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L.L. Stephens

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L.L. Stephens, author of epic fantasy Triempery Revelations series and other SF&F fiction. SFWA member. Player of board games and painter of minis! For essays and info about the Triempery novels: https://www.triempery.com

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L.L. Stephens@triempery.bsky.social · 8h ago

#WIPSnips The word for August 5 is CARRIER No "carriers" but there's a "conveyance." Early in NOMARA, Kate has a rough start upon meeting the nomari. She gets hurt. But, as Oandah reminds her, at least they bring her with them. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SFF

Text excerpt from NOMARA, a science fiction WIP by L.L. Stephens. Snip shows Kate not enjoying her first encounter with the nomari. “Katharine.” Oandah’s voice punctured the red haze. “You are injured. Do not move too much.” “Where—" “You are on a litter. Be still and be glad that you can rest while others walk.” Kate felt it now, the rough swaying of her body, the irregular motion. She was being carried. Testing her arms, she discovered her wrists lashed to the poles of the litter. After a while, feeling stronger, she opened her eyes again, turned her head only enough to look over the edge of her conveyance. Oandah walked there, head bowed. She wore her cloak again, hood covering her hair. “What happened?” “You failed. They struck you, almost too hard, but you will recover. Your vehicle they destroyed. I do not think it will function now to get you off from here.” “But the Alameda,” Kate protested weakly. “The ship will find it.” She would have said more, but her jaw ached horribly, and speaking seemed hardly worth the effort. “Perhaps. They will not find much but its carcass. What they find will convince them you are dead.”
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 9h 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”
L.L. Stephens@triempery.bsky.social · 7h ago

#CartAugust 5: Waterways Rivers, lakes, and oceans are all major players in the Triempery. Especially politics and economics. Sordan is a hub and has a massive lake... but it's key feature is the Rill. The god-machine dominates the water there. But Essera has the main waterway. The Dazun River. 🧵

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd@mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 15h ago

#CartAugust Still talking about the features of the terrain. Today: water! Where is it, and can we use it to get around! Is it fresh and life-giving or poisonous? If you don't have water, talk to me about navigable ways

#CartAugust: a prompt game for map nerds! by mcburnellauthor.bsky.com Natural features: Day 5, Waterways Rivers, lakes, or oceans. What's the most noteworthy stretch of water here? Is it a navigable way or a death wish?
L.L. Stephens@triempery.bsky.social · 8h ago

#WIPSnips The word for August 5 is CARRIER No "carriers" but there's a "conveyance." Early in NOMARA, Kate has a rough start upon meeting the nomari. She gets hurt. But, as Oandah reminds her, at least they bring her with them. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SFF

Text excerpt from NOMARA, a science fiction WIP by L.L. Stephens. Snip shows Kate not enjoying her first encounter with the nomari. “Katharine.” Oandah’s voice punctured the red haze. “You are injured. Do not move too much.” “Where—" “You are on a litter. Be still and be glad that you can rest while others walk.” Kate felt it now, the rough swaying of her body, the irregular motion. She was being carried. Testing her arms, she discovered her wrists lashed to the poles of the litter. After a while, feeling stronger, she opened her eyes again, turned her head only enough to look over the edge of her conveyance. Oandah walked there, head bowed. She wore her cloak again, hood covering her hair. “What happened?” “You failed. They struck you, almost too hard, but you will recover. Your vehicle they destroyed. I do not think it will function now to get you off from here.” “But the Alameda,” Kate protested weakly. “The ship will find it.” She would have said more, but her jaw ached horribly, and speaking seemed hardly worth the effort. “Perhaps. They will not find much but its carcass. What they find will convince them you are dead.”
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 9h 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”
Juliet E McKenna@julietemckenna.bsky.social · 12h ago

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'pass' #BookQW #BookSky This is Dan Mackmain's first visit to Ireland. So many things look familiar, it would be easy to assume it isn't really any different to home. Dan knows better. He's been reading up on Irish folklore. The Green Man's Debt - 10th September 2026.

Cover art by Ben Baldwin for The Green Man's Debt by Juliet E McKenna. A grey wolf with pale eyes stands in the shadows of a derelict building with a black and white tiled floor. The wolf is looking straight at you. Its snarl reveals blood on its teeth and jaw. Book extract reads: We were coming up to the bridge he had mentioned. It was as wide as the road through the town and built from the same grey stone. The ornamental balustrades reminded me of the fountain in the marketplace. I guessed the same mason had done the work. The Defender’s high driving seat meant I could see over the balustrades as we crossed the bridge. The river wasn’t overly wide, but it was flowing fast. The water was too dark for me to guess at its depth. Rain running off those distant hills must pass through peat bogs before it joined the flow. Back home, I’d have reckoned there was a decent chance of finding a naiad in there. The ones I’d met would love a river like this. I wondered who or what might have claimed these waters. I realised I hadn’t asked Eimer or Máirtín who or what would accuse a dryad and a sylph of trespassing. I decided to talk to Conn about that first. He’d know the best time to raise it. If we needed to raise it.
L.L. Stephens@triempery.bsky.social · yesterday

#WIPSnips The word for August 4 is BOX Kharys is a main POV character in NOMARA. Through him we get to see a human but not Terran perspective of the nomari. He's a captive, but an exalted one, who gets to see the inner workings of nomari dominance-centered power. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SFF

Text excerpt from NOMARA, a science fiction WIP by L.L. Stephens. Snip shows Kharys, a human male, interacting with Arasend, Queen of the alien nomari. Far above the heat of the plain, the Court of Blue Gardens spread cool, hidden terraces. Tall trees reached with graceful, leaf-laden boughs to catch the last of the light. The sun, for all that it yet hung above the horizon, no longer reached within the fastness of high walls. Kharys watched the sun go, knowing that when it was gone, and night descended upon the golden plain, the Terrans would also be gone. Arasend had decreed it. They were like the nomari, he overheard one of his guardians say in whispers, and they were like men. Strangers shaped like men but wearing skins of silver, or of silk, for they shone like the greater moon. Their speech, the nomari said, came from chitin boxes. They looked for a lost ship—not the kind that sailed the plain, nor the water kind that sailed upon river or sea—but of a kind that sailed the stars. Kharys had felt his mouth go dry, his heartbeat leap, then deepen. He dared to wonder who they might be. He, who knew of the existence of two races of Men. In all his childhood, he had never heard of a third. And now he would never know them. “The Queen will tell them to go,” his guardian told him. “She will tell them that they must leave here.” “Where will they go?” “To wherever they came from.”
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 2d ago

The #WIPSnips word for August 4th is "box" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag August 4 - box 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
Tru Skies@trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · yesterday

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L.L. Stephens@triempery.bsky.social · yesterday

#CartAugust 4: Natural Barriers The Triempery has mountain ranges that serve as natural barriers. The Pillars of the Sky are impassable to humans, so let's talk about the Telarkan mountain range between Essera and Sordan. 🧵 Below is a bit of map (by @domino44maps.bsky.social) and a snip:

Left side of image is part of the world map of the Triempery Revelations series. Map by Dominique Strange. Series is by L.L. Stephens. Right side of image is a text excerpt from THE SECOND STONE, third book of the Triempery Revelations series. Snip describes The Gate, a breach in the Telarkan mountain range between Trongor and Amallar. It's both natural feature and a result of a man-made cataclysm: A day later they reached the steeply cut gorge of the Gate. Hans saw for himself how the tale of the passage’s origin might be true. Herberth claimed that it was a fissure in the spine of the Telarkan mountains caused by the Devastation, when the First Creation had literally broken into pieces. Though the Second Creation had restored much of the World, not all its wounds had healed. The splintered sides of this fracture were laid with loose slabs of brittle rock that sometimes broke free from fragile moorings to slide with great rending noises down into the debris-laden abyss below. When this happened, the sound of the valley’s torment was heard at great distances and had earned it the name of Roaring Vale.
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?
L.L. Stephens@triempery.bsky.social · yesterday

#WIPSnips The word for August 4 is BOX Kharys is a main POV character in NOMARA. Through him we get to see a human but not Terran perspective of the nomari. He's a captive, but an exalted one, who gets to see the inner workings of nomari dominance-centered power. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SFF

Text excerpt from NOMARA, a science fiction WIP by L.L. Stephens. Snip shows Kharys, a human male, interacting with Arasend, Queen of the alien nomari. Far above the heat of the plain, the Court of Blue Gardens spread cool, hidden terraces. Tall trees reached with graceful, leaf-laden boughs to catch the last of the light. The sun, for all that it yet hung above the horizon, no longer reached within the fastness of high walls. Kharys watched the sun go, knowing that when it was gone, and night descended upon the golden plain, the Terrans would also be gone. Arasend had decreed it. They were like the nomari, he overheard one of his guardians say in whispers, and they were like men. Strangers shaped like men but wearing skins of silver, or of silk, for they shone like the greater moon. Their speech, the nomari said, came from chitin boxes. They looked for a lost ship—not the kind that sailed the plain, nor the water kind that sailed upon river or sea—but of a kind that sailed the stars. Kharys had felt his mouth go dry, his heartbeat leap, then deepen. He dared to wonder who they might be. He, who knew of the existence of two races of Men. In all his childhood, he had never heard of a third. And now he would never know them. “The Queen will tell them to go,” his guardian told him. “She will tell them that they must leave here.” “Where will they go?” “To wherever they came from.”
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 2d ago

The #WIPSnips word for August 4th is "box" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag August 4 - box 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
L.L. Stephens@triempery.bsky.social · 2d ago

#WIPSnips The word for August 3 is THRILL This "thrilling" snip from NOMARA is part of a flashback of Kharys's story. He was captured as a child by Oandah, but Arasend took him--and nurtured him to be her lover. He's a teen now and Oandah makes a deadly move... #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SFF

Text excerpt from NOMARA, a science fiction WIP by L.L. Stephens. In this snip, which is a flashback to Kharys's story, Oandah makes the move that gets her exiled by Arasend: she tries to take the Queen's prize captive. In the deepening amber cast by that setting sun, he saw Oandah. She had grown in dominance, Arasend’s daughter who had not slain him that day five years ago but had brought him to this place and to this fate. Her commands had gained in stature and now she led a twelfth of Eshuun’s warriors. Her triumphs filled the Hall; she had her choice of captives now. Her golden skin caught the dying light and molded it so that it clothed her like fire. As she stood before Kharys, the distance between them measured in a few feet of path, only Oandah’s eyes, themselves the lambent gold of flame, touched him. They touched him boldly, without fear. The wrongness of it struck Kharys dumb with a new, uncertain, terror. She should not be in the garden, and he knew this. Only Arasend ever came to him here or saw him without his veils. Suddenly, the strange, nonhuman conventions his asexual guardians had forced on him were to be honored, obeyed, and he turned from Oandah, thinking to flee. But her hand reached out, and seized his wrist, placing a possessive heat upon his flesh. “Kharys, no,” she said. He tried to pull away, but there was something in her touch, a thrilling, velvet urgency, that commanded him. His whole body trembled in her grasp, though it was only his arm she held captive.
✨#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
L.L. Stephens@triempery.bsky.social · 2d ago

#MythAugust 1: Introduce my fantasy religion I'm coming in late after a weekend with the kids and grandkids. I will talk about the religion(s) of the Triempery Revelations series. It's got some fun quirks. The religion of the Triempery itself is polytheistic but has aspects of monotheism...🧵

🫜Prof Emily🫜@professoremily.bsky.social · 5d ago

Hello #writingcommunity, welcome to Day 1 of #MythAugust! This is a worldbuilding game about ✨fantasy✨ gods, myths & religions! You can use the prompts to build up your gods, or yap about some you've already made! Today, give us a BRIEF intro (not too detailed!), & please interact with others ☺️❤️

#MythAugust prompt for Aug 1: Introduce your fantasy religion! Is it monotheistic (1 god), polytheistic (many gods), or something else? Background image features a classic painting of Thor wielding his hammer with lightning, about to smote his enemies. Below the hashtag in small text it says "Presented by @professoremily.bsky.social." At the bottom of the image in small text it says "Feel free to yap about a fantasy mythology you already have, or use these prompts to create a new one! Don't forget to interact with others :-)"
A.J. Calvin@ajcalvin.bsky.social · 2d ago

#FantasyIndiesAugust 3 Show us your book covers! Here are a few of mine. Artwork for Exile (and The Caein Legacy series), War of the Nameless (and the Relics of War series), and Hunted is the work of Jamie Noble. Artwork for Wraith and the Revolution is from J. Caleb Design.

Book cover for Exile by AJ Calvin Artwork shows a man wearing armor in side-view, next to a black dragon also in side view. Behind them is a jousting tourney field. The stands are full of spectators and a red-and-white tent is on one end.Cover for War of the Nameless by AJ Calvin Artwork shows an armored Scorpion Man with a battle axe fighting a blue-skinned humanoid person (a Murkor) with a swordBook cover for Wraith and the Revolution by AJ Calvin Artwork shows an armored man with a plasma rifle and pistol standing in an alley between skyscrapers.Book cover for Hunted by AJ Calvin Artwork shows a woman wearing a brown coat, gray sweater, and blue jeans. The Seattle, Washington skyline is behind her.
A.J. Calvin@ajcalvin.bsky.social · 4d ago

#FantasyIndiesAugust 1 Intro Hi, I'm AJ. I write mostly fantasy and some sci-fi, with a focus on sibling stories and non-human characters in many of my books. My current WIP is Wrath of the Dragon-kind, but I'll be talking more about Rites of Departure (my next book release.)

background image shows an anthropomorphic crescent moon surrounded by vines and pink flowers Text reads: #FantasyIndiesAugust 1 Introduce yourself & WIP 2 Two truths and a lie about your WIP 3 Show us your book covers 4 Favorite piece of folklore or fairytale 5 Important days in WIP 6 Make a "recipe" for your WIP (tropes, media that inspired it, etc) 7 Free Friday or your thoughts on retellings 8 Saturday snippet 9 Do dreams feature in or inspire your writing? 10 Last, Current, & Next reads 11 How would your characters want to spend their birthday? 12 Top reads of 2026 so far 13 Special items in WIP 14 Free Friday or pitch WIP in one sentence 15 Saturday snippet 16 Mental health in WIP 17 Fairytale poem or flash fiction 18 What book-to-movie/tv show adaptations are you looking forward to seeing? 19 Author tips that have helped you 20 Superstitions in WIP 21 Free Friday or how do you choose character names? 22 Saturday snippet 23 Favorite fandoms 24 Character names and their meanings in WIP 25 Is there anyone your MC shares their secrets with? 26 Legends in WIP 27 What have you learned recently? 28 Free Friday or Share a funny typo 29 Saturday snippet 30 Do you prefer series or standalones? 31 Monthly wrap-up
A.J. Calvin@ajcalvin.bsky.social · 2d ago

#CartAugust Day 3 If you were to make 2 maps, 1 true to the first chapter, one true to the last, would they be different? The 1st chapter of Exile (and the Caein Legacy) takes place in The Capitol of Novania. The last chapter is set in the Citadel of the Southlands. I contemplated making city...

A map of Novania and the Soulthlands as seen in the Caien Legacy series by AJ Calvin
Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd@mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 3d ago

#G'day #CartAugust crew! Today, we're living dangerously, brushing up close against the demon Spoilers. The question: if you made two maps, a prologue and an epilogue, would they be the same? And if not, how have the events of the story changed this world?

#CartAugust: a prompt game for map nerds by @mcburnell.bsky.com Intro: Day 3, A world in flux. If you were to make two maps, one true to the first chapter of your story, one true to the last, would they be different? In what ways? (how to treat potential spoilers is entirely up to you) ** Don't forget alt text. I know it's hard to know what to inlcude in images that are really info-dense, but do your best.
L.L. Stephens@triempery.bsky.social · 2d ago

#CartAugust 3: First chapter map --> last chapter. The line drawn map below suits the first chapter of SORDANEON, which takes place solely in Sordan. The last chapter of the Triempery series takes place on the second map. 🧵 Line map: Christina Wooden. Colored map: @domino44maps.bsky.social

Line map of the western lands of the Sordaneon Hierarchate. Shows the great lake Sarkuan and the island City of Sordan, where the action of the first chapter of SORDANEON takes place. Map appears in THE KHELD KING (book 2 of the Triempery Revelations series).Colored map of the region around the Esseran town of Gustan, showing a fortress named Elithegh and Gustan Manor in addition to the port town. Lovely compass on the right. Forests and farms also shown. Map is by Dominique Strange. Map appears in the sixth and final book of the Triempery Revelations series by L.L. Stephens, THE RILL LORD.
Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd@mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 3d ago

#G'day #CartAugust crew! Today, we're living dangerously, brushing up close against the demon Spoilers. The question: if you made two maps, a prologue and an epilogue, would they be the same? And if not, how have the events of the story changed this world?

#CartAugust: a prompt game for map nerds by @mcburnell.bsky.com Intro: Day 3, A world in flux. If you were to make two maps, one true to the first chapter of your story, one true to the last, would they be different? In what ways? (how to treat potential spoilers is entirely up to you) ** Don't forget alt text. I know it's hard to know what to inlcude in images that are really info-dense, but do your best.
L.L. Stephens@triempery.bsky.social · 2d ago

#WIPSnips The word for August 3 is THRILL This "thrilling" snip from NOMARA is part of a flashback of Kharys's story. He was captured as a child by Oandah, but Arasend took him--and nurtured him to be her lover. He's a teen now and Oandah makes a deadly move... #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SFF

Text excerpt from NOMARA, a science fiction WIP by L.L. Stephens. In this snip, which is a flashback to Kharys's story, Oandah makes the move that gets her exiled by Arasend: she tries to take the Queen's prize captive. In the deepening amber cast by that setting sun, he saw Oandah. She had grown in dominance, Arasend’s daughter who had not slain him that day five years ago but had brought him to this place and to this fate. Her commands had gained in stature and now she led a twelfth of Eshuun’s warriors. Her triumphs filled the Hall; she had her choice of captives now. Her golden skin caught the dying light and molded it so that it clothed her like fire. As she stood before Kharys, the distance between them measured in a few feet of path, only Oandah’s eyes, themselves the lambent gold of flame, touched him. They touched him boldly, without fear. The wrongness of it struck Kharys dumb with a new, uncertain, terror. She should not be in the garden, and he knew this. Only Arasend ever came to him here or saw him without his veils. Suddenly, the strange, nonhuman conventions his asexual guardians had forced on him were to be honored, obeyed, and he turned from Oandah, thinking to flee. But her hand reached out, and seized his wrist, placing a possessive heat upon his flesh. “Kharys, no,” she said. He tried to pull away, but there was something in her touch, a thrilling, velvet urgency, that commanded him. His whole body trembled in her grasp, though it was only his arm she held captive.
✨#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
L.L. Stephens@triempery.bsky.social · 3d ago

#Cartaugust 2: Triempery Terra Incognita The World of the Second Creation is, in some ways, unfinished. The gods got interrupted. Remember my hand drawn map from yesterday? Below is the final version. More detail! I'll address the unfinished parts in comments. 🧵 Map by @domino44maps.bsky.social

Color version of the world map of the Triempery Revelations series by L.L. Stephens. Map by Dominique Strange. Three shields represent the three empires of the Triempery: Essera (top, with horse); Sordan (middle, with eagle); and Mormantalorus (bottom, with volcano). Edges of the map show the Pillars of the Sky (east), a mountain range that cannot be (or at least has never been) crossed. Edges to the west, north and south show the Bounded Sea. The sea is ringed by a boundary of fog. Ships that sail into the fog come out again at some other place on the ocean -- sometimes far away -- on the known map. Where they might come out again is unpredictable and cannot be used for reliable transit. Some ships never return and their fates are wholly unknown.
Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd@mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 4d ago

Hey #CartAugust crew! Still just broad-brushing the basics today. Tell me about the mysterious, unknown, and unexplored. Where in your world is giving cartographers horror vacui? Don't forget to share your map! Check out one another's worlds!

#Cartaugust: a prompt game for map nerds by @mcburnellauthor.bsky.com Intro: Day 2, Terra incognita Does your world stretch beyond the margins of the map? Are parts of your world unexplored? ** Don't forget alt text. I know it's hard to know what to include with images that are really info-dense, but do your best.
A.J. Calvin@ajcalvin.bsky.social · 4d ago

#Cartaugust 1 Hi, I'm AJ. I write mostly fantasy (some sci-fi too), but I only have maps for my fantasy books. I have 2 major book worlds: the one featured in The Caein Legacy series (left map) and The Five Kingdoms from The Relics of War series (right map) Map art by @dewiwrites.bsky.social

A map of Novania and the Southlands from The Caein Legacy books by AJ CalvinA map of The Five Kingdoms from The Relics of War books (including Serpentus) by AJ Calvin
Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd@mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 5d ago

Hey hey everyone, welcome to our awesome new map game! We're here to celebrate our love for fictional maps all month long! Before we start poring over details, let's start with the basics: tell us who you are and a little bit about your world. And don't forget to share your map! #Cartaugust 🪐 📚️

The background is an image of maps on a rack heavily colored by sepia. #Cartaugust a prompt game for map nerds! by @mcburnellauthor.bsky.com Intro: Da1, Say Hello Introduce us to yourself and your world. Don't be shy, share your map! What's it called? Who created the art? **Don't forget the alt text. I know it's hard to know what to inlcide with images that are really info-dense, but do your best.
L.L. Stephens@triempery.bsky.social · 4d ago

#Cartaugust 1. Intro I'm L.L. Stephens, author of the Triempery Revelations series. The Triempery is fully and beautifully mapped. I will use this meme to talk about my "map journey" from my first maps to the final ones. Here's my first map of the Triempery. Drew it myself! Years ago. Many years.

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

Hey hey everyone, welcome to our awesome new map game! We're here to celebrate our love for fictional maps all month long! Before we start poring over details, let's start with the basics: tell us who you are and a little bit about your world. And don't forget to share your map! #Cartaugust 🪐 📚️

The background is an image of maps on a rack heavily colored by sepia. #Cartaugust a prompt game for map nerds! by @mcburnellauthor.bsky.com Intro: Da1, Say Hello Introduce us to yourself and your world. Don't be shy, share your map! What's it called? Who created the art? **Don't forget the alt text. I know it's hard to know what to inlcide with images that are really info-dense, but do your best.
L.L. Stephens@triempery.bsky.social · 4d ago

#WIPSnips The word for August 1 is COHERENT I found no "coherent" but there is a "comprehensible." Close enough! Kate meets with Arasend, Eshuun's Queen, and get's grilled about the Terrans. Kate is also figuring out a few things about nomari power dynamics. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SFF

Text excerpt from NOMARA, a science fiction WIP by L.L. Stephens. This snip shows Kate being interrogated by Arasend, the powerful Queen of the nomari of Eshuun. Arasend has legitimate concerns. Arasend continued to ask questions. About the ship. Did Terrans have weapons? “Yes.” Did Oandah have access to these weapons? “No,” said Kate, “I don’t see how.” “If she did, would she know how to use them?” “Probably. She learned how to use much of our technology.” Another important answer. Kate began to sense the perspective in which she operated, its planes and dimensions . . . dominance vectors as clearly delineated as spatial strings. A single dominance point might be a weapon, several constituted armor. Kate felt as though the controls of a test vehicle had unfrozen, become comprehensible. She had some control, a workable model. With any luck, it would fly.
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 5d ago

The #WIPSnips word for August 1st is "coherent" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag August 1 - coherent 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
L.L. Stephens@triempery.bsky.social · 5d ago

#FantasyIndiesJuly 31: Monthly Wrap-Up This has been kind of a rough month. I'm writing just fine and the books are doing well. I've commissioned new art, which is always fun. News to come. And my health is good. The family, though, is dealing with serious medical issues. 🌪️

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