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Judith Lalone

@poeticsofthemask.bsky.social

New pseudonym, same voice striving for expression.

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CG Stewart 🖋️ 🫜@nightoffallengods.com · yesterday

#CartAugust Okay so it’s kind of hard to see because it’s hard to draw right, but Integris’s Crossing is a city sized bridge spanning the last few miles of the Gold River before it falls into a massive waterfall (think Niagara but *bigger*) So the whole of the Alliance is actually several hundred

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd@mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 2d ago

You shall not pass! Hey #CartAugust crew, time to dive in and really start looking at your maps. Today, we're talking elevation: highs, lows, and if you have neither, barriers to movement. Tell me about the geology, the history, famous explorers who lost their lives there... What do I need to know?

#CartAugust: a prompt game for map nerds by @mcburnellauthor.bsky.com Natural features: Day 4, Barriers. Talk to me about elevation changes in your world. Mountains, canyons, caves. Which is most interesting and why?
🏰meg⚔️@impavid.us · yesterday

Fires are still going and weather conditions this week are going to get worse for fighting them. We are very much not out of the woods yet and need all the resources we can get right now. If you have the means, please go through the quoted thread and donate. Even if you can't donate, please share.

City of Spokane@spokanecity.org · 3d ago

As the Spokane community continues to face the devastating impacts of local wildfires, you can help your neighbors. We will continue to update this thread with more opportunities to help!

PJC Cahill@pjccahill.bsky.social · 4d ago

Please buy my books! 💙📚🌈🤖🐺👹 I think you'll like them, and my YA is written to be enjoyable for adults, too! Demon King Daughter 1+2, modern slice-of-life with demons! NICEF is a space opera with mechs! Cry Wolf is a werewolf lesbian romance! All Purchase Options: pjccahill.carrd.co #booksky 📢📚

Art by Luigiix - cover of "Demon King Daughter Book 1: Raising the Demon King" by P.J.C. Cahill. This text appears in black, red-outlined text at the bottom of the image. - Top Left (Hideyoshi) - Top Right is a demon man (Torlash) - Middle of the image shows seven characters. From left to right: 1) Kiseki 2) Hasava 3) Issei 4) Seina 5) Nori 6) Himari 7) Yuuto - Bottom, foreground of the image features a mother (Masuyo) and daughter (Kyoka) pair. Masuyo is holding Kyoka on her hip, and they're both smiling happily at each other. Masuyo has neck-length, black hair, a tan skin, brown eyes, and is wearing a black leather jacket over a white shirt, with black pants. Kyoka has very dark, brown skin, short, messy black hair, and vibrantly red eyes. She's wearing a black hoodie, baggy shorts, and puffy white socks sticking out of her simple sneakers.Art by Luigiix - cover of "Demon King Daughter Book 2: The Demon King and the Paladin" by P.J.C. Cahill. This text appears in black, gold-outlined text at the bottom of the image. --a fiery gold and dark yin-yang symbol burns around two characters, both smiling and gently reaching open hands toward each other. --On the left is Himari, in a pale girl's school uniform, her blue hair writhing upward in the magic, her eyes glowing golden as the sun. --On the right is Kyoka, wreathed in shadows and color, wearing a boy's school uniform, her short, black hair writhing upward as well. Her eyes glow with crimson light. Luigiix's DA page: https://www.deviantart.com/luigiix Luigiix's Commission Info page: https://www.deviantart.com/luigiix/journal/Commissions-444182461Art by Luigiix - extreme close-up of a wolf's eyes. The eye is yellow-gold, surrounded by dirty-blonde fur. At the top is the title 'Cry Wolf' in yellow lettering. At the bottom, in smaller font is 'To a Monster Bound 1' and 'PJC Cahill' Luigiix's DA page: https://www.deviantart.com/luigiix Luigiix's Commission Info page: https://www.deviantart.com/luigiix/journal/Commissions-444182461Art by Luigiix - cover of "N.I.C.E.F.: Neural-Interface Controlled Exo-Frame" novel. Human eye top left, alien eye top right, title full-center, child facing a riot-police line with a mech bottom left, a Nicef (mech) with a beamsaber bottom center, young woman with half-body prosthetics in a medical cot bottom right.
Josiah Hawthorne@josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 6d ago

Nobody: Absolutely nobody: Me: “THE SIRENS IN GREEK MYTH WERE THE HANDMAIDENS OF PERSEPHONE WHO MOURNED WHEN THEY COULDN’T FIND HER, AND IT NEVER SAYS THEIR SONG WAS SEXUAL, EURIPIDES DESCRIBES THEM SINGING SONGS OF DEATH, THIS SEEMS TO PLACE THEM IN A SIMILAR CATEGORY TO THE IRISH BANSHEE”

Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd@mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 5d ago

NERD FAM ASSEMBLE! Awesome maps all month, starting tomorrow! Here's the master list again, for those who like to be prepared. I'll try to have the first prompt out at midnight CST, but Buffer is new to me. Apologies in advance if there are hiccups. Let's goooooo 🪐📚 #Writesky

Background is a rack of maps in sepia. #Cartaugust, a prompt game for map nerds! by @mcburnellauthor.bsky.com Intro 1. Introduce yourself and your world 2. Terra incognita: are parts of your world unexplored? 3. Does the map change of the course of your story? Natural features 4. Mountains, canyons, elevation or barriers 5. Rivers, lakes, or oceans. Navigable ways! 6. Challenging environments: deserts or swamps 7. Lushness/ biodiversity 8. Regions of flux: predictable change 9. Regions of catastrophe: disaster strikes... often 10. Regions of Peril: something hunts you back 11. Cataclysm: somewhere scarred 12. Where would you put a National Park? Resources 13. Minerals 14. Good soil 15. Hunting or fishing 16. Spices 17. Contested resources 18. Anything we don't have on Earth? Civilization 19. Borders 20. Holy places 21. Center of Power 22. Center of Trade 23. Center of Learning 24. The absolute boonies 25. Ruins 26. Highways: travel on easy mode 27. Byways: the hard-mode option 28. Battlefields Outro 29. What has the process of map-making taught you? 30. Shout out! Whose map would you especially like to visit, and why? 31. What's YOUR favorite place in your world?
Alex Larkspur 💛📚🌻@applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 5d ago

#AwesomeCharacters Easy! It's right in the title of his book! Micah Harlow of Sweet & Wild is the Sweetest! 🥇 I do have a lot of cinnamon roll characters (I like sweethearts, sue me) but I think that he wins out! Art by @errezurera.bsky.social

A picture of Micah Harlow, a white man with brown eyes, freckles and blond hair. He's wearing a straw hat with sunflowers and a shirt with a collar embroidered with flowers. Bees buzz around him as he smiles
🌱🫜 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

Judith Lalone@poeticsofthemask.bsky.social · 7d ago

Been thinking about names way too much lately, so of course I had to yap about it. #pseudonyms

The Game of the Name

Read time: 5 mins. “What syllables should I combine to get your attention?” Surely that’s all a name is for some people. It’s certainly all most of 21st century western society appears to expect from names, apart from a few administrative processes that use our names as labels for tracking us while we run through the paper jungle. Dismissive as those uses may sound, they do endow names with subtle but considerable power.

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Nora Shear@norashear.bsky.social · 2w ago

Thank you for this #WIPSnips word! I love this moment in No Sky Like Midnight, when Leo shows he doesn't hate humans as much as he thinks he does. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

An image with white text that reads: As the shrieks turned into a cacophony of tortured wails, Paige's pulse rocketed. Her heartbeat pounded against his skin, and Leo pulled her closer. "Oh my God," she whispered, huddling into him. "What is that noise?" "You don't want to know." Leo's current was roaring, listening to all the post-mortal currents breaking and failing. He was listening to his people being spiked, turning into ash, trophies for the Venatori to bring back to their enclaves. His core burned like a miniature sun, his skin flaring, wanting release. He hated them. Every last one of them. He desperately wanted to dive into the center of it, fighting for his people. But Paige needed to be safe first. They would do terrible things to her, and there was no chance of resurrecting her. - From NO SKY LIKE MIDNIGHT, by Nora Shear The image has star and meteor decorations all around it, and the background is a purple constellation sky map.
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 2w ago

The #WIPSnips word for July 24th is "cacophony" My partner was watching an e-sports thing, and the announcer kept saying "cacophony of chaos" so I just had to put this word on this week. My partner was not amused because it was driving him crazy. 😂 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag July 24 - cacophony 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
Stephanie Winter@wintersleep85.bsky.social · 2w ago

NAUSICAÄ X FF7 Just like heroes in the old tales, Hana knows the gods have given her magic to restore the dying world, and she can handle the quest! Even if her power is hurting her, demons are chasing her, and the previous chosen one thinks she was a mystical mistake. #Questpit #A #F #Q

A foggy street. Legs on rocky ground. A woman. A vintage woman. A man. A gas mask. A bird. A fence. Nature in sunlight.
Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · 2w ago

#Pretendpanel I like it. I love it. I want some more of it. My current books include maps, little silhouettes of the characters at the beginning and end of the book drawn by @azshure.bsky.social. My future books will also include character art. The GTI books will have it next to recipes. Example:

Good Thyme Inn Lamb Stew All recipes have been translated for Terran use, using foods and ingredients available on planet Earth, and are safe for general Terran-human consumption. Care should be taken by individuals with specific dietary needs or restrictions. - 1 1/2 lb lamb shoulder, cut into 1/2 inch chunks (In Aloutia, we often use cotza or aurochs for meat, too) - 1/4 cup flour - 6 shallots, quartered (Most people would just use onions. We love our Auntie Onion, but Parsnips insists on using shallots in honor of his wife. You can use onions, though) - 4 cloves garlic, minced - 12 oz dark beer - 2 1/2 cups beef broth (Again, we use cotza or aurochs in our world) - 2 cups parsnips, cut in bite-sized chunks - 2 large turnips, cut into bite-sized chunks - 4 medium russet potatoes, cut into bite-sized chunks - 4-5 sprigs thyme - 3 T butter - parsley, for garnish - salt and pepper to taste - Turn the heat to medium-high and melt the butter. Mix flour, salt, pepper and coat the lamb chunks. Shake off excess and brown the lamb in the butter. Reserve 1 tbsp of the seasoned flour. - Lower the heat back to medium and sauté the shallots and the minced garlic. Once softened, dust with the reserved seasoned flour and cook for another minute. - Add the dark beer to deglaze the bottom of the pot and scrape off all brown bits. Add the beef stock and bring to simmer. - Add the browned lamb pieces back to the simmering pot. Cover and simmer on medium-low for 1½ hours. - Add the prepped turnips, parsnips, potatoes, and thyme sprigs. Stir, cover and simmer Shallot, Parsnips, and Turnip from the Good Thyme Inn books when Turnip is very young. She is being held by Shallot and looking over into a pot of stew Parsnips is making. He’s holding a large stirring spoon Art drawn by Claire Leslie
Lizzie Blackwood@lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 2w ago

It's another lovely weekend, #PretendPanel! Today we ask: How do you feel about those extra artistic flourishes inside of prose books? What is something you would like to see more (or less) of on the page? Or, what are some artistic touches you've included in your own publications?

#pretendpanel a daily prompt tag hosted by @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social JULY 24th: How do you feel about artistic embellishments inside prose books? (ex. maps, illustrations, chapter header art, etc.) Please support your fellow #pretentpanel posters with replies, likes and reposts New #pretendpanel questions every Friday and Saturday. Hop in any time!