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JG Duke
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Author, reader, grammarian.
#AmQuerying #IndieAuthor #EpicFantasy #📚💙
Black Lives Matter. All cops are bastards. AI is not art. Free Palestine.
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#FantasyIndiesNovember 28-

I usually spend Free Fridays promoting the book, but as it's the holidays and I am lazy, I will instead say I used to #collect snow globes and glass figurines, especially related to fairies. But these days, I'd say it's just my #bookcollection and #houseplants.
Picture is a daily prompt for fantasy authors to share miscellaneous aspects of their works in progress throughout the month of November. The associated hashtag is #FantasyIndiesNovember. Picture is of a full bookshelf. Picture is of a sunroom filled entirely with houseplants.
November 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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#FantasyIndiesNovember 26 #Titles

My favorite question!
The title is said 3 times in each book. 1st at face value, 2nd in an ironic or sarcastic way, and finally in a twisted way, entirely counter to the original understanding.
Every single time. 😁😍

#booksky #writesky #epicfantasy #fantasyseries
Picture is a daily prompt for fantasy authors to share miscellaneous aspects of their works in progress throughout the month of November. The associated hashtag is #FantasyIndiesNovember. Photo is a temporary book cover. It shows a cut-down tree trunk with a small green twig rising from the dead trunk. White text reads "A Tchao in Ilimak, a story of Dainu, by JG Duke".
November 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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#FantasyIndiesNovember 25-
I'm so excited for today's prompt! I've completely stalled at this step for literally YEARS!
Please everyone share your human artists that make human art so that I can finally find a #CoverArtist!!
#art #bookart #fantasymap #booksky #writesky #commissionsopen
Picture is a daily prompt for fantasy authors to share miscellaneous aspects of their works in progress throughout the month of November. The associated hashtag is #FantasyIndiesNovember.
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?...If we value the freedom of mind and soul, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!
- J.R.R. Tolkien

#fantasy #writesky #📚💙 #quotes
November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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#FantasyIndiesNovember Day 23
If THESE can get published, so can you!!!
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#impostersyndrom #badwriting #keepgoing #writers #writingcommunity #booksky
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November 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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“A big part of serious fiction’s purpose is to give the reader, who like all of us is sort of marooned in her own skull, to give her imaginative access to other selves.”
– David Foster Wallace

#booksky #reading #books #fiction #writesky #writingcommunity #quotes
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November 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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#FantasyIndiesNovember Day 22- #SaturdaySnippet

#AStoryOfDainu #BookSky #writesky #writingcommunity #indieauthor #epicfantasy #snippet #quotes
Picture is a block of text taken from the book "A Tchao in Ilimak" by JG Duke. It reads: "Excuse me, Captain?" Hosaka hummed an acknowledgment without looking up. "I was wondering if you-" He paused. He didn't know if he was allowed to ask about the other soldiers. Hosaka begrudgingly looked up. "Spit it out, Tromasa." "It's my bunk mate, Fukaru Lanu. I haven't seen him in a while. Do you know where-?" The Captain closed his book and began rolling his letters. "Fukaru was sent out last week with a team on a supply run." "Oh. Okay. It's just- his cot was empty, so I-" "There's no point in wasting supplies. Especially when we're already so low." Tro nodded, trying to accept the practicality. "Do you know when he'll be back?" Hosaka sighed and stood from his seat. "He's dead, Tromasa. Along with the rest of his team. It was a failed mission; a waste of time and Bash." The Captain left the table without another word. Tro watched his empty seat as though it were supposed to say more. He took in the information slowly and painfully. Dead? He knew this was an army. He knew it was an active army who fought battles. But- death? The thought hadn't occurred to him yet. Death was something that happened to old Tchao and Bash without names, but Fukaru? He was just a boy. How? When? Why? Teeg thumped down next to him where Hosaka had been. The movement woke him from his trance. "Wake up, sleepy tail!" Tro shook away his stare. Teeg's bright smile softened. "You okay?" "It's Fukaru. He's dead." "Who?" Tro was slow to answer. "No one." Just another nameless soldier in the King's Army. Photo is a temporary book cover. It shows a cut-down tree trunk with a small green twig rising from the dead trunk. White text reads "A Tchao in Ilimak, a story of Dainu, by JG Duke". Picture is a daily prompt for fantasy authors to share miscellaneous aspects of their works in progress throughout the month of November. The associated hashtag is #FantasyIndiesNovember.
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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#FantasyIndiesNovember Day 21

The Bash of Ilimak were made by the Eldest; Tro and the Tchao were made by the Tenth.
Bash have the gift of magic; Tro and the Tchao live by the logic of deep roots.
Bash are engaged in war; a Tchao like Tro does not belong in a Bash’s Ilimak.

#BookSky #Writesky
Picture is a daily prompt for fantasy authors to share miscellaneous aspects of their works in progress throughout the month of November. The associated hashtag is #FantasyIndiesNovember. Photo is a temporary book cover. It shows a cut-down tree trunk with a small green twig rising from the dead trunk. White text reads "A Tchao in Ilimak, a story of Dainu, by JG Duke".
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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“You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of words on a page.”
–Annie Proulx

#indieauthor #writingcommunity #writesky #stories #readers #literatute #booksky #📚💙
November 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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#FantasyIndiesNovember Day 20-
For /this/ book, inspiration came from growing up as a sad, lonely teenager, surviving mental health emergencies with no support, resources, or understanding in a foreign country.
Lots of big feelings!
#booksky #inspiration #WritingCommunity #WritingAsTherapy
Picture is a daily prompt for fantasy authors to share miscellaneous aspects of their works in progress throughout the month of November. The associated hashtag is #FantasyIndiesNovember. Photo is a temporary book cover. It shows a cut-down tree trunk with a small green twig rising from the dead trunk. White text reads "A Tchao in Ilimak, a story of Dainu, by JG Duke".
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Art is contribution, history, and immortality. Literature is travel, sagely wisdom, and personal exploration. Poetry is hope, confession, and empathetic ache spanning eras.
Keep creating. Keep humanity human.
#create #art #literature #poetry #booksky #immortality #quotes
Picture is a wall of text. It reads: "I'm here to contribute. We all depend on each other. I depend on people in generations prior to me. People in generations after me will depend on me." - Bryan Nwafor
November 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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#FantasyIndiesNovember day 19-

I *STRUGGLE* with transitions. It never feels right to just say "The next day" over and over again.

I also suck at just accepting what I've written. I'll go back and forth on a comma vs a semi-colon for literally MONTHS.

#writesky #writingcommunity #WritersStruggles
Picture is a daily prompt for fantasy authors to share miscellaneous aspects of their works in progress throughout the month of November. The associated hashtag is #FantasyIndiesNovember. Photo is a temporary book cover. It shows a cut-down tree trunk with a small green twig rising from the dead trunk. White text reads "A Tchao in Ilimak, a story of Dainu, by JG Duke".
November 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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"The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes."
— Andre Gide

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November 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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#FantasyIndiesNovember Day 18- Favorite characters

In this book (2), probably Sihan... which might be why Rim was jealous lol
In the whole series- Kenita (book 4), Jash (book 8), and Ekino (book 7).

#booksky #writesky #writingcommunity #authors #characters #ILoveAllMyChildrenEquallyBut
Picture is a daily prompt for fantasy authors to share miscellaneous aspects of their works in progress throughout the month of November. The associated hashtag is #FantasyIndiesNovember Photo is a temporary book cover. It shows a cut-down tree trunk with a small green twig rising from the dead trunk. White text reads "A Tchao in Ilimak, a story of Dainu, by JG Duke".
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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"The first sentence can’t be written until the final sentence is written."
— Joyce Carol Oates

#booksky #writesky #author #writingcommunity #indieauthor #writingprocess
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November 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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#FantasyIndiesNovember Day 17-

#Singing- I was an opera singer long ago. Now I'm more folksy
#Linguistics- got an MA; love phonology
#Languages- I speak 3 languages, and am *trying* for more
#Grammar- got an MA in TESOL, and have loved grammar ever since
#HousePlants
#Ukelele
#Travel
And much more!
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November 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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#FantasyIndiesNovember Day 16

I guess a planster? I legit have a hard time understanding either definition, cause I cannot fathom them in the extremes.
I'm a "one liner". I'll have a single quote that is so good, I'll write an entire scene, chapter, BOOK, around it.
#writesky #writingcommunity #📚💙
Picture is a daily prompt for fantasy authors to share miscellaneous aspects of their works in progress throughout the month of November. The associated hashtag is #FantasyIndiesNovember.
November 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Tro Yuxim finds himself surrounded by war and magic and chaos. He clings to the hope and calm he finds in a fellow soldier and a spark begins to burn.
But war is hell, and those who live within the army are not the same as those who live without...

#Booksky #EpicFantasy #IndieAuthor #AStoryOfDainu
Photo is a temporary book cover. It shows a chopped, dead tree trunk, with a small living shoot growing from the center. White text reads "A Tchao in Ilimak, a story of Dainu, by JG Duke".
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#FantasyIndiesNovember
Day 15- #SaturdaySnippet

Tro is not a Bash, and yet he finds himself trapped as a soldier in their army and amid their war. He must endure if he ever hopes to get home again, but will the friendships, lessons, and love he finds along the way be enough?
#AStoryOfDainu #BookSky
Picture is a block of text from the book "A Tchao in Ilimak" by JG Duke. It reads: Captain Hosaka released them early for lunch, and Fukaru invited Tro to join his table. But by the time they were in the breadline, too many had again begun pushing and shoving their way to the front, and Tro decided to wait at the back so he did not need to defend his place. He stood there, anxious of the shouts of anger from the Captains and Commanders, or the cries of fear or frustration from the soldiers in the fields around him. He tried his best to block all of it out, until he heard a sound he could not ignore. "Yaik te Jina! Refka toro medesia fre!" He turned to see a table on the far side of the deck filled with three heads of colorful hair. The table was empty except for them; Bash did not often choose to sit with the Tchao, if it could be avoided. They were laughing and chatting so happily, one might have thought they did not know where they were. Tro went through the line and got his lunch – a glass of water and a large, but stale boiled dumpling – then turned between Fukaru’s table of fighting Bash or the other filled with laughing Tchao. It was not a difficult choice to make. Photo is a temporary book cover. It shows a cut-down tree trunk with a small green twig rising from the dead trunk. White text reads "A Tchao in Ilimak, a story of Dainu, by JG Duke". Picture is a daily prompt for fantasy authors to share miscellaneous aspects of their works in progress throughout the month of November. The associated hashtag is #FantasyIndiesNovember.
November 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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"To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting." - Edmund Burke

#read #readers #readingcommunity #books #booksky #indieauthor #writingcommunity #writebook #reflect
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November 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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#FantasyIndiesNovember
Day 14- post your #pets

These are my three adorkable best friends, Gilly Turtleman McToot, Sweet-Jared Houdini Catsby, and Tevye Shi'thead Snodgrass.
They're all around-and-about 7 years old.

#booksky #indieauthor #petpic #cats #TheNamingOfCats
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November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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#FantasyIndiesNovember Day 13- Where do you write?

I'm fortunate to have a home office where I do most of my writing, surrounded by house plants and warm cats. But I'm also a fan of coffee shops and park benches upon occasion.

#writesky #writingcommunity #writers #indieauthor
Picture is a daily prompt for fantasy authors to share miscellaneous aspects of their works in progress throughout the month of November. The associated hashtag is #FantasyIndiesNovember. Photo is a temporary book cover. It shows a cut-down tree trunk with a small green twig rising from the dead trunk. White text reads "A Tchao in Ilimak, a story of Dainu, by JG Duke".
November 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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#booksky #books #reading #readers #writesky #writingcommunity #authors #indieauthor #quotes #goodbook
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November 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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"If you love books enough, books will love you back."
- Jo Walton

#booksky #quotes #books #reading #writingcommunity #writesky #indieauthors
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November 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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#FantasyIndiesNovember day 12-

#GoodAdvice: READ. Writer's block? Read. Need more vocab? Read. Grammar lacking? Read.

#BadAdvice: don't edit as you go. Dafuq?? Of course edit as you go! How can you go back later to fix what you've forgotten you were doing??

#writesky #booksky #indieauthors
Picture is a daily prompt for fantasy authors to share miscellaneous aspects of their works in progress throughout the month of November. The associated hashtag is #FantasyIndiesNovember Photo is a temporary book cover. It shows a cut-down tree trunk with a small green twig rising from the dead trunk. White text reads "A Tchao in Ilimak, a story of Dainu, by JG Duke".
November 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM