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Worldbuilding Stream!

World Building! Come and tell me about your projects, or hang out for any sort of writing and/or co-working.
  Working on an article for World Ember.
  Streaming now and until 10 PM EST. Check the channel for this week's schedule.
  #worldanvil #worldbuilding #writing
  Des Twitch Stream!
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End of October....

old Illustration by me.
  October may have seemed quiet for me, I was busy writing and adding to my world, Work on the manuscript is still going. I have to pause and answer many questions about aspects I hadn't considered, such as larger world issues that my story should focus on outside of my characters, as well as how the magic system works. I did not have much time to work on #Spooktober I only completed two prompts. I debating on starting a world for just archiving stories I write about the characters I play in other games, or may releasing their stories in chapter format with a manuscript.
  In my campaign, one guild of players accidentally—allegedly—released a demon into part of the world, which may or may not have eaten a few villages and destroyed half a keep in the Craglands. They are currently on their way to trial with the Dwarven Sun King Thorin Dankil. The other guild has just started the quest for the Thirteen Treasures to potentially cleanse the world of Umbral water. They received a guild building expansion.
  Anyways, here's to Novelember coming, and working more! I hope you are doing fantastic, below are my entries and recent articles.
  Entries:
Drowning
Generic article | Dec 15, 2024

Down to the depths

Blind
Generic article | Mar 18, 2025

She was supposed to be a meal


  Articles:
The Luminous Codex
Tradition / Ritual | Oct 5, 2024

The heavens were charted

An Exploration of Magic
Physical / Metaphysical Law | Nov 9, 2024

Brief explanation of Magic in the world


  #writingupdate #fantasy
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Inarora's Excursion! Updates 10/4

It's been about two weeks since Inarora's Excursion has come into the world! I've been taking a long social media hiatus because I got extremely burned out from doing promos, and then also social media has a bad tendency (which, is by design) to feed into a lot of your insecurities and imposter syndrome, and it made things a lot worse for me. Which sucks, because I've been wanting to post more for Inarora's Excursion across my socials, but I haven't been able to.
  So, I haven't really done many articles the past month or two. I've been hyperfixated on writing my Naruto fanfiction and I've been drawing and working. A lot. My reading is suffering a bit lol. I'm hoping soon to hop back onto Ina 2 but right now, I have a really good thing going with my fanfiction and I need to milk it for all it's got.
  Anyway, here's where you can purchase Inarora's Excursion if you're interested!
  Direct Link (U.S. Only): https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?wNMT3cEbRrwqFWjoG8g3SJdNxsGsUl5LNbtiE0yH1Az Universal Link: https://books2read.com/SeraphAbellWrites
  #fantasy #author #Author #Reading #Writing #urbanfantasy #UrbanFantasy #queerfiction #lgbtq #disabilityrep
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Inarora's Excursion is available now!

Inarora's Excursion is live NOW with your favorite retailers! https://books2read.com/SeraphAbellWrites
  Though, please try to support me directly by going through my direct buy link please. <3 https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?wNMT3cEbRrwqFWjoG8g3SJdNxsGsUl5LNbtiE0yH1Az
  #UrbanFantasy #urbanfantasy #Fantasy #fantasy #Author #author #writer #writingcommunity #queerwriter #queer #lgbtqwriter #disabledwriter #disabilityinfantasy
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Weekly Updates

Good afternoon, friends! I...did not do a WHOLE lot last week that was noteworthy to be quite honest. However, I will say...
  I don't think I have ever talked about it here but I do write Naruto fanfiction https://archiveofourown.org/series/2549518. I posted the third/fourth chapter of "Castle of Glass" last week, after a few months' hiatus. I'm currently working on a new short story to add to the collection of CHAOS.
  Let's see, what else. There are 20 days left before the release of Inarora's Excursion. I have gotten one ARC reader so far! If you want to be an ARC reader, please consider following my link! https://booksirens.com/book/D37TDM9/F6H902J; if not, please consider pre-ordering! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123387128-inarora-s-excursion (Universal: https://mybook.to/SeraphAbellBooks)
  I've updated my world meta to show the link to Inarora's Excursion in the footer with a link and the pitch!
  I published a few articles that I'd had locked for a while.
  Other than that...not a lot really happened this week. LOL
  #Writing #Author #DebutAuthor #fantasy #urbanfantasy #YA #youngadult
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Inarora's Excursion Release Date and Info!

So I've been talking occasionally here about my debut novel, Inarora's Excursion. This book has been 7 years in the making, where I didn't even look at it for about 3-4 years, and I can finally publish it! I'm genuinely very happy about it. I know this site is more about world building than for promotion but I still wanted to make a post. I won't post daily like I do on my socials, but maybe once a week here as a reminder and to update on how it's going.
  So for right now, the release date is September 22, 2024! I'm getting it set up on IngramSpark (and having a conniption fit every single day). Working on getting it ready for pre-order, but sadly I've been fighting with Ingram all week about the cover template and I haven't had much luck.
  Follow my GoodReads and add Ina's Excursion to your "want to read" so you can be notified when it comes out! https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20534903.Seraph_Abell
  I am DEFINITELY looking into pre-order goodies. I'm thinking stickers. Maybe bookmarks but I don't know yet? Maybe prints also. I want to do some raffles, too.
  Anyway, thank you for staying through this ramble!
  #UrbanFantasy #Fantasy #Author #Writing
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The Cleansing - Chapter 3 is out for Villagers+

Chapter 3 of The Cleansing is out now for anyone who is a Villager, Citizen or Unauthorised Mage.  

Previous Chapter: A Lack of the Familiar

Well, as I accidentally posted this globally, I may as well share the link to the previous chapter, which is totally public!
I. A Lack of the Familiar
Prose | Dec 30, 2024

Y'kàndrà, still weary from his journey, sets out for the gates of Shevezz City, where he hopes to find the information he needs before he dares venture to Zykyrn Pilkarrz.

 

New Chapter: Unfamiliar Elements

Y'kàndrà faces his fear of the entrance clerks and learns of a challenge the citizens of Shevezz will have to face if action is not taken soon. Aware this stalls his own reasons for being there, the mage decides to make his mission to be involved in both his and the Queendom's difficulty.   Well, if he can find his way to the library, anyway.   Read Now   This will be up on Patreon shortly and I am working on a manuscript version of this too.  

When Will This Be Public?

By Saturday probably. It will be later if I haven't created the artwork for the header by then.  

What's a Villager/Citizen?

These are people who are monthly supporters on Ko-Fi or Patreon, with a Title that matches their kind contribution.   Don't ask about the Unauthorised Mages. The first rule of the Unauthorised Mage programme is you do not talk about the Unauthorised Mage programme.   #fiction #fantasy #writing #ChroniclesOfQalath
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This month's Twitch schedule!

I know June is halfway up, but we still have some days left! Join me on twitch.tv/wordigirl 9am ET Mondays and Wednesdays, 9pm ET Tuesdays and Thursdays as we prep for #summercamp and stuff!

  Tonight, we're set for a talk with some special guests about #blessingboat #twitch #writing #varietystreamer
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What am I up to? #TuesdayFiction

Join me in sharing Summer Camp, Spooktober, or other articles on Tuesdays on Twitter. Use the hashtag #TuesdayFiction, and put one of the World Anvil hashtags in there somewhere too. Like and share everyone's tweets!
  Sample Tweet: Yelsin - shop owner, role model, town council member, and paramour. Yelsin #tuesdayfiction #fantasy #writing #worldbuilding #WorldAnvil #polyamorous
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CALL FOR #TUESDAYFICTION

Amazing news there were 19 tweets on #TuesdayFiction last week. It is getting enough visibility that other people out in the world are using the hashtag in their tweets now! 15 of the tweets were World Anvil articles, go us!
  Some of the people that posted tweets with us had over 20,000 followers. The potential impressions went from 6400 the previous week to 800000 last week - I'm using trackmyhastag.com to get an estimate. To get a bigger share of those potential impressions be sure to like World Anvil posts and retweet (recommend retweeting 3 based on what I have heard about the algorithm, do more if you want of course!)
  There are already a couple of tweets up today but let's get to it! and Thanks!
  My Tweet: More #TuesdayFiction delivered to you from the Anhult Wildlands. They say Ardelis' Arrows never miss. This group of hunters and farmers took on the job of protecting the forest. Would you be an Arrow? https://worldanvil.com/w/anhult/a/becoming-an-arrow-rank #WASummerCamp #dnd #dnd5e #ttrpg
  (My article has a dnd pitch so use hashtags that work for you. #worldbuilding, #worldanvil, #writing are other good hashtags)
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It's #TuesdayFiction time again!

Last week we had 9 article posts on the #TuesdayFiction on Twitter. A search of hashtag results showed we had the potential to reach 6400 people. It was enough visibility that we got 2 posts from people outside of our World Anvil content. Who is ready to do it again?

Background: Part of our Summer Camp homework was to come up with processes to get ourselves comfortable with sharing our world-building. There is a hashtag on Twitter #TuesdayFiction that is inactive. The last post was early 2020. I am going to post one of my Summer Camp articles every Tuesday until WorldEmber! I would love to completely hijack the hashtag if anyone wants to post Summer Camp articles (or other World Anvil articles) on Tuesdays with me.

Sample Tweet: Last week my #TuesdayFiction was about halflings, this week it's about the goblins in the forest. What if they needed your help? Would you help save the goblins? era nir https://www.worldanvil.com/w/anhult/a/number-one-goblin-will-fall #WASummerCamp #Fantasy #Nature #writing

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#TuesdayFiction

Hey Worldbuilders! Part of our Summer Camp homework was to come up with processes to get ourselves comfortable with sharing our world-building. There is a hashtag on Twitter #TuesdayFiction that is inactive. The last post was early 2020. I am going to post one of my Summer Camp articles every Tuesday until WorldEmber! Would love to completely hijack the hashtag if anyone wants to post Summer Camp articles (or other World Anvil articles) on Tuesdays with me. You can find me on Twitter at @georgesanders_
  Sample Tweet: We all know a kind & gentle halfling. Good-hearted and brave, ready to stand up to oppression, & trusting in their community. I assure you their disappearance has a dark mystery attached to it. https://worldanvil.com/w/anhult/a/thorngage-halflings #TuesdayFiction #Fantasy #Writing #WASummerCamp
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Character Motivations

I was asked by a few people this week about how I build motivated characters, so I threw something together in case my methods can be of use to anyone else in inspiring your own characters.  
How I Write Motivated Characters
Generic article | Jan 28, 2025

Notes on how I create compelling character motivations, and thoughts on how to adapt these ideas to your own characters.

  Haven't written any world articles this week, as I've had a story rattling around in my brain for a few weeks and it's finally ready to start coming out. I've been putting it up for my Patreon patrons as I write it, but I made the first chapter free in case you'd like to see what I'll be focusing on for the next month or so.  
MD1, Chapter 1
Prose | Oct 24, 2023

Haunted by his past and finally beginning to adapt to civilian life as a single father, Shane Lawrence finds himself thrust back into his role as a military tactician in a desperate effort to defend his new home.

  #Vazdimet #Novel #Inevitable #Writing
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