Shankar
@shankarauthor.bsky.social
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YA Fantasy Writer | Building the world of Eidenforst Engineer, gamer, neurodivergent, dad. Here for craft, accountability, community.🌲 eidenforst.com (coming soon)"
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Almost 2 hours in, this has me hooked.

#AmReading #booksky #YAfantasy
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But I also asked my friends to vouch for me on TV. Well it’s rigged anyway.
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Some weekend motivation came by mail today. Is it wrong?

#AmWriting #Tools&Toys #writesky #fantasy #NewGearDay
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Writing set up question: what tools does everyone use?

I’m on Obsidian + Pro Writing Aid. I’ve considered Scrivener but my imposter syndrome doesn’t let me use it yet.

#writesky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #fantasy
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It does take a toll on everyone. On some rare occasions negative emotions from personal life, enables writing. I had a recent conflict with close family and it helped me write a scene which needed a negative emotional state.
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I blame Hades 2 for my lack of progress.
400 words and some lore (which I am proud of) in 5 days.

#Eidenforst #fantasy #YA #writing #writesky #gaming
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I’ve written 0 in 4 days. Did a lot of unnecessary world building though. I like your set up.
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So you say it’s ok to have an agenda if it’s not evil.
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Does true benevolence exist? Or is it always a disguised agenda?
Wrestling with character motivations today.
#AmWriting #Worldbuilding #fantasy #writesky
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How my MC and I read.

#AmWriting #fantasy #writesky #booksky #AmReading
A stack of 4 books
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That book cover 👌🏽
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I would say, you should.
Nature has ways to accommodate us, to tolerate us.
Also take a friend with you 😜
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I am at the edge of the Forst. She is eloquent at times, moody more often. The stories she has needs time to soften.

#AmWriting #fantasy #writing #YA #fiction #WritingInspiration #Eidenforst #writesky
The moss on the forest floor with patches of sun filtered through the canopy
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Just saw her work, amazing. Someday I might need a book cover. Who knows🫣.
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6 months ago, I wanted to create a picture book based on a bedtime story I made up for my toddler. It needed a home, a town, and a forest. Today Eidenforst is an entire world with its own lore, magic, and bigger stories to tell.
#YAfantasy #writesky #Amwriting #fantasy #magic #Writingcommunity
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Starting my debut YA fantasy journey! Writing Eidenforst—a world where conservation & cooperation drives everything.
17k words in. Some days it flows, some I rewrite the same scene 5 times.
Writers: how do you push through the hard parts?
#AmWriting #YAFantasy #WritingCommunity
#DebutAuthor"