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(he/him) Brazilian writer. Author of Bloodmaster. (ele) Escritor cearense. Autor de Mestra do Sangue. Links: https://linktr.ee/ayrtonmsilva Site: https://ayrtonsilva.com/

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Ayrton Silva | 🐛☠️🔥 @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social · Jun 29

🐍 RELEASE DAY 🐍

It's here, everyone! Noxious is OUT! The second book in the Bloodmaster series is available on Amazon (and KU). I'm so excited to finally be sharing it with everyone!

🔗 books2read.com/b/3JYzYJ

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Below is every thread I've made about it, if you want more info:

The cover of Noxious, book 2 in the Bloodmaster series. The illustration shows a Slayer (a black woman with red hair done in braids with golden ornaments) doing a backflip while licking a bloody spear. She has pointed teeth and a clawmark scar on her face. Book title and series title are at the bottom, my name (Ayrton Silva) is at the top.

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Ayrton Silva | 🐛☠️🔥 @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social · 6h

Tutorial de como estragar meu dia:

- Me faça sair de casa

(exceções para rolês (com moderação))

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Andrés da Silveira Stein @andresstein.bsky.social · 6h

It's been a little while since a book hurt this good. 😭
I love what @gjterralwrites.bsky.social did here. And I cannot wait for others to partake in this experience.

He who ate the wild - Beta Read Review

Andrés Early Reads published a post on Ko-fi

ko-fi.com

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Ayrton Silva | 🐛☠️🔥 @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social · 10h

#PlotTober 14

So far I only have one end in mind, but I don't yet know how to make it make sense or how to make it satisfying lmao. Essentially, my current idea is for the MC to leave on a journey, because that will be more convenient for other books I wanna write later.

Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 17h

#PlotTober Day 14: Story endings

Answer the prompt on the card by quoting this post. Remember, answering a prompt is always optional. Even if you don't share it publicly, I hope the prompt encourages you to think about it privately.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky

#PlotTober - a WIP plotting game by @gunsmile.bsky.social

14. Now that you have some ideas of your story's beginning and the main character's goals & growth, can you come up with a few different story endings that would be satisfying for a reader?

Remember: Use the #PlotTober hashtag, engage with others, and have fun!

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Ayrton Silva | 🐛☠️🔥 @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social · 10h

#OctoberWorldbuilders

14: Strategy for winning

In the board game I mentioned, a common ploy is to place a ballista in one of the corners, effectively cutting the board in half.

Ayrton Silva | 🐛☠️🔥 @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social · 11d

#OctoberWorldbuilders

01: Name of a desert in your world

The only desert I've named comes from a paused WIP, and it's named "The Searing Sands". The Empire from the Cowardverse has two deserts, but none are named.

#OctoberWorldbuilders challenge, by Kira of the Wind

WEEK 1: DESERTS
1: Name of desert
2: Describe society
3: Architecture
4: Animals/plants
5: Myth/legend/religion
6: How do they survive?
7: Clothes/dance/music

WEEK 2: SPORTS/GAMES
8: Does your MC play?
9: Board games
10: Competitive
11: Cooperative
12: Equipment/pieces
13: Famous figure involved
14: Strategy for winning

WEEK 3: INFRASTRUCTURE/CITIES
15: Trade routes
16: Essential services
17: Food source
18: Power source
19: Sanitation
20: Who built the infrastructure? Are taxes/slaves involved?
21: Housing

WEEK 4: AESTHETCS/VIBES
22: Moodboard/art
23: Aesthetics of town/city
24: Overall vibe
25: Religious/cultural vibes/influences
26: Clothing/accessories
27: Vibes you hope your readers get from your story
28: Something special about your world

Extra days:
29: Plans for next month
30: Recent character you’ve created
31: Which of your characters would you like to see someone cosplay? (Or who would you cosplay yourself?)

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Ayrton Silva | 🐛☠️🔥 @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social · 10h

#FantasyIndiesSpooktober

14: Villain's henchmen

From the new WIP: The villain is the most powerful figure in the government, BUT he has to pursue his shady interests in secret, which means his best henchmen are outsourced and pursuing an agenda of their own.

Ayrton Silva | 🐛☠️🔥 @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social · 11d

#FantasyIndiesSpooktober

01: Introduction

Hello, everyone! I'm Ayrton and I write dark fantasy. My books:

Bloodmaster series: the world is cursed, people can turn into monsters at any time, MC wants to fix it

Unfortunate: scummy MC makes pact with sketchy god to save own skin

FantasyIndiesOctober prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1. Introduction
2. Do you/your characters like scary things?
3. Free Friday / something you are proud of
4. Snippet
5. What are your characters afraid of?
6. Monsters
7. Villain’s goals
8. Spooky month book recs
9. Favorite paranormal creatures
10. Free Friday / explain your WIP with emojis/gifs
11. Snippet
12. MC and villain's opinions on each other
13. Spooky Shelfie
14. Villain’s henchmen and/or followers
15. What would you/your characters wear to a Halloween ball?
16. Tricks and/or treats
17. Free Friday / photo of autumn decorations
18. Snippet
19. Scary moment
20. Morally grey character(s)
21. Scary movie/tv show recs
22. Creepy poem / flash fiction
23. Who would your characters dress up as for Halloween?
24. Free Friday / Halloween plans
25. Snippet
26. How would MC react to a haunted house?
27. Goosebumps / Point Horror?
28. Guilt or regret
29. MC’s worst nightmare
30. Is your MC brave?
31. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Graphic showcasing my three books:

Bloodmaster series: Coward, Noxious

Standalones: Unfortunate

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Ayrton Silva | 🐛☠️🔥 @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social · 21h

De alguma forma eu comecei o dia 5h da manhã absolutamente destroçado de sono, mas agora que chegou a hora de dormir o sono passou

Ayrton Silva | 🐛☠️🔥 @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social · 1d

Olha o nobre Goldmask

Ayrton Silva | 🐛☠️🔥 @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social · 1d

21 dias já aguardando o retorno sobre o meu conto e nada, meu coração num guenta

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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 1d

An old horror tale of mine has found a new forever home in the new Shadows & Sorcery, alongside part one of a two-part adventure, and a classic glimpse into another world's dark lore! Free to read btw👀

shadowsandsorcery.substack.com

#Fantasy #Horror #FlashFiction #IndieAuthor

Shadows & Sorcery | Sean Hill | Substack

Weekly fantasy flash fiction right to your inbox. Click to read Shadows & Sorcery, by Sean Hill, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

shadowsandsorcery.substack.com

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Ayrton Silva | 🐛☠️🔥 @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social · 1d

Uma das minhas funções na terra é cadelar pelas músicas antigas da Kat Frankie, era só pedrada

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNzD...

Happy

YouTube video by Kat Frankie - Topic

www.youtube.com

Ayrton Silva | 🐛☠️🔥 @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social · 1d

Writing update: Finished (and published) the A+ content for Unfortunate, wrote 2065 words into the new WIP. I felt better about my writing today. Maybe I just need to build momentum again.

Ayrton Silva | 🐛☠️🔥 @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social · 1d

Now I want a chicken like this lol

Fizzy - Fowl Blade releases Oct 17 @fizzy1.bsky.social · 1d

THREE! The flock's rooster, Douglas Jr.! (art of not specifically Douglas but the original chicken design, drawn by me!) He's an Ayam Cemani!
Named after Grandpa, because both are the youngest but biggest of their immediate families. A truer gentleman, you will not find.

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Fizzy - Fowl Blade releases Oct 17 @fizzy1.bsky.social · 3d

Fowl Blade releases next Friday (🫨🫨🫨), so I want to start giving you glimpses at the characters you'll find on the journey.
For the few applicable cases, I'll include concept art from the design sheet.
(thread, to be updated daily)...

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Ayrton Silva | 🐛☠️🔥 @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social · 1d

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Ayrton Silva | 🐛☠️🔥 @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social · 1d

lmaoooo it's the kind of stuff that if my brain is even slightly tired it'll gloss over so I only noticed when reading the notifications

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Ayrton Silva | 🐛☠️🔥 @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! 🤩🤩🤩

Ayrton Silva | 🐛☠️🔥 @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social · 1d

Jesus christ this has so many typos. I'm sorry everyone, I'm not properly awake yet lmao

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Ayrton Silva | 🐛☠️🔥 @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social · 1d

sets off the MC's "quest", and eavesdropping is something she'd 100% would do lol. It also introduces the main conflict and players right off the bad.

I could probably have stuffed more exposition in it, though.

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Ayrton Silva | 🐛☠️🔥 @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social · 1d

#PlotTober 13

I sorta jumped the gun on this and already wrote chapter one 👀

I decided to start the story at a party, where the MC meets an important side character and together they eavesdrop on a secret meeting the main antag is having.

I chose to start this way because it's this meeting that +

Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 1d

#PlotTober Day 13: Story beginnings

Answer the prompt on the card by quoting this post. Remember, answering a prompt is always optional. Even if you don't share it publicly, I hope the prompt encourages you to think about it privately.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky

#PlotTober - a WIP plotting game by @gunsmile.bsky.social

13. Let's begin brainstorming the main plot points of our WIPs. Knowing what you know of your main character(s), what are a few potential ways you could begin their story?

Remember: Use the #PlotTober hashtag, engage with others, and have fun!

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Ayrton Silva | 🐛☠️🔥 @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social · 1d

#SFFChat 13

Here are the covers of my Bloodmaster books. Book 3 may be getting its cover soon 👀

Covers of the books in the Bloodmaster series, Coward's on the left and Noxious's on the right.

Coward's cover shows a green centipede coiled around a spear, while Noxious's shows a red-haired woman licking a bloodied spear while doing a backflip.

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Ayrton Silva | 🐛☠️🔥 @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social · 1d

#OctoberWorldbuilders

13: History/famous figure involved in a sport/game

The Empress is a notorious enthusiast of dueling, often showing up to watch tournaments and bestowing gifts upon the winners. Some say she's an expert duelist herself, but obviously nobody's seen it.

Ayrton Silva | 🐛☠️🔥 @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social · 11d

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

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Ayrton Silva | 🐛☠️🔥 @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

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Natalie Kelda @nataliekelda.bsky.social · 2d

Read some super fun books. Wrote some reviews.

You should check out the books too if you want some gritty, fun fantasy adventures with plenty of banter and brilliant character work!

Five star The Envoys of War by Dave lawson goodreads review: This one was such a fun, and slightly silly(in the best way), fantasy adventure/quest book!

The character work was fantastic in this one and to me, really what pushed this into 5-star rating territory. We get 3 POV's and each is voicey and distinct, never allowing any confusion as to who we're following. The characters are also very consistent and realised, they don't change their personalities to conform to a pre-determined plot(something that's a pet peeve of mine).

The plot was also solid, subtly changing its course as we go on but it all makes sense for the characters and their motivations so it felt like the natural progression of things.

Five stars The Pawns of Havoc by Dave Lawson goodreads review: After loving The Envoys of War, I knew I had to grab this one the moment the audiobook was released and I was not disappointed!

This one follows Cork, a side character in Envoys although I believe this story is set before the events of Envoys. Where Envoys have more silly streaks this one also has plenty of humour and great character work.

It's a novella and a quick read but that doesn't mean there isn't loads of action and heart packed into it. I particularly enjoyed some of the more serious internal monologue from Cork after things had gone to sh!t, it helped flesh out sides of him I had worried wouldn't ever be addressed despite all the bloody mayhem.

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Ayrton Silva | 🐛☠️🔥 @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social · 2d

Quote with 2 female video game characters you like!

Endless, from Death's gambit. Woman with long white hair, scarred gray skin and green eyes, wearing armor.

Yuffie, from Final Fantasy 7. Short-haired girl wearing a bandanna. Has an impish smile.