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Serra Leta

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✨️ Currently editing my contemporary fantasy novel - Lights of the North ✨️ 🦖 Story/art enjoyer (reading/watching/playing). Writer. Sometimes I make story sketches, review stuff, take raw photos. 🦖

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Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 26d

THE GAMES GODS PLAY X TWELVE KINGDOMS

Aurora finds herself the visionary for god-like warriors in a hidden war for Earth against the invading eldritch horrors. With time running out, she must sort out her emotions in order to find her place among them before their final war.
#writing #amediting

A book cover depicted a dark, looming forest with a sky full of stars and a thunderstorm brewing. Title reads "Lights of the North", author "Serra Leta", and the tagline reads "the fantasy was walking here on Earth, all along..."

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Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 2h

if people don't know the book exists they simply will not read it. if your goal is for it to spread further you must start telling more people.

Matt Wallace @mattfnwallace.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve said this before, a lot, but when you’re an author and your book doesn’t sell your feelings can default to the premise, “Everyone in the world was offered my book and they all personally rejected it.” The truth is most people don’t know it exists. Awareness is the problem, not you or your book.

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鳥住ヨモ @birdmofu.bsky.social · 19h

🦅 #OC

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Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 4h

Here's one of my creepy scenes
#QueerPrompts

Something touched my back. I didn’t want to move. It was about the size of a rat, but I never knew a rat to have so many legs. It pinched as it climbed, pulling my jacket down from under its weight. Moving methodically up my spine with those gripping legs, it turned and scaled my left arm. Quivering, I contained myself from uttering a sound and peered over. Nothing but small indentations on my sleeve.
Something was definitely touching me. Why couldn’t I see it?

Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 9h

Stay safe out there 🐸

a group of anime characters with their hands in the air

Alt: The first 5 of the Straw Hat Pirates from One Piece, each raising a fist with a black X written on their arms.

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Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 9h

Learning how to edit and make revisions more efficiently (a year-long process of wasted time...) plus learning a lot of the basics that my profs in school failed to do, having me learn a lot all at once. It's overwhelming, exhausting, but the quality shows it's been WORTH it.
#pretendpanel

Hiria Dunning @hiriadunning.bsky.social · 20h

#pretendpanel I once again must catch up with your responses tomorrow. I'm at another all-day writing event. For now, tell me...

October 18th: Is there anything about the writing process or about any of your writing projects that drains you?

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts

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a daily prompt tag hosted by @hiriadunning.bsky.social
October 18th: Is there anything about the writing process or about any of your writing projects that drains you?
Please support your fellow #pretentpanel posters with replies, likes and reposts
New #pretendpanel questions every Friday and Saturday. Hop in any time!

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Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 9h

The A-to-B in the middle can yeah, be rough... I had to learn to improve since I already had Alphas DNF.

Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 9h

It really is exhausting...

Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 9h

Pitches... I can sell something I enjoy but for the life of me, doing my own is the hardest thing ever! 😩

Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 22h

When you see a game sitting on your backlog that you swore you'd "play it soon" has its 10th anniversary today 😣

Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 1d

Probably the one where dozens appearing like human corpses stitched together to make one massive one.

Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 1d

1st pass edit for Ch 10 is done! Not too many changes to it, fortunately. I think I deserve a little break for the rest of the night. Been doing well! 😊

Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 1d

I have a whole army of eldritch horrors, so any new creation I come up for those can be incredibly creepy 😅 Well, I guess it depends on reader's creepiness threshold. While they vary in sizes and shapes, I like making them unsettling, especially when they try to imitate animals and people.

Susan Savage Lee @susansavagelee.bsky.social · 1d

Who is your creepiest character? I created a serial killer that toys with women’s feelings. It doesn’t turn out well for him #writingq #WritingCommunity

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𝕴svoc 🌿 @isvoc.bsky.social · 1d

Character display piece for Syha'h!
All the scales, all the shinies ✨
#art #dragon

Sideview of a golden dragoness with nightsky tipped wings. She had significant amount of crystal growth on her body. Her head and back are adorned with tangled tentacle growth.

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【𝐑 𝐔 𝐄 𝐃 𝐄 𝐅 𝐀 𝐔 𝐗】 @ruedefaux.bsky.social · 1d

【❀ 𝕄 𝔼 𝔾 𝕀 𝕋 𝕊 𝕌 ℕ 𝔼 ❀】

"キツネキツネ...
ワタシハメギツネ
オンナハジョユウヨ..."

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#silenthillf #silenthill #fanart

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Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 1d

I guess I can pull out my collage from ChaosPit. There's not enough of a character limit to list out the huge number of things. Even if it was for one small thing or a throw away gag, I added it in. A few references in there that I don't even remember what I used from it, anymore 😋
#writingq

A collage of a TON of (mostly) anime images, with some live-action TV shows and movies depicted. While some of these images are VERY direct references to my story with their inspiration and influence, some could not be further from it and only use the most minor thing that was based on it. Which is which? I'll never tell (only up for discussion after the whole thing's been read), but feel free to guess! (This also does NOT include all of the direct movie references I've included.)

Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 1d

Freebie Fri!
I've been getting into get art commissions (when I can budget) & they really help motivate me! I REALLY want to yap about my chars more in prompt games, but so much can be spoilery... Instead, I chose to show them off visually, hoping maybe they'll help spark interest.
#QueerPrompts

🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 1d

#QueerPrompts October 17: Free Friday or pitch your story as a horror novel

Graphics: The background is pumpkins surrounding a stack of books. The border has broken chains saying "BANNED", a rainbow saying LGBTQ History, books wrapped in tape or chains, pride flags, and cute Halloween characters.
Text: "October 2025" on top and "#QueerPrompts" and "Host: @CJAralore" on the bottom, all in a rainbow font.
Center text is:
#QueerPrompts October 17: Free Friday or pitch your story as a horror novel

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jude paw picture diary 🐱 @judepaw.bsky.social · 1d

it's okay to want people to like your oc. validation and praise are very human needs. but here's the thing: if you don't love the shit out of your oc first- i mean you gotta be your oc's first and most important fan, to an almost unhinged degree- it's gonna be very hard for anyone else to do so

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Haruka Kanata/はるかかなた @haruka-kanata.bsky.social · 2d

できた。後でノートの表紙にする。スクリーンで見るとビカビカだけど印刷したらいい感じになるはず…

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Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 2d

I get this. I never go in too deep with mine either. I think it's because I can easier confuse myself with factions, allies, everyones' intents, etc., especially when they get incredibly expansion. I'd need to refer to a chart...

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Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 2d

I've always wanted to do a "what if everything we knew about this world and its history, wasn't what we once believed?" story. My early prototypes from years back are evident of this (so I'm glad I finally have 'the good version' of it!)
#WeeknightWriters

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Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 2d

Good to know that small-scale are also appreciated! I'll see what happens in future stories.

Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 2d

Lights is a contemp fantasy because it takes place in this same Earth... but there are hidden layers which have always been around, and that's where a world stirs that very few are even aware about...
#WeeknightWriters

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 2d

Q5: Tell us about your story world! Is it our world? Our world with added magic/science, or a completely different world? #WeeknightWriters

Notepad that says “#WeeknightWriters: Tell us about your story world! Is it our world? Our world with added magic/science, or a completely different world?"

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Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 2d

Most of my stories' worlds aren't as expansive as they could be, so maybe that? I usually keep the focus small, when I could stretch it out further. I see the maps people create and think "oh that's so much to work on" 😅 I dunno, maybe I can make a narrow-focus work.
#WeeknightWriters

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 2d

Q4: What aspects of worldbuilding do you find most frustrating? #WeeknightWriters

Notepad that says “#WeeknightWriters: What aspects of worldbuilding do you find most frustrating?"

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Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah the limit makes it tough! I want to do short-form horror at some point (plenty of ideas), but right now it's fantasy, where establishing a world/history in the story was pretty important to do early on. Horror I feel, might be easier to place exposition, or at least keep it brief.

Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · 2d

Ohhh writing short-form is such a skill 😅 Every time I try it's "oops here's another novella/novel!" I think this one story can be an exception, due to the story type (I hope!) but I def plan on framing it very differently in future stories.

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