"... once upon a time people were chosen to rule because of their parents and other people were expected to be silent because of theirs.

Which, in retrospect, did explain quite a lot of the wars."

#WIPfire #AmWriting

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"Look, you must remember the colors. How blue the sky is, like silk the day after dying. Look at the red and gray of the stone cliffs, made by the blood and iron of the gods. The golden sand, sparkling, what does it sparkle like?"

"Like a golden adder's eye."

#WIPfire #AmWriting #SilkAndTreason

Death cast a long shadow in front of her.

#WIPFire #AmWriting

Heavier footsteps echoed in the distance as lights turned on.
Each step triggered a light so the effect was a shadow walking towards me, trailing light. If my life were a movie an orchestral arrangement of the theme music would have swelled around us.

#WIPfire #AmWriting

We needed it... All the college drop-outs like me. The failed actors and singers who never got their lives together. All the many dreamers who never figured out how to wake up and actually make their dreams come true.

#WIPfire #AmWriting #SomethingNew #SkyWriters

"I almost wish I needed to ask who'd be fool enough to use this. But I think I already know."

"You do. Do you know how to stop her?"

"I know several ways. But I'll start with asking politely."

"Politely?"

"Politely enough."

#FEA #ForEveryAction #WIPfire #AmWriting

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He couldn't say her name.
Not out loud.
Not if he wanted to survive his grandfather.
And so she'd let him go, knowing they were on the opposite sides of the war. Knowing the next time they met would be in battle.
And it was.
Again. And again. And again.

#FEA #WIPfire #AmWriting #SciFi #Romance

Old habits died hard it seemed, because he was right back at it, defying authority and asking to be killed for it.

#WIPfire #AmWriting #FEA

Their eyes glazed over as she nodded enthusiastically.
She’d done multiple semesters of lecture training and could bore a person to sleep better than half the professors nearing retirement.

#WIPFire #AmWriting #SomethingNew (-ish)

Luck didn't seem to be on his side at the moment. But maybe he could steal some.
It wouldn't be the first time.

#WIPfire #AmWriting #FEA #ForEveryAction

"...history books assured her that, yes, once upon a time people were chosen to rule because of their parents and other people were expected to be silent because of theirs.
Which, in retrospect, did explain quite a lot of the wars."

#EldritchTerror #WIPFire #AmWriting #Writing

"Some of the heroes were bright of smile but light of mind."

#WIPfire #AmWriting #Books #Writing #WhatHashtagAreWeUsing?

"It's your life. You don't have to live it the way other people told you to, but you do need to live it."

#ChristmasCryptid #WIPfire

"We're at Elf-Home B&B? In midwinter? In an ancient forest? Let's try to avoid any blood oaths while we're here. My life is adventurous enough without inviting the elder gods in for dinner."

#ChristmasCrytpid #AmWriting #WIPfire

"I wouldn't hurt him, but if he died suddenly I'd only go to his funeral to make sure he stayed in the grave."

#WIPfire #AmWriting

“What’s the worst that could happen?”
“You could abandon me, leaving me alone like everyone else I ever trusted.”
“What’s the best that could happen?”
“Why?”
“If you’re going to consider the worst case scenario you also have to consider the best case. They’re equally likely to happen.”

#WIPFire

"You need to stop yelling at me like this."
She glared at him furiously. "Why? Is it upsetting you?"
"Not at all." A slow, seductive smile spread across his face. 

#WIPFire #BrideOfMars