alexandra roma
@thetomatowriter.bsky.social
She/her. Asexual fantasy author, freelance blogger, and lover of bad musicals. Moth House 👐. THE WOUNDS OF WISDOM out now!
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I've heard knight-esque fantasies are having a big comeback this year. Good thing THE WOUNDS OF WISDOM ebook is available on a bunch of marketplaces where it wasn't before, for just $2.99. #indiefantasy #yafantasy #fantasyindiesjanuary books2read.com/u/mYXJVW
Day 11: Does free will exist in your world?
Yes. There are certainly people who believe in things like fate and who believe the gods or others have some kind of influence in the stirring of things, but people still make their own choices. #FantasyWorldbuilders
Yes. There are certainly people who believe in things like fate and who believe the gods or others have some kind of influence in the stirring of things, but people still make their own choices. #FantasyWorldbuilders
February 12, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Day 11: Does free will exist in your world?
Yes. There are certainly people who believe in things like fate and who believe the gods or others have some kind of influence in the stirring of things, but people still make their own choices. #FantasyWorldbuilders
Yes. There are certainly people who believe in things like fate and who believe the gods or others have some kind of influence in the stirring of things, but people still make their own choices. #FantasyWorldbuilders
10. Are prophecies or psychic abilities real in your world?
There are diviners and people who claim to and seem to see the future. And often there are prophecies that come true. There's still some debate on where that comes from and the validity of it though. #FantasyWorldbuilders
There are diviners and people who claim to and seem to see the future. And often there are prophecies that come true. There's still some debate on where that comes from and the validity of it though. #FantasyWorldbuilders
February 12, 2026 at 3:05 AM
10. Are prophecies or psychic abilities real in your world?
There are diviners and people who claim to and seem to see the future. And often there are prophecies that come true. There's still some debate on where that comes from and the validity of it though. #FantasyWorldbuilders
There are diviners and people who claim to and seem to see the future. And often there are prophecies that come true. There's still some debate on where that comes from and the validity of it though. #FantasyWorldbuilders
8. Does your world feature nonphysical realms?
Yes, for sure, since Ionnarah is a BUNCH of realms and dimensions stacked on top of each other. But none I've come up with that are relevant to this story YET. #FantasyWorldbuilders
Yes, for sure, since Ionnarah is a BUNCH of realms and dimensions stacked on top of each other. But none I've come up with that are relevant to this story YET. #FantasyWorldbuilders
February 12, 2026 at 2:39 AM
8. Does your world feature nonphysical realms?
Yes, for sure, since Ionnarah is a BUNCH of realms and dimensions stacked on top of each other. But none I've come up with that are relevant to this story YET. #FantasyWorldbuilders
Yes, for sure, since Ionnarah is a BUNCH of realms and dimensions stacked on top of each other. But none I've come up with that are relevant to this story YET. #FantasyWorldbuilders
Day 7: Notable Bodies of Water
Junvale is cut off by cliffs but perched against the Osorio Ocean. Maelin and her roommate, Leera, both grew up in a sanctuary to an ocean spirit. #FantasyWorldbuilders
Junvale is cut off by cliffs but perched against the Osorio Ocean. Maelin and her roommate, Leera, both grew up in a sanctuary to an ocean spirit. #FantasyWorldbuilders
February 12, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Day 7: Notable Bodies of Water
Junvale is cut off by cliffs but perched against the Osorio Ocean. Maelin and her roommate, Leera, both grew up in a sanctuary to an ocean spirit. #FantasyWorldbuilders
Junvale is cut off by cliffs but perched against the Osorio Ocean. Maelin and her roommate, Leera, both grew up in a sanctuary to an ocean spirit. #FantasyWorldbuilders
Day 11: Description of your character's favorite invention.
Gotta go with brooms racing once again! Truly Cami's biggest love at first try, brooms racing. #QueerPrompts
Gotta go with brooms racing once again! Truly Cami's biggest love at first try, brooms racing. #QueerPrompts
February 12, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Day 11: Description of your character's favorite invention.
Gotta go with brooms racing once again! Truly Cami's biggest love at first try, brooms racing. #QueerPrompts
Gotta go with brooms racing once again! Truly Cami's biggest love at first try, brooms racing. #QueerPrompts
Day 11: Heartbreak in WIP
I think all the romances give each other small heartbreaks at points on their way to getting where they need to be. There are also some BIG heartbreaks not necessarily romantic at the end of book one. #FantasyIndiesFebruary
I think all the romances give each other small heartbreaks at points on their way to getting where they need to be. There are also some BIG heartbreaks not necessarily romantic at the end of book one. #FantasyIndiesFebruary
February 12, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Day 11: Heartbreak in WIP
I think all the romances give each other small heartbreaks at points on their way to getting where they need to be. There are also some BIG heartbreaks not necessarily romantic at the end of book one. #FantasyIndiesFebruary
I think all the romances give each other small heartbreaks at points on their way to getting where they need to be. There are also some BIG heartbreaks not necessarily romantic at the end of book one. #FantasyIndiesFebruary
Day 10: WIP Love Interest
Del and Nissa are each other's love interests. But also Oak, Promise's childhood friend whom she's been harboring a desperate and TOTALLY ONE SIDED EVEN THOUGH HE FOLLOWED HER OUT HERE AND ALWAYS WORRIES OVER AND TRIES TO HEAL HER crush for years. #FantasyIndiesFebruary
Del and Nissa are each other's love interests. But also Oak, Promise's childhood friend whom she's been harboring a desperate and TOTALLY ONE SIDED EVEN THOUGH HE FOLLOWED HER OUT HERE AND ALWAYS WORRIES OVER AND TRIES TO HEAL HER crush for years. #FantasyIndiesFebruary
February 11, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Day 10: WIP Love Interest
Del and Nissa are each other's love interests. But also Oak, Promise's childhood friend whom she's been harboring a desperate and TOTALLY ONE SIDED EVEN THOUGH HE FOLLOWED HER OUT HERE AND ALWAYS WORRIES OVER AND TRIES TO HEAL HER crush for years. #FantasyIndiesFebruary
Del and Nissa are each other's love interests. But also Oak, Promise's childhood friend whom she's been harboring a desperate and TOTALLY ONE SIDED EVEN THOUGH HE FOLLOWED HER OUT HERE AND ALWAYS WORRIES OVER AND TRIES TO HEAL HER crush for years. #FantasyIndiesFebruary
Day 9: What would your MC like to be known for?
When Promise was little she said she was going to find the elementals and where they went. She forgot about that until recently, when she started setting out for the elemental realm for a very different reason. #FantasyIndiesFebruary
When Promise was little she said she was going to find the elementals and where they went. She forgot about that until recently, when she started setting out for the elemental realm for a very different reason. #FantasyIndiesFebruary
February 11, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Day 9: What would your MC like to be known for?
When Promise was little she said she was going to find the elementals and where they went. She forgot about that until recently, when she started setting out for the elemental realm for a very different reason. #FantasyIndiesFebruary
When Promise was little she said she was going to find the elementals and where they went. She forgot about that until recently, when she started setting out for the elemental realm for a very different reason. #FantasyIndiesFebruary
Day 8: Favorite Tropes
In Fox Eyes in particular? Found family, mentor/mentee dynamics, elemental magic, "Character, no!" "Character, yes!" ship dynamics, the current generation having to clean up the past generation's mess. #FantasyIndiesFebruary
In Fox Eyes in particular? Found family, mentor/mentee dynamics, elemental magic, "Character, no!" "Character, yes!" ship dynamics, the current generation having to clean up the past generation's mess. #FantasyIndiesFebruary
February 11, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Day 8: Favorite Tropes
In Fox Eyes in particular? Found family, mentor/mentee dynamics, elemental magic, "Character, no!" "Character, yes!" ship dynamics, the current generation having to clean up the past generation's mess. #FantasyIndiesFebruary
In Fox Eyes in particular? Found family, mentor/mentee dynamics, elemental magic, "Character, no!" "Character, yes!" ship dynamics, the current generation having to clean up the past generation's mess. #FantasyIndiesFebruary
Day 7: Snippet - A Nightmare
Desperation clawed at her to throat to get out; but instead of her legs moving, the fire spread. She let out a scream, a grown woman's shriek mingled with a child's wails. #FantasyIndiesFebruary
Desperation clawed at her to throat to get out; but instead of her legs moving, the fire spread. She let out a scream, a grown woman's shriek mingled with a child's wails. #FantasyIndiesFebruary
February 11, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Day 7: Snippet - A Nightmare
Desperation clawed at her to throat to get out; but instead of her legs moving, the fire spread. She let out a scream, a grown woman's shriek mingled with a child's wails. #FantasyIndiesFebruary
Desperation clawed at her to throat to get out; but instead of her legs moving, the fire spread. She let out a scream, a grown woman's shriek mingled with a child's wails. #FantasyIndiesFebruary
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And here's the sketch for the third @taplingzines.bsky.social sticker! I'm Ace myself so i really wanted to include something for Ace-spectrum folk. 😄♠️
#illustration #AcePride
#illustration #AcePride
February 10, 2026 at 11:50 AM
And here's the sketch for the third @taplingzines.bsky.social sticker! I'm Ace myself so i really wanted to include something for Ace-spectrum folk. 😄♠️
#illustration #AcePride
#illustration #AcePride
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I would also like to clarify they literally are power hungry Bad Guys in this who abuse their position and bully and emotionally manipulate kids. They BAD. Full stop. Not "well, when the good guys win." No. They abolish them. Simple as that.
February 10, 2026 at 5:50 PM
I would also like to clarify they literally are power hungry Bad Guys in this who abuse their position and bully and emotionally manipulate kids. They BAD. Full stop. Not "well, when the good guys win." No. They abolish them. Simple as that.
For no reason whatsoever I love to clarify that Cami would NEVER want to be a magic cop and for no reason whatsoever I love that my cowriter has unequivocably made magic cops The Bad Guys in this. This post brought to you not at all by any news that came out today.
Day 8: Any Sports Mentioned In Your Story
BROOMS! Brooms racing is a sort of relay race/obstacle course done on magic brooms. Cami decides on week one of school that she wants to become a pro brooms player and just holds onto that one. (She sure ain't gonna grow up to be a magic cop.) #QueerPrompts
BROOMS! Brooms racing is a sort of relay race/obstacle course done on magic brooms. Cami decides on week one of school that she wants to become a pro brooms player and just holds onto that one. (She sure ain't gonna grow up to be a magic cop.) #QueerPrompts
February 10, 2026 at 5:12 PM
For no reason whatsoever I love to clarify that Cami would NEVER want to be a magic cop and for no reason whatsoever I love that my cowriter has unequivocably made magic cops The Bad Guys in this. This post brought to you not at all by any news that came out today.
Day 10: Is your MC a Heartbreaker?
Cami would tell you that yes, obviously, she's out here breaking hearts left and right. 😎 She actually has a heartbreak or two of her own coming in the first book. And then, unbeknownst to her, Elias is pretty convinced she's going to be a Problem. #QueerPrompts
Cami would tell you that yes, obviously, she's out here breaking hearts left and right. 😎 She actually has a heartbreak or two of her own coming in the first book. And then, unbeknownst to her, Elias is pretty convinced she's going to be a Problem. #QueerPrompts
February 10, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Day 10: Is your MC a Heartbreaker?
Cami would tell you that yes, obviously, she's out here breaking hearts left and right. 😎 She actually has a heartbreak or two of her own coming in the first book. And then, unbeknownst to her, Elias is pretty convinced she's going to be a Problem. #QueerPrompts
Cami would tell you that yes, obviously, she's out here breaking hearts left and right. 😎 She actually has a heartbreak or two of her own coming in the first book. And then, unbeknownst to her, Elias is pretty convinced she's going to be a Problem. #QueerPrompts
Day 9: Friendship/Found Family pitch.
Profs. Alastair and Elias have been enemies ever since the war (and love triangle) that split their friendship apart in their 20s. They have no idea what's coming when a 12 year old menace of a student barrels into their lives...and their fates. #QueerPrompts
Profs. Alastair and Elias have been enemies ever since the war (and love triangle) that split their friendship apart in their 20s. They have no idea what's coming when a 12 year old menace of a student barrels into their lives...and their fates. #QueerPrompts
February 10, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Day 9: Friendship/Found Family pitch.
Profs. Alastair and Elias have been enemies ever since the war (and love triangle) that split their friendship apart in their 20s. They have no idea what's coming when a 12 year old menace of a student barrels into their lives...and their fates. #QueerPrompts
Profs. Alastair and Elias have been enemies ever since the war (and love triangle) that split their friendship apart in their 20s. They have no idea what's coming when a 12 year old menace of a student barrels into their lives...and their fates. #QueerPrompts
Day 8: Any Sports Mentioned In Your Story
BROOMS! Brooms racing is a sort of relay race/obstacle course done on magic brooms. Cami decides on week one of school that she wants to become a pro brooms player and just holds onto that one. (She sure ain't gonna grow up to be a magic cop.) #QueerPrompts
BROOMS! Brooms racing is a sort of relay race/obstacle course done on magic brooms. Cami decides on week one of school that she wants to become a pro brooms player and just holds onto that one. (She sure ain't gonna grow up to be a magic cop.) #QueerPrompts
February 10, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Day 8: Any Sports Mentioned In Your Story
BROOMS! Brooms racing is a sort of relay race/obstacle course done on magic brooms. Cami decides on week one of school that she wants to become a pro brooms player and just holds onto that one. (She sure ain't gonna grow up to be a magic cop.) #QueerPrompts
BROOMS! Brooms racing is a sort of relay race/obstacle course done on magic brooms. Cami decides on week one of school that she wants to become a pro brooms player and just holds onto that one. (She sure ain't gonna grow up to be a magic cop.) #QueerPrompts
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if you want a real easy way to be a chad do not get involved in this on any level. I dont scold people for their tastes but JK Rowling has said repeatedly she puts the revenue generated by Harry Potter right into anti trans political organizations and legislation
Hasbro and Warner Bros. Discovery have signed a multi-year deal starting in 2027 to produce Harry Potter film and television series dolls, role play, action figures, collectibles, interactive plush, board games, and more to be revealed later this year - bwnews.pr/45UKdKL
February 10, 2026 at 4:24 PM
if you want a real easy way to be a chad do not get involved in this on any level. I dont scold people for their tastes but JK Rowling has said repeatedly she puts the revenue generated by Harry Potter right into anti trans political organizations and legislation
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I have yet to see any evidence that there is a market for AI-generated books outside of people being tricked into thinking they are not AI-generated books. AKA, it is a project of scamming and deceiving people, and really should be treated as fraud
February 8, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I have yet to see any evidence that there is a market for AI-generated books outside of people being tricked into thinking they are not AI-generated books. AKA, it is a project of scamming and deceiving people, and really should be treated as fraud
Me tormenting @daphnemwrites.bsky.social at 5 in the morning by explaining Phantom of the Opera: So in the movie they only swordfight but I'm PRETTY SURE in the show he also throws some fireballs. So that bitch is multiclassing.
Daphne: Alex you can't just SAY THAT.
Daphne: Alex you can't just SAY THAT.
February 8, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Me tormenting @daphnemwrites.bsky.social at 5 in the morning by explaining Phantom of the Opera: So in the movie they only swordfight but I'm PRETTY SURE in the show he also throws some fireballs. So that bitch is multiclassing.
Daphne: Alex you can't just SAY THAT.
Daphne: Alex you can't just SAY THAT.
Thinking abt Alasdair Verres tonight. My little shit of a son. Terrible strategist. Desperate baby boy. He might be my favorite.
February 8, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Thinking abt Alasdair Verres tonight. My little shit of a son. Terrible strategist. Desperate baby boy. He might be my favorite.
@daphnemwrites.bsky.social wanted to do a dramatic reading of Hamlet since they had to read it for their theatre class, so they, their husband, and I split up all the parts today and read it in one like four hour sitting. It fully reawakened my theatre kid, if she was ever asleep.
February 8, 2026 at 6:07 AM
@daphnemwrites.bsky.social wanted to do a dramatic reading of Hamlet since they had to read it for their theatre class, so they, their husband, and I split up all the parts today and read it in one like four hour sitting. It fully reawakened my theatre kid, if she was ever asleep.
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Are the cords spliced by any chance?"
"Are the cords spliced by any chance?"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Put up your hand and wait for your turn to tell us all something/ let other people have their turn."
"Put up your hand and wait for your turn to tell us all something/ let other people have their turn."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work
“Are the hydraulic pumps in ON or AUTO?”
“Are the hydraulic pumps in ON or AUTO?”
February 8, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Are the cords spliced by any chance?"
"Are the cords spliced by any chance?"
Day 7: Race and/or health diversity in your story.
Might be a few posts: So Cami's mum, Mercedes, is Mexican. She was raised in Scotland, while her father was an immigrant. One of Cami's best friends, Harper, is Korean-American with a complex relationship to her Korean culture. 1/4 #QueerPrompts
Might be a few posts: So Cami's mum, Mercedes, is Mexican. She was raised in Scotland, while her father was an immigrant. One of Cami's best friends, Harper, is Korean-American with a complex relationship to her Korean culture. 1/4 #QueerPrompts
February 8, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Day 7: Race and/or health diversity in your story.
Might be a few posts: So Cami's mum, Mercedes, is Mexican. She was raised in Scotland, while her father was an immigrant. One of Cami's best friends, Harper, is Korean-American with a complex relationship to her Korean culture. 1/4 #QueerPrompts
Might be a few posts: So Cami's mum, Mercedes, is Mexican. She was raised in Scotland, while her father was an immigrant. One of Cami's best friends, Harper, is Korean-American with a complex relationship to her Korean culture. 1/4 #QueerPrompts
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I’m not arguing with no account defending AI. My grandmother lives in an area being environmentally compromised currently by an ai data center. I remember the color of the lake before they built it and the sludge I see in it when I go to see her. Shut the fuck up about “the benefits of AI” forever.
February 7, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I’m not arguing with no account defending AI. My grandmother lives in an area being environmentally compromised currently by an ai data center. I remember the color of the lake before they built it and the sludge I see in it when I go to see her. Shut the fuck up about “the benefits of AI” forever.
Day 6: Favorite genre to write or genre you'd never write
My FAVORITE genre is fantasy adventure which...I'd say Hexmark's Fate is that. It's a magic school series but there is LOTS of adventure. I would never write comedy. I can be funny but not if that's the PURPOSE. #QueerPrompts
My FAVORITE genre is fantasy adventure which...I'd say Hexmark's Fate is that. It's a magic school series but there is LOTS of adventure. I would never write comedy. I can be funny but not if that's the PURPOSE. #QueerPrompts
February 6, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Day 6: Favorite genre to write or genre you'd never write
My FAVORITE genre is fantasy adventure which...I'd say Hexmark's Fate is that. It's a magic school series but there is LOTS of adventure. I would never write comedy. I can be funny but not if that's the PURPOSE. #QueerPrompts
My FAVORITE genre is fantasy adventure which...I'd say Hexmark's Fate is that. It's a magic school series but there is LOTS of adventure. I would never write comedy. I can be funny but not if that's the PURPOSE. #QueerPrompts