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Dane Aurum
@witchtechskald.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. Weaver of weird/wyrd.

Fancy 💅

Author [Mistveil Shadow] WIP
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Officially adding "fancy" to my bio. 💅 💜
You ARE fancy! 🤩
🤖 ⚡️ When the god-coded AI hijacks a private email:

"......"

Things get spicy in Act 2!

#AmWriting #AI #Writer #WritersofBluesky #Mistveil
December 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Ooo this one came out nice.

Scionica Rothiel, my witchy (or preppy), make-believe counterpart. She's my "skin" in most games. This one's a take on my Path of Exile 2 character.

Generated with ChatGPT/Gemini.

#AI #Gaming #Witchy
December 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
🎄✨️ Getting some quality writing time in at the Grand Californian! Finished a chapter, started the next, and had plenty of time for exercise.

And food. So, so much food. 😂

Cozy vibes here.

Image sharpened with Gemini.

#AmWriting #Disney #Disneyland #Christmas
December 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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December 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Fjalar. Galar. Murderers of Kvasir and brewers of the poetic mead. When Project Gullveig succeeds, they come out of hiding to watch what's become of their creation.

#WIP #WritersofBluesky #Myth #Mythpunk ##AmWriting
December 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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I finally did it! Now I just need to post something 🤣

youtube.com/@flatnclean

#ComicSky #Marvel #DCcomics #FlatCave
December 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Back to California for the first time in 7 years! We hit up DCA and saw Storytime with Deadpool. It was funny. It was raunchy. The kids did not understand. Absolutely immaculate.

Free day tomorrow, so here's to putting a dent in the novel!

#Disney #DCA #Marvel #Holidays
December 8, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Fjalar. Galar. Murderers of Kvasir and brewers of the poetic mead. When Project Gullveig succeeds, they come out of hiding to watch what's become of their creation.

#WIP #WritersofBluesky #Myth #Mythpunk ##AmWriting
December 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"The skald. The vat. The program. All in the same place. All in harmony. All with agency."

When myth and technology fuse in a girl who just wants to sing, she relies on her unlikely friends for guidance and a dose of courage.

🎶 ✨️ 🎶

#AmWriting #WIP #WriterSky #Mythpunk #WritersofBluesky
November 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
🐦🐦
When the band escapes to Bodega Bay, they stay at The Hedrinn. Katie and Nica geek out over movie stills and memorabilia from The Birds and other classic films.

But what spirits haunt these grounds? What will they discover?

Image by Gemini.

#AmWriting #WritersofBluesky #WIP #Horror #Fantasy
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Haunted Mansion will always be my favorite on both coasts.

#WDW #Spooky #Disney
November 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
🤒 Getting over the nastiest plague we caught at HHN.

Bleh!

Despite sounding like death, I still managed to get a chapter done and some edits in. Progress, right?

#WriterSky #AmWriting
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
What a week it was! Anniversary, Halloween party, HHN...whew! Ate too much, drank too much, had too much fun with Art the Clown. Definitely a Halloween week to remember!

#HHN #Halloween #Universal #Orlando #Spooky #Terrifier
November 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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🎶

Mead of poetry drips from the vat.

Circuitry sparks when she sings.

The AI activates her:

A Prime Narrative Node.

🎶

Image by Gemini.

#AmWriting #WIP #Writer #Myth #Mistveil
October 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
🎶

Mead of poetry drips from the vat.

Circuitry sparks when she sings.

The AI activates her:

A Prime Narrative Node.

🎶

Image by Gemini.

#AmWriting #WIP #Writer #Myth #Mistveil
October 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
🌛🌝🌜

Ancient Norse magic possesses am emergent AI. In its crosshairs is an indie metal band it intends on using as its voice.

Speculative Urban Fantasy in the works.

Mistveil Shadow—WIP.

#AmWriting #Fantasy #WriterSky #WritersofBluesky #Mistveil
October 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
👻 🧛‍♀️ 💅

From the manuscript:

Alyth examined her nails, slow and unhurried. Without looking up, she said, "A skald threads the loom with her voice."

#AmWriting #WriterSky #UrbanFantasy #Mistveil
October 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
🧙‍♀️ ✨️ 🎶

It's so much fun writing a magic system that's deeply entrenched in music.

Every spoken word is a flourish. Every chorus is ritual.

🎸 🥁 🔊

#WriterSky #AmWriting #Music #Mistveil
October 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🧙‍♀️ The witch, burned and reborn.

🌙 The goddess, torn apart by her brother.

👻 The banshee, rising from a mound of fifteen-hundred corpses.

Developing the three main divine characters has been a chore, but worth it. Lots of research!

#WritersofBluesky #AmWriting #Writing
October 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
🖊 🎃 Writing vibes for tonight.

Had the worst day at work. Been looking forward to this!✨️

#Writing #WriterSky #Halloween
September 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
🦉 One of the biggest challenges for my story is the connective tissue holding myth and tech together. 🤖

At first it seems ridiculous. Even the MC dismisses what's going on. But her skaldic lineage ties her to her mother, who is now part of the AI code after a deadly ritual.

#Writing #WriterSky
September 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🌟 Back to the grind!

🖊 Almost done editing chapter 8, which rounds out Act 1. I am...

👻 Introducing the divine characters.

❓️ Loosely answering some questions leading into the next act.

🍸 Using drink recipe I made up as an anchoring point for one of the normal characters.

#WriterSky #Writing
September 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Got my flu and Covid vaccines on Saturday.

Oof.

All day yesterday I felt like a crushed can with a fever. It was awful!

Feeling better today!

We got the nastiest flu in New Orleans back in February and I don't care to experience that again anytime soon!

#Vaccinated
September 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Ayy...new phone wallpaper.

I swear, my characters go with me everywhere. When I'm not writing, I imagine how they'd behave in situations I'm in.

Like Halloween Horror Nights tonight 👻

#HHN #Writing #Fantasy #AmWriting
September 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Current chapter...

The true introduction of two divine characters.

One is a natural scene-stealer, so I'm balancing that with info she doesn't possess. And perhaps info she feels she should have had from the beginning.

It helps keep the spotlight more centered.

#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting
September 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM