Avengard: The Fall of Senvia Senvia, the capital of the empire, vanishes in the blink of an eye, replaced by the crashing waves of the Ardent Sea. Three young souls find themselves adrift in a rapidly crumbling empire. Xera hunts...

"Xera."
"What?"
"Look at the sun."

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This is how Anakin's passionate hatred of sand was written.

"The voice behind me hit me like the smell of fresh bilberries and salty air. It hit like home."

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La droite // La gauche

Snow has STRUCK and winter is HERE and NO TAKEBACKS!

Snail.

Soup.

I must write a poem on this.

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.
lo
says the snail !
and the water !
is waiting
t it says and
the little click
a summer drop
thunderstorm bell
te the snail continues
spoonful of sugar and might
in the water, not enough salt
hello snail
ry
in the soup, I wonder
was that a hello?

Writers: If you're ever stuck on what to write, just pick an object and describe it intricately from a fictional character's perspective. Have them love or hate something about it. The more ordinary the object, the better!

Congrats! You now have a character.

And the risk of you having read it was the reason I was hesitant to suggest it! I would like to substitute in The Library at Mount Char. Weirdest book I've ever read. Brilliant narration. Also one of my favourite books. Ever.

Can I have your grandma?

Circe. Madeline Miller.

Crying over a dialogue exchange you've jotted down quickly because you haven't actually gotten to writing that part of the story yet is a milestone.

Avengard: The Fall of Senvia.

It's a weekly serial on Royal Road - not fancy published, just a fun story that I have big plans for!

I'm in the middle of writing one just like this! He's a shitty person, a brat, ridiculously good at basically everything, and abuses an entire culture just to make a bit of money and not have to go off and fight in the war that would probably kill him.

the quark's bar union!!!!! rom and leeta and a bunch of ferengis. caption: "So you'd better take our demands seriously."

watching the union episode of ds9, the greatest hour of tv ever made

Something a colleague of mine said today: It's never a waste of time to boost a writer's ego.

Build confidence, and the skill will come.

cliffside of dreams 🌙

I mean this in the best way, but I think you're reading the wrong books. There are SO MANY books out there that are amazing for new audiences. Small presses put out some amazing, incredible books for modern audiences. The big guys don't want to take that risk: they know what's proven to sell well.

I'm not one for social media, but this place seems great. I can't sense an underlying inauthenticity, at least from what I've seen so far. It's not all "MONEY MONEY SEX BUSINESS MONEY MONEY SEX," it's actually... like, human beings.

TIMELINE CLEANSE. Sound on. You need this.

The only downside to bookstores is that there are never quite enough of them.

The only other downside to bookstores is that they're never quite old and used enough. The shelves are wide, the space is open, there's so much light. Give me a goblin hole and I shall find my peace.

The press cannot stay silent!

Avengard: The Fall of Senvia, a high fantasy and romance genred serialised web fiction, can be read here: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/89748/avengard-the-fall-of-senvia

Okay, I'm sorry, but look at this cover art I had commissioned. AI CANNOT do this. Folks, if you want something done right, get a human to do it.

Dear authors and editors:

Please keep accented writing. Personal style is so, so important. Intentionally playing with conventions of grammar is what makes some of the most powerful prose, and it's a baseline requirement for poetry. Let your writing breathe!

Yes, hi, hello. I am an unscented author. Nice to meet you.

Authors, what's your plot concept process like? Here's mine:

"ooo this is a cool line, let's make this the first one. oh but then this here is logical. and wait, now this one, because of course, it just FLOWS. aaaand now the characters are in control and I'm just along for the ride. again."

Ooo, sweet! I'll keep this in mind FOR SURE.