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Eliwood S. Gheist @eliwoodsgheist.com · 3h

Lmao thanks Sam 😂😂😂 it was originally a filler term while I thought of something better, but it's just stuck now 🤣

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Eliwood S. Gheist @eliwoodsgheist.com · 6h

a man is talking to another man in front of a colorful wall .

Alt: a man is talking to another man in front of a colorful wall .

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birdko🦇🎃 @birdko.art · 8h

Hi #PortfolioDay ! I'm Ieva, a freelance digital artist from Portugal specializing in TTRPG/fantasy character design and illustration! 💗

More info on my website; for commissions, join my Ko-fi for early access and my Discord for art updates!

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Collage of three artworks side to side in a similar style.

1. A full-body digital illustration of Alexa in an Art Nouveau style referencing Alphonse Mucha's "Spring". She is a half-elf with fair skin and bright ginger hair falling in long swoops; her eyes are aqua blue matching the colour of the gems adorning her red beret, her single earring and her choker. She wears blue stays and red puff sleeves, long gloves and over-the-knee boots embroidered with gold. A cloth monogrammed with the initials 'A.I.' is tucked into her belt, and a flowing pink cloth wraps around her legs. Alexa is holding a silver rapier with one gloved hand and touching its blade with the fingertips of the other, as she looks to the side with a smirk. The background features Art Nouveau-style decorative elements with swooping vines, trailing roses and blooming lilies in a soft pastel colour scheme.

2. Full body Art Nouveau style of Ellia, a tiefling paladin, within an ornamental frame. She has ivory wings tinged with gold and pink, red skin with dark-tipped horns, short black hair, and pure gold eyes. She wears ornate white and gold armour. She is holding the Sword of Zariel with one hand; her red cape is folded over her other arm. All around her feet, snowdrops bloom. Ellia belongs to tieflingpaladin on bsky.

3. Art nouveau style drawing of Menardi, an elf woman with flowing white hair wearing metal and leather armour. She's standing in a misty/snowy landscape featuring bleeding heart flowers, and she's holding a bow in one hand and an arrow in another, looking down with a melancholy air. Menardi belongs to mimidrws on bsky.

Illustration of Amity and Kiana lying on their backs with their heads close together, reaching out to touch each other's hair as they look tenderly into each other's eyes. Stars swirl in the current around them. Amity is a dark-skinned girl with dragon-like horns and curly brown and pink hair. Kiana is a girl with pale skin and cat-like ears, white and purple hair, and yellow eyes rimmed in red makeup. Both characters belong to Lunewarden on Bluesky / Artfight.

Digital illustration of Alexa, a half-elven woman with pale skin, blue eyes and long red hair. She's wearing shimmery makeup and a circus ringmaster outfit. A heart-shaped spotlight is shining on her. She's holding a whip which is snapping in the air above her, as she touches a gloved hand to her top hat and smiles at the viewer.

Chibi lineup of the Forgekeepers: Artem, a tiefling rogue; Alexa, a half-elf bard; Dúri, a dwarf cleric; Theefsa, a goblin warlock; and Addan, an elf druid.
All characters other than Alexa belong to my D&D party friends (Theefsa belongs to lunelkie.bsky.social - Addan belongs to leki02.bsky.social); Alexa belongs to me.

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Eliwood S. Gheist @eliwoodsgheist.com · 10h

No, I definitely agree 😂 my hope is with this particular one I have in mind, it kind of will get reframed after reading book 4, which would hopefully make a reread worthwhile

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Eliwood S. Gheist @eliwoodsgheist.com · 10h

Yeah, that's a big concern for me lol, I get super worked up in the moment over a cliffhanger but by the time it dissipates I'm just not as invested in the next book.

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MechaniChris @chrisakins.bsky.social · 13h

For today, why not kick things off with the opening of chapter 1 (after the prologue mind you)

And as always, go here to get your own copy! www.christianakins.com/grimportents

#writingcommunity #WIPSnips #writesky #booksky #indiebooks #halloween

Chapter One
The First Day of the End of My Life
My only concern in the hours leading up to
my wedding was whether I would be able to adequately affix a bow tie. It's an infuriating garment that likely would have been phased out of fashion decades ago had it not pitifully clung to the wedding industry as a last bastion of relevance. Admittedly, no one was forcing me to adopt such an outmoded accessory, but it wasn't as if I knew how to do a regular tie any better so I figured I might as well opt for the "fancier" option. Had I known that my choice of tie would ultimately determine the fate of all sentient beings in the universe, I would have bought a clip on.

Grim Portents cover featuring a skeleton hand holding a feather and emerging from an open book. The title is on a burning banner that envelops the feather and a large beast looms over it all. At the top, the tagline reads: Welcome to the first day of the end of your life…

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Eliwood S. Gheist @eliwoodsgheist.com · 13h

right?? things are generally somewhat *different* at the end of each Bludeye book, but still resolved; I want readers to feel satisfied and emotionally affected. But I have Big Plans for book 4, so I kind of want to start with a bang 😂

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Eliwood S. Gheist @eliwoodsgheist.com · 13h

That's a little bit what I'm thinking, yeah 😂

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Eliwood S. Gheist @eliwoodsgheist.com · 13h

they have each other's backs, no questions asked, and are absolute assholes to each other 24/7

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Eliwood S. Gheist @eliwoodsgheist.com · 13h

Ballard keeps shooting the walls of the hive if Atl doesn't give him enough toys (other things to shoot)

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Eliwood S. Gheist @eliwoodsgheist.com · 13h

😭😭 ilysm ❤️❤️

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Eliwood S. Gheist @eliwoodsgheist.com · 14h

a man in a striped sweater is sitting on a couch

Alt: a man in a striped sweater is sitting on a couch

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Eliwood S. Gheist @eliwoodsgheist.com · 14h

Ballard: *kicking rocks*
Atl: Babe what's wrong
Ballard: Not enough gunfights 😭
Atl: *sighs* *calls up some vagabonds*

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Teresa @dimreaper.bsky.social · 15h

Atl will step up as a leader, though not in the way he expects. Ballard will find a lot of contentment as a consort to his king and maybe still having the occasional gunfight as a treat.
#PlotTober

Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 1d

#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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Eliwood S. Gheist @eliwoodsgheist.com · 14h

Ooo this is definitely an intriguing problem; plenty of folks have offered some very smart insight already and I don't think I have anything to contribute, except that I think with this premise you'll have some very interesting choices to make, and I'm excited to see what you do!

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Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 1d

#PlotTober Day 14: Story endings

I am debating on a few different endings for Josh. None of which are happy.

A) He succeeds in his plan to kill alternate Josh and take his life, but it slowly falls apart as he is still the same person he always was. Eventually he ends up worse off than before.

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Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 1d

#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

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Eliwood S. Gheist @eliwoodsgheist.com · 14h

That sounds about right 😂😂😂

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Eliwood S. Gheist @eliwoodsgheist.com · 14h

That's it that's the whole book

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Eliwood S. Gheist @eliwoodsgheist.com · 14h

"If only I could tell if she liked me," Luke cries into the night as Isabelle strips in front of him

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Eliwood S. Gheist @eliwoodsgheist.com · 15h

literally this, yeah 😂😂😂 it's so hard to be a werewolf with social anxiety in this world!!!

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Eliwood S. Gheist @eliwoodsgheist.com · 16h

I absolutely agree; I'm more considering it for how well it would set up events in book 4, rather than trying to force a build in suspense. For me personally, when a book ends in cliffhanger but i have to wait for the next to publish, I honestly lose all interest past the initial rush.

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Eliwood S. Gheist @eliwoodsgheist.com · 16h

you say that now

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Eliwood S. Gheist @eliwoodsgheist.com · 16h

lovelovelove everything you do, so vibrant and lush 😍😍

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Nush @nushdeco.bsky.social · 16h

Hello #PortfolioDay !

I'm Nush, I love doing character art and illustration!

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Eliwood S. Gheist @eliwoodsgheist.com · 16h

Happy #WIPSnips 14 - Ultimate!

From my werewolf romantasy, EYES SHINE SILVER IN MOONLIGHT. Luke's deep in his "I won't say I'm in love" angst, and his bff Ramsey is wingmanning as hard as she can.

“You bribe me with my favorite drink,” Luke groaned. “And now you want me to play this childish game of who likes who?”

“Honestly, I came here to help you feel better after you had to deal with your dad." Ramsey leaned back in her chair. “I didn’t realize you were this far in the self-denial thing.”

“It’s irrelevant,” Luke said firmly, lifting his head again. “One, this job is temporary. Two, the feud is not.”

“Feuds end all the time."

“This one isn’t going anywhere,” Luke insisted. “And three, she’s not interested.”

“Four, full moon in three days,” Ramsey said, her lips curling into a grin. “Moonlust, my man. It’s the ultimate icebreaker.”

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