Keira Prusik, Author

Swallow the haters!!!

Drop a comment if you're writing something witchy today.

The best part of writing witches? They can curse people who interrupt your writing time. Hypothetically.

Writing a heist scene where the only thing being stolen is knowledge. The getaway vehicle is guilt.

Best part of writing thrillers: Making readers suspect everyone. Worst part: Readers suspect the wrong everyone and get mad at YOU.

Your reminder that morally grey doesn't mean morally lazy. Give your witches real dilemmas.

Every fantasy author has that one magic system they'd absolutely abuse if it were real. What's yours?

Tea break thought: What if spellbooks chose their witches the way wands choose wizards? Oh wait—

The ink is still wet. The words are still wild. Chapter 8 fights back. Good.

If your magic system doesn't have consequences, you're not writing magic—you're writing wishes.

Writing is just controlled haunting. You're putting ghosts on a page and hoping they possess your readers.

What's your witch's signature spell? Mine writes contracts in moonlight and regrets.

Currently researching: How to make a sanctuary library feel both safe and slightly cursed.

Reminder: Your first draft is allowed to be a mess. Even grimoires have rough drafts.

The best magic systems are the ones where every spell costs something. Make your witches pay.

Today's writing spell: black coffee, three candles, one playlist that sounds like a haunted library.

Question for the coven: Do you outline your spells before casting, or are you a chaos witch?

Hot take: Every witch's familiar is just their writing routine in animal form.

Writing update: The grimoires are getting louder. Chapter 7 is possessed. Send coffee and candles.

My outline is a suggestion. My characters are feral. The manuscript is haunted. Business as usual.

The best magic systems are the ones where power has a price and payment is always due.

Just killed off a character I introduced three chapters ago. The emotional devastation is real.

Writing witches who are scholars, survivors, and a little bit unhinged. This is the way.

My readers: "This book destroyed me." Me: "Perfect."

The magic system is working. The plot is flowing. The characters are cooperating. Something's wrong.

Every fantasy novel starts with a question. Mine usually starts with "what's the worst thing that could happen?"

My protagonist makes terrible decisions and I love her for it. Perfection is boring. Chaos is captivating.

That scene where everything goes wrong? That's when you know you're on the right track.

Writing is just controlled obsession with imaginary people and we've all agreed this is normal.

My villain's redemption arc? She doesn't get one. Some curses are meant to stay broken.