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Fox Veros, Novelist
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Psychologically focused, character driven, socially conscious fantasy. Literary agents, ask for details.
Sorry, I'm not commissioning art.
He/him/his.
BLM. Pro-LGBTQ+. Anti-genocide, no matter who's doing it. Down with white patriarchy.
AI is unwelcome.
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#DecemberWorldbuilders
In my medieval fantasy projects, you have to be well-to-do and/or well-connected for your kids to study anything beyond their own parents' trade. If you can afford it, people do study engineering, medicine, and others, and magic is studied exactly like any science.
kiraofthewind.com Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 11h
Welcome to the first week of #DecemberWorldbuilders! This week is about SCIENCE (broadly speaking) (you can play along even if you're writing pre-industrial fantasy!)
Today's Q: Can anyone in your world participate in scientific research? Or is it reserved for elites?
MonthlyWorldbuilders prompts daily feed card #DecemberWorldbuilders Hosted by Kira of the Wind Week 1: Science 1: Science in your fictional world: is it available to everyone? The image shows a cozy town during winter with warm lights. Large mountains are in the background. It is blurred. Snowflakes are around the top words
December 1, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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#Smutcember
I'm Fox, and I'll be writing about my WIP Grinks & Co. The MCs are Grinks, a goblin and part-time revolutionary; Taraltos, an elf and unemployed monster hunter; Laylee, a faun and forest mage; and Davik, a human and forest guide/regular hunter.
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lizzieblackwood.bsky.social Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 11h
Welcome to #Smutcember, folks!

To start things off, introduce yourself and the work(s) or characters you plan on discussing this month. You can focus on one relationship or several, it's up to you!

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#Smutcember, a bluesky writing prompt game hosted by @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social & @hookandquillpress.com Blurry black & white background that looks like a couple heavily making out. Prompt: Introduce yourself and your participating works or characters.
December 1, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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Jorang hasn't felt loved in a very, very long time, but ...

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“Thank you!” Alakshi hugged both Gallara and Zedenko at the same time. They hugged her in return, and each other. The sickening loneliness crept over Jorang as he - “Captain Jorang! Get over here!” He moved to his friends’ side as quickly as he was able. All three of them put an arm around him or a hand on his shoulder and another around each other, and welcomed him as he did the same to them. Even Prax leaned in and nuzzled all their foreheads. Their touch briefly brought to mind a long-past memory of being held with warmth, some time before he had entered the Order of the Iron River. He had not realized that he still had such a memory. But he was being held now. By these three, who were more than his allies. Jorang was happy.
December 1, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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oh they gave me a blue check now I can say how I REALLY feel!!! trans rights free Palestine housing is a human right universal health care for all six hour day for eight hours pay mandatory minimum wage raises that track to rent & cost of living protect the oceans & the rivers and bring back Jujubes
November 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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I tend to catch myself making my characters' facial expressions as I write their scenes, even if I'm not actually describing the expressions.

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susansavagelee.bsky.social Susan Savage Lee @susansavagelee.bsky.social · 22h
Is there a part of your writing process that would surprise readers, if they knew about it? Does talking to yourself to work out scenes count? 😂 #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Drohim liked Torvandin's sophistication, intelligence, good looks, and complete separation from the rugged, dirty life as a farmer and soldier that Drohim was sick of.

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cometkins.bsky.social Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @MFF C8 @cometkins.bsky.social · 1d
What made your MC really start to fall for their love interest in your book/wip? #WritingPrompt
November 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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A teasing little "number" for this Sunday's #WIPSnips:
A flash of shimmering red caught my eye, and I tugged at it to reveal a garnet-colored gown, the kind of basic slinky number made of stretchy, bouncy synthetics that wouldn't wrinkle when shoved unceremoniously into a duffel bag. I had forgotten I'd packed it, back when I thought these diplomatic sessions might have more evening socials and fewer nights climbing through ductwork to prevent our eventual murders.
November 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Drop some CARTOONS✍️🖤🎨
November 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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#Bookvember
It's all about what the reader actually likes. When I was six, I hated reading because my mom made me read books like Bunnicula and Bugs Bunny Meets the Tasmanian Devil. Then I read A Little Book of Devils and Demons, and I was hooked.
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woodenvelt.bsky.social Samantha Breaux @woodenvelt.bsky.social · 1d
Welcome to #Bookvember Day 30!

Thank you to all the participants for a fun month of book discussions! Can't wait to do it again next year.

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Bookvember, a book share prompt game for writers and readers by @woodenvelt.bsky.social Day 30: What’s the one book you’d recommend to convert a non-reader? #Bookvember. Use alt text for images. Have fun and interact with others!
November 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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#WIPSnips
Seff and Drohim do their best to not get killed by a necromancer who brings help and fights dirty.
This scene was one of the toughest for me to write, and editing it for clarity will take some effort. It's all part of the process.

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Every one of the dead people Drohim had re-killed got up again. “They’re behind you!” I shouted. As Kevra turned back to me, I jabbed my staff into her chest and shoved her back, then pounced on the sword lying next to the severed arm on the ground. As I reached for the hilt, the arm reared up and closed its hand over mine. I tried not to waste my breath screaming, and failed. I still managed to grab the sword and come back up parrying; it was awkward and off-balance with the bloody arm hanging from my hand, but it was enough to save myself from the hammer again. Thank the Many that even with numbers on her side, Kevra clearly didn’t have any training - her attacks were obvious and uncoordinated, she kept trying the same bone-stab every time, and she’d just stepped into Hammer Guy’s way. I frantically grabbed the severed arm’s wrist, yanking it free from me, and threw it at Kevra’s face. Then its owner crashed into me from behind, locking his remaining arm around my neck. I had one brief moment of trying not to panic and praying that Drohim would get him off me in time; then I remembered to throw my hips back and pivot, and breaking out of his grip was all the easier due to his missing arm.
November 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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#NovemberWorldbuilders
I've spent hours looking up the proportions of various body parts to each other (the legs are generally X% of someone's height, etc.) for Grinks & Co., to help me realistically describe size differences during ... certain scenes.
kiraofthewind.com Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 1d
Last day of #NovemberWorldbuilders! For those of you who have gone down rabbit holes researching random topics for your writing, tell me about it! What did you research? How did you implement it in your story or world?
#NovemberWorldbuilders prompt card Hosted by Kira of the Wind Extra days Something you added to your world after researching The image in the background is a blurred picture of a foresty/rocky landscape with lightning and a mountain in the background
November 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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#AwesomeCharacters
Across my various fantasy stories, people mostly walk or ride horses. The MCs of Prophecies, though, also travel by magical carriage, pirate ship, and gargantuan moth. Oh, and by falling through the bottom of a floating island.

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charliedeltawrites.bsky.social Charlie Delta 🦊🐐 @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 1d
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

What methods of transportation do your characters usually use to get around?

Horses, ships (water, space, air), cars, walking, other?

Does transportation ever cause your characters difficulty?

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November 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Tis the season to support small businesses and undervalued creators!
November 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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I would love for people to talk about the complicated themes of personal development and self-actualization that my stories bring up, as well as the social issues like racism, power structures, and violence.
And I hope they go ooh-aah over the porny one.

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susansavagelee.bsky.social Susan Savage Lee @susansavagelee.bsky.social · 1d
What kind of conversations will your book inspire? I hope when I finally get my latest WIP out there that people will look at Sicilian culture as it is, not how it’s presented in movies #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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frosted pond lies mute /
withered reeds whisper nothing /
cold keeps every word

#DailyHaikuPrompt
#reeds #withered
#haiku
November 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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"A man... a man stands alone at the plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he stands alone. But in the field, what? ... If his team don't field, what is he? What does he have to say? I'm goin' out there for myself. But, I get nowhere unless the team wins."
Pope Leo, on a commercial airplane, holding a bat.
November 29, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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#WIPSnips
Seff considers her future as Drohim's protégé and a Blade of the Many in her own right ... or as an ordinary person who chose not to live a life of violence.

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That would be worth all the violence and fear and hardship of a Blade’s life, right? Especially since I’d be a lot better able to handle it. Drohim had re-killed three trained attackers at least twice each while I was just trying to keep two of them from killing me, and that was with Kevra getting in their way; all the mercenaries and fake guards I’d killed or knocked out the other night had basically been ambushes. If I trained up to be a real Blade of the Many, there honestly wouldn’t be much for me to fear. It would sure as hell pay better than being a squire, even if it would never make me rich. And he’d called it “a significant step up in social status.” I still remembered how I’d felt when he’d called me “young miss” two years ago; it would honestly be pretty nice if people talked to me with respect all the time. I would probably even have a squire of my own. Wow. Either that, or I would have to tell Drohim someday that I was returning the training and admiration he’d given me with a great big “Sorry, I should have told you earlier, but everything you’ve dedicated your life to is meaningless to me.” And then I would have a chance to live for another fifty years or so without anyone trying to stab me, curse me, turn me to stone, or reanimate my corpse. Hopefully.
November 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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#Bookvember
Working on rereading Transmetropolitan, and also reading an anthology called Daughters of Sycorax; Warren Ellis' Planetary is waiting for me at the library. After all that, I want to finish Parable of the Sower.

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woodenvelt.bsky.social Samantha Breaux @woodenvelt.bsky.social · 2d
Welcome to #Bookvember Day 29!

Follow the directions on the prompt card and discuss your reading habits.

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Bookvember, a book share prompt game for writers and readers by @woodenvelt.bsky.social Day 29: What books are at the top of your current TBR (to be read) or TBW (to be written)? #Bookvember. Use alt text for images. Have fun and interact with others!
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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My Prophecies duology is full of random details that I added mostly for a chuckle, like the tumbleweed elemental or the "portmanticores" (scorpiowls, buffalosprey, etc.). I worked in lots of references to ancient mythology, folklore, and pop culture, and even names of authors I like, as Easter eggs.
kiraofthewind.com Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 2d
#NovemberWorldbuilders friends! We're at the end of the month so you know what that means: broad questions with no particular theme! Tell me about something you put into your world for no reason other than that it brought you joy. Did you learn about something cool and want to add it? Talk about it!
#NovemberWorldbuilders prompt card Hosted by Kira of the Wind Extra days 29. Something you added to your world just for fun The image in the background is a blurred picture of a foresty/rocky landscape with lightning and a mountain in the background
November 29, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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I'm eating spaghettified spaghetti squash loaded up with oregano, tomato, feta cheese, and sautéed chicken. It's a pretty easy meal to make, and with only a few ingredients, and it's delicious.
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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November 29, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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If you're a small business or an independent artist running a Black Friday sale: I love you, I wish you great success with it, and I wish I could buy everything you're selling.

If you're a huge corporation running a Black Friday sale: I hope you go extinct and small businesses take your customers.
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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What flavor is your OC?

Art of Alakshi by Mona Finden.
Alakshi, a half-human, half-elven warrior in a leather vest, patched trousers, and boots. She's holding a spear in one hand and hoisting a tankard of beer in the other, and smiling. A long dagger is attached to her belt. She has muscles. Art by Mona Finden. Samuel Smith oatmeal stout, the best beer I have ever had the pleasure of drinking
November 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM