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Jessica Fisher Riches - is Querying and Drafting
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🌙 Previous Moons 🌙

A prequel to Early Magic
- Modern druids in Wales
- Dark Academic setting
- second-world portal
- Boss Bitch Villain

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips
#F #YA #books #druids
Outside, Marged tinkled with laughter. “You don’t happen to know how to drive, do you?” He shook his head. “No matter!” She unlocked the car and, once the engine was running, put on the radio. She chose a rock station this time, and turned the volume up high, eyes still shining with pleasure. They pulled out of the drive in a splash of flying pebbles. Dylan gripped the side of his seat, horrified that Marged was going to drive in this intoxicated state. Fortunately, she was not in the mood to talk, and sped along the roads smiling to herself or singing. Flinching at every passing vehicle, closing his eyes at every recklessly overtaken car, Dylan counted the miles to Cadfan.
November 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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🌙 Previous Moons 🌙

A prequel to Early Magic
- Modern druids in Wales
- Dark Academic setting
- second-world portal
- Boss Bitch Villain

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips
#F #YA #books #druids
You're an exceptional student, Mr. Bramwell.” “Thank you.” He managed not to make it sound like a question, but only just. Somehow he’d lost the thread of this conversation and was now blushing, despite himself. She was still standing quite close. “I’ve been following your progress.” She lifted her long hair and moved it to one side of her head, causing another wave of spicy sweetness to bloom around them.“You are the strongest young ovate I’ve seen in years.” “Oh, well—” “There's no point in denying it," she interrupted. "I'm well aware of the skills of my students.” Finally she took a step back, though it was only to look Dylan up and down. “You are different.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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🌙 Previous Moons 🌙

A prequel to Early Magic
- Modern druids in Wales
- Dark Academia setting
- second-world portal
- Boss Bitch Villain

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips
#F #YA #books #druids
Images: teen looking out a window, priestess mid-ritual, dark forest, altar, hooded figure in fog; text: The man was nearly at the altar now, and Marged Beynon was already unsheathing the athame. The old druid reached the altar and pushed back his hood. Dylan was relieved not to recognise him—even more so when the man unclasped his robe and let it fall to the ground. He wore no shirt. The Gwyar water scars were clearly visible on his bare back: long, raised curving lines of blue that shaped his personal connection to the touta. At the base of his spine, the shining, silver-white circular scar of his Nwyfre brand shone in the firelight.  Marged Beynon held up the athame and recited some words, then dipped the blade into the trwyth liquid in the bowl.
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Introducing Danika!

Danika is one of two protagonists in Early Magic, a surfer, a grieving daughter, and a newbie witch.

Absolutely adore this art by #rebeccae at bsky.app/profile/erin...

#Q #YA #F #amquerying #booksky #originalart #chibi
Chibi image of modern teen witch
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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#Bookvember

I love Nicola Yoon's *The Sun is Also a Star.* I love the two narrative voices, I love the short timeline, I love how Yoon creates magic between two people in an unlikely but very believable situation. I love everything about that book.
November 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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🌙 Previous Moons 🌙

A prequel to Early Magic
- Modern druids in Wales
- Dark Academic setting
- second-world portal
- Boss Bitch Villain

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips
#F #YA #books #druids
Images: teen boy looking out a window, close up of couple kissing; text: She held her hand at her throat, touching the necklace, and when she looked up at him again, he could tell she wanted to say something. He raised his eyebrows and nodded and she took a deep breath. “When I was very young, my mother was attacked. That’s what left her so ill.” Below them, the waves crashed. “Attacked…” Dylan repeated the word, searching her eyes for more. “Magically attacked,” she clarified. “My mother was a witch. Is a witch.” He gaped, mind reeling. “The local police got absolutely nowhere, investigating. They didn’t understand the true nature of what had happened, of course. “My mum’s coven helped my father look for answers, but they didn’t have a lot to go on. Eventually my Da found somebody who knew somebody. An old lady in the area had stories of a man. She called him yr Swynwr.” “The enchanter,” Dylan translated.
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Let me see. Rowan has a list.

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November 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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🇨🇿 The Best Kisser in Prague 🇨🇿

She tells herself she's got the Future all figured out.
He's pretending he's let go of his Past.
Will Mika and Dominik miss the magical Now?

🇨🇿 Expats in Prague
🇨🇿 Early-90s nostalgia
🇨🇿 A crossroads in history

#WIP #NA #R #HS #WipSnips
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Image: Prague arcade with vaulted ceiling; text: At five, Dominik takes his break. He nods to Irish Jacqui and she slips off her stool. Together they head outside to stand in front of the bar in the arcade, joined a moment later by Mike, who has the joint. Jacqui has her camera and points it directly above them as Mike exhales, catching the smoke and the vaulted ceiling. “Art?” Mike passes the joint to Dominik. Jacqui narrows her eyes a bit. “You say that as if it’s a bad thing?” Mike shrugs and looks up. “It’s a ceiling.” She snaps a picture of him. “I thought you were an actor. You should get it.” “He’s an extra,” Dominik says. Mike mock-winces. “Ouch.”
November 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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🌙 Previous Moons 🌙

A prequel to Early Magic
- Modern druids in Wales
- Dark Academic setting
- second-world portal
- Boss Bitch Villain

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips
#F #YA #books #druid
Images: teen looking out a window, stormy sea, woman mid-ritual, caer, hooded, robed figure walking through mist; text: It was cold in the caer sidi. It always was. The walls of the cavern passages were lit with sconces, but the fires never seemed to warm the dampness; they barely lit the chambers. The youngest children looked terrified. They always did. They entered the Hall of Illumination. Passing the ten large, conical metal fireplaces, Dylan inhaled deeply, glad there were no new littles. This was where they usually began to cry. The long rows of stone sensory deprivation boxes, the pyrth goleuedigaeth, did look very much like caskets. And what was it all for?
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Introducing Rowan!

She is one of two teen-witch protags in Early Magic, a fashionista, a boss biatch, and may or may not have lost her magic. Oops.

Absolutely adore this art by #rebeccae at bsky.app/profile/erin...

#Q #YA #F #amquerying #booksky #originalart #
original drawing of a fashion-forward red-haired teen with a color-block dress, boots, and super cute fuzzy purple hat.
November 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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*The Best Kisser in Prague*
🇨🇿
90s vibes
Slow burn
#WIP #NA #R #HS #WipSnips
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Image: close up of feet of couple kissing; text: Elsa pulls Mika aside. “I have a present for you.” She puts something in Mika’s pocket. “It’s happy stuff.” They split up at the end of the arcade, Elsa and Alex heading down the road to the theatre. It seems Dominik is coming along to the house party, though Mika isn’t sure she believes they’ll ever get there. The directions look complicated. As they head to the tram, Dominik and Anthony make a funny pair: Anthony small and long haired, every movement like a dancer; Dominik tall, short haired, serene - or distracted. Luckily, Anthony’s superpower is flirting with straight boys, so he takes care of the entertaining, while Mika hangs back and opens the plastic baggie Elsa gave her. Light blue pills with happy faces stamped on. They reach the tram stop and Mika passes a pill to Anthony and then approaches Dominik. He bends over to see what she’s got in her hand. “Rad.” He takes the baggie and fishes one out.
November 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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🌙 Previous Moons 🌙

A prequel to Early Magic
- Modern druids in Wales
- Dark Academic setting
- second-world portal
- Boss Bitch Villain

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips
#F #YA #books #druids
Images: teen boy looking out a window, stormy ocean, druidess mid-ritual, table full of potion bottles, hooded figure walking through mist; text: An hour later it was still not snowing when Dylan, Cat and Gwen exited the Law Hall, wriggling into their coats. On the steps, Madoc and the other penguins lounged with two pilfered bottles of champagne. “Oh, there’s my impressive brother,” Madoc called. “One to watch.” His friends laughed. “Time for the kiddies to go home, eh?” “Goodnight, Madoc,” Catrin called over her shoulder. “Gwen, you want a real escort home?” Madoc yelled. She didn’t look at him as they hurried across the road. “He’s drunk,” Catrin said. Madoc’s final retort barely carried to Dylan’s ears through night. “I’m watching you!”
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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🧹 EARLY MAGIC 🧹

Frenemies take on high school, witchcraft, and daemons–both personal and magical.

Speaking of daemons...

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Image: punk girl bending backwards over a landscape shot of a boardwalk arcade tinged red; text: Kinzey wore several vintage silk slips over black-and-red striped tights and platform Doc Martens. Her hair was up in space buns and a series of thin black lines ran down her face. She stopped in front of Danika, hand on her hips. “You with him?” Danika swallowed hard. What the hell was happening? Was Kinzey seriously pretending she didn’t know her? She nodded. “Rarr.” Kinzey winked and mimed biting, then pivoted to lead the way, revealing a huge tattoo across her shoulders: Lucky. Chris frowned, but pulled his gaze off the tattoo and looked at Danika again. “You okay?” She took a breath. “Yeah.” Trailing Chris into the labyrinth of books, she prayed that Kinzey wouldn’t say anything about their past meeting in front of him. Rowan would go ballistic if she thought Danika had told anyone else about the mini-coven fiasco.
November 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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*The Best Kisser in Prague*

She's telling herself she's got the Future all figured out.
He's pretending he's let go of his Past.
Will Mika and Dominik miss the magical Now?

🇨🇿 Expats in Prague
🇨🇿 Early-90s nostalgia
🇨🇿 Drifters, artists, seekers
🇨🇿 A crossroads in history

#QuestPit #W #NA #R #HS
Close up of a mixed tape with songs popular in the 1990s (modern/alternative rock)
November 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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*The Best Kisser in Prague*
🇨🇿
90s vibes
Slow burn
#W #NA #R #HS
#QuestPit #WritingCommunity

Mika and Dominik aren't looking for a connection.
It's Prague. The early 90s. Nothing is permanent. There are no rules.
They're each trying so hard to lose themself; can they find each other?
Images: two cassette tapes (Mix for Mika and for Dominik); air mail envelope; young woman with dyed red hair; young man with beard; silhouette of Charles Bridge; postal stamp
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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🌙 Previous Moons 🌙

A prequel to Early Magic
- Modern druids in Wales
- Dark Academic setting
- second-world portal
- Boss Bitch Villain

#QuestPit #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips
#F #YA #books #druid #W
9 squares: witch under a stormy sky, teen boy with beanie hat, druid holding a staff, ruin on a beach, silhouetted trees, potion, couple kissing with blood on their lips, castle in a grey misty world
November 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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🧹 EARLY MAGIC 🧹

Frenemies take on high school, witchcraft, and daemons–both personal and magical.

#QuestPit #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #Q #F #YA #AmQuerying #witch
Image: white box against a white background; text: Open with caution - Book of Spells
November 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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🧹 EARLY MAGIC 🧹

Frenemies take on high school, witchcraft, and daemons–both personal and magical.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips #Q #F #YA #AmQuerying #witch
silhouettes of two witches, back to back, overlaid on fairylights and dark sky. Text: This corridor’s walls were lined with portraits of Standish witches going back three hundred years, and Rowan closed her eyes for a moment to fend off their judgemental stares. God, she wanted to be anywhere else but here. Ideally, on a plane to Tokyo. She re-steeled herself with a series of deep inhalations. This deliberation would be short and she didn’t want to be caught caring by whichever lowly witch they sent out to fetch her—probably Siran. The coven would of course do whatever the Boss Bitch suggested. This was Standish business, after all. And as mentor, Grandmother apparently had the “prerogative” to withhold her original lamen. Typical
November 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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One of my favorite quilts.
#wallhanging #quilting #crafts
November 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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#Bookvember Day 3

Madeleine L'Engle
November 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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*The Best Kisser in Prague*
🇨🇿
90s vibes
Slow burn
#WIP #NA #R #HS #WipSnips
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
image: polaroids and drinks on a table; text: “Come on, California.” He leads them to an outdoor patio couch set up under the trees, still unoccupied. Nearby, people are building a fire in a pit. “I’m buzzing.” He leans his head back on the cushions. “Oh. Bad idea.” He sits up. “Too spinny?” “Totally. I’ll get us beers.” “And don’t lose your water bottle,” she reminds him. They will refill them all night. While he’s gone, another wave of buzzy breathlessness crashes through her, and she unclenches her jaw. Looking around, she can’t see Anthony anywhere, just a still-sparse group of strangers, but everyone is smiling. What a perfect place. These are obviously the nicest people in the world. And this is the best place. She wonders who gets to live here.
November 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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🧹 EARLY MAGIC 🧹

Frenemies take on high school, witchcraft, and daemons–both personal and magical.

Danika meets Madoc.

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circle image of teen girl over an image of a beach; text: On her way home, she stopped for gas and Red Vines. As she resettled on the scooter and fished in her pocket for the keys, a boy approached. “Oi, nice ride.” “Thanks.” Having located her keys, she kicked up the stand. “Hold on.” He pointed to the stickers on the side of her Vespa. “Do you surf?” She shrugged, tilting her head to take in his aviator sunglasses. And what was with the British Invasion? Apparently, every English person in California needed her help today. “Um, sure.” No need to bring up her surfing dry spell. The sticker he was pointing at indicated that she’d been a finalist in the Monterey Bay Youth Surfing Competition at age 14, but he probably only saw the surfboard icon. “Right. Perfect.” He pushed the sunglasses up and grinned at her. “Care to help a bloke out? Having a fit American lass teach me to surf is on my bucket list.”
November 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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🌙 Previous Moons 🌙

A prequel to Early Magic
- Modern druids in Wales
- Dark Academic setting
- second-world portal
- Boss Bitch Villain

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips
#F #YA #books #druid
Images: teen looking out a window, stormy sea, dark figure walking away, teen girl, botany materials; text: “That’s the thing: I can barely remember anything about him, and yet I feel like the memories are just sitting in my brain. Close, but cut off. Before this, it’s like I almost forgot he ever existed.” She nodded. “Yes. I know what you mean.” She eyed the picture. “A memory spell?” He shrugged again. “I have no idea, but it makes sense. I haven’t thought about him properly in ages. Instead, I just have this vague feeling. I thought he died after leaving us, but I don’t even know why I think that. We never ever talk about him at home. My mum sometimes makes cryptic comments but it’s like they don’t penetrate my brain. I never think about him, or miss him, or wonder at all—And, I think he was…nice.” She tilted her head, watching his face. “We should get rid of the memory spell.”
November 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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🌙 Previous Moons 🌙

A prequel to Early Magic
- Modern druids in Wales
- Dark Academic setting
- second-world portal
- Boss Bitch Villain

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips
#F #YA #books #druid
Images: teen boy looking out a window; stormy ocean, botany materials, a dark figure in silhouette, a teen girl; text: Now the room teemed with junk and cobwebs and water-damaged wooden tables, but one corner was perfect. In that corner, the roof didn’t leak and Gwen had pulled most of the vines off the glass, so enough light came in to grow her seedlings—lovely, new and full of possibility. And in her pocket she had a bag of seeds Professor Pritchard had given her, with a wink. “Tell me how you get on with these, Miss Beynon. I have a suspicion you’ll be able to tempt them to grow, if anyone can.” A few hours of daylight remained, and she had the seeds, soil and trays ready, along with a special book about rare magical herbs she wanted to look at. Gwen could forget about everything else for now.
November 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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*The Best Kisser in Prague*
🇨🇿
90s vibes
Slow burn
#WIP #NA #R #HS #WipSnips
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity

cobwebs => dust
Image: an outdoor passage (arcade); text: the pasaž and courtyard always smell like what she thinks of as cold dust, even when the city is at its hottest. When her grandmother was alive and the family used to come visit in the summers, there used to be actual huge piles of some kind of powder and bricks. Everything was always under construction during Communism, but there were never any workers. Radka said they were in the pub. Mika finds a note from Elsa stuck in her mailbox. “Glen’s tonight.” She unlocks her box. Surprisingly, there’s only one letter inside, and she can tell right away it’s not an application. She denies the niggle of relief with a muttered “Damn it,” then focuses on the letter. Bulky. Air Mail. The familiar handwriting gives her a stomach ache and she heads into the courtyard to the steps that lead to her floor.
November 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM