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@ameliagthorn.bsky.social

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No one seems to have noticed I’m a talentless hack masquerading as a writer, and I intend to ride that train as far as I can.

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Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · Apr 5

❝Magic untended festers. Magic forgotten rots.❞

Kaos x The Witcher x Godkiller

#1stLinePit #agentsguide #F

The title cover to an agents guide for the project.

The background is a volcano erupting, streams of lava flowing across the page.

The words

“An Agent’s guide to” - in glowing orange surrounded by a black box.

“The Dying Religion” - in an echo effect in black and white font surrounded by an orange glow.

“Adult epic fantasy” - in glowing orange surrounded by a black box.

The pitch page for the project. The pitch itself is in a large black box with dashed orange borders, the word pitch intersects with the box and is in a black and white echoing font.

The pitch is:

No one expected orphans to survive the war
meant to end magic, least of all win it.
But victory’s price? The death of their God.

Now war returns to a still healing continent,
the enemy intent on slaughtering
the five remaining Gods.

and the children raised as Holy-War cannon
fodder must decide if they’re worth saving.

The background is a volcano erupting, streams of lava flowing across the page.

The comps & tropes page for the project.

The background is a volcano erupting, streams of lava flowing across the page. Every box is black with an orange, dashed border, and the boxes for tropes and comps have the appropriate title, partially intersecting the relevant title. The quotes do not.

Comps:

Kaos, Witcher and Godkiller

The quote “martyr, coward, traitor or fool. Your choice, really, you’ll serve our needs one way or the other.”

The quote “there is only one religion in war, and believe me when it’ll you it’s a godless faith.”

Tropes:

Gods pay their dues
Hero x villain
Found family
Heist into hell
Friends to lovers to enemies
Morally grey mc & villain
Magic comes with a price

A villain and hero page for the project.

The hero and villain both have information about the individual characters in two separate black boxes, both with orange dashed borders. The word “hero” and “villain” intersects the relevant boxes (right and left respectively)

The background is a volcano erupting, streams of lava flowing across the page.

Villain

The gods killed all he loved
Out for revenge on the gods
Brainwashed veteran
Waterbender
Raised as cannon fodder
Reborn as propaganda
In love with the hero

Hero:
Raised to be the weapon of the gods
Out to destroy the institution that forged him
Guilt ridden veteran
Electricity bender
Raised as cannon fodder
Remade as a national threat (not what graphic says but need to resave that one)
In love with the villain

In the centre is the quote “your first mistake was thinking that people like you and I were ever born to do anything but burn.”

With arrows pointing from hero (the receiver) to the villain (the speaker.)

Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · 16d

I am sold, “wow” especially convinced me

Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · 16d

May I introduce to you, the anti agent’s guide for The Dying Religion.

#unhingedpit

A neon pink inferno burns across a dark, liquid surface, with sparks and embers flying into a pitch-black sky. In bold glowing serif text at the center it reads:
“AGENT’S AVOIDANCE GUIDE: THE DYING RELIGION.”
Beneath that, in all-caps white text:
“Brought to you by the unholy trinity of God complexes, Emotional Trauma, and Daddy issues.”

A dark forest is lit by surreal glowing pink embers scattered across the ground, giving the entire scene an eerie, post-apocalyptic vibe. Overlaid in all-caps white text:
“In a world where therapy is expensive but divine wrath is government funded, two underqualified gays and a himbo must weaponise blasphemy, a chronic lack of survival instincts and generational trauma to save the Gods. Again.”

Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · Aug 6

I’d like to please be buried with copies of this book

Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · Aug 6

No one expected orphans to survive the war to end magic, let alone win it. But triumph saw a God bleed out on the altar of their peace.

Now, as mortals race to slaughter the five who remain, the children raised for holy war must decide if the divine deserve saving.

#questpit #W

A aesthetic in tones of lava red, black, and ash. Images include molten lava flowing across land, a volcano erupting into smoke, a waterfall of fire pouring off a cliff, hands crackling with magical lightning, and a deep red rose with scorched petals.

Overlaid text reads:

“Magic was not a wound to cauterise but a limb to amputate.”behind which very faint is a silhouette before a burning building.

“And so the continent turned on what remained of the Gods.” behind which very faint is a a winged figure falling through the clouds.

“And began to cut.” behind which very faint is a trail of blood trekking through snow towards a river.

Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · Jul 30

This time around #questpit will be a bit different for me as it’ll be the first time participating with a nearly complete manuscript 😢😢

Would anyone like to get added to my list to trade support?

#questpit

a man with a beard is making a funny face and saying we would be great friends

Alt: a man with a beard is making a funny face and saying we would be great friends

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Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · Jul 9

Blasphemous, batshit crazy high fantasy brought to you by a chronically sleep deprived pansexual who really ought to be under some kind of supervision.

Consider yourselves warned.

#unhingedpit #f #wip

The background is a man in the water pointing a middle finger toward the camera. It is overlaid with a darkish purple

“Reasons why THE DYING RELIGION f*cking sucks”

Magic isn’t power. It’s a parasite.
The gods are *ssholes.
I rip religion a new one.
The MC and Villain are in love and very angsty, but no kiss.
So much cast diversity in terms of LGBTQIA, disabled and people of colour the Mango Mussolini would pop a vein.
The prose is so purple Thanos asks for skincare tips.
I’m the one writing it and I am, at best, mentally unstable.”

Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · Jul 9

MAGICAL WAR EAGLE? Sold

Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · Jul 9

Liked the pitch so much I had to google how many sides a heptagon had 😂😂😂 you made me do MATHS MAYA

Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · Jul 9

If a boy won’t change history to save me I don’t want him tbh

Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · Jul 9

This quote is absolutely everrrythhinnnng omg

Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · Jul 9

Perfect 10/10

Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · Jul 9

Honestly sounds fair to me

Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · Jul 9

Sorry mate I’m keeping you now no takesy backsy

Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · Jul 9

a man in a striped shirt is talking to another man and says did we just become best friends ?

ALT: a man in a striped shirt is talking to another man and says did we just become best friends ?

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Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · Jul 9

Love this format 😂😂

Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · Jul 9

I have never been so sold on a book in so few words before GIMME

Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · Jul 9

Cards against humanity explains my plot

#unhingedpit #WIP #F

Cards against humanity card reading “The Five Stages of Grief: denial, anger, bargaining,
(Blank), and
acceptance.”

Card against humanity card reading

“Sweet, sweet vengeance.”

Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · Jul 1

My Accountability thread for #WRITETOBERSUNFEST

Starting word count of 22,704. I’m hoping to write 1k a day to end up half way through this manuscript!

n aesthetic divided into 8 diagonal parts, at the centre on a black box is the quote “do you know what it costs to be loved by a god?”

The images are as follows, described from top left and following around in a clockwise manner,
- a man crouched to the ground, covering his ears.
- a dragon setting ablaze a town
- a man struck through the chest by lightning
- a ship afloat on the waters, on fire
- an army split down the middle to create a path
- an eye with fire burning in place of the iris
- a volcanic erupting
- old, rusted clocks

Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · May 7

I could scream my love for this from the rooftops

Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · May 7

We might have different skill sets from these games nights… mines usually trying not to knock over jenga

Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · May 7

The Dying Religion - Kaos x Witcher x Witcher

No one expected orphans to survive the war meant to end magic, least of all win it.
Victory’s cost? The death of their God.

❝Your first mistake was thinking that people like you and I were ever born to do anything but burn.❞
#questpit

An aesthetic in a 3x3 format, photos in column 1, row 1 & 2, and column 3, row 2 & 3 are divided by a torn scrap of paper with a little quote on both. These are described going from top left to top right and so on for each row.

A silhouette stood before a wall of ocean, a whale in the waters.
A silhouette on horseback, riding through flames.
A hand half buried by dirt, twined with vines and branches.
Meteors crashing into a hillside and town.
A skull partially buried in dirt.
A silhouette stood hunched over, watching a distant fire.
A hooded figure and an unclothed man, his soul being sucked out dementor [eeew] style.
The close up shot of an eye, fire replacing the iris.
Hands held partially apart, electricity flickering between them.

For column 1, row 1 & 2 the intercepting quote is "do you know what it costs to be loved by a God?"
For column 3, row 2 & 3 the intercepting quote is "Grief makes monsters of mothers."

Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · Apr 5

❝Magic untended festers. Magic forgotten rots.❞

Kaos x The Witcher x Godkiller

#1stLinePit #agentsguide #F

The title cover to an agents guide for the project.

The background is a volcano erupting, streams of lava flowing across the page.

The words

“An Agent’s guide to” - in glowing orange surrounded by a black box.

“The Dying Religion” - in an echo effect in black and white font surrounded by an orange glow.

“Adult epic fantasy” - in glowing orange surrounded by a black box.

The pitch page for the project. The pitch itself is in a large black box with dashed orange borders, the word pitch intersects with the box and is in a black and white echoing font.

The pitch is:

No one expected orphans to survive the war
meant to end magic, least of all win it.
But victory’s price? The death of their God.

Now war returns to a still healing continent,
the enemy intent on slaughtering
the five remaining Gods.

and the children raised as Holy-War cannon
fodder must decide if they’re worth saving.

The background is a volcano erupting, streams of lava flowing across the page.

The comps & tropes page for the project.

The background is a volcano erupting, streams of lava flowing across the page. Every box is black with an orange, dashed border, and the boxes for tropes and comps have the appropriate title, partially intersecting the relevant title. The quotes do not.

Comps:

Kaos, Witcher and Godkiller

The quote “martyr, coward, traitor or fool. Your choice, really, you’ll serve our needs one way or the other.”

The quote “there is only one religion in war, and believe me when it’ll you it’s a godless faith.”

Tropes:

Gods pay their dues
Hero x villain
Found family
Heist into hell
Friends to lovers to enemies
Morally grey mc & villain
Magic comes with a price

A villain and hero page for the project.

The hero and villain both have information about the individual characters in two separate black boxes, both with orange dashed borders. The word “hero” and “villain” intersects the relevant boxes (right and left respectively)

The background is a volcano erupting, streams of lava flowing across the page.

Villain

The gods killed all he loved
Out for revenge on the gods
Brainwashed veteran
Waterbender
Raised as cannon fodder
Reborn as propaganda
In love with the hero

Hero:
Raised to be the weapon of the gods
Out to destroy the institution that forged him
Guilt ridden veteran
Electricity bender
Raised as cannon fodder
Remade as a national threat (not what graphic says but need to resave that one)
In love with the villain

In the centre is the quote “your first mistake was thinking that people like you and I were ever born to do anything but burn.”

With arrows pointing from hero (the receiver) to the villain (the speaker.)

Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · Apr 4

Day 4 - #writetoberSpringFest

I can write happy things too!

(I lie, not five pages later Gwyn gets shot at 😂)

A graphic for my writing accountability goals.

A background of chairs and other various office items like shelves and desks suspended/falling as the background.

THE DYING RELIGION
""The kind of laugh that echoes behind the ribs, leaves the jaw sore, the teeth aching but the soul bright."
STARTING COUNT: 2,680
END GOAL: 9,300
TODAY'S PROGRESS: 820

Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · Apr 4

a man wearing a vest and bow tie is giving a thumbs up with the words you got it behind him

ALT: a man wearing a vest and bow tie is giving a thumbs up with the words you got it behind him

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Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · Apr 3

anyone taking part in #1stlinepit this Saturday who’d like to swap some support? 😊

a cartoon of spongebob saying that f is for friends who do stuff together

ALT: a cartoon of spongebob saying that f is for friends who do stuff together

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