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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 11h

#QueerPrompts 9/10:

Ryder seems to be a walking bad luck charm but he's not actually cursed. Rhianna has a lot of crap happen to her, but she doesn't consider herself cursed either... 🤔

Since I haven't fully planned books 2-4, I might involve a curse later on but for now, no curses. :) #WitchChild

🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 9d

🌈 Hi #QueerWriters! #QueerPrompts is your chance to talk about your WIP/story/book, meet other queer authors, and have fun! 🏳️‍🌈

📚 While focussed on queer fiction, any writers are welcome to use these prompts! Include the tag #QueerPrompts and join at any time and on any days you want. 🎃

1. Introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book
2. LGBTQ History Month: Any queer history mentioned in your story?
3. Free Friday or National Body Language Day: Do you add body language when writing conversations between characters?
4. National Cinnamon Roll Day: Any cinnamon roll character?
5. Banned Books Week Begins: What might someone try to ban your story for having?
6. National Coaches Day: Any coaches in your story? (fitness, life coach, etc.)
7. National Inner Beauty Day: Does your story address outer vs inner beauty?
8. International Lesbian Day: GIF/Audio or description of personality of a favorite lesbian character
9. Curses or bad luck in story?
10. Free Friday or World Mental Health Day: Has positive queer rep in books helped your mental health?
11. National Coming Out Day: Do any of your characters come out in your story?
12. Astrology/horoscopes in story?
13. Indigenous People's Day: What people would be indigenous to where your story takes place?
14. Ghosts or spirits in story?
15. International Pronoun Day: GIF/Audio or description of how easily your character(s) adjust(s) to new pronouns
16. Dictionary Day: What word in the dictionary would have your MC's face next to it?
17. Free Friday or pitch your story as a horror novel
18. Line that foreshadows danger or scary scene/snippet
19. National LGBT Center Awareness Day: Where do your characters go to feel safe?
20. National Day on Writing: Favorite/least favorite part of the writing process
21. Asexual Awareness Week: Ace rep in story?
22. GIF/Audio or description of what emotion(s) you want/expect your story to make readers feel?
23. Does your MC/characters like being scared?
24. Free Friday or spooky queer reading recs
25. International Artist Day: Art share or role of art in your story
26. Intersex Awareness Day: Intersex or non-traditional gendered character(s)?
27. MC/character's worst nightmare
28. Rate your MC's and/or villain's scariness level from 1-10
29. National Cat Day: GIF/Audio or descrip

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 11h

#OctoberWorldbuilders
HELL YEAH! I'm trying to avoid real game names bc it's a fictional world, copyright, etc. Manson and Ryder end up playing Tantrix, Mouse Trap and Monopoly together.
Manson's bookshelf has a precarious stacking method as his family collects board games. #WitchChild

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 9d

Here are the #OctoberWorldbuilders prompts!

Assuming I'm not doing other peoples prompts (I haven't seen any yet that I really want to do?) I might actually stay on top of these, this time around 🤣

I just realized I can actually fit all the text in the alt text, woo hoo!

October Worldbuilders prompt list

WEEK 1: DESERTS
1: Name of a desert in your world
2: What’s your desert society like?
3: Desert town architecture
4: Desert animals/plants
5: Myth/legend/religion about
desert
6: How do they survive?
7: Clothes/dance/music from
desert society

WEEK 2: SPORTS AND GAMES
8: Does your MC play a sport?
9: Board games in your book’s world?
10: Competitive game/sport
11: Cooperative game/sport
12: Equipment/pieces
13: History/famous figure involved in a sport/game
14: Strategy for winning

WEEK 3: INFRASTRUCTURE AND CITIES
15: Trade routes
16: Fire/police/hospital services
17: Where does their food come from?
18: Tech: Electricity? Steam power? Mills?
19: Sanitation, sewer system, hygiene
20: Who developed the infrastructure? Government employees? Soldiers? Private business? Are taxes or slaves involved?
21: Housing (Style? Architecture? Amenities available in your world?)

WEEK 4: AESTHETCS/VIBES
22: Share a moodboard or art
23: Aesthetics of a town/city
24: Overall vibe of your story/book/wip
25: Religious/cultural vibes/influences
26: Clothing and accessories
27: What feeling or thoughts do you hope your readers come away with after reading your story?
28: Something special about your world

Extra days:
29: Plans for next month
30: Recent character you’ve created
31: Which of your characters would you like to see someone cosplay? (Or who would you cosplay yourself?)

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 12h

#WIPSnips 9/10: Battery

'Nodding slightly out of habit rather than having any effect on the conversation, Ryder hung up to try preserve some of his phone battery, jacket still drawn so tightly it impinged his movement.' - #WitchChild

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 3d

Here are the #WIPSnips words for October 6th through October 12th.

They're not quite as fun as last week. 😂

Sorry for the super late post.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

The WIPSnips words for October 6th through October 12th.

October 6 - miss; October 7 - safe; October 8 - dungeon; October 9 - battery; October 10 - prize; October 11 - welcome; October 12 - hope

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 22h

#QueerPrompts 8/10:

I really like Renee Montoya from DC in her Gotham Knights portrayal. Strong, loyal to Jim Gordon even after his death and dedicated to not just cleaning up Gotham's streets but the PD as well <3

🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 9d

🌈 Hi #QueerWriters! #QueerPrompts is your chance to talk about your WIP/story/book, meet other queer authors, and have fun! 🏳️‍🌈

📚 While focussed on queer fiction, any writers are welcome to use these prompts! Include the tag #QueerPrompts and join at any time and on any days you want. 🎃

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 1d

#OctoberWorldbuilders 8/10:

Manson, Victor and Ryder do not play sport but Valerie plays basketball, and formerly played soccer (the real football ><)

That's it, it's official; Football in Vethera has only ONE MEANING! AND ITS THE SOCCER ONE 😤

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 9d

Here are the #OctoberWorldbuilders prompts!

Assuming I'm not doing other peoples prompts (I haven't seen any yet that I really want to do?) I might actually stay on top of these, this time around 🤣

I just realized I can actually fit all the text in the alt text, woo hoo!

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 1d

#WIPSnips 8/10: Dungeon -> Jail

“I go to jail,” He counted each item off on his fingers. “My Dad ends up dead, two more families grieve avoidable losses, and my mother might as well never come home." - #WitchChild

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 3d

Here are the #WIPSnips words for October 6th through October 12th.

They're not quite as fun as last week. 😂

Sorry for the super late post.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 2d

Our #DiceRollArt number is 26: Final Fantasy XV!

I have been requested to draw something specific so I started ahead of time because it's so complex 😅

The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 2d

This entire thread was absolute gold but the ending?
Brilliant, I tip my hat to you 😂

a man with a beard wearing a crown and armor is standing in front of a crowd of people .

ALT: a man with a beard wearing a crown and armor is standing in front of a crowd of people .

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🎃 Samhain Vimes 👻 @reaper-man.bsky.social · 2d

When I left for work in the morning, there was a solitary ant on my counter. When I returned, there were dozens.

I will tell you their tale with Lord of the Rings gifs.

1. After spotting some breadcrumbs on my counter, that first ant burst through the nest doors, seeking audience with the queen.

a man with long hair is standing in a dark room holding a door open

Alt: A man with long hair bursts into a dark room holding a door open.

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 2d

#QueerPrompts 7/10:

Not really, no. I suppose I don't really focus on beauty as a theme so often, but self acceptance and forgiveness is definitely present, so I suppose I'm theme adjacent?

🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 9d

🌈 Hi #QueerWriters! #QueerPrompts is your chance to talk about your WIP/story/book, meet other queer authors, and have fun! 🏳️‍🌈

📚 While focussed on queer fiction, any writers are welcome to use these prompts! Include the tag #QueerPrompts and join at any time and on any days you want. 🎃

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 2d

#OctoberWorldbuilders 7/10:

Above ground, I definitely see the bandit people being all Mad Max/Borderlands, Tank Girl, maybe even Farcry: New Dawn or Metal Gear: Survive style.

Underground? Much more Tatooine/Sci-Fi desert styles (Star Trek, Star Wars, etc).

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 9d

Here are the #OctoberWorldbuilders prompts!

Assuming I'm not doing other peoples prompts (I haven't seen any yet that I really want to do?) I might actually stay on top of these, this time around 🤣

I just realized I can actually fit all the text in the alt text, woo hoo!

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 2d

#WIPSnips 7/10: Safe

'Noticing that Ryder’s temperature was much higher than normally considered safe for a human, Victor gently shifted Ryder’s weight from himself to the wall behind them, still taking some of it in case the wall didn’t hold.' - #WitchChild

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 3d

Here are the #WIPSnips words for October 6th through October 12th.

They're not quite as fun as last week. 😂

Sorry for the super late post.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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👻Scarlet🎃Mitchell☠️ @scarletvmitchell.bsky.social · 2d

#QueerPrompts

No coaches in any of my stories at this point, but I'd love to celebrate Coaches Day by commemorating my coach.
My Dad, Art, who passed away in June was a cycle coach and race official.

He got me through a half-ironman.
He got me through 45 years of life.
Love and miss you, Coach❤️

A white man with a white soup-strainer mustache l and sunglasses blowing a whistle.
He wears a blue USA Cycling jacket and a blue and multicolor striped winter hat with a giant poofball on top.

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E.W. Doc Phibes @ewdocparris.com · 2d

It's easier to track progress when drafting.
Revising and editing is not a linear process. Some chapters fly, others crawl.
Both are progress.

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 3d

#QueerPrompts 6/10:

Jon Hannovick and Mrs Vance both act as magical coaches to help the kids through their spells, but they both also provide emotional support and advice to the teens wherever they can ♡

🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 9d

🌈 Hi #QueerWriters! #QueerPrompts is your chance to talk about your WIP/story/book, meet other queer authors, and have fun! 🏳️‍🌈

📚 While focussed on queer fiction, any writers are welcome to use these prompts! Include the tag #QueerPrompts and join at any time and on any days you want. 🎃

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 3d

#OctoberWorldbuilders 6/10:
The sun crazed, surface morons steal from army camps they attack.
The smart ones underground use age-old, yet highly technologically sophisticated natural tech created in Metralo to live in small ecological bubbles underground. Bunker style~!

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 9d

Here are the #OctoberWorldbuilders prompts!

Assuming I'm not doing other peoples prompts (I haven't seen any yet that I really want to do?) I might actually stay on top of these, this time around 🤣

I just realized I can actually fit all the text in the alt text, woo hoo!

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 3d

#WIPSnips 6/10: Miss

'Fairly certain no one would miss him for most of the day, Ryder hid himself away in the Vance Mansion, spending his time drawing with the pencil he brought everywhere with him...' - #WitchChild (Edited down)

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 3d

Here are the #WIPSnips words for October 6th through October 12th.

They're not quite as fun as last week. 😂

Sorry for the super late post.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 3d

#ProgressUpdate for the week! Accidentally published it publicly before fixing it up lmao; it's been a long week.

www.patreon.com/posts/140497...

Progress Update: 29th September - 5th October | The Dicepool Tavern

www.patreon.com

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 3d

Schedule for upcoming week;

www.patreon.com/posts/140498...

Schedule: October 6th - 12th | The Dicepool Tavern

www.patreon.com

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 3d

#QueerPrompts 5/10: The underlying theme that a person connected to the true, indigenous roots of their land and heritage is trying to bring that history back into the modern eye - singlehandedly keeping it alive despite being forced to keep it taboo for now, for 'his safety'.

🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 9d

🌈 Hi #QueerWriters! #QueerPrompts is your chance to talk about your WIP/story/book, meet other queer authors, and have fun! 🏳️‍🌈

📚 While focussed on queer fiction, any writers are welcome to use these prompts! Include the tag #QueerPrompts and join at any time and on any days you want. 🎃

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 3d

#OctoberWorldbuilders 5/10:

Some people believe that in the past, Asunder was cursed by the dead warriors from Misaren and Parisen, able to come to fruition because even Sephtis, Deity of Death could not keep up with the killing. They say this is why everyone who lives there is 'insane'.

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 9d

Here are the #OctoberWorldbuilders prompts!

Assuming I'm not doing other peoples prompts (I haven't seen any yet that I really want to do?) I might actually stay on top of these, this time around 🤣

I just realized I can actually fit all the text in the alt text, woo hoo!

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 3d

#WIPSnips 5/10: Store

Explaining the basic situation to the pair, he let them choose whatever food they wanted from his small store of supplies. “As you can probably guess, we don’t really get guests over.” - #WitchChild

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 10d

I know that Fat Bear Week 2025 is almost over, but in honor of all the lovely, pudgy bears, the #WIPSnips words for September 29th through October 5th are inspired by Fat Bear Week.

And if you have no clue what I'm talking about, I'll link it in the comments :D

Go enjoy some cute bears.

#WriteSky

The WIPSnips words for September 29th through October 5th.

September 29th - bear; September 30 - paw; October 1st - river; October 2nd - salmon; October 3rd - hibernate; October 4th - hunt; October 5th - store

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 3d

#ProgressUpdate for the week! Accidentally published it publicly before fixing it up lmao; it's been a long week.

www.patreon.com/posts/140497...

Progress Update: 29th September - 5th October | The Dicepool Tavern

www.patreon.com

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 3d

Schedule for upcoming week;

www.patreon.com/posts/140498...

Schedule: October 6th - 12th | The Dicepool Tavern

www.patreon.com

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The Dicepool Tavern @thedicepooltavern.bsky.social · 5d

This is what happens when people give me ideas and a theme 🤷😂

a man in a plaid shirt is walking down a street .

ALT: a man in a plaid shirt is walking down a street .

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