#WIPSnips #ScentOfSmoke #TaintedFaculties #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

You think Theso and Enaka are allowed to rest on their laurels?
lol. lmao.
The reward for good work is more work. And you don't refuse the "Fae King's" request.

“Vevel, shut up and listen to me,” I said urgently. “If they ask you if you know me, the answer is no. I was secretive and off-putting. You always had a weird feeling about me. They’ll believe anything like that. Just…lie.” “But the team needs you.” Vevel gripped the door as I was about to shut it on them. “If this is a legal issue, I can get my sister Myrna—” “Leave!” The elevator dinged. A flash of grey feathers and leather masks between the opening doors prompted me to grab Vevel and yank them inside the apartment, slamming and bolting the door shut. “You’ve fucked yourself,” I said.

#amwriting #TaintedFaculties #WriteSky #ScentOfSmoke

A yet-unedited glimpse of Book 2 in its WIP stage.

When an immortal, overreaching government of phoenix shapeshifters is after you, you know no peace. And neither do your acquaintances. It only ends one of two ways: their end or yours.

#WritingPrompt Oooh, I have two WIPs right now (three but shhhh!)
Book 2 #ScentOfSmoke - "Throne" Bring Me The Horizon
Book 3 #MusicalTaste - "Blood Upon the Snow" Hozier
& unrelated sci-fi/horror space western #SingularityHiccup - "All Eyes on You" Smash Into Pieces OR "Radioactive" Imagine Dragons

#AwesomeCharacters

Both in #EchoSight & #ScentOfSmoke, we see the effects of the Domains before we meet them. (Monsters appear in droves. People feel tense. Animals flee.) We know that they are historically VERY bad & dangerous, though there's still way more that people DON'T know about them.

#dailyocs

I plan on finishing Book 2, #ScentOfSmoke, & hopefully finishing season 1 of The #SingularityHiccup so I can start posting them on my Patreon as a serial.

My OCs don't exist in a vacuum. They're all part of a story, they're always doing something. I just channel them, lol.

#SFFChat #TaintedFaculties #ScentOfSmoke

Depends on the country.

But for the MOST part, it's pretty normal. It's not politicized (except in Orsia, but we don't go there) & the human/shapeshifter discussion drowns out a lot of other identity divisions except where it relates to shifters/mimics.

#SFFChat #TaintedFaculties #EchoSight #ScentOfSmoke

You know Enaka is nb right off the bat. I'll explain it in B2, but if you want they/them pronouns in Afredal, there's a three dot marker you can put on your middle finger so that people know. Eirokai (Enaka's first language) uses default neutral—

#FirstDraftFall #TaintedFaculties #ScentOfSmoke

There's a reason Enaka is the protagonist. Not only are they integral to the plot, but they're also fun to write & follow.

But who would they be without Theso & Cavid smack-talking back (affectionately)? They fuel each other & cover weaknesses.

#TaintedFaculties #EchoSight #ScentOfSmoke #QueerPrompts

Neither person in this picture is cishet & neither am I (the artist & author).

#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall #TaintedFaculties

For the whole series, the stakes are lives of the entire continent if Enaka fails the overall mission introduced in Book 2, #ScentOfSmoke.

Theso & Enaka, their relationship, their friends, & even their gods could lose it all against the senka.

#PlotTober
#ScentOfSmoke #TaintedFaculties

Enaka travels outside of Akert in this sequel to #EchoSight to such as:

- a necromancer's city besieged by imperial neighbors, a last stronghold of a threatened people
- across the open steppes
- a wizard house
- ruins of an underground civilization

Hey, all! I'm Verati, & I'm working on Book 2 for my #FirstDraftFall, #ScentOfSmoke for my high (futuristic/horror) fantasy #TaintedFaculties series.

Week has been insanely busy between contractors coming over, midterms, & doc appts, & I'd like actual time to write again, please.

#WeeknightWriters

Huehuehue, I have been inspired just earlier today on how to make my plot more cohesive and focused, and I'm reworking some things.

#FirstDraftFall #WeeknightWriters #TaintedFaculties #ScentOfSmoke

In #EchoSight, Enaka pretty explicitly sides with local minorities against a callous, bigoted system. This is only going to continue to be a thing in #ScentOfSmoke and the other three books. I'm not sorry.

#WIPSnips #ScentOfSmoke #WritingPrompts

In which Cavid's inner seagull continues to override his self-preservation.

(The spaces between paragraphs will disappear after my first round of editing. It's hard for me to look at tightly-packed text on a screen for long periods of time.)

#WIPSnips #ScentOfSmoke #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #TaintedFaculties #EchoSight

I won't say that death is beautiful, nor pain, nor loss. But I will say that the places where the dead rest often are, both because we make it so, and because death feeds other life.

The Fantasy Indies July month prompt list. Today is Day 7: first line of your work-in-progress.

#FantasyIndiesJuly #ScentOfSmoke

Day 7: First line of WIP

"I felt like I was floating, and then my hands–longer and quicker than my waking ones–were flipping through the pages of a notebook."

#ScentOfSmoke, Book 2 of #TaintedFaculties

The unboxing will continue until morale improves. Which may be a while. Enaka's been having SUCH a bad time.

#📚💙 #WritingCommunity #WIPs

From #ScentOfSmoke, Book 2 of #TaintedFaculties, my urban fantasy series about a nonbinary, neurodivergent wiseass trying to save their continent from xenomorphic fungi...and the monsters that are all too human.

#💙📚 #📚🪐#WIPSnips #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity

#ComJunity #EchoSight #WritingCommunity #ScentOfSmoke

Theso to Cavid: You're a great kid with a lot of talent, bravery, & work ethic that will carry you far if it doesn't kill you.

And I can't tell you this bc you use those talents to be a huge pain in my ass. Cavid! Don't run ahead–! Dammit, boy!

June world builders month writing prompt list. Today is Day 27: Is your MC a criminal?

#JuneWorldbuilders #EchoSight #WritingCommunity #ScentOfSmoke #TaintedFaculties

Day 27 - Is your MC a criminal?

lol. lolololol.

No, but also yes.

Enaka has lots to say about legality vs ethics, but the Igas & Theso could say even more. Some people are criminals at birth, while others are made.

#WeeknightWriters #ScentOfSmoke

Mostly in practical ways. Theso is thousands of years old & is at peace w/himself, but depending on where he is, he'll choose to blend in. Society will change. He won't.

Enaka's is much more complicated in phoenix society, on account of their semi-connected lives.

#EchoSight & #ScentOfSmoke are set in a (mostly) queer-normative world bc it's a planet full of weird bio & mimics.

Enaka, wiseass phoenix shifter that they are, is nb and bi.
Theso's genderfluid but has gone by he/him for the last decade bc it's easier to make political friends.

#WeeknightWriters

Hello, #WeeknightWriters! I'm Verati, author/artist for one book about a wiseass phoenix shapeshifter hunting demonic fungal horrors called #EchoSight.

My current WIP is book #2: #ScentOfSmoke. Also kinda about fungal horrors, but also about the past catching up with a certain magic demigod.

#ComJunity #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #EchoSight #TaintedFaculties #ScentOfSmoke

I don't watch a lot of sitcoms, but during Enaka's time at Ft Holpas, I can see them in M*A*S*H.

Theso, Enaka, & Cavid together: Brooklyn 99 or Gravity Falls, smth investigative. (bc Leverage isn't a sitcom.)

#WIPSnips #TaintedFaculties #ScentOfSmoke #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity

When you're the only example of a demographic nobody in the room understands, you get all the uncomfy questions & assumptions.

Oh, Enaka: I'm sorry you have to deal with this. This night isn't gonna get any better for you.

#LGBTQWriteAThon #EchoSight #TaintedFaculties #ScentOfSmoke #pride #WriteSky

My setting's too far removed from our world by time & literal space for me to make many direct cultural references, but there's at least one mystery ref & also a "stealthy" nod to the Ninja Turtles. Can you find it? lol.

#ComJunity #WritingCommunity #EchoSight #ScentofSmoke #TaintedFaculties

Enaka has more help than they once did. The Igas would want something in return, but they'd do it. Theso's rolling up his sleeves before he's even asked.

Cavid would, but he's not much for physical labor. He can be lookout.

The Fantasy Indies June month prompt list. Today's prompt for June 10th: how would your main character deal with being cursed?

Sticker designs of my three main characters in their most exasperated or startled expressions. Enaka has their face in their hand with the words of, "Mac cur's fucking ashes," on it, the name being that of their fire god. Cavid is shrinking back with the bold, yellow word of "Fuck," underneath, and Theso has his eyes closed as if praying for peace, his caption being, "For Sam's sake."

#FantasyIndiesJune #TaintedFaculties #EchoSight #ScentOfSmoke #WritingCommunity

Enaka's a trained magician, as is Theso. It would depend on the type and severity of the curse. They'd either figure out how to unravel it themselves or triage it until they find something/one that can.

But also whine.

The cover of my novel, Echo Sight. The main character is wearing a feather cloak and holds a flame in their keft hand and a chain weapon in their right. They float above an underground lake with memories rippling in the water. Behind them, mostly obscured in the dark behind the stalagmites, is a dragon with bright, glowing eyes, watching them.

The June world builders month prompt list. This week is about clothing. Today's prompt is "cultural garments, hat, or shoes."

#JuneWorldbuilders #TaintedFaculties #ScentOfSmoke

The ysin/phoenix clan cloak is a *huge* part of Enaka's culture. It is an instant identifier, a garment of modesty & protection, & a symbol of community & belonging. It's not to be touched by anyone but your family, & not taken off in public.