Mollie Fire
@molliefire.com
She/her
✍️ fantasy steampunk series
📖 Amina al-Sirafi
🎲 D&D Artificer
🎧 NIN
💖 Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Loud supporter of LGBTQIA2s+, indigenous rights, anti-racism, anti-ableism, anti-billionaires, & anti-genocide
✍️ fantasy steampunk series
📖 Amina al-Sirafi
🎲 D&D Artificer
🎧 NIN
💖 Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Loud supporter of LGBTQIA2s+, indigenous rights, anti-racism, anti-ableism, anti-billionaires, & anti-genocide
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Mollie Fire
@molliefire.com
· Jul 24
AI is like taboo magic.
Sure, anyone can succumb to it and they might feel really powerful for a while.
But they're never going to be the hero of the story while using it.
Eventually they'll need a villain's ending or redemption arc while the world rights itself.
Sure, anyone can succumb to it and they might feel really powerful for a while.
But they're never going to be the hero of the story while using it.
Eventually they'll need a villain's ending or redemption arc while the world rights itself.
My new mantra...
October 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
My new mantra...
Reposted by Mollie Fire
Trying to decide which outfit to wear to pirate weekend at the Ren Faire this year and I showed one of these photos to an online friend who only ever sees me on camera (not IRL.)
Any guesses which one I chose in the end?
Any guesses which one I chose in the end?
August 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Trying to decide which outfit to wear to pirate weekend at the Ren Faire this year and I showed one of these photos to an online friend who only ever sees me on camera (not IRL.)
Any guesses which one I chose in the end?
Any guesses which one I chose in the end?
Reposted by Mollie Fire
The great @rosemarymosco.com with the perfect response to mansplaining… picking up a SNAKE.
(and a song about it in her honor, from the latest episode of Extremely Accurate Bird Songs, a quest to write a song for EVERY bird species)
lnk.to/extremelyacc...
(and a song about it in her honor, from the latest episode of Extremely Accurate Bird Songs, a quest to write a song for EVERY bird species)
lnk.to/extremelyacc...
July 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The great @rosemarymosco.com with the perfect response to mansplaining… picking up a SNAKE.
(and a song about it in her honor, from the latest episode of Extremely Accurate Bird Songs, a quest to write a song for EVERY bird species)
lnk.to/extremelyacc...
(and a song about it in her honor, from the latest episode of Extremely Accurate Bird Songs, a quest to write a song for EVERY bird species)
lnk.to/extremelyacc...
Shout out to everyone else at the Oakland NIN concert right now!
August 7, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Shout out to everyone else at the Oakland NIN concert right now!
Them: i can fit everything I'll need for a month of backcountry camping into this one backpack.
Me: i can barely fit everything I'll need for 3 days of campground camping into this one Toyota Matrix.
🤣
Packing for a short mid-week writing retreat under the stars...
#AmWriting
#AuthorSky
Me: i can barely fit everything I'll need for 3 days of campground camping into this one Toyota Matrix.
🤣
Packing for a short mid-week writing retreat under the stars...
#AmWriting
#AuthorSky
July 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Them: i can fit everything I'll need for a month of backcountry camping into this one backpack.
Me: i can barely fit everything I'll need for 3 days of campground camping into this one Toyota Matrix.
🤣
Packing for a short mid-week writing retreat under the stars...
#AmWriting
#AuthorSky
Me: i can barely fit everything I'll need for 3 days of campground camping into this one Toyota Matrix.
🤣
Packing for a short mid-week writing retreat under the stars...
#AmWriting
#AuthorSky
Reposted by Mollie Fire
Sometimes the craft store gets me.
July 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Sometimes the craft store gets me.
This matches what I've learned from Secrets of Story by Matt Bird too.
You may have to cut out a ton of great material because it doesn't relate to the character's problem and follow the but/then sequence.
And you *will* cut it out if you want your story to be popular!
You may have to cut out a ton of great material because it doesn't relate to the character's problem and follow the but/then sequence.
And you *will* cut it out if you want your story to be popular!
South Park's Matt Stone and Trey Parker are storytelling geniuses! I highlight their remarkably simple but effective "but/therefore rule" in every science communication lecture I give.
July 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This matches what I've learned from Secrets of Story by Matt Bird too.
You may have to cut out a ton of great material because it doesn't relate to the character's problem and follow the but/then sequence.
And you *will* cut it out if you want your story to be popular!
You may have to cut out a ton of great material because it doesn't relate to the character's problem and follow the but/then sequence.
And you *will* cut it out if you want your story to be popular!
So many! But if I had to choose just one...
July 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
So many! But if I had to choose just one...
Fridays are my day for working on my WIP (writing, researching, laying in grass and daydreaming, staring at clouds and letting stories come to me...)
Which is one reason why I don't look at social media much between Friday-Sunday.
But I'll always catch up on your posts the next week! ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Which is one reason why I don't look at social media much between Friday-Sunday.
But I'll always catch up on your posts the next week! ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
July 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Fridays are my day for working on my WIP (writing, researching, laying in grass and daydreaming, staring at clouds and letting stories come to me...)
Which is one reason why I don't look at social media much between Friday-Sunday.
But I'll always catch up on your posts the next week! ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Which is one reason why I don't look at social media much between Friday-Sunday.
But I'll always catch up on your posts the next week! ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
You had me at "The overall vibes of the rainforest are kind of murdery…" 😍😍😍
The bush vibes are dry and not exactly nurturing, but still a sanctuary. The overall vibes of the rainforest are kind of murdery…
🌈📚💙 🪐📚 🌈🚀💫 🌈✒️🌈l
#booksky #fantasy #authorsky #wip #amwriting #queerwriters #writerscommunity #JulyWorldBuilders
🌈📚💙 🪐📚 🌈🚀💫 🌈✒️🌈l
#booksky #fantasy #authorsky #wip #amwriting #queerwriters #writerscommunity #JulyWorldBuilders
July 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
You had me at "The overall vibes of the rainforest are kind of murdery…" 😍😍😍
24 ~ The overall vibes of the forest in books 1 & 2 is isolated, remote, quiet, peaceful.
Most people in the country have never stepped foot in one because they're far away from civilization.
The ones further away are older. Closer ones were wiped out & have regrown.
#JulyWorldbuilders
Most people in the country have never stepped foot in one because they're far away from civilization.
The ones further away are older. Closer ones were wiped out & have regrown.
#JulyWorldbuilders
July 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
24 ~ The overall vibes of the forest in books 1 & 2 is isolated, remote, quiet, peaceful.
Most people in the country have never stepped foot in one because they're far away from civilization.
The ones further away are older. Closer ones were wiped out & have regrown.
#JulyWorldbuilders
Most people in the country have never stepped foot in one because they're far away from civilization.
The ones further away are older. Closer ones were wiped out & have regrown.
#JulyWorldbuilders
Friendships are thicker than blood in my WIP.
In the past, the MC couldn't have friendships that lasted more than a few months. So she's used to friendships that aren't very deep.
That'll change & she'll hold onto friendships like they're more important than her own life.
#FantasyIndiesJuly
In the past, the MC couldn't have friendships that lasted more than a few months. So she's used to friendships that aren't very deep.
That'll change & she'll hold onto friendships like they're more important than her own life.
#FantasyIndiesJuly
July 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Friendships are thicker than blood in my WIP.
In the past, the MC couldn't have friendships that lasted more than a few months. So she's used to friendships that aren't very deep.
That'll change & she'll hold onto friendships like they're more important than her own life.
#FantasyIndiesJuly
In the past, the MC couldn't have friendships that lasted more than a few months. So she's used to friendships that aren't very deep.
That'll change & she'll hold onto friendships like they're more important than her own life.
#FantasyIndiesJuly
AI is like taboo magic.
Sure, anyone can succumb to it and they might feel really powerful for a while.
But they're never going to be the hero of the story while using it.
Eventually they'll need a villain's ending or redemption arc while the world rights itself.
Sure, anyone can succumb to it and they might feel really powerful for a while.
But they're never going to be the hero of the story while using it.
Eventually they'll need a villain's ending or redemption arc while the world rights itself.
July 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
AI is like taboo magic.
Sure, anyone can succumb to it and they might feel really powerful for a while.
But they're never going to be the hero of the story while using it.
Eventually they'll need a villain's ending or redemption arc while the world rights itself.
Sure, anyone can succumb to it and they might feel really powerful for a while.
But they're never going to be the hero of the story while using it.
Eventually they'll need a villain's ending or redemption arc while the world rights itself.
Reposted by Mollie Fire
Without 3 star ratings, it's hard to communicate how AMAZING the 5 star books are.
3 stars to me means the story was good and writing was good enough.
4.5 stars means I'm proud to have it on my bookshelf and will probably read it again.
5 stars are rare masterpieces.
3 stars to me means the story was good and writing was good enough.
4.5 stars means I'm proud to have it on my bookshelf and will probably read it again.
5 stars are rare masterpieces.
July 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Without 3 star ratings, it's hard to communicate how AMAZING the 5 star books are.
3 stars to me means the story was good and writing was good enough.
4.5 stars means I'm proud to have it on my bookshelf and will probably read it again.
5 stars are rare masterpieces.
3 stars to me means the story was good and writing was good enough.
4.5 stars means I'm proud to have it on my bookshelf and will probably read it again.
5 stars are rare masterpieces.
Reposted by Mollie Fire
Have some good news. You deserve it. Take a moment to drink in the knowledge that somewhere wolves are coursing through a wild place, elk are bounding, and aspen trees are growing toward the sky, each in a dynamic equilibrium together.
www.livescience.com/animals/land...
www.livescience.com/animals/land...
Return of wolves to Yellowstone has led to a surge in aspen trees unseen for 80 years
Gray wolves were reintroduced in Yellowstone National Park in 1995 to help control the numbers of elk that were eating young trees, and it is finally paying off for quaking aspen.
www.livescience.com
July 23, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Have some good news. You deserve it. Take a moment to drink in the knowledge that somewhere wolves are coursing through a wild place, elk are bounding, and aspen trees are growing toward the sky, each in a dynamic equilibrium together.
www.livescience.com/animals/land...
www.livescience.com/animals/land...
Oooh, just found this & LOVE these questions! 😍
23 ~ book 1 mostly takes place in a port city, but most of book 2 is outdoors with some forests, & most of book 3 is in a jungle.
My WIP MC feels most alive and is most in touch with her unique skills when she's in the forest!
#JulyWorldbuilders
23 ~ book 1 mostly takes place in a port city, but most of book 2 is outdoors with some forests, & most of book 3 is in a jungle.
My WIP MC feels most alive and is most in touch with her unique skills when she's in the forest!
#JulyWorldbuilders
July 24, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Oooh, just found this & LOVE these questions! 😍
23 ~ book 1 mostly takes place in a port city, but most of book 2 is outdoors with some forests, & most of book 3 is in a jungle.
My WIP MC feels most alive and is most in touch with her unique skills when she's in the forest!
#JulyWorldbuilders
23 ~ book 1 mostly takes place in a port city, but most of book 2 is outdoors with some forests, & most of book 3 is in a jungle.
My WIP MC feels most alive and is most in touch with her unique skills when she's in the forest!
#JulyWorldbuilders
Posted this pic in a comment, then realized I should share it here too...
Her current obsession is WHATEVER you're trying to do at the moment. 🐈⬛🐾
Her current obsession is WHATEVER you're trying to do at the moment. 🐈⬛🐾
She interrupted our game of Scurvy Dice, so of course i had to snap a pic...
July 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Posted this pic in a comment, then realized I should share it here too...
Her current obsession is WHATEVER you're trying to do at the moment. 🐈⬛🐾
Her current obsession is WHATEVER you're trying to do at the moment. 🐈⬛🐾
They LOVE her of course! (Mostly...) 😉
Like life, my WIP focuses on the people she develops deep friendships *and more* with.
Sure, she's got bullies, enemies, & antagonists.
They all share the spotlight in the story, but most don't become side characters.
#FantasyIndiesJuly
Like life, my WIP focuses on the people she develops deep friendships *and more* with.
Sure, she's got bullies, enemies, & antagonists.
They all share the spotlight in the story, but most don't become side characters.
#FantasyIndiesJuly
July 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
They LOVE her of course! (Mostly...) 😉
Like life, my WIP focuses on the people she develops deep friendships *and more* with.
Sure, she's got bullies, enemies, & antagonists.
They all share the spotlight in the story, but most don't become side characters.
#FantasyIndiesJuly
Like life, my WIP focuses on the people she develops deep friendships *and more* with.
Sure, she's got bullies, enemies, & antagonists.
They all share the spotlight in the story, but most don't become side characters.
#FantasyIndiesJuly
I think about #16 so much that sometimes I wonder if the story SHOULD be written from another character's POV!
But I stick with the MC because she's the one character that ties all the different people and locations together.
#FantasyIndiesJuly
But I stick with the MC because she's the one character that ties all the different people and locations together.
#FantasyIndiesJuly
July 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I think about #16 so much that sometimes I wonder if the story SHOULD be written from another character's POV!
But I stick with the MC because she's the one character that ties all the different people and locations together.
#FantasyIndiesJuly
But I stick with the MC because she's the one character that ties all the different people and locations together.
#FantasyIndiesJuly
Starting late, but starting!
#FantasyIndiesJuly Day 22
My WIP is back in the planning/plot stage, but with many, many scenes already written.
I really need prompts like this to help me talk it out more, so I'll be doing catch up posts.
Hosts: @lvrussell.bsky.social and @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social
#FantasyIndiesJuly Day 22
My WIP is back in the planning/plot stage, but with many, many scenes already written.
I really need prompts like this to help me talk it out more, so I'll be doing catch up posts.
Hosts: @lvrussell.bsky.social and @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Starting late, but starting!
#FantasyIndiesJuly Day 22
My WIP is back in the planning/plot stage, but with many, many scenes already written.
I really need prompts like this to help me talk it out more, so I'll be doing catch up posts.
Hosts: @lvrussell.bsky.social and @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social
#FantasyIndiesJuly Day 22
My WIP is back in the planning/plot stage, but with many, many scenes already written.
I really need prompts like this to help me talk it out more, so I'll be doing catch up posts.
Hosts: @lvrussell.bsky.social and @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social
Reposted by Mollie Fire
I feel like this makes a nice cheat sheet for how to "show, don't tell" in fiction writing.
SHOW a character's lack of integrity by all the ways they justify their wrongdoings...
#AmWriting #WritingFiction #ShowDontTell
SHOW a character's lack of integrity by all the ways they justify their wrongdoings...
#AmWriting #WritingFiction #ShowDontTell
July 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I feel like this makes a nice cheat sheet for how to "show, don't tell" in fiction writing.
SHOW a character's lack of integrity by all the ways they justify their wrongdoings...
#AmWriting #WritingFiction #ShowDontTell
SHOW a character's lack of integrity by all the ways they justify their wrongdoings...
#AmWriting #WritingFiction #ShowDontTell
Reposted by Mollie Fire
A potentially significant report by the European Parliament concludes that #AI training on copyrighted work does not count as fair use.
filmstories.co.uk/news/no-gene...
filmstories.co.uk/news/no-gene...
No, generative AI does not count as fair use, EU report finds
A potentially significant report by the European Parliament concludes that AI training on copyrighted work does not count as fair use.
filmstories.co.uk
July 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
A potentially significant report by the European Parliament concludes that #AI training on copyrighted work does not count as fair use.
filmstories.co.uk/news/no-gene...
filmstories.co.uk/news/no-gene...