#AntagonistApril 3
#TheDragonblood: Felix encounters a couple of bullies in Nemoros who beat him up and try to take his magic backpack.
#InReverse: I said no antagonists, but the story starts with Meg in a fight with a man who shoots her. (1/2)
#AntagonistApril 2
#TheDragonblood: Laannig is general of the Akewan army. Maybe that makes the Akewan army an antagonist group? Not all agree with Laannig, though.
That said, it came up in feedback I received recently that maybe it doesn't make sense for the story to be about war. (1/4)
#AntagonistApril 4
#TheDragonblood: One antagonist, Laannig.
#InReverse: No antagonist, so I probably won't be discussing this story for the rest of the month.
#ThroughTheCracks: Two antagonists, Kye Peterson and Erron Colborne.
#MiwwduSitsomSelkieWIP: A vague idea for an antagonist, so far.
#QueerPrompts 4: My NaNoWriMo 2018 story was about Sabrina from #TheDragonblood. It didn't get super far, and half of what I had is obsolete because I've made changes to Sabrina's backstory, and half is major spoilers.
I do want to write a story about Sabrina, but I'll have to rewrite from scratch.
#pretendpanel 4: I do tend to try for some humour in my stories.
My one series that I would label a comedy, though, is #EarthIslands, which is about the World Wars and the Interbellum, so, uh...
But my other stories, like #TheDragonblood, have some humorous lines in them.
Fantasy Indies April prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell 1. Introduce yourself & WIP 2. Season(s) in WIP 3. Free Friday or how do you come up with book titles? 4. Saturday Snippet 5. Where would your characters want to travel? 6. Describe your characters’ homes/homelands 7. Animals in WIP 8. Do you reread books? 9. What do your characters take for granted? 10. Free Friday or when did you first start writing stories? 11. Saturday Snippet 12. Routines in WIP 13. MC’s childhood 14. How would your characters describe themselves? 15. Preferred reading format(s) 16. Flash Fiction about a storm 17. Free Friday or how do you choose your next read or WIP? 18. Saturday Snippet 19. Nicknames in WIP 20. What words do you tend to overuse in your writing? 21. Have others ask anything about your WIP(s) 22. Tropes or subgenres you’d love to see more of 23. Plants in WIP 24. Free Friday or comfort books/movies/tv shows 25. Saturday Snippet 26. Character scars or injuries 27. Which part of the writing process is your favourite? 28. Tough decisions in WIP 29. Character habits 30. Monthly Wrap-Up
#FantasyIndiesApril 3: Well, the titles for #TheDragonblood and #ThroughTheCracks came about because there was something I wanted conveyed to the audience that couldn't be in the story. For the former, it was that Aimetor (the Dragonblood) is the mainest character, not the PoV Felix. (1/2)
#TimeTravelAuthors April 2026 1. Introduce your story (optional: as a knock-knock or other joke) 3. What kind of coffee/caffeinated beverage do your characters like? (suggested by Candace Hill) 5. Games in your story 7. How seriously do they take time travel? 9. Will your characters admit they're wrong? 11. Saturday excerpt (optional word: point) 13. Silliest character 15. Wednesday POST-SIZED snippet (optional word: sink/sank) (suggested by NaraMoore) 17. How do you feel about story structure? 19. Any authorities in your story? 21. Repost or reply to another #TimeTravelAuthors participant's post 23. Do your characters test time travel? 25. Saturday excerpt (optional word: alert/observe/observant) 27. Message/moral of your story 29. 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
#TimeTravelAuthors 3
#TheDragonblood: I haven't decided how Felix would react to caffeine, whether he'd be the type for it to make him EXTRA jittery, or calm and focused, or sleepy, or simply do nothing.
I'm thinking his caffeinated beverage of choice would be a hot chocolate, though. (1/3)
#AwesomeCharacters
#TheDragonblood: Felix is generally fond of animals. If he could have any animal as a pet/companion… well, it REALLY depends on whether dragons are an option!
The dragons of the magical world are sentient and considered people.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts (1/9)
#AprilWorldbuilders 3
#TheDragonblood: Nemoros is built on a river I haven't yet named, but which corresponds in our world to the Žitava.
#WIPSnips 'convert'
#TheDragonblood / #ThroughTheCracks crossover: Felix shows Skylar their pet Microraptor, and the closet they had Sabrina convert into a terrarium for her.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
#AwesomeCharacters
#TheDragonblood: Felix and Aimetor are on their trip to see the dragons. This pretty much happens in the story. Not sure about the turned earth.
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#QueerPrompts 2
#TheDragonblood: I'm not sure how well it comes across in the story at the moment, but Felix is intended to be unknowingly undiagnosed AuDHD.
#AwesomeCharacters
#TheDragonblood: Felix feels like a fool when he goes through the effort of stealing a crossbow from a sleeping dragon and gets ready to shoot it at another dragon, only to realise, you know, crossbows need ammo.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts (1/3)
#AwesomeCharacters
#TheDragonblood: Well, if you said most cheerful character, I know who it'd be. But SIDE character? Hm.
Maybe we'll go with Missadeiuos, who loves pranking people! (Fitting for today, given I'm posting a day late.)
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Okay, I just got caught up on your and @ricoreachthorne.bsky.social's #Marchistics posts!
Nemoria (from #TheDragonblood) has warp magic quite similar to your grav panels, that can be used to modify gravity or create portals. (1/3)
That's a pretty big region!
Anyway, welcome! I'm looking forward to discovering how you've approached the concept of a long divergent alternate timeline on the linguistic level. (I'm doing something similar for #TheDragonblood.)
#ConlangApril 1
My main story conlangs are Nemorian, Akewan and Draconian from #TheDragonblood. Nemorian is spoken in Nemoria, Akewan in Akewa, and Draconian is spoken by dragons and wyverns. I discussed these in November, but they may come up if I have anything to add. (1/2)
#QueerPrompts: Aloha! I'm an A-hoarding amateur author (autistic, aro, ace, apl, agender, ancom, atheist, etc.)!
#TheDragonblood: Dragons. Dragons? Dragons!
#InReverse: .nit eht no syas ti tahW
#ThroughTheCracks: Anarcho-communists, IN SPACE!
#MiwwduSitsomSelkieWIP: Selkies with cosplay powers
Fantasy Indies April prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell 1. Introduce yourself & WIP 2. Season(s) in WIP 3. Free Friday or how do you come up with book titles? 4. Saturday Snippet 5. Where would your characters want to travel? 6. Describe your characters’ homes/homelands 7. Animals in WIP 8. Do you reread books? 9. What do your characters take for granted? 10. Free Friday or when did you first start writing stories? 11. Saturday Snippet 12. Routines in WIP 13. MC’s childhood 14. How would your characters describe themselves? 15. Preferred reading format(s) 16. Flash Fiction about a storm 17. Free Friday or how do you choose your next read or WIP? 18. Saturday Snippet 19. Nicknames in WIP 20. What words do you tend to overuse in your writing? 21. Have others ask anything about your WIP(s) 22. Tropes or subgenres you’d love to see more of 23. Plants in WIP 24. Free Friday or comfort books/movies/tv shows 25. Saturday Snippet 26. Character scars or injuries 27. Which part of the writing process is your favourite? 28. Tough decisions in WIP 29. Character habits 30. Monthly Wrap-Up
#FantasyIndiesApril 1: Hi, I'm an autistic aroace amateur sci-fi and fantasy writer.
#TheDragonblood is a portal fantasy story about a physics undergrad with a dragon obsession.
I plan to focus on that one this month and NOT #MiwwduSitsomSelkieWIP, my urban fantasy side project.
#TimeTravelAuthors April 2026 1. Introduce your story (optional: as a knock-knock or other joke) 3. What kind of coffee/caffeinated beverage do your characters like? (suggested by Candace Hill) 5. Games in your story 7. How seriously do they take time travel? 9. Will your characters admit they're wrong? 11. Saturday excerpt (optional word: point) 13. Silliest character 15. Wednesday POST-SIZED snippet (optional word: sink/sank) (suggested by NaraMoore) 17. How do you feel about story structure? 19. Any authorities in your story? 21. Repost or reply to another #TimeTravelAuthors participant's post 23. Do your characters test time travel? 25. Saturday excerpt (optional word: alert/observe/observant) 27. Message/moral of your story 29. 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
#TimeTravelAuthors 1
#TheDragonblood
Stranger: Knock-knock!
Felix: Who's there?
Stranger: Sabrina.
Felix: Sabrina who?
Stranger: Sabrina, aka the goddess Gnaramater, who comes from a magical world with dragons!
Felix: Cool, can you take me there?! I want to see dragons!
(1/2)
#AprilWorldbuilders 1
#TheDragonblood: This week, we're discussing Nemoros, the capital and largest city of Nemoria, at a population of ~10 million. It's the place where magic originated, and filled with all sorts of magitech.
#WIPSnips 'fool'
#TheDragonblood 2018: Felix accepts that magic exists after Claudia (Sabrina) predicts his next several die rolls.
Hm, I think there's bits here that could be nice to incorporate into the modern version of the scene.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
#MarchWorldbuilders 31
#TheDragonblood: A novel, hopefully the first of a series. I've also toyed with making a TTRPG set in this world.
#ThroughTheCracks: A book; I haven't decided on the length. (1/2)
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 30
#TheDragonblood: One day, Felix is going to figure out how magic works, with a full physics theory to describe it.
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 29: I could rant for ages about my magic systems! Thankfully, I just did back in February!
If you want to hear about my science-based hard magic system for #TheDragonblood or my whimsical soft magic system for #MiwwduSitsomSelkieWIP, check out my posts for #Febchantment!
#QueerPrompts 30: Yep, I do!
#TheDragonblood currently has:
1. Sabrina
2. The Guide
3. The Fairy Forest
4. The Dragon Tribe
5. Out of the Woods
6. The Thieves
7. Wyverns [tentative]
More chapters to come!
#Marchistics 30: Thank you @khonri.com for hosting this!
I learned a lot doing this. For #TheDragonblood, I realised I really need to figure out where the magic in magic items is stored and what materials are the best at storing it. (1/3)
#WIPSnips 'step'
#TheDragonblood: Sabrina showed off the portal she came through, and Felix wants to properly explore the magical world. Sabrina tells him they'll leave in the morning and gives him a magical backpack to pack his things in.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
#AwesomeCharacters
#TheDragonblood: Felix is already studying physics, and does find it lots of fun. But if we're talking a fun elective separate from that, they might find something like 'dragons in folklore/media' interesting to study.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts (1/3)
#Marchistics 30
#TheDragonblood / #ThroughTheCracks: Ooh, that's a fun question!
In general, the ALCEFS would like to help out however it can by offering everyone food, healthcare and the supplies they need for their products. (1/18)
