Sam Vimes 🫜

@reaper-man.bsky.social

Fantasy/Sci-fi enthusiast and aspiring novelist. Fairly competent guitarist. Huge Discworld fan. Pen Name. Believes in you, always. Halfway home. A feed of my writing samples: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zop5c23rj5kkvja4x7eie6n2/feed/aaakrqwzltzhi

Scruffy would probably be some sort of pyromaniac otter. 🦦 He's quite animated and is fond of splashing about. He also likes rock (music). #AwesomeCharacters

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · last wk.

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Shark Week starts tonight! (Don't laugh I just really like sharks 😂) So in honor of that, what aquatic animal do you associate your character with? A shark, a ray, a whale, a fish? Why? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Not all dark clouds are trimmed in silver. Not all of the tunnels have light at the end. But clouds bring us rainfall, and tunnels lead outward, The story's not over. We're with you, my friend.

Whenever an article like this comes out, people start talking about Skynet and joking about begging their future AI overlords to spare them. Don't be fooled. There's a marketing angle to this. "Look how terrifyingly advanced our AI is" is a very compelling story to tell investors.

OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack

It is one of the first publicly disclosed cyber-attacks carried out by AI without direct human involvement.

bbc.com

#WIPSnips 20. “Unfazed” Following shortly after the “keep” snippet, Ashrah performs her take on the classic "I'm not trapped here with you, you're trapped here with me" line. #ChroniclesOfTheRealms #SayaAshrah #DatushaCotR #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #QueerWriters

“They’re inviting us in,” Datusha said. “Let’s not keep them waiting.”

Ashrah stepped through the gateway. Immediately, a gush of spectral wind blew on her back, like heavy gates closing behind her. Unfazed by it, she opened her Astral Sight just enough to perceive the shimmering shadows behind the walls. Dozens of them, far more than Datusha had sensed outside. Each a stone to build the bridge to her purification, to her freedom.

“Surrender, beasts of chaos, for you have nowhere to run now.” Her voice cleaved the silent hamlet like a blade through decomposed flesh, trembling the spectral forms of her enemies.
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 2w ago

Welcome to a new week of #WIPSnips! The word for today is "unfazed" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
July 20 - unfazed
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!
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The heist is almost over. One final, malevolent security rune stands between Baz and their prize. But will fear stand in his way too? 𝘜𝘯𝘧𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘥 ✨vibes✨. From a novel about the adventures of a girl, a small robot, and the heist crew they call family. #WIPSnips #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

    Baz glanced at the rune again. It glared at him with its burning eyes and raised arms, as if welcoming him to a circle of hell. Every stroke of the symbol dripped with condescension. It didn’t need to defend itself, because it couldn’t imagine ever being challenged.

    Just like Maestro.

    Behind him, Sophie lay still on the floor. Somewhere far above, Scruffy was in the arms of something monstrous. And across the earpiece, his friends had fallen quiet.

    There were no riddles left to solve. No sleight of hand, no final twist, no improbable escape wrapped in smoke and mirrors. No more tricks.

    Just one miserable rune standing in their way.

    Baz felt the last of his fear ebb, as the tide of something sharper washed over him. He glared up into those fiery black eyes with growing defiance. If it wanted to stare at him, then it could damn well be stared at too. Sophie had done the same, hadn’t she? In fact, that’s what each and every member of the crew did.

    They felt fear in their hearts. They stared death in the eyes.

    And they walked forward anyway.
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 2w ago

Welcome to a new week of #WIPSnips! The word for today is "unfazed" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
July 20 - unfazed
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

Scruffy's full name is Jinko Scruff, but @professoremily.bsky.social once suggested that his name should be Scruffulius P. Wolf and I wish I'd come up with that myself! 😭♥️

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 2w ago

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Could use some cheering up, so let's do something happy today! Please tell me something uplifting, silly, funny, or hopeful about your character! Anything you like, just something that makes you happy. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Trad publishing has been described to me as an ordeal involving unwanted edits, chapter vivisections, and the dim hope of convincing an agent you even exist. Apparently, even fools know better. Thankfully, I'm merely an idiot, so I'm going to try anyway. 😁 And once I inevitably fail, I'll go indie.

Kayleigh Diaz 🫜@kayleighdiaz.com · 3w ago

19 | Publishing Q! Have you queried any of your work? Thoughts on trad publishing vs. self-publishing? (Y'all will be real chill with this question, riiiight 😅) #SummerOfStories #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompt

#SummerOfStories

19. Publishing Q! Have you queried your work? Thoughts on trad vs. self-publishing?

Don't forget ALT text for images & hashtag #SummerOfStories

A #WritingPrompt game hosted by @kayleighdiaz.com

Sophie began as the answer to a question: Why do we assume thoughtfulness isn't strength? I wanted to write a teenage girl whose strength wasn't measured in punches, but in curiosity. She questions, learns, stays loyal, and keeps going even when she doesn't have all the answers. #SummerOfStories

Kayleigh Diaz 🫜@kayleighdiaz.com · 3w ago

17 | We all have our favorite characters we write, but what drew you to your MC? What makes them unique compared to your other characters? #SummerOfStories #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompt

#SummerOfStories

17. What unique characteristics set your MC apart from your other characters?

Don't forget ALT text for images & hashtag #SummerOfStories

A #WritingPrompt game hosted by @kayleighdiaz.com