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Speculative fiction author, making the impossible reality | Freelance editor and formatter | THE BECALMER released by Creative James Media August 2023

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Nick Wilford @nickpwilford.bsky.social · 2d

After witnessing a murder by a man who bears her former face, a trans girl who transitioned by her DNA being changed from male to female uncovers a sinister cloning scheme and must expose the culprits to stop further abuse of trans people. #QuestPit #YA #SF #Q #agentguide

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Nick Wilford @nickpwilford.bsky.social · 30m

TBH, I haven't really used beta readers either, only critique partners. I would need to look into it but guess it would be general impressions about what works and what doesn't, are characters relatable, etc.

Nick Wilford @nickpwilford.bsky.social · 18h

Yeah, I would. If you'd like to swap, I'm hoping to get my current edit beta ready by new year. It concerns a VR sim of a TV show in which the underlying AI goes amok and traps an entrant. If not, I'll still read!

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Ron V 🏳️‍🌈 @rvillanova312.bsky.social · 20h

#WIPSnips
Word of the day is ‘movement’
I really enjoyed writing this scene with Eve. It’s mainly her questioning who she is.
Hope you enjoy!
#Writing #WritingCommunity

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Kavya Janani. U @kavyajanani.bsky.social · 19h

The only instance of this word 😁 #WIPSnips

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #TimeTravel

‘Earth to Queen. Where did you go?’ His deep voice wafted in the wind, drifting her back and wrapping itself around her ears. In a quick movement, she rose from her chair and walked over to him.
She clambered onto his lap and snuggled against him. Then she brought her face closer to his, whispering, ‘I want you.’

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Charlie Delta @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 19h

November 7th – movement

Fox and Av’ry are exploring a draconic ruin. Unfortunately, as flying creatures, dragons didn’t feel the need to include stairs.

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Leaning over the edge, she could see the dim green light bobbing down below, swaying back and forth with the movement of the rope. Finally, the creaking stopped.
“Hey, Fox!” Av’ry’s voice drifted up from the pit. “Next time we should bring a longer rope.”
“Can you make it?” she called down.
“Yeah. But getting back up is going to be interesting.”
“We’ll figure something out. Just go for it.”
The rope swung wildly for an instant, then she heard a grunt, followed by a crash and emphatic cursing.
“Alright!” Av’ry shouted. “Your turn. And don’t worry, I cleared some debris out of the way for you.”
“Did you do it with your face?”
“Just get down here,” he snapped.
Fox wrapped the rope around her leg and slipped over the edge.

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TanukiTycho @tanukitycho.bsky.social · 19h

I used Movement a lot... in spoiler context, so I just went with the Synonym "Gesture".

Future seers vary in the way they act... and Stolas well- he's eccentric.

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Stolas cut off the tanuki with a smile. "I'm here on a different sort of business. Let's talk over tea." Stolas gestured for them to follow them into the cabin as if he was inviting them into his own home. Drilltooth and Tycho shared a confused look, then shrugged at each other. "Oh and you don't have to break out the extra special tea. Just some honeyed black tea will be perfect for me." Stolas suddenly added, as he stood aside for the tanuki to open the door. He froze at the comment, then remembered who was giving the request. "That's starting to get a bit creepy." Tycho blurted out unintentionally, then quickly went to speak, but the owl shook his head. "My apologies, I'm just so used to seeing the future..." Stolas slightly bowed, then smiled brightly again. "Plus-" Stolas caught himself and chuckled. "Nah the anticipation just has me so giddy! I can barely contain myself!" Stolas cleared his throat, composing himself as Drilltooth went in passing another look to Tycho who shrugged. "Don't worry, I'll behave myself." Stolas noted as he followed the squirrel in.

Once the group were set at the table and some small talk had gone on, finally the Tea began to whistle. Tycho took the kettle off the stove, pouring Stolas' cup first at the counter. "So... what was that pressing matter you wanted to discuss with..." Drilltooth paused as Tycho poured another cup, "Just two sugars for me." The squirrel requested, and Tycho carefully placed two lumps in the tea. Then prepared his own cup. "Both of us?" Drilltooth asked as Tycho set two lumps of sugar in the squirrel's cup. "Give Tycho a second." Stolas requested, Tycho looked over his shoulder to the owl. "I can work and listen." He noted, "Yes, you can. But if I tell you now you'll break a very lovely tea set, and I don't want that." Drilltooth perked up at that, "What-?! What could possibly say that'd elicit a reaction like that!?" Drilltooth questioned as Tycho brought the tea to the table.

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 19h

"In a fluid motion, the man flipped over his prey. The smuggler thrashed like a defenseless tortoise stuck on its back."

The opening scene from my current WIP~

#WIPSnips #booksky #indieauthors #writesky #writingcommunity #fiction #writing #WIP

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Author James C Struck @curioussnowflake.bsky.social · 19h

#WIPSnips for 11/7: movement

When he was 7, Tim almost died in a fire, and he has never talked to anyone about it, until now.

This scene was the culmination of the most difficult and most rewarding writing I have ever done. It took me a month to get through it.

#WriteSky #UrbanFantasy

“How long were you in the hospital?” Kieran asked.
“About six weeks. My mom came home just as it happened, otherwise I probably would have died and the house would have burned down. As it was,” he smiled ruefully, “it wasn’t the burns, it was the infections afterwards that kept me in. The grafts wouldn’t take right, I almost lost my hand, and I had to do physical therapy for years to get the full range of movement back." He rubbed the back of his hand. “I don’t have much feeling in it either.”
“Is that why you do that flexing thing?" Gideon held up his own hand and moved it back, forth, side, side.
“Yeah, it’s a nervous habit now." Tim fell silent. He felt emptied out, wiped like he’d just run a 5K. Now that he’d finished, he really didn’t know what would happen. Suddenly Vee stood up and walked over to him, the light behind her obscuring her face. She stopped in front of him and held out her hands. Tim hesitated, then took them and she pulled him to his feet. As he stood, the light shifted on her face and he noticed the tracks of tears on her cheeks. She looked up at him, smiled, and threw her arms around his neck.
“Bravest. Thing. Ever,” she whispered in his ear.

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Amber Hathaway, Little White Flowers author @amber-hathaway.bsky.social · 19h

Her forward momentum sent her stumbling, and the motion freed her senses from the dredges of memory... All the times before, when she experienced one of these episodes, the cause of her perpetual torment was nowhere to be found, but here he was, in the flesh.

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 1d

The #WIPSnips word for November 7th is "movement"

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
November 3 - nice
Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration
Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics
Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine.
Support others on the #WIPSnips tag!
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#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
November 7 - movement
Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration
Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics
Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine.
Support others on the #WIPSnips tag!
Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social

The image behind the text is a border that is black with stars with a light blue rectangle highlighted by a fuchsia line. An illustrated caticorn holding a pencil and writing in a book with a rose behind one ear is in the lower right corner

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Tara S Geir @tarasgeir.bsky.social · 19h

From 'First to Fall', Grio is slowly healing but the results are still rather grim. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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J. Stigliano | Fantasy Author @jasonstigliano.bsky.social · 19h

The party advances deeper underground. #WipSnips

The span of the break was little greater than Tamlin’s height, but as they descended farther, circling the glass pillar, it held no more movement. Their lanterns pushed back the darkness only as far as the next turn of the circling ramp. As they went, Tamlin kept one eye turned back over his shoulder, but nothing approached them from behind. The way had been sealed.

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maggie 🌸 @maggiesbooks.bsky.social · 19h

The #WIPSnips word for November 7th is "movement"

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He stroked the back of my head in slow movements. I looked into his sad eyes. “It wasn’t your fault. He was driving drunk and high.”

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Robin Herbert @peterrobin.bsky.social · 19h

#WIPSnips November 7th "movement"

From
A Morris Minor on Mars

The back story again. Casey, inspired by Daryl's Mars film, displays the talent for which she will one day be famous.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Casey’s film was called, “Whistle and I'll Come” and was based on a short story by her favourite author, MR James. It's about a boy who steals a whistle from an antique shop and when he blows the whistle he starts being stalked by something.
On the one hand it had all the amateurish charm of a film made by ten year olds, but, like her Halloween decorations, it was disturbing and, in the final scene, genuinely scary. The stalker, always seen in the distance behind Daryl, is a weird figure that flits around in an inhuman capering movement and always disappears or collapses into a pile of rags when Daryl looks around. It was an elaborate rod puppet devised by Casey and operated by her and Melissa, Daryl's girlfriend who had been pressed into helping out.

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 19h

43 on the other team sent an illegal shoulder into Harper's jaw. Her head snapped back, feet swept out from under, &she slammed the ice full force. Then no movement.
He knew the look on her face when she finally tried, &failed, to sit up: Where the hell am I &how did I get here?
#WIPSnips #writesky

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 1d

The #WIPSnips word for November 7th is "movement"

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Nick Wilford @nickpwilford.bsky.social · 23h

An explosive meeting between two counterparts from alternate universes ends in a perilous cliffedge struggle for the upper hand. From untitled #WIP "movement" #WIPSnips #amwriting #WriteSky #writingcommunity

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Nick Wilford @nickpwilford.bsky.social · 1d

"Movement." Starting with "Mirror Me," the overlord of the cloning scheme is attempting to put Ella's mind at risk about the nature of the operation, but it won't wash. #WIPSnips #amquerying #WriteSky #writingcommunity

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Nick Wilford @nickpwilford.bsky.social · 1d

How are we doing in #5amwritersclub? For my first run through on this book, I've edited three chapters this week. Surprised how I'm flying through this middle part but suspect the real work awaits with the beginning and end! #amediting #writingcommunity

Nick Wilford @nickpwilford.bsky.social · 2d

A superfan of a teen drama is gifted a ticket to a VR simulation of its world. But when the AI powering it goes wrong and traps her, she must take on an evil force that threatens not just her own life but those of its creators. FRANKENSTEIN x READY PLAYER ONE #QuestPit #YA #SF #W

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Nick Wilford @nickpwilford.bsky.social · 2d

In a world where gender can be changed with one DNA-based op, what happens when your previous identity’s genetic signature is used without your knowledge? After witnessing a murder by a man bearing her former face, Ella finds out the hard way. #QuestPit #YA #SF #Q #agentguide

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Tini Wider @tiniwiderauthor.bsky.social · 2d

A SPARK THAT SHATTERS STEEL – 87k
What if UGLIES crashed a Regency ballroom?

🌟 Alternate history world of power and pretense
❤️ Slow burn
🔥 Girl genius vs gilded patriarchy
💅 Feminist rebellion that outsmarts ...
👑 A royal villain pulling every string
#Q #YA #F #RF #questpit

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Maya Rose @ohreallytheatre.bsky.social · 2d

13th-century Turkey. 3 valley kids -- an arrogant wrestler, a overly religious corn farmer, an archer with metaphorical dirt up her ass -- become a threesome while slaying 7 monsters to free their people from the mongols

WRATH OF THE DAWN x SIX OF CROWS but anachronistic AF

#questpit #ya #h #r

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Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · 2d

🐟FROM THE SEA FRET🐟

Callum Point moves to the dead-end town of Perne to scrape together a new life. He’s hoping to find what he always wanted; peace. Unfortunately, what greets him is a place rife with secrecy, conspiracy and creatures beyond comprehension

#QuestPit #Q #A #H

A moodboard consisting of 5 pictures, each outlined in navy blue. The 5th picture is in the centre.
A foggy wooden dockyard at night.
The inside of a tackle shop. Nets, buoys, and fishing paraphernalia hand from the wall and ceiling.
A pile of grey fish.
A hand reaching out of grey water, the sky above is overcast.
A fishing boat on the ocean. Seagulls swarm it in the air.

Outlined text over a dark blue ocean. The horizon is obscured by fog. Arrows point to words scattered across the image.
The text reads: From the Sea Fret. Revenge. Queer Transmac MC. Cosmic horror. Paranoia. Thalassophobia. Creepy small town.

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Nick Wilford @nickpwilford.bsky.social · 2d

Very interesting!

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FGV is Querying @princeandprag.bsky.social · 2d

DARK MATTER x THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SEA x WESTWORLD

A failed drug trial reveals a second consciousness lurking in some human brains - maybe yours. A scientist races to suppress it; a zealot races to set it free - at the cost of everything that makes us human.

#QuestPit #Q #S #SF

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Grace Hertenstein is querying ⚡️❤️‍🔥🤘🏻 @gracehertenstein.bsky.social · 2d

The Undesirables • #YA #NA #Q

🧍🏼a teenage loner
🌃 gritty 70s Hollywood
🎸a band of misfits led by a punk artful dodger
⭕️ circle pits & poetry
🖤 relationships that transcend romance
🪨 a rock bottom moment
⛅️ redemption & self-discovery
🤘🏻a really good playlist

#questpit

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