Sage Byrne
@sagebyrne.com
Urban fantasy author of Nereid Unbound coming spring of '26.
Getting my feet wet in Bluesky - but isn't that what Nereids are supposed to do?
Getting my feet wet in Bluesky - but isn't that what Nereids are supposed to do?
I think it is important to give your characters flaws. Let them make a decision they normally wouldn't. If they look perfect on the outside, what are their internal struggles? No one wants to read a character that is perfect.
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December 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I think it is important to give your characters flaws. Let them make a decision they normally wouldn't. If they look perfect on the outside, what are their internal struggles? No one wants to read a character that is perfect.
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Got my manuscript back from my editor & am chipping away at making suggested changes. This was helpful because I wrote non-fiction for years before switching over to my first-love of fiction. Not all writing rules carry over.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Got my manuscript back from my editor & am chipping away at making suggested changes. This was helpful because I wrote non-fiction for years before switching over to my first-love of fiction. Not all writing rules carry over.
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Did my car yesterday and attacked the BF's new GMC Sierra truck this morning @bannedcamp.bsky.social (with permission)
December 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Did my car yesterday and attacked the BF's new GMC Sierra truck this morning @bannedcamp.bsky.social (with permission)
December 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I strive, when wrapping up a novel, to make the ending meaningful; to make it worth the investment by the reader.
I just finished reading a book (no names or shade) that failed that test. A hollow ending. A promise not delivered. A shame.
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I just finished reading a book (no names or shade) that failed that test. A hollow ending. A promise not delivered. A shame.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I strive, when wrapping up a novel, to make the ending meaningful; to make it worth the investment by the reader.
I just finished reading a book (no names or shade) that failed that test. A hollow ending. A promise not delivered. A shame.
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I just finished reading a book (no names or shade) that failed that test. A hollow ending. A promise not delivered. A shame.
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Not sure if it's more like the night before Christmas, or the night before a dentist appt, but I get my mauscript back from my editor tomorrow. Excited and terrified.
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December 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Not sure if it's more like the night before Christmas, or the night before a dentist appt, but I get my mauscript back from my editor tomorrow. Excited and terrified.
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Slipped out of the weekend to 32k words for book two. I've made so much progress over the last couple of weeks, and it shows.
Also had a meeting with the person that will be doing the cover art for the series. Feeling very optimistic today.
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Also had a meeting with the person that will be doing the cover art for the series. Feeling very optimistic today.
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December 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Slipped out of the weekend to 32k words for book two. I've made so much progress over the last couple of weeks, and it shows.
Also had a meeting with the person that will be doing the cover art for the series. Feeling very optimistic today.
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Also had a meeting with the person that will be doing the cover art for the series. Feeling very optimistic today.
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Knocked out another thousand+ words this morning. Before noon, even. I hope I can maintain the pace. I'd love to be in the position to do a one-two drop of book one and two in 2026.
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December 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Knocked out another thousand+ words this morning. Before noon, even. I hope I can maintain the pace. I'd love to be in the position to do a one-two drop of book one and two in 2026.
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My main character speaks English, some Choctaw, and is learning Nereid (based on Greek.)
Yep. I've got a trifecta in the works.
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Yep. I've got a trifecta in the works.
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Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters
Does your character speak English? Or another real language?
Do they speak a fictional language transcribed as another for the sake of the reader?
Are language barriers ever a problem in the story?
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Does your character speak English? Or another real language?
Do they speak a fictional language transcribed as another for the sake of the reader?
Are language barriers ever a problem in the story?
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December 13, 2025 at 1:42 AM
My main character speaks English, some Choctaw, and is learning Nereid (based on Greek.)
Yep. I've got a trifecta in the works.
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Yep. I've got a trifecta in the works.
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I think I also figured out why I struggled so much reading books written in first person. In most cases, I could never get behind the choices they made. I'm much more comfortable with third person.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I think I also figured out why I struggled so much reading books written in first person. In most cases, I could never get behind the choices they made. I'm much more comfortable with third person.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Woke up from another night of my subconscious tweaking, replotting and creating full scenes. I made quick notes to get back to after the day job, but damn! I'd rather be #writing.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Woke up from another night of my subconscious tweaking, replotting and creating full scenes. I made quick notes to get back to after the day job, but damn! I'd rather be #writing.
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I've found the cure for lack of creativity, motivation, or writer's block:
Open an Excel spreadsheet and try to math, logic or formula.
Guaranteed to instantly fire my brain into thinking about anything *but* numbers.
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Open an Excel spreadsheet and try to math, logic or formula.
Guaranteed to instantly fire my brain into thinking about anything *but* numbers.
🤣
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December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I've found the cure for lack of creativity, motivation, or writer's block:
Open an Excel spreadsheet and try to math, logic or formula.
Guaranteed to instantly fire my brain into thinking about anything *but* numbers.
🤣
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Open an Excel spreadsheet and try to math, logic or formula.
Guaranteed to instantly fire my brain into thinking about anything *but* numbers.
🤣
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In the office at my dayjob today--hours wasted that I could be working on my novel. A dayjob conflicts with my goals of being a full-time writer.
Available for adoption by wealthy benefactor 😁
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Available for adoption by wealthy benefactor 😁
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December 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
In the office at my dayjob today--hours wasted that I could be working on my novel. A dayjob conflicts with my goals of being a full-time writer.
Available for adoption by wealthy benefactor 😁
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Available for adoption by wealthy benefactor 😁
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So excited! My editor dropped me an update this afternoon and said she loved my book's ending. This is huge! Endings can be so difficult to nail sometimes, and I really fretted over this one. Woot!!!
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December 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
So excited! My editor dropped me an update this afternoon and said she loved my book's ending. This is huge! Endings can be so difficult to nail sometimes, and I really fretted over this one. Woot!!!
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Yes! Because I'm afraid of my novels being banned one day!
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why are we doing this? because spite is a powerful motivator and we have a vinyl cutter.
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December 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Yes! Because I'm afraid of my novels being banned one day!
Finally decided to give the main character in my novel another flaw. It stings, but I know it's necessary.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Finally decided to give the main character in my novel another flaw. It stings, but I know it's necessary.
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Dropping Elmo off at the library for the toy drive. Some child is going to love him!
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December 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Dropping Elmo off at the library for the toy drive. Some child is going to love him!
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Taking toys to the library this morning to donate to needy children. Someone's getting a giant Elmo doll that I won.
I remember growing up poor and having to stand in line at Christmas for a toy. Hoping I can change that for others.
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I remember growing up poor and having to stand in line at Christmas for a toy. Hoping I can change that for others.
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December 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Taking toys to the library this morning to donate to needy children. Someone's getting a giant Elmo doll that I won.
I remember growing up poor and having to stand in line at Christmas for a toy. Hoping I can change that for others.
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I remember growing up poor and having to stand in line at Christmas for a toy. Hoping I can change that for others.
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I'm 100 pgs into book two and things are about to ramp up in dangerous ways. Crossing my fingers that the ideas keep flowing onto the page and I can keep up the pace. I'm even waking up in the middle of the night to jot down scenes.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I'm 100 pgs into book two and things are about to ramp up in dangerous ways. Crossing my fingers that the ideas keep flowing onto the page and I can keep up the pace. I'm even waking up in the middle of the night to jot down scenes.
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Made it to 21,271k words this evening and am now going to have a cup of cocoa and watch some mindless drivel for an hour before I go read a book.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Made it to 21,271k words this evening and am now going to have a cup of cocoa and watch some mindless drivel for an hour before I go read a book.
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I'm am tweaking a sentence that feels too cliche. It should reflect the fragility of someone whose heart was broken & the carelessness of the one who broke it. Said from the best friend's POV. Suggestions?
"She was fine before you stepped on her heart like it was..."
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"She was fine before you stepped on her heart like it was..."
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December 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I'm am tweaking a sentence that feels too cliche. It should reflect the fragility of someone whose heart was broken & the carelessness of the one who broke it. Said from the best friend's POV. Suggestions?
"She was fine before you stepped on her heart like it was..."
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"She was fine before you stepped on her heart like it was..."
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If I've learned anything from working on book one, it's to stop trying to edit as I go. Write it down. Keep flowing forward. Just get it on the page. Once you're at the proverbial end, set it aside for a couple of weeks or a month before returning to it. Trust me.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
If I've learned anything from working on book one, it's to stop trying to edit as I go. Write it down. Keep flowing forward. Just get it on the page. Once you're at the proverbial end, set it aside for a couple of weeks or a month before returning to it. Trust me.
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Just got back from the library with two books in a series I'm reading. I read every night before bed. I think it helps kick the cobwebs loose and gives me new perspectives on my own writing.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Just got back from the library with two books in a series I'm reading. I read every night before bed. I think it helps kick the cobwebs loose and gives me new perspectives on my own writing.
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My epiphany of the day: Pantsing vs plotting is not about one being better than the other, rather how the writer's mind works.
I'm mainly a pantser, aka instinctive structural writer, planting seeds and weaving threads. I enjoy the journey.
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I'm mainly a pantser, aka instinctive structural writer, planting seeds and weaving threads. I enjoy the journey.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
My epiphany of the day: Pantsing vs plotting is not about one being better than the other, rather how the writer's mind works.
I'm mainly a pantser, aka instinctive structural writer, planting seeds and weaving threads. I enjoy the journey.
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I'm mainly a pantser, aka instinctive structural writer, planting seeds and weaving threads. I enjoy the journey.
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