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Prof Emily
@professoremily.bsky.social
English teacher, writer, lover of cats & dogs. Recovering conservative, now Agnostic Christian Democratic Socialist. Unfortunately stuck in Texas. 🥲

A feed of my writing samples: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:br2rslmo7elrd3hp5dfsx3ye/feed/aaaksewrcngo4
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Showing off this excellent piece I commissioned from @sarkastiklover.bsky.social! Tysm you rock! ❤️

Noah & his mom Cassie from #Tenement, my dystopian mystery about people living in an infinite building.

"Things don't have to be like this. There could be other ways. There could be other worlds."
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Ehehehe there is in fact a conspiracy theory that all of the Sea Mothers for the past 400ish years have been false puppets chosen by the elites, while the real Sea Mothers have lived in obscurity.

Why yes this IS important to the story, how did you guess? 😂 #Atlantis
#NovemberWorldbuilders Heya, friends! In your fictional world, are there any lies or conspiracy theories (or maybe just incorrect beliefs) about a historical event? Is the government of your (fictional) world hiding anything? Please keep it fictional! No real-world stuff here, please!
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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#WIPSnips | impede

That I don't have, but 'block' I do - into Fire in the Sky (so 'ware spoilers at the link) and Sabbat having a run-in with some scavengers

( saranadosfiction.com/2025/08/02/f... )
November 26, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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G'morning #WIPSnips! TLC is juuuuust on the cusp of doing their first job! However, some slight complications have cropped up.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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‘Slow’ instead of ‘impede’ today.

From ‘House Rules’.

#WiPSnips
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Grio gets desperate before the god gives him offer that could save his life. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Our hero muses on a nice morning - (sure hope nothing bad happens later)
From "HatWIP"
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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#WIPSnips

When I think of the word "impede," I think of driving through Ohio.

This story is a fantasy is because people sometimes arrive on time.

The angels, demons, and undead pale next to that miracle.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Writers
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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CW: Severe wound and magical healing of it

One character that surprised me in Felcrown is Dignity's badass mom, Hope Dunandrien. I knew she'd be a former adventurer but between that and moms being tough in general, she is unstoppable and become a really fun side character.

#WIPSnips #DnD #WriteSky
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Impede → disrupt | Not sure if I posted this before, but, Tok and Othelia have a conversation about the future of Dawnleaf.
#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #bvm #bipoc #amwriting #Fantasy #SFF
November 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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November 26th – impede

Mikiva spies on Fox’s half-brother and a priest as they discuss a plan that has gone slightly awry.

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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#WIPSnips #WriteSky #writingprompt

Duels of Blood (Daisuke impedes traffic and Obito’s ability to think)
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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#WIPSnips #fantasy #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #impede -> hinder

Drisal must follow his Imperative. Shalhra, no ordinary horse, feels that urgency too.

- Brother’s Keeper, book one of my fantasy WIP about two brothers bound by a misunderstood power.
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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impede → block

I posted a later part of this scene once already, but...

In Chapter 2 of my space opera romantasy, THE CRUCIBLE OF THE BROKEN MOON, Daemrin confronts a minor antagonist in the form of Senan Wellay. Unfortunately, this will not be Wellay's last appearance. #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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impede = block

From book 2 of my romantasy wip about a priest of the dead and a thief with a heart of gold.

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #Wrencer
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Going vibes again. It's a "get out of the way" day. Poor Ben.

#WIPSnips
#WritingPrompts
#WritingCommunity
#WriteSky
#SciFiWriters
#sff
November 26, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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It’s all “impede” vibes when Dorothy stops Lilia from moving so the Council can reveal Nico as a skeleton without her interference & get the witch community to turn against their father for necromancy

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
From The Magic in Our Bones 🦴⛓️
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
#WIPSnips #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #writesky

Fun fact: in the original Wizard of Oz, the Emerald City wasn't actually emerald. The Wizard just made everyone wear green spectacles so it looked like it 😎

From #Tenement, my dystopian mystery about people living in an infinite building.
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Long story short: due to a Series of Events, I have a coat pocket full of loose cat teeth.
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Daisuke likes the convenience of being in a city, but he also enjoys spending time outside. Obito likes city life, too, but he's not as much of a fan of the outdoors as Daisuke is 😅

They travel a lot between books 2 and 4, though, so neither complains much unless it's too hot (above 65F)
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

How does your character feel about nature?

Do they like the outdoors? Have good survival skills?

Or do they prefer the comforts and amenities of a city?

Some combination of both?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Brand new sketch! 😁 My friends and I were joking about what animals we'd be if we had the choice, and it resulted in this. Presenting...

Almost Home.
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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The thing I love most about writing is when you don't know what's going to come out of your fingertips next, or exactly where you're going, and you write a line that's *close,* but not quite there.

And then the inspiration hits, and you make a small adjustment, and it's just 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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#NovemberWorldbuilders

Not sure if this counts as spoilers but Abelha and Gale’s falling out ripple effects into ruining Anni and Ashe’s child and young adulthoods

That’s right, these sapphics had such a messy break up it cascaded into millennium-long consequences
#NovemberWorldbuilders Let's talk about how the world's history directly impacts your main character (or some other important character in the world you're developing). Do they have an important ancestor? Was there a specific event, say a war or diaspora, that impacted their current life?
November 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Oh look at this handsome little cephalopod!

I don't know how he got to New Zealand so fast, but I sure would love to chill with him on this beach. Especially if there's a book adventure going on!
#writesky #writingcommunity #writing
What the - Quillbert was just in Pennsylvania, USA. How did he end up on this gorgeous New Zealand beach?!
When we asked, he said he's heard there's some hints about his book-adventure here. Or maybe someone who's making books?

#writesky #writingcommunity #writing
November 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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The Eastern Queen Udhet lived about 250 years before my main #Atlantis story. King Utepec is her great-nephew.

She famously broke Atalantis's long streak of isolationism & started colonizing lands in Africa & Europe. Some remember her as a villain & some as a hero.
We're talking about our fictional world's history this week, #NovemberWorldbuilders. Tell me about a ruler or leader who made an impact in your world. How are they remembered by those living in the future?
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Small spoiler for #Atlantis Book 1, but my Shadow Mommy Icozoue, Mireia & Kena's grouchy mentor, is the granddaughter of the previous Sun Father & Sea Mother.

Yes, this IS weird for her at first. Also yes, Mimi & Kena DO joke about technically being her grandparents 😂
#NovemberWorldbuilders Let's talk about how the world's history directly impacts your main character (or some other important character in the world you're developing). Do they have an important ancestor? Was there a specific event, say a war or diaspora, that impacted their current life?
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM