#MythAugust Definitely Val-Kresh is the most respected, arguably the most powerful alongside his brother. And in theory Nal-Kresh SHOULD be as venerated as his brother but as we went over last night. Yeah, not so much. There's a pretty sturdy consensus that Val is the big cheese. (1/2)

🫜Prof Emily🫜@professoremily.bsky.social · 17h ago

#MythAugust 5 Today is about hierarchy! Who ranks highest or lowest among your gods/spirits/whatever? Is there a consensus about this ranking? As usual, interpret the question as loosely as you need to to fit your specific worldbuilding, and feel free to skip if it's not relevant to you! 😊❤️

#MythAugust Kind of. The factions are: Gods Tired of Nal-Kresh's Shit, and Gods Who Are Indifferent (To Said Shit). A close-knit band of Gods stalk Nal-Kresh to make sure he's kept in line. These are Sétuth, Shèn-Yeh (God of Fortune/Greed), Loc-Chaidō (God of Doors, Paths, Revelation). (1/2)

🫜Prof Emily🫜@professoremily.bsky.social · 2d ago

#MythAugust 4 Today, tell me about the different factions among your gods/spirits. Think like the Æsir & Vanir in Norse mythology, or angels & demons in Christianity. What's their relationship? Are they sworn enemies? Sometimes allies? Interpret the question however makes sense for your story!

#QueerPrompts I think, paradoxically, Hailey loves making friends but prefers only hanging out with like one person. Who's tall. Has raven hair. Sporty. Likes dreary poetry. A bit of a foodie. Loves movies. Has a thing for redheads. Could be anybody. 👀

🌈CJ Aralore@cjaralore.bsky.social · 2d ago

#QueerPrompts August 4: Do your character(s) prefer one close friend or a big friend group?

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Amanda Turek💎Writing Rushak@acturek.bsky.social · 2d ago

No cheating. Post your lock screen. Sad but true … Every time I pick up my phone there he is … I’m not obsessed … Also this Tangerine Dream song it shows is on his playlist. It’s the soundtrack to his whitewater race! 😂

#AwesomeCharacters Hailey's embellishing the shit out of everything. 😂 She already does it in SaY from time to time. I think even once she gets older she'd very playfully exaggerate her deeds and make herself sound as competent and brave as possible. (1/2)

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 2d ago

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Your character is writing their memoirs! How honest are they being? Are they playing up their heroism and the drama? Are they leaving anything out? Why? What tone will it have? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

My collection has begun. 😅 Yeeeeeah where the hell am I meant to store these things? 🤣

#WIPSnips time again! This is from the sister novella for Savage as You, entitled 'Vitrified'. In this scene, our disembodied heroine, Helena, has traveled far enough into Lin J'Roe to speak with a Goddess hidden away at its center, known as Zōidiakós. Fitting for #MythAugust as well!

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 3d ago

Welcome to a new week of #WIPSnips! The word for August 3rd is "thrill" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#MythAugust Each have their own code. The general rule of thumb is not to interact without mortals unless explicitly necessary. As interacting with them, especially singing around them, can cause permanent damage to their minds. The Gods hold each other accountable to maintain this order. (1/3)

🫜Prof Emily🫜@professoremily.bsky.social · 3d ago

#MythAugust 3 What kind of moral code do your fantasy gods or spirits follow, if any? Do they share similar moral values to the people, or is their sense of morality completely alien? Do they even do "morality" at all? As usual, interpret as you wish and don't forget to interact with others! ☺️

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Nectar Vam@nectar-vam77.bsky.social · 3d ago

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#AwesomeCharacters Not well. 😅 Hailey takes stuff really personally and she's still kind of at an emotional point in her life where she's very sensitive. It doesn't take much to make her cry. I feel like if you're really critical of her she'll get overwhelmed and start crying. :( (1/2)

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 3d ago

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters How well does your character handle criticism? Are they easily insulted? Does their confidence suffer from a critique? Do they ignore or shrug it off entirely? Do they learn from it? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#FantasyIndiesAugust (Vague spoilers ahead.) Two truths and one lie about SaY: 1. Sentient machines/androids are a crucial plot point. 2. Hailey's knee gets worse and by the end of the book she decides her lower leg should be amputated. 3. Hailey shoots someone with a gun in the book.

#MythAugust Let's yap about some Gods. Shall we? Val-Kresh - God of Order. Language. Perfection. Organization. A very rarely seen God whose voice sounds like a glass harp to mortal ears. The formation of Tey 'Ra 'Tah caused him to come into existence at the same moment as his brother .... (1/8)

🫜Prof Emily🫜@professoremily.bsky.social · 4d ago

#MythAugust Day 2 Tell us about the major god(s) or spirit(s) in your fantasy religion! This is meant to be a broad overview - we'll have focused questions for specific gods later! Feel free to interpret the question as loosely as you need to if you aren't working with a traditional pantheon 😁

#WritingQ When you think the villain is dead and they somehow keep coming back against all odds. Why? I love my villains.

Susan Savage Lee@susansavagelee.bsky.social · 5d ago

Writers, what’s a trope you will never get tired of? Why? #writingq #WritingCommunity

#QueerPrompts You have to put serious effort into being Hailey's enemy. Like deliberately wrong her. Even then she wants to see the best in people. She makes friends suuuuper easily because she's very friendly! Even to slightly scary looking monsters!

🌈CJ Aralore@cjaralore.bsky.social · 4d ago

#QueerPrompts August 2: Are your character(s) more likely to make friends or enemies?

#AwesomeCharacters Every time CSD gets ejected from a universe in Tey 'Ra 'Tah, as part of his exile, he very much has no idea if he'll ever see the people there again. He had to say goodbye to a very dear friend named Divolka in another universe, and only has her harmonica to remember her. 1/2

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 4d ago

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters We talked about reunions the other day, so today let's talk about the opposite: partings! Have your characters left someone significant behind? Do they hope to see them again, or know they never will? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

One more month! My debut novel is almost here! The queer Isekai extravaganza known as Savage as You. I'm thrilled to be sharing this! Can't wait to hear what more people think. Savage as You was a labor of love! ❤️ (Backdrop photo by my friend, Reid.) (1/2) #BookSky #DebutNovel #SavageAsYou

#MythAugust SO, in my lore mortals aren't supposed to know the Gods exist. But the Gods get more powerful from worship even if mortals are unaware that they exist. So if you revere the concept, object, or behavior behind a God's power, you fortify them. (1/3)

🫜Prof Emily🫜@professoremily.bsky.social · 5d ago

Hello #writingcommunity, welcome to Day 1 of #MythAugust! This is a worldbuilding game about ✨fantasy✨ gods, myths & religions! You can use the prompts to build up your gods, or yap about some you've already made! Today, give us a BRIEF intro (not too detailed!), & please interact with others ☺️❤️

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#SummerOfStories Thank you SO much for hosting, Kayleigh! This was a lovely prompt game. Stories mean a lot to me. As someone who's had some really dark points in her life, stories have always been something I could look forward to, helping me through the worst of it. (1/4)

Kayleigh Diaz 🫜@kayleighdiaz.com · 6d ago

31 | #SummerOfStories has come to an end! Thank you to all who participated! 💜 Final share: What have stories done for you in your life, and/or what would you like your stories to do for others? #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompt

#AwesomeCharacters CSD does not know Hailey at all. In fact he initially mistakes her for the person he IS looking for: a woman named Genevieve. Hailey and CSD become slightly linked. As Hailey's Axis (mana) is for some reason already attuned (awakened). (1/3)

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 6d ago

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Antagonist day! How well does your antagonist know your protagonist? We're they close? Have they studied them? Or are they a stranger standing in the way of their plans? Does that change? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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#WritingQ Hailey befriends Danielle SUPER early in her transition. Like right when she comes out in junior high. Danielle has just gone through a really gnarly growth spurt and it makes her feel ugly. Hail and Dannie commiserate over their body issues and Dannie finds Hailey really sweet. (1/3)

Scarlet Mitchell ⚒️ The Gerzean Blade out NOW!😍@scarletvmitchell.bsky.social · 6d ago

Thursday #WritingQ Best Friends! Tell me how your character met and first connected with their best friend! What do they have in common? What do they like about each other? #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt

#QueerPrompts Friendship, and to a broader extent trust, are hugely important themes of SaY. That Hailey always leans on others and whenever she tries to go things alone she quickly realizes she needs help. She's vulnerable enough to know that about herself a rely on people she cares about. 1/2

🌈CJ Aralore@cjaralore.bsky.social · 7d ago

#QueerPrompts July 30: International Friendship Day: Role of friendship in your story

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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe@aebrossbooks.com · 6d ago

Share a celebrity you find distractingly attractive.

#JulyWorldbuilders A lot of classic Isekai stories and fairy tales. Alice, Oz, The Neverending Story especially. I quote it at the beginning of SaY. These larger than life stories of ordinary people stumbling into such grander places, meeting characters and creatures with big personalities! 1/4

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

Hello, #JulyWorldbuilders! What media have inspired your worldbuilding? Are there any specific examples you can point to and say "that thing in this movie inspired this part of my worldbuilding!" Is there anything that broadly inspired you with vibes, scenery, etc.?

#SummerOfStories Can't really share it. But in WIP 2 when the villain, Chynos, makes his true entrance. That whole chapter is just my favorite thing I've ever written. It's an absolute gut punch of the highest magnitude. Relentless. Brutal. I get chills when I edit it every time.

Kayleigh Diaz 🫜@kayleighdiaz.com · 7d ago

30 | Share your favorite line/scene you've ever written. What do you love about it? #SummerOfStories #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompt

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Joel Flanagan-Grannemann @servantand.bsky.social · 7d ago

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#AwesomeCharacters SaY doesn't have much in the way of major reunions. Unless we're counting the events after a certain time jump. But WIP 2 is Reunions: The Book. Djok has been on, errrrr, emotional sabbatical for a little while off in Esraidambôl. (1/2)

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

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Let's talk about reunions! Do your characters get any specific moments where they reunite with someone from their past? Or someone they lost touch with earlier in the story? Is it a happy reunion or less so? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts