Six books. Six LoreQuest game expansions releasing alongside each one, advancing the game story in parallel.
If you were playing a game tied to a novel series, would you play first and read after? Or the other way around?
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When writing Captive, Alestorm was an essential part of my playlist. With Book 2, I'm vibing very heavily with Finnish Polka Metal 🤣🪗
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Got my first full manuscript request this week after roughly a month of querying! Even if it doesn't work out it feels like such a huge accomplishment! 🤩
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Who wants to see the anniversary cover for Rise of the Sparrows early? 👀 Join my newsletter and you'll see it April 15th - a whole week and a day before everyone else.
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Is it too early to start hinting at the cover reveal next month? No? 👀 Well, then, get ready to see (at least) one gorgeous anniversary cover this April!
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Raise your hand if you've ever felt personally victimized by Hot Topic ✋️✋️✋️✋️
(...yes, I caved. I needed the coat to write my gay pirate books in).
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A stack of hardcover books with covers in varying shades of green. On top of the stack is a silver skeleton key with a hemp cord looped through the key hole. A text box overlaid on the photo reads: Using Folklore to Create Paranormal Characters. Four steps for developing unique characters while honoring existing folklore:
Same background photo as previous image: Stack of books with green covers. On top of the stack is a silver skeleton key. A text box overlaid on the right side of the photo reads: Step 1 - Research the folklore that already exists. Step 2 - Decide which folkloric tropes to adopt, adapt, or abandon.
Same background photo as previous images: Stack of books with green covers and silver skeleton key on top. Overlaid text box reads: Step 3 - Define which perspectives are unique to your world and create new rules. Step 4 - In the narrative, take time to illustrate the reasoning behind altered and abandoned tropes.
Same background photo as previous images: Stack of books with green covers and silver skeleton key on top. Overlaid text box reads: Read full blog at storiesbymelissalee.com. Follow for more writing tips. Share with other fantasy writers. Comment with your fave strategy for character development.
Ms. Lee explores using folklore to develop our fantasy characters: www.storiesbymelissalee.com/post/using-f....
What’s your fave paranormal creature trope?
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If you were playing an RPG and a choice you made in the first minutes slowly revealed its true meaning, at what point would you want to know? Would you go back if you could?
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New post tomorrow.
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#RevPitWaiting but make it fantasy:
I have entered a trial of patience.
My opponent: time.
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Some play for survival, others for riches. Gorok, he is in the Thirteen Down for carnage. Will the other players survive his dark desires?
If you saw my last post you already know how to root for an orc, so drop a 🤘 for Gorok.
Art by bratty_seki on IG
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It ends with a story.
“The Crowns That Answered”:
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No explanation—just the piece.
What stuck with you after reading?
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I’m the reason plans go off-script 😁
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What turned "a website with lore" into a full RPG engine was one question: what makes someone care about a world they've never visited?
The answer: make them go there.
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![[Context: this scene is one of the last two in my first book. Ridge (MC) just healed from being stabbed by Jasper (Antagonist/General) a week prior and is still hiding from the law. But now they’re searching through neighborhoods looking for him.]
TRANSCRIPT:
1. Title: Escaping The Home. Ridge is playing a piano song for Dr. Hestan Itini.
2. The two of them are surprised by someone “Knock! Knock! Knock!”-ing on the front door and Ridge stops playing.
3. “I wonder who that could be?”
4. “I’ll be back.” Dr. Itini heads towards the door.
5. Ridge sighs, and a light starts shining on his head.
6. The light moves to shine in Ridge’s eyes.
7. He looks to see what is causing the light.
8. Swiftly standing from the piano bench, he sees guards standing outside the window curtains. They cannot see him, but he can see them.
9. [Outside view of the front door] a shadow leans against the decorative glass window as we hear footsteps inside.
10. “Hello?” Dr. Itini opens the door.
11. “GEneral!!” Dr. Itini attempts to hide his fearful surprise in a cheer. “Hello, Doctor!” The General, Jasper, smiles.
12. “What, sir, brings you here? Today?” Dr. Itini speaks at the front door as Ridge lunges into the kitchen, hiding behind the wall.
13. “Merely a neighbourhood sweep.” Jasper says, as Ridge looks over at the arch out of the kitchen.
14. “We’re still on the lookout for the man who escaped prison last week.” Ridge leans around the corner to see the front door. Dr. Itini is covering the entryway with his body so Jasper cannot see inside.
15. “He goes by the name of Ridge Archenal.” Jasper holds up a wanted poster with Ridge’s face on it. “He’s believed to be injured, but still very dangerous.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hhq7oert47py67ivw6i4ilc3/bafkreihqjkpjyda5cnwuy5pnjaz252lny5onvzhl2tlkac55yjzppvxz74)
[Context: this scene is one of the last two in my first book. Ridge (MC) just healed from being stabbed by Jasper (Antagonist/General) a week prior and is still hiding from the law. But now they’re searching through neighborhoods looking for him.] TRANSCRIPT: 1. Title: Escaping The Home. Ridge is playing a piano song for Dr. Hestan Itini. 2. The two of them are surprised by someone “Knock! Knock! Knock!”-ing on the front door and Ridge stops playing. 3. “I wonder who that could be?” 4. “I’ll be back.” Dr. Itini heads towards the door. 5. Ridge sighs, and a light starts shining on his head. 6. The light moves to shine in Ridge’s eyes. 7. He looks to see what is causing the light. 8. Swiftly standing from the piano bench, he sees guards standing outside the window curtains. They cannot see him, but he can see them. 9. [Outside view of the front door] a shadow leans against the decorative glass window as we hear footsteps inside. 10. “Hello?” Dr. Itini opens the door. 11. “GEneral!!” Dr. Itini attempts to hide his fearful surprise in a cheer. “Hello, Doctor!” The General, Jasper, smiles. 12. “What, sir, brings you here? Today?” Dr. Itini speaks at the front door as Ridge lunges into the kitchen, hiding behind the wall. 13. “Merely a neighbourhood sweep.” Jasper says, as Ridge looks over at the arch out of the kitchen. 14. “We’re still on the lookout for the man who escaped prison last week.” Ridge leans around the corner to see the front door. Dr. Itini is covering the entryway with his body so Jasper cannot see inside. 15. “He goes by the name of Ridge Archenal.” Jasper holds up a wanted poster with Ridge’s face on it. “He’s believed to be injured, but still very dangerous.”
PAGE 2 TRANSCRIPT: 1. “What is his crime?” Dr. Itini asks nervously. “Just… so I know how cautious I should be, of course.” 2. “He’s a murderer, Doctor. He killed one of my guards in his escape.” Jasper says, as Ridge leans around the edge of the kitchen, confused because ‘That’s not true…’ and it’s not. 3.”Well… that certainly sounds... awful.” Dr. Itini responds as Ridge glances at the back door. 4. “I do hope you find him.” As Ridge takes a step to go out the backdoor, the floor CREAKS! loudly. 5. Ridge dives for the spot behind the stairs, very quietly cursing. 6. Jasper tilts his head, hearing the CREAK. 7. “What was that noise?” He inquires. 8. “The… house is settling… Old bones, you know?” Dr. Itini closes the door slightly, smiling nervously as if nothing is wrong. 9. Ridge covers his mouth to quiet his breathing, shaking. 10. “Right…. Of course.” Jasper’s smile tightens, as if he doesn’t believe him, but it would be rude to just barge into the doctor’s home. 11. Ridge looks over at the backdoor, thinking; ‘Igottagetoutofhere!” 12. He slides toward the door. 13. “Well, Doctor, if you see anything, please, let us know.” Jasper turns to leave, still smiling and takes his helmet. 14. “Of course, General.” Dr. Itini smiles back. 15. “You’ll be the first one I contact.” The backdoor’s curtain swishes, and the door clicks closed. END.
Did a little storyboard-comic for my story! (Context in ALT) 🐓
One day these will be digitalized…
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Seeing my book for the first time…
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Steel on my shoulder, storms in my wake ⚔
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I generally do not write poetry; I think the last time I wrote a poem was in high school. But today, the words just came to me.
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For March’s freebie short story on my Patreon, I wrote about a knight and a unicorn and the shift of entire kingdoms their bond causes.
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Concern is his nature
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I promise it all connects by chapter 22! 💀🤣
Making fantasy-inspired memes is getting me through #RevPitWaiting, along with the daily prompts.
❓— How many chapters does it take before your magic system makes sense?
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Fantasy authors: Is your magic system magical or just... convenient? 🪄
I love digging into the "costs" of magic. If power is unpriced, the stakes vanish! Let’s stress-test your world-building together. ⚔️🏰
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I don't just read for the plot; I read for the world. From political intrigue in royal courts to the daily life of a dragon-slayer, I’ll tell you if your setting feels lived-in or just "there."
Let’s level up your world-building! ⚔️✨
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As a #BetaReader, I don’t just look for typos. I look for the "why." Why did the magic fail? Why did the hero hesitate? I focus on character consistency and world-building logic so your readers stay immersed. 🔍📚
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All three ebook covers of the Call of Six series by Sarina Langer are arranged on loose and slightly yellowing pages. A sprig of dried small white flowers and large leaves lies to the books' right. All three covers feature the same white female main character with long white hair dressed in black. She's surrounded by spirits in a graveyard, and two snakes wind around her body. The moon is rising behind her on an otherwise dark background of mostly blue-green tones.
Yesterday, under the cover of Sunday's Nap, my third Problem Child quietly released into the world 🥰
Thank you for being along for the ride! All the glowing reviews for these have certainly made my heart very happy 💜 Thank you 💜
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Planning on attending #norwescon this year? Here's my schedule for the convention!
I'll also have free #ttrpg stickers to give out along with numbered, limited edition #3RPG cards to be entered in the podcast's upcoming giveaways.
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I need a book about mushrooms to help me write my book that is not about mushrooms. #bvm #blackwriter #fantasywriter #indiewriter #booksky #indieauthor #writers #amwriting #fiction #weeknightwriters #oklahoma
Oops, forgot to tell her she’s a little over a century late for dragon riding 🐉 😅#Inverted #writer #fantasywriter #fantasyworld #fantasycharacter
Sometimes I write.
This is part of the opening scene I wrote for my last DnD campaign. I wasn't DM, but my DM asked me to write this dream/memory sequence! Lmk if you want to read the rest 😉
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