#AprilAdventure Silver and Brigid weren't looking for an adventure, but they're happy to go on one, so long as there's fun to be found. Nakotan's just trying to do his damn job. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

#AprilAdventure Silver and the water-rats find bones while searching for treasure. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

Someone stop us! (But don't though, you LOVE us) Our next anthology, V, will be out next year. V for 5. V for Villains. We have dedicated some much needed time to the villain world and hope you come enjoy us for the ride. Coming June 21st, 2026. #booksky #writesky 🪐 📚 💙

#AprilAdventure The water-rats, street children who live off the river, discover wreckage along the shores after the storm. Silver joins them to investigate, and they try to identify it. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

*kicks the mother effing door in* Hear ye, hear ye! Jess Moon and Mandy Russell, co-founders of Shadow Spark Publishing, are thrilled to announce that two of our lovely authors have accepted new positions within the House!

#AprilAdventure What the Storm Brings follows two groups. The main one is Silver, a thief, and Brigid, an arsonist. They've been settled into those careers for a couple of years now, but are still relatively young, being in their early twenties. #WritingCommunity

#AprilAdventure Book 3 opens at an inn, just after a violent storm has hit the city. The power's gone out and there's no hot water. The innkeeper is letting a bunch of the street kids stay in the cellar. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

I'm Rosa, and I write dark fantasy. My first two books have been published by @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social My biggest adventure would be the six years I spent teaching English in Thailand. #WritingCommunity

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From a very rough wip I'm working on on the side. Raesella leads her young class through a battleground and the aftermath of an explosion. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

*bending question to my will* A lot of my characters were sandboxed from earlier abandoned fics. Some changes were bigger than others. Brigid - originally more of a proto-Silver? Useless at it. Now relatively successful arsonist. Viv - one-eyed human elemental. Now two-eyed Elven magician. #BookSky

Ok, so today a very rude man donated maybe near a hundred framed pictures/paintings to my volunteer place, and I just want to know... What does one *do* with that many framed pictures at home? Like, do you turn every wall in the house into a collage? #Question #Inquiringmindswanttoknow

Apparently my only use of the word addition is this scene in Book 2. Huh. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #BookSky

FRIENDS, if you have a Spec-Fic INDIE BOOK, consider getting it into the Narratess sale! This sale gets seen by many eyes and could potentially see many new readers!

Someone stop us! (But don't though, you LOVE us) Our next anthology, V, will be out next year. V for 5. V for Villains. We have dedicated some much needed time to the villain world and hope you come enjoy us for the ride. Coming June 21st, 2026. #booksky #writesky 🪐 📚 💙

#MarchWorldbuilders The Elven gods are the Father Sun and Mother Moon. They're respected, but not feared, and don't need to be prayed to it someone doesn't want to. They're generally worshiped equally, though for different reasons. #WriteSky #BookSky

#MarchWorldbuilders Prayers themselves tend to be a private thing. For Healers that are religious, however, there are many rituals and ceremonies to honour the Mother Moon. The most common involves painting your face with the moon symbols and #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky

From Page 120 of What the Storm Brings, Blackliners Book 3! For a moment she was falling, tumbling past the floors and staircase, and then the floor was there and she landed with a soft whoosh, her magic taking the impact. #BookSky #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #indieauthors #wipsnippet

From the prologue of my first book, The Whisper-Man! #WIPSnips #WriteSky #BookSky

From my recently published book, Cold-Blooded! Luca speaks with DD. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #BookSky

#Febchantment Day23 Only Viv (pyrokinesis) and Silver (telekinesis) from my main cast are magicians. Viv is one of the most powerful magicians is Isaia, and has grown accustomed to being a weapon. Silver's the opposite; being half-blooded, her magic only makes people distrust her. #WriteSky #BookSky

Another piece from my recently published book, Cold-Blooded. Silver visits DD for information. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity

#FebruaryWorldBuilders Lord Kandaia is the current ruler of the Kandaia lands. His is the highest rank, and he has final say over matters in his lands. He's generally a fair man, but also incredibly hard. He doesn't stand for criminals, nor rebels or revolutionaries on his lands.

From my recently published book, Cold-Blooded! Luca, Viv, and Brigid are investigating the disappearance of an acquaintance. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity

#FebruaryWorldbuilders Telepaths in Isaia are required to either restrain their magic or have a registered Handler when in public. This is because telepathy is considered both highly invasive and dangerous, bring able to change, control, or destroy parts of who a person is.

#FebruaryWorldbuilders My girls are all criminals of slightly different areas for various reasons. Luca - assassin for hire. Viv - mercenary Silver - thief Brigid - arsonist The Pirate - smuggler None of them have a great relationship with law enforcement. #WriteSky #BookSky

There's not much on page 39 of Book 3, so the last line of the chapter: Silver turned her newest find over in her hand. If that thing had been a train – and it did look that way – someone had gone down with it. #WriteSky #BookSky

ABOUT ME I'm Rosa, and I'm a dark fantasy/crime writer from the UK. I’ve also previously lived in Thailand, where I taught English for six years. She/her, lesbian/ace. I have two published books with @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social!

#FebruaryWorldbuilders This varies across the lands of Isaia, largely dependent on the ruling Lord. Broadly speaking: Kandaia, Axletha, Orani: Very strict and draconian laws. Beatings, whippings, and executions as common punishments. Loen: Trying to be draconian, failing.

*bells, whistles* *kicks the door in* Please join us in celebrating @rosanthatindall.bsky.social with her newest book, Cold-Blooded, available to purchase!! You can find it here: books2read.com/u/bMgL78 #booksky #writesky 🪐 📚 💙

My second book, Cold-Blooded, is out today! Luca and Silver search for a missing acquaintance. Many years earlier, Vandulai Aisorn is investigating a series of murders. Available on kindle and as paperback! books2read.com/u/bMgL78 #WriteSky #BookSky #DarkFantasy #Crime

#FebruaryWorldbuilders The ruling Lords of the lands have ultimate control over the laws. Some are agreed on by all of them, while others vary by Lord and land. Councils can suggest new laws, but the ruling Lord still has to agree. #WriteSky #BookSky

#FebruaryWorldbuilders Time runs differently in the Nowhere Tunnels. It's unknown whether it stops or just runs really slowly, but less time passes inside than outside. #WriteSky

Joining in with my half-human half-elven Silver, because Silver is ALWAYS down for a good time. #OCSpeedDating

I made this meme literally years ago, but I feel it's yet again relevant because I am 👀👀👀 shiny new idea. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WIP

#FebruaryWorldbuilders Generally speaking, yes. Elvens believe the future is always in motion and there's no such thing as fate. For the very few with psychic abilities, they're usually either very hyper-specific, or very broad.

#FebruaryWorldbuilders Prophecies, as in, this person will do X and achieve Y, no. Elvens would laugh at you for that. With that said, part of the softer magic system allows for psychic abilities such as predicting future events, though it can only be accessed by a very select few.

Past me has kindly left me this note. Thanks, Past Rosa. Very helpful. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

#Febchantment Day 2 My world has both! The main system we see is hard, though there are softer aspects to it. There's also a more wild second system that appears on a few occassions. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

Someone stop us! (But don't though, you LOVE us) Our next anthology, V, will be out next year. V for 5. V for Villains. We have dedicated some much needed time to the villain world and hope you come enjoy us for the ride. Coming June 21st, 2026. #booksky #writesky 🪐 📚 💙

I feel like I'm finally back to doing some good writing 😎 I'm super happy with this scene, though I might do some more tweaking to stuff leading up to it. Tessa finally snaps after being pestered to kill the monster in the area. #SaturdaySnippet #Snippet #WriteSky #WIP

#JanuaryWorldbuilders I'm going to finish the first draft of the last book in the Blackliners series and be working on editing for Books 3 and 4. I don't want to do any more Isaia series for a little big once I'm done with Book 12, so whatever I put on the side will be standalone. #WriteSky

#Nocontext #song #recommendation from Rosa's mum: youtu.be/B3q4Up5ugTc?...

This is the first week in ages where I've got a fair amount written. I enjoyed working on this scene, though it didn't quite go the way I planned. Tuanlai before meeting X: I will fight the revolutionaries. Tuanlai after meeting X: The revolutionaries have a point. #SaturdaySnippet #WriteSky

My second book is available for pre-order now! #WritingCommunity #DarkFantasy #Mystery

#JanuaryWorldbuilders I deliberately didn't include the possibility of magic items in my world. That rule has been broken once: one of my characters gains a magic sword that can cut through anything, which they stole from the Demon of the North. #WriteSky #BookSky

I only humans, elvens, and a third unspecified species. Humans and elvens can interbreed, but only to one generation; half-bloods are infertile. Elvens and third species can interbreed, but it creates terrible monstrosities. Humans and third species have not been seen. #WriteSky #BookSky

#JanuaryWorldbuilders My characters are kinda basic. Luca uses poison and daggers. Viv uses her magic, and a sword as support. Silver uses knives, though she does learn to use her magic in fights. Brigid uses fire. #WriteSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity