E.V. Hammer (she/her)

@evonhammer.bsky.social

An eclectic writer with a love of zombies, demons, and the Apocalypse. Currently revising Garlic & Gunpowder, an action thriller where vampires turned zombies take over Los Angeles. HeidenHart on Twitch

They know about them, but not that they are vampires. They see them as eccentric club and business owners. People that rub shoulders with the elite. They aren't famous more just a peripheral to celebrities. #AntagonistApril

MYSTIC@mystic888wizard.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#AntagonistApril Today let’s talk about villain groups, whether that be a cult or an empire or even a super villain team. Do the common people know about this group, and if they do, how do they feel about them? Is your group respected and feared, or barely talked about in the shadows? Or liked?

The antagonist in G&G doesn't see himself as evil to his own kind. He is a Vampire Lord who wants vampires to be the dominant species. He is ruthless to anyone who gets in his way. He sees humans as lesser than himself. So doesn't regret his actions against them. #AntagonistAprl #writesky

MYSTIC@mystic888wizard.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#AntagonistApril Do any of your antagonists believe that they are evil? Do you have any villains who are proud of their evil ways? Or potentially do you have villains that feel regretful about their actions? Really just how self-aware are your antagonist of the way that they affect others?

I've done both. Sam & Gabe have always had their names. Elias was originally Az. A carryover from a previous direction I was taking the story. I used place holders on another project. Jeeves, Darwin, Mike, and Drian turned into Hunter, Liam, Erik, and Yelena, respectively #AwesomeCharacters

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Writing technical question! Do you name your characters right away or do you use placeholder names? Are the placeholders descriptive or just filler names you'll change? Has a placeholder ever grown on you? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

I'm not really sure how similar they are? Adam is a 136 year old egomaniac corrupted by a century of demonic possession. Sam is a late twenties scavenger who is marked by a being to take him down. #AwesomeCharacters #WriteSky

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Antagonist Day! How similar are your protagonist and antagonist? Do they have a lot in common, torn apart by one key choice or trait? Are they polar opposites, destined to clash? Or something in between? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

I hope all writers enjoy their characters as much as I do. Authors spend so much time with their characters. They haunt our dreams, travel through our bodies to our fingers, and talk to us in the waking hours.

I have three POVs and they are all different. Sam would buy shelf-stable and lightweight foods to carry through the wilderness. Gabe would buy protein and fresh vegetables. Elias: ALL THE SNACKS. #AwesomeCharacters #writesky #postapoclaypse #writingprompt

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Silly hypothetical today! Your character is going grocery shopping! What are they getting and what kind of shopper are they? Organized list-maker? Impulse buyer? Forgets half the ingredients and has to go back? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

I had to branch out a bit for this one! This is the intro to a new WIP called Demon in a Bottle. In a world that runs on the magic of bottled demons, Millie is a freelance demon trapper, until she takes a risk that turns her life upside down. #WipSnips #DemoninaBottle #WritingCommunity

“I’ll give you three cogs for each of the waters and two cogs for the wind.” Jun leaned against the counter, his palms on either side of the wooden crate. Hair, dark and straight as an iron shaft, fell into his eyes as he inspected the rows of clay jars nestled inside. 

	“What about the dirt demons?” Millie crossed her arms and gave him a shrewd stare from beneath the broad brim of her straw hat. Her haggling face. She still remembered when Jun had been a grease boy, lower than the slag caked on a smelter’s boots. A crisp white shirt and a foreman’s apron wouldn’t intimidate her into taking less than her wares were worth.

	“Best I can do is a lug a piece.” Jun shrugged like it was out of his hands.

	“Last time you paid three.”

	“Yeah.” Jun scoffed, tossing his hair out of his eyes with a shake of his head. “And after you left, the floor manager threatened to dock my pay if I wasted good money on sludgers again.” 

	Millie could tell Jun was dead set on the price by the tense line of his shoulders and the stubborn jut of his chin. She’d have to try a softer approach.

	“Come on, Jun-Po.” Leaning forward, Millie pushed the brim of her hat up so Jun could see her wide, pleading eyes. “I can’t ride out Stormtide on this.”

	She didn’t even have to fake the quiver of worry in her voice. Jun’s shoulders slumped on a heavy sigh. He wouldn’t go up to three lugs, not after getting dressed down by the floor manager, but maybe she could pry two out of him by stirring up the ghosts of better days.
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The #WIPSnips word for January 15th is "manager" #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
January 15 - manager
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

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#JanuaryWorldbuilders 15 My MC Sam is a sniper, so he tends to use a long high-caliber rifle but thru the course of the story he's asked to test an experiment rail gun called the Artemis that is powered by Element 171 Elysion, the element that allows FTL travel

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · 7mo ago

Alright, time to get into some of those weeds I promised! The theme of this week and next will be fighting-centric. Weapons and armor this week. Militaries next week. Today's #JanuaryWorldbuilders Q: What weapon(s) are used by your MC (or another important character?)

MonthlyWorldbuilders prompts daily feed card 
#JanuaryWorldbuilders
Hosted by Kira of the Wind
Week 3: Weapons/Armor
15. What weapon(s) is used by the MC?
	
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#WIPSnips January 15th I don't have managers, so Captain will do. A man is healing rapidly after an injury to his head. It describes it. Mentions bodily harm. #Writesky #Post-apocalypse #romance #horror

A screen shot depicting a scene were a man who was injury heals unnatrually that reads: CW Blood mentioned and bodily harm.
The "Captain" stirred on the floor. One hand climbing up the table leg while the other threw back his hood. A thick mohawk flopped into his face. The tattoos on his temple were mishappen from where the breaker struck. Dark black blood ran down his face. 

No. 

It ran up his face. Back into the wound, with a creak, his skull popped out, as though the injury hadn't happen. He looked at her with two iron spheres where his eyes should have been. A rust colored tear ran down his cheek.

The word "blood" is censored in the screen shot.
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Here are the words for the next week of #WIPSnips January 12th through January 18th Uhhhh.... remember content warnings please if you post anything NSFW (Looking at you, Monday...) Also don't forget Alt Text on graphics! #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity

The WIPSnips words for January 12th through January 18th.
January 12th - tentacle; January 13th - reflex; January 14th - current; January 15th - manager; January 16th - brain; January 17th - gold; January 18th - remain.