Fan art drawing of Hawkgirl, wings out with her trusty mace resting across her shoulders. Wonder what she has planned tonight?
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Fan art drawing of Hawkgirl, wings out with her trusty mace resting across her shoulders. Wonder what she has planned tonight?
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04.10.2025 23:43 โ ๐ 3329 ๐ 803 ๐ฌ 25 ๐ 11I feel this, big time. I think I've maybe put down 100 words over the whole month, or less - spent more time daydreaming and adding notes than any real progress! ๐ญ
I blame being ill and also rehearsing for a play.
No actual bears in Daughters of the Sword, but I liked the look of this snip!
Currently beginning planning for a third draft, debating whether or not I'll start it before I get to the end of Draft 2 here โ lots of changes to the lore and journey!
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Um actually, they're only Hobbits if they come from the Hobbiton region of the shire.
Otherwise they're just sparkling halflings.
Rehara recalls her people, the Huldrafolk, in this snip; a group I definitely want to write more for, as I think they're very interesting! They are a hardy, powerfully built people, deeply mystical, spiritual, and magical โ and secretive.
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Cassiel... Singing to some goblins? A strange one but a fun one for this snip!
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Yard = Garden for today's snip! Or rather, Gardener.
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Too real, running man. Too real.
18.09.2025 13:24 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The *practice* of magic in today's snip! ;)
I had a lot to choose from for this one.
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Been a busy weekend for me so I've not posted a snip in a while!
Hoping to get back to writing soon โฅ๏ธ
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Reha would also be buying trinkets, probably *for* Cas so she can remember which rides she loved the most!
10.09.2025 18:33 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Rehara is absolutely there for the food โ and possibly beer if it's on offer. Cas is, perhaps surprisingly, the thrill seeker who is bouncing up and down for the most terrifying sounding rides โ but is also the one dying in the sun, having to constantly take breaks in the shade.
10.09.2025 18:33 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New Yorkโs Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
Cassiel fights a dragon in today's snip!
I feel like I need more dragons in this story โ a note to self for draft #3!
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An admittedly rare snippet of pure dialogue from Daughters of the Sword; not that there's a small quantity of it, just that raw dialogue passages aren't in my usual style!
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Ortan pursues his "greater work" โ but what is his end goal? Even Rehara doesn't know...
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Rehara makes a not so difficult choice in today's snip from Daughters of the Sword!
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Realised I left Yellowface off the list โ also a great novel, and I felt the strongest in terms of voice of all her work, largely because it's first person perspective rather than 3rd, but also one of her most humorous works, too โ all around a great read!
04.09.2025 13:08 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0In my opinion, Babel is certainly one of the best places to start โ having read everything she's done, from this to Poppy Wars, Babel and soon Katabasis, Babel has absolutely been my favourite.
Poppy Wars is a good follow up because it's a trilogy, so it will keep you entranced for a while!
I'm too British for coffee to be in Daughters of the Sword โ so tea instead!
Fun fact while I'm here, in the world of Riviera, the drink is called "Khobu" or "Kobu" rather than coffee!
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Mid-to-early-2000s? Check
War crimes? Check
It's the same man
This is probably one of my all time favourite books โ I found it by chance, browsing a book store with my sister in law, who picked it up and showed me because the cover looked cool. I've been an avid fan of R.F. Kuang ever since!
Cannot wait for my copy of Katabasis to get here so I can read it ๐๐ป๐๐ป
No "same", only "insane" for today's snip โ and what better way to embody that than the villain of the story?
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Cassiel is so, so tired in today's snip - a feeling I'm sure we all relate to!
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Just a small dragon in today's snip; I wasn't sure what I'd find for this prompt, but I'm glad I had a few good ones to choose from!
Really hoping to get back to writing this again soon, my time has really been eaten up lately by other stuff!
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No 'scrub', but clean for today's snip; the ruins of Rรผnwald, also known as the Grave of Heroes, are a lifeless and barren waste after the end of the Mage War โ as the final, and most climactic battles were fought there.
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How to tell Daughters of the Sword is high fantasy? Taverns and alehouses everywhere.
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Oh do people love cartoons? You wouldn't know it by how cartoons are treated
27.08.2025 04:21 โ ๐ 1234 ๐ 257 ๐ฌ 10 ๐ 1I've posted this snip before, but it's a favourite for 'flowers' โ really pleased with the way this description came out!
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โ being built, herbs and incense are burned and Lailus favour is asked to bless the home and watch over the inhabitants, to keep them safe, together, and happy.
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