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Tempest Teapot: energy coiled in small space Epic Fantasy novel Demon’s Bargain #AmQuerying #F #R #YA #A Kahyla Tamrin faces a demon’s bargain where all the options are bad: fight with soul-destroying magic or lose her family, her beloved, and her life.

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Tempest Teapot ❌ 👑 🐸@tempestteapot.bsky.social · 9h ago

Carrier vibes = Magic as a blood borne disease. #WIPSnips #amquerying #writesky #epicfantasy 💙📚 🪐📚 From Epic Fantasy WIP, Waking the Saints. Tam reports on her spying on the Northman leader, where he killed selected prisoners.

Tam repeated the gesture, then continued. “He gulped a great draft of blood from the barrel. As despair spread its red stain down his tunic, his body took on an outline of blue lightning. He gathered the shimmering into hands. Flames rippled out from his outstretched arm into the trees, the fire leaping from crown to crown. He told his men to follow the flame path to a hidden cave filled with treasure. Then he commanded the barrel of mageblood sealed and prepared for travel.” “I fled back to my horse and rode like demons chased me. Cutting back to the King’s Road, I had to lead my horse to the ford, miles from where the river had torn apart the bridge. I’ve barely slapt, m’am, until I could bring my report to you in person.” The girl swayed before reaching out to steady herself on a chair. “A demon-eaten mage!” cried Villanova. “Now that he has gorged himself on mageblood, he will be even more powerful. To think that Lady Fin passed her contaminated mageblood to her daughter.” Villanova danced his fingers over the papers before him, scuttling like a spider. “We must purge ourselves of these mages. Arrest them all so they do not give rise to more demon-mages with their filthy rites.” “Patrician Villanova, you will not demean the slaughtered innocents,” Lualih snapped. “Your Majesty, we face a fully eaten demon-mage. He’s preparing to solidify his power with a supply of mageblood. The stars turn to a Demonflood.”
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 11h 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”
Tempest Teapot ❌ 👑 🐸@tempestteapot.bsky.social · 2d ago

#WIPSnips #amquerying #writesky #epicfantasy 💙📚 🪐📚 From Epic Fantasy WIP, Waking the Saints. Zorrik hunted down mages. Vayhne secretly works to save as many of his fellow mages as possible. Now they need to trust each other enough to meet and wake the saints.

Kahyla’s shoulders loosened. “At the next Queen’s tea. If you choose to work with him, give Zorrik the code phrase: the sleepers must awaken.” She crossed her arms. “Will you meet him?” Vayhne searched for a clean cup on the table and flipped it over. “Any sassafras?” He waved his hand at the teapots. Her brow crinkled. “The blue one, but it’s cold.” Vayhne poured a thumb’s-depth into the cup. “I’ll be there.” His pulse raced at the thrill of another plot. He sipped the tea, cold but strong. No, he did not intend to sleep.
✨#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
Tempest Teapot ❌ 👑 🐸@tempestteapot.bsky.social · 6d ago

#WIPSnips #amquerying #writesky #epicfantasy 💙📚 🪐📚 From my Epic Fantasy novel Demon’s Bargain. Despard told Kahyla to stay away, but didn’t tell her why: so the assassins watching him wouldn’t see them together. Choices, and the consequences, play a big part of the story.

“You understood the danger,” she said. She recalled the flash of greed in the assassin’s eyes before Despard slashed him on her signal. “You kept us safe.” Kahyla rubbed her fingers along the blanket, bumping over stiff straw in the mattress. “I know I broke your rules by coming to your ship, and by finding you here,” said Kahyla. “But I knew I could trust you to help. I believe Bizal that my father thinks we’re dead. It explains why no one has been openly searching for us,” said Kahyla. “But that only makes my Dancing Day more urgent.” Despard tensed as laughter echoed in the hallway, relaxing as the unsteady steps continued. “I want you to stand as my Paer for my Dancing Day,” she said. Despard looked up, startled. “As long as my choice of Paer remains in doubt, I’m vulnerable. I don’t want my ‘choice’ at the end of a sword.”
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 7d ago

The #WIPSnips word for July 30th is "relax" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag July 30 - relax. 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
Tempest Teapot ❌ 👑 🐸@tempestteapot.bsky.social · last wk.

Defuse vibes Like defusing a bomb #WIPSnips #amquerying #writesky 💙📚 🪐📚 From a short story “Dead to the World” Specialist Coric Pullman doesn’t like being legally dead. He needs the help of a ghost to fix a remote weather control machine, but the spirit attacks him instead.

Shambling randomly, Coric felt his foot brush a raised knob curving across the butte surface. The waveguide! Tapping with his foot, Coric traced the guide in the direction he hoped was the crater. A faint metallic pinging, like hail on a steel roof, brought him confirmation. His foot slipped inward as he came to the end of the concrete shell and hit the round waveguide inside it. A blast of wind threw him to the ground, almost knocking the aluminum foil from his grasp. With one hand around the box, he reached forward to find the gap. Lacerated by the scouring wind, his fingers found the sharp edges of the torn copper tube. Crawling closer, he placed his body over the gap, protecting it while he struggled to unwind foil in a hurricane. The foil twitched with a life of its own as he pressed it against the gap, first bent away by the wind, then capriciously blown back. A charge jolted his body, throwing him. A hush fell as the wind died away. "Good-bye," whispered the spirit's voice. "And thank you."
✨#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
Amanda Turek💎Writing Rushak@acturek.bsky.social · 2w ago

Two brothers take their gem magic outside to unearth the truth, fight evil, protect buried treasure, and confront their mental health problems. The magic has caveats, the truth isn’t pretty, the demons find out, and there’s an explosion. Brother’s Keeper #QuestPit #A #F #W #WritingCommunity

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Ally Boyd@alboyd.bsky.social · 2w ago

SERIAL DATING | Adult Horror Rom-Com Inverted Tropes: 🛏️Too Many Beds (it's a bunk bed situation) ❤️Co-workers to Friends to Lovers (No enemies here) ☠️Neither FMC or MMC are Serial K!llers (but everyone else is) ☀️Perfect, Sunny Weather (no dark & stormy nights) #QuestPit #W #A #H #R

Picture of a forest of trees. Text: agent guide, adult horror rom-com, projected 70K, current 40K, Serial Dating, by Ally BoydPicture of rock half in a lake, half on the sand. Text: The Pitch, While vacationing at a remote lakeside cabin, the daughter from a dynasty of eccentric k!llers struggles to shield her new boyfriend from her family’s gruesome legacy, but the sunny lakeside retreat turns deadly when a k!ller from her past turns the camp grounds into hunting grounds. Picture of lake and trees reflecting in it. Text: the comps, Lights Out by Navessa Allen, Ready or Not (2019), Dating & Dismemberment by A L Brody, The Book of Knives by Lise HainesPicture of trees. Text: The Opening. I’m pretty sure the guy I matched with is a serial k!ller. I knew it the moment he picked me up. His hair is combed too straight, his blue button down shirt is overly starched, his khakis pressed with military precision, and his nails neatly trimmed to the quick. I can almost hear my best friend, Kayla’s voice in my head, ‘It’s find Maddie. He’s a nice guy. Why are you always trying to find the faults?’ It’s not like I’m doing it on purpose, it’s just that I have a type. And I really, really want to get away from my normal type and find a nice guy. “You look beautiful,” he says as he presents me with a bouquet of flowers. White lillies. The flower of death.
Tempest Teapot ❌ 👑 🐸@tempestteapot.bsky.social · 2w ago

#WIPSnips #amquerying #writesky #epicfantasy 💙📚 🪐📚 From my Epic Fantasy novel Demon’s Bargain. Found one use of the word!

“Welcome to the Snake’s Eye Tavern,” Malgrim said, stepping deeper into the gloomy common room. “I recommend you stay near me and away from any drunks with visible weaponry.” “But they all have weapons!” “Of course,” Malgrim replied cheerfully. “This is a mercenary tavern.” A few tables near the dubious cold light from the windows held weapons laid out for cleaning. Several heavily armed veterans sat together, but most wore only sword belts. Booze slurred the Ferruthan accents with a cacophony like Kahyla had heard from the sailors fresh from their ships. A handful of paces from the door, a barricade of a bar counter rose where a girl about Kahyla’s age dispensed foamy mugs. “Who are you looking for, Kahyla?” asked Malgrim. A possessive grip slid over her waist. “Get your hand off me!” Instinct raised Kahyla’s arm as she turned, but stopped short. Her fingertips brushed the hard leather below Despard’s shoulders. Weariness lined his face as he rose to his full height, closing the gap between them. “A few gods-damned weeks,” he cursed softly. “Only a few weeks and you would’ve been safe.”
✨#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
Tempest Teapot ❌ 👑 🐸@tempestteapot.bsky.social · 2w ago

#WIPSnips #amquerying #writesky #epicfantasy 💙📚 🪐📚 From Epic Fantasy WIP, Waking the Saints. Zorrik hunted down mages. Vayhne secretly saved his fellow mages. Vayhne is trying to convince himself not to knock on Zorrik’s door, but the temptation of knowledge is too great.

Blood and ash, he shouldn’t be here. Vayhne kept telling himself not to come here, over and over. He didn’t want to be here. Liar. Step by step from the Grand Temple, turn by turn through the Academy, deeper and deeper into the prison surrounding the demon-hunters, until he stood before Zorrik's door. Vayhne wore his face openly at the checkpoints, relying on his position and the invitation from the Director for tea. The limestone walls of the anteroom ended at the black inset lead door of Zorrik’s office. Something clattered behind him in the hallway and he drew a minimum of power from the ether to cloak himself in shadow. His hands shook as he brushed a lack of wrinkles from his tunic. Why couldn’t he be satisfied with holding Zorrik on a leash? The demon-hunter he could control, but a saint? A saint sharing his body, who would be in control? The books all said the Vessel retained control, unlike with a demon. Any wife of yours would soon be a widow, Mehri had said. With the risks he took to get more books, he’d lost her. Petro brought her a store they could run together, their magic quiet and hidden. Vayhne only brought disaster before somehow turning it into victory. Rosemary sap clung to his nails like guilt.
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 2w ago

The #WIPSnips word for July 22nd is "grand" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag July 22 - grand 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
Tempest Teapot ❌ 👑 🐸@tempestteapot.bsky.social · 2w ago

#WIPSnips #amquerying #writesky #epicfantasy 💙📚 🪐📚 From my Epic Fantasy novel Demon’s Bargain. Kahyla deals with the aftermath of an ambush. Niklos, a royal guard, had told her little brother Tebfin to run for a guard dressed like him before the fight broke out.

Within a cluster of Blues, Niklos conferred with a colleague in rapid undertones. The Blues surrounding the princess shifted, revealing Tebfin sobbing against her skirt. Thank Parkith, he was safe. Vetal handed Abber over to Niklos before slipping away into the crowd. The gestures from Princess Lualih’s senior Blue suggested this had not improved his negotiations. Kahyla joined Niklos before the harried soldier in the dress uniform of a royal guard. “Kind Master, please tell Her Highness that Gentlemistress Kahyla begs for her forgiveness and protection.” Tebfin detached himself from the princess and dove into Kahyla’s arms. She covered him in kisses, rubbing his damp face before prying herself away to deal with the remaining danger. Princess Lualih emerged from her bubble of guards. She wore a lighter circlet of rubies atop her coolan than at the formal audience. While her Inani silk skirt rippled down to her ankles, her fire-red bodice was much simpler linen. When she saw a grimacing Abber leaning on Niklos, her expression changed from bemused to serious. “Fetch a healer,” Lualih said. “Now, lieutenant.”
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 2w ago

The #WIPSnips word for July 21st is "pry" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag July 21 - pry 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