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After a lot of rest, I got some writing done. #WIPSnips

The WIP is #TheSpider’sWeb, book two of #Warlock’sBond. Magnum gets a voice in this one since what a brilliant voice it is.

Now back to bed for me. #disabled #queerwriter #chronicallyill
White text against a gradient blue background that reads: Each morning is welcomed by a crisp, blue sky with clouds white as snow. Each night ushers in dancing stars that move across the sky in a harmony so ancient that I feel it in my very bones. -Magnum
January 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Now that they’re reunited, there are a lot of Feelings going around and not all of them are healthy lmaoooo

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White text against a green gradient background: “After all, my experiences of “love” have been broken and corrupt, fragmented shards of pain and anger. Perhaps if we never say those magical three words to each other, perhaps if love stays a distant idea, we will last forever instead of ending in a battle of agony and loss. — Ruin”
March 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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#pretendpanel

My voice is lyrical with strong verbs and descriptive scenes.

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karamoonauthor.com Kara Moon (the artist formerly known as Hiria Dunning) @karamoonauthor.com · Feb 2
Good evening #pretendpanel! This one comes courtesy of @svrtnsse.bsky.social:

February 2nd: What characterises your voice?

(or should I say 'characterizes' for the Americans? 😜)

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#pretendpanel a daily prompt tag hosted by @hiriadunning.bsky.social February 2nd: What characterises your voice? Please support your fellow #pretentpanel posters with replies, likes and reposts New #pretendpanel questions every Saturday and Sunday. Hop in any time!
February 2, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Got up early today and wrote and now I have a migraine but the 1k words were worth it.

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Back to Ruin and his troubles. There’s a new villain afoot.

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White text against a green gradient background that reads “I swallow nervously as she removes her helmet, her thick, blond braid cascading down her shoulders and her bangs framing her brow severely. Her look is entirely predatory, her eyes glowing with a faint red tint to them, and that’s how I know I’m well and truly fucked. I may not have access to my full magic but I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that her demon is much too close to the surface. — Ruin”
January 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Grief is a funny thing. It can make you feel like everything happened yesterday. And that’s what today was like.

But I wrote so it’s okay. The only way out is through.

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White text against a blue and pink background: “Rufyst looks annoyed. “I must say that this glamour business is completely off-putting,” he says with bite. “A lot of wolves in sheep’s clothing.” I feel some embarrassment at that, wondering if I should apologize for my kin… or maybe myself. This is a rather sore subject for them at the moment so maybe it is best to stay silent. So that is what I do. —TOBIAH”
April 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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It’s going down. This draft is so intense but so fun. I managed to write again today which is a huge win.

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White text against a green gradient background that says: “A powerful wave rolls out, blue sparking the air and the house trembling intensely as the collar falls apart. I gasp as my magic fills the profoundly negative space in my chest, the deep darkness that has drowned me for so long being replaced with the pure, unabated green fire that I have felt in my soul since I was eight. — Ruin”
March 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Ruin baiting his captors is something worth seeing. And who are these mysterious people anyway?

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White text on a green background that reads “I wrestle with what to say, unsure if I should be blunt or put up a front. After a moment, I decide the front is not worth it. “Alright,” I acknowledge with a nod. “You have me out here at your mercy. Are you going to kill me? Revenge for the prince, perhaps?” —RUIN”
February 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Great news!

My hand is feeling much better so I managed to write about 400 words this morning. It’s low for me but it’s something!

Another mystery character. Two, in fact.

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White text on a gradient green background that reads “My captor places me down on the ground. It smells like winter and pine and the pink sunset dances through the tree branches, casting brilliant shadows. I have little appreciation for it and glare at [REDACTED] before looking at her companion with disdain. -RUIN”
January 30, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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I have hand surgery in the morning. Will be taking a break from writing for a few days but will be brainstorming. I have some plans to make so everything lines up just right. ♥️📚✍️

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January 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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War table plans are here. Just temporarily of course. 😬

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White text against blue and pink: ““If we take Rue de Fartha and head north, we won’t be seen,” Rufyst says, pointing at a back road. Magnum shakes his head. “It won’t be that easy,” he says quietly. “That’s a fact.” “What do you mean?” Prime Minister Mussac asks, watching him intently. — Tobiah”
March 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Intense writing this morning, but lots of fun. Still recovering from my flare, but we are making progress! Redacted because mystery character 😅🥰📝

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White text against a gradient green background: "[REDACTED] moves forward, but I grab his arm, stopping him in his tracks. He looks at me in surprise and I shake my head.  "Wait," I say tensely and watch the display as they all collapse, groaning and gasping loudly. I'm not sure what's happened, but I'm entirely sure of one thing. "Magnum," I say with a nod of certainty, relief filling me to the brim. Shatterjaw and he must be safe. "Magnum did something." -Ruin"
April 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Tobiah is cleaning up the aftermath, it seems.

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White text against a blue and pink gradient background: “”Tobiah?” Rufyst comes up to me. His wounds are fading, and he insisted that healers look after Bandit and Prime Minister Mussac first. His sister was not happy about it, but now she is sleeping, tired from the effort of healing people. I helped as well, but I sensed that she wanted me to fuck off. Trust is in short supply around here. — Tobiah”
February 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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This was a fun prompt!

Magnum is in a new city, trying to navigate a new culture.

Signage is important.

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White text against a red and gold background that reads “The buildings are painted in blues, silvers, browns, reds, and whites, patterns peppered across the sides. I notice that specific geometric markings are correlated with specific services—for example, blue triangles mean hospitality, whereas silver squares mean smithies. — Magnum”
January 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Hahahaha. Ha. Ha.

Uh.

“Something’s fucked.”

Classic Magnum. It’s perfect because it sets the pace with him and his voice.

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davidgalle.bsky.social David Galle @davidgalle.bsky.social · Feb 3
3️⃣ First impressions matter! What’s the first line of your book, and why did you choose it?
A great opening can pull readers in instantly. Share your first line and tell us why it sets the right tone for your story!

Repost with your answer & tag #AskAnAuthor & ❤️ to keep the conversation going 📖
Graphic with blurred background of a woman sitting in a window of a stack of books. #AskAnAuthor, daily prompts from davidgalle.bsky.social, 3rd February First impressions matter! What's the first line of your book, and why did you choose it?
February 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Up early writing many words.

Things couldn't stay happy, could they? 🙃

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White text against blue and pink background: "The air smells like acrid magic and wrath, and Bandit recovers before me, straightening up quickly and drawing her blade to vent her displeasure on our enemies. She is all grace and agility, a wraith of deadly, fluid passion and ice as she easily cuts through warlocks, helping clear the field with brutish effectiveness. -Tobiah"
March 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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This is probably not what you meant by “sweet,” but, uh, here we go. Lmao

TW: Graphic description of violence

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White text against a gradient red and orange background: “The stone is supposed to be white, but now it’s crimson, painted red by violence and gore. The heavy scent of blood fills the air and the stomach churning sweetness of fresh, bloated flesh fills my nostrils. — Magnum”
February 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Plans are good. Direction is better.

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White text against an orange and red background: ““Then my task is to ensure that the demons don’t take over,” Ellana says crisply, writing a bit faster on her scroll. “And yours is to find Ruin.” I nod. “That seems to be the long and short of it,” I agree, a bit relieved she’s seeing things so clearly. — Magnum”
March 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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This one was a challenge given where I am in the story. I used the thesaurus and the closest thing I could find was “aid.”

Also, have a migraine, I did my best lmao.

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White text against a green background: “She sniffs and Finch surges forward, all speed and agility as he goes after Bellacorpse. She’s stopped smiling, taken aback by his swiftness. He lands a hit and she screams. Bandit follows and starts engaging Aldar. Yaris grabs me and pulls me towards the pillar. It’s humming quietly, the magic of it powerful and seemingly unbreakable. “Hurry. The faster we do this, the more it will aid them,” Yaris tells me. —RUIN”
April 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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#pretendpanel

Let’s pick this up again.

I’d have to say that I love each character in their own way, but that Tobiah is my favorite because I relate to him the most. He is unequivocally emo and I hard relate lol

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January 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Forgot to say the name of the novel!

It’s #TheSpider’sWeb, a sequel to #TheMosquito’sSting. It’s part 2 of the #TheWarlock’sBond series. <3
January 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Man, this got sad quick.

Only 450 words this morning but that’s better than nothing.

New tag WW because Bandit and Shatterjaw have it going on lmao

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White text against a blue and pink background: “I look around me and take everything in: the chaos of the now ended battle; the shards of dull crystal scattered about; and the weight of everything pressing down on us. That is when I realize that Bandit is kneeling over Bellacorpse’s body, sobbing loudly, grief forced out of her in profound waves. I do not think I have ever heard something so sad and I wish for Shatterjaw because I doubt I will be of comfort to her. I never am. To anyone. —TOBIAH”
April 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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#Saturdark

Ruin’s in a bad situation. The world is shadows and darkness.

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White text against a gray and blue gradient background that reads “I think I’m dying. At least, that’s what it feels like. The all encompassing pain and madness as I pass in and out of consciousness can’t be anything but that. I can’t quite see and I can’t quite hear either. Everything is in horrible, clipped, fragments, and I feel an intense void and loss so complete that I wonder if I’m already in the Underworld. — Ruin”
February 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Still on Magnum’s perspective, which is proving interesting. He has come a long way and has a long way to go, but we’re here for his journey.

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White test against a red and yellow gradient background that reads “"None of this is easy, Shatterjaw," I say and hug myself, looking at her earnestly. "None of it. Not them being gone, not us being lost, and not the world ending. None of it is easy. And that's okay to say. Sometimes we must in order to move forward at all." -MAGNUM”
January 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Not to be dramatic, but things are getting worrisome. They always are where demons are involved.

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White text against a gradient orange and red background: “I hide my surprise. “The Prime Minister bonded with Rore? The pit demon?” This is much, much worse than I thought. “Oh, yes,” Co’elle says brightly. “He doesn’t give her much room to do what she wants. She’s just a makeshift robe he wears so the humans listen.” — Magnum”
February 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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#CharFeb

Day one of CharFeb!

I’m going to use Ruin for this prompt.

I would describe him as tenacious, sassy, and compassionate.

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February 2, 2025 at 8:19 AM