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Australian fantasy writer (amateur) and role-playing game enthusiast. Blog is at https://sproutingnonsense.com, posts Monday 8AM AEST every week.

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This is kind of covered in the last snippet, when Nis heals Dumu's wounds. I do have the second time they touch, though.
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05.08.2025 21:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Stupid game

05.08.2025 00:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Don't have an answer to this one, unfortunately. Pretty sure I won't have much in general this month, just because I'm not writing romance.
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04.08.2025 21:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

SO Excited for this, I love the Oxford Art Factory and the vibe it has, on top of being filled with cool games?! It's going to be an evening to remember

04.08.2025 05:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Their first words to each other, right after Dumu gets whacked in the face with a training axe.
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03.08.2025 22:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Going Forward Starting with an update on Tales from Karatera, the second draft of A Matter of Faith is well underway, and Clanless is entering its final draft. Thereโ€™s a couple of factors slowing down my progress on getting it ready for editing, the least of which being my impending trip to Japan, but itโ€™s almost done. The plot beats of…

This week I talk about my upcoming Japan trip and moving to a "one post a fortnight" model. Have a read, why don't you?

03.08.2025 22:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Introducing Nis, the "love interest" of Clanless (she's a dragon-person, for context, all the characters in this story are)
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03.08.2025 02:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I want to spend at least an hour each day working on my short stories. I also want to send Clanless off for editing before I go to Japan, though that's probably not very likely.
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03.08.2025 01:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Gonna start streaming because playing games in my own is lonely. Hereโ€™s a banner I made for twitch. #streaming #Dara999 #twitch

28.07.2025 10:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Mandatory Update Alright, Iโ€™ve finally finished the first draft of A Matter of Faith, and good mother of god is it rough. I wrote the climax of the story fairly well, I think, but I struggled with writing the connecting scenes, and it took me too long to realise what wasnโ€™t working. Second draft should fix it up, though. Clanless is about halfway through beta-reading, and should be ready for final revision soon.

This week, I give a progress update on my short stories and talk about some things that I'm doing. Have a read, why don't you?

27.07.2025 22:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#inspiration

26.07.2025 08:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The currency in my fantasy world is based around triangular silver coins called "shards". Ten shards a week is about enough to live comfortably, and a typical longsword or scimitar can be picked up for about fifteen shards. I kinda wing the rest from those two baselines.

24.07.2025 10:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The People ofย Karatera Karatera wouldnโ€™t be a fantasy world without a host of fantasy races. So this week, Iโ€™m going to give you guys a brief overview of the various intelligent peoples that inhabit the four deserts! I was going to wait until I released A Matter of Faith before writing this post, but thatโ€™s not going to be for ages, so screw it.

This week, I go over the basics of some of the fantasy races that inhabit my world of Karatera! Have a read, why don't you?
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20.07.2025 22:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
ARPG Collection: Sales, Science and Spirit (Release Month Announcement Trailer)
YouTube video by Zero Point Games ARPG Collection: Sales, Science and Spirit (Release Month Announcement Trailer)

๐ŸญNEW TRAILER for the A.R.P.G. COLLECTION!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M50u...

And an associated Steam post:
store.steampowered.com/news/app/361...

#indiedev #indiegames #rpgmaker #collection #normanjones #zpg #gamemaker #teaser #steam

17.07.2025 09:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Save the date! ๐Ÿ“…

New #arpgcollection trailer is dropping in less than 1 day!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M50u...
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16.07.2025 08:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Chugginโ€™ Along I didnโ€™t have much time to write a proper blog post this week. My weekend was packed this week, and Iโ€™ve also been busy preparing for a trip to Japan, so this weekโ€™s update is going to be short and sweet. The fourth draft of Clanless is finished and currently going through beta reading. A Matter of Faith is around 60-70% through its first draft, at least in terms of pages written, and it should be in its second draft by the end of this month. Iโ€™ll see you all next week with a proper-length blog post. Iโ€™ll try to think of something interesting, Iโ€™ve already got a couple of ideas.

This week is just a really short update on where Clanless and A Matter of Faith are at. Have a read, why don't you?

13.07.2025 23:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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SMASH! Con 2025 starts today!!!
If you are in #australia #Sydney , come say hi! We have games and merch, even free stickers ๐Ÿ›ธ๐Ÿ›ธ๐Ÿ‘ฝ
#convention #anime #manga #event #indiegames #videogames #artist #smashcon

11.07.2025 00:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Read your writing to someone, be it a friend, family member or what have you. Read it aloud so you can catch the bits that don't flow well, and listen to their feedback to pick up the spots you would have missed by yourself.
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07.07.2025 21:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Magic of Karatera: Partย 2 So, in the first part of this, I talked about how magic works in Karatera through the lens of spiritbinding. But what if I told you that there are other ways to use the spirits aside from binding them? Well, I am. Iโ€™m telling you that. And Iโ€™m gonna tell you what they are, too. Spiritcalling. Spiritcalling operates very similar to spiritbinding, but with one key difference โ€“ you donโ€™t bind the spirits that you use.

This week, I finish up talking about my magic system for Karatera by explaining spiritcalling and spirit channelling. Have a read, why don't you?
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06.07.2025 22:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I couldn't say what triggered it, but I recently started plotting out a sci-fi/fantasy novel this weekend. Haven't properly started on it yet, since I want to finish my short story collection first, but ideas are flowing.
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06.07.2025 21:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Find us in FOUR DAYS at SMASH! Con 2025!
If you are in Sydney Australia, come say hi! We have free stickers :)

We are so excited to have this opportunity ๐Ÿ‘ฝ๐Ÿฆˆ

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06.07.2025 10:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Coming Soon...๐ŸŽฃ
YouTube video by Zero Point Games Coming Soon...๐ŸŽฃ

youtube.com/shorts/GJnsf...
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06.07.2025 00:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He'll resurface any minute now.

05.07.2025 01:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well, there's a character in one of my WIPs that was meant to have a redemption arc, but I realised as I was writing it, "No it actually works better if she just sucks throughout the story."
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03.07.2025 22:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Alas, no such conversation has started around my works. I'm still very new, and I haven't really established myself yet.
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02.07.2025 21:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hmm, good question. I think the part in Spiritbinders where Chloe is learning about wizardry is my favourite passage so far, because its the most overt discussions and displays of magic in my world. There's stuff in my WIPs that I'm looking forward to as well.
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02.07.2025 02:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Discount Comic-Con So, I went to Supanova last weekend. Itโ€™s basically discount Australian Comic-Con, as opposed to actual Australian Comic-Con, with pop culture stuff from a bunch of different places. There was some RPG stuff, some video game stuff, a lot of anime stuff, and more indie artists than I care to name. It was pretty fun! I bought a bunch of artworks, bought a new d20, and I got to see the cast from…

Nothing exciting in this week's post, just briefly discussing my weekend and giving an update on how Clanless is going. Have a read, why don't you?

29.06.2025 22:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There was a sex scene that I wanted to include in my current WIP, *Clanless*, but I ultimately scrapped it, partly because I was pushing my word limit as it was, and partly because it didn't fit with the main character's arc at that point in the story.
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27.06.2025 10:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#WriterWednesday "it's funny because it hurts" moment.

26.06.2025 01:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
The Magic of Karatera: Partย 1 So, in Spiritbinders (which you can read right here, hint hint) I touched on how magic works in Karatera. Today, Iโ€™m going to go a bit deeper into that. The whole idea of spiritbinding was basically a result of me trying to rationalise the way spell slots work in D&D into something that makes sense from a worldbuilding perspective. For those of you who donโ€™t know how it works in that game, the basic idea is that you have to โ€œprepareโ€ a specific spell into a spell slot at the start of the day, and later on, you can burn that spell slot to cast that spell.

This week, I delve into the inner workings of magic within my world of Karatera, particularly how the art of spiritbinding works. Have a read, why don't you?
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22.06.2025 22:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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