Thanks for joining us for #HorrorWritersChat and sharing your histories. Once you’ve answered the questions and interacted, share your promo with #HorrorWritersChat IN THE COMMENTS on this post. This is now your past. Join us again in the future for fresh horror chat! 🖤

#HorrorWritersChat The Pit and the Pendulum, but in the 2020ies. Rebecca (the Du Maurier novel) in the Middle Ages. The Shining in the 19th century.

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd.bsky.social · 6h ago

Make horror history with a new setting. Q4: #HorrorWritersChat - Choose an existing horror IP or horror creation and add it to an historical period different from its origin. Share your idea. ---- Outro in 10 mins

#HorrorWritersChat I lived in a big messy house with (a tiny) forest when I was a toddler, so I guess it has to do with why I love houses in ruins as a setting and botanical horror. And of course, my characters get All The Trauma.

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd.bsky.social · 7h ago

Making it personal. Q3: #HorrorWritersChat - In what ways has your own history (past) impacted or inspired your horror writing? Examples: giving a character your childhood trauma, reimagining an experience with a different ending.

#HorrorWritersChat My current MC is 300 year old and has left a lot of corpses on his way. I have a fondness for family curses, when the weight of past crimes linger. However, no past (forgotten or untold) or just a glimpse can be horrifying on its own –we don’t know why they act like that.

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd.bsky.social · 7h ago

Even fictional characters have a past. Q2: #HorrorWritersChat - How much history, how much of a past, do you give your horror characters? Share an example.

#HorrorWritersChat Hi! I’m working on a horror-comedy. Don’t read a lot of historical, but 1922 (SKing "short" story), Amnesia the Dark Descent (game happening in the 19th century), Sweeney Todd (Sondheim musical, 19th century).

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd.bsky.social · 7h ago

Welcome to Horror Writers Chat. It’s time to explore the past. Q1: #HorrorWritersChat - Introduce yourself, the horror you write, and share up to three historical horror fiction stories you’ve enjoyed. (Horror set in the past.)

Okay, I got started on a moderation list for all the beta reader bots. Mutuals, feel free to share and let me know when you see something!

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Ronove (aka S. Jean)@earlronove.bsky.social · 3d ago

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Good morning! It's #WriterShareWednesday ! Share a pitch for your WIP or one of your published works (including links if you have them) and we'll give it a boost! Please use alt text in your images for accessibility & note that AI "work" will not be shared

#FantasyIndiesAugust Folklore: nope. Can’t choose just one. I can’t. Favorite fairy tale: Snow White. Nothing beats the ivory/ebony/ruby contrast, the apple and the comb and the corset and the glass coffin. Favorite fairy tales elements: 🧵

He’d write in his best handwriting: “I’m Isidore and a vampire and married and nothing really interesting happened to me. 🌟The end!🌟” and then would demand a little golden statue to reward him for this exhausting work.

🌱🫜 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

#AugustWorldbuilders In schools for powered people, group work and helping each other are heavily encouraged. The kids know they’re all into this together against the outside. Then again, only the rich children will get access to elaborate education, so that can create friction fast enough.

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · 2d ago

#AugustWorldbuilders, hey there friends! What is the general vibe like at your world's school? Are the students polite and mature? Are there bullying problems? Do they do a lot of group work or is it more focused on individual study?

#MythAugust Generally, this crowd is as violent, cruel and generous as nature itself. If you fuck around, you’re gonna find out, but if they decide to help you, they won’t hold back. None of them pretend to be Good And Pure. Of course, some are pettier and others are kinder than the others.

🫜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! ☺️

#AugustWorldbuilders Schools for powered people has limited courses because the opportunities are limited. They’re assigned to any Hero Agency to 1) fight villains 2)help rebuild the town after a disaster 3)have a job office. If they don’t show up, they’re registered as villains.

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · 3d ago

Good day, #AugustWorldbuilders! Today's Q: does your world have specialized schools for people seeking a specific job or trade? Or anything like a magic or military school?

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#QueerPrompts MC Isidore never had a friend in his life except if you count his wife, and it’s every bit his fault. He makes many, many enemies and he’s okay with that. He likes the attention and doesn’t hold a grudge against them.

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

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

#MythAugust Main deity is Phanes-Tateman, the Mother-Father (there are different spellings)Born from an egg, she-he created the universe and life (the Creator). To raise humans, she-he turned into a man (the Caretaker). When she-he decides to destroy, she-he turns back into a woman (the Destroyer).

🫜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 😁

I'm going to start a list of #PromptGamesMonthly (I may need help 😅) to list out active prompt games. Prompt Games for August 2026: #MythAugust #SumLuv #AugustWorldbuilders #Cartaugust #AugCharWork #Critterary #AnthropologyAugust #FantasyIndiesAugust 1/2 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers

#FantasyIndiesAugust 2 truths and 1 lie about my WIP: 1) there’s a messy vampire divorce 2) there’s a side character who’s a bus driver and a half-crazy badass 3) the MC vampire takes a holiday to buy himself a pretty doll.

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I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

#AugCharWork He needs to decide what the hell he wants to do. He spent his life and after-life running away from self-reflection until he became an empty shell. It can't go on.

DD Ward ..."Sapphic Dr. DOOM"@ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 4d ago

August Character Workshop Day 1. #AugCharWork What Do They Need to Do? What do you, the author, need the character to do to make the story work? If this is your romantic lead, they need to fall in love. If this is your mystery detective, they need to detect.

#FantasyIndiesAugust Hi! I work on a urban fantasy that has a horror-comedy vibe. It's the story of an awful vampire forced to work for superheroes. Trouble ensues.

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

Meg, a superheroine who’s a huge teddy bear of a woman and doesn’t want to hurt anyone. She rebuilds the city and protects/saves citizens when the town is in danger. She’s overpowered and as such has zero common sense because she never really needed it – but she is very good at what she does.

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 5d ago

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Welcome to the Intermittent Character Award Ceremonies!👏 Amongst all your characters, who gets the superlative? Today's award goes to: The Sweetest! Who's your cinnamon roll? Please award them! 🥇 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#MythAugust Monotheism never really took in that universe. It’s polytheistic with hundreds of gods, although the Mother-Father is the creator of the world and is the general boss of everything. Many, many temples and festivals ensued.

🫜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 ☺️❤️

#PretendPanel It's very hard to let go of the word/page count. Sometimes it's progress if I do a bit (a lot) of pruning, and yet that's always a bit discouraging.

Kara Moon 🏴‍☠️💜⚓️@karamoonauthor.com · 5d ago

I'm back, #pretendpanel ! And thanks to @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social I've got another month of questions 💜 so let's go... August 1st: Do you use data visualization to track your writing progress? What does that look like for you? #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts

#AugustWorldbuilders Yes, but people with magic are separated from the others. They learn more about how to control their power than actual education - they receive some basic notions of math, reading, writing, and history, they're left on their own for the rest. They don't have universities.

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · 5d ago

Welcome to a new month of worldbuilding! For the first month of #AugustWorldbuilders, we're talking about education in the context of a fictional world. Answer these questions for a fantasy/scifi story. 1. Can anyone attend schools in your setting or is it restricted to certain groups?

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