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It's great when people send in photos of family treasures! Here's something else that says #Victorian at you: domestic stained glass. It's a door panel featuring a robin, photo ©Marilyn Madigan, great-granddaughter of the artist, John J. Jennings (1848-1919). https://victorianweb.org/art/stainedglass/jennings/4.html

#PennedPossibilities 1107: Saturday Word Edition: Share something from your WIP pertaining to the word “anticipation.”

(For @thatwriterellie.)

I’ll share a tiny excerpt.

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“How long have you thought about this?” asked Fenella, her gaze bravely searching for his own. His thumb slid away her lips and he dragged it along her chin, inhaling sharply as he leant closer. Then his breath ghosted across her skin as he exhaled. It was almost an intimate caress, but she craved more.

“I’ve thought of little else since you left,” Alistair confessed. “It’s been torture.”

“Then show me what you’ve missed,” she begged, a hand falling to the small of his back. The anticipation was enough to swallow her whole. She pulled him into her, guiding him, and he groaned at the pressure, the closeness, and the intimacy behind it. His free hand settled on her hip, where he tightened his hold, and her knees went weak.

“Let’s try again,” she added. “I think we deserve a second chance.”

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#WordWeavers 8/22: Which character would make the worst roommate?

Oof. Big oof. I can't choose between two of my antagonists, Isma or Duncan. I think Duncan would try to drain me dry and leave me to die on the floor. He would make a game of the hunt. Isma, however, would enthrall me and use me as a slave, maybe turning me into a fellow vampire later on, just to suffer as a life-long, immortal slave for him. I think, given the situation, Isma would be far worse.

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#ScribesAndMakers 8/21: Link to or summarize yesterday's poll and reveal the answer.

I *do* have a character who's able to read minds. That would be Alistair.

I *also* have a character who sells antiques and art pieces. That would be Caden, and he's quite a businessman.

I don't have a character who was a spellcasting warlord at one time, though. That was a random answer I came up with in the moment.

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#PennedPossibilities 1106: SC POV: When was a time where you had to make an impossible choice?

I talked about Caden last night, so let’s do it again.

Caden: It was when I left the cult. I hated every second of it, but I had to leave a friend behind. He needed my help to escape as well, but I couldn’t do anything for him in the moment. I had to run. He told me to go. I thought I could come back for him one day, so I ran, and ran, and ran.

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Just had one hell of an idea for Book 2 of the Bloodbound Legacy Series. I knew it was going to be about Caden (who's a vampire), but I wasn't sure exactly what his story would be or where it would go. Imagine that he becomes enamored with a local Wraith, Phantom, or Spectre (I haven't decided yet on the lore or the creature's species name, but he'll be a more corporeal and tangible spirit). Since Caden was a character that was vaguely based on Crowley from Good Omens, just for a friend of mine, I could make said creature a good/light-hearted, fun, loving, caring one (a bit like Aziraphale). Maybe he even loves books and occupies a library in Moray, Scotland. Haunting a bit, making friends, etc. They could fall in love. Why not do a full dedication of sorts for a friend? We would be the only people who knew where the inspiration actually came from lol.

Let me know what you guys think... Yay? Nay? I really like it, to be honest. 🤔

@CodexArcene @therivercrow

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On this trip we explore the Hucknall Torkard church, wherein lie the remains of the poet #Byron.

#History #England #Victorian

https://www.reporting-history.com/2026/08/21/nooks-and-corners-of-old-england-hucknall-torkard-church/

#PennedPossibilities 1105: What secret does one of your characters keep that is dangerous to them? Does anyone else know about it?

I’ll go with the safe option for this answer.

Caden is a Dreamcaster. Simply put, he can send individuals to sleep and induce a dreamstate. He’s even able to influence and affect the dream if he so chooses. This is precious information, of course, and it’s a skill that he doesn't dare tell others that he possesses. It’s highly sought after, and it’s too dangerous to risk. Years ago, he was in a vampire cult and managed to escape them. They would use him if they knew.

Towards the beginning of the novel, he chooses to tell Fenella and Alistair. Well, I say *tell,* but what I really mean to say is that he *shows* them — of course, by putting both of them to sleep and making them dream. He’s dramatic that way. Anyway, he trusts this secret with them. They’re all such close friends. But the fact that he hid this piece of himself for centuries is mind-boggling to Fen and Alistair…

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#WordWeavers 8/20: If your story had a tagline, what would it be?

Steadfast loyalty, compassion, and care are what make you family, not blood.

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#WordWeavers 8/19: Which character has changed the most since your first draft?

Hati has changed the most for me (and she's still changing). She has gone from what was supposed to be a friend to the MCs and merely a SC to almost a third MC at this point.

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#ScribesAndMakers 8/20: Create a poll describing two characters that feature in your stories and one who doesn't. Ask people to guess the one that isn't in your work.

We're strictly discussing Wings of Quiet Longing for this one, folks.

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Here's some lovely #Victorian #Ironwork outside the Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, #York. It came from the Walker Iron Foundry in 1852, and still looks great today
https://victorianweb.org/art/design/castiron/34.html

The September issue of History Today is on sale today

Featuring: #Mao’s #China, a #medieval forgery, #Victorian reading, the #BengalFamine, #CivilWar petitions, and more.

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#PennedPossibilities 1104: Where has your MC lived the longest? What kept them there for so long?

It’s Dorcha Castle in Moray, Scotland. In fact, he actually *still* resides there. Memories, loyalty, love, and friendship have all been the reasons why he stayed. It’s his home.

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64 Essex Road, Islington, London, 2025

Former Victorian warehouse with an attractive brick façade.

📸 View HD images at https://modernistdelights.com/64-essex-road-islington-london-2025/?utm_medium=organic_social&utm_source=mastodon

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Spent an afternoon at Highgate Cemetery when on vacation in the UK and this is one of my favorite photos from the trip. #photography #cemetery #victorian

#WordWeavers 8/18: What's your favorite line you've written this year?

What a tough question. How about this one:

The pupils weren’t just black, they were midnight fields, starless and infinite that swallowed distance and sound, leaving a weighted, eternal silence.

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#WordWeavers 8/17: Which scene made you laugh while writing it?

I'll share it. It still makes me giggle.

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4 wks till The Crooked Medium's Guide to Terror. Buy/preorder link below (for this AND the first book!)

#Victorian #spooky
grumpy older #sapphics
brutal railway #murder.
rival medium
prophecy of vengeance.
disgraced nobles
Gilbert & Sullivan
snarky dock-lass
TRUST NO-ONE

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