I'll care for you as long as I can I'll remember you as long as I am #Poetry

Sorry everyone for not being very around & supportive. Rough real life is only allowing me to be online a little.

I come to you in the morning and evening I come to you in rain and in sunshine I'll care for you as long as I can I'll remember you as long as I am #Poetry

I tend to only interact with the things that cross my feed and have been missing out on a lot of writing prompts, chats, and the like. Has anyone compiled these things into one list? I'm not really sure how to go about doing that myself.

The clouds gather dark above you Lifting your spirit from mortal cares Oh to be lost within those wild heights Oh to be carried in the arms of the storm #Poetry

#AwesomeCharacters This isn't my first, & likely won't be my last time saying I don't have deuteragonists Who's most important depends on what view we look from, & sometimes it's not the POV character. That said, Aisferk is the second highest POV character in Lawcket's story. & we already know-1/?

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Not tagging, but anyone who wants is welcome to quote. Rain⛈️ Fictional characters Robes Physical work Sour fruit🍋

Late, because I didn't see it on Saturday. Mitali wakes up from yet another nightmare, pushing away his older brother. #SnippetShare #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

#WritingQ (I feel it's been the greater part a year since I've done one of these.) Has your MC ever loved anyone who didn't love them in return? This is not about romance, unreciprocated attraction or infatuation does NOT count. For my characters, the lines aren’t always clear as to whether-1/3

Confession time… Promote your story by confessing something about writing it! Or make your characters admit something embarrassing! #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingQ #Writers

#AwesomeCharacters Since he was a child in Croshvon, Rider hasn't had a job. Back then he kind of hated his life, but his work (hunting & making leather) wasn't worse than anything else. That's also backstory that isn't mentioned much at all. There were no weekends, but he's always cherished- 1/3

#AwesomeCharacters Lawcket doesn't even have a concept of weekend. I imagine he, like me, would feel like something's missing without his daily chores. All his chores are at home, & many of them change throughout season, but there are things he does every day, (until he's imprisoned) like take- 1/2

The clouds gather dark above you Lifting your spirit from mortal cares Oh to be lost within those wild heights Oh to be carried in the arms of the storm #Poetry

The weight of ages past, fades my memory to distant gray But somehow I still am, in this world that feels so old #Poetry (sorry for posting so much that's sad. I might try to focus on happier poems, if I can, for the next weak)

#WIPSnips (I can't be blamed for sad with this word) He'd gone down to buy what they needed so his Dad could stay and babysit his little siblings– and this was how it ended. His kindness had ended in him hurting his family more than he could ever have hurt them with carelessness.

Stories don’t ask politely. They take heat. They take loss. They take the parts you keep meaning to heal first. If you want clean work, use clean fuel. If you want honest work— use your soul. Burn it in the forge. Accept the ash. #poetry #WritingCommunity #DarkFantasy #AmWriting