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Indie author community to support authors and connect with readers. Monthly challenge prompts! For questions, contact hosts: @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social @lvrussell.bsky.social

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Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · 6d ago

🌙 #FantasyIndiesAugust 🌙 All genres welcome! You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books. Feel free to ask the hosts questions! Love, Faeries at Fantasy Indies @lvrussell.bsky.social @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social

Fantasy Indies August prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1. Introduce yourself & WIP
2. Two truths and a lie about you or your WIP
3. Show us your book covers
4. Favourite piece of folklore or fairytale
5. Important days in WIP
6. Make a “recipe” for your WIP (tropes, media that inspired it, etc.)
7. Free Friday or your thoughts on retellings
8. Saturday Snippet
9. Do dreams feature in or inspire your writing?
10. Last, Current, & Next Reads
11. How would your characters want to spend their birthday?
12. Top reads of 2026 so far
13. Special items in WIP
14. Free Friday or WIP pitch in one sentence
15. Saturday Snippet
16. Mental health in WIP
17. Fairytale poem or Flash Fiction
18. What book-to-movie/tv show adaptations are you looking forward to seeing?
19. Author tips that have helped you
20. Superstitions in WIP
21. Free Friday or How do you choose character names?
22. Saturday Snippet
23. Favourite fandoms
24. Character names and their meanings in WIP
25. Is there anyone your MC shares their secrets with?
26. Legends in WIP
27. What have you learned recently?
28. Free Friday or Share a funny typo
29. Saturday Snippet
30. Do you prefer series or standalones?
31. Monthly Wrap-Up

Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · last mo.

🧚🏻‍♀️ #FantasyIndiesJuly 🧚🏻‍♀️ All genres welcome! You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books. Feel free to ask the hosts questions! Love, Faeries at Fantasy Indies @lvrussell.bsky.social @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social

Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · 2mo ago

✨ #FantasyIndiesJune ✨ All genres welcome! You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books. Feel free to ask the hosts questions! Love, Faeries at Fantasy Indies @lvrussell.bsky.social & @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social

Fantasy Indies June prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1. Introduce yourself & WIP
2. MC’s sense of humour
3. Advice for writer’s block
4. Do you/MC prefer indoors or outdoors?
5. Free Friday or What D&D character would your MC make?
6. Saturday Snippet
7. Your auto-buy authors
8. What inspires you?
9. WIP tagline
10. Would your characters stop to ask for directions?
11. MC’s favourite childhood memory
12. Free Friday or Is there a specific time you like to write?
13. Saturday Snippet
14. Do you like maps in your books? Share any
15. Post a happy quote
16. What inspires your MC?
17. How would your characters do on a roadtrip?
18. Do you tend to be an underwriter or an overwriter?
19. Free Friday or What makes you DNF a book
20. Saturday Snippet
21. Father figures or family in WIP
22. WIP tropes
23. What do you look for in beta readers?
24. What story does your MC love to share?
25. Is your MC responsible?
26. Free Friday or share a recent read you loved
27. Saturday Snippet
28. What new-to-you genre would you like to try writing?
29. Action Flash Fiction
30. Monthly Wrap-up

Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🎃 #FantasyIndiesMaytober 🎃 All genres welcome! You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books. Feel free to ask the hosts questions! Love, Faeries at Fantasy Indies @lvrussell.bsky.social @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social

Fantasy Indies May prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1. Introduce yourself & WIP
2. Saturday Snippet
3. Would your MC consider themself brave?
4. Nightmare in WIP
5. Flash Fiction about darkness
6. Characters’ fears
7. Do you usually come up with the plot, characters, or setting first?
8. Free Friday or WIP comp titles
9. Saturday Snippet
10. Last, Current, & Next Reads
11. Monsters in WIP
12. Villain’s quirks
13. Does the villain see your MC as a worthy adversary?
14. Schemes or tricks in WIP
15. Free Friday or 2026 releases on your TBR
16. Saturday Snippet
17. Books that you recommend
18. Failure in WIP
19. Villain fun fact
20. Would your characters prefer power or knowledge?
21. Villain’s family
22. Free Friday or book-to-tv show/movie adaptations that you enjoyed
23. Saturday Snippet
24. Scary moments in WIP
25. What would your characters be in therapy for?
26. Villain’s successes
27. Themes in WIP
28. Who would you cast in an adaptation of your book?
29. Free Friday or your favourite villains
30. Saturday Snippet
31. Monthly Wrap-Up

Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🌿 #FantasyIndiesApril 🌿 All genres welcome! You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books. Feel free to ask the hosts questions! Love, Faeries at Fantasy Indies @lvrussell.bsky.social @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social

Fantasy Indies April prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1. Introduce yourself & WIP
2. Season(s) in WIP
3. Free Friday or how do you come up with book titles?
4. Saturday Snippet
5. Where would your characters want to travel?
6. Describe your characters’ homes/homelands
7. Animals in WIP
8. Do you reread books?
9. What do your characters take for granted?
10. Free Friday or when did you first start writing stories?
11. Saturday Snippet
12. Routines in WIP
13. MC’s childhood
14. How would your characters describe themselves?
15. Preferred reading format(s)
16. Flash Fiction about a storm
17. Free Friday or how do you choose your next read or WIP?
18. Saturday Snippet
19. Nicknames in WIP
20. What words do you tend to overuse in your writing?
21. Have others ask anything about your WIP(s)
22. Tropes or subgenres you’d love to see more of
23. Plants in WIP
24. Free Friday or comfort
books/movies/tv shows
25. Saturday Snippet
26. Character scars or injuries
27. Which part of the writing process is your favourite?
28. Tough decisions in WIP
29. Character habits
30. Monthly Wrap-Up

Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🌙 #FantasyIndiesMarch 🌙 All genres welcome! You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books. Feel free to ask the hosts questions! Love, Faeries at Fantasy Indies @lvrussell.bsky.social @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social

Fantasy Indies March prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1. Introduce yourself & WIP with emojis
2. Characters’ guilty pleasures
3. Lies or rumors in WIP
4. Do your characters believe in luck or fate?
5. Risks in WIP
6. Free Friday or post some good fortune
7. Saturday Snippet
8. Characters’ Phobias
9. Would your characters fight their fate or embrace it?
10. Superstitions in WIP
11. Flash fiction with the word “fate”
12. Humor in WIP or share a bookish joke
13. Free Friday or How many WIPs do you work on at once?
14. Saturday Snippet
15. Characters’ Quirks
16. Would your MC rather fix a past mistake or get a glimpse into their future?
17. Surprising fact about your MC
18. Prophecy in WIP
19. Which character has the worst luck?
20. Free Friday or share your favourite authors
21. Saturday Snippet
22. Crazy moment in WIP
23. Last, Current, & Next Reads
24. Do your characters have a lucky object?
25. Compromises in WIP
26. WIP Aesthetic board
27. Free Friday or Classic books you recommend
28. Saturday Snippet
29. WIP magic system
30. Characters’ accomplishments
31. Monthly Wrap-Up

Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · 6mo ago

💕 #FantasyIndiesFebruary 💕 All genres welcome! You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books. Feel free to ask the hosts questions! Love, Faeries at Fantasy Indies @lvrussell.bsky.social @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social

Fantasy Indies February prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1. Introduce yourself & WIP
2. Romance in WIP
3. Does your MC believe in soulmates?
4. Flash Fiction featuring the word “bittersweet”
5. Have you put any of your personality traits into your characters?
6. Free Friday or Kiss, Marry, Unalive with your characters
7. Saturday Snippet
8. Favourite Tropes
9. What would your MC like to be known for?
10. WIP Love Interest
11. Heartbreak in WIP
12. What are your comfort reads?
13. Free Friday or Love Song Recs
14. Saturday Snippet
15. Romantic movie and book recs
16. What expectations are put on your characters?
17. Your preferred book spiciness level?
18. MC’s Favourite Dessert
19. Is your MC self-aware?
20. Free Friday or your preference: candies or chocolates?
21. Saturday Snippet
22. How does your MC handle romantic feelings?
23. Secret identities in WIP
24. WIP themes
25. Your preferred genres
26. Nosy character in WIP
27. Free Friday or WIP status (drafting, editing, etc.)
28. Monthly Wrap-up

Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · 7mo ago

❄️ #FantasyIndiesJanuary ❄️ All genres welcome! You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books. Feel free to ask the hosts questions! Love, Faeries at Fantasy Indies @lvrussell.bsky.social @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social

Fantasy Indies January prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1. Introduce yourself & WIP
2. Free Friday or what are you looking forward to this year?
3. Saturday Snippet
4. MC’s Goals
5. Writing Habits
6. Tropes you’d like to see more often
7. First line of your WIP
8. Your writing strengths
9. Free Friday or Social Media Tips
10. Saturday Snippet
11. Interesting lore in WIP
12. Shout out other indies!
13. MC’s pet peeves
14. What do you most wish to improve on this year?
15. Last, Current, & Next Reads
16. Free Friday or How do your characters handle stress?
17. Saturday Snippet
18. Aesthetic Boards
19. Characters’ weaknesses
20. Your hobbies
21. Who does your MC look up to?
22. Where do you draw inspiration from?
23. Free Friday or New beginnings in WIP
24. Saturday Snippet
25. Animals in WIP
26. Memories that your characters cherish
27. How has your WIP changed since you first came up with it?
28. MC Habits
29. Favourite Fictional Characters
30. Free Friday or WIP subgenres
31. Monthly Wrap Up

Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🎄 #FantasyIndiesDecember 🎄 All genres welcome! You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books. Feel free to ask the hosts questions! Love, Faeries at Fantasy Indies @lvrussell.bsky.social @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social

Fantasy Indies December prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1. Introduce yourself & WIP
2. Holidays in WIP
3. Holiday/wintery book recs
4. Holiday recipes
5. Free Friday or holiday/wintery movies or tv shows
6. Saturday Snippet
7. Would your characters be on the naughty or nice list?
8. Season(s) in WIP
9. Santa or Krampus?
10. Books you hope to read by the end of the year
11. Bookish gift ideas
12. Free Friday or favorite holiday songs
13. Saturday Snippet
14. Comp titles for WIP
15. Lows of 2025
16. Your preferred type of elf (Tolkien, Christmas, other)
17. New-to-you authors you read this year
18. Your favorite holidays
19. Free Friday or show off your ugly Christmas sweater
20. Saturday Snippet
21. What gifts would your characters give each other?
22. Favorite holiday memory
23. Favorite Christmas story/myth
24. Snowy scene from WIP
25. Merry Christmas!
26. Free Friday or 2026 books you’re excited for
27. Saturday Snippet
28. 2025 Achievements
29. Goals for 2026
30. Favorite reads of 2025
31. Year Wrap Up

Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We just now saw that we accidentally put 31 days in November. 😂🤦🏻‍♀️ Whoops! Thank you to those who have let us know.

Fantasy Indies@fantasyindies.bsky.social · 9mo ago

📚 #FantasyIndiesNovember 📚 All genres welcome! You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books. Feel free to ask the hosts questions! Love, Faeries at Fantasy Indies @lvrussell.bsky.social @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social

Fantasy Indies November prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1. Introduce yourself & WIP
2. When did you start writing?
3. WIP playlist
4. Inspiring authors
5. Last, current, & next reads
6. Helpful writing tools
7. Free Friday or what helps you relax?
8. Saturday Snippet
9. Show off your bookshelf
10. Favourite line you’ve written
11. What genres do you write and read?
12. Good and bad writing advice
13. Where do you write?
14. Free Friday or post your pets
15. Saturday Snippet
16. Are you a plotter, pantser, or plantser?
17. Your hobbies
18. Favourite characters you’ve created
19. Parts of writing that challenge you
20. Where do you find inspiration
21. Free Friday or comfort movies/tv shows
22. Saturday Snippet
23. Advice for dealing with imposter syndrome
24. Do you listen to music while you write?
25. Share artwork or artist
26. How you come up with book titles
27. What are you thankful for?
28. Free Friday or do you collect anything?
29. Saturday Snippet
30. Marketing tips
31. Monthly Wrap-Up

Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🎃 #FantasyIndiesSpooktober 🎃 All genres welcome! You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books. Feel free to ask the hosts questions! Love, Faeries at Fantasy Indies @lvrussell.bsky.social @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social

Fantasy Indies October prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1. Introduce yourself & WIP
2. Do you/your characters like scary things?
3. Free Friday or share something you are proud of
4. Saturday Snippet
5. What are your characters afraid of?
6. Monsters in WIP
7. Villain’s goals
8. Spooky month book recs
9. Favourite paranormal creatures
10. Free Friday or explain your WIP with emojis/gifs
11. Saturday Snippet
12. What do your MC and villain think of each other?
13. Spooky Shelfie
14. Villain’s henchmen and/or followers
15. What would you/your characters wear to a Halloween ball?
16. Tricks and/or treats in WIP
17. Free Friday or share a photo of autumn decorations
18. Saturday Snippet
19. Scary moment in WIP
20. Morally grey character(s)
21. Scary movie/tv show recs
22. Creepy poem or flash fiction
23. Who would your characters dress up as for Halloween?
24. Free Friday or share your Halloween plans
25. Saturday Snippet
26. How would your MC react to a haunted house?
27. Goosebumps or Point Horror?
28. Guilt or regret in WIP
29. MC’s worst nightmare
30. Is your MC brave?
31. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📖 #FantasyIndiesSeptember 📖 All genres welcome! You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books. Feel free to ask the hosts questions! Love, Faeries at Fantasy Indies @lvrussell.bsky.social @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social

Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · last yr.

🌲 #FantasyIndiesJuly🌲 All genres welcome! For snippets, you can use the word of the day or post whatever. You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books. Feel free to ask the hosts questions! Love, Faeries at Fantasy Indies @lvrussell.bsky.social @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social

Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · last yr.

✨ #FantasyIndiesJune ✨ All genres welcome! For snippets, you can use the word of the day or post whatever. You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books. Feel free to ask the hosts questions! Love, Faeries at Fantasy Indies @lvrussell.bsky.social @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social

Fantasy Indies June prompts, hosted by @ChesneyInfalt and @LydiaVRussell

1. Introduce yourself & WIP
2. Magic or science in WIP
3. How does your magic system work?
4. MC’s odd talent(s)
5. Does your MC have a mentor?
6. Free Friday or share something you’re proud of
7. Saturday Snippet: Magic
8. If your MC drank a truth potion, what would they be afraid to reveal?
9. WIP Aesthetic Board
10. How would your MC deal with being cursed?
11. What does your MC enjoy doing?
12. If they could go back in time, what would your MC fix?
13. Free Friday or are you superstitious?
14. Saturday Snippet: Tension
15. Father(s) in WIP
16. Are your characters lucky or unlucky?
17. Do your characters prefer magic or science?
18. What type of magic would you want to learn?
19. Does your character believe in fate?
20. Free Friday or share pet photos
21. Saturday Snippet: Longing
22. Would your MC prefer to learn a spell of invisibility or teleportation?
23. Whimsical moment in WIP
24. Adventure in WIP
25. What would your characters like to learn?
26. WIP subgenres
27. Free Friday or share your favourite books
28. Saturday Snippet: Thinking
29. MC’s lucky charm
30. Monthly Wrap-Up

Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · last yr.

#FantasyIndiesMaytober 👻 All genres welcome! For snippets, you can use the word of the day or post whatever. You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books. Feel free to ask the hosts questions! Love, Faeries at Fantasy Indies @lvrussell.bsky.social @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social

Fantasy Indies May prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1. Introduce yourself & WIP
2. Free Friday or Share what authors inspire you
3. Saturday Snippet: Fear
4. Nightmare
5. Villain fun fact
6. MC’s fears
7. Myths
8. Villain’s strengths and weaknesses
9. FF or what movie/tv show are you currently watching?
10. SS: Regret
11. Monsters
12. Villain’s quirks
13. Does the villain see your MC as a worthy adversary?
14. Schemes
15. Would you like to see your WIP turned into a movie, tv show, video game, or musical?
16. FF or share a recent 5-star read
17. SS: Anger
18. Failure
19. Scary moments
20. Who does your villain rely on?
21. Villain’s goals
22. What inspires your story ideas?
23. FF or share your horror/thriller recs
24. SS: Fight
25. What would your characters be in therapy for?
26. Villain’s successes
27. Does your villain have henchmen/followers?
28. What does your MC do in the face of danger?
29. Current Read(s)
30. FF or what stage is your WIP in?
31. Monthly Wrap-Up

Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · last yr.

🌿 #FantasyIndiesApril 🌿 All genres welcome! For snippets, you can use the word of the day or post whatever. You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books. Feel free to ask the hosts questions! Love, Faeries at Fantasy Indies @lvrussell.bsky.social @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social

Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · last yr.

🐈‍⬛ #FantasyIndiesMarch 🐈‍⬛ All genres welcome! For snippets, you can use the word of the day or post whatever. You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books. Feel free to ask the hosts questions! Love, Faeries at Fantasy Indies @lvrussell.bsky.social @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social

Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · 2y ago

💞 #FantasyIndiesFebruary 💞 All genres welcome! For snippets, you can use the word of the day or post whatever. You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books. Feel free to ask the hosts questions! Love, Faeries at Fantasy Indies @lvrussell.bsky.social @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social

Fantasy Indies Feb prompts by @ChesneyInfalt and @LydiaVRussell

1. Introduce yourself & WIP
2. Favorite romance movies & books
3. Games
4. Sweetheart nicknames
5. What would be the perfect date for your characters?
6. Favourite romance tropes
7. Free Friday or common themes in your books
8. Snippet Saturday: Free or Discovery
9. Love Interest(s)
10. MC’s To-Do List
11. Flirty moment
12. What do your characters think of romance?
13. MC’s best friend(s)
14. Free Friday—Happy Valentine’s Day!
15. Snippet Saturday: Free or Awkward Moment
16. Your last 5-star read
17. Heartache
18. WIP Comp Titles
19. Preferred level of spice
20. Does your MC make decisions based on emotions, morals, or logic?
21. Free Friday or Favourite/Least Favourite Euphemisms
22. Snippet Saturday: Free or Pain
23. Sweet moment
24. What words or phrases does your MC say a lot?
25. Book-to-film/TV show adaptations that you enjoyed
26. What does your MC think of themselves?
27. MC hobbies
28. Monthly Wrap-Up

Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · 2y ago

📚 February Readalong! 📚 We are excited to host a read-along for The Petticoat Pirate by @crpugh-author.bsky.social! If you want to participate, comment below & we’ll get you sorted into our group chat. Starts 1 February! Love, The Faeries at FI @lvrussell.bsky.social & @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social

Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · 2y ago

❄️ #FantasyIndiesJanuary ❄️ All genres welcome! For snippets, you can use the word of the day or post whatever. You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books. Feel free to ask the hosts questions! Love, Faeries at Fantasy Indies @lvrussell.bsky.social @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social

Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · 2y ago

📚 Author Spotlight 📚 We got to interview @asterauthor (on Insta, X, Threads, TikTok)! You can their books on Amazon, Audible, Kindle Vella, and Kindle Unlimited.

Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · 2y ago

The read-along started today, but it’s not too late to join! Message either @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social or @lvrussell.bsky.social to join the group chat.

Fantasy Indies@fantasyindies.bsky.social · 2y ago

📚 December Readalong! 📚 We are excited to host a read-along for A Sword’s Promise by @katemacauthor.bsky.social! If you want to participate, comment below & we will get you sorted into our group chat. Starts 1 December! Love, The Faeries at FI @lvrussell.bsky.social & @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social

Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · 2y ago

🎄 #FantasyIndiesDecember🎄 All genres welcome! You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books. Feel free to ask the hosts questions! Love, Faeries at Fantasy Indies @lvrussell.bsky.social @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social