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MeliSwenk Editing@lousytshirt.bsky.social · 7h ago

#WIPSnips from Monah Bk. 1 -- using "crate" -- Four Sons of Faldor were disrespectful to Brigit's wife Megh while ordering lunch, and she decided to make them pay for it by adding some garlic to their goblets before serving them. #writesky #writingcommunity #queerwriters #writingprompts

The dining room was mostly empty when she stepped out with a large wooden crate. The only ones left were the Sons, and Brigit started collecting dishes and goblets from the empty tables. A smile crept along her mouth when one of the boys at the table started to groan. “Oh, that’s awful.” “We’ll not be coming back here again.” “What’s the matter, Robert?” Brigit recognized the pale one’s voice, and her smile broadened.
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 18h ago

The #WIPSnips word for August 5th is “carrier” (Sorry y’all The scheduled post failed.) #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt

The word for August 5th is “carrier”
Adam Rawnsley@arawnsley.bsky.social · 2d ago

Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

MeliSwenk Editing@lousytshirt.bsky.social · 2d ago

#WIPSnips from Monah Bk. 1 -- Pretty sure I've shared this snip before (from Evlin's POV, Monah is waking up after being unconscious), but it's the only use of "thrill" (in any form) in the entire novel. #writesky #writingcommunity #queerwriters #writingprompts

“Evie,” Monah whispered. Hearing her name first from her princess’s lips sent a thrill through the center of her heart. “Princess.” She took her hand, and electricity zipped across the surface of her skin. Warming her from the crown of her head to the soles of her feet. Evlin smiled when Monah’s hand cupped the curve of her cheek.
✨#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

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag August 2 - thrill 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
MeliSwenk Editing@lousytshirt.bsky.social · 6d ago

#WIPSnips from Monah Bk. 1 -- using "twisted" -- After Monah has been to The Nothing (a space between the living and the dead), Doliu asks what she learned, but what she learns talking to Doliu and Evlin after feels more important. #writesky #writingcommunity #queerwriters #writingprompts

“Indeed,” the Wise Woman continued, “power can be exchanged, harvested, when it is shared. In fact, the dark boy—” “Wilem,” Evlin supplied. Doliu nodded. “—you touched him, did you not?” Monah nodded. “But how can you know that?” “It lingers around him, like an aura. Supplementing his aura. He will carry your power as long as he remains open to it.” “That—” Monah’s head twisted between the two of them. “Is that why I can’t touch Faldor?” “He could leach from you, just as you could leach from him.” Monah latched on to Doliu’s revelation. “Will I ever be able to touch him?”
✨#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
MeliSwenk Editing@lousytshirt.bsky.social · last wk.

#WIPSnips from Monah Bk. 1 -- using "calm" -- Later in the day than normal, Evlin is making her way to the city proper and comes across some men arguing at a construction site. She immediately steps in. #writesky #writingcommunity #queerwriters #writingprompts

“Hey, man, it’s your fault the damned thing fell anyways! Who doesn’t screw the fucking frame to the support beam?” Gregor Markov shouted under a lantern, and the flickering shadows made him look even angrier than he sounded. “Gregor? Why are you fine fellows still building frames at this time of day?” Evlin tried to sound easy, calm, and get the hard-working men around her to calm down, too. “Lady Grey, welcome to the site. Just trying to finish this frame before we call it a day.” His demeanor shifted immediately, warm and almost soft-spoken to greet their visitor. “Sorry, Gregs,” a deeper male voice came up from behind Evlin, “wasn’t thinking straight. Shall we tie her on, then?”
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · last wk.

Welcome to a new week of #WIPSnips! The word for July 27th is "defuse" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag July 27 - defuse 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
MeliSwenk Editing@lousytshirt.bsky.social · 2w ago

#WIPSnips from Monah Bk. 1 -- using "divined" -- Faldor loves insulting Evlin & Thyberius; he believes he's so far above them, not just as their king. Evlin can handle the slurs, but she won't let him insult her mother in the same manner. #writesky #writingcommunity #queerwriters #writingprompts

“All is well, Father, that word damages nothing of the effort and sacrifice I give my kingdom, my home.” She glared at Faldor now. “I am not the only of my kind. You do well to remember my mother was a beloved advisor to your beloved father and died in that same crusade. Decrying the power I have is decrying hers. I will not have you befoul her efforts no matter which crown you put on your head, Your Highness.” She did her best not to spit the honorific at him. King Faldor sent his hand through the space between them as if she were an opponent to be staked through the heart. The fingers of his left hand wound in what locks of hair he could grab and pulled her face toward his. “If your change was not divined by the Seers, I would take you right now.”
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 3w ago

The #WIPSnips word for July 19th is "divine" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag July 19 - divine 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
MeliSwenk Editing@lousytshirt.bsky.social · last mo.

#WIPSnips from Monah Bk. 1 -- going for vibes with "bring...to an end" -- Monah was restless and made up her mind about going to Invelis with Evlin while Joni was asleep. The decision immediately brought Evlin back to Monah's doorstep. #writesky #writingcommunity #queerwriters #writingprompts

“I wasn’t sleeping, couldn’t,” I admitted, looking from my fiancée to Evlin, informing them both. “I was thinking about tomorrow, about Evlin, about Faldor. Trying to make up my mind.” “And so you did, Highness,” Evlin praised. In a moment of uncharacteristic sentiment, she was grinning broadly and nearly approached me with her arms wide open. Joni’s wrath brought any of that feeling to an end. “How did you make up your mind while you were sleeping?” Joni’s hands went into the air now, holding up her anger and confusion for all to see. “Weren’t you just sleeping?” Evlin and I both looked at her as if she had just appeared beside us in some strange exchange of magic. As if, in a contrary motion, she had poofed herself into our conversation. “Did you not just hear?” Evlin studied her face and approached the woman as if I’d completely disappeared from the room. “Monah just said she was lying awake in worry, troubled and sleepless. I suppose you slept soundly, though, yes?”
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · last mo.

The #WIPSnips word for June 24th is "finale" (going with the World Cup inspo, this was supposed to be "final" but I made a typo on the graphic and didn't notice until I was uploading it and didn't feel like fixing it lol) #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag June 23 - finale 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