C Murry
@lennwrites.bsky.social
writer | desert rat and actual cat | nerd, sci-fi and mythology 💫🪐
✩ they/she ✩ queer ✩ neurodivergent ✩ 31
🚫A/I 🚫cen/sorship
#querying Wanderlust and the Sea
#writing Fault Lines
bg—my Deuceridge boys—by 4xl_j0y (X)
pfp by bora.panda (Insta)
✩ they/she ✩ queer ✩ neurodivergent ✩ 31
🚫A/I 🚫cen/sorship
#querying Wanderlust and the Sea
#writing Fault Lines
bg—my Deuceridge boys—by 4xl_j0y (X)
pfp by bora.panda (Insta)
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C Murry
@lennwrites.bsky.social
· Oct 8
#AwesomeCharacters
Kade can and will cause problems for pure entertainment value—weaponized whimsy, if you will. It’s mostly harmless, and often genuinely fun. He likes a quiet moment with a good book, too, but only on his own terms, and if he’s otherwise comfortable.
Asher does not handle 1/3
Kade can and will cause problems for pure entertainment value—weaponized whimsy, if you will. It’s mostly harmless, and often genuinely fun. He likes a quiet moment with a good book, too, but only on his own terms, and if he’s otherwise comfortable.
Asher does not handle 1/3
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters
How does your character handle boredom/idleness?
Do they enjoy a lazy day doing nothing? Do they need it, sometimes? Or do they always want to be doing someone, and idleness makes them restless and unsettled?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
How does your character handle boredom/idleness?
Do they enjoy a lazy day doing nothing? Do they need it, sometimes? Or do they always want to be doing someone, and idleness makes them restless and unsettled?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
February 6, 2026 at 5:54 AM
#AwesomeCharacters
Kade can and will cause problems for pure entertainment value—weaponized whimsy, if you will. It’s mostly harmless, and often genuinely fun. He likes a quiet moment with a good book, too, but only on his own terms, and if he’s otherwise comfortable.
Asher does not handle 1/3
Kade can and will cause problems for pure entertainment value—weaponized whimsy, if you will. It’s mostly harmless, and often genuinely fun. He likes a quiet moment with a good book, too, but only on his own terms, and if he’s otherwise comfortable.
Asher does not handle 1/3
#FebruaryWorldbuilders I love desert settings—not to mention live in one!—so absolutely yes!
Faultverse takes place in a desert—the acquisition of water from underground reservoirs is a huge factor in the plot and worldbuilding. Rain is rare to the point of being mythologized.
1/3
Faultverse takes place in a desert—the acquisition of water from underground reservoirs is a huge factor in the plot and worldbuilding. Rain is rare to the point of being mythologized.
1/3
#FebruaryWorldbuilders, we're talking about the physical worlds of our fantasy/sci-fi stories. Do you have any deserts? Either of the extremely hot or extremely cold variety? What's it like? Do your characters ever go there (hope they came prepared!)
February 6, 2026 at 5:32 AM
#FebruaryWorldbuilders I love desert settings—not to mention live in one!—so absolutely yes!
Faultverse takes place in a desert—the acquisition of water from underground reservoirs is a huge factor in the plot and worldbuilding. Rain is rare to the point of being mythologized.
1/3
Faultverse takes place in a desert—the acquisition of water from underground reservoirs is a huge factor in the plot and worldbuilding. Rain is rare to the point of being mythologized.
1/3
Just hit 10k with this piece—calling it Embers, for now—and I’m DELIGHTED to report that I have an ending in mind but only vague ideas as to how I’m getting there.
I’m going to stop obsessing over what this story’s word count is going to be. I know it’s not a novel. If it stays short story length? Great! If it winds up novella length? Fantastic! I’m EXCITED about this idea; I’m not going to worry about what market I’ll eventually have to pitch it in.
February 3, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Just hit 10k with this piece—calling it Embers, for now—and I’m DELIGHTED to report that I have an ending in mind but only vague ideas as to how I’m getting there.
*cracks knuckles* oh this is CORE to Deuceridge
Kade’s home is the city itself. He has no permanent residence, but he belongs fully to Deuceridge. That doesn’t make him immune to its poisons, but he’ll live nowhere else—and have no other resting place.
To Asher, “home” is somewhat anathema, 1/
Kade’s home is the city itself. He has no permanent residence, but he belongs fully to Deuceridge. That doesn’t make him immune to its poisons, but he’ll live nowhere else—and have no other resting place.
To Asher, “home” is somewhat anathema, 1/
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters
What does your character consider "home" to them?
Is it a place? A person? A feeling?
Are they often "home" or have they lost it? Are they searching for it?
Have they never felt at home before?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
What does your character consider "home" to them?
Is it a place? A person? A feeling?
Are they often "home" or have they lost it? Are they searching for it?
Have they never felt at home before?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
February 2, 2026 at 4:06 AM
*cracks knuckles* oh this is CORE to Deuceridge
Kade’s home is the city itself. He has no permanent residence, but he belongs fully to Deuceridge. That doesn’t make him immune to its poisons, but he’ll live nowhere else—and have no other resting place.
To Asher, “home” is somewhat anathema, 1/
Kade’s home is the city itself. He has no permanent residence, but he belongs fully to Deuceridge. That doesn’t make him immune to its poisons, but he’ll live nowhere else—and have no other resting place.
To Asher, “home” is somewhat anathema, 1/
“Scaffolding” in dialogue! I’ll very often discover new aspects of the story while writing dialogue, and have characters chat about it while I hash it out. During revision, that can be trimmed because it’s a) revealed more naturally elsewhere, or b) too basic in-world to be believably said out loud.
What do you cut the most when editing: words, paragraphs, scenes, or something else? For me, it’s always useless words, but rarely a paragraph or an entire scene. In fact, I usually have to add to scenes #writingq #WritingCommunity
February 2, 2026 at 2:46 AM
“Scaffolding” in dialogue! I’ll very often discover new aspects of the story while writing dialogue, and have characters chat about it while I hash it out. During revision, that can be trimmed because it’s a) revealed more naturally elsewhere, or b) too basic in-world to be believably said out loud.
“What makes you think it’s still here?” Ward asked.
Conrad was silent for a long moment, gazing at nothing; he laid his head down, hiding his eyes in the crook of one elbow. “A feeling. People—humans, aliens, whatever—don’t just leave Deuceridge. No one escapes this city.”
#QuestPit #Q #sff #f
Conrad was silent for a long moment, gazing at nothing; he laid his head down, hiding his eyes in the crook of one elbow. “A feeling. People—humans, aliens, whatever—don’t just leave Deuceridge. No one escapes this city.”
#QuestPit #Q #sff #f
January 31, 2026 at 11:25 PM
WANDERLUST AND THE SEA
If Guys and Dolls 🎲 was an episode of The X Files 👽—plus make it queernormative! 🌈
🕰️ historical - 1920s
📚 first of a duology
🛸 pulp fiction vibes
🫀 gangsters and grifters and aliens, oh my!
❤️🩹 found family
🩶 morally gray
♠️ cardistry
#QuestPit #Q #sff #sf
If Guys and Dolls 🎲 was an episode of The X Files 👽—plus make it queernormative! 🌈
🕰️ historical - 1920s
📚 first of a duology
🛸 pulp fiction vibes
🫀 gangsters and grifters and aliens, oh my!
❤️🩹 found family
🩶 morally gray
♠️ cardistry
#QuestPit #Q #sff #sf
January 31, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Reposted by C Murry
When 16-year-old Nia picks the wrong pocket, she unlocks a magical talent she didn’t know she had. Now she’s posing as an heiress, a con man’s gone missing, and Nia and her friends are on the run with a living doll, pursued by gangs, magehunters, and the governor herself. #QuestPit #W #F #LGBT #YA
January 31, 2026 at 5:28 AM
🌧️ FAULT LINES
Sachial thinks the whole world is out to get him; he may well be right.
Caleb doesn't believe a word Sachial says, but he always listens anyway.
🪐planet-bound scifi
🏳️🌈queer (🏳️⚧️mc)
🩶anarchist x simpleton
🔥subverted dystopian
🌊no straightforward solutions
#QuestPit #W #SF
Sachial thinks the whole world is out to get him; he may well be right.
Caleb doesn't believe a word Sachial says, but he always listens anyway.
🪐planet-bound scifi
🏳️🌈queer (🏳️⚧️mc)
🩶anarchist x simpleton
🔥subverted dystopian
🌊no straightforward solutions
#QuestPit #W #SF
January 31, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Reposted by C Murry
did your writing/art turn out how
you envisioned it would?
_____|_____
| |
yes no
| |
nice well, you created it anyway,
that's always worthwhile
you envisioned it would?
_____|_____
| |
yes no
| |
nice well, you created it anyway,
that's always worthwhile
January 30, 2026 at 5:28 PM
did your writing/art turn out how
you envisioned it would?
_____|_____
| |
yes no
| |
nice well, you created it anyway,
that's always worthwhile
you envisioned it would?
_____|_____
| |
yes no
| |
nice well, you created it anyway,
that's always worthwhile
LEGALLY required to post Deuceridge for this one. Storms, both literal and metaphorical, abound.
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
January 28, 2026 at 4:45 AM
LEGALLY required to post Deuceridge for this one. Storms, both literal and metaphorical, abound.
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
Reposted by C Murry
Professional mouser for hire! Inquire below 🐈⬛
January 27, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Professional mouser for hire! Inquire below 🐈⬛
Ooh this sounds fun!
Let's try something different.
1 like = 1 random line from one of my WIPs/Published works
1 like = 1 random line from one of my WIPs/Published works
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Ooh this sounds fun!
Got one from the very first line of the Fault Lines chapter I’m rewriting! I’ve been messing with the wording, and I’m sure this isn’t QUITE the final version, but I like it.
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
January 26, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Got one from the very first line of the Fault Lines chapter I’m rewriting! I’ve been messing with the wording, and I’m sure this isn’t QUITE the final version, but I like it.
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
(cw: referenced animal death)
#critterary I’ve got two mummified pups from a short story, The Dogs of Saqqara
Feru (left) was sent ahead by her master to intercede for him. Amal (right) was purchased as a votive sacrifice by a pilgrim.
Both wander the desert, unable—as of yet—to rest.
art cred ⬇️
#critterary I’ve got two mummified pups from a short story, The Dogs of Saqqara
Feru (left) was sent ahead by her master to intercede for him. Amal (right) was purchased as a votive sacrifice by a pilgrim.
Both wander the desert, unable—as of yet—to rest.
art cred ⬇️
January 26, 2026 at 6:50 PM
(cw: referenced animal death)
#critterary I’ve got two mummified pups from a short story, The Dogs of Saqqara
Feru (left) was sent ahead by her master to intercede for him. Amal (right) was purchased as a votive sacrifice by a pilgrim.
Both wander the desert, unable—as of yet—to rest.
art cred ⬇️
#critterary I’ve got two mummified pups from a short story, The Dogs of Saqqara
Feru (left) was sent ahead by her master to intercede for him. Amal (right) was purchased as a votive sacrifice by a pilgrim.
Both wander the desert, unable—as of yet—to rest.
art cred ⬇️
Faultverse is short on true villains, but has some FUN antagonists
Chase: 🤺🍻🏃🏽👊🤪
Zander: 👂🏻⚔️🤎🤝😐
The Council: 🧓🏼🐉👵🏽🌎👵🏿
Chase: 🤺🍻🏃🏽👊🤪
Zander: 👂🏻⚔️🤎🤝😐
The Council: 🧓🏼🐉👵🏽🌎👵🏿
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters
We did this once for main characters, but today let's do it for our antagonists!
Using 5 emojis or less, tell me about your antagonists! Capture their personality and/or role in the story!
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
We did this once for main characters, but today let's do it for our antagonists!
Using 5 emojis or less, tell me about your antagonists! Capture their personality and/or role in the story!
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
January 25, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Faultverse is short on true villains, but has some FUN antagonists
Chase: 🤺🍻🏃🏽👊🤪
Zander: 👂🏻⚔️🤎🤝😐
The Council: 🧓🏼🐉👵🏽🌎👵🏿
Chase: 🤺🍻🏃🏽👊🤪
Zander: 👂🏻⚔️🤎🤝😐
The Council: 🧓🏼🐉👵🏽🌎👵🏿
I forget scenery description, except when I’ve got a particularly vivid image or a metaphor I’m excited about. I usually don’t visualize backgrounds unless I pause to consider them, so it makes sense that they’re often left out in early drafts.
What's something you tend to always forget in your writing? #WritingPrompt
January 24, 2026 at 12:08 AM
I forget scenery description, except when I’ve got a particularly vivid image or a metaphor I’m excited about. I usually don’t visualize backgrounds unless I pause to consider them, so it makes sense that they’re often left out in early drafts.
(Faultverse) This WAS a lighthearted scene, pre-rewrite. Sort of ominously lighthearted, but still.
I think that proverbial ship has not only sailed, but sunk. 😭
I think that proverbial ship has not only sailed, but sunk. 😭
January 23, 2026 at 11:10 PM
(Faultverse) This WAS a lighthearted scene, pre-rewrite. Sort of ominously lighthearted, but still.
I think that proverbial ship has not only sailed, but sunk. 😭
I think that proverbial ship has not only sailed, but sunk. 😭
Reposted by C Murry
Never, and I mean NEVER, shut the fuck up about your creations, your characters, the things you made up with your very own human grown brain juices for all to hear and look at
January 23, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Never, and I mean NEVER, shut the fuck up about your creations, your characters, the things you made up with your very own human grown brain juices for all to hear and look at
Doing Deuce and Faultverse, so 🧵 incoming!
(Deuceridge)
Kade is great at living in the moment, but that’s more coping mechanism than anything. When I said “drowning in his own element” yesterday, this is what I was talking about. He savors things, but out of desperation more than mindfulness. 1/5
(Deuceridge)
Kade is great at living in the moment, but that’s more coping mechanism than anything. When I said “drowning in his own element” yesterday, this is what I was talking about. He savors things, but out of desperation more than mindfulness. 1/5
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters
What's your character's view on enjoying a moment?
Do they savor it, wishing it could last forever? Enjoy it but still look to the future?
Or are they fixated on the past/future too much to enjoy it at all?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
What's your character's view on enjoying a moment?
Do they savor it, wishing it could last forever? Enjoy it but still look to the future?
Or are they fixated on the past/future too much to enjoy it at all?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
January 23, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Doing Deuce and Faultverse, so 🧵 incoming!
(Deuceridge)
Kade is great at living in the moment, but that’s more coping mechanism than anything. When I said “drowning in his own element” yesterday, this is what I was talking about. He savors things, but out of desperation more than mindfulness. 1/5
(Deuceridge)
Kade is great at living in the moment, but that’s more coping mechanism than anything. When I said “drowning in his own element” yesterday, this is what I was talking about. He savors things, but out of desperation more than mindfulness. 1/5
Conrad is triggered by storms and unexpected physical touch. He flinches, hides, tries for distance.
Kade is triggered by things he can’t rationalize or understand. If he’s shaken enough, he’ll lash out at whoever’s nearest to him.
Sachial is sometimes triggered by the sound of his own voice.
Kade is triggered by things he can’t rationalize or understand. If he’s shaken enough, he’ll lash out at whoever’s nearest to him.
Sachial is sometimes triggered by the sound of his own voice.
What triggers your characters? What sets them off or knocks them off kilter? How do they react? Anger? Fear? Shock?
#WritingPrompts #WritingQ
#WritingPrompts #WritingQ
January 23, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Conrad is triggered by storms and unexpected physical touch. He flinches, hides, tries for distance.
Kade is triggered by things he can’t rationalize or understand. If he’s shaken enough, he’ll lash out at whoever’s nearest to him.
Sachial is sometimes triggered by the sound of his own voice.
Kade is triggered by things he can’t rationalize or understand. If he’s shaken enough, he’ll lash out at whoever’s nearest to him.
Sachial is sometimes triggered by the sound of his own voice.
Just hit 5k and still no idea what it’s going to end at. It’s the most natural-feeling writing I’ve done in months.
This just in: Known Discovery Writer Just Needed to Let Themselves Discovery Write for a Goshdang Minute 💀
This just in: Known Discovery Writer Just Needed to Let Themselves Discovery Write for a Goshdang Minute 💀
I’m going to stop obsessing over what this story’s word count is going to be. I know it’s not a novel. If it stays short story length? Great! If it winds up novella length? Fantastic! I’m EXCITED about this idea; I’m not going to worry about what market I’ll eventually have to pitch it in.
January 23, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Just hit 5k and still no idea what it’s going to end at. It’s the most natural-feeling writing I’ve done in months.
This just in: Known Discovery Writer Just Needed to Let Themselves Discovery Write for a Goshdang Minute 💀
This just in: Known Discovery Writer Just Needed to Let Themselves Discovery Write for a Goshdang Minute 💀
(Deuceridge) Kade is in constant danger of drowning in his OWN element. And once aliens are involved? He’s going down, he’s gone, farewell.
(Faultverse) Sachial is ETERNALLY out of his depth. Getting him to understand, admit, and eventually confront/come to grips with that is a multi-book journey.
(Faultverse) Sachial is ETERNALLY out of his depth. Getting him to understand, admit, and eventually confront/come to grips with that is a multi-book journey.
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters
How out of their depth is your character during the story?
Are they an expert up against impossible odds? An enthusiastic amateur? Is all of this brand new to them and they are trying desperately to keep up?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
How out of their depth is your character during the story?
Are they an expert up against impossible odds? An enthusiastic amateur? Is all of this brand new to them and they are trying desperately to keep up?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
January 22, 2026 at 4:46 AM
(Deuceridge) Kade is in constant danger of drowning in his OWN element. And once aliens are involved? He’s going down, he’s gone, farewell.
(Faultverse) Sachial is ETERNALLY out of his depth. Getting him to understand, admit, and eventually confront/come to grips with that is a multi-book journey.
(Faultverse) Sachial is ETERNALLY out of his depth. Getting him to understand, admit, and eventually confront/come to grips with that is a multi-book journey.
Just submitted my pitch for Deuceridge! Best of luck to everyone participating!! 🤞🏻✨
The #SmallPitch submission window is now OPEN for 48 hours!
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Reminders:
- Underrep writers only
- Finished manuscripts only
- One pitch per manuscript
- Up to 3 manuscripts per writer
- No hashtags in your pitch
- Comps & emojis are ok
Once submitted, check your pitch here: database.smallpitch.org
#SmallPitch Submission Form
Please use this form to submit your pitch.
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You can pitch up to three manuscripts, with a limit of one pitch per manuscript.
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January 20, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Just submitted my pitch for Deuceridge! Best of luck to everyone participating!! 🤞🏻✨