Mark J. Engels

@mark-engels.com

Sojourner. Husband. Father. Railroader. Anime-manga-anthro fan. Author of the WERECATS series of urban fantasy thrillers in the FOREST EXILES SAGA. (@mj_engels on Twitter/X.) #werecat #werecats https://www.mark-engels.com/

The Stumble Inn started out as a short story named "Keeper's Ball" that I wrote back in 2024. I got some unexpected inspiration late last year to make it the first of a three-part novella, but the story itself remained largely intact from the original version, minus some continuity tweaks and edits.

Doppelfoxx Publishing 📚🦊@doppelfoxxpublishing.com · yesterday

✍️ What was the original plan for your novel? #FurryLit Even the best laid outlines often go awry, and stories have a funny habit of changing in scope and tone. Sometimes a novel becomes a series, a detour is better than the original plot, or a side character pulls focus. How did it change for you?

oh your art is messy and full of mistakes? it doesn't mirror properly? the proportions are weird because you grew up on a mix of anime and 3D platformers? you drew on the wrong layer and now the highlights are weird? that rules, dude, show me more; a horrible computer could never make that

"G.I. Joe was no slouch in the weird department. Besides all the technical marvels - the Weather Dominator, the teleporting M.A.S.S. Device from the first miniseries, the electricity-dampening Pyramid of Darkness from the next one - there was still plenty of other weirdness showing up." #GIJoe

Brian Cave@oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 6d ago

Every Day is Saturday Morning #2 is up and this time I wrote about GI Joe, which premiered 43 years ago TODAY with the "A Real American Hero" ministries. #SaturdayMorning #80scartoons briancave.substack.com/p/every-day-...

Bills might be an ongoing nightmare, but indie books are the best kind of dream! Can’t wait to dive into these beauties! Thank you so much, darlings and darklings! I adore books in the post! ♥️ Currently reading Shadowbeast! The rest are on deck 🥰

Credible Threats, a gift wrapped book, Shadowbeast and Scourge

"The most important capability of our transformed soldiers may simply be their sheer strength, allowing them to bring to bear on the battlefield what the kids once called 'more dakka'" —ECMMOP Program Report New YCH of Finn, my orca supersoldier character, by LerionProject!

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Updates to the Recommended Reading page on my website are now LIVE! Including a new layout and a bunch of new titles. Plus new categories: Lesbian Fiction, Transgender Fiction, Straight Fiction, Action, Isekai/Portal Fantasy, Speculative, and Dystopian. Enjoy! #FurryWriting #FurryLit #Booksky

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If you're looking for a furry book to start with, you've come to the right place! Just select your favorite genre to find three books to choose from. I've read all of these books and can highly recomm...

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I don't DIRECTLY mesh with rival dynamics that much. The biggest example I have is Djilia and Latien from NICEF. They're very much rival aces, with mutual respect AND the desire to get better than each other. #AwesomeCharacters

Art by Luigiix - left side features Djilia Oakren in the Mercelo piloting uniform, standing casually and offering a wave to the viewer. She has a big, warm smile. Her eyes are metallic purple, her short hair a very dark brown, and her skin is tan (like Stefan's). - Right side features Djilia wearing a Nicef pilot suit. It resembles a futuristic, slimmed down spacesuit with LED lights and a glowing faceplate. There is a special pop-out view showing the inside of the back of the collar. Three mechanical panels extend out from the back of the collar. They would touch the pilot's neck. - Center features digital text information: Djilia Oakren; pilot candidate; age: 17 y.o.; House Status: Arbiter of Aroi House; Origin: Tagil, Aroi Settlement Colony; Known Skills: Nicef pilotingArt by Luigiix - left side features Latien standing firmly in the Mercelo pilots uniform, fists clenched, body rigid, frowning, with brow knitted. She has chin-length blonde hair and very dark brown eyes. She is small in frame, but muscular. - Right side shows Latien in the pilot-suit for a Nicef, hands on her hips, feet spread, smirking confidently inside the helmet. - Top-center features text information: "Latien Varsan; Pilot Candidate; Age: 17 y.o.; House Status: Member of Cantor House; Origin: Eliasi Colony, United Council System (UCS) world; Known Skills: Nicef Piloting, administrative logistics"
🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 5d ago

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Does your character have a rival? Not necessarily an antagonist, but someone they feel competitive towards? Is it a friendly rivalry, or more contentious? Does that change over the course of the story? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts