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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 9h

Considering reopening weapons comms for a bit because I've been drawing a ton of swords lately for fun; What say you people? :)

ALT: a sword with the word justice engraved on the blade

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 9h

#WIPSnips 15/10: care

'He’d taken the day off from his day shift at the Dunraven Diner to take care of Victor personally, since Jessica couldn’t get leave accepted at such short notice from her journalism position in Nexbyt.' - #WitchChild

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 2d

Here are the #WIPSnips words for October 13th - 19th

Please remember Alt Text on graphics & Trigger/Content warnings when necessary.

Synonyms, variations and ✨vibes✨ are fine.

As always, no unsolicited line editing on posts. This is a place for supportive convo (which y'all are awesome at)!

The #WIPSnips words for October 13th through October 19th

October 13 - push; October 14 - ultimate; October 15 - care; October 16 - might; October 17 - loaf; October 18 - dodge; October 19 - trial

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 9h

#QueerPrompts
Ryder might skip up on occasion but would be fine.

Manson would be constantly worried he'd mess up and offend the person, trying almost too hard.

Valerie? No worries, it's a breeze

Victor would also find it easy, but only after he's asked questions to understand better.

#WitchChild

🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 15d

🌈 Hi #QueerWriters! #QueerPrompts is your chance to talk about your WIP/story/book, meet other queer authors, and have fun! 🏳️‍🌈

📚 While focussed on queer fiction, any writers are welcome to use these prompts! Include the tag #QueerPrompts and join at any time and on any days you want. 🎃

1. Introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book
2. LGBTQ History Month: Any queer history mentioned in your story?
3. Free Friday or National Body Language Day: Do you add body language when writing conversations between characters?
4. National Cinnamon Roll Day: Any cinnamon roll character?
5. Banned Books Week Begins: What might someone try to ban your story for having?
6. National Coaches Day: Any coaches in your story? (fitness, life coach, etc.)
7. National Inner Beauty Day: Does your story address outer vs inner beauty?
8. International Lesbian Day: GIF/Audio or description of personality of a favorite lesbian character
9. Curses or bad luck in story?
10. Free Friday or World Mental Health Day: Has positive queer rep in books helped your mental health?
11. National Coming Out Day: Do any of your characters come out in your story?
12. Astrology/horoscopes in story?
13. Indigenous People's Day: What people would be indigenous to where your story takes place?
14. Ghosts or spirits in story?
15. International Pronoun Day: GIF/Audio or description of how easily your character(s) adjust(s) to new pronouns
16. Dictionary Day: What word in the dictionary would have your MC's face next to it?
17. Free Friday or pitch your story as a horror novel
18. Line that foreshadows danger or scary scene/snippet
19. National LGBT Center Awareness Day: Where do your characters go to feel safe?
20. National Day on Writing: Favorite/least favorite part of the writing process
21. Asexual Awareness Week: Ace rep in story?
22. GIF/Audio or description of what emotion(s) you want/expect your story to make readers feel?
23. Does your MC/characters like being scared?
24. Free Friday or spooky queer reading recs
25. International Artist Day: Art share or role of art in your story
26. Intersex Awareness Day: Intersex or non-traditional gendered character(s)?
27. MC/character's worst nightmare
28. Rate your MC's and/or villain's scariness level from 1-10
29. National Cat Day: GIF/Audio or descrip

The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 9h

Train line that spans from the mountains that define the border between Hetar and Misaren, where the UnderCity is (name pending haha) which eventually creates an underground circuit around the whole world, giving another safe form of bulk transport to all nations. (4/4)

The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 9h

Thanks to Metralo's ingenious citizens and unique issues as a city, we got air travel! They invented aeroplanes so they could take their goods and receive things over the heads of all the ground based morons in their way! Later on, they'd become the final destination of a giant underground (3/4)

The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 9h

Trade due to the "no man's land" Asunder blocking it off from the rest of the world, they'd sail to places like Utana (capital of Parisen), and Arondale, with the Floating Pirate City forming nearby, cliffs on the eastern coast and Nexbyt (Misaren) the furthest down, unable to reach Hetar. (2/4)

The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 9h

#OctoberWorldbuilders 15/10:

Before the central countries of #Vethera (Escario+Carimescar) were ruined, they contained the main trade roads. Escario even had a port city, Arondale, which was famous worldwide (The circular city). Metralo however always had to take a unique approach to(1/?)

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

Here are the #OctoberWorldbuilders prompts!

Assuming I'm not doing other peoples prompts (I haven't seen any yet that I really want to do?) I might actually stay on top of these, this time around 🤣

I just realized I can actually fit all the text in the alt text, woo hoo!

October Worldbuilders prompt list

WEEK 1: DESERTS
1: Name of a desert in your world
2: What’s your desert society like?
3: Desert town architecture
4: Desert animals/plants
5: Myth/legend/religion about
desert
6: How do they survive?
7: Clothes/dance/music from
desert society

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

WEEK 3: INFRASTRUCTURE AND CITIES
15: Trade routes
16: Fire/police/hospital services
17: Where does their food come from?
18: Tech: Electricity? Steam power? Mills?
19: Sanitation, sewer system, hygiene
20: Who developed the infrastructure? Government employees? Soldiers? Private business? Are taxes or slaves involved?
21: Housing (Style? Architecture? Amenities available in your world?)

WEEK 4: AESTHETCS/VIBES
22: Share a moodboard or art
23: Aesthetics of a town/city
24: Overall vibe of your story/book/wip
25: Religious/cultural vibes/influences
26: Clothing and accessories
27: What feeling or thoughts do you hope your readers come away with after reading your story?
28: Something special about your world

Extra days:
29: Plans for next month
30: Recent character you’ve created
31: Which of your characters would you like to see someone cosplay? (Or who would you cosplay yourself?)

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

Here are the #OctoberWorldbuilders prompts!

Assuming I'm not doing other peoples prompts (I haven't seen any yet that I really want to do?) I might actually stay on top of these, this time around 🤣

I just realized I can actually fit all the text in the alt text, woo hoo!

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 21h

Tomorrow's #DiceRollArt topic is; Number 49 - Yu-Gi-Oh Season 0 🙏

Amusing since my honey dice are on my Blue Eyes White Dragon card blanket 🤭

The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 1d

For me, my introduction would be;

Jelly/Jell-O (stuff with gelatin made as a dessert).

Everything Everywhere, All At Once (brilliant movie but I have discovered new Icks and I 🤢)

The chicken dance. 💀 genuine introvert trauma from this one.

E.W. Doc Phibes @ewdocparris.com · 1d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand.

Mayonnaise.

Mission to Mars - worst movie ever made.

God Bless the USA, Lee Greenwood.

ElectricDC @electricdc.bsky.social · 1d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand.

Ranch dressing. 🤢

Godfather 3. It's over-hated, but I ticked that box and don't need to go back 🤷🏻‍♂️

Hotel California

Progress Update: October 6th - 12th | The Dicepool Tavern

The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 1d

#WIPSnips 14/10: Ultimate(ly)

'Hoping Valerie didn’t mind Cornelia ultimately bailing on her for the next twenty minutes, the bestie lingered to receive an answer.' - #WitchChild

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 2d

Here are the #WIPSnips words for October 13th - 19th

Please remember Alt Text on graphics & Trigger/Content warnings when necessary.

Synonyms, variations and ✨vibes✨ are fine.

As always, no unsolicited line editing on posts. This is a place for supportive convo (which y'all are awesome at)!

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 1d

#QueerPrompts 14/10:

Yes! One of my most important side characters, Mrs Vance, is a ghost ♡ She's a lovely lady who died too soon, but loves period dramas and having the kids stay over in her otherwise empty mansion. She adores feeling useful and keeping everyone company #WitchChild

🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 15d

🌈 Hi #QueerWriters! #QueerPrompts is your chance to talk about your WIP/story/book, meet other queer authors, and have fun! 🏳️‍🌈

📚 While focussed on queer fiction, any writers are welcome to use these prompts! Include the tag #QueerPrompts and join at any time and on any days you want. 🎃

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 1d

#OctoberWorldbuilders 14/10:

Continuing on with the duels, most schools follow the technique rather than "go big or go home" with their fighters. They'll have year level competitions (that can be opted out of!) to find the best fighters before they go up against other schools. #Vethera #Hetar

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

Here are the #OctoberWorldbuilders prompts!

Assuming I'm not doing other peoples prompts (I haven't seen any yet that I really want to do?) I might actually stay on top of these, this time around 🤣

I just realized I can actually fit all the text in the alt text, woo hoo!

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

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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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 2d

I know someone I'm mutuals with on here can do this, I'm just blanking on names

I also know Dave is super cool to work with. I certainly enjoyed murdering him with giant wheels of cheese 🤷‍♀️

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 2d

Weekly Patreon Update:

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 2d

Public Schedule Update:

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 2d

#WIPSnips 13/10: Push

“Oh, I can only push you so far. You have to take yourself the rest of the way." - #WitchChild

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 2d

Here are the #WIPSnips words for October 13th - 19th

Please remember Alt Text on graphics & Trigger/Content warnings when necessary.

Synonyms, variations and ✨vibes✨ are fine.

As always, no unsolicited line editing on posts. This is a place for supportive convo (which y'all are awesome at)!

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 2d

#QueerPrompts #WitchChild
Ryder is one of the Fire People, descended from both Nomad and Warrior (but identifies with the Nomads more strongly). Their true home is in Dunraven but their past has been glossed over and forgotten, so Ryder fights to keep it alive, along with magic in the modern era.

🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 15d

🌈 Hi #QueerWriters! #QueerPrompts is your chance to talk about your WIP/story/book, meet other queer authors, and have fun! 🏳️‍🌈

📚 While focussed on queer fiction, any writers are welcome to use these prompts! Include the tag #QueerPrompts and join at any time and on any days you want. 🎃

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 2d

- on the battlefield. The duels are to ensure that all of Hetar, regardless of gender, can defend themselves in a fight.

It's also what started the proper push for acceptance of queer and LGBT+ related social topics because it wasn't looked kindly upon in general in Hetar prior to Meliae.

BETA READING - Witch Child Chapter 14 | The Dicepool Tavern

The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 2d

#OctoberWorldbuilders 13/10:

Princess Meliae of Hetar is the reason Duels became the "national sport". She fought to be taught in the ways of swordsmanship and her stubborn nature saw to it she was allowed. She then went on to become one of the greatest heroes Hetar ever saw, despite going missing-

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

Here are the #OctoberWorldbuilders prompts!

Assuming I'm not doing other peoples prompts (I haven't seen any yet that I really want to do?) I might actually stay on top of these, this time around 🤣

I just realized I can actually fit all the text in the alt text, woo hoo!

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 2d

New #WitchChild chapter is published for Patreons of the Adventurers Tier and higher! <3 This one is Chapter 14: Finding A New Normal

www.patreon.com/posts/141030...

The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 2d

I FINISHED ANOTHER CHAPTER TODAY OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

After not being able to write for a long while, it feels amazing to get one step closer to a full draft!

The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 3d

#QueerPrompts That's a great question.
I haven't decided on any specifically yet, but Cornelia does mention briefly that horoscopes do in fact exist in my world of #Vethera during #WitchChild

I guess I better get on that some time then! 😅

🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 15d

🌈 Hi #QueerWriters! #QueerPrompts is your chance to talk about your WIP/story/book, meet other queer authors, and have fun! 🏳️‍🌈

📚 While focussed on queer fiction, any writers are welcome to use these prompts! Include the tag #QueerPrompts and join at any time and on any days you want. 🎃