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First eye doctor appointment in....... seven years....... ish..... 😂😅

It went well! I'm getting new glasses and I'm excited 🥰

December 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM

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Alyssa Matesic

@alyssamatesic.bsky.social

Conflict is your story's fuel. Without enough conflict, your story will lack tension, stakes, and momentum.

Here are the 3 keys to writing strong conflict:
💥 Include external AND internal
💥 Make it believable
💥 Don't resolve it too soon

December 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM

Kat is married!! 💙💍

@katcooperwrites.bsky.social

My coffee table, couch, and exercise bike are all a bunch of BULLIES!!! 😭😭 I just bashed my pinky toe on my exercise bike really hard, and earlier I hit my knee on my coffee table and two of my toes on the other foot on my couch 😭😭

December 3, 2025 at 2:05 AM

Kat is married!! 💙💍

@katcooperwrites.bsky.social

December #QueerPrompts 2: pick any past prompt or make up your own! (I'm going with ghosts or spirits in story? because I didn't get to do the October prompts)

There'll be ghosts later in the series during an important battle :)

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Kat is married!! 💙💍 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 2d

December #QueerPrompts 1: introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book

I'm Kat, still working on book 4 of the "Light's Rebellion" series, which currently has the title "Son of Embers". Right now I need to figure out what happens next in chapter 3.

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

1: introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book
2: #QueerPrompts 2nd Birthday: Pick any past prompt or make up your own!
3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities: GIF/Audio or description of disability rep in your story
4: National Cookie Day: Are your characters soft, hard, or nutty?
5: International Volunteer Day: Free Friday or where would your character(s) volunteer?
6: which character never quits?
7: National Letter Writing Day: if your characters wrote letters to each other, what would they say?
8: Pansexual/Panromantic Pride Day: pan rep in story?
9: MC/character's favorite childhood toy(s)
10: Human Rights Day: GIF/Audio or description of how much/little rights your story's world has
11: best/worst dancer in your story
12: Free Friday or queer holiday reading recs
13: do any of your characters have a distinct way of talking or laughing?
14: what would your book's candle scent be?
15: National Cupcake Day: MC/character's favorite sweet treat
16: does your MC/characters prefer day or night?
17: GIF/Audio or description of what type of gift your character(s) would want
18: National Twin Day: any twin-like telepathy between characters in your story?
19: Free Friday or what would be your MC/character's favorite holiday movie?
20: any special holiday traditions in your story?
21: Winter/Summer Solstice: Would your character(s) prefer a snow day or beach day?
22: what would the ghosts of past, present, and future show your MC?
23: is your MC more like Santa or Scrooge?
24: GIF/Audio or description of how naughty or nice your character(s) are
25: what gift would your MC/characters love to get?
26: Free Friday or favorite reads of 2025
27: do any of your characters believe in fate/destiny?
28: how would your character(s) react if they read your story?
29: any lessons learned in 2025?
30: #QueerPrompts 2nd Birthday: what prompts do you want to see more/less of next year?
31: month/year wrap-up or GIF/Audio or description of how much writing you did in 2025

December 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM

Kat is married!! 💙💍

@katcooperwrites.bsky.social

#FantasyIndiesDecember 2: holidays in WIP

"Son of Embers" doesn't have any holidays. I'd like to do a short story of Brae & Malicai celebrating the Festival of Summer's Night at some point, or maybe whatever the Christmas-equivalent holiday is.

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Kat is married!! 💙💍 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 2d

#FantasyIndiesDecember 1: introduce yourself & WIP

I'm Kat, still working on book 4 of the "Light's Rebellion" series, which currently has the title "Son of Embers". Right now I'm on chapter 3, and need to figure out what happens next.

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Fantasy Indies December prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1: introduce yourself & WIP
2: holidays in WIP
3: holiday/wintery book recs
4: holiday recipes
5: Free Friday or holiday/wintery movies or tv shows
6: Saturday Snippet
7: would your characters be on the naughty or nice list?
8: season(s) in WIP
9: Santa or Krampus?
10: books you hope to read by the end of the year
11: bookish gift ideas
12: Free Friday or favorite holiday songs
13: Saturday Snippet
14: comp titles for WIP
15: lows of 2025
16: your preferred type of elf (Tolkien, Christmas, other)
17: new-to-you authors you read this year
18: your favorite holidays
19: Free Friday or show off your ugly Christmas sweater
20: Saturday Snippet
21: what gifts would your characters give each other?
22: favorite holiday memory
23: favorite Christmas story/myth
24: snowy scene from WIP
25: Merry Christmas!
26: Free Friday or 2026 books you’re excited for
27: Saturday Snippet
28: 2025 achievements
29: goals for 2026
30: favorite reads of 2025
31: year wrap up

December 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM

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Buntglas

@buntglas.bsky.social

bringing back this Misam from the beginnng of the year cause I was just browsing my Misam collection 🌌🌌🌌 (which is way too small. Gotta work harder!)

December 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM

Kat is married!! 💙💍

@katcooperwrites.bsky.social

December #QueerPrompts 1: introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book

I'm Kat, still working on book 4 of the "Light's Rebellion" series, which currently has the title "Son of Embers". Right now I need to figure out what happens next in chapter 3.

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

December 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM

Kat is married!! 💙💍

@katcooperwrites.bsky.social

#FantasyIndiesDecember 1: introduce yourself & WIP

I'm Kat, still working on book 4 of the "Light's Rebellion" series, which currently has the title "Son of Embers". Right now I'm on chapter 3, and need to figure out what happens next.

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

December 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM

Kat is married!! 💙💍

@katcooperwrites.bsky.social

It has been a rough couple of days. Trying to focus on my honeymoon being in 2 weeks.

December 1, 2025 at 5:45 AM

Kat is married!! 💙💍

@katcooperwrites.bsky.social

November #QueerPrompts 30: monthly wrap-up

November was a lot. But I managed to write a few times a week before I got to my Thanksgiving break. Dunno about actual word count.

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Kat is married!! 💙💍 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · Nov 2

November #QueerPrompts 1: introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book

I'm Kat! After taking October off to focus on my wedding, I'm back and focusing on book 4 of the "Light's Rebellion" series, which currently has the title "Son of Embers".

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

1. Introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book
2. Transgender Parent Day: Trans/queer parent(s) in story?
3. Why you chose or didn't choose queer acceptance in your story's world
4. Any in-world legends of how your story's world came to be?
5. National Stress Awareness Day: GIF/Audio or description of how stressed your MC is for most of the story
6. On a scale of 1 to 10, how hopeful is your story?
7. Free Friday or trans art share
8. Intersex Day of Remembrance: How are intersex people treated in your story's world?
9. Cozy scene or snippet
10. National Young Readers Week Begins: Any queer-positive book recs for kids/teens?
11. Veteran's Day: War or family feud in story?
12. GIF/Audio or description of how well behaved your MC was as a child
13. Trans Awareness Week & World Kindness Day: Act(s) of kindness or kind trans/queer character(s) in your story?
14. Free Friday or trans reading recs
15. Do you listen to music while you write?
16. International Day for Tolerance: Ways your characters fight intolerance
17. International Students' Day: Any students in your story?
18. Are any of your characters famous in your story's world?
19. GIF/Audio or description of what show/movie your character(s) would enjoy or relate to
20. Transgender Day of Remembrance: Trans superheroes (fiction or irl)
21. Free Friday or snippet share: "family"
22. Would your MC/character rather be a villain with unlimited power and wealth or a hero with only their heart?
23. What superpowers would your characters choose?
24. If your MC/character(s) wrote a cookbook, what would it be called?
25. Do any of your characters have an odd sense of humor?
26. GIF/Audio or description of your MC's expression at a family gathering
27. Thanksgiving: What are your characters thankful for?
28. Free Friday or make up what a book is about based only on its cover
29. What would your MC/character's 3 magic wishes be?
30. Monthly Wrap-Up

December 1, 2025 at 5:43 AM

Kat is married!! 💙💍

@katcooperwrites.bsky.social

#FantasyIndiesNovember 30: monthly wrap-up (at least I'm assuming it's supposed to be 😂)

November was a lot. But I managed to write a few times a week before I got to my Thanksgiving break. Dunno about actual word count.

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Kat is married!! 💙💍 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · Nov 2

#FantasyIndiesNovember 1: introduce yourself & wip!

I'm Kat! After taking October off to focus on my wedding, I'm back for November to focus on book 4 of the "Light's Rebellion" series, which currently has the title "Son of Embers".

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Fantasy Indies November prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1. Introduce yourself & WIP
2. When did you start writing?
3. WIP playlist
4. Inspiring authors
5. Last, current, & next reads
6. Helpful writing tools
7. Free Friday or what helps you relax?
8. Saturday Snippet
9. Show off your bookshelf
10. Favourite line you’ve written
11. What genres do you write and read?
12. Good and bad writing advice
13. Where do you write?
14. Free Friday or post your pets
15. Saturday Snippet
16. Are you a plotter, pantser, or plantser?
17. Your hobbies
18. Favourite characters you’ve created
19. Parts of writing that challenge you
20. Where do you find inspiration
21. Free Friday or comfort movies/tv shows
22. Saturday Snippet
23. Advice for dealing with imposter syndrome
24. Do you listen to music while you write?
25. Share artwork or artist
26. How you come up with book titles
27. What are you thankful for?
28. Free Friday or do you collect anything?
29. Saturday Snippet
30. Marketing tips
31. Monthly Wrap-Up

December 1, 2025 at 5:42 AM

Kat is married!! 💙💍

@katcooperwrites.bsky.social

First time since 2019 that OSU finally beat Michigan. It's the ONE game I care about, so my day is made considerably better after having a migraine this morning.

#gobucks #osufootball

a red flag with the ohio state logo on it and the words go bucks

Alt: a red flag with the Ohio State logo on it and the words "GO BUCKS!"

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November 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM

Kat is married!! 💙💍

@katcooperwrites.bsky.social

#NovemberWorldbuilders 29: something you added to your world just for fun

When my husband and I were doing the story of the "Light's Rebellion" series via D&D, he invented the Aslorian version of a brownie as a random thing in one of our sessions.

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Kat is married!! 💙💍 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · Nov 2

#NovemberWorldbuilders 1: something in your world that is RED

One thing that comes to mind (that isn't something like, say, fire) is the royal colors of Tavarria. One of them is red! Haven't established who came up with this decision... hmm... 🤔

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

NOVEMBER WORLDBUILDERS prompt list

WEEK 1: COLORS
1: Something in your world that is RED
2: Something BLUE
3: Something YELLOW/ORANGE
4: Something GREEN
5: Something PURPLE
6: Something WHITE
7: Something BLACK

WEEK 2: GOOD AND EVIL
8: Famous heroes in world’s past
9: Villains in world’s past
10: A morally grey act/event/historical figure that people in your world debate about
11: MC’s (or other important character’s) ethics
12: Villain’s (or other important character’s) ethics
13: Teachings of the church/moral authority in MC’s society
14: Any morals different from Earth’s societies (generally speaking)?

WEEK 2: RIVER/LAKE
15: Important river/lake in your world
16: Myths/legends/religion associated with the river/lake
17: Animals/creatures in the river/lake
18: MC’s relationship with water
19: Fishing/economy/resources
20: Towns/cities/etc. by the river/lake
21: Festivals/celebrations by the river/lake

WEEK 4: HISTORY
22: Any ancient civilizations?
23: Long-dead rulers/leaders
24: An event/ancestor directly connected to your MC or another important character
25: A war that has ended
26: Any lies/conspiracy theories about historical events?
27: A legendary event
28: Something that happened in the last 20 years from when your book/story starts

Extra days:
29: Something you added to your world just for fun
30: Something you added to your world after researching

November 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM

Kat is married!! 💙💍

@katcooperwrites.bsky.social

November #QueerPrompts 29: what would your MC/character's 3 magic wishes be?

As of book 4, Braelyn's wishes would be a) to bring Mathius home safely, b) to find her parents, and c) for the demons to never bother her & her family again.

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Kat is married!! 💙💍 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · Nov 2

November #QueerPrompts 1: introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book

I'm Kat! After taking October off to focus on my wedding, I'm back and focusing on book 4 of the "Light's Rebellion" series, which currently has the title "Son of Embers".

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

November 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM

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Everything Dice

@everythingdice.bsky.social

Surprise! 🧚💐

Fey Illuminations is back for a limited drop! Only 10 sets of this retired favorite are available NOW on the webstore!
#dnd #dice #ttrpg

November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM

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Serena Malyon 🌞🌛

@serenamalyon.bsky.social

Dawn - watercolor and acryla gouache on paper

If you want to give into your capitalistic urges, prints are
✨on sale✨ on INPRNT as part of their black friday thingy

a goddess spreads a veil of morning light across the night sky, bringing the dawn.

November 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM

Kat is married!! 💙💍

@katcooperwrites.bsky.social

#NovemberWorldbuilders 28: something that happened in the last 20 years from when your book/story starts

There has been the development of guns, as well as the early stages of industrialization in some parts of Asloria. I still need to name—

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Kat is married!! 💙💍 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · Nov 2

#NovemberWorldbuilders 1: something in your world that is RED

One thing that comes to mind (that isn't something like, say, fire) is the royal colors of Tavarria. One of them is red! Haven't established who came up with this decision... hmm... 🤔

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

November 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM

Kat is married!! 💙💍

@katcooperwrites.bsky.social

November #QueerPrompts 28: Free Friday

I think I only wrote 1 day this week. Hubs has been on Thanksgiving break, and he had his PRP injection on Wednesday, so I've been preoccupied. I also need time to plot out what's gonna happen next.

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Kat is married!! 💙💍 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · Nov 2

November #QueerPrompts 1: introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book

I'm Kat! After taking October off to focus on my wedding, I'm back and focusing on book 4 of the "Light's Rebellion" series, which currently has the title "Son of Embers".

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

November 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM

Kat is married!! 💙💍

@katcooperwrites.bsky.social

#FantasyIndiesNovember 28: do you collect anything?

Pens & notebooks, mostly. I have a few boxes of the multicolored Pilot G2 bold pens, and a stack of the Top Flight Lily & Huck notebooks.

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Kat is married!! 💙💍 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · Nov 2

#FantasyIndiesNovember 1: introduce yourself & wip!

I'm Kat! After taking October off to focus on my wedding, I'm back for November to focus on book 4 of the "Light's Rebellion" series, which currently has the title "Son of Embers".

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

November 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM

Kat is married!! 💙💍

@katcooperwrites.bsky.social

#NovemberWorldbuilders 27: a legendary event

Maybe not legendary to the average person, but the Brightlanders that came together: Wymark, Idona, Haltack, Devrel, Ellienne, Kerrej, and Tebaet. It was, as Tebaet puts it, "history in the making."

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Kat is married!! 💙💍 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · Nov 2

#NovemberWorldbuilders 1: something in your world that is RED

One thing that comes to mind (that isn't something like, say, fire) is the royal colors of Tavarria. One of them is red! Haven't established who came up with this decision... hmm... 🤔

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

November 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM

Kat is married!! 💙💍

@katcooperwrites.bsky.social

November #QueerPrompts 27: what are your characters thankful for?

Brae: being a mom, & having someone like Sojna to fulfill a "mom" role for her
Jace: his journey
Esta: escaping her previous situation
Borsar: his position in Tavarria's army

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Kat is married!! 💙💍 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · Nov 2

November #QueerPrompts 1: introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book

I'm Kat! After taking October off to focus on my wedding, I'm back and focusing on book 4 of the "Light's Rebellion" series, which currently has the title "Son of Embers".

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

November 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM

Kat is married!! 💙💍

@katcooperwrites.bsky.social

#FantasyIndiesNovember 27: what are you thankful for?

I'm truly thankful for my husband (and that I finally get to call him my husband!!). He's my pillar of strength when I'm spiraling about life. I'm thankful that our families are doing well. And I'm thankful for my cats.

Kat is married!! 💙💍 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · Nov 2

#FantasyIndiesNovember 1: introduce yourself & wip!

I'm Kat! After taking October off to focus on my wedding, I'm back for November to focus on book 4 of the "Light's Rebellion" series, which currently has the title "Son of Embers".

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

November 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM

Kat is married!! 💙💍

@katcooperwrites.bsky.social

#NovemberWorldbuilders 26: any lies/conspiracy theories about historical events?

I'm sure there's a few conspiracy theories floating around Tavarria about Queen Zulekia's true involvement in Seithenin's demonic invasion.

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Kat is married!! 💙💍 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · Nov 2

#NovemberWorldbuilders 1: something in your world that is RED

One thing that comes to mind (that isn't something like, say, fire) is the royal colors of Tavarria. One of them is red! Haven't established who came up with this decision... hmm... 🤔

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

November 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM

Kat is married!! 💙💍

@katcooperwrites.bsky.social

November #QueerPrompts 26: GIF/Audio or description of your MC's expression at a family gathering

Braelyn would be ecstatic to be at a family gathering. Knowing her family is something she desperately wants, so it would be a dream for her.

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Kat is married!! 💙💍 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · Nov 2

November #QueerPrompts 1: introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book

I'm Kat! After taking October off to focus on my wedding, I'm back and focusing on book 4 of the "Light's Rebellion" series, which currently has the title "Son of Embers".

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

November 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM

Kat is married!! 💙💍

@katcooperwrites.bsky.social

#FantasyIndiesNovember 26: how you come up with book titles

I struggle with book titles 😆 I think the last couple of titles I came up with, I used a list of words that I saw... somewhere. Tossed them around until I landed on something I liked.

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Kat is married!! 💙💍 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · Nov 2

#FantasyIndiesNovember 1: introduce yourself & wip!

I'm Kat! After taking October off to focus on my wedding, I'm back for November to focus on book 4 of the "Light's Rebellion" series, which currently has the title "Son of Embers".

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

November 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM

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