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Amanda Turek💎HorsebackWriter
@acturek.bsky.social
Writes character driven adult fantasy.
WIP: Brother’s Keeper, epic fantasy sibling story
Lives with bipolar disorder - @siegeofthespirit
Clinical Laboratory Scientist
Mountain backcountry horsewoman
Every trail’s the one true home.
Pinned
Two brothers—one accursed, one gifted—struggle with the Power of an empathic bond unseen for centuries. As Rushak seeks to escape his curse, Drisal must wield it as evil arises to threaten the world. But the prophesied Power can return only once, and the Shining One is … somebody else. #WIPPIT #F #A
I love to write with the harping of Alan Stivell as well as other Celtic harp music. It’s relaxing, inspiring and perhaps not surprising as my MC is a harpist!
youtu.be/Ro1GTG1wUEE
November 28, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Only "zigzag" in the story:
November 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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November 28 #WIPsnips – “zigzag”

Holy hell, I had this! After a far-too-intimate dinner on the 4th of July, Jenny and her former seminar leader—“not my professor!”—walk back to her East Village sublet. Should she invite him up? Probably not. Definitely not. A snip from my #WIP “Surface Tension.”
November 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Hope those who celebrated had a Happy Thanksgiving!! 😁

#WIPSnips from Monah Bk. 1 -- going for vibes w/ Faldor's physical action in this scene. It's closer to oscillating, but he's moving stiffly back & forth among the three people around him.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Didn’t have this #WIPSnips until I worked it in this morning.
November 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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#WIPSnips November 28 - zigzag
Playing tag with a baby dragon.
#AmWriting #AmWritingFantasy #AmWritingScifi #WriteSky #Dragons
November 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Byron has quite a few helpful talents, but he actually quite enjoys sewing.

From Byron's arc of The Atlas Brothers Break the Multiverse

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November 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Although the antagonist's supporters are rioting outside, Sophie believes the truth can change their minds. Polo has spent a lifetime watching the opposite happen. Who's right? 🤔

From an action-comedy novel about the wacky misadventures of a heist crew.

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November 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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I don’t have the word, but …

Aaran high on the mountain vibes #zigzag best.
I’ve shared this before. I hope you’ll indulge me and enjoy it again!

- Brother’s Keeper, book one of my fantasy WIP about two brothers bound by a misunderstood power.
November 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Vibes today with “winding.” a #WIPSnips from A Recipe for Romance 💘 #writingcommunity #writesky

A bit of intro—
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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More of Noah's first meeting with Mr Gellar, when he asks the Librarian to help him solve some of the little mysteries around this place...

From #Tenement, my dystopian mystery about people living in an infinite building.
November 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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#WIPSnips #zigzag vibes with the word #dart, courtesy of Mr. Andrews #writing #amwriting #horror #western #fiction #wip Sunsetter
*Back to an early chapter and the second appearance of that crazy Appaloosa! 🐎🐴
#HappyFriday #books #comingsoon
November 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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#WIPSnips 28. "Zigzag"

From Eternal Flame, the moments before an encounter that will change not only the lives of these two beings, but also of all the realms.

#ChroniclesOfTheRealms #SayaAshrah #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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November 28th – zigzag

#AnthropomorphicNovel, today!

Ray sometimes makes suspect spur of the moment decisions.

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November 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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She took off, running zig zags across the stretch, her feet brushing every patch she could. Like a cloud, the glittering wings surrounded her. Standing among the magic, she threw her arms out, sure she could ride the delight alone as high as they lifted her spirits.
-A Dance of Bow & Blade
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November 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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I don't have zigzag for todays #WIPSnips but I do have jagged. A description of one of the city districts in 'First to Fall'. The Dip is like the ocean, something old and terrifying lurks at the very bottom. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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‘Wavy’ instead of ‘zigzag’ today.

From ‘Reign, Dear’.

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November 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Just Nico being Nico

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From The Magic in Our Bones 🦴🕺
November 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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G'morning #WIPSnips. I actually wrote this word into TLC in one of the newer sections, but just found this earlier bit and thought it would fit much better.

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November 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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#WIPSnips | zigzag

Again, not a word I have, so we're doing vibes/mood - this time, back in Blood on the Snow and Sabbat musing on the thieves' roads and rat-runs of Old Town

( saranadosfiction.com/2020/06/15/b... )
November 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
#WIPSnips #fantasy #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
I don’t have the word, but …

Aaran high on the mountain vibes #zigzag best.
I’ve shared this before. I hope you’ll indulge me and enjoy it again!

- Brother’s Keeper, book one of my fantasy WIP about two brothers bound by a misunderstood power.
November 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Aaran is undergoing one of the transformations on his spiritual path.

- Brother’s Keeper, book one of my fantasy WIP about two brothers bound by a misunderstood power.
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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🧹 EARLY MAGIC 🧹

Frenemies take on high school, witchcraft, and daemons–both personal and magical.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips #Q #F #YA #AmQuerying #witch
November 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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‘Mostly, birth-shock makes the baby gasp and breathe. If not, slap its bottom. Suck the muck from its nose and breathe the life in, very gently. When I had the wasting fever, you dealt with the mess and the pain. There’s no other man I’d ask.’
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🧹 EARLY MAGIC 🧹

Frenemies take on high school, witchcraft, and daemons–both personal and magical.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips #Q #F #YA #AmQuerying #witch
November 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM