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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)

@kiraofthewind.com

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She/her, author of fantasy novels coming from Shadow Spark Publishing✨ Fantasy gamer, anime nerd, reader🌈 SFINCS3 judge📚 Autistic ace vampire🧛‍♀️ LGBTQ+ safe🏳️‍🌈 Occasional 18+ content🔞 Links to my stuff: https://linktr.ee/kiraofthewind

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · Jul 1

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Info about me, links to my books, Discords, Patreon, etc.

Please like and repost if you see this🫶💕

Meet the writer
About me: My name is Erika McCorkle, but I also go by Kira of the Wind online. Feel free to call me by either name. I’m open to cute nicknames, too
I am a millennial, internetting since 2003.
I have been writing/worldbuilding since the 90s
I am genderfluid and fictosexual, but she/her pronouns work just fine

Things I know and do:
I have a Bachelor of Science in Biology
Work the night shift at a blood bank as a lab tech
Taught myself Japanese, but I’ve forgotten much of what I once knew
Big fan of fantasy (games, books, anime, etc.)
I spend free time writing, reading, watching anime, or playing video games

Favorites:
flower: lotus
drink: coca cola
food: taco
animal: seal
hobbies: video games and writing

My books and writing
I write fantasy that takes place in a queernormative world (meaning a world where being queer is normal and accepted).
My books are Dark Fantasy with Adult content, extremely in-depth worldbuilding, and themes of revenge and found families
I have two novels out currently and a few short stories and serials on my Patreon.

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 42m

Ingram has so many problems, I wouldn't want to deal with them 😵‍💫

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 59m

Omg congratulations!! It's gonna be an epic moment for you 🥰

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 4h

🥰 I would love that!!

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 4h

a woman in a pink dress with flowers in her hair is smiling and says me and no .

ALT: a woman in a pink dress with flowers in her hair is smiling and says me and no .

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 4h

🥹 omg this is the best~

Wait, rants? I don't know if that's a good thing🤣 If you ever need to rant at me (good or bad), I am all ears

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 4h

The game was designed with diplomacy and betrayal in mind. There are pieces which can take only one side's pieces and some that can be temporarily taken hostage.

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 4h

a complicated but friendly relationship, while Cecsilia and Deris are my "enemies-to-aroarce queerplatonic relationship"

All three are strategists and wanted to come up with a board game designed for three people.

Although a player *can* win by never allying with the others, it's difficult.

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 4h

#OctoberWorldbuilders
13 and 14: Famous historical figure involved in game spot
and a strategy

Troika was invented by three figures important in Aloutian history: Cecsilia, Deris, and Nikita. One day, I'll write a book about these three😂 Suffice to say for now, Deris and Nikita are siblings with

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 5d

#OctoberWorldbuilders
Week 2: Sports/Games
Day 9

I'm gonna talk about troika this week! It's a three-person board game akin to chess that I invented for my fantasy world. To the people of my world, it's meant to mimic the three-way wars between Aloutia, Ophidia, and the Makai

Graphic for OctoberWorldbuilders prompts. Behind the words are images of autumn trees

WEEK 2: SPORTS AND GAMES
8: Does your MC play a sport?
9: Board games in your book’s world?
10: Competitive game/sport
11: Cooperative game/sport
12: Equipment/pieces
13: History/famous figure involved in a sport/game
14: Strategy for winning

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 4h

Ahhh, thank you so much for reading! 🥹 Hope you enjoy it!

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 4h

ngl I think he's been spraying himself with lysol lately 🤣 (I'm joking). He has this fog machine thing that sprays a medicinal vapor into the air and our appt has smelled like menthol for the last two days

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 4h

I love it so much🥹

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 4h

I don't know, but I like to think it blessed me, so maybe I got all the luck it stole😂

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 5h

I'm not even joking when I say that's the exact thing I told my partner 😂

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 10h

Speaking of that... The teachers around these parts were encouraged to teach something to the kids (I don't remember what) and the acronym was WILF

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 12h

Callback to two years ago when October 13th landed on a Friday and this black cat crossed my path

Image shows a tweet from Twitter where I posted "I just had the most exquisite October Friday the 13th experience. Behold! A black cat crossing my path amidst autumn leaves."

The picture is exactly that: a black cat approaching me while the area and the path we're on is surrounded by autumn leaves

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 13h

🥰💕I love themmm, omg cute fishie~ 🥹

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Khonri 🎃👻 @khonri.com · 14h

Since it's spooky season, I'm thinking about their weird daughter a lot lately.

I love her so much. ;;
(ty @nushdeco.bsky.social, ily)

A pixel art halfbody of Nakine Matsuba, wearing a grey blouse and skirt and holding Zero, a kuraima, currently in a frog-like form. Behind her is a swirled, muted pastel paint blob on a black background.

Art was a bonus from a vgen commission from @nushdeco.bsky.social.

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 14h

👀

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 15h

Congrats!

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 15h

As a seashell-shower curtain-user, I approve. One of the best bathrooms I have been in was my grandparents' one when they made the WHOLE thing seashell themed. Loved it

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 16h

Finally, a man who knows how to please a lady...

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 16h

Look, there are certain genres where you expect a half-brother to poison you. I'm not counting anything out 😂

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 16h

Ahh, the ol "that was obviously a joke..." bit. As an autistic, it's sorely relatable.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 17h

Today is the 4th anniversary of The Thirteenth Hour, the first book in my Cruel Gods series. This book went on to become a SPFBO & BBNYA finalist AND Indie Ink award winner for best setting/wittiest character!

To celebrate, I've put the ebook up for FREE for today only! 🥳

mybook.to/TheThirteent...

A promo image for the Thirteenth Hour's 4th anniversary featuring the book cover with funky glasses over the characters, and the text: Fantasy of bad manners, tea, and naughty words - four years! Cruel gods demand worship from their mortal subjects in this gaslamp fantasy featuring magical portals, gothic cosmic deities, quaint Britishisms, and steampunk vibes.

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 17h

Great thread! And happy book birthday 💕

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