From my polyam romance. The Library is at the center of the non-romance part of the plot.
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Shane lowered his voice to a stage whisper. “It’s his birthday today. And he’d like you to celebrate with him.” Jeb shook his head, confused, as several members of the crowd rushed to notify the restaurant of their celebrity birthday celebration. “It’s not my… Raz. Tell him it’s not my birthday.” “Free cake!” Razick grinned. “I knew you loved me!”
Was rereading the ending of In Spite of the Inevitable, and I love the fledgling friendship between Shane and Razick so much.
Raz threatened him with cake if he didn't stop getting lost in his thoughts, and he uses it on her brother instead to fend off an unwelcome crowd of admirers
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Did you know that I write books? Space Fantasy with a fun dose of power fantasy that's never quite enough to solve the problem.
I love them so much and I'm trying to talk about them more often so you can love them, too!
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I love this chapter. I want to post the whole thing.
Jake's parents are fighting again, leaving Navarch Javon to try and comfort him after his father – her boss – unexpectedly and uncharacteristically leaves a strategy meeting.
She didn't quite think through her metaphor.
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“I’m a Delacroix,” Vida spat, struggling once more against the canid’s Telekinesis. “We’ve written our names in the stars with the blood of your people.” “Not your name,” the stranger growled lightly, baring her teeth. “And not my blood. Your family can only carry you so far. If you want to leave your mark on the universe, you have to make it yourself.” She snorted. “And make friends. No one can do everything themselves.” “You’re alone,” Vida reminded her. The canid caressed one of her buttons, smiling wickedly. “Never. But one does have to keep up appearances. Now. If you’ll excuse me, I’ve had enough fun for one mission. Any last requests before I kill you? You’ve been an unexpected pleasure, so I’ll make it quick. Painless, even. As a treat.” Vida felt her pulse freeze in her veins, but pushed the fear down. Her brain raced as she tried to puzzle her way out. “May I know more about you, first? Who are you?”
I get to share part of my meet cute for my toxic lesbian romance WIP.
Well, maybe not cute. But they sure do meet!
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I'm Morgan & I write queer space fantasy.
I should be editing book 3 of my power fantasy: a repentant necromancer and his found family improve the universe and work through their trauma one mission at a time.
Instead I'm drafting a 50k word erotic "short story".
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#Vazdimet started as a semi-generic fantasy world I intended to use for TTRPG games when the kids were older.
@stormbril.bsky.social made a comment about a fantasy society discovering space travel, and since I had based Necromancy on string theory I had to do it.
#JanuaryWorldbuilders
In Mordena Dawn, the first person Shane meets is Jeb, his son Jake's seemingly naïve biology teacher who wants to talk through some concerns he has about about Jake.
Specifically, his threats to use Necromancy on a classmate. Does Jake know Necromancy?
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You can find my current series, about redemption and found family and a space necromancer just trying to keep his loved ones safe, here:
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Absolutely!
In my current series Shane's relationship with his son is why he does what he does, while his spouse directly impacts how he does it. He's also becoming close friends with Razick, as she most shares his traumas.
The others' relationships grow and decay, too
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I love writing layered characters and fleshing out how their personalities interact, for better or for worse.
Also I'm an engineer in my day job, so I have a lot of fun figuring out how magic integrates into the world and its cultures and technologies.
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She killed him once and by the Void he's going to make sure she knows how to do it again.
Mordena Dawn Book 3
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Almost reached my editing goal. Wanted to get to chapter 20 and instead I'm partway through 19. This one needs major edits since I'm removing a character, so best to tackle the rest in the morning.
Also at 30k words, which is better than I expected.
1/3 done!
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A laptop open on a hotel desk, beside a hotel lamp. Two Word documents are open, one on the left and one on the right. The left one has a lot of lines of words and the right one has some, awaiting my retype of the next chapter.
Yesterday was about relaxing.
Today the editing begins, bright and early and well-rested.
Let's see how far I can get today. Starting on Chapter A (10+1) (Yes my chapter numbering during edits gets silly sometimes, but it keeps me organized).
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When your Dad's a necromancer...
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Shane is an infuriatingly unconventional teacher. You don't get to learn the fun stuff until you master yourself first.
Magic is glorious and amazing and powerful, too!
Shane can hurl entire spacecraft through the space! But today he's using that spell to take out the trash.
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Shane's in bad shape. So the perfect time to reminisce with their dead lover / former colleague, yeah?
Necromancers. 🙄
This is the book I'm editing today!
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"There's our two lovebirds!" Allie's voice rang out across the room as Dak scuttled to their table, mouthing apologies as he clutched a rather bulky apparatus to his chest. "She insisted on coming I'm so sorry," he mumbled, gently setting the device on their table with a loud Thunk! "Communications said you had something for me to look at?" "Did you want me to grab you some of the bread?" Allie called from the food station, her plate already mounded high with an assortment of items. Claiming a seat, Dak began fiddling with his matchine, poking buttons and rearranging switches. "I want you to let me work, woman!" he shouted back, smiling. "Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to do this here," Felix mouthed to Lira, his Anemancy carrying the words perfectly as he shrugged to the quieter patrons of the cozy mess hall.
That's Shane and his people, so pretty sure you already have them!
Although they're still recovering from the trauma of it all in the published books (so character type 1 😂), but don't worry, they'll come into their own after that series. I have the drafts to prove it.
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Poor Lorcan. Zeke doesn't realize just how much Lorcan does for him.
From my #polyam romance WIP.
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A bit serious for a prompt about chaos. Lorcan realizing his boss / crush #1 is struggling through some things.
From my messy in-work untitled polyam romance series.
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Snippet from Mordena Dawn book 3 today, since I'm in edits again.
Today's treat is one of my favorite moments, Shane the moody necromancer opening up to Razick the battle mage because she wanted to dance. "The real kind, where nobody's trying to kill each other."
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From my polyam romance draft. Don't think I've shared any scenes between Zeke and his coworker Lorcan yet.
I love these two. Lorcan is juggling *two* crushes, on Zeke and Zeke’s best friend Aleena. Usually-observant Zeke has only noticed the second one.
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Ooooh, you get my disaster lesbians' meet-cute today. As a treat.
Well, they meet, anyway. And begin their relationship as they mean to end it: by attempting to kill each other.
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Two days ago I got to show Zeke questioning life because Kade looked cute in the shower.
Only fitting that today I show Kade’s end of the interaction.
Kade has spent most of his life taking sound-based showers, or drying off with magic, so some culture shock here too.
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Ooh, I get to share a snipped from the novelette(?) I'm currently drafting.
Meet my disaster lesbians. At each other's throats again, as per usual.
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Lamentations to my editor today:
"I'm only at the part where I killed everyone, so it's not even the climax of the story."
✨ Necromancy is a Wholesome Science. ✨
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May I present Interrogator Zachary Cantrell, doubting everything he's ever accomplished because Kade looks cute in the shower.
First book of my in-drafting polyam romance.
(Yes, there's a typo here, this is just the first draft).
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Necromancy and propaganda lead to some strange cultural phenomena and reality game shows, especially when your society revolves around warring with the rest of the universe.
From the first book of my in-drafting polycule romance series, current working title #SL1
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I love my disaster lesbians. Violence is their love language, apparently.
I'm bad about tagging, but here's the only other snippet I've posted of these two.
Guess I'll tag here so people can find it later.
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Vida snorted, settling deeper into her seat. “You’re a killer. I’m protecting my people.” “You’re welcome to tell yourself that. We both know the truth.” “And what truth is that?” Selkirk narrowed her eyes, her nostrils flaring. “You’re afraid.” Vida made a show of rolling her eyes. Anything to hide the doubts in her head. “You’re terrifying.” “It’s not for me. You’re afraid of death. And yet here you are. With me.” Selkirk slowly rose to her feet, her claws digging into the consoles to either side of her, and Vida flinched despite her best efforts. “You’re trading my life for your comfort. They’ve promised you survival, and you’ve accepted.”
I finished my chapter! I've been looking forward to this one all project, it's so emotionally charged.
So have a small mostly-spoiler-free snippet.
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