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Amanda Turek 💎 Writing Rushak
@acturek.bsky.social
Writes character driven adult fantasy.
WIP: Brother’s Keeper, epic fantasy sibling story
Lives with bipolar disorder - @siegeofthespirit
Clinical Laboratory Scientist
Mountain backcountry horsewoman
Every trail’s the one true home.
Pinned
Two brothers—one accursed, one gifted—struggle with the Power of an empathic bond unseen for centuries. As Rushak seeks to escape his curse, Drisal must wield it as evil arises to threaten the world. But the prophesied Power can return only once, and the Shining One is … somebody else. #WIPPIT #F #A
Woodwitch’s test

A thousand blades of trembling green and #crescent ferns with #dew drop eyes.

A towering snag #bearing an age’s emptiness, its hollow mouth black with lightning #sear.

With these, a single nut and a whisper, a tree will live again.
#vss365 #vssmagic #vssfantasy #wildwalkprompt
January 17, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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This is Dumpling. She got her very first sweater and promptly deactivated. 12/10 (TT: jmw495)
January 15, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Song of the day!
Drisal vibe

youtu.be/_QM3q99Ldv0
Ancient Magic Awakens from Legendary Composer David Arkenstone
YouTube video by davidarkenstone
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January 17, 2026 at 1:58 AM
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Autumn archway. Riding a trail through brown-leaved oak and yellow aspen on chestnut mare, Sunflower.
#forestfriday #betweentheears #horsesky #arabianhorse #trailride #trailhorse #forest #trail #autumn
January 16, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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#fantasy #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WIPSnips #brain

Gotta post and run but look forward to reading all your snips later today!❤️

Cerel has just won another argument. 🤷‍♀️ FIRST SPEAKER IS DRISAL

- Brother’s Keeper, my fantasy WIP about two brothers bound by a misunderstood power
January 16, 2026 at 1:26 PM
#AwesomeVharacters
Just Rushak today: Baseline Rush wouldn’t break a promise, even if the cost to himself for keeping it turns out to be high.
I can’t speak for post-BK Rush however; I’m just not sure.
He’d always be careful not to make a promise he wasn’t confident he could keep.
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

Let's talk promises! Does your character make them easily, or does it take a lot to get them to make a promise? Does it depend on the promise, or the person?

What would it take to make them break that promise?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
January 17, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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#BookSky #ShortStory #ReaderSky #IndieAuthor 📚💙

"...who would they rather have defending their children's lives? A scared and confused girl, hiding in the bathroom...? Or an emotionally unstable paranoid schizophrenic prone to fits of narcissistic rage?"

LINK: m-walshwrites.itch.io/the-new-baby...
January 10, 2026 at 8:33 PM
A lump in their throat. #WritingQ #WriteSky
Happy Friday!! We made it!

Alright, this one is for writers: What do you hope a reader feels when they reach the final page of your story?

#WritingQ #booksky #writesky 🪐📚💙
January 16, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Trimming my giant stuffed animal’s tootsies! 😁 Zil is a good girl! All ready for adventure.
(What’s with this gorgeous weather, BTW?)
#arabianhorse #horse #friday #fun #Colorado
January 16, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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G'morning #WIPSnips! How's the old noggin' doing today.
Not so good for Jennifer here, I gotta admit.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
January 16, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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January 16th – brain

In fairness to Av’ry, Fox has had months to come to terms with what they are confronting. He is trying his very best to catch up.

#DawnsBlood

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
January 16, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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#WIPSnips | brain

In which Archer checks in on Sabbat post-bath and gets a somewhat surprising answer to an unasked question

( saranadosfiction.com/2024/01/26/s... )
January 16, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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She learned plenty before coming to the castle and her time there only served to sharpen such skills. Her mother always said, "you gotta use what you have." And according to Sally, what Elsbie had was a big attitude, a big mouth, and a big brain.
- my WIP, When Morning Comes

#WIPSnips
January 16, 2026 at 8:47 AM
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Not many instances of brain. This random moment is the most standalone.

Ess is a con artist with forbidden magic, able to control minds through touch in a world where skin is taboo. When Ess's escape attempt is interrupted by Cal and his clingy fiancée Lysa, underhand insults fly.

#WIPSnips
January 16, 2026 at 9:58 AM
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Our hero muses on the Information Super Highway
From "Hat" or "Children of the Void"
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips
January 16, 2026 at 10:28 AM
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No brain! 😆So it's vibes for today's #WIPSnips

The odious Brother Nicholls tries to use magic to control Hannah's brain and thus accept his marriage proposal. Luckily, she and her sapphic sweetheart Maqine figured something was afoot, and had a contingency plan...

From my WIP #Ellamir
January 16, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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You know these scenes that do something to you when you write them? That make you feel so much your chest constricts? That was one of them for me (although it's probably less so without context).
Also, crossover to todays #AwesomeCharacters.
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
January 16, 2026 at 10:46 AM
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I've funnily not used “brain” in any of my stories, but I have a great 'vibe' for #WIPSnips that coincides with today's new #FlashFictionFriday on Patreon

Want to read it? www.patreon.com/posts/univer...

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WritersLift #AmWriting #BookSky #SelfPromo
January 16, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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Bit late as had to take my dog for a photoshoot. A look inside the mind of one of my least favourite side characters. The ever slimy and sexist clerk, Raion. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
January 16, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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#WIPSnips | Brain
Synonym today! Theodore pushes Elias’ buttons as all their tension comes to a head, but while doing so, he goes too far.
#⚔️🌿🌼
January 16, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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#WIPSnips | brain
But going with mind, and since I heard it was #dragonappreciationday and I have a dragon in my novel...it's perfect! ... However, this is a first glance at Pahaliah's POV. The Priest is caught talking to the Dragon:

#WriteSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #SFF #BookSky
January 16, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity

So... this is a bit of an strange moment. I don't really explain what, exactly, happens when Aubergine is in a trance like this. It's one of those things that I have to leave to reader interpretation because the truth is simply too strange
January 16, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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#WIPSnips
Word of the day is brains.
-Amy being snarky as hell, love her
#Writing #WritingCommunity
January 16, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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#WIPSnips #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #writesky

Nat just discovered that Kazuo writes poetry, much to Kazuo's embarrassment. Noah is not helping 😂

A little silly scene from #Tenement, my dystopian mystery about people living in an infinite building.
January 16, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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when your nemesis unexpectedly interrupts your breakfast

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
January 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM