*️⃣8️⃣DAYS UNTIL RELEASE DAY*️⃣ Deatra Cohen‘s “Woven Roots” was the source of this potion Ash takes. He needs to break up with his current girlfriend (Gothel’s daughter Gisela, still ensnaring him with her beauty and song) in order to help court and save Rapunzel. #WriteSky #AuthorSky #WritingCommunity

My characters would probably all have the easiest time being trapped in Tetris. My story takes place in a fantasy world inspired by Russia/Eastern Europe anyway. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Octember

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Zed Prospero@zprospero.bsky.social · 3d ago

Please try to remember the 9th of #Octember! TODAY'S QUESTION: How would your character do transported into an 8-bit video game? You may eat a cherry and a ghost too, or a round plumber may stomp on you! 1/2 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Gothel (Galina) and her daughter Gisela are both accomplished plant witches who enjoy luring in victims with their entrancing soprano singing. Gisela’s dad Mare looks like a man, but is secretly [REDACTED] and thus can be magically trapped. #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WriteSky #LitHodgepodge

Pamela Jeong 🎃🫜@pamelajeong.bsky.social · 3d ago

#LitHodgepodge 10 Never judge a book by its cover… unless someone asks! Post a non-AI image (alt text, please) portraying your character, and let others guess: If you were laying a trap for me, what 1-3 things would you set out as bait? 🪤 #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WriteSky

Ash is the future Rapunzel‘s Prince, but before that, he gets trapped in a relationship with a very alluring blonde girl who turns out to be Gothel‘s evil daughter. In his spare time, he is training to be a bard playing ye olde indie rock. 🎸 #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WriteSky #LitHodgepodge

Logan Lerman

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Pamela Jeong 🎃🫜@pamelajeong.bsky.social · 3d ago

#LitHodgepodge 10 Never judge a book by its cover… unless someone asks! Post a non-AI image (alt text, please) portraying your character, and let others guess: If you were laying a trap for me, what 1-3 things would you set out as bait? 🪤 #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WriteSky

Princess Raizel’s been stuck in a tall tower for the past five years with not much else to do besides read about plant science or brush her overly bushy and curly brown hair. She’d love to be “accidentally” trapped outside so she can escape. #LitHodgepodge #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Christine Daae The Phantom Of The Opera

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Pamela Jeong 🎃🫜@pamelajeong.bsky.social · 3d ago

#LitHodgepodge 10 Never judge a book by its cover… unless someone asks! Post a non-AI image (alt text, please) portraying your character, and let others guess: If you were laying a trap for me, what 1-3 things would you set out as bait? 🪤 #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WriteSky

*️⃣9️⃣DAYS UNTIL RELEASE DAY*️⃣ Another potion Ash takes, courtesy of Deatra Cohen‘s folklore book “Woven Roots.” Ash needs all the help he can get. He needs courage to break up with Gothel‘s daughter, start courting Rapunzel instead, and help R escape the tower. #WriteSky #AuthorSky #WritingCommunity

*️⃣🔟DAYS UNTIL RELEASE*️⃣ “Woven Roots” by Deatra Cohen taught me shtetl magic folklore for THE GOLDEN STAIR. Ash buys this potion to psych himself up to work at Rapunzel‘s Tower under Gothel‘s daughter-and to break up with the daughter and court Rapunzel instead. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AuthorSky

THE GOLDEN STAIR as a musical: 🔹Raissa (Rapunzel) sung by Emmy Rossum in an alto key. 🔹Her future prince Ash is a bard w/ solos written by Ezra Koenig or DJO. 🔹Gothel + her daughter Gisela would get villain songs sung by Megan Hilty + Renée Rapp. #LitHodgepodge #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Pamela Jeong 🎃🫜@pamelajeong.bsky.social · 4d ago

#LitHodgepodge 9 Imagine your book is being adapted for TV/film. Who is your dream musical collaborator to compose the score or record the theme song? Choose based on the right vibes for your WIP, your favorite artist, or whatever criteria tickles your fancy. #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Out of all my characters in THE GOLDEN STAIR, only the Malinowska family would be eligible to turn into Santa because only the Malinowskas celebrate Christmas haha. That being said, Mother Gothel’s estranged evil husband Mare would kill it as Krampus. #Octember #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Zed Prospero@zprospero.bsky.social · 3d ago

Please try to remember the 9th of #Octember! TODAY'S QUESTION: How would your character handle becoming Santa Claus? A gift of new socks may be boring, it's true, but they'll keep the Yule Cat from eating you. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

*️⃣🔟DAYS UNTIL RELEASE*️⃣ “Woven Roots” by Deatra Cohen taught me shtetl magic folklore for THE GOLDEN STAIR. Ash buys this potion to psych himself up to work at Rapunzel‘s Tower under Gothel‘s daughter-and to break up with the daughter and court Rapunzel instead. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AuthorSky

*️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣ DAYS UNTIL RELEASE DAY *️⃣ Deatra Cohen’s “Ashkenazi Herbalism” was a great folklore source for THE GOLDEN STAIR. She writes in Russia, water lily seeds in a liquid form were used as a vocal health gargle by singers - and used in love potions. #WritingCommunity

The Shadow Prince My piece for one of this year's #drawtober topics. Wanted to follow up on the rider from the last year. 💕 #originalart

My author brand is “fairytales but make them more Jewish and more disabled/chronically ill.“ #WritingCommunity

DD Ward ..."Interim Pirate Queen"@ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 6d ago

Okay folks of the #WritersCommunity, I have an interesting indie marketing prompt challenge... Give us your elevator pitch, for yourself! What is your author brand? How would you sell yourself?

In THE GOLDEN STAIR, Rapunzel’s Mother Gothel (aka Galina) has a daughter through her villain couple with Mare. Mare is a mysterious man who‘s Not Quite Human. And without spoiling much, I’ll just say he reminds me of that time Johnny Knoxville played Rasputin. #Octember #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Zed Prospero@zprospero.bsky.social · 5d ago

Please try to remember, the 7th of #Octember! TODAY'S QUESTION: What cryptid/folklore creature would your character entice? (romantically or otherwise) A spicier question, potentially, it’s true. What kind of creature could they pursue? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

In THE GOLDEN STAIR, before he becomes Rapunzel‘s future prince, Ash ends up ensnared in the affections of Mother Gothel’s witch daughter. #Octember #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Zed Prospero@zprospero.bsky.social · 5d ago

Please try to remember, the 7th of #Octember! TODAY'S QUESTION: What cryptid/folklore creature would your character entice? (romantically or otherwise) A spicier question, potentially, it’s true. What kind of creature could they pursue? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

*️⃣1️⃣2️⃣ DAYS TO GO UNTIL RELEASE DAY*️⃣ Today‘s playlist is Gisela’s Mix. Mother Gothel’s daughter may look and sing like a theatrical pop princess, but it’s all a façade hiding how much of a murderous menace she really is. #writersky #authorsky #WritingCommunity

*️⃣1️⃣3️⃣ DAYS TO GO UNTIL RELEASE DAY*️⃣ Today‘s playlist is Ash’s Mix. One day he’ll be Rapunzel‘s future prince, but for now he’s an aspiring bard. I imagine he plays a lot of ye olde indie rock and ye olde stadium rock. #writersky #authorsky #WritingCommunity

*️⃣1️⃣4️⃣ DAYS TO GO UNTIL RELEASE DAY*️⃣ While we wait, I thought I’d share songs reminding me of the main characters. Today is for Raissa’s Mix. I imagine this Rapunzel listens to lots of wistful fairytale inspired pop, plus songs yearning for love that hasn’t come around just yet. #writersky #authorsky

Convincing you to pre-order my fantasy romance Rapunzel book THE GOLDEN STAIR using movie quotes from today's national holiday of #MeanGirlsDay , a thread (1 - ?) #writersky #authorsky

tasteofcountry.com/give-like-do... 📣Today only on 9 to 5 Day/Dolly Parton Day/Give Like Dolly Day, all proceeds from online sales of American Eagle “The Dolly Jeans” will be donated to the Imagination Library 🥺 🦋

Businesses Donating to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library on Give Like Dolly Day

Sept. 25 brings Give Like Dolly Day across America, with businesses from ice cream shops to movie theaters donating sales to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which puts free books in kids' hands.

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Raissa Molina from Forgotten Island 🤝 Raissa Lebedeva from The Golden Stair ➡️anxious long-haired brunettes who are forced to become fantasy heroines against their will [support original animation with forgotten island this weekend! and support indie publishing by pre-ordering the golden stair!]

Raissa You're Okay?

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Come check out my author website for all THE GOLDEN STAIR links at once! This is an actual photo of what I looked like while creating the site by the way #womeninSTEM 🦆🔗💻 sites.google.com/view/clara-g...

THE GOLDEN STAIR is now listed on StoryGraph as well as on Goodreads! Go add it to your TBR now... 📚SG: app.thestorygraph.com/books/1e54c6... 📚GR: www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

Cat Reading a Book on a Couch

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And now for the official cover reveal, with art by @julsiji.bsky.social . Isn’t it gorgeous? I wanted an art noveau storybook feel, from the lettering to the flowery borders around the tower. Look for the firebird feathers and the Ukrainian inspired flower crown from the fantasy kingdom of Cherta.

Coming out of hibernation to say that The Golden Stair, my debut fantasy novel inspired by Rapunzel, is NOW AVAILABLE to pre-order on Amazon as an e-book! Come buy it now before the official release on October 19th. 🐦‍🔥 🧿 🌻  a.co/d/02UNZmE3

There are very few people who, by the force of their own personalities, drive and character can change a culture. Gloria Steinem was one of them. May her memory be a blessing.

Here is Tim Curry giving 100% to a song that I suspect was written in a school music room containing a bass guitar and a VHS cassette, and filmed on a budget that presumably just read 'sandwiches' 💔

Anything Can Happen on Halloween - The Worst Witch featuring Tim Curry (HD Remaster)

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Back in 2023, Dolly Parton was kind enough to give an interview to promote PJ Library’s magazine, since she was “honored” that her Imagination Library inspired it. May her memory be a blessing 💖 🦋 pjlibrary.org/about/become...

With no context, Mare and Galina remind me of: 🩷Megan Hilty’s Glinda or Madeline Ashton x Johnny Knoxville Rasputin in HOTW Pt 2 🖤Morticia x Gomez if she always dressed and acted like Debbie 💫The scrapped villain couple from Wish 👀Basically hot evil witch diva x chaos nightmare gremlin man #SumLuv

Megan Hilty as Ivy Lynn: Thank You Bombshell

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📚 Ellie Rhymer! Spaceships and Scoundrels 📚@ellieyellu.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In a snip, in a gif, in an elaborate metaphor? A series of way too many cryptic emojis? #SumLuv 🧡

Ash and Gisela ➡️ aspiring bard boy who is magically lured to a cute blonde girl only to realize that she’s actually an evil witch that wants to kill and/or overthrow her (cuter) princess roommate #SumLuv

Renee Rapp Demon

Alt: Renee Rapp in a TV interview standing in front of overlaid text that says Demon

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📚 Ellie Rhymer! Spaceships and Scoundrels 📚@ellieyellu.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In a snip, in a gif, in an elaborate metaphor? A series of way too many cryptic emojis? #SumLuv 🧡