Welcome to a new week of #WIPSnips! The word for April 13th is "child" As always, synonyms, variations and ✨vibes✨ are fine, please include Alt Text on graphics, Trigger/Content warnings if necessary, and no unsolicited editing on posts. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#WIPSnips There are too many instances of "child" in Lawcket's WIP, so I went to my blood-mage WIP & found too many instances there too. . . – this child would be only a memory to haunt Kortenze with lost happiness. To haunt all that was human, all that was vulnerable in him– the wounded shred . .

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#AwesomeCharacters Rider does his best to keep his possessions in order, & to clean anything that lasts or stores better clean, but he's been living in the wilderness which doesn't allow for keeping much clean. It's a life he chose, & about the only thing he's content with.

#AwesomeCharacters Lawcket is a peasant kid. If he gets clean it's probably from being rained on, though he's been in the stream they wash clothes in, but never had a proper bath until he's a prisoner. He does NOT enjoy soap & forced baths. He's pretty good about order. It's necessary with the-1/2

#WIPSnips 9. “Stuff” It’s funny to realise how prophetic literally all of Nitara’s suggestions were… #ChroniclesOfTheRealms #SayaAshrah #CaptainNitara #Ashtara #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #QueerWriters

This one is from "Light Wielding and Other Mortal Magics" (formerly "The Moth King"). Sunday recently had an awkward encounter with the king and has been hoping to avoid him. #WIPSnips #WIP #AmWriting #WritingPrompts #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Fantasy #FantasySky #FairyTale

#WIPSnips Kia, the LI in the fantasy, explaining to Helena that she comes from a land where there is no night and that she was afraid when she first arrived on Earth…

April 12th – lantern Av’ry and Fox usually use different illumination. So, let’s jump ahead to Nik, an electromancer whose power is currently severely curtailed. She has just joined a failing rebellion, and they have plans. #DawnsBlood #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

When you think you might have found a book you might enjoy, but looking farther you find out it's romance.😭 If you have a relationship driven story that's low on action & violence & NOT romance, I'll repost & might look into it if you reply or quote this post to share.

What a deal!!! I hadn’t picked this one up yet (my poor poor TBR after the 6 weeks of almost no reading) but I can’t pass this up.

The Narratess Indie Sale is here and so many amazing authors have their books featured this year. It’s always so well organized and I am seeing so many books I haven’t read yet in this year’s selection. Do yourself a huge favor and check them out! indiebook.sale

#IndieApril Just a reminder that Named By Love is in the #NarratessIndieSale & is free most places but amazon. If you like deeply emotional dialogue, adorable feather-dragons, & no fighting, you might want to check out my book. books2read.com/u/3nqlOo indiebook.sale

I couldn't make Named By Love lower than $0.99 on amazon, so it says it's priced $0.99 on the sale, but it's free from most stores. Sale indiebook.sale Named By Love books2read.com/u/3nqlOo

When you think you might have found a book you might enjoy, but looking farther you find out it's romance.😭 If you have a relationship driven story that's low on action & violence & NOT romance, I'll repost & might look into it if you reply or quote this post to share.

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#WIPSnips (only instances of lantern are action) The light of lanterns flickered up from the room below as Awndrith listened, halting at the first step of the stairs leading down. He had to tell his heart not to freeze when the shadow of a spear appeared on the stairs– and everything came together.

#LateNightWrite Q1 I find that I really like describing things as “blooming.” A smile bloomed on his face, warmth blooming in chests, etc. I just enjoy flower imagery, I guess! 🌼

I "tell" people's emotions as I want to describe them in more than what the body can "show". I tell a story, not describe what's happening on a movie screen. #latenightwrite #writingcommunity #writers #writesky

#LateNightWrite I've been told my writing has a certain cadence to it, so I'm sure there's something but I can't identify it. I do know when I use comparison it's usually rooted in the MC's life experience, which can create interesting comparisons in some cases. I also don't use a lot of 1/3

#LateNightWrite Not really. The languages in my stories aren't actually the language I write in, so if I wanted to actually be realistic I'd have to work from ground zero up. That said, I am building out a bit of culture & fantasy language for my blood-mage WIP, so there might be something there.

#LateNightWrite Hope it's okay to drop in This is first I've head of vocal ticks/stims, so I don't know how well I know what they are. Not sure this counts, but Rider often drops certain filler words when speaking, not unlikely because he knows too many languages. My other main characters tend-1/2

#LateNightWrite Does your main character have any vocal ticks/stims? do they have any catchphrases or favorite creative insults? Quote or reply below using the hashtag!

Saturday #Snippetshare Option theme or word "shadow" With #NamedByLove (a platonic found family love story, about a boy being rescued by a man & a feather-dragon) being in the Narratess Indie April Sale, I'm sharing its first instance of "shadow" which is amazingly far in. books2read.com/b/3nqlOo

#AwesomeCharacters "an adventure" feels too positive, & lighthearted-ish for how Rider views his life. I guess maybe he doesn't have a concept of adventure in spite of his life having been very adventurous. He's lived either wanting to be left in peace, & willing to risk his life for it. - 1/2

#AwesomeCharacters To Lawcket, an adventure is anything fun & interesting. Going flying with Looccup is an adventure. Travelling for an hour or so to pluck wild berries where the goats don't eat them, probably getting a few thorn stabs, is an adventure. As long as it's something outside of - 1/2

For the Saturday #Snippetshare Ronan and Pyra, one generation after the Wife School dystopia, and some stereotypes about the once female-only outlaws versus Nationers.

Saturday #Snippetshare Option theme or word "shadow" With #NamedByLove (a platonic found family love story, about a boy being rescued by a man & a feather-dragon) being in the Narratess Indie April Sale, I'm sharing its first instance of "shadow" which is amazingly far in. books2read.com/b/3nqlOo

I couldn't make Named By Love lower than $0.99 on amazon, so it says it's priced $0.99 on the sale, but it's free from most stores. Sale indiebook.sale Named By Love books2read.com/u/3nqlOo

The Narratess Indie Sale starts today! For the next three days, 280+ books will be on sale, available for $1.99 or less. Even if you're on a budget or book buying ban, you can still grab the free ebooks (those don't count for your buying ban, because you're spending money!) indiebook.sale

It's been five years since we did our first sale! I'm so excited for this one too. I've worked on it the last three weeks so I hope you'll check it out :D Maybe grab my free book? Sale: indiebook.sale Get my book: books2read.com/AD2K4

If you're on reddit, I'd appreciate the upvote so we can get the sale to the top of r/fantasy :D www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...

The Narratess Indie April Sale is here. indiebook.sale Named By Love claims to be priced $0.99, but it's free from most stores accept Amazon. If you like found family, emotion interaction, child POV, & an adorable dragon, check out my book. Otherwise, there are countless fantasy & sci-fi books.

More oven-warm goods from the first draft of my WIP #Ellamir for today's #WIPSnips Hannah comes out to Ella, explaining that she loves Maqine and chooses to be with her, even though - she thinks - this must mean the end of all society with the Oakhalls See yesterday's entry for what comes next...

#WIPSnips This is a part I recently changed, so yeah~ One thing I did keep were the cloudberry pancakes made with a kytchime nut substitute >.>~

From WIP 2 - Wishing You Knew I had to go with synonym - "drain" - because weirdly "milk" had too many spoilers #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts 🌈✒️ #lesfic #sapphic #QueerWriters #sapphicauthors #sapphicwriters

#WIPSnips 🐐 “But things die if they don't eat. Babies die if they don't eat milk. She needs milk. We have to find a way to give her milk.” Tears tickled down Lawcket's cheeks, chilling his face in the morning air. He could no longer look at the poor newborn in his arms, . . .

#WIPSnips . . . but since he only felt like he was dying he had to try, and though the process might be as slow and tiring as climbing a mountain, it was likely to bring him back again, but that again felt so far away, so far away it could almost have been after dying.

For the #WIPsnips She's got stuff to do...

The hurt she always carried, like the weight of a mountain, grew heavier still and trickled through those cracks until it flooded to the surface before she could ever tamp it back down. Lock it back up. Stuff it full like a wardrobe that could never quite shut. - When Morning Comes #WipSnips

#AwesomeCharacters Lastak tries to avoid getting attached to people, or trusting them. She can't really trust anyone given her circumstances and she doesn't want others getting caught up in whatever she gets caught up in. Her friends adopt her like a stray cat.

#AwesomeCharacters Rider has no tastes in friends. He's too judgmental to consider anyone a friend. I'm not sure even he meets his standards, & he isn't either.😭 That said, friends force themselves on him throughout his journey, steal his heart & make their quest his. But the 2 who really got -1/?

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters How is your character's taste/judgement in friends? Are they a good judge of character? Too suspicious and untrusting? Way too trusting and gullible? Does this ever cause them problems? Does it change? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#AwesomeCharacters There are different levels of "friend" to Lawcket, & they aren't all based on his beliefs about the other person. He's drawn to those who are helpless, & to those who treat others with kindness, but really it's the people he knows who are his friends. Apart from Looccup, 1/?

April 9th – stuff Fox doesn’t usually drink, as a rule. Av'ry is probably right to be concerned, here. cw: language #DawnsBlood #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

(Things are stuff) They had left home after an early breakfast, her father shouldering his knapsack, which contained his tools but was otherwise empty to save room for pelts, mushrooms, and other things they might find in the forest. #WIPSnips

#WIPSnips Lawcket looked down at his hand, and flexed his fingers, trying to calm himself. He wasn't exactly un-calm, but this kind of stuff made him uneasy. “I don't know what I want,” he said finally, his voice very quiet. “I don't want to die, but I don't know if I have any choice. . . .

A brutal truth for authors, a truth very few accept. Research doesn't buy what personal experience does. Real sweat & tears, real hours spent living, give what research never can. There are ways my writing will always be lacking because there are things I've never done. It's better to accept -1/2

#AwesomeCharacters Another question I'm not sure I can answer for many of my MCs. Rider might be tempted, but I don't think he'd choose to go back. Scars are meant to be scars. He has many regrets, but those were choices he made. The guilt, the scars that can't be healed, are part of his existence.