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A messy human who writes fantasy stories because I enjoy them. Read them if you want! they/them pls. 🚫🤖, 🚫🧊 Banner art by https://yirien.carrd.co Me: https://www.serobertsonfiction.com My awesome spouse: @infinitesquirrels.bsky.social

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S.E. Robertson / C.A. Moss is first-drafting@feelingsandmagic.bsky.social · 24h ago

As an indie, DON'T DO THIS. I know most of us have no money; too bad! Don't whine, lowball, or "bargain." Just fucking don't. No one owes you cheap labor. No one owes you *anything.* The entitlement in some pockets of this industry is embarrassing.

Well_dipper (C2E2 L-10)@welldipper.bsky.social · yesterday

So let’s talk about this!! Young artists are being preyed upon by shitty indie authors who think they can get away with not paying artists professional wages. Especially in the age of AI this bullshit infuriaties me like nothing else. Stop taking advantage of artists.

S.E. Robertson / C.A. Moss is first-drafting@feelingsandmagic.bsky.social · 4d ago

#FantasyIndiesSeptember 10. Does your MC want knowledge or power? How far would they go for it? These two are, in part, “about” isekai power fantasies going awry. Solan did The Hero Thing to others’ great detriment, and is still figuring out what else to do with his afterlife. Meanwhile...

Fantasy Indies@fantasyindies.bsky.social · 2w 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 Sept prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell 1. Introduce yourself & WIP 2. How do you choose your next read? 3. Education in WIP 4. Free Friday or do you collect anything? 5. Saturday Snippet 6. Do you know what your next WIP will be? 7. Something in your WIP that surprised you 8. Would/does your MC like school? Favourite subject(s)? 9. What magic or superhero powers would you/your MC choose to have? 10. Does your MC want knowledge or power? How far would they go for it? 11. Free Friday or books that remind you of autumn 12. Saturday Snippet 13. How organized are you/your characters? 14. Lessons learned in WIP 15. How would your characters describe you? 16. Poem or Flash Fiction featuring the word “autumn” 17. What type of book would your MC(s) write? 18. Free Friday or share pet photos 19. Saturday Snippet 20. Words you tend to overuse 21. Power-hungry character in WIP 22. Your autumn TBR 23. What grammar rule(s) do you struggle with? 24. Interesting fact(s) from your WIP’s world’s history 25. Free Friday or music you’ve been inspired by recently 26. Saturday Snippet 27. What research do you do for your writing? 28. Your thoughts on DNFing books 29. Are you/MC an introvert, extrovert, or ambivert? 30. Monthly Wrap Up
S.E. Robertson / C.A. Moss is first-drafting@feelingsandmagic.bsky.social · 5d ago

#FantasyIndiesSeptember 9. What magic or superhero powers would you/your MC choose to have? In this setting, Visitors get magic that reflects some quality or need in themselves. (ahem) In the WIP, Solan (who has worked on his anger management) has fire magic, but it's channelled through...

Garth Marenghi Garth Marenghi'S Darkplace

Alt: "I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards" meme

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Fantasy Indies@fantasyindies.bsky.social · 2w 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 Sept prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell 1. Introduce yourself & WIP 2. How do you choose your next read? 3. Education in WIP 4. Free Friday or do you collect anything? 5. Saturday Snippet 6. Do you know what your next WIP will be? 7. Something in your WIP that surprised you 8. Would/does your MC like school? Favourite subject(s)? 9. What magic or superhero powers would you/your MC choose to have? 10. Does your MC want knowledge or power? How far would they go for it? 11. Free Friday or books that remind you of autumn 12. Saturday Snippet 13. How organized are you/your characters? 14. Lessons learned in WIP 15. How would your characters describe you? 16. Poem or Flash Fiction featuring the word “autumn” 17. What type of book would your MC(s) write? 18. Free Friday or share pet photos 19. Saturday Snippet 20. Words you tend to overuse 21. Power-hungry character in WIP 22. Your autumn TBR 23. What grammar rule(s) do you struggle with? 24. Interesting fact(s) from your WIP’s world’s history 25. Free Friday or music you’ve been inspired by recently 26. Saturday Snippet 27. What research do you do for your writing? 28. Your thoughts on DNFing books 29. Are you/MC an introvert, extrovert, or ambivert? 30. Monthly Wrap Up
S.E. Robertson / C.A. Moss is first-drafting@feelingsandmagic.bsky.social · 6d ago

I read the first volume of this, and I liked how it thought through the relationship between the "players" and the "game world" residents. (so there are these immortal beings who come to our world out of nowhere...) Just a tiny bit dystopian! I appreciate that!

Kaira Loi (Scifi/Romantasy/Fantasy Author)@kairaloi.bsky.social · 6d ago

Treat yourself with a LitRPG/Romantasy series! 📖 IMMORTAL NOX Available in eBook and Paperback (Amazon, Itchio, Kobo, and PATREON) www.moiraepubs.com

S.E. Robertson / C.A. Moss is first-drafting@feelingsandmagic.bsky.social · 6d ago

#FantasyIndiesSeptember Pause to shift WIPs, since I finished my draft yesterday! 🎉 8. Would/does your MC like school? Favourite subject(s)? New-old WIP: untitled extra with Solan & Drekar (⬇️). Solan was a STEM dork (affectionate) in his old life, so I'll say physics.

Fantasy Indies@fantasyindies.bsky.social · 2w 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 Sept prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell 1. Introduce yourself & WIP 2. How do you choose your next read? 3. Education in WIP 4. Free Friday or do you collect anything? 5. Saturday Snippet 6. Do you know what your next WIP will be? 7. Something in your WIP that surprised you 8. Would/does your MC like school? Favourite subject(s)? 9. What magic or superhero powers would you/your MC choose to have? 10. Does your MC want knowledge or power? How far would they go for it? 11. Free Friday or books that remind you of autumn 12. Saturday Snippet 13. How organized are you/your characters? 14. Lessons learned in WIP 15. How would your characters describe you? 16. Poem or Flash Fiction featuring the word “autumn” 17. What type of book would your MC(s) write? 18. Free Friday or share pet photos 19. Saturday Snippet 20. Words you tend to overuse 21. Power-hungry character in WIP 22. Your autumn TBR 23. What grammar rule(s) do you struggle with? 24. Interesting fact(s) from your WIP’s world’s history 25. Free Friday or music you’ve been inspired by recently 26. Saturday Snippet 27. What research do you do for your writing? 28. Your thoughts on DNFing books 29. Are you/MC an introvert, extrovert, or ambivert? 30. Monthly Wrap Up
S.E. Robertson / C.A. Moss is first-drafting@feelingsandmagic.bsky.social · last wk.

Unless you use D2D, I guess. I don't know what this means, and there's no explanation. "You must have a direct relationship with Ingram Content Group to submit this form. If you do not have a direct relationship with Ingram Content Group, your publisher will need to submit the form." Great...well.

J.A. Jablonski | Resolute Death out this fall!@jajablonski.bsky.social · 2w ago

FYI: Indie & self-publishers. IngramSpark is making your print books available for AI use. You can opt out here: www.ingramcontent.com/page/ai-opt-... PW info here: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Dorian Dawes@doriandawes.bsky.social · last wk.

There is also a weird thing with wanting more games to feature diverse viewpoints, then acknowledging indies are doing that, so basically what you want is a big budget game to do what indies are doing... And you gotta give this up.

S.E. Robertson / C.A. Moss is first-drafting@feelingsandmagic.bsky.social · last wk.

#FantasyIndiesSeptember 7. Something in your WIP that surprised you I tried to fix a continuity error from 10 novellas ago, and ended up adding to some lore. Didn't plan any of that. A cameo and throwaway line about dragons in novella 1 ended up not fitting what I did with them later...

Fantasy Indies@fantasyindies.bsky.social · 2w 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 Sept prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell 1. Introduce yourself & WIP 2. How do you choose your next read? 3. Education in WIP 4. Free Friday or do you collect anything? 5. Saturday Snippet 6. Do you know what your next WIP will be? 7. Something in your WIP that surprised you 8. Would/does your MC like school? Favourite subject(s)? 9. What magic or superhero powers would you/your MC choose to have? 10. Does your MC want knowledge or power? How far would they go for it? 11. Free Friday or books that remind you of autumn 12. Saturday Snippet 13. How organized are you/your characters? 14. Lessons learned in WIP 15. How would your characters describe you? 16. Poem or Flash Fiction featuring the word “autumn” 17. What type of book would your MC(s) write? 18. Free Friday or share pet photos 19. Saturday Snippet 20. Words you tend to overuse 21. Power-hungry character in WIP 22. Your autumn TBR 23. What grammar rule(s) do you struggle with? 24. Interesting fact(s) from your WIP’s world’s history 25. Free Friday or music you’ve been inspired by recently 26. Saturday Snippet 27. What research do you do for your writing? 28. Your thoughts on DNFing books 29. Are you/MC an introvert, extrovert, or ambivert? 30. Monthly Wrap Up
S.E. Robertson / C.A. Moss is first-drafting@feelingsandmagic.bsky.social · last wk.

#FantasyIndiesSeptember 6. Do you know what your next WIP will be? Either finishing a side story (Solan and Drekar go to Little Earth and have some epiphanies*) or Novella 12, about a former bandit band in a fantasy world that opens a collectively managed bed and breakfast.

Fantasy Indies@fantasyindies.bsky.social · 2w 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 Sept prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell 1. Introduce yourself & WIP 2. How do you choose your next read? 3. Education in WIP 4. Free Friday or do you collect anything? 5. Saturday Snippet 6. Do you know what your next WIP will be? 7. Something in your WIP that surprised you 8. Would/does your MC like school? Favourite subject(s)? 9. What magic or superhero powers would you/your MC choose to have? 10. Does your MC want knowledge or power? How far would they go for it? 11. Free Friday or books that remind you of autumn 12. Saturday Snippet 13. How organized are you/your characters? 14. Lessons learned in WIP 15. How would your characters describe you? 16. Poem or Flash Fiction featuring the word “autumn” 17. What type of book would your MC(s) write? 18. Free Friday or share pet photos 19. Saturday Snippet 20. Words you tend to overuse 21. Power-hungry character in WIP 22. Your autumn TBR 23. What grammar rule(s) do you struggle with? 24. Interesting fact(s) from your WIP’s world’s history 25. Free Friday or music you’ve been inspired by recently 26. Saturday Snippet 27. What research do you do for your writing? 28. Your thoughts on DNFing books 29. Are you/MC an introvert, extrovert, or ambivert? 30. Monthly Wrap Up
Premee Mohamed@premeemohamed.com · last wk.

I think just more nuance, more ambiguity, less neatness/black-and-white thinking, more messiness, more complexity, moving parts, undefined edges. (And readers who don't whine about encountering it, but that's proving too much to hope.)

A.M. Tuomala@amtuomala.bsky.social · last wk.

What would you like to see more of in the fantasy fiction of the next five years? Where do you think the genre has room for growth and exploration--or which recent developments would you like to see continued?

S.E. Robertson / C.A. Moss is first-drafting@feelingsandmagic.bsky.social · last wk.

Birb model and half a book. Mystifying mistakes of the week: - Accidentally snipped something on the back that unraveled the bird's chest; will redo - The beak hits the book to the left one stitch lower than it should, and I have not yet figured out where I went astray 🤦

A cross-stitch project of a cat lying on a bookshelf, with a fish model and a bird model on either side.
S.E. Robertson / C.A. Moss is first-drafting@feelingsandmagic.bsky.social · 2w ago

Back leg and tail! I actually messed up the leg in 2 places (where the tail crosses over & the ankle is a stitch too long). But I think it will blend in okay if I continue around it and move in toward it, fudging as needed to keep the overall pattern on track. 😮‍💨 This has been Distracted Stitchery™.

S.E. Robertson / C.A. Moss is first-drafting@feelingsandmagic.bsky.social · last wk.

I'm outside this situation, not primarily a smut reader and don't write it at all (sorry). (Though I support it, okay) This is an interesting piece outlining what sounds like a frustrating situation, borne out of, among other things, overstated marketing. If you promise something, deliver!

Rien Gray@riengray.bsky.social · last wk.

This trend keeps happening and frustrating readers (for good reason)! www.riengray.com/blog/the-per...

S.E. Robertson / C.A. Moss is first-drafting@feelingsandmagic.bsky.social · last wk.

#FantasyIndiesSeptember 5. Saturday Snippet The end of Ch. 1 of Sparklebloom Meadows, featuring Berry, our tiny foul-mouthed elven enby goth plant mage, and our v. confused narrator, who's going by Justin at this point. (yes, sorry, I'm stuck in light mode 💀) (first draft, don't @ me)

Snippet: Berry held out their hand again, and the plant unfolded another handful of leaves right in front of my lying eyes. I stared as Berry plucked off the top third or so of the plant, stripped the leaves into my drink, and closed their hand around the remaining stems. Green light dripped between their fingers into the flower pot. Then they pulled up the whole plant by the roots and melted it all. By the time Berry said “Can’t let it run wild,” I had squished into the opposite edge of the Adirondack chair. After a thousand hours in the game, it shouldn’t freak me out, right? I’d cast Instant Grow hundreds of times. But my brain wasn’t absorbing what my eyes took in. Also, melting plants wasn’t one of the spells in Sparklebloom Meadows. *Also, you needed a wand to cast spells.* I must have been staring, too, given Berry’s expression as they plopped down onto the porch swing next to my chair. “It’s a lot. I know.” There were too many questions. Who are you really? Where am I? What was that tower in the distance? How did you cast magic without a wand? Why do I have the hair from my Sparklebloom main when nothing else in this dream is from the game? What was that light Berry kept giving off? How did I get these clothes? The only one that got through was, “How do I wake up?” It sounded tight and weak. Blue light bloomed around the lavender-haired stranger, and they laced their fingers together between their knees. Their feet barely touched the boards of the porch, even with thick-soled boots. “I’m sorry, man,” they said. “You don’t.”
Fantasy Indies@fantasyindies.bsky.social · 2w 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 Sept prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell 1. Introduce yourself & WIP 2. How do you choose your next read? 3. Education in WIP 4. Free Friday or do you collect anything? 5. Saturday Snippet 6. Do you know what your next WIP will be? 7. Something in your WIP that surprised you 8. Would/does your MC like school? Favourite subject(s)? 9. What magic or superhero powers would you/your MC choose to have? 10. Does your MC want knowledge or power? How far would they go for it? 11. Free Friday or books that remind you of autumn 12. Saturday Snippet 13. How organized are you/your characters? 14. Lessons learned in WIP 15. How would your characters describe you? 16. Poem or Flash Fiction featuring the word “autumn” 17. What type of book would your MC(s) write? 18. Free Friday or share pet photos 19. Saturday Snippet 20. Words you tend to overuse 21. Power-hungry character in WIP 22. Your autumn TBR 23. What grammar rule(s) do you struggle with? 24. Interesting fact(s) from your WIP’s world’s history 25. Free Friday or music you’ve been inspired by recently 26. Saturday Snippet 27. What research do you do for your writing? 28. Your thoughts on DNFing books 29. Are you/MC an introvert, extrovert, or ambivert? 30. Monthly Wrap Up
S.E. Robertson / C.A. Moss is first-drafting@feelingsandmagic.bsky.social · last wk.

Just finished this. Wow. So. The Little House books are wild colonialist and ~self-sufficiency~ propaganda, AND they were probably a bigger influence on me than anything else I read as a kid. That and a set of kids' encyclopedias that I absolutely devoured (shoutout to Childcraft). 🧵

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S.E. Robertson / C.A. Moss is first-drafting@feelingsandmagic.bsky.social · last wk.

#FantasyIndiesSeptember 4. Free Friday or do you collect anything? I try not to (smallish house*), but in the last few years I got hooked on the Botanical and Animal Crossing Lego sets. Now I have minifigs of various themes displayed on my desk, too. 🤦 * by US standards. It's completely fine.

A minifig display with several space/sf-themed figs, plus 2 random minis, a tuba player and a diving scientist (the stands are 3D-printed by a Lego reseller store, they're handy)A minifig display with a few themes going on: People in animal costumes in the back row Holidays in the middle row Food themed in the front row (and a gap that I'm still trying to fill! Chili pepper costume person, I'll find you someday lol)
Fantasy Indies@fantasyindies.bsky.social · 2w 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 Sept prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell 1. Introduce yourself & WIP 2. How do you choose your next read? 3. Education in WIP 4. Free Friday or do you collect anything? 5. Saturday Snippet 6. Do you know what your next WIP will be? 7. Something in your WIP that surprised you 8. Would/does your MC like school? Favourite subject(s)? 9. What magic or superhero powers would you/your MC choose to have? 10. Does your MC want knowledge or power? How far would they go for it? 11. Free Friday or books that remind you of autumn 12. Saturday Snippet 13. How organized are you/your characters? 14. Lessons learned in WIP 15. How would your characters describe you? 16. Poem or Flash Fiction featuring the word “autumn” 17. What type of book would your MC(s) write? 18. Free Friday or share pet photos 19. Saturday Snippet 20. Words you tend to overuse 21. Power-hungry character in WIP 22. Your autumn TBR 23. What grammar rule(s) do you struggle with? 24. Interesting fact(s) from your WIP’s world’s history 25. Free Friday or music you’ve been inspired by recently 26. Saturday Snippet 27. What research do you do for your writing? 28. Your thoughts on DNFing books 29. Are you/MC an introvert, extrovert, or ambivert? 30. Monthly Wrap Up