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They/Them. Librarian, Writer, Editor, RPGs Cast on Technical Difficulties Gaming Podcast (@techdiffpg / patreon.com/techdiffpodcast) LauraBWrites.com tumblr.com/blog/laurabwrites tumblr.com/blog/culinary-vagabond archiveofourown.org/users/LauraBWrites

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Zed Prospero@zprospero.bsky.social · 3d ago

#WIPSnips "Pricked" as no "Thorn" Virgil, after Alexia had demanded and he complied with an extraordinarily unreasonable act of trust (temporarily handing the lighter to her to examine), she's trying to be understanding, really. But Virgil won't believe that here. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

“In my old job, I found people for them to feed on. I didn’t know until it was too late.” You should have. If you looked back for even a second, you would have seen. Stop. Please. “I was proud of the work I was doing, and I was good at it. Real good.” “When did you know you were hurting people?” Alexia asked. The interruption of his self-chastisement startled Virgil. “My father died.” Virgil said, surprising himself with the truth. “It made me think about what I was putting into the world.” “Which was?” Alexia asked. The question pricked at him, like a knife point over his eye. This hurts and she knows it. “Pain.” Enough. I’ll not be lectured by a damn vampire about harm. Lucifer needs me.
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 4d ago

The #WIPSnips word for August 2nd is "thorn" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag August 2 - thorn Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine. Support others on the #WIPSnips tag! Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social The image behind the text is a border that is dark blue with gold stars with a black background with neon blue border. An illustrated caticorn holding a pencil and writing in a book with a rose behind one ear is in the lower right corner. A different version of the same illustrated caticorn is curled up writing in the lower left corner
Mike256bit@mike256bit.bsky.social · 5d ago

Meadowcats are pony-sized felines used by this world’s inhabitants to get places horses cannot. In this #WIPSnips for “Twist”, Tiri stops by the stables to visit the resident mother and her cubs and finds two new mounts she’s never met before. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #Fantasy

Tiri stared back through the forest of iron bars and into eyes that burned with flecks of orange embers. “Who? And when?” “I dunno, these two were here before sunup. But they’re direct from Bronzebreak from the looks of the saddles – definitely not hired from the lowland stables.” Tiri whistled appreciatively. “They might be the biggest I’ve ever seen!” She flashed another fond smile to the mother and its cubs, cooing gently at her, promising that none could be as agile or as cute as she was. “They’re not pets, Londe,” Matthias grumbled. “Oh, don’t listen to him,” she continued, waving at the cubs as they began to wrestle until their meals made them too sleepy to play. She surrendered to the tug Matthias gave her arm and his insistence that they ascend to Sierra Eva, but when she twisted to follow him, he had become as rigid as the posts supporting the stable canopy overhead. He pushed two fingers into her ribs, making her straighten with a yelp just as a pair of Crown Ambassadors stepped off the stairs and turned to face them.
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 6d ago

The #WIPSnips word for July 31st is "twist" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag July 31 - twist Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine. Support others on the #WIPSnips tag! Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social The image behind the text is a border that is dark blue with gold stars with a black background with neon blue border. An illustrated caticorn holding a pencil and writing in a book with a rose behind one ear is in the lower right corner. A different version of the same illustrated caticorn is curled up writing in the lower left corner
Technical Difficulties Gaming Podcast@techdiffgp.bsky.social · last wk.

New Episode! We solve the world's problems by talking 'em out in a bar, "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" (because you're a legendary god and also half of them are your descendants)

Reign - Nagalisitu - Agents of ALIS - Part 40 — Technical Difficulties Gaming Podcast

Returning to the city, the crew debriefs, and Kai tries to make things up with his descendant... This campaign will touch on many themes, including genocide, slavery, racism, specism, harm to childre...

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LauraBWrites@laurabwrites.bsky.social · 2w ago

Magic works, IF you're in physical contact. In 1980s USA, that's affects who finds they can use magic, who chooses to, and how it gets politicized. For Carinen, it sure does complicate figuring out who she is & how to build a family. Good things she's got a coven of support. #questpit #Q #F #A

Lisa S@lisamsauthor.bsky.social · 2w ago

A failing Floramancer is the only one who can hear her missing sister’s enchanted compass. To save her, she’ll have to outwit their magical academy and defeat a living blight devouring their world 🌱The Greenskeeper🌱 #questpit #fantasy #mg www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8tah9sc/

Tell me, would you read a book about a girl who never thought she was brave enough for an adventure? With a talking compass by her side, Wickerly treads into an outskirt world full of magical and dang...

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WightCrow@wightcrow.bsky.social · 2w ago

When an invisible woman saves El’s life, she thinks she’s crazy. But Anne is real & in the middle of a real mystery: invisible people are disappearing. El dives into the mystery—& a romance with Anne—but will competing interests blind her until it’s too late? #QuestPit #Q #A #RF

Against a backdrop of misty London, a woman with a fauxhawk gazes at another woman who seems to be disappearing. There is a title, FADE, at the top of the image, with the words "out of sight, out of mind" written in between the two women.
alexis@k-alexisadams.bsky.social · 2w ago

TELL ME LIES X THE GIRLS ARE ALL SO NICE HERE The only Black member of an elite sorority investigates her friend’s murder to clear an innocent student’s name, uncovering secrets that make her question if her sisters can be trusted—and if her sorority is where she belongs. #QuestPit #A #MY #T #Q

Book mood board with Southern campus luxury and eerie mystery aesthetics: a close-up of a bloody hand wearing a pearl bracelet, an elegant stained glass window, a girl posing in a glamorous evening gown, a party table cluttered with Solo cups and bottles of liquor, a mansion surrounded by lush trees and an iron fence, an overhead shot of two girls with their hair in rollers, applying makeup, a photo of a Black girl wearing a sweater and collared shirt, her expression pensive, a close-up of a tiara on a girl's head, a blurry photo of a group of people preparing to take shots of liquor, the dark silhouette of a woman holding a knife, a photo of two girls dancing under moody violet party lights, and an elaborate brunch spread at a whimsical outdoor table setting.
Jules@julesanew.bsky.social · 2w ago

THE SHADOWS (WIP in 3rd Draft) #W #F #A #QuestPit A middle-aged shopkeeper & retired magical con artist takes one last job to save store & family. She could end the corrupt power of the Skyborn mages. She could end up losing herself, her magic & all she holds dear. Talk about a midlife crisis.

Moodboard for The Shadows WIP. Upper left: Illustration of a crowded, cramped city alley. Upper mid: Four black-clad people with face masks in a warehouse. Upper right: Shadowed cobblestone alley with someone at the mouth sweeping. Mid left. Two memes. "A niche character trope I like is the person who is nice, a good person and acts well-adjusted, then they do something where it's like oh you're secretly a little bit insane actually. Middle: A shadowed portrait of a woman with sparks coming out of her hands. Mid right: A meme: Original poster: "80% exhaustion 10% sarcasm %20 don't care" Reply poster: "that's 110 percent". OP: "20% of me doesn't care." RP: "should've seen that coming." Bottom left: Warmly lit storefront doorway on a cobblestone street. Bottom mid: Painting of fancy buildings on islands floating well above the ground. Bottom right: Cramped thrift store with shopkeeper.The Shadows: The Pitch The worst day of Ania’s life was when her beloved cousin Piren was dragged off to the floating towers of the Above to serve as a source to the Skyborn mages. The second worst day was when he was returned. Discarded. Drained of his magic and broken in spirit. Ania left behind her rebellious past to support her cousin as he once supported her. In a city where any display of magic makes you a target of the Skyborn, keeping your head down and your magic a secret, taking care of your friends, your family and your neighborhood is the only safe way to survive. But now, everything she’s built over twenty years of safe, carefully constructed life is falling apart. To recover what she’s lost, Ania takes on one last dangerous heist that strikes at the heart of the Skyborn’s power. She may end up losing herself. She may just bring the entire system crashing down.The Shadows: Comp Titles MA Carrick: Mask of Mirrors. Con artist MC out to save her family (and maybe the world). Shannon Chakraborty: Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi. I'm retired. Really. Okay, fine, one last job. Robert Jackson Bennett: Foundryside. Magical technology, a corrupt ruling class and problematic heists. Fonda Lee: Last Contract of Isako. I'm too old for this shit but no one else can do it.“Except you can help me without bringing the bluejackets and their hunters down on my head!” Ania yelled, throwing her arms in the air. “All I’m asking you for is money. You’re asking me to risk my life! My family’s life!” She glared at him, grinding out her words through clenched teeth. “You want me to dust off magic I haven’t used in twenty years! How is that fair?” She spat the last word. “It’s not fair!” Verasi spat back at her. “None of this is fair!” He flung a hand out. “Our people, our friends and family, our neighbors, are ripped from their homes in the middle of the night. They’re enslaved, ridden so hard they break. Maybe it takes a year. Maybe it takes five. Maybe it only takes a couple of months.” He continued in a harsh whisper. “We live in constant fear that it’ll be one of us. If not one of us, someone we know. Someone we love. Their propaganda machine is turning our own people against us. You know they’re not even testing people to see if they have any magical talent now? They’re just rounding people up at random and carting them off Above. None of them come home, not the same way they left.”
DH Strange@dhstrange.bsky.social · 2w ago

THE FIFTH ELEMENT x HOT FUZZ After a job gone wrong, data thief Enmity and space cop Mirek end up handcuffed together, at the center of a political coup, and on the run from space thugs, disco-dancing assassins...and catching feelings for one another. #questpit #OS #AG #A #SF #R

8 images total, first column of 3: image of man’s profile in pink and purple lighting, image of a moon against the backdrop of Jupiter, image of neon lights that say “love is action”, second column of 2 images: two hands reaching for each other against the backdrop of a desert, an alleyway at night; third column of 3 images: an explosion in space, image of a finger pushing a button labeled “help me”, image of the profile of a woman in pink and red light.
Kelly@kellymariewrites.bsky.social · 2w ago

#questpit #w #rf To help her family, Leighton needs a big break in her reporting career. When her predictive powers place her at the king's death and princess' disappearance, she flees to a sentient inn that holds the secrets and the guest who can clear her name.

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LauraBWrites@laurabwrites.bsky.social · 2w ago

A girl, dog, & octopus ghost navigate interpersonal drama, corrupted warbots, headhunter drones, deadly art projects, flash floods, crumbling infrastructure, disassembler swarms, & did they mention the interpersonal drama? Treasure hunting is such a pain in the ass. #questpit #Q #SFF #A