Nicholas Watkins
@nicholaswatkins.bsky.social
He/him
Ace/Demi 🖤🩶🤍💜
Raised by cinephiles
✍️ The Burning Veil Trilogy
🎧 Not Another D&D Podcast
🎮 Hades II
Ace/Demi 🖤🩶🤍💜
Raised by cinephiles
✍️ The Burning Veil Trilogy
🎧 Not Another D&D Podcast
🎮 Hades II
#FantasyIndiesNovember 25
I have yet to commission any artwork for the Burning Veil trilogy, though I do have ideas on what I want for the covers.
In the meantime, here's a random comic I came across that more or less sums up the team pet.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
I have yet to commission any artwork for the Burning Veil trilogy, though I do have ideas on what I want for the covers.
In the meantime, here's a random comic I came across that more or less sums up the team pet.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 25
I have yet to commission any artwork for the Burning Veil trilogy, though I do have ideas on what I want for the covers.
In the meantime, here's a random comic I came across that more or less sums up the team pet.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
I have yet to commission any artwork for the Burning Veil trilogy, though I do have ideas on what I want for the covers.
In the meantime, here's a random comic I came across that more or less sums up the team pet.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
Four Christmas movies to know me by…
November 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Four Christmas movies to know me by…
#FantasyIndiesNovember 24
No, I cannot focus on music & writing at the same time. My brain will inevitably prioritize one over the other.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
No, I cannot focus on music & writing at the same time. My brain will inevitably prioritize one over the other.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 24
No, I cannot focus on music & writing at the same time. My brain will inevitably prioritize one over the other.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
No, I cannot focus on music & writing at the same time. My brain will inevitably prioritize one over the other.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love... 🎥🖤
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love... 🎥🖤
#FantasyIndiesNovember 23
Don't know that I have any advice specifically for imposter syndrome, but when you're nervous just remember that lots of other people have done the thing you're attempting and gotten through it just fine. You can too!
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
Don't know that I have any advice specifically for imposter syndrome, but when you're nervous just remember that lots of other people have done the thing you're attempting and gotten through it just fine. You can too!
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 23
Don't know that I have any advice specifically for imposter syndrome, but when you're nervous just remember that lots of other people have done the thing you're attempting and gotten through it just fine. You can too!
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
Don't know that I have any advice specifically for imposter syndrome, but when you're nervous just remember that lots of other people have done the thing you're attempting and gotten through it just fine. You can too!
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
#FantasyIndiesNovember 22
Saturday Snippet!
If Vee sees an opportunity for snacks, she takes it.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
Saturday Snippet!
If Vee sees an opportunity for snacks, she takes it.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
November 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 22
Saturday Snippet!
If Vee sees an opportunity for snacks, she takes it.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
Saturday Snippet!
If Vee sees an opportunity for snacks, she takes it.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
100% forgot the last season of Jurassic World: Chaos Theory was this week, so I guess I know what I'm doing this weekend.
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
100% forgot the last season of Jurassic World: Chaos Theory was this week, so I guess I know what I'm doing this weekend.
#FantasyIndiesNovember 21
I keep a film list explicitly for days I don't have enough energy to run my brain: letterboxd.com/cash_lion/li...
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
I keep a film list explicitly for days I don't have enough energy to run my brain: letterboxd.com/cash_lion/li...
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
November 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 21
I keep a film list explicitly for days I don't have enough energy to run my brain: letterboxd.com/cash_lion/li...
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
I keep a film list explicitly for days I don't have enough energy to run my brain: letterboxd.com/cash_lion/li...
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
Been hearing lots of good things about Dispatch, so let's take this for a spin!
November 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Been hearing lots of good things about Dispatch, so let's take this for a spin!
#FantasyIndiesNovember 20
I feel that anything I come up with is a sum of many of the stories I've been exposed to.
Like, say I'm making a villain. I'm probably going to take pieces of other villains I like and throw them in a blender for mine.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
I feel that anything I come up with is a sum of many of the stories I've been exposed to.
Like, say I'm making a villain. I'm probably going to take pieces of other villains I like and throw them in a blender for mine.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
November 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 20
I feel that anything I come up with is a sum of many of the stories I've been exposed to.
Like, say I'm making a villain. I'm probably going to take pieces of other villains I like and throw them in a blender for mine.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
I feel that anything I come up with is a sum of many of the stories I've been exposed to.
Like, say I'm making a villain. I'm probably going to take pieces of other villains I like and throw them in a blender for mine.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
#FantasyIndiesNovember 19
Titles do not come naturally to me. I can write several chapters in the amount of time it takes me to settle on a title.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
Titles do not come naturally to me. I can write several chapters in the amount of time it takes me to settle on a title.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
November 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 19
Titles do not come naturally to me. I can write several chapters in the amount of time it takes me to settle on a title.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
Titles do not come naturally to me. I can write several chapters in the amount of time it takes me to settle on a title.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
4/5🎯 for Predator: Badlands
I love it when a franchise can try something new and do it well. This one was a lot of fun! Just keep letting Dan Trachtenberg cook, please.
Really love seeing how insane the wildlife in this universe is between this & Alien: Earth too. Fantastic creature design!
I love it when a franchise can try something new and do it well. This one was a lot of fun! Just keep letting Dan Trachtenberg cook, please.
Really love seeing how insane the wildlife in this universe is between this & Alien: Earth too. Fantastic creature design!
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
4/5🎯 for Predator: Badlands
I love it when a franchise can try something new and do it well. This one was a lot of fun! Just keep letting Dan Trachtenberg cook, please.
Really love seeing how insane the wildlife in this universe is between this & Alien: Earth too. Fantastic creature design!
I love it when a franchise can try something new and do it well. This one was a lot of fun! Just keep letting Dan Trachtenberg cook, please.
Really love seeing how insane the wildlife in this universe is between this & Alien: Earth too. Fantastic creature design!
#FantasyIndiesNovember 18
I'll use this chance to highlight a few of my D&D NPCs.
Kishin: a yugoloth punch-clock villain; goes drinking with the Cleric during off-hours
Gobo: a goblin merchant the party never figured out is a nilbog
Mira: the sole Neutral-aligned antagonist; played both sides
I'll use this chance to highlight a few of my D&D NPCs.
Kishin: a yugoloth punch-clock villain; goes drinking with the Cleric during off-hours
Gobo: a goblin merchant the party never figured out is a nilbog
Mira: the sole Neutral-aligned antagonist; played both sides
November 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 18
I'll use this chance to highlight a few of my D&D NPCs.
Kishin: a yugoloth punch-clock villain; goes drinking with the Cleric during off-hours
Gobo: a goblin merchant the party never figured out is a nilbog
Mira: the sole Neutral-aligned antagonist; played both sides
I'll use this chance to highlight a few of my D&D NPCs.
Kishin: a yugoloth punch-clock villain; goes drinking with the Cleric during off-hours
Gobo: a goblin merchant the party never figured out is a nilbog
Mira: the sole Neutral-aligned antagonist; played both sides
#FantasyIndiesNovember 17
Probably unsurprisingly, most of my hobbies are the various ways you can immerse yourself in stories. Reading books, watching shows/movies, playing games, listening to music, etc.
I also like to cook from time to time. And build gunpla.
Probably unsurprisingly, most of my hobbies are the various ways you can immerse yourself in stories. Reading books, watching shows/movies, playing games, listening to music, etc.
I also like to cook from time to time. And build gunpla.
November 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 17
Probably unsurprisingly, most of my hobbies are the various ways you can immerse yourself in stories. Reading books, watching shows/movies, playing games, listening to music, etc.
I also like to cook from time to time. And build gunpla.
Probably unsurprisingly, most of my hobbies are the various ways you can immerse yourself in stories. Reading books, watching shows/movies, playing games, listening to music, etc.
I also like to cook from time to time. And build gunpla.
4/5🧙♀️ for Hades II
As is the case with many recent sequels, better gameplay but weaker writing than its predecessor.
Very fun and by no means a bad game, but the first Hades is one of my favorites (mostly cause Zagreus has that Spider-man smart aleck energy) and this one doesn't quite make the cut.
As is the case with many recent sequels, better gameplay but weaker writing than its predecessor.
Very fun and by no means a bad game, but the first Hades is one of my favorites (mostly cause Zagreus has that Spider-man smart aleck energy) and this one doesn't quite make the cut.
November 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
4/5🧙♀️ for Hades II
As is the case with many recent sequels, better gameplay but weaker writing than its predecessor.
Very fun and by no means a bad game, but the first Hades is one of my favorites (mostly cause Zagreus has that Spider-man smart aleck energy) and this one doesn't quite make the cut.
As is the case with many recent sequels, better gameplay but weaker writing than its predecessor.
Very fun and by no means a bad game, but the first Hades is one of my favorites (mostly cause Zagreus has that Spider-man smart aleck energy) and this one doesn't quite make the cut.
#FantasyIndiesNovember 16
I feel like I fall into the plantser category. I tend to start with some broad concepts, often certain scenes that I want to depict, and then figure out mid-writing how to get the characters there & what the consequences are
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
I feel like I fall into the plantser category. I tend to start with some broad concepts, often certain scenes that I want to depict, and then figure out mid-writing how to get the characters there & what the consequences are
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
November 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 16
I feel like I fall into the plantser category. I tend to start with some broad concepts, often certain scenes that I want to depict, and then figure out mid-writing how to get the characters there & what the consequences are
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
I feel like I fall into the plantser category. I tend to start with some broad concepts, often certain scenes that I want to depict, and then figure out mid-writing how to get the characters there & what the consequences are
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
3.5/5👟 for The Running Man (2025)
This was fun and all, but why do they keep giving all these King adaptations happier endings? Did y'all not watch The Mist? Making the ending bleaker is what made it better! Fun popcorn flick nonetheless.
This was fun and all, but why do they keep giving all these King adaptations happier endings? Did y'all not watch The Mist? Making the ending bleaker is what made it better! Fun popcorn flick nonetheless.
November 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
3.5/5👟 for The Running Man (2025)
This was fun and all, but why do they keep giving all these King adaptations happier endings? Did y'all not watch The Mist? Making the ending bleaker is what made it better! Fun popcorn flick nonetheless.
This was fun and all, but why do they keep giving all these King adaptations happier endings? Did y'all not watch The Mist? Making the ending bleaker is what made it better! Fun popcorn flick nonetheless.
#FantasyIndiesNovember 15
Saturday Snippet!
Our protagonists find themselves not quite alone as they attempt to retrieve magical ore from an abandoned quarry.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
Saturday Snippet!
Our protagonists find themselves not quite alone as they attempt to retrieve magical ore from an abandoned quarry.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
November 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 15
Saturday Snippet!
Our protagonists find themselves not quite alone as they attempt to retrieve magical ore from an abandoned quarry.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
Saturday Snippet!
Our protagonists find themselves not quite alone as they attempt to retrieve magical ore from an abandoned quarry.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
What's a movie you never tire of?
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
What's a movie you never tire of?
Post the last 4 games you played!
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Post the last 4 games you played!
#FantasyIndiesNovember 13 & 14
Just realizing I missed yesterday on this 😣
I write at my desk on my desktop, nothing fancy.
I don't currently have any pets, but I often dogsit for my aunt and that little floofball loves me.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
Just realizing I missed yesterday on this 😣
I write at my desk on my desktop, nothing fancy.
I don't currently have any pets, but I often dogsit for my aunt and that little floofball loves me.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 13 & 14
Just realizing I missed yesterday on this 😣
I write at my desk on my desktop, nothing fancy.
I don't currently have any pets, but I often dogsit for my aunt and that little floofball loves me.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
Just realizing I missed yesterday on this 😣
I write at my desk on my desktop, nothing fancy.
I don't currently have any pets, but I often dogsit for my aunt and that little floofball loves me.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
I'll switch from the MC to other POVs from time to time. In Book 2, we get a few sections from the perspective of the team pet, Velouris the stardust fox.
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I'll switch from the MC to other POVs from time to time. In Book 2, we get a few sections from the perspective of the team pet, Velouris the stardust fox.
#FantasyIndiesNovember 12
Good: Figure out when you can say 'good enough' and be happy. It's never going to be 100% absolutely perfect, but no one else will EVER see it if you're consumed trying to make it be that.
Bad: Ignore the above.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
Good: Figure out when you can say 'good enough' and be happy. It's never going to be 100% absolutely perfect, but no one else will EVER see it if you're consumed trying to make it be that.
Bad: Ignore the above.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 12
Good: Figure out when you can say 'good enough' and be happy. It's never going to be 100% absolutely perfect, but no one else will EVER see it if you're consumed trying to make it be that.
Bad: Ignore the above.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
Good: Figure out when you can say 'good enough' and be happy. It's never going to be 100% absolutely perfect, but no one else will EVER see it if you're consumed trying to make it be that.
Bad: Ignore the above.
#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
#FantasyIndiesNovember 11
I tend to read fantasy, sci-fi, and horror. Though I'll read other things if the mood strikes me or if I'm interested enough in a certain topic.
I'm currently writing fantasy but have plans for a science-fantasy superhero story and a horror novel.
I tend to read fantasy, sci-fi, and horror. Though I'll read other things if the mood strikes me or if I'm interested enough in a certain topic.
I'm currently writing fantasy but have plans for a science-fantasy superhero story and a horror novel.
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 11
I tend to read fantasy, sci-fi, and horror. Though I'll read other things if the mood strikes me or if I'm interested enough in a certain topic.
I'm currently writing fantasy but have plans for a science-fantasy superhero story and a horror novel.
I tend to read fantasy, sci-fi, and horror. Though I'll read other things if the mood strikes me or if I'm interested enough in a certain topic.
I'm currently writing fantasy but have plans for a science-fantasy superhero story and a horror novel.