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#Wordweavers 5 Dec 'Tell us about a character who has a secret.'

School Teacher Mr Rafone (aka OpenMike) is in a relationship with one of the other characters

It's a less than closely guarded secret, and it becomes abundantly clear the day after KristalClear and NutJob finish school

Final chapter has the big reveal

It’s teenage fiction, a bit of fun and minor intrigue, nothing indelicate!

#scifi #SlenderWolf #education #horses #writingCommunity #IndieAuthor #ships #survival #Lancaster

Book back cover - the background is a view of planet Earth from space, largely obscured by many smaller pictures and text. The top two thirds of the cover show outer space in black - the lower third shows cloud cover of about 20% revealing a mix of greens and blues, and indistinct divisions of land and sea - the horizon is prominent with various shades of hazy blues and whites. Top banner blurb Dominated by horses and ships, 400 years in the future looks a lot like 200 years in the past. KristalClear, NutJob and CandiCrush grow up in a world with no oil, no cars and no internet. Middle There are 18 headshots resembling passport photos showing the 3 main characters slightly larger than the 15 secondary characters. The headshots are colour pencil sketches, pale grey background, each in a grey picture frame. The character name is given beneath. The collection of pictures ends with the text - Turn to page XXIX to see the character profiles. Bottom banner A bar code is positioned to the right, with text wrapped to the left of that and below. The blurb says Climate Change Famine Decimation Mass Migration With London under water in 2450AD the new capital is Lancaster. The people of Wolfland are plagued by the pirates who operate out of Worringfolk. They’re continually disrupting the trade routes across the Irish Sea. That’s where MaxChaos, HayWire and BarmyWaffle come in. Demi-real, demi-dystopia with a touch of easy-going juvenile humour!

www.slenderwolf.com

Busy day, #today! I’ve been sick, but there are still #3goodthings

- Finally got books shipped out so that my novel will be part of the national library and archives of #Canada

- My partner and I were working together this evening to get my partner’s graphic novel printed. She was getting prepress rolling today and I finalized marketing copy. Love working together with her.

- Cookies! There were cookies and that was quite joyful.

#writingcommunity #indieauthor #indieartist #books #comica

Join travel editor Rachael Boardman as she reflects on her first time sailing — fortunately with able skipper Jules Octavian.

https://countyfencemagazine.com/sailing-yacht-atlanta

#Sailing #VanLife #Cruising @bookstodon #books #writing #reading #ON #Author #Writer #WritersofMastodon #Readers #IndieAuthor #AmReading #Authors #WritingLife #AuthorsofMastodon #FridayReads #EasternOntario #KingstonON #CanLit #CanCon #Canada #Ontario #GreatLakes

Title card for "Sailing Yacht Atlanta" featuring a white on black line drawing of a classic sailing yacht.

Screencap of article. First paragraph reads: Jules Horatio Octavian bought the neglected sailing yacht Atlanta in the fall of 1964 and it has been taking him on adventures near and far ever since. An oasis of exotic oiled woods, brass, and good scotch it’s not just a place to escape from the world, it’s a place that encourages you to run and hide.

Day 1-3 for December's #50wordromance
Princess Elistra- Polyamourous Fantasy FFMM

Today's Word Prompt - Mysterious
Meaning: difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify.

The room falls dead silent as the wind and the cries of dismay stop abruptly.
"A Portal Wizard, you say." Lady Emerald hums, a mysterious look crossing her wrinkled face. "You and I both know there’s only been one magical family that’s spawned portal wizards."
“The Blaum’s.” Donncha reveals.

Today's Word Prompt - Vigilante
Meaning: a member of a self-appointed group of citizens who undertake law enforcement in their community without legal authority, typically because the legal agencies are thought to be inadequate.

A rumble began in the front of the room and radiated out, growing into a rage and fear induced frenzy at Donncha’s revelation.

“Maybe we should continue this somewhere else. We don’t want the court to turn into a vigilante free for all.” Hissed Lady Emerald as she eyed the crowd.

Today's Word Prompt - Ubiquitous
Meaning: present, appearing, or found everywhere.

The ubiquitous fear from all around the room, urged me to speak up.

"My good people, all is well in hand. I'll see to the removing this threat and will answer the violence from Thaime. Our army prepares now to march out to war against our enemies. Do not fear."

#romancebooks #indieauthor #romanceauthor #megstrattonauthor #50wordromance

Day 28-30 for November's #50wordromance
Princess Elistra- Polyamourous Fantasy FFMM

Today's Word Prompt - Wyvern
Meaning: a winged two-legged dragon with a barbed tail.

“We don’t have time for this!! We both know that a wyvern was stalking us from the clearing to the labyrinth. We must attend to the war that is ready to breakout.”

“I was just having a bit of fun, sonny. My, you’ve gotten stodgy in your old age."

Today's Word Prompt - Insipid
Meaning: lacking vigor or interest.

Lady Emerald rolls her eyes properly like a disgruntled teenager, as Donncha blusters.
“I’m no insipid dandy!” He finally sputters.

I will never reveal it to him but he’s a tad old fashioned. Lady Emerald seeing she’s hurt his feelings, pats his arm in an attempt to settle him.

Today's Word Prompt - Sisu
Meaning: the Finnish concept of grit, courage, and tenacity

“I know you possess the sisu to win this war, grandson. You, your Queen, and her other consorts will be successful.” A snort of derision issues inelegantly from her nose.

“Not if they’ve the strength of a Portal Wizard behind them!” This time his shout reaches every ear in the room.

#romancebooks #indieauthor #romanceauthor #megstrattonauthor #50wordromance

Most worlds explain. Akidir, a #fantasy world, lets you discover.

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In fantasy, destiny is always calling someone. A chosen one. A cursed one. A forgotten one.

But here’s the real question:

Would you accept a destiny you did not choose? Or would you walk away even if the world needed you?

#mastodon #books #fediverse #fantasy #indieauthor #readers #news #literature

Ebook and paperback: https://books2read.com/TheThirdWish

Spies, aliens, trolls, wizards and a disowned prince use a time machine, to improve their place in history, but Levi Jacobs stands in their way, despite having just lost his parents in war. Will he stop them or will the time travelers kill his father at a pivotal moment, on which the fate of the galaxy hangs?

@bookstodon
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(Left) The cover of The Third Wish, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson.

A wizard in a black robe that glitters with hints of gold stands on a mountain and looks down at a city of sky scrapers covered in greenery. In his shadow lurks a creature with glowing red eyes.

In the background, the sun is setting and stars are becoming visible.

(Right Background) Four images separated by black lines, with the silhouette of a woman wielding two swords laid over them. She's outlined in black and her interior is yellow clock-based imagery that spirals outward from the center.

The upper left quarter is a queen in a red, furred robe, wearing a gold and diamond crown. She has dark eyebrows and blond hair.

Upper right is a planet seen from orbit.

Lower left is a symbolic wire frame representation of the view inside a wormhole, in green and yellow.

Lower right is dandelions among grass.

The angle of the planet, one of the woman's swords, the yellow highlights of the wormhole and some of the dandelions form a line that draws the eye along a sweeping curve.

(Right Foreground) The following quote:

He admired the flawless beauty of the insane swordswoman’s fluid movements as Ida took desperate step after step, backwards!

He felt waves of mental energy pour off the panic-stricken troll, but the energy bounced right off of Nicole’s mind, as though she’d shut herself inside a solid, red-hot, steel box of rage!

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/TheThirdWish

#Books make great holiday gifts. #indieauthor #shopsmall #historicalfiction #contemporaryromance #bookstodon #romancelandia

https://books2read.com/ap/RJo3MO/Sharon-E-Cathcart

My 3rd #book: internal battles & overcoming adversity

- #mentalillness ( #ptsd, #depression, suicidal, #anxiety, etc)
- #Bullying (school/home)
- #Antisemitism
- #Domesticabuse (verbal, physical, emotional & sexual)

People wanted me to stay silent...I'm speaking out to empower others

5 parts (not chapters):
- Hell: A toxic home life & turbulent school life
- Escaping hell
- Rebuilding & #Healing
- #Survivor turned warrior
- Outspoken advocate

#authors #indieauthor #writing #publishing #WIP

Chapter 35 of Stone Prophet is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city

After some scans to satisfy the curiosity of a scientist and some discussion of restoring Irkith, Nicole assembles the Seventh Sage's life stone, playing right into the hands of Olyna, who hides within Reason...

@bookstodon
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More examples of my favorite book cover commissions - and now you can reserve a spot for 2025 to have your own 100% HUMAN MADE illustrated cover for your book, short story, or just for fun!

Contact: hiisikoloart@gmail.com

My website for more references: https://mxmilo.wixsite.com/hiisikoloart/hiisikoloartcover-commissions

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Graphic that depicts how a book cover is made by hiisikoloART.
Commission me: hiisikoloart@gmail.com
Commissions include: 3 thumbnails sketches, adjusted sketch, paperback - eBook, Hand drawn title, Original font (optional), separate title files as PNG. NO AI, 100% illustrated.

The graphic displays how the 3 thumbnails in this work looked like - two different title sketches types, and 3 different compositions how the jaguar could be. In first one the jaguar is creeping up towards the onlooker, in second the jaguar would be in mid transition between jaguar and human-form, and third one is the one client selected. Above the sketch is cleaned up sketch of the thumbnail with color placements to help client visualize the work.
Rest is a showcase of the eBook and paperback with had drawn titles like the author name "Sienna Eggler", and "Voracity" as the title of the book. The back text, is custom made for the cover and tells the story in the book. The illustration depicts a black jaguar peeking amongst jungle leaves in a dark, moon lit forest. Its eyes are shining yellow, and its maw is bloodied, the red streaming down on a hand below its jaw. The hand is pale in middle of a transfomation - finger nails turning into claws, and forearm coating with black fur. The spine of the book, like the main title, is shredded with claw marks. The back illustration depicts bloodied leaves of a jungle, and wide opening view of the endless forest revealing a full moon among sparse clouds.

Illustrated eBook cover in a clean lined sci-fi styled. Uses colors of teal, and deep blue at the forefront and the background where you can see a sprawling city of glass and tall structures. At the forefront is are papers magnetized to a wall. the papers draw a story of a detective case where a dog, which in the pciture is wearing a backwards hat, is missing. The title reads "The Celeste Files, Early Adopter Book 2", by "Sienna Eggler". Illustration is by hiisikoloART, and all of the art is original - including the title work.

Fully illustrated eBook cover with a 3d silver illustrated title work that reads "Eternal Kingdoms ALLIANCES" by "Johnathan Gaspar". The titlework at the bottom is shrouded in deep red that makes the the words shine and pop out of the background. The top title is lightly shaded with black to make the author's name more visible.

There are five characters on the cover. At the top, a red and black demon-like entity with large horns and glowing red eyes that oozes black shadows around him. Below him are a black dragon and a raven back to back. They are of the same size and are shaded with red glow of the evil one at the top. Below them are the main characters. To the bottom left is a silver haired elf with elaborate braids on her long hair. She is looking up right in a different angle than the others. She is pale and looks almost startled. At the right is an asian man, a human, who looks up in a hopeful way. He too has a long hair but his is jet black.His clothes have patterned blues, that match the peeking blues of her medieval-style cut dress that is dominated with deep back over dress. His tunic is striped with white that match her barely rosy skintone.

The background is teal colored and it is split by oval shapes that surround the five in ombre reds and blacks.

This is a commisison made by hiisikoloART. All of the art is original, and no other assets were used.

A simple style eBook cover. Title reads in twirling ombre deep blue colors "Eldrain Four". The "O" in the word "Four" is replaced with a gold rimmed shield with a flaming sword at the middle of it. Author name "Johnathan Gaspar" is at the top, circled with golden hue like the main title.

The background is of many blues that showcase the silhuette of a mountain range. The main focus is at a white wold that has stark colorful lines that create his form. The lines shine in many colors from deep blue, to teal, and gold. His nose and mouth are black, and eyes deep yellow and orange. He and the titles are surrounded with white branches that are white, teal, and shine with gold like frost would have gilded onto them.

100% original illustration by hiisikoloART - including the title work.

15 people share the one life-changing piece of advice that actually stuck with them forever

https://www.upworthy.com/people-share-wisdom-ex1

#AmWriting #WritersLife #WritingCommunity #AuthorLife #SciFiWriter #BookLovers #IndieAuthor #Bookish #author #advice

My 2x Self-Published books:

https://www.amazon.com/Stopping-dangerous-Revolution-Providing-challenges-ebook/dp/B09MR47PTQ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=EWBD566OHFRS&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.nIDw6FAbpoPyD6Mhcsr0nUuWHoyd5h9UqkWm5EVpnNdvdk8Rztk0b8y0s-jmFto1032tz8wcwYlaodn_znHxMa6ybe7bsJj_v5SCXjiL1bBpqxUq7ynBZpjV8RXqp_OatMG3fiv0CaiTwSRfVcZ292O65YJayaO0VvoSpIr-_qwdL-s6I9gSSQ4UKxfUaVnFEvu068yWlPn5xa4dxOuSzFHETh8vHSXRjZdFZemWA8k.rmiCL0WEOVY5wuMp6Udd6X3lflwwOa26OyYvLqZzyzo&dib_tag=se&keywords=stopping+a+dangerous+revolution&qid=1764798439&sprefix=stopping+a+dangerous+revolution%2Caps%2C114&sr=8-1

https://www.amazon.com/Random-Quotes-Personal-Thoughts-Philosophies-ebook/dp/B0DYVHMRN5/ref=sr_1_1?crid=J6JD8T9V11X1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1MICSykyU-3VLhqGep7KMyIN7R6L-IoIp9HnzoUnldvbWVGBlHDeP7641upV7u90Ympdl40G1_mTj1S-UWhHyOWUJQ55_-Hzuzj_wRO7Hxo-Fm_fAqmwaL_m7MMQ5dHNcrCkRYAPjDKXBRvpiDHg2fqjlR6t5AB3PWOhL1xhOn488hABigilsfdBnGIOH4xYDMX350YKfIJwvPbQhp7qp8UIqQqwIVwEJUz9dkghIzw.vb02xDcP3DOKqCBYnk2sB0BFrU2oyKUfRwhAbg8KDgQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=random+quotes%2C+personal+thoughts+%26+philosophies&qid=1764798401&sprefix=random+quotes%2Caps%2C140&sr=8-1

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Random quotes, personal thoughts, and philosophies

This weekend's creative project is to adjust this map of the city of Volgstadt so it's more print ready.

Volgstadt is the largest city in Old Volgvarra, situated on the rivers Edda and the Volge; the people who founded the city came from our world, originally, and settling here only when they realized there was no way home. The river Volga is so named because they did not realize for many years that it was not the famed river they were looking for.

Politics in Volgstadt are dominated by powerful labor unions, collectively known as bluecoats, a paramilitary style city watch (greycoats), fading aristocratic families who worship the stars (asterites), and bourgeois merchant guilds who control trade throughout the region with an iron grip.

#indiebooks #indieauthor #bookstodon #cosmichorror #darkfantasy #lgbtq #transauthor #writer #author #rpgmaps #tabletoprpgs

A map of the city of Volgstadt, built in Inkarnate. My favorite spot is Shitwater Watch - so named because the fecal runoff from High Hill and Five Coins has a tendency to pool and stagnate.where the Edda and the Volge come together.

Ebook and paperback: https://books2read.com/ForgottenLegends

In a time when science and reason have largely displaced myth and legend, humans stumble on a mysterious space station in unexplored space. Inadvertently angering the ancient, forgotten gods and monsters living inside, war between mankind and the abandoned legends begins, with the fate of the entire galaxy at stake!

@bookstodon
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(Left) The cover of Forgotten Legends, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson.

The covers shows a child in bed, reading a book, while a black, misty, red-eyed monsters lurks under his bed.

The blanket of the bed is made of squares in yellow, red, and two shades of blue, depicting the sun. The rug on the floor is blue and has toys scattered on it. The bed's frame is bright red.

The dresser beside the bed has been painted to display a cross-section of a dwarf mine, with the bottom of the four drawers appearing as the interior, the next layer as the surface, the third layer shows white clouds on blue sky and the top layer is the stars of space. On top of the dresser is a model of a space station that resembles a twenty-sided polygon, which has a light mounted inside the open docking bay, effectively turning the model into a lampshade.

The wall and floor are wood. The corner of a window is visible above the dresser.

(Right) Many dark-colored flying saucers float in space, near a white star that dominates the background. The following quote is displayed over the scene:

War trembled in rage, ranting, “Do you not know the indignities they’ve forced on me? They put me in a dress! With sequins!”

“They forced the incarnation of War to sit quietly in the corner, all dressed up, while they talked peace!”

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/ForgottenLegends

Most of the time, this #indieauthor thing feels like shouting into the void, but then an email arrives from a #reader across the globe to say someone gifted them your book and how much they liked it. So you never know how far your words might be traveling, and it might be farther than you think. Thank you to that reader, and #readers everywhere 🙏

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Ein Tag voller "eben schnell"-Kleinigkeiten, die alle für sich in der Theorie nur ein paar Minuten bräuchten, aber ... Wieviel Energie kann man eigentlich mit diesem ganzen Kleinsch* verbraten? #Autorenleben #writerslife #indieauthor