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Doctor from the Horn of Africa. Shedding my skin one act and one word at a time. I joined this site to learn more about writing.

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Khaled @kaloverbrook.bsky.social · 1d

Reading the WIP's in #Writesky back to back feels like sitting through Waking Life ( 2001 ).

Chimpanzee teaching a classroom - Waking Life

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Prof Emily @professoremily.bsky.social · 33m

I think from all of my WIPs, I hope people take away the message that humanity persists even in the darkest circumstances, and that love & empathy are always stronger than fear & hatred.

Maybe kinda basic but I think those are the ideas that drive everything I write.

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 3h

What sort of message do you hope people take away from your most recent book/wip? #WritingPrompt

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Khaled @kaloverbrook.bsky.social · 2h

I initially looked for Hitler dog, then I just went with his name in the gif section :P

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Khaled @kaloverbrook.bsky.social · 2h

Sounds like marriage material. Wait a minute! I smell parallel!

a gorilla is sitting on a rock in a zoo .

ALT: a gorilla is sitting on a rock in a zoo .

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Khaled @kaloverbrook.bsky.social · 2h

Locke's Interior minister pays very very well. You can win big in his casino's if you play your cards right. You'll sleep well knowing your business won't burn down so long as you pay for protection, on time. Long high is cheap and on the off-chance you irk him, your death might come quick.

Sage T. Greene, Author @sagetgreene.bsky.social · 14h

#Novmemeber 5

Yeah, your Antagonist has flaws, but what are some green flags of theirs?
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Can't think of any/not applicable to your villain? What would THEY say are their green flags?

Not a person, but a construct/idea? What do proponents say?

5. Your Antagonist’s green flags

A prompt game for the month of November, titled #Novmemeber (as in meme). Hosted by @sagetgreene.bsky.social . The bottom says "Have fun, interact, and remember alt text!" There is a silly emoji face with wild eyes and tongue sticking out, and some fall-style leaves in the corners.

Khaled @kaloverbrook.bsky.social · 3h

I recall one by Rumi.
About a boy who loved a girl in his class, the teacher noticed and poisoned her ( I assume Senna). Girl gets diarrhea and turns gaunt, boy loses attraction to her, teacher goes
aha! You loved her for her fluids and not her character!
I butchered this rendition but you get it.

Samantha Breaux @woodenvelt.bsky.social · 10h

Welcome to #Bookvember Day 5!

Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of the written word with others.

#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity

Bookvember, a book share prompt game for writers and readers by @woodenvelt.bsky.social

Day 5: Share your favorite children’s poetry book or author. How did you discover it/them? Remember: Quote post using #Bookvember. Use alt text for images. Have fun and interact with others!

Khaled @kaloverbrook.bsky.social · 3h

That really means a lot, I appreciate it.

Khaled @kaloverbrook.bsky.social · 6h

Besides appreciating this read, I love how you used the tree graphic as a point of view. Thank you!

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Pamela Jeong @pamelaelaela.bsky.social · 6h

Context: There’s some magicky stuff happening for Danbi at this point. Oh, and there’s a lynx.

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmQuerying
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But then I stop short. No less than a body’s length away, beside a tall hemlock, the lynx stands in full view.

His pale-yellow eyes are unflinching as they lock with mine. Their color reminds me so much of honeysuckles, I can almost smell them. The muscles in his long legs are tensed.

The lynx leaps.

He leaps straight up, landing halfway up the hemlock’s trunk, and climbs up to the nearest limb, at least twenty feet up from the ground. But I know he isn’t trying to escape.

He wants me to follow him.

He climbs higher and pauses at the next limb. I walk to the tree and gaze up at him.

I close my eyes. Behind my eyelids, I see the gleaming trail of the path we wove together. I see the radiant mass of wires in a feline shape with pricked ears, a ripple of color pulsing out from his chest in invitation.

I jump.

And suddenly I am scaling the tree, with feet that are not mine, with claws that I don’t have. The lynx bounds up the tree, a blue-gray cloud ascending above me, and I follow like I am also made of dust and water. Like I belong to its air, and it belongs to mine.

And then the world is blue.

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Khaled @kaloverbrook.bsky.social · 6h

It's only been a week but I learned so much from reading other writer's work and thoughts. My productivity tanked since signing up though.

Khaled @kaloverbrook.bsky.social · 8h

WIP : The Blood of Berenices - Ch. 4

Word of the day : Trail

At the steps, he pulled a roll and a lighter. The trail of smoke floated above his bloody hand, a ring of tooth-shaped wounds bled into his sleeve, his neck pulsed hard as the smoke raised his blood pressure and lightened his head.
Pushing the entrance door, he stopped before a dark mass, the silk-like edges of a black cloak covered pointed boots, his blood froze when he raised his gaze. The most feared weapon in all of the known world was staring right at him.
Standing at nine feet, the faceless bishop defied nature. Nothing went through Barus’s exhausted mind when he stared into glass eyes, the masked soldier leaned in, peering into his being. His eyes blurred the more he looked at the black crypts, the rigid steel mask was without expression, nor a voice.
All he heard were rapid breaths, despite it being completely still, causing him to tremble. The slender giant floated aside, it’s gaze unbroken, silently granting him leave.

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 14h

#NovemberWorldbuilders
This week's theme is COLORS! Tell me about something in your world that's PURPLE. Do you use it symbolically? Do you have anything special in your worldbuilding that's purple? Maybe an animal, jewels, a garment, a flower, or something more strange and magical?

#NovemberWorldbuilders prompt card

Hosted by Kira of the Wind
Week 1: Colors
Something in your world that is PURPLE

The image in the background is a blurred picture of a foresty/rocky landscape with lightning and a mountain in the background

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Charlie Delta @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 12h

#NovemberWorldbuilders

One of the protagonists from further into the story, Nik, wields electrical powers. Her magic manifests as violet/purple lightning, and when a stone is charged with her power it glows a brilliant purple in color.

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Khaled @kaloverbrook.bsky.social · 13h

Journeyman greenthumb

Khaled @kaloverbrook.bsky.social · 1d

I honestly wish I gave myself deadlines. Restrictions force you to find outcomes right? And my gate scene isn't really much, I mean I like the gate itself because it's steampunkish but that's all really. Knock it out!

a pikachu wearing a blue hat with a red circle on it

ALT: a pikachu wearing a blue hat with a red circle on it

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Khaled @kaloverbrook.bsky.social · 1d

This is lyrical and from a time before the trove of life experience you have now. I can only imagine how it turns out if you go all out!

Khaled @kaloverbrook.bsky.social · 1d

Days are still good! It was just way better back then lol.

Khaled @kaloverbrook.bsky.social · 1d

What a throwback to when classmates used to frost-tip their hair. xD

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Charlie Delta @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 1d

#NovemberWorldbuilders

Hmm, I could talk about another dragon 😂

But a different prominent green is the algae pools that grow the food source for the underground city of Ynthessen. A lot of their foods are algae based for that reason, so there are green soups, stews, and breads underground.

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 1d

Hey there, #NovemberWorldbuilders!
It's COLORS week! Tell me about something in your world that's green. This one is probably more common, since green is so strongly associated with nature. Do you have any cool greenery in your world? Or maybe you've used it for an object? Tell me about it!

#NovemberWorldbuilders prompt card

Hosted by Kira of the Wind
Week 1: Colors
Something in your world that is GREEN

The image in the background is a blurred picture of a foresty/rocky landscape with lightning and a mountain in the background

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Khaled @kaloverbrook.bsky.social · 1d

Don't hurt nobody lol. Stay up!

Khaled @kaloverbrook.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely this one 26 book encyclopedia that included all sciences somehow from A to Z. Found it in a yard sale ( damn I miss those ). It was made for children so my 8 year old mind really chewed it all up, and it had dinosaurs. I think.

Samantha Breaux @woodenvelt.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to #Bookvember Day 4!

Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of the written word with others.

#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity

Bookvember, a book share prompt game for writers and readers by @woodenvelt.bsky.social

Day 4: Share your favorite non-fiction children’s book or series. What topic did you nerd out over? Dinosaurs? Space? Something more obscure? Remember: Quote post using #Bookvember. Use alt text for images. Have fun and interact with others!

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Khaled @kaloverbrook.bsky.social · 1d

Hope the editing works out great! I'm still a ways from having the courage to call it in for editing. Also I like how for your prompt you chose this scene regarding the gate, I was going to choose a similar scene describing a gate too, but I opted for another. Best wishes.

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Khaled @kaloverbrook.bsky.social · 1d

Blast some Busta Rhymes' - Where's my money before walking in! Sorry don't it'll probably add to the anxiety. I hope it turns out well.

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Khaled @kaloverbrook.bsky.social · 1d

Palm-tree's becomes a sort of inside joke/ reference from then on.

Khaled @kaloverbrook.bsky.social · 1d

My two MC's survived a terrible ordeal and sat down at a dirty bus stop, eating pizza past midnight. A couple in a flat got in a fight.

Over minutes the wife tossed out identical palm-tree patterned shirts with varying colors on the street, until the MC's couldn't stop laughing at his wardrobe.

Sage T. Greene, Author @sagetgreene.bsky.social · 1d

#Novmemeber 4

Are there any inside jokes or references in your WIP? Share one (or a few)!

4. Inside jokes/references in WIP

A prompt game for the month of November, titled #Novmemeber (as in meme). Hosted by @sagetgreene.bsky.social . The bottom says "Have fun, interact, and remember alt text!" There is a silly emoji face with wild eyes and tongue sticking out, and some fall-style leaves in the corners.

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