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Ange | Author A. M. Shilling

@gunsmile.bsky.social

Indie author of horror, fantasy, and romance. Fil-Am. She/her. Out now: THE DEVOURING. Currently writing a vampire novella and a romantic urban fantasy. 🚫 no genAI amshilling.com

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Ange | Author A. M. Shilling@gunsmile.bsky.social · 6h ago

Lia: Someone who will take care of her. Roman: Someone who will be loyal to him. They're a match made in hell but it somehow works. #LitHodgepodge

Pamela Jeong 🎃🫜@pamelajeong.bsky.social · 17h ago

#LitHodgepodge 12 Qualities we appreciate in others are direct reflections of what we value, or feel we lack ourselves. What does your character look for in a companion? (Slight modification of Proust's version, which differentiates btwn men and women.) #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WriteSky

#LITHODGEPODGE Hosted by @pamelajeong.bsky.social An October Prompt Game of Miscellaneous Proportions MONDAYS WITH MARCEL [Black & white picture of Marcel Proust, a man of the fin de siècle who had dark hair, sleepy eyes, and a dark mustache, sitting with his elbow propped on the back of his chair and looking pensive] Prompt: 12 | Answer as one or each of your characters (as well as yourself, if you wish!): What is the quality you most like in another person? [Graphic of a talking crow] The Proust Questionnaire is a set of questions popularized by French writer Marcel Proust. Victorians answered these questions in parlor games, and modern interviewers now often use them. They can also be a great character development tool! Join tomorrow for Tuesday Tropes!
Ange | Author A. M. Shilling@gunsmile.bsky.social · 7h ago

Episode 2 of Cozy Coffin Podcast is up on YouTube! Be mindful of spoilers as we discuss the movie WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD'S FAIR. youtu.be/zlC88yN3v8k

We're All Going to the World's Fair | Cozy Coffin Podcast #2

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Ange | Author A. M. Shilling@gunsmile.bsky.social · 2d ago

ICYMI — I've started a horror media podcast with @eliwoodsgheist.bsky.social and our friend Kelsey. Cozy Coffin Podcast is available on all podcast platforms, and we've started posting them on YouTube, too! The first episode's up now, the second goes up tomorrow! www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7lM...

Ange | Author A. M. Shilling@gunsmile.bsky.social · yesterday

Trying to migrate my author newsletter to Beehiiv and there's a lot of setup to do before I can announce it. I want to move all my old WordPress posts over, too, but that is gonna take some time. Hoping to have this finished by FrightReads in two weeks. For now, though, break time!

Ange | Author A. M. Shilling@gunsmile.bsky.social · 2d ago

I ended up buying the EmberWrite license. I had 3 days left on my free trial, and as much as I want to finish the third draft before then, I can't write that quickly. 😅 And anyway, EmberWrite's worldbuilding tools will be mega useful for WTIGU later.

Ange | Author A. M. Shilling@gunsmile.bsky.social · 2d ago

Roman: results. Lia: …results. Behold, Lia’s corruption arc. :)

💀🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊👻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 2d ago

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Honor or results? If it came down to it would your character choose to maintain their honor, or would they break their oath/promise/the rules to accomplish their goal? How would they feel about it? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Indie Book Spotlight@bookspotlight.bsky.social · 2d ago

I need Guillermo del Toro to direct Nicolas Cage in an indie, budget horror movie with practical effects, where gen AI is the central antagonist, Nic has to defeat while spouting baller one-liners, and everything is insanely artsy and atmospheric and creepy.

Arden Powell@ardenpowell.bsky.social · 2d ago

One week left and we're at 52% of our goal! We've got ghosts, knights, vampires, werewolves, serial killers, gods, and monsters 🖤 Including my horror-romance novella FLESH AND BONE, a gothic western set in the Canadian Wild West where a monster hunts two (gay) cowboys across the Plains.

LGBTQ+ Gothic, Fantasy, and Horror Bundle by V. S. Holmes and 32 others

LGBTQ+ Gothic, Fantasy, and Horror Bundle: 32 items for $10.00

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V. S. Holmes@vsholmes.com · last wk.

We just passed 20% of our goal! If you're looking to stock up on LGBTQ+ Gothic, Horror, and Dark Fantasy Books, this is the Bundle for you--you can't beat $10 for 32 titles! itch.io/b/3931/lgbtq... #booksky #writesky #horror #gothic #fantasy

A promo showing 10 books: My Lord - L. B. Shimaira This Is How Immortals Die - Nicole Hidalgo Born of Scourge - S. Jean These Murky Hells - Rosie Forest Confined - Nikki Flynn Lemon Balm - Artemis Quinn Fools Rush In - Sarah Clowder The Fealty of Monsters Volume 1 - Ladz Her Bloody Creature - Samara-Jade Sendek Shadow & Flame - Sylvie Helstaff
Ange | Author A. M. Shilling@gunsmile.bsky.social · 2d ago

I got sucked into picrew for an hour, whoops. On the left is Lia, the FMC of my vampire horrormance novella. I think she'd be fairly easy to bait into a trap, though, so I'm throwing in a bonus Roman (the MLI) as well. #LitHodgepodge

A picrew image of a young woman. She has pale skin, long black hair, and a soft smile. She's wearing fancy dangling earrings and a yellow sleeveless dress. The background is a soft pink color, with white flowers in a halo around her.A picrew image of a tough-looking man with pale skin, blue eyes, and short, brown hair. He has some scruff on his chin and jaw. He is wearing a black button-up shirt. The background is a gradient fading from gray to red, top to bottom.
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

#LITHODGEPODGE Hosted by @pamelajeong.bsky.social An October Prompt Game of Miscellaneous Proportions SATURDAY SNAP JUDGMENTS [Graphic of a man of law in a robe, standing with some papers before him] Prompt: 10 | Provide artwork, a quick sketch, a lookalike image, or a mood board for your character, and let the people guess: If I were setting a trap for this character, the 1-3 objects I’d use are… [Graphic of a talking butterfly] NO AI! USE ALT TEXT! [Graphic of a talking crow] Oh, I really shouldn’t tell you this, but it would be only too easy to nab me if you set out a Sunday Times crossword puzzle, a jasmine-scented candle, and a bag of kettle-cooked salt and vinegar chips. Join tomorrow for Sunday Shout & Share!
Ange | Author A. M. Shilling@gunsmile.bsky.social · 2d ago

Nothing inspires me better than reading a good book. Every single time, I feel motivated to work on my own writing. ...on the other hand, a terrible book inspires me, too. I often think to myself, "I could write this way better," then suddenly I have an outline for yet another WIP. #PretendPanel

Kara Moon 🏴‍☠️💜⚓️@karamoonauthor.com · 3d ago

Inspiration can come from many sources. Teachers and mentors, orher authors, various muses in our lives, and more. Tell me, #pretendpanel … 10th: Who inspires you (specific to your writing)? #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts

#pretendpanel a daily prompt tag hosted by @karamoonauthor.com October 10th: Who inspires you (specific to your writing)? Please support your fellow #pretentpanel posters with replies, likes and reposts New #pretendpanel questions every Friday and Saturday. Hop in any time!
Ange | Author A. M. Shilling@gunsmile.bsky.social · 3d ago

Jason, my terrible son. 🥰 Characters from my urban fantasy, WHAT THE IRON GAVE US, also qualify, but I will talk about them some other time.

💀🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊👻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 3d ago

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Welcome to the Intermittent Character Award Ceremonies!👏 Where you choose: who gets the superlative? Today's award goes to: Most Accurate Gun, knife, cutting barb, who hits their target? Please award them!🥇 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Ange | Author A. M. Shilling@gunsmile.bsky.social · 3d ago

When I was 6 or 7, I wrote fanfic for the first time (Sailor Moon). Since then, I never stopped. I wrote fanfic all through my adolescence, teen years, and 20s. I roleplayed a lot, too. Not consistently, of course, but enough that I could see my skills progress over the decades. #PretendPanel

Kara Moon 🏴‍☠️💜⚓️@karamoonauthor.com · 4d ago

#pretendpanel Loved everyone's answers last weekend! Tell me more about how you got to this point (though maybe just the elevator pitch so we're not here all day) 🤭 9th October: What was your origin story/the spark that ignited your writing? #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts

#pretendpanel a daily prompt tag hosted by @karamoonauthor.com October 9th: What was your origin story/the spark that ignited your writing? (Try to keep it to the elevator pitch please :) ) Please support your fellow #pretentpanel posters with replies, likes and reposts New #pretendpanel questions every Friday and Saturday. Hop in any time!
Ange | Author A. M. Shilling@gunsmile.bsky.social · 3d ago

For THE HEART IS A WEAPON, none other than Ramin Djawadi. #LitHodgepodge youtu.be/n5cPvROBb4A?...

Westworld S1 Official Soundtrack | No One's Controlling Me - Ramin Djawadi | WaterTower

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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

#LITHODGEPODGE Hosted by @pamelajeong.bsky.social An October Prompt Game of Miscellaneous Proportions FRIDAY FLIGHTS OF FANCY [Graphic of a winged angel holding a book] Prompt: 9 | Your book is getting the adaptation treatment, and [INSERT FAMOUS MUSICIAN HERE] wants to score/write a song for it! Who is your dream collaborator? [Graphic of a talking crow] If you thought I would say Sheryl Crow, please go sit in the corner. If you thought I would say Counting Crows, please exit the room. I shall have John Quilliams, or I shall have no one at all. Join tomorrow for Saturday Snap Judgments!