Tessera
Folgen

Cameron A Malin

@camalin.net

I'm a fledgling author, in the process of writing and self-publishing my first novel, a Regency/Fantasy crossover titled #Ellamir 🇬🇧 | He/Him | 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Ally | 🚫 Gen AI Bio, Contact & Newsletter: www.camalin.net (Also known as Algernon/Alg1e)

1806 Posts633 Follower735 Folgt
Cameron A Malin@camalin.net · 6d ago

#LitHodgepodge | 8 Very interesting to consider the first question from Ella's perspective. She has reason - whether she's considered it or not - to wonder what her lifespan may be, as it's not likely to be the same as her contemporaries... So she'd probably far prefer to know "when" #Ellamir

Pamela Jeong 🎃🫜@pamelajeong.bsky.social · 6d ago

#LitHodgepodge 8 Thinking from the perspective of one (or more) of your characters, choose one (or more!) of these “would you rather” questions and provide an answer. Feel free to explain your character’s response. #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WriteSky

#LITHODGEPODGE Hosted by @pamelajeong.bsky.social An October Prompt Game of Miscellaneous Proportions THURSDAY THRIFTED THERAPY [Graphic of an old-timey bearded man sitting and leaning his arm against a barrel with a tiny frog crawling up its side] Prompt: 8 | Answer one (or more) of these “would you rather” questions as your character: 🪦 Would you rather know when or how you’re going to die? 🧠 Would you rather have a perfect memory or be able to forget anything you wanted at will? ⏳ Would you rather time travel to the past or future? 💔 Would you rather never be able to show emotions or never be able to hide them? [Graphic of talking crow] “Would you rather” is a classic icebreaker which I doubt requires explanation. Surely you’ve been asked at some point whether you would rather fight 100 duck-sized elephants or one elephant-sized duck? If you chose the latter, you are clearly unacquainted with very many ducks. Join tomorrow for Friday Flights of Fancy!
Cameron A Malin@camalin.net · 7d ago

@pamelajeong.bsky.social Your profile bio (crochet and ukulele) has eerie echoes of when I used to work in a country pub that had a huge round table in one corner: a group of ladies held a knitting circle there, it was very cute and they were much valued among the regulars. 🧵1/2

Lizzie Blackwood@lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · last wk.

The Stars Will Be Our Ocean is available in paperback on Bookshop.org ... 🦈💜

The Stars Will Be Our Ocean

For fans of Mass Effect, A Memory Called Empire, and The Shape of Water comes a story of love between outcasts caught in the mire of intergalactic politics.First contact with the vast spacefaring empi...

bookshop.org

Bookshop.org@bookshop.org · last wk.

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

Aud Connelly 😎@audconnelly.bsky.social · 7d ago

in Dogwood I use a lot of run-on sentences, and pair them with sentence fragments. I'm not even kidding when i say the cadence of my Dogwood voice is not that far off from that one "worst sex scene" that ends with the 2-word sentence "Like Zoro." #LitHodgepodge CW snip about a deadly flood

CRRKKKTTsshhhhh! Attention Swallowsaw! The weather service has issued a flash flood warning for the following areas— Foaming, leaping, crashing, reaching—hundreds of thousands of gallons of wild, raging brown river water exploding out of the pine forest, carrying trees and bits of houses, taking out the speakers, smashing into the rows and rows of parked vehicles, slamming them into one another like dominoes before surging over them, swallowing them, flinging them up and sideways, into the concession stand, against the chain-link fence, all those people scrambling and swept up and screaming, and the river just gushing, filling up the space between the hills before rushing on, chasing gravity.
Pamela Jeong 🎃🫜@pamelajeong.bsky.social · last wk.

#LitHodgepodge 7 Narrative voice is the unique fingerprint of your storytelling. Sentence structure, diction & tone all play a part. Share a snip where we can hear the sound of your narrative voice! NOTE: Choose a snip focused on narration (not dialogue). #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#LITHODGEPODGE Hosted by @pamelajeong.bsky.social An October Prompt Game of Miscellaneous Proportions WEDNESDAY WORDSMITHS [Graphic of a woman with a thoughtful expression, holding a quill, with paper on her desk in front of her and small cherub and demon figures at either side] Prompt: 7 | Post and discuss a snip where the narrative voice shines in your WIP. [Graphic of a talking crow] Narrative voice is the unique flavor of your storytelling. Sentence structure, word choice, tone, and POV all add up to a distinctive perspective that is woven through the narration. Think of it as your story’s personality. Join tomorrow for Thursday Thrifted Therapy!
🫜 Jim the Vampire 🫜@jimthevampire.bsky.social · 7d ago

Tricky because narrative voice feels ad hoc, but word choice is key, long words suit some but not others, contractions the same, etc. Usually for me voice is filtered through mood first. In this example Elara is hurried and rather...annoyed. 1/2 #LitHodgepodge 7 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

She glanced around the room. Where the Hell was her stuff? The place looked like a bomb site, clothing strewn like rubble amongst the sparse furniture. The bed which dominated the small space despite being tucked into the corner, was a mess. She had to fish her phone out from under a condom wrapper and some empty chip packets. A tap of the screen and she groaned at the low battery warning, before shoving it onto the charging pad. She padded to the kitchenette. The counter top lined the wall to her right, peppered with coffee dust from Jamie’s old school bean grinder and a basin still filled with dirty mugs
Pamela Jeong 🎃🫜@pamelajeong.bsky.social · last wk.

#LitHodgepodge 7 Narrative voice is the unique fingerprint of your storytelling. Sentence structure, diction & tone all play a part. Share a snip where we can hear the sound of your narrative voice! NOTE: Choose a snip focused on narration (not dialogue). #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#LITHODGEPODGE Hosted by @pamelajeong.bsky.social An October Prompt Game of Miscellaneous Proportions WEDNESDAY WORDSMITHS [Graphic of a woman with a thoughtful expression, holding a quill, with paper on her desk in front of her and small cherub and demon figures at either side] Prompt: 7 | Post and discuss a snip where the narrative voice shines in your WIP. [Graphic of a talking crow] Narrative voice is the unique flavor of your storytelling. Sentence structure, word choice, tone, and POV all add up to a distinctive perspective that is woven through the narration. Think of it as your story’s personality. Join tomorrow for Thursday Thrifted Therapy!
Ange | Author A. M. Shilling@gunsmile.bsky.social · 7d ago

I genuinely have no idea how successful this snippet is in conveying the narrative voice of the main character, but first person POV is not my strong suit. What do you think, dear reader? #LitHodgepodge

After hanging up, I fold the flyer into quarters and tuck it into my purse. Instinctively, I look up and down the street before crossing. That’s when I catch it. A man’s silhouette a few yards away, facing me, and his racing heart. A decade of undeath cannot erase the acute sense of danger honed by a childhood of warnings. Don’t take candy from strangers. Don’t walk anywhere alone at night, especially not in a skirt that short. Don’t disrespect or argue with men, because that will make them angry, and they’ll hurt you when they’re angry. My mother made sure I grew up attuned to the nuances of body language, to the small shifts in someone’s tone or expression. I learned to read tension in the air and the intent in a person’s stance. But where once the instinct to fight or flee would rear its head, all of my predator’s senses sharpen instead. My surroundings stand out in vivid detail, while the slight huff of the man’s breath reaches my ears and the smell of tobacco smoke drifts from him toward me. Hunger reverberates through my core, ravenous, eager. Whoever he is, whatever his intentions, he has no chance. —The Heart Is a Weapon, draft #3, work in progress
Pamela Jeong 🎃🫜@pamelajeong.bsky.social · last wk.

#LitHodgepodge 7 Narrative voice is the unique fingerprint of your storytelling. Sentence structure, diction & tone all play a part. Share a snip where we can hear the sound of your narrative voice! NOTE: Choose a snip focused on narration (not dialogue). #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#LITHODGEPODGE Hosted by @pamelajeong.bsky.social An October Prompt Game of Miscellaneous Proportions WEDNESDAY WORDSMITHS [Graphic of a woman with a thoughtful expression, holding a quill, with paper on her desk in front of her and small cherub and demon figures at either side] Prompt: 7 | Post and discuss a snip where the narrative voice shines in your WIP. [Graphic of a talking crow] Narrative voice is the unique flavor of your storytelling. Sentence structure, word choice, tone, and POV all add up to a distinctive perspective that is woven through the narration. Think of it as your story’s personality. Join tomorrow for Thursday Thrifted Therapy!
L Izet@solarisstory.bsky.social · 7d ago

Don't take my word for it, listen to Cameron! Thank you! Remember you can listen on Spotify or Patreon, or if you'd rather read- written chapters are available on Patreon. All free! Listening to all 5 chapters of Vol1 takes approx 3.5hrs (if you can hack it, put me at double speed & save time!

Cameron A Malin@camalin.net · last wk.

I just had a listen to the opening of Solaris on Spotify, and it's fantastic! Very nicely produced, well paced, just what I love in this format. Excited to hear more!

Cameron A Malin@camalin.net · last wk.

#LitHodgepodge | 7 The narrative voice I've employed in #Ellamir is intended to evoke the style of #JaneAusten, but is also influenced by Patrick O'Brian whose Aubrey and Maturin Regency naval saga I'm a huge fan of #WritingPrompts #WriteSky #BookSky #IndieAuthors

A snippet from Ellamir by Cameron A Malin: Eminent thought she may be, Ella was not ignorant of the good fortune and privilege of her birth. The only child of a most affectionate and indulgent father, all the more indulgent for the loss of her mother at too early an age to be remembered, she had grown up with the habit of doing just as she wished and ordering her father's household just as she liked. His gentle, anxious and uncertain nature left an absence of authority into which Ella's strong-willed influence had naturally extruded, so that not long after her sixteenth birthday she had begun to assume many household responsibilities, and was now, at one and twenty, quite established as the principal person in the management of Penmere, their comfortable estate. She understood perfectly well that providence had been kind to her, yet nonetheless she was pleased with her own achievements and, having been doted on by her surviving parent and the subject of much flattery by her contemporaries - some of it sincere - she had become inclined to think rather too well of herself.
Pamela Jeong 🎃🫜@pamelajeong.bsky.social · last wk.

#LitHodgepodge 7 Narrative voice is the unique fingerprint of your storytelling. Sentence structure, diction & tone all play a part. Share a snip where we can hear the sound of your narrative voice! NOTE: Choose a snip focused on narration (not dialogue). #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#LITHODGEPODGE Hosted by @pamelajeong.bsky.social An October Prompt Game of Miscellaneous Proportions WEDNESDAY WORDSMITHS [Graphic of a woman with a thoughtful expression, holding a quill, with paper on her desk in front of her and small cherub and demon figures at either side] Prompt: 7 | Post and discuss a snip where the narrative voice shines in your WIP. [Graphic of a talking crow] Narrative voice is the unique flavor of your storytelling. Sentence structure, word choice, tone, and POV all add up to a distinctive perspective that is woven through the narration. Think of it as your story’s personality. Join tomorrow for Thursday Thrifted Therapy!
Cameron A Malin@camalin.net · last wk.

#LitHodgepodge | 7 The narrative voice I've employed in #Ellamir is intended to evoke the style of #JaneAusten, but is also influenced by Patrick O'Brian whose Aubrey and Maturin Regency naval saga I'm a huge fan of #WritingPrompts #WriteSky #BookSky #IndieAuthors

A snippet from Ellamir by Cameron A Malin: Eminent thought she may be, Ella was not ignorant of the good fortune and privilege of her birth. The only child of a most affectionate and indulgent father, all the more indulgent for the loss of her mother at too early an age to be remembered, she had grown up with the habit of doing just as she wished and ordering her father's household just as she liked. His gentle, anxious and uncertain nature left an absence of authority into which Ella's strong-willed influence had naturally extruded, so that not long after her sixteenth birthday she had begun to assume many household responsibilities, and was now, at one and twenty, quite established as the principal person in the management of Penmere, their comfortable estate. She understood perfectly well that providence had been kind to her, yet nonetheless she was pleased with her own achievements and, having been doted on by her surviving parent and the subject of much flattery by her contemporaries - some of it sincere - she had become inclined to think rather too well of herself.
Pamela Jeong 🎃🫜@pamelajeong.bsky.social · last wk.

#LitHodgepodge 7 Narrative voice is the unique fingerprint of your storytelling. Sentence structure, diction & tone all play a part. Share a snip where we can hear the sound of your narrative voice! NOTE: Choose a snip focused on narration (not dialogue). #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#LITHODGEPODGE Hosted by @pamelajeong.bsky.social An October Prompt Game of Miscellaneous Proportions WEDNESDAY WORDSMITHS [Graphic of a woman with a thoughtful expression, holding a quill, with paper on her desk in front of her and small cherub and demon figures at either side] Prompt: 7 | Post and discuss a snip where the narrative voice shines in your WIP. [Graphic of a talking crow] Narrative voice is the unique flavor of your storytelling. Sentence structure, word choice, tone, and POV all add up to a distinctive perspective that is woven through the narration. Think of it as your story’s personality. Join tomorrow for Thursday Thrifted Therapy!
Cameron A Malin@camalin.net · last wk.

#LitHodgepodge | 6 Brother Nicholls is my favourite archetype in #Ellamir: the unattractive, unwelcome suitor, à la Mr Collins in Pride & Prejudice. Though an appalling charlatan and hypocrite, and a dangerous misogynist, he's also foolish and obsequious and frequently misuses words to comic effect

A snippet from Ellamir by Cameron A Malin: Now quite certain of his patroness' familiarity with Miss Oakhall's very serious flaws, upset by revisiting that most unfortunate encounter and fortified by frequent sips of his second large glass of gin, Brother Nicholls found himself in sudden passionate agreement and set about abusing the unscrupulous young woman with surprising alacrity, and in the most shocking terms. "Decidedly untoward!" he cried, "Leading astray The Lady's sheep - impressionable young women, and good observant men too, with her… her undulating bosom! Abject humiliation… days suffered of impure thoughts and obscene debasement! Curse her for a meretricious croquette, the hussy!" Lady Lamont was rarely deprived of the power of speech, but this outburst left her so astonished that, for a moment, she could do nothing but look back at him with widened eyes and raised eyebrows. "Croquette, Brother Nicholls?" she said at last. "Oh! do forgive me, Lady Lamont," gasped the Brother, recollecting himself and mopping his brow, "I speak in conjecture, you understand… as to the likely evils of involvement with such a person…"
Pamela Jeong 🎃🫜@pamelajeong.bsky.social · last wk.

#LitHodgepodge 6 Tropes and the archetypes they're built around help us understand reader expectations. If you know what’s expected, you can lean into that familiarity, or subvert it. Identify a character archetype in your WIP. Who are they? How do you use them? #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#LITHODGEPODGE Hosted by @pamelajeong.bsky.social An October Prompt Game of Miscellaneous Proportions TUESDAY TROPES [Graphic of an old man wanderer, with a sack on his back and a long walking stick, and a black cat] Prompt: 6 | Tell us about an archetypal character in your WIP. Who are they, and what is their role in the story? How do you utilize, and possibly subvert, expected patterns? Feel free to share a snip. [Graphic of a talking crow] Archetypes are like character blueprints that represent something universal about the human experience. Examples include the rebellious hero, the benevolent ruler, the mentor, the wanderer, the reluctant warrior, the trickster, and the reclusive genius. Join tomorrow for Wednesday Wordsmiths!
🫜 Jim the Vampire 🫜@jimthevampire.bsky.social · last wk.

Toren the engineer fits the role of "the helper/surrogate dad" His job is to be stability. A person of earned (ancient) wisdom and support for the others. While the world breaks down, he is the rock. He doesn't understand how to help everyone, but he is reliable and he is there. #LitHodgepodge 6

Pamela Jeong 🎃🫜@pamelajeong.bsky.social · last wk.

#LitHodgepodge 6 Tropes and the archetypes they're built around help us understand reader expectations. If you know what’s expected, you can lean into that familiarity, or subvert it. Identify a character archetype in your WIP. Who are they? How do you use them? #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#LITHODGEPODGE Hosted by @pamelajeong.bsky.social An October Prompt Game of Miscellaneous Proportions TUESDAY TROPES [Graphic of an old man wanderer, with a sack on his back and a long walking stick, and a black cat] Prompt: 6 | Tell us about an archetypal character in your WIP. Who are they, and what is their role in the story? How do you utilize, and possibly subvert, expected patterns? Feel free to share a snip. [Graphic of a talking crow] Archetypes are like character blueprints that represent something universal about the human experience. Examples include the rebellious hero, the benevolent ruler, the mentor, the wanderer, the reluctant warrior, the trickster, and the reclusive genius. Join tomorrow for Wednesday Wordsmiths!
Cameron A Malin@camalin.net · last wk.

#LitHodgepodge | 5 "Perfect happiness" is particularly apt for my #JaneAusten style Regency X High Fantasy crossover, as most if not all of Austen's stories conclude with at least two characters achieving it, usually through matrimony. I've tried to nuance this a bit in #Ellamir... 🧵1/3

Pamela Jeong 🎃🫜@pamelajeong.bsky.social · last wk.

#LitHodgepodge 5 A person's vision of happiness tells us a lot about them. Do they imagine adventure, security, peace? Or is it in the details—a cozy hearth, trophy on the mantle, gaggle of grandbabies? What's your OC's version of happiness? Give us a snapshot. #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#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: 5 | Answer as one or each of your characters (as well as yourself, if you wish!): What is your idea of perfect happiness? [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!
Cameron A Malin@camalin.net · last wk.

#LitHodgepodge | 6 Brother Nicholls is my favourite archetype in #Ellamir: the unattractive, unwelcome suitor, à la Mr Collins in Pride & Prejudice. Though an appalling charlatan and hypocrite, and a dangerous misogynist, he's also foolish and obsequious and frequently misuses words to comic effect

A snippet from Ellamir by Cameron A Malin: Now quite certain of his patroness' familiarity with Miss Oakhall's very serious flaws, upset by revisiting that most unfortunate encounter and fortified by frequent sips of his second large glass of gin, Brother Nicholls found himself in sudden passionate agreement and set about abusing the unscrupulous young woman with surprising alacrity, and in the most shocking terms. "Decidedly untoward!" he cried, "Leading astray The Lady's sheep - impressionable young women, and good observant men too, with her… her undulating bosom! Abject humiliation… days suffered of impure thoughts and obscene debasement! Curse her for a meretricious croquette, the hussy!" Lady Lamont was rarely deprived of the power of speech, but this outburst left her so astonished that, for a moment, she could do nothing but look back at him with widened eyes and raised eyebrows. "Croquette, Brother Nicholls?" she said at last. "Oh! do forgive me, Lady Lamont," gasped the Brother, recollecting himself and mopping his brow, "I speak in conjecture, you understand… as to the likely evils of involvement with such a person…"
Pamela Jeong 🎃🫜@pamelajeong.bsky.social · last wk.

#LitHodgepodge 6 Tropes and the archetypes they're built around help us understand reader expectations. If you know what’s expected, you can lean into that familiarity, or subvert it. Identify a character archetype in your WIP. Who are they? How do you use them? #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#LITHODGEPODGE Hosted by @pamelajeong.bsky.social An October Prompt Game of Miscellaneous Proportions TUESDAY TROPES [Graphic of an old man wanderer, with a sack on his back and a long walking stick, and a black cat] Prompt: 6 | Tell us about an archetypal character in your WIP. Who are they, and what is their role in the story? How do you utilize, and possibly subvert, expected patterns? Feel free to share a snip. [Graphic of a talking crow] Archetypes are like character blueprints that represent something universal about the human experience. Examples include the rebellious hero, the benevolent ruler, the mentor, the wanderer, the reluctant warrior, the trickster, and the reclusive genius. Join tomorrow for Wednesday Wordsmiths!
Cameron A Malin@camalin.net · 2w ago

#LitHodgepodge | 3 Here's my most popular #Ellamir character, Maqine, as penned by the awesome @nushdeco.bsky.social! She's already pretty accomplished, but her life circumstances just got rather... rural. What do you reckon her new hobby could be?

A cute hells-touched woman with red skin and a tail, wearing dungarees and posing with a sledgehammer
Pamela Jeong 🎃🫜@pamelajeong.bsky.social · 2w ago

#LitHodgepodge 3 Never judge a book by its cover… unless someone asks! Post a non-AI image (with alt text, please) portraying your character, and let others guess: If I could master a new hobby in one day, what would I choose? 🎨 🧑‍🌾 🎸 🧗 #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: 3 | Provide artwork, a quick sketch, a lookalike image, or a mood board for your character, and let the people guess: If this character could master a new hobby in one day, they would pick... [Graphic of a talking butterfly] NO AI! USE ALT TEXT! [Graphic of a talking crow] My life is already so rich with meaningful activities, I couldn’t possibly squeeze in another. So, instead, I will take this opportunity to remind you all that AI is most unwelcome and thoughtfully written alt text is most appreciated! Join tomorrow for Sunday Shout & Share!
🫜Tara S Geir🫜@tarasgeir.bsky.social · 2w ago

#LitHodgepodge 2 There would be some love-hate feelings about them appearing on Taskmaster. Grio would try to overthrow Greg and torment Alex. Halla would like anything problem solving but draws a blank with the creative ones. Strope panics as soon as he opens the task.

Pamela Jeong 🎃🫜@pamelajeong.bsky.social · 2w ago

#LitHodgepodge 2 Who doesn’t love a good crossover moment? Imagine your story’s cast of characters got sucked into a TV show or film. What comes to mind as a world where they’d mesh well? Or one where they’d wreak (delightful) havoc? #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WriteSky

#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: 2 | The cast of your book got sucked into the screen! In which show or film would they feel most at home? Or which one would be most entertaining to see them in? [Graphic of a talking crow] Personally, I wouldn’t mind joining the cast of “What We Do in the Shadows.” Guillermo would take excellent care of me, Colin and I would have much to discuss, and I do believe I’ve a solid plan to steal Laszlo’s witch-skin hat. Join tomorrow for Saturday Snap Judgments!
🫜 Jim the Vampire 🫜@jimthevampire.bsky.social · 2w ago

My Statues crew would probably crossover to The Expanse or Alien. Less easy but more fun - Sense and Sensibility. I think Toren as Mr Darcy would be dashing 😁 and they'd be a disaster - getting the dialogue wrong, trying to get off of this weird 'colony' #LitHodgePodge 2 #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

Pamela Jeong 🎃🫜@pamelajeong.bsky.social · 2w ago

#LitHodgepodge 2 Who doesn’t love a good crossover moment? Imagine your story’s cast of characters got sucked into a TV show or film. What comes to mind as a world where they’d mesh well? Or one where they’d wreak (delightful) havoc? #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WriteSky

#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: 2 | The cast of your book got sucked into the screen! In which show or film would they feel most at home? Or which one would be most entertaining to see them in? [Graphic of a talking crow] Personally, I wouldn’t mind joining the cast of “What We Do in the Shadows.” Guillermo would take excellent care of me, Colin and I would have much to discuss, and I do believe I’ve a solid plan to steal Laszlo’s witch-skin hat. Join tomorrow for Saturday Snap Judgments!
Cameron A Malin@camalin.net · 2w ago

#LitHodgepodge | 2 Well, many of the MCs in #Ellamir are heavily based on #JaneAusten characters, and the book is already a crossover, so I'd love them to get sucked into the 1996 TV adaptation of Emma. What would Emma make of Maqine? Would Mr Knightley take to Commander Merely? So many questions!!

Bild
Pamela Jeong 🎃🫜@pamelajeong.bsky.social · 2w ago

#LitHodgepodge 2 Who doesn’t love a good crossover moment? Imagine your story’s cast of characters got sucked into a TV show or film. What comes to mind as a world where they’d mesh well? Or one where they’d wreak (delightful) havoc? #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WriteSky

#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: 2 | The cast of your book got sucked into the screen! In which show or film would they feel most at home? Or which one would be most entertaining to see them in? [Graphic of a talking crow] Personally, I wouldn’t mind joining the cast of “What We Do in the Shadows.” Guillermo would take excellent care of me, Colin and I would have much to discuss, and I do believe I’ve a solid plan to steal Laszlo’s witch-skin hat. Join tomorrow for Saturday Snap Judgments!
Cameron A Malin@camalin.net · 2w ago

A Hodgepodge?! Hoff we go then... I'm Cameron, and I'm writing a high fantasy x regency romance crossover titled #Ellamir!

Bild
Pamela Jeong 🎃🫜@pamelajeong.bsky.social · 2w ago

#LitHodgepodge 1 Welcome #writingcommunity to 🌀📚 Literary Hodgepodge 📚🌀, an October #WritingPrompts game of miscellaneous proportions ✨ Writers, let’s meet! Tell us who you are and what you write—and what you like as a writer/reader by completing the This-or-That below. ⬇️

#LITHODGEPODGE Hosted by @pamelajeong.bsky.social An October Prompt Game of Miscellaneous Proportions [Graphic of an old-timey bearded man sitting and leaning his arm against a barrel with a tiny frog crawling up its side] Prompt: 1 | Welcome! Introduce yourself by telling us your name and what you write and completing the literary-themed “This or That.” [Graphic of a talking crow] Hello, I’m Oscrow Wilde! I’ll provide tips and tidbits throughout the month. But you don’t need me to explain ‘this or that,’ do you? Some might be hard to choose between, but life is full of hard choices. You can do it! Except if you wanted me to explain ‘this or that’—then, sorry, there’s no hope for you. Join tomorrow for Friday Flights of Fancy!
Cameron A Malin@camalin.net · 2w ago

Hey friends. If you can, please consider helping Laken take another step toward leaving office anxiety behind by backing the Kickstarter for her third novel The Mycellium Forest in its last few days - such a deserving project, and an even more deserving person ❤️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/lak...

The Mycellium Forest: A Dark Fantasy Novel

Book 3 of an epic dark fantasy series of ancient forests, found family, unlikely allies, forgotten histories, and slow-burn romance.

kickstarter.com

Laken Honeycutt@mycelialwriter.bsky.social · 2w ago

Good morning, #5amWritersClub! ☕️ Having anxiety about going into the office today. Really wish I could make a living reading and writing books… Wouldn’t that be nice? 📚✨ Working on developmental edits for draft four of Book 3 (TMF). 85% done 💃 Happy writing, friends! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Mike Struan@mikestruan.com · last mo.

This is a difficult #WIPSnips week, but I'll do my best! We'll start with a breathtaking troll-map-sculpture! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Kraghtol ignored the dwarf and followed the Spoken One. In the center of the hall, elevated on a granite socket at least ten meters in diameter, was a giant stone sculpture showing an incredibly detailed landscape. Different parts of the sculpture used various kinds of colored stone. The river running through it, for example, was made of a glittering blue gemstone. Sapphire perhaps? “Oh! That’s here, isn’t it?”
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · last mo.

Welcome to a new week of #WIPSnips! The word for September 7th is "elevator" which is what I've been spending all week waiting forever on and packed into like a sardine at Dragon Con. 😂 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag September 7 - elevator Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine. Support others on the #WIPSnips tag! Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social The image behind the text is a border that is dark blue with gold stars with a black background with neon blue border. An illustrated caticorn holding a pencil and writing in a book with a rose behind one ear is in the lower right corner. A different version of the same illustrated caticorn is curled up writing in the lower left corner
Headless🎃Horsewoman 🪉💎🏹@acturek.bsky.social · last mo.

#fantasy #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WIPSnips #elevator -> vibes: basket on a rope! Drisal and Rushak taking action during a crisis. Observer: Bráthal. - Brother’s Keeper, my fantasy WIP about two brothers bound by a misunderstood power

children. He deftly raised the youngster from the landing and with a couple gentle swings, delivered her across to be caught by Rushak. He threw the rope back and Drisal gave it to the next child. Working in concert, the brothers were like one being, each one's actions timed perfectly to the other. Each child in succession found escape, the oldest wearing slings carrying infants, and Lyndina last. By the time Rushak set her on her feet, the landing she'd swung from was burning. Drisal had disappeared. Rushak lowered Lyndina and the children from the landing in baskets normally used for hauling goods into the felara. Once aground, she and the grateful parents shooed the children ahead as they fled toward Talman and the others. Rushak watched them a moment, and then disappeared inside. Brother's Keeper A.C. Turek
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · last mo.

Welcome to a new week of #WIPSnips! The word for September 7th is "elevator" which is what I've been spending all week waiting forever on and packed into like a sardine at Dragon Con. 😂 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag September 7 - elevator Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine. Support others on the #WIPSnips tag! Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social The image behind the text is a border that is dark blue with gold stars with a black background with neon blue border. An illustrated caticorn holding a pencil and writing in a book with a rose behind one ear is in the lower right corner. A different version of the same illustrated caticorn is curled up writing in the lower left corner
PJC Cahill@pjccahill.bsky.social · last mo.

#WIPSnips -Tangled Web (TaMB 3)- Subbed 'lift' because my use of elevator was too spoilery. CW: foul language Context: These are Russian mob members, fleeing from a fight with the Irish mob, not realizing they have a MUCH bigger problem. That problem being Portia. My Books: pjccahill.carrd.co

"FUCK YOU, IRISH PIGS!" screamed in English as he unloaded his pistol with frantic, random bursts all over that side of the warehouse. His gun clicked, empty, but he kept swinging his arm and squeezing the trigger, starting to hyperventilate. And then a voice replied, and it filled all three of them with a primal level of terror that cut through their nerves and thoughts, leaving them stone-still and cold in their own skin. Even Lev turned into a statue of pure terror. It had to be some kind of voice, the words were clear, but the sound was utterly inhuman. Guttural, resonant, and horrendously loud from behind them, completely opposite the doorway. "Not Irish. Not a pig." Lev twisted, his arm swinging like a branch. The pitiful click of his trigger clicking continued as he aimed at the... thing shaped like a person in the shadows, too far from any windows to be clearer than a dark mass in the gloom. Fyodor and Sergei peeked around corners of their cover. They saw the shadow start to lift its arms to the sides. "Thank you for making such a mess. No one will look for you now."
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · last mo.

Welcome to a new week of #WIPSnips! The word for September 7th is "elevator" which is what I've been spending all week waiting forever on and packed into like a sardine at Dragon Con. 😂 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag September 7 - elevator Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine. Support others on the #WIPSnips tag! Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social The image behind the text is a border that is dark blue with gold stars with a black background with neon blue border. An illustrated caticorn holding a pencil and writing in a book with a rose behind one ear is in the lower right corner. A different version of the same illustrated caticorn is curled up writing in the lower left corner
🫜Tara S Geir🫜@tarasgeir.bsky.social · last mo.

Using the ‘lift’ instead of ‘elevator’, Gloria cooks a ‘please don’t be mad at me’ meal for her wife Isley. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

On the top left corner of the front door, a blue light pinged and Gloria looked up with excitement. Isley had entered the hyper-lift. It would now be a smooth descent that took twenty-thirty minutes, depending on stops, and then they'd be together. That was more than enough time to finish the cream of sweet potato soup and put the vanilla panna cottas in the fridge. Isley's sweet tooth was larger and more robust than her actual teeth. Gloria busied herself with cooking. Vivid orange smears covered the normally pristine white worktops but it was a relief to see some colour in the room. Gloria had even spent a lot of credits on real flowers that were already wilting under the harsh lights. The florist had told her they were sunflowers but Gloria had liked them as the petals were the same colour as Isley's eyes.
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · last mo.

Welcome to a new week of #WIPSnips! The word for September 7th is "elevator" which is what I've been spending all week waiting forever on and packed into like a sardine at Dragon Con. 😂 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag September 7 - elevator Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine. Support others on the #WIPSnips tag! Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social The image behind the text is a border that is dark blue with gold stars with a black background with neon blue border. An illustrated caticorn holding a pencil and writing in a book with a rose behind one ear is in the lower right corner. A different version of the same illustrated caticorn is curled up writing in the lower left corner
Cameron A Malin@camalin.net · last mo.

Hi hi, #WIPSnips, it's been a while! It's got to be ✨vibes✨ today - no elevators in my Regency x High Fantasy crossover novel #Ellamir (and if there were, they'd be lifts!) so instead, we find Ella just about to go where an elevator might take you: upstairs. But things are about to get weird...

A snippet from Ellamir by Cameron A Malin: “Oh, damn Keaning to the hells,” Ella muttered, intended only for herself but, in fact, audible enough to bring the footman around the corner. “May I light a room for you, Miss Ellamir?” he asked, too professional to appear surprised to find her in the darkened passageway. “No,” said Ella, pushing aside her churning thoughts for a moment, “thank you, Thomson, but I shall go upstairs. Please ask Mary to attend me in a moment.” She was turning away from the footman’s acquiescent bow when something cut through the silence of the somnolent house, a sound that froze her to the spot, cocking her head sharply. “Do you hear that?” she asked. “I hear nothing, ma’am,” said Thomson after a moment. “Nothing at all?” “No, ma’am.” It was clearly audible to her, however; an odd note, high and clear, carried in through an open window from the garden beyond. Ella took a step along the passage, following as if called, and heard the voices - for a shifting cadence and joining harmony made it suddenly apparent that she was hearing a growing choir of united voices - with a sudden, shocking jolt of recognition. It was a sound she knew, unheard for many years but unmistakably familiar, a distant sound from her childhood, calling to her again from far across the intervening years: the stars were singing.
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · last mo.

Welcome to a new week of #WIPSnips! The word for September 7th is "elevator" which is what I've been spending all week waiting forever on and packed into like a sardine at Dragon Con. 😂 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag September 7 - elevator Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine. Support others on the #WIPSnips tag! Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social The image behind the text is a border that is dark blue with gold stars with a black background with neon blue border. An illustrated caticorn holding a pencil and writing in a book with a rose behind one ear is in the lower right corner. A different version of the same illustrated caticorn is curled up writing in the lower left corner