✨August SFF Writer Challenge Day 4: Author Red Flags ✨ Oops, got so overwhelmed yesterday that I completely forgot to post this! I guess that's another red flag: easily frazzled by good news.

✨August SFF Writer Challenge Day 3: World Factions ✨ One of my top priorities was to create a fantasy world that felt expansive and lived in, without needing much lore to follow the plot. Instead, the worldbuilding informs the backstory of the characters.

✨August SFF Writer Challenge Day 2: Tropes and Themes ✨ Obviously, Rot & Ruin explores a lot more themes throughout it's 100k word count but it's difficult to shrink that down to one infographic! However, it's been so fun reawakening my PS skills for this challenge!

✨August SFF Writer Challenge Day 1: Introductions ✨ Get to know me and my manuscript! I know many of you have been here a while and have heard this a million times, but you'll hear it again! That's the thing about writing a book, you never want to shut up about it afterwards. 🤣

Week 3 of Querying Rot & Ruin Stats: 🪾Rejections: 2 🌳Full Requests: 3 🌱Unanswered Queries: 12 Questpit yesterday was lovely! There are so many incredible writers out there with stories I can't wait to read. It's such an honor to be amongst such talent in the #querytrenches

ROT & RUIN: AN ADULT FANTASY NOVEL. COMPLETE AT 100K. NOW QUERYING. TANGLED X ANNIHILATION A failed revolutionary cons a party of heroes into hiring her as their guide through monster-infested woods where she’ll leave them for dead. Then she inconveniently grows a conscience. #questpit #q #a #f

ROT & RUIN: AN ADULT FANTASY NOVEL. COMPLETE AT 100K. NOW QUERYING. TANGLED X ANNIHILATION A failed revolutionary cons a party of heroes into hiring her as their guide through monster-infested woods where she’ll leave them for dead. Then she inconveniently grows a conscience. #questpit #q #a #f

ROT & RUIN: AN ADULT FANTASY NOVEL. COMPLETE AT 100K. NOW QUERYING. TANGLED X ANNIHILATION A failed revolutionary cons a party of heroes into hiring her as their guide through monster-infested woods where she’ll leave them for dead. Then she inconveniently grows a conscience. #questpit #q #a #f

ROT & RUIN: AN ADULT FANTASY NOVEL. COMPLETE AT 100K. NOW QUERYING. TANGLED X ANNIHILATION A failed revolutionary cons a party of heroes into hiring her as their guide through monster-infested woods where she’ll leave them for dead. Then she inconveniently grows a conscience. #bluepit #q #a #f

ROT & RUIN: AN ADULT FANTASY NOVEL. COMPLETE AT 100K. NOW QUERYING. TANGLED X ANNIHILATION A failed revolutionary cons a party of heroes into hiring her as their guide through monster-infested woods where she’ll leave them for dead. Then she inconveniently grows a conscience. #bluepit #q #a #f

TANGLED X ANNIHILATION A failed revolutionary cons a party of heroes into hiring her as their guide through monster-infested woods where she’ll leave them for dead. Then she inconveniently grows a conscience. #bluepit #q #a #f

“Ouch, and I thought that four-minute walk in total silence meant we were good friends now." Cosplaying the main character of my novel is so fun that I somehow spent 5 hours taking photos and thought it was only 45 minutes.

BEST ORIGINAL PHOTO 1st Place: @itsamabee.bsky.social 2nd Place: @kategraycosplay.bsky.social 3rd Place: @gracemawrtina.bsky.social

TANGLED X ANNIHILATION A failed revolutionary cons a party of heroes into hiring her as their guide through monster-infested woods where she’ll leave them for dead. Until, inconveniently, she grows a conscience. #posterpit #w #a #f

Absolutely thrilled to be working with Katherine on ROT & RUIN!

WriteHive 🐝@writehive.bsky.social · 7mo ago

#WriteHive Mentorship Pairing #19 author Tali Shammas (@talishammas.bsky.social) will mentor Katherine Gray (@kategraycosplay.bsky.social) for her Adult Fantasy novel ROT & RUIN

So incredible!!

乃ㄩ丂卄ㄚ-ᗪㄖ乇@bushy-doe.bsky.social · last yr.

Trying to finish this painting this acrylic portrait I began in 2020 😮‍💨 (Based on the amazing cosplayer Kate Gray and Eddie Battle’s epic Miles photoshoots) #marvel #acrylicpaintings #fanart #spiderman #spidergwen @kategraycosplay.bsky.social #painting #marvelcosplay #spidergwen #marvelcomics

Why you should watch... Star Trek: Lower Decks #YouShouldWatch youshouldwatch.substack.com/p/why-you-sh...

Why you should watch... Star Trek: Lower Decks

A beloved sci-fi franchise, a show-runner who produced and wrote on Rick & Morty, and the nephew of the man that screamed at aliens while flying an F-18 into their spaceship... a recipe for gold...

youshouldwatch.substack.com

Trek to SF was amazing! I loved geeking out with other Trekkies! Truly the kindest and most welcoming community I've ever met. #StarTrek (with @novembercosplay.bsky.social)

“Let the cards fall. We have a strong hand to play.” #cosplay #cosplayer #baldursgate3 #minthara #mintharacosplay #bg3

When you have your Sheikah Sensor set to track Silver Lynels and it starts beeping. #cosplay

Main Character Energy ✨ #TheWitcher4

I've been writing again. I think the stormy weather makes me want to escape to far-off fantasy lands. I've been so inspired by BG3 and Dragon Age that I wanted to write about my Tav/Rook! Today, I felt like dressing up like the main character of the story I've been working on. #fantasycosplay

Veilguard literally just told me, "You made a bad choice". Okay, rude. #DragonAgeTheVeilguard

What is your favorite fantasy video game? I finally have a PC that's beefy enough to play the ones I've missed out on!

How many hours of #BaldursGate3 have you played? I'm up to a ridiculous number: 783 hours.

It's been a rough week. I am so grateful to have a friend that can take me on spur of the moment quests! I ❤️ you, @novembercosplay!