#InReverse: Meg has green eyes. Harriet has brown eyes.

#MiwwduSitsomSelkieWIP Babysitting Naomi: None of the characters' eye colours are described or decided, yet. (2/2)

Sabrina spends most of her time studying and planning, but even so, she has eons of practical experience.

#InReverse: Meg has zero theoretical or practical experience with being in reverse. Or really any of the things she ends up being dragged into along the way. (4/7)

Time travel typically keeps one within the same timeline, but can still cause timelines to diverge.

More timelines might get featured in sequels.

#InReverse: We only get to see one timeline in this story.

#MiwwduSitsomSelkieWIP Babysitting Naomi: We see multiple timelines. (2/3)

#InReverse: Meg generally reports accurately what she thinks is going on. Often that is different from what is actually going on. (2/6)

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#TheDragonblood: Felix might hold small grudges on occasion, but it rarely amounts to anything big.

#InReverse: I think Meg is more the type to hold grudges.

#ThroughTheCracks: Skylar is the forgiving type.

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#InReverse: We have the twin sisters Megan (Meg) and Gemma (Gem). They also have a half-brother, Daniel.

#MiwwduSitsomSelkieWIP: We have our siblings, Dave and Michaela, who discover they're half-selkie.

Felix didn't know its mother was around and would think they'd kidnapped the child. Or would cause destruction to the city.

#InReverse: Meg is honestly wondering the same question herself. She hopes she didn't have anything to do with it. (3/5)

#InReverse

We reversed the marker’s direction through time twice, so for a #brief moment, there were three copies of it at once. One going forward, another going in reverse, and a third going forward again. But, if I understand what I just witnessed correctly, they were all the same marker.

(2/3)

#InReverse: I'd usually consider myself one of the last people to write romance, so it was a bit surprising to me how natural it felt that In Reverse would end up being a romance. (2/3)

Maybe obvious, but when writing a story, I usually focus on the characters from that story.

For posts like this, I've tended to focus on my main characters from my main 3 WIPs (Felix, Aimetor and Sabrina from #TheDragonblood, Meg and Harriet from #InReverse and Skylar from #ThroughTheCracks). (2/3)

We get to a second floor balcony, and I nearly step on broken glass. I look up. On the third floor is a broken window, which must be one of the few that aren’t boarded up. “Gently throw me the box when I get up,” Harriet tells me. The wall is smooth and featureless, and the window looks just out of reach. How are we getting there? Harriet’s ankle is getting worse. She stumbles, and I grab her hand. I help her get down on the ground. I let go, and she sits on her injured leg, grimacing in pain. Then she suddenly flies up to the window and catches it. She pulls herself up, getting herself partway through the hole in the window, then turns to look at me. That’s my signal. I throw her the box. She doesn’t catch it. Instead, it knocks into her elbow and comes to a stop on the window sill. Harriet pulls herself all the way through the window, taking the box with her. How am I getting up there, then? I look up and see Harriet with a fire extinguisher. What is she… Oh. I step aside before she swings it, and shards of glass fly up from the balcony where I was standing towards the third floor window. Another swing and the window is completely fixed. I’m definitely not getting in through there, then.

It was at this point that Hero came back from the washroom. “Wait, where’s your cousin?” he asked. “That’s her,” Dave said, pointing the woman. “There was a time skip.” “Oops,” Hero said, although he didn’t look too concerned. “Do you have the remote? Just rewind it, and I’ll bring her back out.” “I can’t rewind it, it’s just whatever’s playing on TV,” Dave protested. “Shit,” Hero said, now panicking. “Come, let’s get her out.” He stepped into the screen, pulling Dave with him. Naomi looked around and saw them. “Where did you guys come from?” she asked. “Wait, you look familiar, from a long time ago… You’re – You’re my cousin, Dave, aren’t you? I haven’t seen you in over a decade. Look at you, you haven’t aged a day.” “I haven’t,” Dave agreed. “For me, it’s been all of a few minutes.” “And you,” she said facing Hero. “Aren’t you the one who brought me here and then abandoned me? It’s been – what? – fifteen years, now, that I haven’t seen my parents?” “Sorry,” Hero said, his tone sounding about as sincere as Hero ever got. “I didn’t mean to – Look, we can bring you back now, okay?” “Just for a short while, to see my parents again,” she said. “Then you bring me back, okay?” “What? But –” Hero started. “Look, in case you haven’t noticed, I have a life now, here in Smalltown Massachusetts,” she explained. “I’ve got friends, I’ve got a job where I’m happy, I’ve got a husband and a child, and another one on the way.”

#InReverse: Harriet and Meg try to enter a boarded up building.

#MiwwduSitsomSelkieWIP Babysitting Naomi: Naomi is stuck in a movie, and there's just been a fifteen year time skip. "Smalltown Massachusetts" is a placeholder name that I may not keep. (2/2)

#AwesomeCharacters

#InReverse: My mind is blanking on this question for most of my characters, so let's just do the one for whom the question DOESN'T apply, because it's fun: Meg.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts (1/6)

#InReverse: I could see Harriet end up serving as an interpreter for Meg or some such.

#MiwwduSitsomSelkieWIP Babysitting Naomi: I'm a bit at a loss for this one. But I guess the characters have to deal with whatever the movie ~serves~ them. Which could be a fifteen year time skip. (3/3)

Aimetor is proud of their work as a healer.

#InReverse: Meg's pride is still under construction. 🚧🏗️

Harriet is proud of the gadgets she's made to help Meg.

#ThroughTheCracks: Skylar is proud of their volunteer work.

And I don't think any in that list are wrong to feel that way. (2/2)

After all, she knows what they'll do with it already.

#InReverse: Meg has gotten a second chance at life of sorts. She spent her first one giving in to whatever her bigoted mother said to keep the peace. (6/8)

2. after getting sick on dragon wastewater (he was Missadeiuos' patient that time)
3. after getting wyvern venom on him

Aimetor also has to heal themself after a fight with a dragon.

#InReverse: Ed is a doctor, and also gets many patients. (2/4)

#InReverse: Meg is a queer woman who has always given in to her bigoted mother to keep the peace, and now wants to take her life in her own hands – who then suddenly ends up stuck living the rest of her life in reverse, which fills her life with new challenges to adapt to. (4/6)

Fantasy Indies March prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell 1. Introduce yourself & WIP with emojis 2. Characters’ guilty pleasures 3. Lies or rumors in WIP 4. Do your characters believe in luck or fate? 5. Risks in WIP 6. Free Friday or post some good fortune 7. Saturday Snippet 8. Characters’ Phobias 9. Would your characters fight their fate or embrace it? 10. Superstitions in WIP 11. Flash fiction with the word “fate” 12. Humor in WIP or share a bookish joke 13. Free Friday or How many WIPs do you work on at once? 14. Saturday Snippet 15. Characters’ Quirks 16. Would your MC rather fix a past mistake or get a glimpse into their future? 17. Surprising fact about your MC 18. Prophecy in WIP 19. Which character has the worst luck? 20. Free Friday or share your favourite authors 21. Saturday Snippet 22. Crazy moment in WIP 23. Last, Current, & Next Reads 24. Do your characters have a lucky object? 25. Compromises in WIP 26. WIP Aesthetic board 27. Free Friday or Classic books you recommend 28. Saturday Snippet 29. WIP magic system 30. Characters’ accomplishments 31. Monthly Wrap-Up

#FantasyIndiesMarch 13: Too many. I currently have #TheDragonblood, #InReverse and #ThroughTheCracks in progress, and recently decided to edit the short stories #ToErrIsDivine and "Babysitting Naomi" (supposed to be a spin-off of #MiwwduSitsomSelkieWIP, yet to be written) into something presentable.

Aimetor, as a healer, is used to seeing gore, and it doesn't phase them.

#InReverse: Meg is a bit squeamish, too. Her narration does describe a little more than Felix's, but I've already had her look away from a scene she assumes will be gory at one point. (2/3)

#InReverse: Meg hasn't gotten to the point where living in reverse is something she'd consider fun yet. Maybe she will have fun with time travel at some point, though; I'll have to get there to see. (2/3)

#InReverse: The characters are Canadian, based around Toronto.

#MiwwduSitsomSelkieWIP Babysitting Naomi: The characters are again Canadian, this time based around Moncton. We see some of canvas crosser culture in this one. Selkie culture will be explored in the overarching story. (2/2)

It's not exactly a sound, though, that's just how Felix experiences it, and you wouldn't be able to detect it without magic sense.

#InReverse: Meg is deaf, and never learned to speak in reverse. She communicates mainly in ASL or using the Alphabet Board. (3/4)

#InReverse

A few minutes pass, and I figure the man must be gone by now. I decide to risk it and #leave my hiding spot. I need to go get help! I’ve wasted long enough as it is.

(2/3)

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#TheDragonblood: The story explicitly starts on Saturday February 24, 2018, as Felix writes the date of the 25th in his journal the next day.

#InReverse: According to my notes, the story starts in 2024, although I haven't established when. It'll probably be in the summer. (1/2)

#InReverse: Meg is very acquiescent. She'll tend to go along with people just to keep the peace. She wants to learn how to stand up for herself more, but that'll take time to learn.

Harriet is more determined, persistently going through the steps to get the Time Reverser finished. (4/5)

#TimeTravelAuthors March 2026 1. Introduce your story (optional word: luck/lucky) 3. Are your characters protecting anything/one? 5. Apologies in your story 7. Saturday excerpt (optional word: quiet/loud) 9. Explain your story's time travel method with emojis 11. Wednesday POST-SIZED snippet (optional word: leaf/leaves/leave) 13. Cultures in your story 15. Does anyone have fun (or want to have fun) with time travel? 17. Patient or patience in your story 19. Servants in your story 21. Saturday excerpt (optional word: march/step) 23. Something that surprised you about your story 25. Wednesday POST-SIZED snippet (optional word: brief/short) 27. Alternate timelines in your story? 29. Characters' eye colors 31. Author's choice/promo All time-travel authors and published works, WIPs, etc. welcome! To join, just answer the prompts on odd days, using the hashtag #TimeTravelAuthors On even days, post what you like! Questions? @juliebihn.bsky.social or @juliebihn.mastodon.social

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#TheDragonblood

🪄⛰️➡️🪨🪨
🪐⬛⬛🪨⬛⬛⬛🪨 OR 🪄🪨🚫🪄🪨
🪄🪨🪨➡️⚫⚫
⚫🕛🕧🕐🕜🕑🕝🕒🕞👣➡️⚫
⚫🕛🕐🕑🕒⚫➡️👣

#InReverse

👩🕛🕐🕑🕒
👩🕒🕑🕐🕛
🖲️👩👩➡️

#MiwwduSitsomSelkieWIP

👣➡️📺➡️🎢
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👧➡️👩

#InReverse

Meg: YOU'RE the reason I now have to live the rest of my life in reverse? And why I even got shot in the first place? Well, you say there are spoilers waiting for me ahead. I guess I'll just have to wait and see…

#ThroughTheCracks

Skylar: Wait, the ALCEFS isn't real? (4/7)

#WIPSnips 'beam' ('plank')

#InReverse: Meg tries to get into a building by jumping over from the next building over. It's an enormous jump.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#InReverse: Bearing an Hourglass by Piers Anthony is what inspired me to write a time travel story about someone experiencing time in reverse. (2/2)

I’ve finally finished making the Time Reverser. We should test it to see if it works. I take out the device, and once again, it starts pulsing. There’s a look of wonder and joy on everyone in the room. “It really works!” Harriet signs, and says something aloud, presumably the same message for Ed and Andrea. Ed reaches out to me, and I hand him the Time Reverser. I notice that in his hands, the pattern of the pulses has changed. Two lights form in the centre, fly to opposite edges of the device and fade, on repeat. The opposite of what it was for me. Ed points the device at the table, and two identical uncapped whiteboard markers appear and start slowly rolling away from each other. If I understand what the Time Reverser is supposed to do correctly, these must in fact be two copies of the same whiteboard marker. The same whiteboard marker, no doubt, as the one still sitting by Harriet’s whiteboard. Ed then hands the device back to me as I stop one of the newly-appeared markers from rolling off the table with my free hand. The other newly-appeared marker is still rolling towards the whiteboard, slowly but picking up speed, and the marker Harriet set down next to the whiteboard suddenly starts rolling towards it. I aim the Time Reverser at them and hit the button the moment they collide. The two markers vanish. I set the marker I caught next to the whiteboard and place the Time Reverser on the table. The pulsing, which was back to the pattern of merging dots, stops, returning to a light shimmer. We reversed the marker’s direction through time twice, so for a brief moment, there were three copies of it at once. One going forward, another going in reverse, and a third going forward again. But, if I understand what I just witnessed correctly, they were all the same marker.

The ride started. As the roller coaster came over the first hump, the boy next to her looked terrified. He grasped her hand reflexively. Slowly, his fear started to dissipate. In the corner of the screen, Dave could see Hero, looking like he was going to be sick. As soon as the ride came to a halt, he rushed back through the screen and raced for the washroom. “Sorry for holding onto you like that,” the boy apologised to Naomi afterwards. “I’m Chris, by the way. What’s your name?” “Naomi,” she replied. “Are you going to be alright? You looked scared.” “I’m fine. Let’s go on another one!” he declared. The scene changed to a store. Dave watched the concerning words “Fifteen years later…” appear across the screen. A young girl, maybe around two years old, ran with a toy in her hand, saying, “Mommy, look!” She was addressing a pregnant woman in her twenties, standing next to a cart, with a phone to her ear. “Hi, Chris,” the woman said. “Yeah, I’m at the store with Talina. – Just a moment, darling, I’m calling your father. – Dinner with the company? Okay, thanks for letting me know. When will you be back? Okay, see you tomorrow then. Love you.” The scene changed to show a man at a restaurant, waiting for someone at a table for two. “Love you too, Naomi,” he said. “Bye bye.” Dave realised that the woman on the phone was his cousin. Hero, what have you done? “Hero, come back here, now!” Dave shouted. “Just a moment, I –” Hero said, followed by a unpleasant sound. The scene changed back to the child at the store, who was looking at her mom impatiently. Naomi hung up and turned to see the toy in her child’s hands. “You want it?” she asked. “Please?” the child responded. “Okay, Talina,” Naomi replied, adding it to the cart. “I’ll get it for you.” It was at this point that Hero came back from the washroom. “Wait, where’s your cousin?” he asked. “That’s her,” Dave said, pointing the woman. “There was a time skip.”

#InReverse: The Cassells test out the newly built Time Reverser.

#MiwwduSitsomSelkieWIP Babysitting Naomi: No loud sounds, no quiet sounds, but I've got an unpleasant sound! Hero abandons Naomi in a movie because a roller coaster made him sick. Then it all goes wrong.