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Prof Emily
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English teacher, writer, lover of cats & dogs. Recovering conservative, now Agnostic Christian Democratic Socialist. Unfortunately stuck in Texas. 🥲

A feed of my writing samples: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:br2rslmo7elrd3hp5dfsx3ye/feed/aaaksewrcngo4
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Showing off this excellent piece I commissioned from @sarkastiklover.bsky.social! Tysm you rock! ❤️

Noah & his mom Cassie from #Tenement, my dystopian mystery about people living in an infinite building.

"Things don't have to be like this. There could be other ways. There could be other worlds."
#Writevember Nov 22

Well I started out this month intending to work on #Charagma, & wrote about 25K words!

... Then my muse decided we needed to write #Tenement instead - 11K words! 😅

Unfortunately all the Tenement bits are SPOILERS, so here's the last bit I wrote from Charagma instead:
November 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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#Bookvember 20: This trope is a staple of the fantasy genre, so I have several favs, but, I am going to go with a less well known one. Skeeve in the Myth series goes from awkward apprentice to leader and mentor with lots of growing pains along the way.

#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #WritingCommunity
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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#WIPSnips #WriteSky #writingprompt

Somewhere between book 3 and book 4. I'm not sure yet, but
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November 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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#WIPSnips 22: crystal

Jim can't explain how the RFID chips in his wallet work. But the engineers in the alternate timeline are quite competent.

#SciFi #ScienceFiction
November 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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#WIPSnips

You don't always need a crystal ball to be clairvoyant.

Virgil discusses the financial state of the gas station with the team.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmWriting
November 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
#PretendPanel Nov 22

Writing sprints have been surprisingly helpful in forcing me to get stuff down and not be distracted. It's not always good, but it's SOMETHING.

This month was my first time doing a writeathon & it started off great, but fell off quickly. I think my style doesn't fit it well 😩
#pretendpanel, thank you for the wonderful insightful answers yesterday. I wonder...

November 22nd: Do you find external challenges useful? e.g. writeathons, sprinting, prompts etc.

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
November 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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#PretendPanel

Most of them aren't useful to me due work and unpredictably of my ability to function. That said, I'm finding that very narrow scoped ones, like prompts, can be very useful for a "well, why not?"

Like fleshing out an ancient civilization or a wipsnip word making me write 250 words.
#pretendpanel, thank you for the wonderful insightful answers yesterday. I wonder...

November 22nd: Do you find external challenges useful? e.g. writeathons, sprinting, prompts etc.

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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#AwesomeCharacters

Virgil became accustomed to not being touched, not that he prefers that. He just has... no one.

Except Lucifer, who limits it hand holding, as Virgil is ace, which being so touch starved kind of melts Virgil.

Once they *FINALLY* admit it, that changes... quite a bit.

#WriteSky
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

How does your character feel about physical touch?

Are they fans of a handshake, hug, pat on the back, etc?

Do they prefer to keep their distance?

Does it matter how close they are to the other person?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 22, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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#Novmemeber

Virgil:

🟥 Apologies are defensive reflex, rarely heartfelt

🟥 Massive Workaholic

🟥 "I would have been right, if I was right"

🟥/🟩 He will help anyone. He can't stop himself.

🟥 Lives entirely off the company expense account

🟥 People become like fog once they're not around

#WriteSky
#Novmemeber 22

Earlier, we shared some Antagonist green flags. Now let's see some Main Character red flags! 🟥
November 22, 2025 at 6:18 AM
#Novmemeber 22

Noah can be like this comic at times 😅 He too easily assumes nobody else has ever questioned things like he does, not realizing people HAVE, but they got slapped down.

He also can be a bit selfish & willing to make moral concessions for the sake of his goals... Though he has a line!
November 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
#Bookvember 22

Well I was hoping not to have any repeats this month 😅 But for this question I'd have to say either Lord of the Rings or Ella Enchanted.

Since LOTR is more well known, let's go with Ella.

Her story is all about her trying to overcome a curse of obedience laid on her when she was a🧵
Welcome to #Bookvember Day 22!

Follow the directions on the prompt card and discuss the tropes we love and hate.

#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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#WIPSnips | crystal

Context: the physical gender transition enchantment doesn't persist beyond death (a problem that the priests of Ashkenta are actively working to solve), so Archer's the only one who'd know that a dead 'woman's' corpse might be Sabbat's

( saranadosfiction.com/2018/09/09/a... )
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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I thought I wouldn’t have this … I was happily wrong.☺️

From ‘Reign, Dear’.

#WiPSnips
November 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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#Novmemeber Freya, like all Gods and Goddesses, needs to learn how to use her power responsibly. She does that by using it irresponsibly. It’s better to avoid her until she turns ten thousand years old or so, because once she sees you you’ll suddenly develop ♥️ feelings for your sofa, laptop, or cat.
#Novmemeber 22

Earlier, we shared some Antagonist green flags. Now let's see some Main Character red flags! 🟥
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Substituting clear, because even though it's one of my favorite words, "crystal" never shows up in First Light.

Also, I get an excuse to share the other half of the scene with Blob, since people seemed to like it.

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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For the #NovemberWorldbuilders I can be short if we stick to Pyra and Ronan on Nation Island in the ANOD world.

It's set in the 27th century...

We are the ancient lost civilisation...

Maybe the Liana stories have more interesting ancient civilisations then...
It's our next week, #NovemberWorldbuilders! The theme this week is HISTORY in your fictional worlds. To start off with: does your world have any ancient (perhaps long-lost) civilizations? Did they leave ruins behind? Does anyone know what happened to them?
November 22, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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#NovemberWorldbuilders 22
Oh, boy, DOES IT.

So, there are four main regions in Karatera - the Coastlands, the Red Sands, the Violet Sands and the Expanses. Each of these regions is host to a fallen civilisation, so Karatera is absolutely plastered with ancient ruins.
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It's our next week, #NovemberWorldbuilders! The theme this week is HISTORY in your fictional worlds. To start off with: does your world have any ancient (perhaps long-lost) civilizations? Did they leave ruins behind? Does anyone know what happened to them?
November 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

The alchemists collect a variety of substances which either have magical properties in this world or can be used some other way in their magical-chemistry.

It reminds Shallot of her mother's house, which she can't stand.
November 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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#WIPSnips | crystal

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From my post-apocalyptic #WIP w/ a misfit trio of kids.

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #amwriting
November 22, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Mundy isn’t usually the most talkative, but when his friend needs him, he speaks up.

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmQuerying
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November 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
#WIPSnips #writingcommunity #writers #writesky

Well I have been kinda taking a break from Mireia snips lately, but considering the main source of magic power in Atalantis is crystals... here we are 😅

Mireia's first time using a kaana crystal, from Book 1 of my #Atlantis trilogy.
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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#WIPSnips 22. "Crystal"

Ashrah is in yet *another* predicament! (But this time Sareena, Tomas, and Datusha are all there with her!)

#ChroniclesOfTheRealms #SayaAshrah #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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November 22nd – crystal

A brief visit today with someone who is very angry about what Fox and Av’ry did to their previous body.

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Lil bb Therion hours. 🥺

Perfectly normal science. Yup.

#WIPSnips
#WritingCommunity
November 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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I passed 20k words the other day! I'm not sure I'll be able to reach my goal of 30k since I'm going out of town for Thanksgiving this year, but I'll try to get as close to it as possible.

Here's a snip from the latest chapter I'm working on. #Writevember
November 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM