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Philosophika
@philosophika.bsky.social
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(She/Her) 🇨🇴🇬🇧 I'm a philosopher (BA & MA), freelance fiction editor, and aspiring novelist in my early 30s.
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philosophika.bsky.social
Babes, I'm considering adding a second antagonist we don't see coming until they do something unspeakable in act 3...

And I'm worried XD Am I doing this to save the ✨main antagonist✨ (who I kind of love)??????? Am I being a bad?!?!

Send help 😂

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
philosophika.bsky.social
Results! The novel incrementally tests just how far the protagonist is willing to go until she discovers she actually does have a limit she won't cross at the midpoint. This causes tension with the antagonist. Ironically, he also discovers he has a limit in the 3rd act. #AwesomeCharacters
charliedeltawrites.bsky.social Charlie Delta @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 16h
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

Honor or results?

If it came down to it would your character choose to maintain their honor, or would they break their oath/promise/the rules to accomplish their goal?

How would they feel about it?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
philosophika.bsky.social
#HazbinHotel has got me reading #ParadiseLost by #JohnMilton for the hundredth time 🍎✨😂 I need more Lucifer content. #BookSky
Gustave Dore illustration of Lucifer/Satan falling from Heaven to Earth.
November 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
philosophika.bsky.social
No 🤣

That goes for the entire cast, lol

#Lovember
isaacxisaac.bsky.social Isaac X Isaac @isaacxisaac.bsky.social · 17h
Today's random #Lovember #WritingPrompt for the #WriteSky #WritingCommunity:

Does your character believe in The Power Of Love™️? If so, what do they believe are its limits?
November 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
philosophika.bsky.social
#WhiteOleander by #JanetFitch is a coming-of-age story about Astrid, the daughter of a murderess, as she navigates life in dif. foster homes. When I read this (20?), I was broke & living w/ a fancy grandmother who resented me (the daughter of the ⚫🐑). I *immediately* felt seen.🧵→ (1/3) #Bookvember
Cover for White Oleander by Janet Fitch
November 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
philosophika.bsky.social
100% motivated by love. The antagonist *needs* to be admired and struggles w/ his unexpected love for the protagonist. The protagonist *needs* to be loved by her immediate family, and struggles w/ her unanticipated love for the antagonist. Theirs is a love🩸sans mercy.🩸 #Lovember
isaacxisaac.bsky.social Isaac X Isaac @isaacxisaac.bsky.social · 1d
Today's random #Lovember #WritingPrompt for the #WriteSky #WritingCommunity:

How motivated is/are your character(s) by love—romantic, familial, social (e.g. fame or approval), or otherwise?
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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peterheadcbe.bsky.social
Beautiful warm November day in Kelsey Park Beckenham. Not a single frost yet this winter.
November 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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tamarasharker.com
Looking to sink your teeth into a cerebral, rich epic fantasy? "The Fruit of War: Stone and Flesh" will be served 1st March 2026!

Get your first taste by signing up for my newsletter at www.tamarasharker.com!

🪐📚 💙📚
#epicfantasy #darkfantasy #fruitofwar #indiebooks
A dark green banner split in half by a subtle gold border. The left half features a book cover with white text that reads “The Fruit of War, Book 1: Stone and Flesh”, by Tamara S Harker. It shows a man’s hand holding a purple-red fruit cut open to reveal a small skull. In the background is a shadowed orchard with fallen soldiers lying on the ground. The right half of the image describes the book, including a tagline of "Nothing truly dies -- it merely changes." and a launch date of 1st March 2026, both in red text. A donut-shaped pie chart lists its genres as 70% epic fantasy, 20% dark fantasy, and 10% gothic horror. The blurb of the book, in pale green text, reads: "A weary young undertaker is tasked by a dead hero to find an artifact that began – and ended – a recent war. In doing so, he gathers an eclectic group of veterans and greenhorns almost by accident. Yet finding the artifact is only the beginning, and in solving the riddle of the hero’s last request, they are only met with more questions – about the war, their alleged enemy, and the very nature of their world." Finally, green text reads: "For readers who like their fantasy intelligent...immersive...and simmering with ghosts of the past...both figurative and literal."
November 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
philosophika.bsky.social
Being criticized, outshone, or disrespected will send the antagonist into a scathing rage. Everyone walks on eggshells around him, although age has made him easier to navigate. The protagonist, on the other hand, runs on a constant, low-grade 🔥fury🔥. And who can blame her? 🧵→ #AwesomeCharacters
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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carmenloup.com
✨The Audacity ✨ is a queer as in weird and queer as in gay existential multimedia space adventure series!

The novel Audacity 4: Significantly Other just released. Check it out and find lots of other fun stuff like a space-themed tarot deck and comic book adaption at CarmenLoup.com
Tarot Illustrator | Author | Carmen Loup | Savannah GA
Carmen Laura Loup is an illustrator and author in Savannah, GA with a degree from SCAD. She has published Tarot in Space and The Audacity Humor Sci-fi Book Series
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April 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
philosophika.bsky.social
As a philosopher, I have a dif. view. I was trained to take what's fragile in my writing and expose it to the sharpest knife in the room. Thoughts, beliefs, observations... Everything goes belly up! You learn to be so ruthless with yourself & your work, your vulnerabilities grow teeth—and bite back.
faythompsonauthor.bsky.social Fay Thompson, Author/Artist @faythompsonauthor.bsky.social · 1d
Your writing self is not the part of you that goes on dates or argues with your family. It observes these things from a position of hidden inner safety. It is too vulnerable to injury from others.

Often writers won't be read by people in important relationships to them.

#writingcommunity #booksky
November 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
philosophika.bsky.social
The antagonist is a fascinating piece of shit. I love how complicated he is. Somehow, he's simultaneously the best and the worst humanity can offer, which seems impossible, and yet! That said, I will ✨never✨ willingly be in a room with a person like this again. #Lovember #WritingCommunity
isaacxisaac.bsky.social Isaac X Isaac @isaacxisaac.bsky.social · 2d
Today's random #Lovember #WritingPrompt for the #WriteSky #WritingCommunity:

What is something you love about a character of yours, that you would absolutely NOT love if you met them IRL? 😆
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
philosophika.bsky.social
Nobel prize-winning #HumanActs by #HanKang portrays a defining moment in Korean history—the pro-democracy Gwangju Uprising of May 1980—through and around the fictional story of Dong-ho, a young boy killed in the government-sanctioned massacre that ensued. A difficult, eye-opening book! #Bookvember
Cover of Human Acts by Han Kang, featuring a bird perched on a ribcage.
November 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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bakerdphd.bsky.social
I never knew that my emails, filled to the brim with complete sentences and a coherent narrative, were such a work of art. I'm bout to start printing these out and hanging them on the walls.
November 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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valwrites.ca
$2300 we are so close to artist raises!!!! take the money out of my pocket!! JUST STEAL IT FROM ME WHY DON'T YOU
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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ajcalvin.bsky.social
The author and one of her books...

I chose to showcase Serpentus today because I love this book (I could say that about all of my books, but this is in my top 3 favorites of the 11 I've published.)
AJ Calvin holding a copy of Serpentus
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
philosophika.bsky.social
#PedroPáramo is a literary masterpiece by a pioneer of the #magicalrealism genre, Mexican novelist #JuanRulfo. The book is dark, disturbing, and definitely not for the faint-hearted, but also absolutely fucking brilliant and profoundly moving! One of my all-time faves ✨ #Bookvember #BookSky
Cover for the spanish edition of Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo, featuring an illustration of a scruffy dog/wolf/coyote?
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
philosophika.bsky.social
I 💜LOVE💚 editing! Specifically, I love ✨developmental editing✨ (the sexiest editing 🤫😉). I love it so much, I actually do it for a living, lol. I really enjoy the critical thinking and creative problem-solving that goes into strengthening a manuscript's overall structure! #Novmemeber
November 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
philosophika.bsky.social
The protagonist's (platonic) relationship with the antagonist definitely brings out the worst in her (w/ him she learns to indulge her vanity, arrogance, cruelty, greed, selfishness, etc.). However, in the end, that exp. also helps her become a better person, so... 🤷‍♀️ #Lovember #WritingCommunity
isaacxisaac.bsky.social Isaac X Isaac @isaacxisaac.bsky.social · 3d
Today's random #Lovember #WritingPrompt for the #WriteSky #WritingCommunity:

Is there a love your character has had that's made them a worse person?
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
philosophika.bsky.social
Why on earth is it easier to think at night!?
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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dawnberkoski.bsky.social
PITCH: In a world controlled by corporate vampires, two men struggle for autonomy. Will a chance meeting lead them to freedom~or a web of subterfuge, where every thread brings a monster offering death or permanent confinement? #YouDeservepIt 📖 💙📚 #Q #R

Power Hungry CEO x Abandoned Puppy Bartender
Comp Board I Am Chosen by Dawn Berkoski PITCH: In a world controlled by corporate vampires, two men struggle for autonomy. Will a chance meeting lead them to freedom, or a web of subterfuge, where every thread brings a monster offering death or permanent confinement? Power Hungry CEO x Abandoned Puppy, Bartender COMP TITLES Interview With The Vampire A Blue Bloods Novel Yakuza I Am Chosen By Dawn Berkoski 77,000 M/M Paranormal Romance Dark and a little spicy meets silly-sweet Think: Blue Bloods (minus the angels and school) x Interview With The Vampire (add more humor) x Japanese Yakuza (cracking skulls in London) Tropes * Forbidden Love * Fish Out of Water * Forced Proximity * Dark Secrets * Unequal Power Structure * High Action Chase Scenes * Emotional Growth Arcs + Satisfying End Quotes "He was leaving. He was leaving New York for good. But instead of freedom, he wondered if he was headed toward greater danger." ~Jason Allard (Protagonist) "Now that he has chosen you, Alexander has all but forsaken our protection!" ~Tristan De La Salle (Thwarted Lover) "Alexander and I have unfinished business." -Shigekazu (Japanese Business Rival) MAIN CHARACTERS Alexander Grant Jason Allard CEO of M-Corp Bartender Control Issues Anxiety/Clingy Likes: Likes: Power + Money. Video Games +Pizza Several photos are shown in this Moodboard for I Am Chosen, a paranormal romance written by Dawn Berkoski. From the top left, a glass of aged scotch surrounded by butterscotch candies, a CEO standing in a high rise office, staring out a window, a giant hotel clock surrounded by Christmas decor, a photo of art depicting demons rising from hell, a sunset with black, billowy clouds hovering over an orange stripe, a dirty cement staircase near a darkened entrance, and the city of London as viewed from the river. Photography, except the man, by Dawn Berkoski Photo by Dawn Berkoski of a car speeding past a cemetery.View is from the driver’s perspective, looking out the side window.
January 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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leeiswriting.bsky.social
Amalia must defy her ambassador husband & his ‘taint’ fearing cult to return to her sickly daughter before she’s consumed by a magic mutating plague.

Her rage is unraveling and so too is her forbidden death magic.

🫀Body horror
Sapphic slow❤️‍🔥
🐲Dragons & Gods

#WritingCommunity
Mood board. General vibes: dark, mysterious, deathly, poisonous, rotten. Quote: “do not mistake my silence for kindness.” 9 images left to right, up to down. 1. A dark sheer gown with blue embroidered flowers, and a gloved hand. 2. A spiderweb among the flowers, illumined by a faint moonlight. 3. A white woman’s chest exposed with inky black veins creeping up her neck. 4. Purply-red berries rotting. 5. pale woman’s torso and arms laid among some vines, shes in a sheer white gown thats wet. 6. Dead, dried out and decaying flowers. 7. A woman’s hands holding a dagger against the folds of her gown. 8. Scorched and rotten tree roots. 9. The back of a white woman hugging herself, long black hair slick against her bare pale skin.
November 7, 2024 at 8:44 PM
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wizardhill.bsky.social
The last member of a dying race quests across the world to pay a divine debt. Want to join in? Read the full tale in Shadows & Sorcery #188

shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an...

#fantasy #flashfiction #fantasyreads #indieauthor 💙📚
Shadows & Sorcery #188
This week, the last member of a dying race quests to pay a divine debt at an Eternal Altar, we take an atmospheric journey into the Northern Woods, and the red wizard Carloman pulls out all the stops ...
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
philosophika.bsky.social
I put the writing down, take a deep breath, & remind myself that "difficult" is just a part of the process 💜 It doesn't mean anything. Maybe I'll take a walk or play with my cat for a while. I'm fine b/c I know no level of difficulty can stop me from trying again. I'll get it eventually! ✨ #WritingQ
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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nehayazmin.bsky.social
It’s the 8yr anniversary of If I Say Yes🥳so it’s FREE this week✨

Shell didn’t want an arranged marriage—till it was fixed with Imran

If only the Best Man wasn’t trying to sabotage the wedding

💔forbidden love
🤝childhood ‘bromance’
💍Bengali wedding traditions
#romancelandia #booksky

bit.ly/IISYbsk
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM