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Aimee Lim @aimeelimwrites.bsky.social · 4h

When a wandering warrior comes to her remote bog village, Ling is intrigued—especially after he reveals he’s her father. But he’s a deserter and a marked man, and her mother is determined to keep them apart—even if he is the only man she’s ever loved #A #F #DVPit

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Aimee Lim @aimeelimwrites.bsky.social · 11h

Thanks Joanna!!

Aimee Lim @aimeelimwrites.bsky.social · 11h

Fantasy family drama ft:
🐍 a poisonous bog
🍂❄️🌸☀️☔️ a quest through a land with 5 seasons each day
🍄 a girl who wants to get off her mother’s mushroom farm
🗡️ a wandering warrior returning for his lost child
💔 and the woman who still loves him, but can’t admit it

#A #F #DVPit

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Aimee Lim @aimeelimwrites.bsky.social · 12h

10000 DOORS OF JANUARY x SAMURAI JACK

When a wandering warrior comes to Ling’s remote bog village to claim her as his daughter, she’d follow him everywhere. But he’s a deserter and a marked man, and her mother is determined to keep them apart—even if he is the only man she’s ever loved #A #F #DVPit

Aimee Lim @aimeelimwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Aren’t they?? The cover artist is Kiuyan Ran, their work is amazing!

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Aimee Lim @aimeelimwrites.bsky.social · 1d

#DVParty day 6: my WIP is a Chinese mythology inspired middle grade like my Weavers of Legacy and Fate duology (out now!), though it’s a different genre. I just finished the first draft but here are some out of context inspo pics

Golden statue of the goddess Guan Yin with multiple arms and heads

Credence Clearwater Revival’s disastrous final album MARDI GRAS. The album art is brown and shows a girl in a dress holding up a tambourine with the title, while the band name is in a circle around her.

Screenshot from the 1960s Batman show with Adam West, showing Batman standing in front of the ocean and holding a large black bomb with the subtitles: “Some days you just can’t get rid of a bomb.”

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Aimee Lim @aimeelimwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Doing DVPit for my adult fantasy, but realized I should prob also mention that I do have a couple of middle grade books out!

In THE SPINDLE OF FATE, 12-year-old Evie goes to the terrifying Chinese underworld to save her mom. In THE THREAD OF DESTINY, she’s back from Hell and wants payback

Book cover for THE SPINDLE OF FATE, showing a young Asian girl in golden lighting holding a staff with metal rings, standing in front of a large blue Chinese pagoda. There are also red spider lily flowers along the bottom. The “N” in “SPINDLE” has a red thread tied around the middle.

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Aimee Lim @aimeelimwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Omg is My Love Mine All Mine supposed to be sinister with this premise bc if so hahahaha I love it! Love this whole vibe!!

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Aimee Lim @aimeelimwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Ecstasy of Gold!! One of the best movie scores ever (might be THE best for me). Morricone was GOAT

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Aimee Lim @aimeelimwrites.bsky.social · 2d

#DVParty day 5 🎶 Here’s the playlist for my adult fantasy, which features a poisonous bog, wandering warriors, and fantasy fungi

I also just watched Lost Angel, the Judee Sill documentary on Kanopy, and recommend for any fans of her beautiful music

Green square against a mushroom background, with text reading:
THOSE WHO WANDER playlist
I’M ON MY WAY - Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi
THERE’S A RUGGED ROAD - Judee Sill
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE - Joanna Wang
MILES, MILES, MILES - Kevin Morby
BROWN EYED HANDSOME MAN - Nina Simone
DESPERADO - Rihanna
SEASON OF THE WITCH - Lana Del Rey
YOU BELONG TO ME - Patsy Cline
LITTLE BIRD - Elle Fanning
RIPEST OF APPLES - Anna & Elizabeth
COMPASS - Zella Day
WAYWARD - Vashti Bunyan
ABOUT HER - Malcolm McLaren
AFTER THE ZERO HOUR - Wolf Alice
BECOMES THE COLOR - Emily Wells

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Aimee Lim @aimeelimwrites.bsky.social · 3d

#DVParty day 4: prob stretching the definition of a meme here but here’s my fantasy WIP as Letterboxd four favorites

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Aimee Lim @aimeelimwrites.bsky.social · 4d

#DVParty day 3: opening lines

Quote graphic with the text: “There was an old saying in the bog that you don’t know what kind of person someone is until the worst misfortune that could befall them has happened. Outsiders were often startled
by bogborns’ unusual, almost ominous blessing for births, weddings, journeys, and farewells: May you never know yourself.”

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Aimee Lim @aimeelimwrites.bsky.social · 5d

This is a beautiful board and I love the title!

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Aimee Lim @aimeelimwrites.bsky.social · 5d

Ahh thank you!

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Aimee Lim @aimeelimwrites.bsky.social · 5d

#DVParty day 2: MC

Ling is a dreamer, a schemer, and convinced she’s destined for greatness (bc a fortune teller said so), but for now she’s stuck on her no-nonsense mother’s mushroom farm. She’s prickly, imaginative, conniving, superstitious, very pretty and very smug about it

Art by me!

Sketch of a girl with dark hair, wearing a feathered cloak and a large sun pendant

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Aimee Lim @aimeelimwrites.bsky.social · 6d

It’s from a French movie, Vagabond! The top middle photo is also from a movie, House of Flying Daggers

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Aimee Lim @aimeelimwrites.bsky.social · 6d

Hi #DVParty! Here’s a moodboard for my adult fantasy, which features a poisonous bog, fantasy fungi, wandering warriors, and mother-daughter POVs

The center row includes character art I’ve commissioned from joills on Insta (left) and Jaki King (right)

3 x 3 grid. Top row: pink mushrooms on a mossy log; a woman in a green dress and bamboo hat walking in an autumn forest, her back to the camera; wine bottle with snakes inside. Center row: sketch of a dark haired woman holding a basket of mushrooms and a scythe; a dark green center square reading THOSE WHO WANDER in neon green font; color art of a scarred man holding a sword. Bottom row: photo of a bog with grass and murky water; a young white woman in a dark green shirt lying on her side, with white subtitles reading "You chose total freedom but got total loneliness"; a compass on a light brown background.

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Aimee Lim @aimeelimwrites.bsky.social · 9d

Fantasy family drama feat:
🐍 a poisonous bog
🍄 a girl who wants to get off her mother’s mushroom farm
🗡️ a wandering warrior who returns to his lost love and child, only for his ex to slam the door on him
💔 and the woman who still loves him, but will lie to save his life

#PreDV #A #F

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Aimee Lim @aimeelimwrites.bsky.social · 9d

I think the name could convey that this is a fantasy and not about real-world colonization, which I guessed but was not sure of until I read the hashtag bc the character’s name could go either way

Aimee Lim @aimeelimwrites.bsky.social · 9d

This sounds hilarious! Minor nitpick but I think there’s probably a funnier phrase than “the cult women” since you’ve already said “it’s a cult”, maybe something ironic? Otherwise I love this!

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Aimee Lim @aimeelimwrites.bsky.social · 9d

I think I would restructure this to establish the conflict/stakes for the characters (ie “An anonymous photographer and a homeschooler _____”) instead of “this is a story about ____”, which I think takes up a lot of words. This sounds really intriguing though! Good luck!

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Aimee Lim @aimeelimwrites.bsky.social · 9d

Great comps! I think the placement of the “discovering” clause is a little awkward—it feels like all these things happen simultaneously which doesn’t seem right (they’ve been kidnapped *and* they need to go on a quest?) Good luck!

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Aimee Lim @aimeelimwrites.bsky.social · 9d

This is really clever! I think some of the nouns feel like abstract concepts (the rebellion is against “colonization”, “his government”). If you have, like, an empire with a fantasy name I think I’d put that here to establish the setting. But this definitely hooked me, good luck!

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Aimee Lim @aimeelimwrites.bsky.social · 9d

This sounds wonderful, I think if you can find one YA comp that’d be great (off the top of my head Starfish and All the Fighting Parts deal with abuse but in different forms). Minor detail but I think “teen” is unnecessary bc of “senior year” and “YA”. Good luck!!

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Aimee Lim @aimeelimwrites.bsky.social · 9d

I wonder if you can have a more interesting noun than “woman”, does she have an evocative job? Also, why is she stuck in her wife’s shadow? Who is her wife and what makes her special? But this sounds great, the transition from mundane relatable angst to cosmic world-saving stakes is really fun!

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