Ideas for how to support an author on a budget...
Exactly...
25.05.2025 09:38 โ ๐ 175 ๐ 84 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 8@marcfrans.bsky.social
Author of Runeweaver Father of 2 ๐จ๐ผโค๏ธ๐ณ๐ฑ Armchair historian
Ideas for how to support an author on a budget...
Exactly...
25.05.2025 09:38 โ ๐ 175 ๐ 84 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 8Good luck on your journey!
01.06.2025 20:09 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0thanks
23.05.2025 18:25 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0title of my project Runeweaver: Shadow of the Twin Sun War an adult dark epic fantasy by M.C.C. Frans
Pitch In a remote mountain village steeped in theocratic fear, twelve-year-old Roya ventures into the mist to rescue a strange, winged creature from a trapperโs cage. The rescue ends in disaster. Dragged home and sentenced to servitude under the cruel shrinekeeper, she watches her motherโs beloved books burn on a pyre. But Roya took something from the cage. A shard. Blue, glowing. Whispering a question only she can hear: What is my name? When Mogh Aedam arrives with black-cloaked knights, Roya realizes theyโre hunting it. As the Orderโs grip tightens, she must choose: deny the truth and surviveโor embrace the forbidden power awakening inside her, and risk everything.
Comparable titles to Runeweaver Justice of Kings The Gutter Prayer A Master of Djinn An image of Powder and Jinx (Arcane season 1) these are similar because of: Theocratic conspiracy, sacrifice, grim coming-of-age, cult, Divine mysteries, moral ambiguity and fractured identity.
An image with two samples of writing. First part of the prologue: โSacrifice, Brother.โ Aedam exhaled wearily. โIt is a question that presents itself to all warlords. Did I give it my all? The Herald teaches us that the cost of victory is sacrifice. And we have sacrificed. All of us. But now that weโve achieved victory so utterly and completely, one wonders, who can stop us now?โ The Mogh ran a finger over the precious ruby-red stone embedded in the ring. โAnd indeed, who can?โ 12 Years after teh fall of the Dusk Throne. ... She landed heavily in the undergrowth, leaves and mud caking her cheek. The taste of loamy earth was in her mouth, musty and tangy. The village, she thought, catching sight of the faint twinkle of its distant lights. I have to warn them. With a grunt and whimper of pain, Roya pushed herself up onto thin arms. Her elbows shook, and saliva mixed with blood as it dripped from her lip. She could taste that too. She had cut herself somehow. Her hands were scratched as well, her knuckles bruised. I have to keep going.
Justice of Kings x Arcane (S1) x Blacktongue thief
โ"What's my name?"
โ๏ธTo answer the mystical blue shard is to embrace the forbidden power awakening within and risk everything.
๐Runeweaver: Shadow of the Twin Sun War
#WIPPIT #A #F #Agentsguide
thank you so much!
23.05.2025 12:02 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Today is the day! Get to sharing those WIPs and have fun! Rules and hashtags are below. (I was asked for upmarket, so that is #UM). Remember to interact where you can, comment, like, repost. Remember, there is no AI allowed! Good luck, & happy sharing everyone! #WIPPIT #PitchDay
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23.05.2025 09:50 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0this looks amazing!
23.05.2025 08:10 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0A vision board with pictures and pieces of paper with text. Temple of Roshan, a picture of the beams in a cathedral with the light streaming in. Barfrood, a fantasy village in snow/winter. Roya, a redhaired young girl wipping her hair around. Mythical shard, a blue glass shard held up against the light Tirahn, a black cloaked figure on a black horse with a red sun in the sky.
RUNEWEAVER is inspired by Persian myth and medieval theocracy and the start of a trilogy. #WIPPIT #A #F #litagents
โ๏ธCorrosion of faith & power
๐Fractured loyalty & identity
๐ฑComing of age without choice.
๐Villain has a Point
โช๏ธCorrupt Institutions
๐Dark Prophecy
๐งฟArtifacts of Power
๐Monster as Mirror
this looks good!
23.05.2025 07:37 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thank you so much! I feel like it blends well with so many of these titles, but I'd love to get feedback once it is out there if I was right about it ๐
23.05.2025 07:36 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A picture of a reading tracker with shelves filled with books and small items. "If these titles are on your tracker or TBR, keep an eye out for RUNEWEAVER by M.C.C. Frans." Comparable titles mentioned: Blacktongue Thief, Justice of Kings, A Master of Djinn, Master of Sorrows, and Black Stone Heart.
Runeweaver: When Roya finds a mythical blue shard that whispers into her mind, she becomes the last hopeโand final weaponโin a holy war disguised as salvation.
๐complicated loyalty
๐forbidden knowledge
โ๏ธsacrifice and vengeance
#wippit #A #F #FBW
Hi Ernie, thank you for this reminder. I'll defintely send my query for ๐ in to you. Justice of Kings x Blacktongue thief x Arcane.
22.05.2025 08:31 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Runeweaver: When the village outcast Roya finds a mythical shard that whispers into her mind, she becomes the last hopeโand final weaponโin a holy war disguised as salvation.
๐๏ธ Theocracy vs truth
๐ฅ Morality under fire
๐ Forbidden knowledge
#agentsguide #litagents #Q #DF #amquerying
Wow my query announcement put me over the 200 follower count! In honor of that milestone, Iโll do a #askmeanything re: agenting, querying, etc. tonight. Iโm catching up on reading rn but Iโll check in throughout the evening. Ask away! #amagenting #amquerying
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