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What if the only stories that are real are the ones that we believe in?
What if we learn from all stories, not just the ones with warnings in them?
Yes, avoid the danger. Yes, get up, try again. Yes, just laugh because sometimes a story is just funny above all.
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What if I'll live as if life will have a happy ending? Because I read such stories: full of horrors but in the end one thing matters most: when even hope is lost, the heroes still don't give up.
They try one last time. Fail. Try again. Give up. Try again.
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Quick pondering following the above:
Some old folk tales served as warnings. Not all had happy endings because their purpose was to help the listener recognize dangers and avoid disasters.
Some tales had no point, only fun.
Some others were the happy ending kind.
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Some stories I heard, read, watched or experienced that have given me nightmares and horrified me from childhood until the present moment.
Those I'm rewriting with happy endings. Also making them more queer, as I've been missing that for too long.
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They have a lot of public fountains and fresh water is drawn inside every home through metal pipes. This is similar to the Azdieran plumbing system and the Mages of both nations are working together on improving it.
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3: What is their source of water?
The main source of water are the mountain springs. Some of them pass right through the city on their way to becoming rivers, then converge somewhere at the southern end of the valley.
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This is why they have so many roads to the palace.
The capital city’s role is the same as that of a Region, with the Lord living in the city and their Ambassador in the palace. These two meet a lot.
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2: What is the local government like?
The Ambassadors for the Lords of the Regions and the Guild Masters have rooms/suites in the palace, but the latter also have their family homes and craft buildings in the city.
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There's a field of wildflowers with sparse trees between them, that has the feel of a garden. There are many roads through the field leading up to the palace from different parts of the city. It's a very nice place to take walks and have celebrations.
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1: A city/town/etc. in your book
C is located in a vast mountain valley.
Unlike most capital cities, which have their main palace/administrative buildings inside the city, C sprawls a little distance away from the palace.
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WEEK 1: TOWN/CITY
This week we're going back to the kingdom of B, which we'll call C for now.
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Old married Mages
"If you have time to listen through doors, you have time to comb your hair. I made you a mirror, why aren't you using it? It took me a month to find the right formula..."
"A mirror only reflects the light. What's the point of me using it if you're not there?"
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my rusty writing gears working again. And now they're spinning faster.
It's big and vast and epic. At least I finished one draft, started editing it and writing the next volume. I know where this story is going. I love it. And there are SO MANY DRAGONS.
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Epic fantasy series
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I legit went through writing a lot of the first book's full draft thinking it would be a standalone, after having tried and failed at finishing any volume of my previous long series. I tried it in a moment of inspiration, to get my
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The LORE
All of it.
The Dragons (don't call them that, it's rude), the Magic, the Eight and *their* Magic, the history of the world(s), the Wood Witches, the holidays... So yes, don't make me pick*.
I love ALL OF IT
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*That one poem about the magic colors.
Slowly but steadily and only forward. New: I won an art raffle for a book cover so now I'm cuddling* with the plot bunnies for that story, which is a side story of the main #LegendsOfAzdiera 🌈🐉
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*Drafting the short story instead of editing the main. Not arguing with @writingdemonmhg.bsky.social
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because they only grow in those two places. Yes, they tried to cultivate them in other similar deserts but failed.
Because of this, the hexagonal coins of the kingdom of B have spread, and now everyone makes them like that.
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B and beyond another sea, there's a flower that can heal frostbite.
The longest trade route in the human world connects the two nations that need to exchange these plants. They also export them to other lands with similar climates,
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5: Plant/fungus used for healing or herbalism
& Important trade route:
Deep under the snow, in the Muntolian tundra, there grows a root that can be used in poultices for healing sunburns. In the oasis of a hot desert, somewhere south west of
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MC4 🧙🌿 has no tells. Better said, he has many tells. He's using them on purpose and spent decades learning the art and craft of masking. This is why, when MC3 🧙♀️📚 catches him in a lie he truly meant to keep hidden, he realizes he finally has a real friend.
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I've been pondering this and had nothing. At the same time, for the past couple of weeks, My Wicked Little Writing Demon gave to me: a red haired MC, enemies to lovers, a sword, blue eyes with black hair and a villain goatee. All in the same side story.
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in the mountains of B, forged with dragon fire and exported at steep prices. There aren't many places in the human world where dragons are as welcome as they are in B. They can't become Lords or Kings, but can vote and run their own Guild as they please.
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The Mages also have free pass across all borders in the human world.
If you're wondering where the dragons are in relation to B, they're in the Blacksmiths Guild, obviously. They made the Sword and Crown. The special metal they used for them is mined
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it's agreed that it should be freely shared. This is why some of the taxes in all nations go to them - they're paid to keep learning and teaching. They get bonuses when they share something that's really beneficial for a lot of people.
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28: What impact, if any, does your world’s government have on the economy?
The Messenger's Guild is responsible for trade deals. The only Guild exempt from trade laws are the Mages.
Since their trade is knowledge,
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In books 1.5 & 2, their story is taught as a key lesson to those who intend to participate in the Royal elections in the lands of the Nabayian and Cabayian deserts.
The two living legends themselves visit to speak to the contestants as special guests.
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something about how formidable the Two Kings are as generals, how the Magic protects their land and why it's a bad idea to try invading them, but you can't blame them for it.
It plays a key part in some decisions the MCs have trouble with in book 1.
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27: If you’re writing a book/stories, how has the government impacted the plot?
The story of the Two Kings of B has traveled far and fast, thanks to their great Messengers Guild.
They might have embellished the story by adding
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King 1 and Jind started to get along.
They're the most stable government in the world, at the time of the main story, which starts 20 years after the Emperor of Azdiera's disappearance.
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