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  1. Worked a LOT on TFS today. Added whole new scenes early in the work and pushed to the end of Chapter Sixteen. The draft is now 103,857 words and I’m feeling good about all the material! They say not to edit as you go, but sometimes cleaning things up feels like making the book fresh. I’m actually excited to keep going!

    #TheFirstSinWIP #AllOurSinsSeries #sff #SFFBook #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  2. Worked a LOT on TFS today. Added whole new scenes early in the work and pushed to the end of Chapter Sixteen. The draft is now 103,857 words and I’m feeling good about all the material! They say not to edit as you go, but sometimes cleaning things up feels like making the book fresh. I’m actually excited to keep going!

    #TheFirstSinWIP #AllOurSinsSeries #sff #SFFBook #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  3. Say the word "karnikur" to a skarastaja and it will strike immediate fear into their heart. The flesh reapers are fearsome predators that roam the surface of Berwen...and the skarastaja are their prey of choice.

    This is the last day of #languary! Thank you all for accompanying me on this journey through the årdrakin and skarastaja languages. ♥

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  4. Say the word "karnikur" to a skarastaja and it will strike immediate fear into their heart. The flesh reapers are fearsome predators that roam the surface of Berwen...and the skarastaja are their prey of choice.

    This is the last day of #languary! Thank you all for accompanying me on this journey through the årdrakin and skarastaja languages. ♥

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  5. Senecíní is the most important substance in the årdrakin empire. It means "star crystal" and powers their ability to travel faster than light. The crystals also contain perceptive energy and are capable of healing themselves if damaged. But in their unrefined state they are highly explosive!

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  6. Senecíní is the most important substance in the årdrakin empire. It means "star crystal" and powers their ability to travel faster than light. The crystals also contain perceptive energy and are capable of healing themselves if damaged. But in their unrefined state they are highly explosive!

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  7. The skarastaja have traditions and rituals like many races. One of their most important rituals requires choosing members of the Whole as sacrifices to Talgor in exchange for His continued blessing through the dark season.

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  8. The skarastaja have traditions and rituals like many races. One of their most important rituals requires choosing members of the Whole as sacrifices to Talgor in exchange for His continued blessing through the dark season.

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  9. My author copies of the paperback of DESTROYER OF LIGHT arrived. I must admit TOR did a good job cus they're kinda beautiful. #sff #sffbook #afrofuturism #fantasy #literature

  10. My author copies of the paperback of DESTROYER OF LIGHT arrived. I must admit TOR did a good job cus they're kinda beautiful. #sff #sffbook #afrofuturism #fantasy #literature

  11. My author copies of the paperback of DESTROYER OF LIGHT arrived. I must admit TOR did a good job cus they're kinda beautiful. #sff #sffbook #afrofuturism #fantasy #literature

  12. My author copies of the paperback of DESTROYER OF LIGHT arrived. I must admit TOR did a good job cus they're kinda beautiful. #sff #sffbook #afrofuturism #fantasy #literature

  13. What does it say about a culture like the ådrakin's where the word for "prey" and "food animal" is also the word for "victim"? What do you think?

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  14. What does it say about a culture like the ådrakin's where the word for "prey" and "food animal" is also the word for "victim"? What do you think?

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  15. Did your mother teach you to share? For the skarastaja, sharing is a major part of their culture, the better to ensure the survival of the Whole in an otherwise harsh environment. The #languary word for this is "uptul".

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  16. Did your mother teach you to share? For the skarastaja, sharing is a major part of their culture, the better to ensure the survival of the Whole in an otherwise harsh environment. The #languary word for this is "uptul".

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  17. The årdrakin are a highly advanced race, but even they need somewhere to store their information. The #languary word for it is "sí'nektú", which means "archive" and is literally translated as "databank".

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  18. The årdrakin are a highly advanced race, but even they need somewhere to store their information. The #languary word for it is "sí'nektú", which means "archive" and is literally translated as "databank".

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  19. When the skarastaja first meet the årdrakin, they call them "onhita" because they think the crash survivors are actually emissaries from Talgor.

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  20. When the skarastaja first meet the årdrakin, they call them "onhita" because they think the crash survivors are actually emissaries from Talgor.

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  21. How would you describe a rainbow? In the årdrakin language, they use the #languary word "dekes rúll", which very fancifully is literally translated as "color smoke".

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  22. How would you describe a rainbow? In the årdrakin language, they use the #languary word "dekes rúll", which very fancifully is literally translated as "color smoke".

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  23. Today's #languary word is one I've mentioned before... The skarastaja people call themselves the "Children of the Sun", which makes sense since they see Talgor, their sun god, as their Divine Father.

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  24. Today's #languary word is one I've mentioned before... The skarastaja people call themselves the "Children of the Sun", which makes sense since they see Talgor, their sun god, as their Divine Father.

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  25. In årdrakin society, daughters have equal footing to sons, including in matters of succession (though children who find themselves in line to inherit, even when it concerns a position of power, are promoted based on merit rather than birth order).

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF #languary

  26. In årdrakin society, daughters have equal footing to sons, including in matters of succession (though children who find themselves in line to inherit, even when it concerns a position of power, are promoted based on merit rather than birth order).

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF #languary

  27. There are very few trees left on Berwen. The ones that do survive live in subterranean garden caves and grow only a meter or two high. Instead of sturdy branches, they have tendrils that sweep downward from the crown kind of like tentacles.

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF #languary

  28. There are very few trees left on Berwen. The ones that do survive live in subterranean garden caves and grow only a meter or two high. Instead of sturdy branches, they have tendrils that sweep downward from the crown kind of like tentacles.

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF #languary

  29. This #languary word, yizo, comes from the skarastaja language and means "orbit" or "year". It's a strange thing, that the otherwise low-tech skarastaja have an understanding of what an "orbit" might be, isn't it?

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  30. This #languary word, yizo, comes from the skarastaja language and means "orbit" or "year". It's a strange thing, that the otherwise low-tech skarastaja have an understanding of what an "orbit" might be, isn't it?

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  31. Perhaps a bit on the nose, but today's #languary word is the årdrakin "besånshí", which means "pandemic". Pandemics aren't often seen in the advanced årdrakin society, but they have known rampant disease and the deaths it brings in their history.

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  32. Perhaps a bit on the nose, but today's #languary word is the årdrakin "besånshí", which means "pandemic". Pandemics aren't often seen in the advanced årdrakin society, but they have known rampant disease and the deaths it brings in their history.

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  33. This #languary word makes an appearance in TFS. It's used by Cerobi when she first meets the skydwellers, but the skydwellers don't understand what she means. "Yakĕyi" means "open", such as to open a gift.

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  34. This #languary word makes an appearance in TFS. It's used by Cerobi when she first meets the skydwellers, but the skydwellers don't understand what she means. "Yakĕyi" means "open", such as to open a gift.

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  35. This #languary word is another one that I might end up changing. "Mae" is the årdrakin word for "right; proper; just" and would be a fairly important word to them, but of course it sounds exactly like the English "may".

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  36. This #languary word is another one that I might end up changing. "Mae" is the årdrakin word for "right; proper; just" and would be a fairly important word to them, but of course it sounds exactly like the English "may".

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF

  37. This skarastaja #languary word is rarely spoken these days. "Amtsi", which means "erode", is an action not often seen on Berwen because it doesn't rain on the planet anymore and there are no flowing bodies of water there either. Wind erosion tends to only become a factor during the dark season.

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF

  38. This skarastaja #languary word is rarely spoken these days. "Amtsi", which means "erode", is an action not often seen on Berwen because it doesn't rain on the planet anymore and there are no flowing bodies of water there either. Wind erosion tends to only become a factor during the dark season.

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF

  39. If "tújimú shizål" is "belief house", then "Vek Ålna" is the most important belief house the årdrakin have. Basically their Vatican, this #languary word translates literally as "black spire" owing to the shape and color of the mountain that towers over the temple.

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #AmWritingSFF #SFF #ScienceFantasy #SFFBook

  40. If "tújimú shizål" is "belief house", then "Vek Ålna" is the most important belief house the årdrakin have. Basically their Vatican, this #languary word translates literally as "black spire" owing to the shape and color of the mountain that towers over the temple.

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #AmWritingSFF #SFF #ScienceFantasy #SFFBook

  41. Talgor is the divine Father of the Whole, Bestower of the mystic light, Dispeller of darkness, and Destroyer of all worlds. His sacred symbol graces the image for the skarastaja posts.

    The skarastaja are sun worshippers. In reality, their world is quickly being roasted into oblivion by an aging massive star. How the low-tech skarastaja manage to understand this phenomenon as a basis for their religion is a mystery in TFS.

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF

  42. Talgor is the divine Father of the Whole, Bestower of the mystic light, Dispeller of darkness, and Destroyer of all worlds. His sacred symbol graces the image for the skarastaja posts.

    The skarastaja are sun worshippers. In reality, their world is quickly being roasted into oblivion by an aging massive star. How the low-tech skarastaja manage to understand this phenomenon as a basis for their religion is a mystery in TFS.

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #SFFBook #SFF

  43. There are many religions in the årdrakin Empire, although Årdraan (the belief in Årdra, the Mother Goddess) is the majority belief system. To encompass the many different places that people worship in, the årdrakin use the word "tújimú shizål" to loosely mean church or temple, but literally it translates as "belief house".

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #AmWritingSFF #SFF #ScienceFantasy #SFFBook

  44. There are many religions in the årdrakin Empire, although Årdraan (the belief in Årdra, the Mother Goddess) is the majority belief system. To encompass the many different places that people worship in, the årdrakin use the word "tújimú shizål" to loosely mean church or temple, but literally it translates as "belief house".

    #AllOurSinsSeries #TheFirstSinWIP #languary2023 #conlang #AmWritingSFF #SFF #ScienceFantasy #SFFBook