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C M Debell
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She/her. Writer and reader of stories. Fantasy forever. Lymond ❤️. Freelancer by day. SPFBO9 semi-finalist.

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December 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It's book quote Wednesday, and the word is 'blue'.

Blue is an important colour in The Many Shades of Midnight. It's the colour of Isyrium, the mineral that underpins the whole economy of Ellasia and is used for everything from heating and lighting to jewellery and clothing dye.

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December 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
#WIPSnips 21 November 'special'

Here's one of my favourite instances of 'special' in The Many Shades of Midnight.

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November 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
#WIPSnips 19 November 'third'

All my WIP uses of 'third' are spoilery, so here's one I found in the story Ailuin's Peace from In Midnight's Shadow.

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November 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
What fictional creature/villain traumatized you as a kid?

The Hound of the Baskervilles. My older brother used to sneak into my bedroom when I was asleep and put this book by my bed so I would see it when I woke up in the night 😂
November 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
It's Book Quote Wednesday and this week the word is 'girl'.

Here's a quote from In Midnight's Shadow - a terrible plan has gone terribly.

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November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Here's a quote from The Many Shades of Midnight for the #bookqw prompt 'colour'

A plague is turning people into monsters, and it's spreading.

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November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
#WIPSnips 4 November 'steel'

In The Many Shades of Midnight, Alyas has a matching sword and dagger made from Isyr steel, an extremely valuable metal. If weapons were characters, these blades could be my MC. They cause so much trouble.

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November 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
#WIPSnips 31 October 'monster'

Happy Halloween!

A mysterious plague is turning people into monsters in The Many Shades of Midnight.

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October 31, 2025 at 2:39 PM
#WIPSnips 24 October 'total'

From my historical fantasy - the beginning of a falling out that will have devastating consequences.

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October 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is 'self'

Alyas sends a would-be revolutionary packing in The Many Shades of Midnight.

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October 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
#WIPSnips 20 October 'field'

Slightly cheating with this one but it works - this is from my historical fantasy WIP.

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October 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
#WIPSnips 10th October 'prize'

I have this one! It's not a WIP, but here's a snippet from In Midnight's Shadow. Alyas is proposing to steal a famous treasure from a temple and Esar just knows this is a Very Bad Idea.

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October 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
#WIPSnips 8 October 'dungeon'

Considering that I write fantasy, I couldn't find 'dungeon' in any of my books, written or in progress. I did find this snippet from a historial fantasy that I am wrestling with that has kind of the right vibes.

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October 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
#WIPSnips 7 October 'safe'

I have lots of 'safer', 'safety', 'safely' in this WIP but so far only this one use of 'safe'.

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October 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
#WIPSnips 6 October 'miss'

When your characters have enough problems without a crown prince who should know better popping in for a visit.

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October 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#WIPSnips October 4 - 'hunt'
I don't have 'hunt' in this WIP, but I do have 'follow' in this scene, and it has the right vibes.

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October 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
#WIPSnips today is 'hibernate'. I can't find a hibernate but sleep, or lack of it, is something that comes up a lot in my Tales of Isyr series.

Alyas has a problem with sleep, but he can sleep when he’s with Cassana.

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October 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The Stuff With Fantasy Free Fall event starts today! 200+ books are free until 5th October.

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October 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
#WIPSnips I don't have 'salmon' in any of my books, but I did manage to find a fish in this WIP

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October 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
#WIPSnips for today is 'river'.

I don't have a river in my current WIP, but I do have plenty of canals.

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October 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I've just finished the first five books of the Triempery Revelations by @triempery.bsky.social and it has immediately become one of my favourite series ever. It was hard to concentrate on anything else while reading it and now I can't stop thinking about it. I need book 6 in my hands soon...
September 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I don't have a 'mire' in this WIP, but I do have 'sludge' and 'mud' in this snippet from the very first scene.

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September 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
#wipsnips 'leave'

Getting back into writing by trying to finish this WIP that I've been putting off for a while. It's set 100 years before The Many Shades of Midnight and is a 'how did we get in this mess' kind of story. And at this point the characters really are in a mess.

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September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The @narratess.com big #indieaugust sale has started.

My classic epic fantasy Silver Mage is among the 300+ books in the sale and it’s free! And the sequel is also on sale for 0.99.

Fill your e-readers: indiebook.sale

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August 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM