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Halley D. Roache
@halleydroache.bsky.social
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Writer/artist, working on YA & Adult Fantasy ✨ (She/Her)
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YES this is exactly how I feel too!
What plot structure are you using? I found this one on Karen Woodward's site and I really love it; it was a total game-changer for me 💛
Four Acts In Point Form: Act One (first 25%) - The inciting incident occurs (/the hook). - Establish the (initial) stakes. - The lock in: something happens to up the stakes just before we break into Act Two. Act Two (25% to 49%) - The hero comes up with a plan, a way to solve the problem or a way to approach the problem. If this is a murder mystery, it is a way to find out who is the murderer. - Put the plan into action. - The plan fails. Everything the hero and his companions thought they knew was wrong. Back to square one. Act Three (50% to 74%) - The hero and his/her companions tries to recover from the calamitous events of Act Two. They try to come up with a new approach. - Everything keeps getting worse for the hero and his companions. The opposing force increases. - The stakes are raised. - By the end of Act Three it seems as though the hero has lost. Act Four (75% on) - New plan - Solve the problem. - Attain the goal. - By the end of Act Four equilibrium is restored and we're back to the Ordinary World of Act One, ready for another adventure.
November 3, 2025 at 3:58 AM
halleydroache.bsky.social
Alas, I only buy lip stuff from this company and the closest color they had was vampiric purple 😂
Dark purple lipstick (that looks like something a vampire would wear :D)
November 1, 2025 at 6:36 AM
halleydroache.bsky.social
I get this but 'Patron Saint of Creeps' made me giggle 😂

Whenever a guy gets mad at me for politely saying no I think of these witch candles, so the burning reference seems very fitting 😅
October 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
halleydroache.bsky.social
And we’ve found a terrifying seagull-shaped ghost 😌 (4/4)
A terrifying seagull-shaped ghost, giving you a dead-eyed stare 👀 The terrifying seagull-shaped ghost from another angle 👀
October 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
halleydroache.bsky.social
And BOOM, we're here 🥰 (3/4)
The haunted beach itself, completely void of other mortals. In the distance are rolling hills and autumn trees. The moon above the haunted beach. The sky is a light blue and the clouds are dark & spooky 👀 A haunted shack next to the haunted beach 👀
October 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
halleydroache.bsky.social
Then up this little path… (2/4)
More of that little sandy path, just because I really like how the sunset's bursting through the branches 💕 The view at the end of the path. Past some tall grass and another pine tree, we can see the haunted beach. The sea is calm, and in the distance are rolling hills covered in more trees 💕
October 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
halleydroache.bsky.social
Hey #writesky let’s take a little walk to a haunted beach together 🥰

First we walk through this marsh… (1/4)
A boardwalk zigzagging through a marsh at sunset. In the distance are rolling hills covered in pine trees. (Don't fall into the marsh, Smeagol isn't here to pull you out 😅) We're still walking, and to the right is a small forest on an island. An old fellow once told me that the island is home to some Swamp Soggers (octopus-like creatures with human heads) but you shouldn't believe him because everyone knows that the Swamp Soggers actually live in the water 🐙 Now we've left the boardwalk and we're heading up a little sandy path that cuts between some pines 💕
October 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
halleydroache.bsky.social
Things are getting very spooky & cozy on this server 🎃

Everyone is welcome if you want to pop in - we chat about books, folklore, writing and all-things Halloween 🥰

#booksky #WritingCommunity
An ad for the Writers & Readers of Ghost & Magic Discord Server. There are three picture in a row: a woman reading a book while sipping coffee and sitting amongst autumn leaves a smiling witch with her face half-covered by a cloak’s hood ...and a latte with a ghost made of foam swirling on its surface ☕
October 29, 2025 at 8:14 AM
halleydroache.bsky.social
I get this, all my WIPs are inspired by character arcs I'm currently undergoing 😅

Also is this the cozy repair shop?? 😍 I have it saved on a Pinterest board and the caption says it's in your area
The exterior of a cozy green clock shop with white trimming :) The interior of a cozy clock shop. Antique clocks line the shelves and an elderly man with silver hair repairs a grandfather clock atop a wooden counter.
October 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
halleydroache.bsky.social
My pal says hi back 👋
A nice doe in some nice weeds :)
October 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
halleydroache.bsky.social
This is the coolest Lego set!! 🥰
My folks surprised me with these guys. I should get a cottage so they have a place to plan their nefarious shenanigans 🧙‍♀️
Pop figurines of the Sanderson Sisters from Hocus Pocus - Sarah, Winifred and Mary - relaxing on a table. Sarah (with her long blond hair) wears a red dress and holds a spider. Winifred (with her red hair in its signature broccoli shape) wears a green dress and shoots green magic from her hands. And Mary (with her black and purple hair in a high up-do) wears an orange blouse and purple skirt while holding a remote and a bowl of cheese puffs.
October 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
halleydroache.bsky.social
Also in my villainous crease era 😂

I looked for the pretty finished animatic but I couldn't find it. But I did find an embarrassingly-rough first draft of it that I can show you sometime. And these rough concepts sheets - I remember rushing to draw these 2 hours before I pitched 😅
Various expressions of a round-faced woman with long flowing hair. She looks shocked and confused in the first two, and in the third she appears to be concentrating. A woman with long golden hair, big eyes and pale gold skin. She wears a short white dress - perfect for running :) A slim, round-faced woman with long flowing hair. She's poised in a fighting crouch and her teeth are clenched. A very curvy woman with very long flowing hair. She wears a short toga-like dress and Grecian boots.
October 15, 2025 at 7:31 AM
halleydroache.bsky.social
That's the same with some places in NS. My great grandma had 23 kids so she probably populated half my dad's hometown 😅

There was a picture of one of them floating around Pinterest last year and I saved it to my villain inspiration board without realizing that he's my great uncle 🙈
Vintage black-and-white photo of a dapper dude in a coat and his wife with awesome cheekbones :)
October 13, 2025 at 5:51 AM
halleydroache.bsky.social
I adore that one 😂💕

This series caught my eye first
I see it as the same rock slowly understanding the gravity of a situation, screaming about it and then embracing villainy to cope 👀
A series of 5 rocks with various anthropomorphic 'facial' expressions in a glass display case. The first rock looks like it's contemplating a bad situation, the second looks like it suddenly realizes the bad situation was worse than it thought and the third looks like it's confused about how the situation got so bad in the first place. The fourth rock, which appears to be screaming very loudly, seems unable to handle how bad the situation actually is, and the fifth rock appears to be smiling deviously. It's possible it's embraced villainy to cope.
October 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
halleydroache.bsky.social
ikr? I need an episode on cowbirds 🥰
A bronzed cowbird, looking very Gothic & spreading its wings like a vampire. (its eyes are red, its feathers are black, and it looks as if it's wearing a monk's cowl) A bronzed cowbird, looking very Gothic and sitting in a tree. (its eyes are red, its feathers are black, and it looks as if it's wearing a monk's cowl)
September 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
halleydroache.bsky.social
Oh wow! A whole congregation of them 😍
Do the locals call them bin chickens there too?

I don't have any bird pics of equal majesty on my camera, so please enjoy these pics I found on google of my perpetually-nearly dead mall. (I poke fun at it fondly because I also love mall culture 😅)
September 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
halleydroache.bsky.social
I'm glad 😅

Also it's crazy how quickly the word 'arcade' transported me back to the 90s/early 2000s!! I'd tell you about my perpetually-nearly-dead town mall/theatre but I'd rather talk about ibises. I can't remember if I showed you, but once I met the Goth cousin of the one you posted yesterday 🥰
A black-headed ibis, looking very Gothic & plague doctor-esque. A black-headed ibis with a very long curved beak, looking very Gothic & strutting across the grass. A black-headed ibis with a very long curved beak, looking very Gothic & pecking at the grass.
September 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
halleydroache.bsky.social
Of course!!! 💛💛💛 I just got these books with some gift cards so I’m trying to pick what to make first 🥰

You know, after I learn all the basic skills and such 😅
Unicorns, Dragons and More Fantasy Amigurumi by Meteoor Books (on the cover is a squat crocheted dragon with a green body, yellow belly and orange horns) Amigurumi Friends by Jade Gauthier-Boutin (on the cover is a collection of adorable crocheted animals, dinosaurs and mythological creatures) Sweet Crochet Friends by Khuc Cay (on the cover are several crocheted animals wearing clothes and a crocheted little girl) Edward's Menagerie by Kerry Lord (on the cover are dozens of adorable crocheted dogs)
June 23, 2025 at 8:49 AM
halleydroache.bsky.social
Ah I should have said 'had' 😅 Alas, I haven't had the time. But the succubaby I got the same year is still thriving 🥰
A cute red-tipped succulent inside a cute owl-shaped pot.
June 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM
halleydroache.bsky.social
I'm thinking the flying corn but it's so hard to choose 😅

#writingcommunity #writersky
A pumpkin man driving a car made out of a watermelon. The wheels are slices of lime and the headlights are berries. Above the car a bat flaps, and in the backseat sits a witch and a black cat. A witching steering a flying machine made out of a corn. Mechanical bat wings flap at its sides and a broom sticks out from the back, presumably supplying the magic it needs to fly. In the sky, the moon and Saturn look on in amazement.
May 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
halleydroache.bsky.social
I should have said beavers *can* weigh up to 108 lbs. I think an average-sized beaver is more like 65 lbs 😅

Looking this up sent me down a beaver rabbit hole, though. Apparently there was a giant beaver that could weigh up to 300 lbs 👀
April 30, 2025 at 6:39 AM
halleydroache.bsky.social
‪Hey Canada 🦫❤️ Using this battle beaver by Jessica Bortuski to remind you that tomorrow (April 28th!) is the last day to vote 💪⚔️

#CanadaStrong #Canada
A battle beaver in the midst of a battle cry, riding a battle goose and holding reeds like crossed swords above its head. It wears a bikini top made of maple leaves and in the background is a red oval sitting atop red and white stripes. Atop the oval is a crown, and below the goose's feet 'CANADA' has been written inside a scroll.
April 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
halleydroache.bsky.social
…And Part 3 of 3. Just because I couldn’t stop 😅

Kiwicrusher on Reddit had almost the same picks as me, so leaving his fancast here too ~
www.reddit.com/r/Muppets/co...

#booksky #writingcommunity
Éowyn - Miss Piggy (wearing a blonde wig) Éomer – Fozzie Bear Galadriel- Janice Arwen – Miss Piggy (wearing a burnette wig) Sméagol – Animal The Eagles – Camilla and the Chickens Biblo – Pops Théoden – Human Actor Faramir – Human Actor
April 17, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Part 2 of 3, the Villain Squad (I do realize I kind of cheated by adding the Yip Yips but I’m too lazy to remake this 😂)

#booksky #writingcommunity
The Ringwraiths - The Yip Yips Sauron – Beaker The Witch King - The Swedish Chef Grima Wormtongue – Uncle Deadly Denethor - Statler & Waldolf Saruman - Sam the Eagle The Orcs – The Penguins The Balrog – Sweetums
April 17, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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@atypicaltiff.bsky.social informed me that Jim Henson was considering making a LOTR Muppet movie, so obviously I had to try to figure out who would play who 😅 This is Part 1 of 3 - not sure if any of it is right, though. Aragorn & Gandalf would have been fun as humans too 👀

#writingcommunity
Gandalf – Dr. Teeth Sam - Bean Bunny Pippin - Rizzo the Rat Merry - Gonzo Aragorn - Kermit Legolas - Pepe the King Prawn Gimli – Rowlf the Dog Frodo – Human Actor Boromir – Human Actor
April 17, 2025 at 4:59 AM