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Amanda Turek👻Headless Horsewoman

@acturek.bsky.social

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Writes character driven adult fantasy. WIP: Brother’s Keeper, epic fantasy sibling story Lives with bipolar disorder - @siegeofthespirit Clinical Laboratory Scientist Mountain backcountry horsewoman Every trail’s the one true home.

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Amanda Turek👻Headless Horsewoman @acturek.bsky.social · 2h

Party time is over! Off to bed and nose back into the plot holes tomorrow. #writing

Amanda Turek👻Headless Horsewoman @acturek.bsky.social · 2h

I really enjoy these two, their interactions and chemistry!

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Charlie Knight [they/them] | Editor / Author 📚 @cknightwrites.bsky.social · 4h

You know the voice in the back of your head that says no one wants to read your book?

Drown it.
Burn it with fire.
Get a bat and start swinging.

Don't let it exist and lie to you. Destroy it and keep writing.

Keep. Writing.

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MechaniChris @chrisakins.bsky.social · 4h

What’s this? A new link has appeared on my website? Maybe that’s because you can BUY MY BOOK NOW

That’s right #GRIMPORTENTS is OUT

#writingcommunity #Writing #writesky #Booksky

Grim Portents — Christian Akins

www.christianakins.com

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Amanda Turek👻Headless Horsewoman @acturek.bsky.social · 4h

Thank you so much.

Amanda Turek👻Headless Horsewoman @acturek.bsky.social · 4h

I’m very much going to need beta readers. It’s a worry I have. I’d love for you to be one. You’re so thoughtful and you ask the right questions.

And this has been the most fun Rushak’s birthday I have ever had, thanks to you and everyone!

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Amanda Turek👻Headless Horsewoman @acturek.bsky.social · 4h

What a great way to say it.

Amanda Turek👻Headless Horsewoman @acturek.bsky.social · 4h

Abso-freaking-lutely!

Amanda Turek👻Headless Horsewoman @acturek.bsky.social · 4h

I think so! It’s so real, ya know?

Amanda Turek👻Headless Horsewoman @acturek.bsky.social · 4h

Setsune … I’m not familiar enough … I take it they have a struggle with it?

Amanda Turek👻Headless Horsewoman @acturek.bsky.social · 5h

That’s so awesome because I feel the same about Lawcket.🥹
And to your second comment, my thanks because I put some work into that name! 😆

Amanda Turek👻Headless Horsewoman @acturek.bsky.social · 5h

Cerel. He’s flat endearing because he’s practical and punchy with no unnecessary poetic leanings in his thought. He’s the relief! 😅

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Amanda Turek👻Headless Horsewoman @acturek.bsky.social · 5h

self-confidence which is reflected in his self-talk. This is rooted in his feeling that he’s a failure at protecting his vulnerable brother.
This is the person he is so I gotta hope the readers will find his journey through this compelling.
And my long self-indulgent birthday thread ends with 🧵4/5

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Amanda Turek👻Headless Horsewoman @acturek.bsky.social · 5h

readers would connect with this but I don’t know because I have no actual readers. I also think it’s endearing how awkward he is.

Drisal: his devotion to his brother and to his wife and son, and how the needs of one often conflict with the other, and he’s aware of his failings. He lacks 🧵3/?

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Amanda Turek👻Headless Horsewoman @acturek.bsky.social · 5h

fairly. For as self-absorbed as he has to be, he’s remarkably unselfish. He’s trying to be the best person he can be now, because he’s afraid he’ll become something else in the future.
The other thing is that he so badly wants to spare Drisal the consequences, especially of his pain. I hope 🧵2/?

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Amanda Turek👻Headless Horsewoman @acturek.bsky.social · 5h

#AwesomeCharacters
This is such a great question. What a perfect way to love on our characters!

Rushak has a few in my eyes, the most endearing being that he’s in so much pain yet works so hard (not always successfully) to balance this against that in his mind to treat everyone and everything 🧵1/?

Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 11h

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

What is your character's most endearing/compelling trait?

What is something about them that you think will make a reader invested in them and their story?

Is it also the thing you like best about them?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Racthoh @racthoh.bsky.social · 12h

#WIPSnips Dungeon. I was in a mental dungeon for 17 hours yesterday working through a work issue. Anyway.

Ethgar the Paladin recounts some of his experiences in the enemy stronghold.

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“There is a dungeon deep underneath the castle’s deepest fortifications. I saw, well, everyone. There were dwarves, humans, all manner of canine, feline, those of both Kyi and Aru-til Phandra, all shackled and in the process of dying or outright dead. I may have seen an elf as well, dead, my heart wept for them especially. I realized then we were all enemies of the Krale. Human Paladins against human soldiers of Krale, Damion against Tyrinal. I was hesitant at first to welcome him as an ally, but after being shackled in the same cell for a few days we began to share our stories,” Ethgar explained.

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Ben Cass @bencass.bsky.social · 11h

#wipsnips
“Mom, Mr. Velossy is terrifying! They call him The Velociraptor for a reason!”

Mom laughed. “He’s a very nice man, Pep.”

“I doubt it,” I muttered. “Did you know there’s a sign on his classroom door that says ‘Welcome to the Dungeon’?”

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Laura Ruth Loomis @lauraruthless.bsky.social · 10h

“Picture someplace pleasant, like a really cold, barren spot on Pluto, with nothing growing but mold… Breathe out the stress, breathe in peace…”

“How about we picture a dark nasty dungeon, filled with Cygnoids that we can smack until their feathers fall off?”

-The Star-Crossed Pelican
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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 1d

The #WIPSnips word for October 8th is "dungeon"

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#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
October 8 - dungeon
Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration
Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics
Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine.
Support others on the #WIPSnips tag!
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Amanda Turek👻Headless Horsewoman @acturek.bsky.social · 6h

Ooh, hope you feel better!

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Amanda Turek👻Headless Horsewoman @acturek.bsky.social · 20h

#WIPSnips #fantasy #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #dungeon

Awaiting the opportune moment to see a certain Sheltri prisoner for themselves.

- Brother’s Keeper, book one of my fantasy WIP about two brothers linked by a misunderstood power.

The jailer padded up behind them, panting. "I tell ye, ye've made a mistake. The dead one may be a spy; I wouldn't know. But this I do know: [Brother Redacted] himself is in the dungeon. If ye'd heard the music, ye'd know."
They stopped. Ransom's brow creased. "Don't
be ridiculous." He glanced at Rochat. The strident bawling of Cirdaathan bagpipes interrupted them.

"The song of warning," Ransom said. "The Sheltri have come after all. Mark me, the city will shake again, and this time, the gates will open."

Rochat grimaced. "The king will drive the
Rhursans off today, and the cursed Elves. Nothing will break this city. I'm for the ramparts, and let the prisoners rot." Rochat spun and made for the stairs, Rey following, as men called and scrambled to arms.

Farrowlin glanced in the direction Rochat had
gone, then shrugged at Ransom. "He's gone, my lord. We'll never have a better chance."

Brother's Keeper
A.C. Turek

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Amanda Turek👻Headless Horsewoman @acturek.bsky.social · 12h

The harvest moon, a yin-yang in our eyes as it begins this morning’s descent.
#moon #harvestmoon #sky #morning

Photo of the full harvest moon in a pale blue morning sky. Moon appears shaded like a yin-yang.

Amanda Turek👻Headless Horsewoman @acturek.bsky.social · 12h

To be fair my experience is only on fantasy forums and I don’t know about how they’re viewed in other genres.

Amanda Turek👻Headless Horsewoman @acturek.bsky.social · 12h

And thanks for the reskeet! 🙏

Amanda Turek👻Headless Horsewoman @acturek.bsky.social · 12h

And thanks for the reskeet! 🙏