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#ScribesAndMakers 8/23 Remember that time when...
South Breaks made it into SPFBOX, and was rated really high in the book reviewer group...
only to be beaten out by half a star more for a children's book.
Becoming a finalist would have been a game changer for my series. Alas, it didn't happen.
It's the first book they talk about in the video:
https://youtu.be/-QuP3ueT1mo?si=vpRraw2znt4Sv4yS
South Breaks, Winds & Pillars 1
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Gute Nacht, Freunde.
No new words, brain was very tired. But I did quite a bit of editing for Moon. Friends helped finding a couple of names I only had placeholders for, and I laughed at an Easter Egg I put in and forgot.
Definitely fun.
Moon Rises, Winds & Pillars 8
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Free Fiction Monday: Coin of the Realm
Rosalind’s father never listened. The King. The Ruling Monarch. The Man Who Thought He Knew More About Everything Than Anyone Else. Only he didn’t know his daughter Rosalind. The daughter he treated like a coin passing through his fingers, about to marry her off to a wealthy enemy while assassins lurked. The daughter who might […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/08/17/free-fiction-monday-coin-of-the-realm/#Fantasy #freefiction #FreeFictionMondays #EpicFantasy #freefictionMonday
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Heretics of Dune https://library.hrmtc.com/2026/08/17/heretics-of-dune/ #book #ClassicLiteratureFiction #DesertsFiction #DeSertsRomansNouvellesEtc #Dune #DuneImaginaryPlace #DuneImaginaryPlaceFiction #DuneLieuImaginaireRomansNouvellesEtc #DuneChronicles #EpicFantasy #fantasy #FantasyFiction #fiction #frankHerbert #Novels #PopularFiction #ProphecyFiction #PropheTieRomansNouvellesEtc #ReligionFiction #ReligionRomansNouvellesEtc #review #romans #ScienceFiction #ScienceFictionShortStories #spaceOpera #SpaceOperas #TPolyphilus -
:ablobcatattention:
Imagine Salvatore's Dark Elf Trilogy without the restrictions.
A journey from grit to gladness.
Horror to Hope. Fear to Love. Trauma to Healing.
First, ya gotta meet the demons in the dark. 😈
https://books2read.com/SSBundle1
Sister Seekers 1-3
#Books #Writing @bookstodon #DnD #DarkFantasy #EroticHorror #EpicFantasy @lgbtqbookstodon
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UK readers! There's a special offer on pre-orders of The Riven Kingdom all this month over at Bookshop.org
Use the code LOVEBOOKSHOPS and get 10% off at the checkout
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-riven-kingdom-juliet-e-mckenna/d9492e2ce02a7039 -
#PhantastikPrompts 12.08.26
Welche Bedeutung hat Macht für deine Hauptfigur?In Moons bisherigem Leben hatten die Priester alle Macht. Nachdem sie ihnen entronnen ist, fürchtet sie - zu Recht - weiterhin ihre Macht.
Sie ist sich nicht klar, wie viel Macht sie durch ihre eigene Magie besitzt. Das wird ihr erst im Laufe der Geschichte klar.
Moon Rises, Winds & Pillars 8
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#PhantastikPrompts 11.08.: Wie sind die Herrschaftsverhältnisse in deiner Welt?
Im Heiligen Reich herrschen die Priester.
Sie sorgen dafür, dass es den meisten Bewohnern gut geht und schützen sie gegen Angriffe von außen mit dem magischen Schleier.
Allerdings nutzen sie dafür Menschen mit Magie, die gut weggesperrt sind und nur für die Priester arbeiten.
Und das führt für diese Menschen zu keinem guten Leben.
Winds & Pillars
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#PennedPossibilities 1095: Are any of your characters named after colors, food, or objects?
My Pillars are, to a degree. (Moon, Sun, and Earth). However, that's just how they connect to their powers.
In fact, all the names for my Winds & Pillars are not true names. They are placeholders, a means to identify, but not truly individual.
It is one more way wielders of power are denigrated in the Holy Empire.
My chars generally don't realize this.
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#PennedPossibilities 1094
Share something from your WIP pertaining to the word “sorrow.”“The Veil is real. And every Winter Solstice, eight people are sacrificed on top of a Pyramid to power it. I was supposed to be one of them. The others were my family.”
It hurt to say the words. It hurt even more to think of the Owls who had died for that very purpose.
Moon Rises, Winds & Pillars 8
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#ScribesAndMakers 8/8: Polymorphous?
Well, my Wolf shifters only have two forms, human and wolf.
And then there is West, and honestly... you need to read the story to find out how he ended up turning into TWO different shapes.
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#WordWeavers 8/7 What part of your world-building came together almost effortlessly?
The magical system for the Winds & Pillars.
It was part of the download I got from Writer Brain for the series one memorable night. I went and wrote it all down the next morning.
The Winds are more general magic users, with the ability to "fly" mentally to places and suss them out. The Pillars, on the other hand are elemental mages.
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#PhantastikPrompts 1.8.
Wie sehen deine Schreibpläne für diesen Monat aus?Ich will endlich Moon fertischreiben. *seufz*
Das reicht zur Zeit als Projekt, auch wenn andere Figuren drängeln.
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Today is the last day you can get West Flows for half price in my store - and only in my store. (It ends at midnight MEST, aka in a few hours.)
Book 1, South Breaks, is actually free.
So skip over there, use this coupon code :
Jeko
and enjoy an adventure that others have called "enchanting".
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:ablobcatattention:
Imagine Salvatore's Dark Elf Trilogy without the restrictions.
A journey from grit to gladness.
Horror to Hope. Fear to Love. Trauma to Healing.
First, ya gotta meet the demons in the dark. 😈
https://books2read.com/SSBundle1
Sister Seekers 1-3
#Books #Writing @bookstodon #DnD #DarkFantasy #EroticHorror #EpicFantasy
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I give you South Breaks, an SPFBOX semi-finalist that got quite a bit of praise in the reviews.
It's epic fantasy with a Meso-American touch, with a bit of spice (all for the plot), a strong heroine, found family and a cute animal sidekick. Oh, and a few mules.
First in a series of currently seven books, two more to come (one very soon).
It's also free in all stores.
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#PennedPossibilities 1085 — What is special about your world or universe?
Well, parts of the Winds & Pillars were inspired by Meso-American cultures. Loosely inspired, but the names are one part of it.
I haven't seen that done much in fantasy, so that would be one way those stories are special.
And of course, they are unique since nobody else can write them.
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#PennedPossibilities 1084
In your universe, what happens to people when they die?They get buried.
The traditions vary, but coming back from death is not actually a thing in the world of the Winds & Pillars.
The sacrificed Winds & Pillars retain a bit of personality when their energy is siphoned into the Veil, but that is slowly diluted when more energy arrives.
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Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'ride' #BookQW
Most people don't realise the most dangerous wizards are the ones convinced that they know best and they should be in charge. These powerful mages think ordinary folk would be grateful for an easy ride.
Visit Wizard's Tower Press for a wide range of national and international purchase options.
https://wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/books-by-juliet-e-mckenna/the-assassins-edge/
Amazon UK
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Reminder:
You can buy my book West Flows (Winds & Pillars 2) for 50% off in my store - and only in my store, it's regular price everywhere else.
It really is a deal, because Book 1 is permafree, but the sale ends at the end of the month.
Read more here:
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#PhantastikPrompts 27. 7.
Hat dein Protagonist Geschwister? Wenn ja: Wie vertragen sie sich untereinander?Moon ist mit sieben anderen Kindern großgeworden. Sie sind keine leiblichen Geschwister, aber sie sind ihre Familie, ihr Haus.
Moon ist sozusagen die älteste Schwester, die auf alle anderen aufpasst und für sie sorgt.
Sie ist enttäuscht, dass keine:r der anderen mit ihr flüchten will.
Moon Rises, Winds & Pillars 8
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#ScribesAndMakers 7/26. If you were to metaphorically assign your non-culinary creative work a flavo(u)r, what would it be?
Peppermint-Chili Ice Cream
Moon Rises, Winds & Pillars 8
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#WordWeavers 25/7: What wrong assumption do people make about your MC?
That because she's a woman she can be bossed around and won't refuse a cushy life.
They are so freaking wrong about Moon. And yes, they get to learn it the hard way.
Mwuahahahaha.
Moon Rises, Winds & Pillars 8
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#PhantastikPrompts 24.7. Wenn du deinem aktuellen Roman ein klassisches Zitat als Motto voranstellen solltest, welches wäre das?
"Alle die frei sind, verdanken es ihrer Kraft." - Thukydides
Das passt sehr gut zu den Winds & Pillars.
Selbst wenn sie sich nicht selbst befreit haben, so haben sie sich ihre Freiheit doch nur mit Hilfe ihrer magischen Kraft bewahrt.
Und auch Moon erlebt genau das.
(Ja, ich habe eine Suchmaschine bemüht.)
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Would you keep searching if an oracle warned that the gods would hunt you for the truth?
Tirak learns that Harmony was built by hiding a forbidden past.
Turning back may save his life but leave Akidir trapped inside a divine lie.
Read GOLDEN END: links.oliviernorion.eu
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He kept the truth from the people he loved because he thought silence would protect them.
Instead, it followed him into every conversation, every meal, every moment of grief.
They still saw the same son, the same brother, the same man.
But he was already becoming someone they no longer knew.
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