#ridersofthedream — Public Fediverse posts

#PennedPossibilities 1022 — How would your MC like to be remembered after their death? What sort of legacy would they want to leave?

That's a tragic question for Medb.

With the destruction of her universe there's none of her people left to remember her. There's nobody to perform the rites and add her name to the Litany of the Long Winter should she die in battle. Her daughters Aeslla and Rowyn died before they were of age to go before The Council of Eria, face their trials, and add Medb's name to their Line of Remembrance.

For her, there's no how-would-she-like-to-be-remembered, because there's no one that can remember her. And it is a heavy heavy weight upon her because it goes hand-in-hand with there being nobody to help her perform the rites to add all the names of her people to the Litany of the Long Winter.

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

#PennedPossibilities 1022 — How would your MC like to be remembered after their death? What sort of legacy would they want to leave?

That's a tragic question for Medb.

With the destruction of her universe there's none of her people left to remember her. There's nobody to perform the rites and add her name to the Litany of the Long Winter should she die in battle. Her daughters Aeslla and Rowyn died before they were of age to go before The Council of Eria, face their trials, and add Medb's name to their Line of Remembrance.

For her, there's no how-would-she-like-to-be-remembered, because there's no one that can remember her. And it is a heavy heavy weight upon her because it goes hand-in-hand with there being nobody to help her perform the rites to add all the names of her people to the Litany of the Long Winter.

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

#PennedPossibilities 1022 — How would your MC like to be remembered after their death? What sort of legacy would they want to leave?

That's a tragic question for Medb.

With the destruction of her universe there's none of her people left to remember her. There's nobody to perform the rites and add her name to the Litany of the Long Winter should she die in battle. Her daughters Aeslla and Rowyn died before they were of age to go before The Council of Eria, face their trials, and add Medb's name to their Line of Remembrance.

For her, there's no how-would-she-like-to-be-remembered, because there's no one that can remember her. And it is a heavy heavy weight upon her because it goes hand-in-hand with there being nobody to help her perform the rites to add all the names of her people to the Litany of the Long Winter.

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

#PennedPossibilities 1022 — How would your MC like to be remembered after their death? What sort of legacy would they want to leave?

That's a tragic question for Medb.

With the destruction of her universe there's none of her people left to remember her. There's nobody to perform the rites and add her name to the Litany of the Long Winter should she die in battle. Her daughters Aeslla and Rowyn died before they were of age to go before The Council of Eria, face their trials, and add Medb's name to their Line of Remembrance.

For her, there's no how-would-she-like-to-be-remembered, because there's no one that can remember her. And it is a heavy heavy weight upon her because it goes hand-in-hand with there being nobody to help her perform the rites to add all the names of her people to the Litany of the Long Winter.

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

#PennedPossibilities 1022 — How would your MC like to be remembered after their death? What sort of legacy would they want to leave?

That's a tragic question for Medb.

With the destruction of her universe there's none of her people left to remember her. There's nobody to perform the rites and add her name to the Litany of the Long Winter should she die in battle. Her daughters Aeslla and Rowyn died before they were of age to go before The Council of Eria, face their trials, and add Medb's name to their Line of Remembrance.

For her, there's no how-would-she-like-to-be-remembered, because there's no one that can remember her. And it is a heavy heavy weight upon her because it goes hand-in-hand with there being nobody to help her perform the rites to add all the names of her people to the Litany of the Long Winter.

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

#WordWeavers 2026-05-21. How do you make your MC likable or relatable to in the first chapter?

Uh, bluntly, I don't have that aim in the first chapter.

The first chapter is a purposeful glimpse of Medb's m.o. and the Rhai'r-tír ethogram wrapped in the veneer of a quick action sequence.

Meet conflict with strategy
Use violence as needed
If someone tries to kill you, you kill them right back.

Honestly I don't try to make Medb likable. I just kind of let her live on the paper as a person unto her self. The same goes for Klein, or any of the others. I hope people find them as interesting as I do.

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

#WordWeavers 2026-05-21. How do you make your MC likable or relatable to in the first chapter?

Uh, bluntly, I don't have that aim in the first chapter.

The first chapter is a purposeful glimpse of Medb's m.o. and the Rhai'r-tír ethogram wrapped in the veneer of a quick action sequence.

Meet conflict with strategy
Use violence as needed
If someone tries to kill you, you kill them right back.

Honestly I don't try to make Medb likable. I just kind of let her live on the paper as a person unto her self. The same goes for Klein, or any of the others. I hope people find them as interesting as I do.

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

#WordWeavers 2026-05-21. How do you make your MC likable or relatable to in the first chapter?

Uh, bluntly, I don't have that aim in the first chapter.

The first chapter is a purposeful glimpse of Medb's m.o. and the Rhai'r-tír ethogram wrapped in the veneer of a quick action sequence.

Meet conflict with strategy
Use violence as needed
If someone tries to kill you, you kill them right back.

Honestly I don't try to make Medb likable. I just kind of let her live on the paper as a person unto her self. The same goes for Klein, or any of the others. I hope people find them as interesting as I do.

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

#WordWeavers 2026-05-21. How do you make your MC likable or relatable to in the first chapter?

Uh, bluntly, I don't have that aim in the first chapter.

The first chapter is a purposeful glimpse of Medb's m.o. and the Rhai'r-tír ethogram wrapped in the veneer of a quick action sequence.

Meet conflict with strategy
Use violence as needed
If someone tries to kill you, you kill them right back.

Honestly I don't try to make Medb likable. I just kind of let her live on the paper as a person unto her self. The same goes for Klein, or any of the others. I hope people find them as interesting as I do.

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

#WordWeavers 2026-05-21. How do you make your MC likable or relatable to in the first chapter?

Uh, bluntly, I don't have that aim in the first chapter.

The first chapter is a purposeful glimpse of Medb's m.o. and the Rhai'r-tír ethogram wrapped in the veneer of a quick action sequence.

Meet conflict with strategy
Use violence as needed
If someone tries to kill you, you kill them right back.

Honestly I don't try to make Medb likable. I just kind of let her live on the paper as a person unto her self. The same goes for Klein, or any of the others. I hope people find them as interesting as I do.

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

#WordWeavers 2026-05-17 How would your MC react to being handed a kitten?

You'd get a thanks, then you'd likely never get the cat back. Medb has a fondness for apex predators/adjacents.

Don't hand her a rabbit or guinea pig unless it's an offering of fresh lunch. Birds smaller than a chicken are actually safe from being eaten as they're too much work to prepare and she doesn't like how feathers taste if eaten raw.

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

#WordWeavers 2026-05-17 How would your MC react to being handed a kitten?

You'd get a thanks, then you'd likely never get the cat back. Medb has a fondness for apex predators/adjacents.

Don't hand her a rabbit or guinea pig unless it's an offering of fresh lunch. Birds smaller than a chicken are actually safe from being eaten as they're too much work to prepare and she doesn't like how feathers taste if eaten raw.

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

#WordWeavers 2026-05-17 How would your MC react to being handed a kitten?

You'd get a thanks, then you'd likely never get the cat back. Medb has a fondness for apex predators/adjacents.

Don't hand her a rabbit or guinea pig unless it's an offering of fresh lunch. Birds smaller than a chicken are actually safe from being eaten as they're too much work to prepare and she doesn't like how feathers taste if eaten raw.

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

#WordWeavers 2026-05-17 How would your MC react to being handed a kitten?

You'd get a thanks, then you'd likely never get the cat back. Medb has a fondness for apex predators/adjacents.

Don't hand her a rabbit or guinea pig unless it's an offering of fresh lunch. Birds smaller than a chicken are actually safe from being eaten as they're too much work to prepare and she doesn't like how feathers taste if eaten raw.

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

#WordWeavers 2026-05-17 How would your MC react to being handed a kitten?

You'd get a thanks, then you'd likely never get the cat back. Medb has a fondness for apex predators/adjacents.

Don't hand her a rabbit or guinea pig unless it's an offering of fresh lunch. Birds smaller than a chicken are actually safe from being eaten as they're too much work to prepare and she doesn't like how feathers taste if eaten raw.

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

#PennedPossibilities 1014 — If it came down to it, would your SC choose to protect the MC in a dangerous situation?

Klein would reverently stay out of Medb's way and coup-de-grâce anyone that managed to not die on contact from the wrath of his goddess. (Medb is working on talking him down from the whole worshiping her as a deity. it just makes her a tab anxious to be venerated by someone who's brother she killed during a hunger frenzy) That is to say he would absolutely have her covered if she somehow were not in a position to rectify the situation.

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#SanguineDreams #riders_of_the_dream #RidersOfTheDream #werewolves #werewolf #writing #wolfwere

#PennedPossibilities 1014 — If it came down to it, would your SC choose to protect the MC in a dangerous situation?

Klein would reverently stay out of Medb's way and coup-de-grâce anyone that managed to not die on contact from the wrath of his goddess. (Medb is working on talking him down from the whole worshiping her as a deity. it just makes her a tab anxious to be venerated by someone who's brother she killed during a hunger frenzy) That is to say he would absolutely have her covered if she somehow were not in a position to rectify the situation.

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#SanguineDreams #riders_of_the_dream #RidersOfTheDream #werewolves #werewolf #writing #wolfwere

#PennedPossibilities 1014 — If it came down to it, would your SC choose to protect the MC in a dangerous situation?

Klein would reverently stay out of Medb's way and coup-de-grâce anyone that managed to not die on contact from the wrath of his goddess. (Medb is working on talking him down from the whole worshiping her as a deity. it just makes her a tab anxious to be venerated by someone who's brother she killed during a hunger frenzy) That is to say he would absolutely have her covered if she somehow were not in a position to rectify the situation.

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#SanguineDreams #riders_of_the_dream #RidersOfTheDream #werewolves #werewolf #writing #wolfwere

#PennedPossibilities 1014 — If it came down to it, would your SC choose to protect the MC in a dangerous situation?

Klein would reverently stay out of Medb's way and coup-de-grâce anyone that managed to not die on contact from the wrath of his goddess. (Medb is working on talking him down from the whole worshiping her as a deity. it just makes her a tab anxious to be venerated by someone who's brother she killed during a hunger frenzy)

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#SanguineDreams #riders_of_the_dream #RidersOfTheDream #werewolves #werewolf #writing #wolfwere

#PennedPossibilities 1014 — If it came down to it, would your SC choose to protect the MC in a dangerous situation?

Klein would reverently stay out of Medb's way and coup-de-grâce anyone that managed to not die on contact from the wrath of his goddess. (Medb is working on talking him down from the whole worshiping her as a deity. it just makes her a tab anxious to be venerated by someone who's brother she killed during a hunger frenzy)

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#SanguineDreams #riders_of_the_dream #RidersOfTheDream #werewolves #werewolf #writing #wolfwere

I forgot how toilsome writing log-book style journal entries can be.

Dry semi-detached but observational.

My anchor is more in the emotional &/or introspecting thoughts.

This chapter/logbook is a firsthand account but second hand action. It should, /should/, be noticeable to the reader as an echo of the prior chapters events as it's accounting what was going on "in reality" while Medb's consciousness is gaoled by the symbiote.

I think I am obsessing because unlike my favourite trick of swinging the reader into momentary confusion with an unnoted slide into a dream sequence, I'm doing the opposite and adding clarity rather than subtracting it.

NTS, when finished, ask N + J to read the chaper and be brutal.

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

I forgot how toilsome writing log-book style journal entries can be.

Dry semi-detached but observational.

My anchor is more in the emotional &/or introspecting thoughts.

This chapter/logbook is a firsthand account but second hand action. It should, /should/, be noticeable to the reader as an echo of the prior chapters events as it's accounting what was going on "in reality" while Medb's consciousness is gaoled by the symbiote.

I think I am obsessing because unlike my favourite trick of swinging the reader into momentary confusion with an unnoted slide into a dream sequence, I'm doing the opposite and adding clarity rather than subtracting it.

NTS, when finished, ask N + J to read the chaper and be brutal.

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

I forgot how toilsome writing log-book style journal entries can be.

Dry semi-detached but observational.

My anchor is more in the emotional &/or introspecting thoughts.

This chapter/logbook is a firsthand account but second hand action. It should, /should/, be noticeable to the reader as an echo of the prior chapters events as it's accounting what was going on "in reality" while Medb's consciousness is gaoled by the symbiote.

I think I am obsessing because unlike my favourite trick of swinging the reader into momentary confusion with an unnoted slide into a dream sequence, I'm doing the opposite and adding clarity rather than subtracting it.

NTS, when finished, ask N + J to read the chaper and be brutal.

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

I forgot how toilsome writing log-book style journal entries can be.

Dry semi-detached but observational.

My anchor is more in the emotional &/or introspecting thoughts.

This chapter/logbook is a firsthand account but second hand action. It should, /should/, be noticeable to the reader as an echo of the prior chapters events as it's accounting what was going on "in reality" while Medb's consciousness is gaoled by the symbiote.

I think I am obsessing because unlike my favourite trick of swinging the reader into momentary confusion with an unnoted slide into a dream sequence, I'm doing the opposite and adding clarity rather than subtracting it.

NTS, when finished, ask N + J to read the chaper and be brutal.

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

I forgot how toilsome writing log-book style journal entries can be.

Dry semi-detached but observational.

My anchor is more in the emotional &/or introspecting thoughts.

This chapter/logbook is a firsthand account but second hand action. It should, /should/, be noticeable to the reader as an echo of the prior chapters events as it's accounting what was going on "in reality" while Medb's consciousness is gaoled by the symbiote.

I think I am obsessing because unlike my favourite trick of swinging the reader into momentary confusion with an unnoted slide into a dream sequence, I'm doing the opposite and adding clarity rather than subtracting it.

NTS, when finished, ask N + J to read the chaper and be brutal.

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

#WordWeavers 2026-04-29. Can you describe your current WIP in three words?

Auribus teneo lupum

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

#WordWeavers 2026-04-29. Can you describe your current WIP in three words?

Auribus teneo lupum

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

#WordWeavers 2026-04-29. Can you describe your current WIP in three words?

Auribus teneo lupum

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

#WordWeavers 2026-04-29. Can you describe your current WIP in three words?

Auribus teneo lupum

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

#WordWeavers 29. Can you describe your current WIP in three words?

Auribus teneo lupum

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

#PennedPossibilities 989 — Is your MC an immigrant or newcomer in the place where they live? If so, where did they emigrate from and where do they currently live?

Medb is an immigrant. 2nd chapter you find out she came tumbling into this universe mid fight with a mage known as Martin of Maledictions.

She's a fish out of water, but she's a piranha that can walk on its pectoral fins.

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

#PennedPossibilities 989 — Is your MC an immigrant or newcomer in the place where they live? If so, where did they emigrate from and where do they currently live?

Medb is an immigrant. 2nd chapter you find out she came tumbling into this universe mid fight with a mage known as Martin of Maledictions.

She's a fish out of water, but she's a piranha that can walk on its pectoral fins.

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

#PennedPossibilities 989 — Is your MC an immigrant or newcomer in the place where they live? If so, where did they emigrate from and where do they currently live?

Medb is an immigrant. 2nd chapter you find out she came tumbling into this universe mid fight with a mage known as Martin of Maledictions.

She's a fish out of water, but she's a piranha that can walk on its pectoral fins.

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

#PennedPossibilities 989 — Is your MC an immigrant or newcomer in the place where they live? If so, where did they emigrate from and where do they currently live?

Medb is an immigrant. 2nd chapter you find out she came tumbling into this universe mid fight with a mage known as Martin of Maledictions.

She's a fish out of water, but she's a piranha that can walk on its pectoral fins.

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

#PennedPossibilities 989 — Is your MC an immigrant or newcomer in the place where they live? If so, where did they emigrate from and where do they currently live?

Medb is an immigrant. 2nd chapter you find out she came tumbling into this universe mid fight with a mage known as Martin of Maledictions.

She's a fish out of water, but she's a piranha that can walk on its pectoral fins.

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

#WordWeavers 2026-04-09 One of your characters is seeing something unbelievable. What is it and why are they seeing it?

Klein experiences one of the echoes that is attached to Medb.

He relives Sævvr's memories from his last day alive, and things turn /wait, what the fuck is going on/ at the point where Sævvr dies and Klein starts to 'fall out sync' as it were.

Why he see this? Well, to crudely simplify things, blood born lycanthropy mixes with spiritual essence lycanthropy

Kind of like popping 5 caffeine pills a min after eating an edible, and a ghost turns up

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

#WordWeavers 2026-04-09 One of your characters is seeing something unbelievable. What is it and why are they seeing it?

Klein experiences one of the echoes that is attached to Medb.

He relives Sævvr's memories from his last day alive, and things turn /wait, what the fuck is going on/ at the point where Sævvr dies and Klein starts to 'fall out sync' as it were.

Why he see this? Well, to crudely simplify things, blood born lycanthropy mixes with spiritual essence lycanthropy

Kind of like popping 5 caffeine pills a min after eating an edible, and a ghost turns up

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

#WordWeavers 2026-04-09 One of your characters is seeing something unbelievable. What is it and why are they seeing it?

Klein experiences one of the echoes that is attached to Medb.

He relives Sævvr's memories from his last day alive, and things turn /wait, what the fuck is going on/ at the point where Sævvr dies and Klein starts to 'fall out sync' as it were.

Why he see this? Well, to crudely simplify things, blood born lycanthropy mixes with spiritual essence lycanthropy

Kind of like popping 5 caffeine pills a min after eating an edible, and a ghost turns up

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

#WordWeavers 2026-04-09 One of your characters is seeing something unbelievable. What is it and why are they seeing it?

Klein experiences one of the echoes that is attached to Medb.

He relives Sævvr's memories from his last day alive, and things turn /wait, what the fuck is going on/ at the point where Sævvr dies and Klein starts to 'fall out sync' as it were.

Why he see this? Well, to crudely simplify things, blood born lycanthropy mixes with spiritual essence lycanthropy

Kind of like popping 5 caffeine pills a min after eating an edible, and a ghost turns up

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

#WordWeavers 2026-04-09 One of your characters is seeing something unbelievable. What is it and why are they seeing it?

Klein experiences one of the echoes that is attached to Medb.

He relives Sævvr's memories from his last day alive, and things turn /wait, what the fuck is going on/ at the point where Sævvr dies and Klein starts to 'fall out sync' as it were.

Why he see this? Well, to crudely simplify things, blood born lycanthropy mixes with spiritual essence lycanthropy

Kind of like popping 5 caffeine pills a min after eating an edible, and a ghost turns up

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

#PennedPossibilities 973 — How do you select the names of your characters? For you, is there a method?

Names have meanings.

Sometimes the name is an anagram for a detail about the characters.

Sometimes they're thinly veiled nods to some work I enjoyed, such as Van Ander who runs the bar *The First Sip"

Sometimes the name is derived from the real world that has meaning related to the character.
"Klein" is German for small or little. Klein is named such because he starts with a small or limited experience.
His brother "Laric" is a derivative of "Alric/Alrich" meaning ruler or leader. Where Laric went, his younger brother Klein would follow.

Sometimes a name follows in-universe rules such as with Wyth Fork where the names from the main continent use diphthongs and double consonants in specific patterns.

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

#PennedPossibilities 973 — How do you select the names of your characters? For you, is there a method?

Names have meanings.

Sometimes the name is an anagram for a detail about the characters.

Sometimes they're thinly veiled nods to some work I enjoyed, such as Van Ander who runs the bar *The First Sip"

Sometimes the name is derived from the real world that has meaning related to the character.
"Klein" is German for small or little. Klein is named such because he starts with a small or limited experience.
His brother "Laric" is a derivative of "Alric/Alrich" meaning ruler or leader. Where Laric went, his younger brother Klein would follow.

Sometimes a name follows in-universe rules such as with Wyth Fork where the names from the main continent use diphthongs and double consonants in specific patterns.

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

#PennedPossibilities 973 — How do you select the names of your characters? For you, is there a method?

Names have meanings.

Sometimes the name is an anagram for a detail about the characters.

Sometimes they're thinly veiled nods to some work I enjoyed, such as Van Ander who runs the bar *The First Sip"

Sometimes the name is derived from the real world that has meaning related to the character.
"Klein" is German for small or little. Klein is named such because he starts with a small or limited experience.
His brother "Laric" is a derivative of "Alric/Alrich" meaning ruler or leader. Where Laric went, his younger brother Klein would follow.

Sometimes a name follows in-universe rules such as with Wyth Fork where the names from the main continent use diphthongs and double consonants in specific patterns.

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

#PennedPossibilities 973 — How do you select the names of your characters? For you, is there a method?

Names have meanings.

Sometimes the name is an anagram for a detail about the characters.

Sometimes they're thinly veiled nods to some work I enjoyed, such as Van Ander who runs the bar *The First Sip"

Sometimes the name is derived from the real world that has meaning related to the character.
"Klein" is German for small or little. Klein is named such because he starts with a small or limited experience.
His brother "Laric" is a derivative of "Alric/Alrich" meaning ruler or leader. Where Laric went, his younger brother Klein would follow.

Sometimes a name follows in-universe rules such as with Wyth Fork where the names from the main continent use diphthongs and double consonants in specific patterns.

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

#PennedPossibilities 973 — How do you select the names of your characters? For you, is there a method?

Names have meanings.

Sometimes the name is an anagram for a detail about the characters.

Sometimes they're thinly veiled nods to some work I enjoyed, such as Van Ander who runs the bar *The First Sip"

Sometimes the name is derived from the real world that has meaning related to the character.
"Klein" is German for small or little. Klein is named such because he starts with a small or limited experience.
His brother "Laric" is a derivative of "Alric/Alrich" meaning ruler or leader. Where Laric went, his younger brother Klein would follow.

Sometimes a name follows in-universe rules such as with Wyth Fork where the names from the main continent use diphthongs and double consonants in specific patterns.

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

#WordWeavers 2026-03-31 Share or tell us about a fun scene you recently wrote.
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Klein's auto-ratchet made a soft brrtrtrtruum! for each bolt he loosened as he purposely worked slowly going all the way around the lid.

He tried once or twice to whistle a tune to distract himself but to no avail. His mind kept interrupting to rehash the conversation with his older brother. His mind kept trying to work out to what extent Laric was upset. His mind kept pondering how long it would take for Laric to come around.

His mind was making a lot of unhelpful, unproductive noise.

Klein grabbed the edges of the lid with both hands and slowly thumped his head against the container a good four or five times before drawing a breath and letting loose a heavy exasperated sigh.
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#SanguineDreams #riders_of_the_dream #RidersOfTheDream #werewolves #werewolf #writing

#WordWeavers 2026-03-31 Share or tell us about a fun scene you recently wrote.
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Klein's auto-ratchet made a soft brrtrtrtruum! for each bolt he loosened as he purposely worked slowly going all the way around the lid.

He tried once or twice to whistle a tune to distract himself but to no avail. His mind kept interrupting to rehash the conversation with his older brother. His mind kept trying to work out to what extent Laric was upset. His mind kept pondering how long it would take for Laric to come around.

His mind was making a lot of unhelpful, unproductive noise.

Klein grabbed the edges of the lid with both hands and slowly thumped his head against the container a good four or five times before drawing a breath and letting loose a heavy exasperated sigh.
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#SanguineDreams #riders_of_the_dream #RidersOfTheDream #werewolves #werewolf #writing

#WordWeavers 2026-03-31 Share or tell us about a fun scene you recently wrote.
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Klein's auto-ratchet made a soft brrtrtrtruum! for each bolt he loosened as he purposely worked slowly going all the way around the lid.

He tried once or twice to whistle a tune to distract himself but to no avail. His mind kept interrupting to rehash the conversation with his older brother. His mind kept trying to work out to what extent Laric was upset. His mind kept pondering how long it would take for Laric to come around.

His mind was making a lot of unhelpful, unproductive noise.

Klein grabbed the edges of the lid with both hands and slowly thumped his head against the container a good four or five times before drawing a breath and letting loose a heavy exasperated sigh.
———

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

#WordWeavers 2026-03-31 Share or tell us about a fun scene you recently wrote.
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Klein's auto-ratchet made a soft brrtrtrtruum! for each bolt he loosened as he purposely worked slowly going all the way around the lid.

He tried once or twice to whistle a tune to distract himself but to no avail. His mind kept interrupting to rehash the conversation with his older brother. His mind kept trying to work out to what extent Laric was upset. His mind kept pondering how long it would take for Laric to come around.

His mind was making a lot of unhelpful, unproductive noise.

Klein grabbed the edges of the lid with both hands and slowly thumped his head against the container a good four or five times before drawing a breath and letting loose a heavy exasperated sigh.
———

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

#WordWeavers 2026-03-31 Share or tell us about a fun scene you recently wrote.
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Klein's auto-ratchet made a soft brrtrtrtruum! for each bolt he loosened as he purposely worked slowly going all the way around the lid.

He tried once or twice to whistle a tune to distract himself but to no avail. His mind kept interrupting to rehash the conversation with his older brother. His mind kept trying to work out to what extent Laric was upset. His mind kept pondering how long it would take for Laric to come around.

His mind was making a lot of unhelpful, unproductive noise.

Klein grabbed the edges of the lid with both hands and slowly thumped his head against the container a good four or five times before drawing a breath and letting loose a heavy exasperated sigh.
———

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