Lio's Builds & Rambles
@aelioswriting.bsky.social
He/Them. Writer. Chronically tired author rambling about their fantasy world, Aetheren.
Because writing on social media counts as writing... right?
Also, writing a book in English when it's your second language is both fun and ridiculously annoying.
Because writing on social media counts as writing... right?
Also, writing a book in English when it's your second language is both fun and ridiculously annoying.
I've learned so many languages, so how did English win the contest of "most annoying"?
Look, all the others are complex, and English isn't the hardest. Yet it trips me up without warning.
Though/Thought/ Through?
Appraise/Apprise? Pored/Poured? Buttress? Hullabaloo? Please, why are you like this
Look, all the others are complex, and English isn't the hardest. Yet it trips me up without warning.
Though/Thought/ Through?
Appraise/Apprise? Pored/Poured? Buttress? Hullabaloo? Please, why are you like this
September 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I've learned so many languages, so how did English win the contest of "most annoying"?
Look, all the others are complex, and English isn't the hardest. Yet it trips me up without warning.
Though/Thought/ Through?
Appraise/Apprise? Pored/Poured? Buttress? Hullabaloo? Please, why are you like this
Look, all the others are complex, and English isn't the hardest. Yet it trips me up without warning.
Though/Thought/ Through?
Appraise/Apprise? Pored/Poured? Buttress? Hullabaloo? Please, why are you like this
I love writing. I do. Though, I heavily dislike the sentence I'm stuck on right now. And the whole paragraph it's in.
It really should be earlier in the chapter, but damn if I know how to add it there when I'm more than happy with said chapter.
Oh well, that's a future me problem.
#writingProblems
It really should be earlier in the chapter, but damn if I know how to add it there when I'm more than happy with said chapter.
Oh well, that's a future me problem.
#writingProblems
August 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I love writing. I do. Though, I heavily dislike the sentence I'm stuck on right now. And the whole paragraph it's in.
It really should be earlier in the chapter, but damn if I know how to add it there when I'm more than happy with said chapter.
Oh well, that's a future me problem.
#writingProblems
It really should be earlier in the chapter, but damn if I know how to add it there when I'm more than happy with said chapter.
Oh well, that's a future me problem.
#writingProblems
Aetheren,Travel journal, Entry 1:
Cobblestone paved in a mosaic way, with distinctive patterns.
Little walls and plants are used to make paths, parks, and separating houses.
Houses made of local stones but with colours dye (grinded plants, stones?)with a primary colour depending on the village.
Cobblestone paved in a mosaic way, with distinctive patterns.
Little walls and plants are used to make paths, parks, and separating houses.
Houses made of local stones but with colours dye (grinded plants, stones?)with a primary colour depending on the village.
August 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Aetheren,Travel journal, Entry 1:
Cobblestone paved in a mosaic way, with distinctive patterns.
Little walls and plants are used to make paths, parks, and separating houses.
Houses made of local stones but with colours dye (grinded plants, stones?)with a primary colour depending on the village.
Cobblestone paved in a mosaic way, with distinctive patterns.
Little walls and plants are used to make paths, parks, and separating houses.
Houses made of local stones but with colours dye (grinded plants, stones?)with a primary colour depending on the village.
The Aetherian Codex might be a weather phenomenon, or a library, or a weapon, or even a prison.
Ask 3 scholars, get 4 answers, and none of them are right.
To be fair, not even the creators of the Codex know what it really is, and they were gods.
I'm sure this will have no consequences at all.
Ask 3 scholars, get 4 answers, and none of them are right.
To be fair, not even the creators of the Codex know what it really is, and they were gods.
I'm sure this will have no consequences at all.
August 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Aetherian Codex might be a weather phenomenon, or a library, or a weapon, or even a prison.
Ask 3 scholars, get 4 answers, and none of them are right.
To be fair, not even the creators of the Codex know what it really is, and they were gods.
I'm sure this will have no consequences at all.
Ask 3 scholars, get 4 answers, and none of them are right.
To be fair, not even the creators of the Codex know what it really is, and they were gods.
I'm sure this will have no consequences at all.
That one moment when you're creating a character and the only thing you know at 300% is how they don't conform to any of our genders norm... so now you're building a fantasy world gender system just for them.
August 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
That one moment when you're creating a character and the only thing you know at 300% is how they don't conform to any of our genders norm... so now you're building a fantasy world gender system just for them.
My main character: Why am I having *soup* for breakfast, and for every meal in this inn?
Me: Because it was the only word for food I had in my head at the time. Now shut up and eat.
#writing #WordsAreHard
Me: Because it was the only word for food I had in my head at the time. Now shut up and eat.
#writing #WordsAreHard
August 30, 2025 at 4:41 AM
My main character: Why am I having *soup* for breakfast, and for every meal in this inn?
Me: Because it was the only word for food I had in my head at the time. Now shut up and eat.
#writing #WordsAreHard
Me: Because it was the only word for food I had in my head at the time. Now shut up and eat.
#writing #WordsAreHard
In Aetheren, mortals have secondary lungs. You can cough out ash, water, or keep a reserve of oxygen. Basically like an appendix for the lungs that works.
And yes, someone abused that to try climbing a 20,000m peak... just because
And yes, someone abused that to try climbing a 20,000m peak... just because
Is making a mountain 20.000m high too much? No. No, that may yet be my most reasonable idea of the day.
August 30, 2025 at 3:51 AM
In Aetheren, mortals have secondary lungs. You can cough out ash, water, or keep a reserve of oxygen. Basically like an appendix for the lungs that works.
And yes, someone abused that to try climbing a 20,000m peak... just because
And yes, someone abused that to try climbing a 20,000m peak... just because
There's nothing like writing random notes about the lack of oxygen at the top of mountains and, suddenly, having 4 pages of notes on how to make it worse, tsunamis, and a desert plant boiling and freezing in a day/night cycle.
August 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
There's nothing like writing random notes about the lack of oxygen at the top of mountains and, suddenly, having 4 pages of notes on how to make it worse, tsunamis, and a desert plant boiling and freezing in a day/night cycle.