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beyondmistland · 2 days
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A glimpse of the past (or is it the future?)
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Arthurian timeline by Fani Arjunanda
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sachablack · 4 years
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It’s been a month since I published a Writespiration. Slack I know. But what could I do, I had to finish my book! Anyway, it’s back now…
So, I’m a kid at heart. Ok, a teen. Whatevs. The reason I’m telling you, is cause I was at mumzy’s the other day and I found a super cool kaleidoscope. Obviously it was farrrr to dangerous for baby black to play with… *cough* so I kept it safe for him instead!
It resulted in some what I think are awesome photos (click in the post for a slide show) and the inspiration for today’s post.
Write about a Kaleidoscope – maybe its a kaleidoscopic fantasy world, or a memory, a maze or perhaps a toy. Let your mind wander and see where it takes you. Entries short this week – under 100 words, deadline 9th October. Post entries in the comments or use a pingback.
Image Source – Wiki, By Source, Fair use, here
Kaleidoscopes remind me of an awesome (albeit slightly scary at the time) movie from my youth – the Labyrinth
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  Now for your entries and last time, where we were condensing our stories into 3 sentences.
First in Ritu,
Aashi had her hands full, planning her dream Indian wedding. Until she caught him with his pants down, and not with her! Aashi grows up, and learns the real ways of the world and still gets her happy ending.
and she gave us a little background to her blurb too – personally, I can’t wait to read it.
This is a novel that has been a long time in the writing… Started over 15 years ago, and been written in stops and starts… It’s still nowhere near finished. I wish I could sit with no distractions for a few weeks and get back until it. It’s my little baby! A genre I like to call Chickpea Curry-Lit – Rom Com with an Indian flava!
Next in, Judy,
A mixed race couple come together with a world of differences between them. Domestic violence, duty, obligation, and culture try to separate them, but sex keeps them together. An unhappy marriage is finally over when his wife joins him from overseas – with their children!
Next in Reyna Favis from the introvert broadcasting network,
Fia is in a mutually abusive relationship with the dead. Can she overcome her necrophobia and serve the Psychopomp, guardian of the dead, to earn a normal life?
Next up, Geoffle who makes it short and sweet
Harry wants to get laid. For 320 pages, he fails. Then he doesn’t.
Next, Diana,
Conall and Treasa are at odds about the imprisoned dragons. Conall’s wounding and recovery at the Mirror brings a change of heart. Conall and Treasa fall in love and work together to free the dragons.
Sean Carlin, experienced screen writer and author teaches us about screen writing and loglines, his was only an example but I felt compelled to include his entire comment because of the interesting lesson from screenwriting. So his comment and example:
In screenwriting, we call this a logline, and it’s a crucial component of the outlining process: More than a mere sales tool, it is the conceptual nucleus of the story around which all the other particles organize. You can mix-and-match the details — set pieces, subplots, etc. — but the logline is sacrosanct. Ideally, it should convey the protagonist, the antagonist, the conflict, the setting, the genre, and the tone — all in a single sentence (two at the most). Here’s an example: On the Fourth of July, a resort-island sheriff finds himself in deep water — literally — when his beach is attacked by a great white shark that won’t go away. See that? Tells you everything you need to know.
Babz up next with a dark plot,
New school, new environment, new friends. but in the end, he ended up dead.
Next in is Shaun,
Kolast is a Blood Mage who has traveled home to save a dying king. He meets a talented young girl who requests his tutelage. Together they uncover and disrupt an insidious plan to kill the king and send the country, and potentially the world, into disarray.
Next up Jane,
Jon is bitter resentful and angry with life but mainly with his dad. Dragged into a barbaric parallel world where egocentric bitch fests just get you a slap round the head or dead, he learns that survival means cooperation. He finds a lot of things in the mistlands that help him become a man, and one that breaks his heart.
Next up Hugh, with his epic Bloggers Bash inspired tale, the Truth App
A group of unsuspecting bloggers become the victims of a terrifying new App which threatens to wipe out humanity from planet Earth. In a rush against time, the son of one of the bloggers does all he can to ensure the App is wiped from the face of the planet. However, somebody is out to stop him and they have a mysterious power helping them.
Icy shares with us her pitch sentence and her 3 sentence condensing:
My 3 sentences…
The Council of the City Above want to clear out the Underground City. Jyx and the necromancer general need to resurrect an ancient goddess to thwart the plans. The goddess removes the corruption from the Council and the Underground City is saved.
By contrast the start of a blurb…
To save his city, Jyx needs to unbreak the heart of a stone goddess. Can he defeat the Crown Prince and halt his schemes before his city is destroyed?
Next in Debby with this emotional corker, she’s just released the book, so go check her out.
After almost 50 years of emotional abuse, a daughter of a narcissist finally breaks the ties that binds and learns forgiveness in the process.
Sarah up next with a couple of versions for us:
This is the pitch for Give in to the Feeling “Chicago 1924. Arriving to America, Susie thought she found everything she never dared to dreamed of in China. But only when she meets Blood, she realises the exciting flapper life she’s been living, the speakeasies, the illegal booze and the daring dances are just a little, unimportant part of the true freedom she yearns for”
And this is one of the most successfull tweets for my novel “Chicago 1926 Her bones are ashes, mixed with the mortar of the house they built on her land. She remembers and they’ll regret it”
Next up, Ana,
Quiet, withdrawn Charlie finds a book in her library that transports her into the world of her birth, where magic abounds. Torn apart by incredibly powerful twin sisters, Argravia is slowly dying and Charlie sets out on a quest to restore balance to the world. She frees each nation-state in turn and eventually finds out the truth of her birth.
Last but by no means least, Marje, who has given us her three sentences and then elaborated too:
Amelina Scott doesn’t know it yet, but she is a magical Krystallos. That knowledge might just save her family from the cruel roller coaster ride which has bugged her family’s happiness, since The Curse of Time. A shadow hides, crystals twinkle, and gossamer wings threaten to bring Amelina full circle on the ride of her life.
I thought I’d elaborate upon this to make an initial blurb idea which would go very roughly something like this:
Sixteen year old Amelina  Scott lives in Cambridge with her prematurely aged father, cranky mother, a black cat called Shadow, and a self-harming mirror girl.
She doesn’t know it yet, but she is a magical Krystallos. That knowledge might just save her family from the cruel roller coaster ride which has bugged her family’s happiness, since The Curse of Time. A shadow of two halves hides – Ryder’s  mesmerising eyes and dark charisma draw her to him – but appearances can be deceptive. While crystals twinkle, and gossamer wings threaten, Amelina’s spirit is brought against her will to a tranquil meadow in Grantchester. Whilst there she is encouraged by her captor to paint a  bizarre puzzle of art, and all the while, a threat lingers groaning to turn youth into old age, and to turn neighbour against neighbour.
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Writespiration #95 Kaleidoscopes, Labyrinths, and Maze Worlds It's been a month since I published a Writespiration. Slack I know. But what could I do, I had to finish my book!
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squid--inc · 5 years
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Some of my current WIPs
Burning Cities: action, sci-fi, and slight fantasy. Warnings for violence, a fair amount of sexual content, I'll add more later
A 16 year old boy named Skyler leaves home from sky Island, goes Inland, after a panic attack. He meets the rebellion of a warring, corrupt world, and comes across Krin, who started the rebellion on the islands many years ago. She reluctantly lets him tag along, and he gets lost continually, but they work to liberate the mega-continents, and the islands.
The world of Gracieres: fantasy, adventure. Warning for violence, I'll add more later.
Essentially, it follows the adventures of; Monica, a dark elf with the ability to read everything from anything with a touch; Hady, a human seer who is (kind of cliche) blind; Jeq, a water dweller who captained a ship for most his life; Vadia, an ex-princess of a near dead species, who happens to be one of the most deadly fighters in Gracieres; Diana, a dwarf, who ventured out from the mines she came from after fighting a war to end the exploitation of her people; Coral, a water dweller, and royalty of the sea dwellers, who ran away because she hated her kingdom, and how it treats others; Bronwyn, a human witch, who was raised by the forest, and uses her skill in magic to replace a missing arm, when her magic works (she and coral are dating). They joined together and, with no particular goal, help people in their travels.
Purgatory: fantasy, I guess, kind of horror, and mystery. Warnings: death, suicide, violence, I'll add more later.
Purgatory, in this universe, is a place where those who die under certain circumstances go, to solve the problem of their death. Lanna wakes up, fearful and confused, and wanders around her purgatory, alone. She is startled to meet one of the others in her purgatory, Goose, who has been here for longer than she knows. They help eachother find their way through the puzzle; Lanna, to find her way back home; Goose, to find her mind again. And of course, The Fish, but who knows what he wants.
The Kingdoms: fantasy, Adventure. Warnings: violence, death, war, body horror, I'll add more.
Following three different story lines, The Kingdoms is set in a land of magic, and war. The story lines are: Beast Callers Forest, the Mist Children'sTale, and Katarulas Falling Kingdom. BCF follows the story of a woman living in the forest, named Beast Caller, because she was raised by monsters, and a scientific woman named Romagma, looking to study the legend herself, as well as her guardians. TMCT follows the story of five people, looking to save the Mistlands, trying to cure The Well of its poison, to save the children of the mist. While only Yakurai is a child of the mist in her group, she is accompanied by Omnifall, Hai, Schweela, and Marty. KFK follows the tale of Katarula, and her fight against her mother's reign, trying to save the people of her kingdom. She is accompanied by both rebels, loyal servants, and a traitor. She is followed by her maid, and Butler, Poe, and lavala, as well as her knight, Heirstaf. The rebels who follow her; Merry, Joe Joe, Maa, Kali, Harli, Stafheir, and Kalt.
Tails of a (not) dragon: Modern Fantasy, comedy. Warnings: I'll add some later
(I don't completely know where I'm going with this, so bear with me) It's set in a modern time, in which magic is a common thing. The problem is, one of the things that aren't common are dragons. And, while the Venitry, Lazura, and Ellie are not real dragons, they are still unusual beings. So, they travel between worlds, and do sitcom stuff, and I don't really have this planned out.
Cue: action, adventure, horror, fantasy. Warnings: violence, body horror, I'll add more.
Essentially, another branch of Purgatory. Only, this is Penny Cue ball's purgatory. Set in a desert wasteland, set for by 8-ball, Penny must track down her allies, the 7 solid coloured, and try to take down the seven striped. Her final mission is to take down 8-ball, without taking her out before she is supposed to.
Floating cities: Musical, Steampunk, sci-fi, murder mystery, romance. Warnings: violence, death, abuse, I'll add more later.
Brim Hollow is a floating city, made out of the necessity of escaping the toxic wasteland human beings created in the world below. Maya Malon is the daughter of a very wealthy family, who built Brim Hollow. Anne the blacksmith (an orphan who never took a last name), works in the industrial district. The two have a crush on the other, but don't realize it's mutual. Maya, believing that Anne must be terrified of her, like everyone else, and Anne thinks that Maya wouldn't even take a second look at a girl like her.
Jan Steward, and Robert Johansson are a scientist, who easily gathers what ever they need through their 2 identifies. Basically, the major mafia in town hates them, and wants them dead, but they don't give a shit.
The overall plot, is that something wicked is afoot and killing anything in its way.
There's probably way more, but this is all that's compiled so far. I don't really have any of them properly out yet.
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beyondmistland · 2 days
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Behind the Scenes - Episode #1: Dead Man's Trial
The first in a series of videos discussing how my co-authors and I came up with each short story in my first self-published anthology, Tales from Mistland & Other Oddities: Volume I!
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beyondmistland · 10 months
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Interview about my book!
NYC comic writer, Benjamin Morse, has invited me to talk about my book on his YouTube channel tomorrow at 7 PM EST! Hope to see y’all there!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLsLXrIQ3Lo
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beyondmistland · 11 months
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OUR BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK!
Tales from Mistland & Other Oddities: Volume I
US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2SPHYKV UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C2SPHYKV DE: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0C2SPHYKV FR: https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0C2SPHYKV ES: https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0C2SPHYKV IT: https://www.amazon.it/dp/B0C2SPHYKV NL: https://www.amazon.nl/dp/B0C2SPHYKV PL: https://www.amazon.pl/dp/B0C2SPHYKV SE: https://www.amazon.se/dp/B0C2SPHYKV JP: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0C2SPHYKV CA: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0C2SPHYKV AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0C2SPHYKV
The book is also available digitally in the following countries: US, UK, DE, FR, ES, IT, NL, JP, BR, CA, MX, AU, IN
For a sneak peek at Sun Tiger and Scotland’s Heir, click the “Free Samples” tag!
For art and music pertaining to the book, click the “Art for Mistland” tag!
For questions pertaining to the book, click the “Straight from the Duck’s Bill” tag!
@warsofasoiaf
@cynicalclassicist
@racefortheironthrone
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beyondmistland · 3 months
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Wrote another poem, this time reimagining Bluebeard. In other news, The Boy and the Heron is a great sendoff for Miyazaki and you all should see it! Hoping to see Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things next but might not have the chance to unfortunately. Still toiling away at the conclusion of Wart's Tale.
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beyondmistland · 1 year
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Only death can pay for life...
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Caius Tyrrell, Lord of Sorrow’s End by Isaac Villacres
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beyondmistland · 1 year
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My first audio commission!
Composed and arranged by Sam Yung. Artwork by Dracona_Arts.
Feel free to leave a like or comment if you want but please do not repost! All rights reserved.
@warsofasoiaf @cynicalclassicist
To read the first draft of Scotland’s Heir for free, click here.
To buy the final draft of Scotland’s Heir and more, click here.
P.S. Reposting is NOT the same thing as reblogging!
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beyondmistland · 1 year
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Anniversary Sale!
To celebrate my self-published book’s one-year anniversary, Tales from Mistland & Other Oddities: Volume I, is on sale this week for 99cents!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09N9QL1H7
It’s an anthology of dark speculative fiction written by me and four others, including @warsofasoiaf as well as @cynicalclassicist.
War stories? It has it! Dragonslayers? It has it! Tragic interspecies romance? It has it! Haunted manors and family curses? It has it! Scheming royals? It has it!
And best of all, the book, at 185 pages, can be read in under a day!
Also, did I mention the FREE artwork you can see by clicking on this handy link right here: https://beyondmistland.tumblr.com/tagged/art%20for%20mistland
Please read, review, and share with others! As always, thanks for the support!
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beyondmistland · 1 year
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Behold the Heirs of the Lion!
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Goranus I and his nephew, Eugenius III by Dracona_Arts
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@cynicalclassicist​
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beyondmistland · 4 months
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Update (12/9/23)
Goal for this month is to finally finish writing Wart's Tale. In other news I added yet another page to Headlines from The Daily Dragon and wrote a poem reimagining the Wild Hunt. Also enjoying the hell out of Blue Eye Samurai. Oh, and I got my ticket to see The Boy and the Heron tomorrow!
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beyondmistland · 1 year
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Toss a coin to your Dragonslayer! (Jk)
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The Dragonslayer (Color) by Roxsan Kleit
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beyondmistland · 2 years
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Birthday Sale!
Turned 28 today so I decided to celebrate by lowering the price of my self-published ebook, “Tales from Mistland & Other Oddities: Volume I”, from $3.99 to $0.99 until July 15th!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09N9QL1H7
Its an anthology of dark speculative fiction (short stories, flash fiction, poems) written by me plus four others, including @warsofasoiaf and @cynicalclassicist, with some of the material being set either in the Mistland Universe (my shared superhero setting) or Arthuriana!
Also, you can find a ton of artwork for said book under my “art for Mistland” tag!
Please read, review, and share with others! Thanks!
@racefortheironthrone
@nobodysuspectsthebutterfly
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beyondmistland · 4 months
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Update (11/26/23)
Added 4 more pages to Headlines from The Daily Dragon and am now about 92% done with Wart's Tale. Also been commissioning some kickass artwork I'll upload closer to my next book's release date. (Fingers crossed that'll be sometime this coming year.) In other news, I watched Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon. Verdict: Good but depressing as f*ck when you remember this sh*t actually happened. Oh, and I'm very much enjoying the current simulcast of anime (Goblin Slayer, The Ancient Magus' Bride, Spy x Family, finished Attack on Titan).
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beyondmistland · 7 months
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Digital Discount! (UK edition)
From today till Saturday (9/16) the eBook version of Tales from Mistland & Other Oddities: Volume I will be 0.99 pounds instead of the usual 3.13 pounds in the UK! So if anyone on that side of the pond has enjoyed my worldbuilding for ASOIAF and would like to support a humble indie author now is a good time to do so!
As always, feel free to reach out with any comments, questions, or concerns.
Best, AA
@cynicalclassicist
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