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#PennedPossibilities 1120: Saturday Word Edition: Share something from your WIP pertaining to the word “entertainment.”

Bolt is acting as the photographer for her friend Shugh as he interviews a male diva actor for a magazine similar to The New Yorker. Hers is a woman-centric society. The scene in this #excerpt hints that Bolt can be sexist as the actor being interviewed needles her.

Upstairs, Shugh hit it off with Morning Glory. Both men sought careers not often occupied by men. The actor-playwright became more animated as the magazine interview progressed, allowing me with my camera to fade into the background of the plush upper lounge of the theatre. By the time the long-legged delicate man started pacing as he told his life story, I had gleaned that his tale was glorified and larger-than life, like the man, his persona, his masks. His elegant pacing allowed me to move with my Flicka4, steadying myself using the back of a gilt divan, a bamboo formed-steel torchere lamp (one of pair), and then a black marble tea table to as I composed pictures of a celebrity, but a man, lost in thoughts about inflating the image he presented the world, finally dropping his actor's mask. I caught the sparkle in his eye. I caught flamboyant hands thrown wide, later framing his face as he sang a note. I caught an absentminded sneer aimed at an unnamed actress who'd worked to derail his entertainment career.

"I'm changing the way women perceive men," he declared. He sat abruptly on a hanger chair, one of those short shallow chairs built with a bench seat of a single plank of wood, finely finished glowing golden oak but uncushioned; it barely supported his thighs in deference to his hips, forcing the man to crouch. Also called a man's chair because a man looked really adorable hanging there when unclothed in a certain way. (It totally did Morning Glory.) That it made men shorter than any women in a room seemed like a plus, but then I was female. These days, especially in the city, I'd seen men leave a room in disgust if they saw one. Not Morning Glory! Probably furnished it here himself, stage managing, to spike the drama. Legs wide, crouching—his hands above his knees, framing his crotch—eyes narrowed and on me, his body language firmed up my perception of him.

Performatively male, sure of his good looks.

Aggressive.

Dominant.

He addressed Shugh still meeting my gaze. "Steamed Milk and Sugar—can I call you Milk? How does it feel working as her protégé? Do we live in progressive times?"

Hint, hint! I am a #gender #fiction #writer. If you think a hanger chair in this Basic Instincts scene is peculiar, realize that it is a male-oriented gender domination device analogous to what stiletto heels achieve physically with women in our society. Like many women today, Morning Glory is "owning" it (trying anyway) and changing the device's meaning.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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#PennedPossibilities 1119: MC POV: How did you learn your most valuable skill? Who taught you, and why is it so important?

[I will keep Bolt SFW, promise! Tl;dr tootfic follows, nevertheless.—RS]

A surprising number of my skills are self-taught. I must be a genius, even if'n I've done a lot of stupid things. My most valuable skill is flying, naturally being as I'm a day angel, but flight kindergarten failed me epically. Everybody fledged but me by 3. Despite the incentive of being picked on by all the girls in school (boys knew better), it took being shoved off a cliff at 10 before I flew, and then but for Mom and Uncle teaching me to land, I taught myself everything else. Turned out live'n in the world 3D is—My Stars!— flapping awesome, not at all frightening as I'd wound up myself into thinking. Flew into my share of lamp posts, but still, flap'n it! Spending more time a-wing than walking, I became an athlete, captaining the flight and field team, learning stunt flying, flight dance, and tandem. None of it more valuable than walking and running for the flightless in the long run, except, I guess, tandem.

They teach you never to fly close to anybody. I remember distancing from flight kindergarten. It was reiterated by every PE teacher there after. Knock it into your head, they do. A "primary feather length at wing tip; your height above." Feather fields will tangle if'n you're too close. You'll lose lift, they say, maybe crash, but that never made sense to me having learnt to fly late.

I experimented with all sort of crazy, consider'n that I skated out of most of the knocking of "flight stuff into my head" for the seven years everybody else was flying and I wasn't. I dove hard into precision flying, which meant warping my flight feathers hard, sometimes twisting the up and down fields to push away from or get sucked toward things like cliff walls or between tree trunks in a dense forest. Called decompensating. Dangerous? For you, unadventurous noob, maybe! I finally could get a finger length close to things—close enough to suck your hair and feathers against bark, rockface, and occasional stupid people who do their deer in the lantern light imitation seeing you, they think, flying into them—so why not boys? (Girls thought me a masculine muscle nerd! Their loss.)

While I found victims volunteers to fly near me in middle school, it was that first semester in high school that I perfected my awareness of my wings in space, and theirs, close up, and got boys to understand what I'd learnt. It helped that in high school, finally, the boys were less shy (especially the seniors) and dangling flying with us touching really helped incentivize them. Me, too, actually. I got better. They got better, caught the tandem fever, though we got chewed out by Coach when she saw, before she stopped noticing since we didn't kill ourselves. Our team morale soared. We started winning. I became captain of an otherwise male team. I got my string of ponies (stallions only).

Good times.

Valuable? Actually, valuable?

Well, a dozen years and lots of stupid decisions later, I have a friend, Blue, who is a praetorian training to protect Rainy Days. We encountered her in the sky, and I ended up flying stunts around the guy with her mirroring and challenging my agility, pushing me harder, apparently to test my limits, and to piss me off. I'm too competitive for my own good! She correctly figured out it was me who taught Blue flying tandem; it was the definitive skill that got him a job that was very unlikely for a guy to get.

Rainy Days praised me. She's far better at tandem techniques than me. Still. The Director of Home and the Nine Outer worlds praised me. My Stars!!!

Valuable? Flap yes!

Yet. Even considering when she left with Blue, the stress of me stupidly challenging the most important woman ever shot me out of the sky. I nearly crashed trying to land, then puked so hard, I thought some of my liver came up.

I still would challenge her again, given the chance. [Big words, Bolt! Read the quoted story for the second round. —RS]

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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#PennedPossibilities 1120: Saturday Word Edition: Share something from your WIP pertaining to the word “entertainment.”

Not an excerpt this time, but that's alright. I'll do a bit of explaining, instead. Entertainment in the form of music (in Marelance) can be found at Grigga’s tavern. Groups of bards come by in the evenings. If you’re looking for a good time, then that’s the place to be once the sun goes down.

(For @thatwriterellie.)

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #TheScarletMirror #FatedByFire #CozyFantasy #Fantasy #SwordAndSorcery #Romance

#PennedPossibilities 1120: Saturday Word Edition: Share something from your WIP pertaining to the word “entertainment.”

Not an excerpt this time, but that's alright. I'll do a bit of explaining, instead. Entertainment in the form of music (in Marelance) can be found at Grigga’s tavern. Groups of bards come by in the evenings. If you’re looking for a good time, then that’s the place to be once the sun goes down.

(For @thatwriterellie.)

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #TheScarletMirror #FatedByFire #CozyFantasy #Fantasy #SwordAndSorcery #Romance

#PennedPossibilities 1120: Saturday Word Edition: Share something from your WIP pertaining to the word “entertainment.”

Not an excerpt this time, but that's alright. I'll do a bit of explaining, instead. Entertainment in the form of music (in Marelance) can be found at Grigga’s tavern. Groups of bards come by in the evenings. If you’re looking for a good time, then that’s the place to be once the sun goes down.

(For @thatwriterellie.)

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #TheScarletMirror #FatedByFire #CozyFantasy #Fantasy #SwordAndSorcery #Romance

#PennedPossibilities 1120: Saturday Word Edition: Share something from your WIP pertaining to the word “entertainment.”

Not an excerpt this time, but that's alright. I'll do a bit of explaining, instead. Entertainment in the form of music (in Marelance) can be found at Grigga’s tavern. Groups of bards come by in the evenings. If you’re looking for a good time, then that’s the place to be once the sun goes down.

(For @thatwriterellie.)

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #TheScarletMirror #FatedByFire #CozyFantasy #Fantasy #SwordAndSorcery #Romance

#PennedPossibilities 1120: Saturday Word Edition: Share something from your WIP pertaining to the word “entertainment.”

Not an excerpt this time, but that's alright. I'll do a bit of explaining, instead. Entertainment in the form of music (in Marelance) can be found at Grigga’s tavern. Groups of bards come by in the evenings. If you’re looking for a good time, then that’s the place to be once the sun goes down.

(For @thatwriterellie.)

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #TheScarletMirror #FatedByFire #CozyFantasy #Fantasy #SwordAndSorcery #Romance

#PennedPossibilities 1115: Sounds/Smells remind MC of childhood?

Carrie would sometimes spend time in the ravine out back, so I suppose woodsy things. In terms of bad memories, airplanes might be a trigger.

#PennedPossibilities 1119: MC POV: How did you learn your most valuable skill? Who taught you, and why is it so important?

Callum: "Valuable for me or for others? Valuable then or now? I'm tempted to say, programming is my most valuable skill, which I learned partially by myself on the internet and partially through my apprenticeship. Though, it isn't valued anymore today. Well, don't they say, the rarer, the more a thing can cost?"

#amWriting #ZuriStories #Unmodeled

#PennedPossibilities 1119: MC POV: How did you learn your most valuable skill? Who taught you, and why is it so important?

Sara:

The most valuable things in salvage are knowledge, not skills. Knowing where to go and what not to do are most important.

Charlotte's uncle taught both of us martial arts. They have an obvious self defense use, of course. Balance, focus, and general fitness are important to me. It made it much easier to teach myself how to use a sword, too.

#PennedPossibilities 1114: On average, how long are writing sessions?

About an hour. I generally don't even try unless I'm sure I'll have at least 30 minutes.

I'm not counting time staring blankly at a document on my screen at 11:30 at night because I should have gone to bed an hour earlier.

#PennedPossibilities 1119
MC POV: How did you learn your most valuable skill? Who taught you, and why is it so important?

Maggie: My power came to me in the ship crash. Jez and Jack were helpful in sparring with me so I could learn control. It's important for our country's protection and defense.

#PennedPossibilities 1119: MC POV: How did you learn your most valuable skill? Who taught you, and why is it so important?

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Vicky’s most valuable skill, he ability to wield magic, is part of her birthright as she comes from a long line of hereditary witches.

For a long time she refused to accept her heritage until she became involved with Nathan and one of his adventures.

#WritersOfMastodon #TalesFrom… #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

#PennedPossibilities 1119: MC POV: How did you learn your most valuable skill? Who taught you, and why is it so important?

I... Have skills? I mean, I can drink an elf under the table. And I guess I technically invented necromancy. But I don't have skills. Can't even be the god of destruction like father wants.

In the end, all I am... Everything I am, is just... A spoilt brat.

1119. MC POV: How did you learn your most valuable skill? Who taught you, and why is it so important?

Bella says, "I'm a tyro druggist, close to being a maestra. My knowledge of potions, of what the ingredients do, how to improvise and how to do the work with confidence has helped me a lot, and also saved someone's life on my journey. Knowing some magic is good, too, but being a druggist defines me."

#PennedPossibilities

#PennedPossibilities 1118: Name a catastrophic event that occurred in your world/universe.

Most people in #Unmodeled didn't even realize, the total switch to LLMs, that being letting them control every aspect of people's lives without supervision, was catastrophic—not until it was too late. And even then, few people took notice and even fewer grasped the scope.

#amWriting #ZuriStories

#PennedPossibilities 1119: MC POV: How did you learn your most valuable skill? Who taught you, and why is it so important?

Elric: I learned how to harness magick from the elders in my village. They were mystics as well, and they in turn saw gifts in me that I couldn’t see myself. I’ll always be grateful to them. This is how I’ve saved lives for centuries, as my way of giving back to the community I’m a part of. By saving Life, giving Life, not taking it. Never that.

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #TheScarletMirror #FatedByFire #CozyFantasy #Fantasy #SwordAndSorcery #Romance

#PennedPossibilities 1119: MC POV: How did you learn your most valuable skill? Who taught you, and why is it so important?

Elric: I learned how to harness magick from the elders in my village. They were mystics as well, and they in turn saw gifts in me that I couldn’t see myself. I’ll always be grateful to them. This is how I’ve saved lives for centuries, as my way of giving back to the community I’m a part of. By saving Life, giving Life, not taking it. Never that.

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #TheScarletMirror #FatedByFire #CozyFantasy #Fantasy #SwordAndSorcery #Romance

#PennedPossibilities 1119: MC POV: How did you learn your most valuable skill? Who taught you, and why is it so important?

Elric: I learned how to harness magick from the elders in my village. They were mystics as well, and they in turn saw gifts in me that I couldn’t see myself. I’ll always be grateful to them. This is how I’ve saved lives for centuries, as my way of giving back to the community I’m a part of. By saving Life, giving Life, not taking it. Never that.

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #TheScarletMirror #FatedByFire #CozyFantasy #Fantasy #SwordAndSorcery #Romance

#PennedPossibilities 1119: MC POV: How did you learn your most valuable skill? Who taught you, and why is it so important?

Elric: I learned how to harness magick from the elders in my village. They were mystics as well, and they in turn saw gifts in me that I couldn’t see myself. I’ll always be grateful to them. This is how I’ve saved lives for centuries, as my way of giving back to the community I’m a part of. By saving Life, giving Life, not taking it. Never that.

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #TheScarletMirror #FatedByFire #CozyFantasy #Fantasy #SwordAndSorcery #Romance

#PennedPossibilities 1119: MC POV: How did you learn your most valuable skill? Who taught you, and why is it so important?

Elric: I learned how to harness magick from the elders in my village. They were mystics as well, and they in turn saw gifts in me that I couldn’t see myself. I’ll always be grateful to them. This is how I’ve saved lives for centuries, as my way of giving back to the community I’m a part of. By saving Life, giving Life, not taking it. Never that.

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #TheScarletMirror #FatedByFire #CozyFantasy #Fantasy #SwordAndSorcery #Romance

#PennedPossibilities 1113: Detail planner, complete pantser, or between?

I'm almost completely a pantser. To start I need some characters, some inciting incident, and then I see where it takes me. Often setting on the fly.

For Epsilon, the direction changes based on votes, the ending could be anything.

For time travel, the direction changes based on characters, so more of a sense for the plot ending. But not what it looks like (because I don't know how/if we'll get there).

#PennedPossibilities 1113: Detail planner, complete pantser, or between?

I'm almost completely a pantser. To start I need some characters, some inciting incident, and then I see where it takes me. Often setting on the fly.

For Epsilon, the direction changes based on votes, the ending could be anything.

For time travel, the direction changes based on characters, so more of a sense for the plot ending. But not what it looks like (because I don't know how/if we'll get there).

#PennedPossibilities 1113: Detail planner, complete pantser, or between?

I'm almost completely a pantser. To start I need some characters, some inciting incident, and then I see where it takes me. Often setting on the fly.

For Epsilon, the direction changes based on votes, the ending could be anything.

For time travel, the direction changes based on characters, so more of a sense for the plot ending. But not what it looks like (because I don't know how/if we'll get there).

#PennedPossibilities 1118 . Name a catastrophic event that occurred in your world / universe.

Martin of Maledictions destroyed his & Medb's universe, as part of a ritual to become an omnipotent god.

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His mortus-oil anointed knife stabbed into her side twice before getting wedged between ribs on the third stab.

Her people's song, the melodical hum of the planet, their absence rang in her mind as a loud dolorous bell consuming the joys of life she had known. She couldn't focus, all she could do was cry, rage, and lash out at him in blind fury that sent them rolling around the ritual chamber. She would see his insides clawed open, leaving them spilled upon the floor disdained and disrespected, unworthy of even being eaten for nourishment. She would do it with bare fingers as there was nothing of her but unbridled rage. He had destroyed everything. Every living thing, their entire universe, destroyed, all in pursuit of godhood. She had only survived by the chance of being the first to reach the chamber door when all was destroyed and his tower pulled into the nothingness. She was the last of her people and she would be the last alive to bear witness to her universe having existed, as she would not permit Martin to remain in any existence.

————
#SanguineDreams #riders_of_the_dream #RidersOfTheDream #werewolves #werewolf #writing

#PennedPossibilities 1118 . Name a catastrophic event that occurred in your world / universe.

Martin of Maledictions destroyed his & Medb's universe, as part of a ritual to become an omnipotent god.

-------
His mortus-oil anointed knife stabbed into her side twice before getting wedged between ribs on the third stab.

Her people's song, the melodical hum of the planet, their absence rang in her mind as a loud dolorous bell consuming the joys of life she had known. She couldn't focus, all she could do was cry, rage, and lash out at him in blind fury that sent them rolling around the ritual chamber. She would see his insides clawed open, leaving them spilled upon the floor disdained and disrespected, unworthy of even being eaten for nourishment. She would do it with bare fingers as there was nothing of her but unbridled rage. He had destroyed everything. Every living thing, their entire universe, destroyed, all in pursuit of godhood. She had only survived by the chance of being the first to reach the chamber door when all was destroyed and his tower pulled into the nothingness. She was the last of her people and she would be the last alive to bear witness to her universe having existed, as she would not permit Martin to remain in any existence.

————
#SanguineDreams #riders_of_the_dream #RidersOfTheDream #werewolves #werewolf #writing

#PennedPossibilities 1118 . Name a catastrophic event that occurred in your world / universe.

Martin of Maledictions destroyed his & Medb's universe, as part of a ritual to become an omnipotent god.

-------
His mortus-oil anointed knife stabbed into her side twice before getting wedged between ribs on the third stab.

Her people's song, the melodical hum of the planet, their absence rang in her mind as a loud dolorous bell consuming the joys of life she had known. She couldn't focus, all she could do was cry, rage, and lash out at him in blind fury that sent them rolling around the ritual chamber. She would see his insides clawed open, leaving them spilled upon the floor disdained and disrespected, unworthy of even being eaten for nourishment. She would do it with bare fingers as there was nothing of her but unbridled rage. He had destroyed everything. Every living thing, their entire universe, destroyed, all in pursuit of godhood. She had only survived by the chance of being the first to reach the chamber door when all was destroyed and his tower pulled into the nothingness. She was the last of her people and she would be the last alive to bear witness to her universe having existed, as she would not permit Martin to remain in any existence.

————
#SanguineDreams #riders_of_the_dream #RidersOfTheDream #werewolves #werewolf #writing

#PennedPossibilities 1118 . Name a catastrophic event that occurred in your world / universe.

Martin of Maledictions destroyed his & Medb's universe, as part of a ritual to become an omnipotent god.

-------
His mortus-oil anointed knife stabbed into her side twice before getting wedged between ribs on the third stab.

Her people's song, the melodical hum of the planet, their absence rang in her mind as a loud dolorous bell consuming the joys of life she had known. She couldn't focus, all she could do was cry, rage, and lash out at him in blind fury that sent them rolling around the ritual chamber. She would see his insides clawed open, leaving them spilled upon the floor disdained and disrespected, unworthy of even being eaten for nourishment. She would do it with bare fingers as there was nothing of her but unbridled rage. He had destroyed everything. Every living thing, their entire universe, destroyed, all in pursuit of godhood. She had only survived by the chance of being the first to reach the chamber door when all was destroyed and his tower pulled into the nothingness. She was the last of her people and she would be the last alive to bear witness to her universe having existed, as she would not permit Martin to remain in any existence.

————
#SanguineDreams #riders_of_the_dream #RidersOfTheDream #werewolves #werewolf #writing

#PennedPossibilities 1118 . Name a catastrophic event that occurred in your world / universe.

Martin of Maledictions destroyed his & Medb's universe, as part of a ritual to become an omnipotent god.

-------
His mortus-oil anointed knife stabbed into her side twice before getting wedged between ribs on the third stab.

Her people's song, the melodical hum of the planet, their absence rang in her mind as a loud dolorous bell consuming the joys of life she had known. She couldn't focus, all she could do was cry, rage, and lash out at him in blind fury that sent them rolling around the ritual chamber. She would see his insides clawed open, leaving them spilled upon the floor disdained and disrespected, unworthy of even being eaten for nourishment. She would do it with bare fingers as there was nothing of her but unbridled rage. He had destroyed everything. Every living thing, their entire universe, destroyed, all in pursuit of godhood. She had only survived by the chance of being the first to reach the chamber door when all was destroyed and his tower pulled into the nothingness. She was the last of her people and she would be the last alive to bear witness to her universe having existed, as she would not permit Martin to remain in any existence.

————
#SanguineDreams #riders_of_the_dream #RidersOfTheDream #werewolves #werewolf #writing

#PennedPossibilities 1118: Name a catastrophic event that occurred in your world / universe.

In the timeline of Three Men in Orbit, in the early days of anti-gravity technology (exact date not specified; probably the 1890s) an overloaded freighter fell out of the sky over Hamburg, causing huge devastation and many deaths. Since the Hamburg disaster, anti-gravity vessels have been much more strictly licenced and regulated; this leads to trouble when one particular ship fails its certificate.

#PennedPossibilities 1118: Name a catastrophic event that occurred in your world / universe.

In the timeline of Three Men in Orbit, in the early days of anti-gravity technology (exact date not specified; probably the 1890s) an overloaded freighter fell out of the sky over Hamburg, causing huge devastation and many deaths. Since the Hamburg disaster, anti-gravity vessels have been much more strictly licenced and regulated; this leads to trouble when one particular ship fails its certificate.

#PennedPossibilities 1118: Name a catastrophic event that occurred in your world / universe.

In the timeline of Three Men in Orbit, in the early days of anti-gravity technology (exact date not specified; probably the 1890s) an overloaded freighter fell out of the sky over Hamburg, causing huge devastation and many deaths. Since the Hamburg disaster, anti-gravity vessels have been much more strictly licenced and regulated; this leads to trouble when one particular ship fails its certificate.

#PennedPossibilities 1118: Name a catastrophic event that occurred in your world / universe.

In the timeline of Three Men in Orbit, in the early days of anti-gravity technology (exact date not specified; probably the 1890s) an overloaded freighter fell out of the sky over Hamburg, causing huge devastation and many deaths. Since the Hamburg disaster, anti-gravity vessels have been much more strictly licenced and regulated; this leads to trouble when one particular ship fails its certificate.

My next novel, Horns of Shadow & Gold, is nearly here!

To celebrate (and entice y’all to check it out) I have a special pre-order bundle on Itch.

Pre-order the ebook & audiobook through this bundle, and l’m throwing in the first book to introduce you to the world: https://itch.io/s/200173/horns-of-shadow-gold-pre-order

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My next novel, Horns of Shadow & Gold, is nearly here!

To celebrate (and entice y’all to check it out) I have a special pre-order bundle on Itch.

Pre-order the ebook & audiobook through this bundle, and l’m throwing in the first book to introduce you to the world: https://itch.io/s/200173/horns-of-shadow-gold-pre-order

Please check it out, enjoy, and share!
💙💛

#books #bookstodon #writingcommunity #scribesandmakers #writerscoffeeclub #wordweavers #pennedpossibilities #fantasy

My next novel, Horns of Shadow & Gold, is nearly here!

To celebrate (and entice y’all to check it out) I have a special pre-order bundle on Itch.

Pre-order the ebook & audiobook through this bundle, and l’m throwing in the first book to introduce you to the world: https://itch.io/s/200173/horns-of-shadow-gold-pre-order

Please check it out, enjoy, and share!
💙💛

#books #bookstodon #writingcommunity #scribesandmakers #writerscoffeeclub #wordweavers #pennedpossibilities #fantasy

My next novel, Horns of Shadow & Gold, is nearly here!

To celebrate (and entice y’all to check it out) I have a special pre-order bundle on Itch.

Pre-order the ebook & audiobook through this bundle, and l’m throwing in the first book to introduce you to the world: https://itch.io/s/200173/horns-of-shadow-gold-pre-order

Please check it out, enjoy, and share!
💙💛

#books #bookstodon #writingcommunity #scribesandmakers #writerscoffeeclub #wordweavers #pennedpossibilities #fantasy

My next novel, Horns of Shadow & Gold, is nearly here!

To celebrate (and entice y’all to check it out) I have a special pre-order bundle on Itch.

Pre-order the ebook & audiobook through this bundle, and l’m throwing in the first book to introduce you to the world: https://itch.io/s/200173/horns-of-shadow-gold-pre-order

Please check it out, enjoy, and share!
💙💛

#books #bookstodon #writingcommunity #scribesandmakers #writerscoffeeclub #wordweavers #pennedpossibilities #fantasy

#PennedPossibilities 1118: Name a catastrophic event that occurred in your world/universe.

COVID epidemic.

#PennedPossibilities 1118: Name a catastrophic event that occurred in your world/universe.

COVID epidemic.

#PennedPossibilities 1118: Name a catastrophic event that occurred in your world/universe.

COVID epidemic.

#PennedPossibilities 1118: Name a catastrophic event that occurred in your world/universe.

The Cold War, in this timeline. It was not a nice thing for a little kid in grade-school to be told that you were going to die in agony (I was 50 miles straight downwind of Detroit, well within the 100-mile breaking-glass radius, and a first target for fallout)

#PennedPossibilities 1118: Name a catastrophic event that occurred in your world/universe.

The Cold War, in this timeline. It was not a nice thing for a little kid in grade-school to be told that you were going to die in agony (I was 50 miles straight downwind of Detroit, well within the 100-mile breaking-glass radius, and a first target for fallout)

#PennedPossibilities 1118: Name a catastrophic event that occurred in your world/universe.

The Cold War, in this timeline. It was not a nice thing for a little kid in grade-school to be told that you were going to die in agony (I was 50 miles straight downwind of Detroit, well within the 100-mile breaking-glass radius, and a first target for fallout)

#PennedPossibilities 1118: Name a catastrophic event that occurred in your world/universe.

The Cold War, in this timeline. It was not a nice thing for a little kid in grade-school to be told that you were going to die in agony (I was 50 miles straight downwind of Detroit, well within the 100-mile breaking-glass radius, and a first target for fallout)

#PennedPossibilities 1118: Name a catastrophic event that occurred in your world/universe.

The Cold War, in this timeline. It was not a nice thing for a little kid in grade-school to be told that you were going to die in agony (I was 50 miles straight downwind of Detroit, well within the 100-mile breaking-glass radius, and a first target for fallout)

#PennedPossibilities 1112: Last time you laughed/cried?

JENNY: I sometimes cry about my sister. I probably laughed at something Sherlock said.

SHERLOCK: Does acting count? Probably not. I more get frustrated than outright cry, though suppose I would if something happened to someone I care about. I laughed at the weak setup in a mystery story I was reading.

#PennedPossibilities 1112: Last time you laughed/cried?

JENNY: I sometimes cry about my sister. I probably laughed at something Sherlock said.

SHERLOCK: Does acting count? Probably not. I more get frustrated than outright cry, though suppose I would if something happened to someone I care about. I laughed at the weak setup in a mystery story I was reading.

#PennedPossibilities 1112: Last time you laughed/cried?

JENNY: I sometimes cry about my sister. I probably laughed at something Sherlock said.

SHERLOCK: Does acting count? Probably not. I more get frustrated than outright cry, though suppose I would if something happened to someone I care about. I laughed at the weak setup in a mystery story I was reading.

#PennedPossibilities 1118: Name a catastrophic event that occurred in your world/universe.

In the Izan cycle, the Devastation (or Great Devastation) was important enough that many calendars divide history into 'before' and 'after.' Largely a super-volcano sort of event (though set off, it is generally acknowledged, by magic), Not quite at the killer-asteroid level of calamities but it caused worldwide quakes and tsunamis, and resulted in the toppling (or weakening) of nations and empires.