#Spooktober2024

Hi there, everyone. I know that I have been absent for a minute. I updated the paid Introductory Interns and above, but I just thought that I should also address free followers, dollar patrons, one-time supporters, and others who would like to be in-the-know.   The past week was hectic because I was out of town helping my brother WildZooGuy film a production. Please do check him out and give him a follow. Cool content should be posted in the future and you may even see me in it!   I hope the trip was considered a productive success for him. Meanwhile, I was hardly able to work on any of my own projects at all, which left me with a lot of catching up to do when I finally made it home. This included some freelance gigs that were due along with my creative endeavors and things I owe to you all. I also now feel a bit under the weather, which is unfortunate. And I had to return to my weekend cashier job. And things are still quite turbulent on the financial side, but I've still just been trying to keep praying and keep going. Prayers are much appreciated.   Despite all that, as I returned, several things were wrapping up. I managed to draw a bit on the plane and at the hotel so I could post my Spooktober entry as soon as possible when I got home. I ended up finishing it the morning of the big red button being pressed on stream to end the challenge lol. You can check out The Pages Left Behind and even discover a new art trading platform that I’ve been part of for a bit called New Embers. It’s just ramping up and they’ve added some of my packs to collect! If you’d like to support indie artists without AI or NFTs, you can sign up for free. You get new free packs to open every day, and you can unlock the platform’s currency by completing achievements and interacting in the community! They also accept real-money payment to refill your currency, and the artists can cash out when they hit a certain amount in their bank. If you’d like, you can also become an artist on the platform yourself and submit your own packs to be traded. It’s so much fun and the creators and artists seem so kind. Please do check it out. If you sign up through my link, we’ll both get free currency!   Anyways, during that same stream where they closed the Spooktober challenge, it was announced that my article, Pumilla Academia actually WON the Institutions of Learning Challenge! I was absolutely shocked when I initially figured out that I’d been added to the shortlist. I thought it must have been due to pity or something. I never got added to any WorldAnvil shortlist, and I never won any article contest or anything like that on WorldAnvil ever before. Also, my CSS was a bit wonky and the page had too many gaps because I wanted it to fit on mobile but I didn’t have the time to make it actually right, so I added a lot of spaces from my phone on the day before that challenge was closed on stream lol. In addition, my mom pointed out that I literally had a spelling error in the first sentence on the whole page. In the word EDUCATION, for crying out loud. And this is an Institutions of Learning challenge. I facepalmed so much but couldn’t edit it. Even though I figured I wouldn’t win, I didn’t want to edit it until it was announced I hadn’t made the shortlist (which didn’t happen) so I waited until it was announced I didn’t win (which didn’t happen). Lol I am just so weirded out that I won and I want to thank everyone for congratulating me, reading the article, and all that. Much love. I still feel like an imposter though.   In addition to all this, spooky time is here! There is fun galore happening in the Infinite Imaginations discord server, including a Trick-Or-Treating event in which secrets are being discovered…   I also announced that tickets for the full Only the Haunting Nightmares audio movie (with some visual elements) are now on sale! Last year’s Spooktober project ended on a cliffhanger and I wasn’t able to complete it all, but I have tried hard to get the second half ready for everyone. If you’d like to attend, there are several showtimes. Please check the listing to see if there is a slot that aligns with your schedule.   If you don’t remember anything about it, you can head over to this page for a sampler. Here is the synopsis:
 

It’s the Thirty-First of October and strange things are happening. Despite the odd occurrences, Someone and Constance are sent on a dangerous mission to catch an elusive killer. However, all is not as it seems...

  Much more is in store. Please stay tuned! I thank everyone for their ongoing support, be it in payment, reading, encouragement, likes, follows, subscriptions, or anything of the sort. God bless and much success to you all with your own endeavors. Sending prayers, love, and healing hugs always. <3   edit: I always forget to add hashtags #spooktober #spooktober2024 #institutionsoflearning #challenge

Rather than the standard western dragon, lion, and goat, this one has a Indian dragon, tiger, and gaur.
  The talented Harper James has helped may spruce up my chimera articles, just in time for the close Spooktober.
 
 
  #Spooktober2024

Hello everyone! Some of you may have noticed I haven't been uploading as much this month. That was because I was very busy with uni, so haven't had a lot of time to write or polish my articles here. I had planned to complete Spooktober this year, like I did last year, but I realise that is now impossible.
  For #Spooktober2024, I've made three articles this month, and I'm hoping to make another two today and tomorrow! But I'm still happy with the progress I've made because I started to expand on a previously unknown continent, and over the next few months, I will hopefully be adding some more lore to the Old World. I also think I've found my writer's/worldbuilder's voice, which I'm really happy about, because now my articles look less like Wikipedia entries!
  Another thing I've thought about doing is modelling! In my studies, I use CAD a lot, and an idea I had for Spooktober sparked a desire to model some items in CAD. I'm not sure how well this will go, because I've never modelled my own designs before. But I'll probably start posting completed models or add them to my articles!
  For now, you can read my articles in the Spooktober hub I've made. I hope you enjoy! Happy worldbuilding!
 

Presenting the 12th and 13th offerings for #Spooktober2024.
  First, inspired by the “Teeth” prompt, we present our weekly From the Village Vault. Find out how a silvered axe can split a family in two in this one-page TTRPG adventure.
 
  We went in a different direction for lucky number 13. This short story set in the world of Dromaria was inspired by “Breath.” Witness the final moments of a damned soul in “Last Breath”.
 
  Follow to receive regular updates from the World of Dromaria:
  Let us know your thoughts on the short story in the comments below.
  #trickortreat #smellmyfeet #dromaria #dnd #challenge #spooktober
  Current Spooktober Submissions:
Ghosts of the Greenwood (Otherworldly)
Crafting Horror: Monsters that Haunt Dromaria (Grotesque)
Occuli (Eye)
The Quiet Hollow (Deafening)
Forbidden Tongues (Tongues)
The Gazeless Wanderer (Predator)
Cruel Wood (Lair)
Sound Between the Spaces (Space)
Return of the Mutant Beasts (Mutated)
Tracklin Langoustine (Depths)
A Scaled Menace (Scales)
From the Village Vault: Teeth (Teeth)
Last Breath (Breath)

Completed offerings 12 and 13 for #spooktober2024. Want a hint at what's inside? The trick is, it's only a day and you can wait.
  #trickortreat #smellmyfeet #dnd #challenge
  Follow to receive regular updates from the World of Dromaria:
  Current Spooktober Submissions:
Ghosts of the Greenwood (Otherworldly)
Crafting Horror: Monsters that Haunt Dromaria (Grotesque)
Occuli (Eye)
The Quiet Hollow (Deafening)
Forbidden Tongues (Tongues)
The Gazeless Wanderer (Predator)
Cruel Wood (Lair)
Sound Between the Spaces (Space)
Return of the Mutant Beasts (Mutated)
Tracklin Langoustine (Depths)
A Scaled Menace (Scales)

Have now done out Unlucky 13:
  "Where are those hands coming from?"
  #spooktober2024

With 21 articles done, I've swept the prompts for Spooktober2024! If you want to check out what I've done, you can find all my Spooktober articles (from this year and last) here.     And if you want to see more of what I write, follow 'The Million Islands'. I've been writing an article a day for the last year+, so there is always something new to read.       #Spooktober2024

Lovely entry for Spooktotber:
  "What the Hell is that?"
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Finally got round to doing another one for Spooktober, and here goes:
  "Sure is humid here"
  #Spooktober2024

Since I’ve gotten thirteen articles done for #Spooktober2024, I figured I would update my Spooktober Central article . I’m going to keep going though; my goal is to write something for every prompt. You can check out my Spooktober articles here.

Here we go, a rather horny one:
  "Why is that bush moving oddly?"
  #Spooktober2024

Got this big maneater to eat you all now:
  "Now that's a big one!!"
  #Spooktober2024

A land where sound is swallowed, silence rules, and danger lurks beneath the quiet surface. Check it out now!
  Follow to receive regular updates from the World of Dromaria:
 
  Current Spooktober Submissions:
Ghosts of the Greenwood (Otherworldly)
Crafting Horror: Monsters that Haunt Dromaria (Grotesque)
Occuli (Eye)
  #fantasy #author #spooktober2024 #challenge #Spooktober #anvilspace #Dromaria

No.8 now created for the Spooky Season:
  [ulr: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/the-true-dark-ages-colonel-101/a/the-wasted-badlands-article] "Where is that dust storm coming from?"
  #spooktober2024

Got an incoming strange one for the challenge:
  "What's that strange spiky hole there?"
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Got another spooky one done: "Strange this forest is..."
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Another Spoopy one flies in for you all:
  "Not another boogeyman, that's all we need"
  #spooktober2024

Another horrible entry to add in.
  "What's that cloud blocking out the sun?"
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Third Spooky one done:
  "Never speak to or approach that one, only insanity if found there"
  #spooktober2024

Put this together for the first Spooktober Entry to see if I still have it.
  "Is that a walking skeleton? Oh God, it's not!!!"
  #spooktober2024