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Hunter or Hunted? *Subscriber Content* Write about someone finding a treasure in an unexpected place.

Hunter or Hunted?

*Subscriber Content* Write about someone finding a treasure in an unexpected place.

In-depth worldbuilding. Even when 90% of it remains in my notes, I like having the background to base my scenes, settings, and characters interactions with each other and their environment on.

Sabine Sacton (of The Serpent’s Chains, by Sylvia Conley) Dear readers, tonight with us is a young woman sold as a slave to a war dragon and heir to the throne. But instead of cruelty, she found that behind the brutal exterior lies a man at odds with the …

I had the very cool opportunity to participate in The Protagonist Speaks, a character interview blog, with my MC for The Serpent's Chains.

Get to know Sabine and her story more intimately.

#booksky #writingcommunity #charactercloseup #indieauthor

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I'm having crazy vivid dreams. Some are derived from books I'm writing, or intermingled with old fanfics, but they all have this intense horror element I don't usually incorporate in writing.

Is it a manifestation if anxiety around my writing or a hint I should write horror?

#writerslife #horror

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We Were Here

*Subscriber Content* Start your story with your character(s) going to buy some flowers.

5 star book review for The Serpent's Chains: With good character development, the right amount of action, politics, and forbidden love, it was a fun read.

Don't take my word for it, #Booksky 📚🪐 The Serpent's Chains is making an impression!! And so far, I love the reader feedback.

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Food production is limited. How do you make it realistic and effective?

Air filtration and breathable air are necessary.

Other elements include:

Gravity
Travel
Outside environment
Population control
Waste management
Maintenance
Longevity

What else goes into building a closed environment?

🌍 #Worldbuilding Wednesday ⚒

Let's talk about closed environments, like spaceships, biodomes, or places with magical barriers. How does worldbuilding change in a closed environment? What are elements that aren't important for open environments?

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#writersky #fantasy #scifi #writingcommunity

Haha, yes! I cannot work on one project at a time. I have to have at least 3 active at all times, sometimes up to 5 I'm simultaneously working on 😅

Maybe. I don't know that many. But I also don't know many writers in person. My online writing group has a few, but no one is really willing to talk about it there.

Today, I made writing schedule, and my ADHD brain reorganized it all.

I started a newsletter, paused to write a chapter, paused during that to edit another chapter, then finished the newsletter and finally finished writing my book chapter 😅

#neurodivergent #ADHDwriters #writersky

Thank you!

ADHD at work 🤪. As a fellow neurodivergent, I've been here, a lot, lol. Especially the procrastinating part.

Library of Congress copyright certificate for The Serpent's Chains by Sylvia Conley

Received my official copyright notice from the Library of Congress in the mail for The Serpent's Chains.

Self-publishing is a journey, but each step fills me with excitement I don't think I'd have if someone else handled it 😆

#writerslife #indieauthor #selfpublishing #writersky #libraryofcongress

Yes!
Even if simply for the pleasure of writing and/or the challenge of branching into a new genre. I see it as an opportunity to grow and improve as a writer.

I've reached a new author milestone - readers asking permission to create fan art of my works.

It is an absolute honor and joy to have readers so interested in my characters and worlds and stories that they want to get more involved.

#writerslife #writersky #indieauthor

Finally back to writing after about a week of nothing (busy, not blocked). It feels good to get back to it, but my creativity is slow to get going.

I think I'm suffering a post-event introvert overload and may need to recharge more 😅

#writerslife #writersky #writingcommunity

🌏 #Worldbuilding Wednesday ⚒

What is your favorite place you've created (world, settlement, natural environment, business, school, building, etc.), and why? Is it a central part of your story or a worldbuilding element? Do the readers visit this place while reading?

#writersky #writingcommunity

Bok of books titled The Serpent's Chains by Sylvia Conley

First round of author copies received!

One is heading to a reviewer, another to the Library of Congress, and one will take up residence on my bookshelf.

The rest have yet to find a home, but I have several reviewers I'm waiting to hear back from 🙂

#booksky #writersky

Bride and groom holding hands with handfasting cord tied around their wrists

Bride and groom leaning in close to each other

Bride's hands with lace, fingerless gloves, crossed over the front of her dress and body.

Bride holding her bouquet.

Last week was insanely busy, and I didn't get much writing done.

But I did tie the knot (literally) with the loml. It was a magical day, straight out of a fairy tale.

#wedding #fantasy #dreamscometure

7 Women Authors Who Inspired My to Become a Writer in My Adolescents Inspiration comes in many forms from many sources. When I was young, I was greatly inspired and empowered by these amazing women. They could inspire you, too.

Taking a look at the women in fiction writing who inspired me and gave me a dream to strive for.

#womenauthors #womenwriters #authorsofbluesky

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Creating original elements allows writers to break pre-established restrictions on human understanding of the known elements.

I'm partial to earth, air, fire, and water for metaphysical reasons, I also strive to create elements (like periodic table elements) to add depth to science and magic.

🌍 #Worldbuilding Wednesday ⚒

Elements are a worldbuilding feature used a lot to fuel different magic systems or tech in SFF worlds. We often base our elements off the ones available in our own world, but there's an untapped space of new elements.

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I'm a writer who also wants to connect with writers and talk about writing things and book stuff not be overwhelmed with politics. The "show less like this" function has done nothing to trim down the political onslaught. I suppose I'll have to try muting words and terms instead.

Using Canva to make book trailers is pretty easy... but deciding what content I want in my book trailers is hard!

Words are my forte, not visuals 😅

#writerslife #writersofbluesky #bookmarketing

There are few greater joys than sitting on my back deck with breakfast, a book, a cup of tea, and my dog at my feet. Our yard is backed by woods has a thick treeline between us and our neighbors on both sides. It feels quite secluded and separate from the world.

#writerslife #readerslife

My current WIP, The Slave's Crown, is the sequel to my debut novel (The Serpent's Chains available now on Amazon), and it follows a general and a prince who are both resistant to relationships but struggle to resist each other. Rough draft posts to Wattpad weekly.
www.wattpad.com/story/390846...

"Cozy Culture" is what I want to promote, which often involves sitting in front of a wood stove fire with tea, a slightly sweet snack, and a good book, for me.

Good to know, thank you! I'll try to drop by next week 😊

Preliminary sketch of dragon

Started throwing this together. Someday, it may resemble a dragon character from my book.

#dragons #art #sketch #fanart #characterart