How my MCs would describe themselves ...
Kane: "Small boy in a big world."
Callie: "Fantastic ... and I will be again!"
Melindra: "Strong but humble."
Sal: "Broken."
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Hmm. Self Description, In Character.
Alright, going to do this from early in the series, as 'current' self descriptions would be spoilers!

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Day 13: MCs' childhoods

I touch on this in the main duology, but my prequel novelette(s) share more. These stories are less about the MCs' childhoods in themselves, and more about the contexts they're coming from. They provide an avenue to expand stories into their home clans...

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Moriko: Was a natural born 'wild child', always running around, having 'adventures', getting into the occasional fight, and when older, getting into other sorts of trouble, often 🧵➡️→

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Fantasy Indies April, Day 13

In Being Magic, we learn about Elana’s childhood. That’s when she learned she was different and could see incarnations of herself and others. She learned she could travel to the place between lifetimes.

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Arlise had a fairly idyllic childhood. Since she was born noble, she never wanted for the basics. Her parents loved her dearly and ensured she was well-educated, from literacy and statecraft to riding and fighting with sword or bow.

—pretty simple once she was adopted by the Rosewood family. They continued her education up until she was forced to leave.

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#FantasyIndiesApril 13: MC’s childhood

Despite the abuse she suffered from Velimiar, Braelyn's early childhood was simple. She lived with Ellienne for as long as she could remember before she ran away. Her time in Wyvernholt was also—

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Day 13. MC's Childhood.

Anastasia had a pretty good childhood until her parents died & her vicious grandparents took over.
Vivian felt invisible to her parents & compared to her brother.

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In my Oracle of Delphi series WIP, I don't really cover the childhood of many of the Pythiai - the series would be probably longer than 10 books if I did. But a few are highlighted, and they're usually not the greatest of times.

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#FantasyIndiesApril day 13: MC's childhood

Corn spent his days working with his pa out on the fields and spent his nights watching his ma perform at the local corner bar. She played the harp with her hands and the drums with her feet and even occasionally sang.

He loved life.

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13: MC's childhood

Lina's childhood was rough. Her parents died when she was little and she was brought up by her uncle, an old bachelor who didn't know the first thing about kids. He did right by her, at least.

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 -13- Demon King Daughter
Most of the story IS Kyoka's childhood. There are some rapid time jumps between her birth and her hitting 15, but her growing and developing is an important part of the series!
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13. MC’s childhood

Sed's childhood was filled with ups and downs. Homeless after age 5 when his parents passed away, then several years in illegal child laber, then a few more years on the streets, then finally as a teen he found the job he'd stick with forever: bounty hunting.

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In Sold the Dark Vampire Prince, it's a challenging time as humanity has recently been reduced in number due to a pandemic and vampires and werewolves are fighting for control of the cities. Not an easy period to grow up in!

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MC's childhood
Jokull's first couple years of his life weren't too great. When his grandfather gained custody, it was 💯 better.

For Tezzy, things were good until his mother died. Then his father wasn't fully coherent with the world around him.
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#FantasyIndiesApril 12: routines in WIP

Braelyn's routine is solely focused around Malicai's day. She gets up when he gets up, they eat together, and they spend all day together (unless Sojna offers to watch him so Brae can have some alone time).

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John actually had a pretty good childhood. Two loving parents, including a very goofy dad, and while he didn't have a ton of friends early on, he's had the same best friend for twenty-plus years.

13) My MC's childhood? Read book 1 once it's finished. It's all in there. 😆

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The Forever Bridge cuts back and forth between Dari's adulthood and childhood, showing how she became the renegade she is.

It's a dark origin story, but does not include SA.

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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 13:

Elysia’s childhood is a deliberate fantasy trope. She was born into a farming community. Despite the fact that the village didn’t have very much wealth, she was blissfully happy. Obviously, nothing lasts forever…

FantasyIndiesApril 13. MC's childhood

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Prophecies:
Jorang was raised in a stern, Spartan paramilitary order and became a model warrior.
Gallara grew up in an overcrowded home with emotionally abusive parents.
Alakshi was a hated pariah because she's half human.
Zedenko was homeless and alone from very early childhood.

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My WIP begins with my MC as a child (13). As an autistic, closeted bisexual, stroppy child who's perceived as weird/difficult/unnatural in her late 1920s small town of judgemental gossips.

#FantasyIndiesApril 13. MCs childhood?

Azrael was never a child.

Calla has loving parents. She was also afforded good experiences and the fostering of her future dreams. She wanted for very little and was rarely in trouble for just being a kid exploring the world

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12. Routines in WIP?

When you judge souls and watch the in-between you have to have routine or the conveyor belt of the dead gets backed up.

Also you should brush your teeth 2x a day even if you're a demon. Good oral health is important

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#FantasyIndiesApril 13

Veldandi had a fairly normal childhood. As the eldest of 4 siblings, she grew up a quintessential tomboy and wasn’t afraid to get into scuffles to defend her younger siblings.

Even as an adult, she’s still the fiercest of the 4 despite being the shortest.

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 // Day 13

Taireus spent his childhood between the city and the countryside, learning at school and at home. Rose's childhood was cut short when she was captured by slavers.

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13. Ahvram was raised among the criminal organization, the Syndicate. Most of his childhood was training to become a pickpocket while also being told he can't touch anyone due to his magic. It was isolating if not for his two "siblings," Cecily and Dominic.

Sybil's not sure about her childhood. It was an awful long time ago, and she's forgotten. It's even possible she grew up in the world of flesh and only went into Fairy later! Isn't that a nutty idea?
Skade spent her childhood on the streets, begging.
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 13

My MCs grew up in a small town with foster parents (that's part of how the society works). They're all 16 so still growing and learning... But the process has been sped up by sudden (dangerous) circumstances.