Mike256bit

Hi, I’m Mike! A little about me. I returned to #writing a few years ago with a vision for something that grew a bit larger than expected as I started to unpack it. What started as a blueprint for an open-ended graphic novel turned into a multi-part #novel, and I recently finished book one. (1/4)

A street kid explains to a few new companions the nature of his name, his typical haunts, and the strangers who occasionally occupy them. #WIPSnips | Spooky (Close) #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #SFFNovel #Orphan #Streetsmarts #Nicknames #Sidecharacters

I don’t usually double-dip on #WIPSnips but I deeply enjoy the vibes in this snip. Gren and Hado get separated when fleeing the police and Gren spends that time trapped in a sewer. Every fantasy setting needs a sewer! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #Fantasy #SFFNovel #claustrophobia

#WIPSnips | claustrophobic Right back near the start of Blood on the Snow and, courtesy of Archer, a description of the River Quarter in general and Old Town in particular ( saranadosfiction.com/2020/05/02/b... )

#fantasy #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WIPSnips #claustrophobia vibes In a tight spot. (Reworking what goes on in this box. Don’t know how much of this part I’m keeping, but it works for this for now!) - Brother’s Keeper, my fantasy WIP about two brothers bound by a misunderstood power

#WIPSnips - Claustrophobia #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writing #FlashFiction #ShortStory #WritingPrompts

Tiri compares the subterranean laboratory of Hyperion’s training academy to her home crevasse on the other side of the Crag’s cordillera, where night brings suffocating darkness. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #Fantasy #Laboratory #SFFNovel #Science #Justmountainthings

While visiting his niece, Balan discovers a graveyard of the snowboards she uses to surf the winter peaks of the Federation of the Crag. He wonders if it’s her family life or her hobby that is more damaging to her. #WIPSnips | Insert #WriteSky #WritingCommumity #WritingPrompts #Fantasy #SFFNovel

Tiri screws up at the training academy and learns that sometimes you only get one shot at the thing you want most. CW: mom’s spaghetti (jk, no vomit here). #WIPSnips | False #WritingPrompts #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #Discharged #SFFNovel #Training

Strange tidings approach the apothecary… #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writing

On their way back from the station, Jem brings Tilda up to date. #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

No rattle, so going with a synonym (kinda) #WIPSnips #Writesky

Between rattling doors, rattled composure, and classic death rattles, the weather sometimes also participates in the #WIPSnips wotd. Here, Gren and Enzo wait out a punishing rainstorm. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #Fantasy #Weather #SFFNovel #Waiting

Gideon seeks police assistance in shutting down the entrepreneurial spirit of others. CW: sex work. #WIPSnips | Equate (Vibes) #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #Fantasy #SFFNovel #Villain #SexWorkIsRealWork

Elisa uses her talents for exploring the thoughts of others to investigate another character’s memory, only to have it shift to a foreign scene upon her arrival. #WIPSnips | “Breeze” #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #Fantasy #Mindpowers #Telepathy #Memories #SFFNovel

I saw a grown man step on a bee today with so much enthusiasm I couldn’t help but ask why he did that. And I realized I saw what follows fear; a decision he made to protect himself, even though the bee was injured and crawling on the ground. Fear was the message to which he responded “violence.”

Honestly I am a bit shocked that in a city famed for its grand bazaar, the word “peddle” never shows up. Plenty of synonyms though! #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #Fantasy #Bazaar #Market #FantasyNovel

#fantasy #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WIPSnips #friend Lara and her father having a heart-to-heart about her um, friend. First speaker: her father - Brother’s Keeper, my fantasy WIP about two brothers bound by a misunderstood power

From the first draft of CultWIP. The Seekers are supposed to just be looking for clues, but it seems they're terrorizing their enemies in every way they can get away with. #WIPSnips #writesky #writingprompts #writingcommunity

Calling an op a “friend” might be one of my favorite uses of sarcasm. This scene follows a dialogue exchange very similar to “I’m not your buddy, pal.” #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #Omens #WriteSky #Fantasy #WritingPrompts #Apocalypse #SciFi #SFFNovel

Hmm… maybe Baili, Nadja’s 10yo sister. Something terrifying happens during the city festival and Baili does later boast about not being “even a little bit scared.” I realize she probably was, but that the adrenaline rush overpowered the fear. Future fright junky! #QueerPrompts #Fantasy

Since my story takes place over the course of one summer week, references to other seasons are hard to find! Elisa has just awoken from a #psychedelic experience that will alter the course of her life. But first, #breakfast! #WIPSnips | Autumn #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #Fantasy

Pin often refers to her sight as being #cursed but has offered no one a satisfying explanation for why she sees people as silhouettes and everything else in grainy inverted colors, where the intensity of contrast is so much that to see the world without her blindfold hurts her eyes. #QueerPrompts

Supperlane Carnival is a yearly event in Telemere and a shocking amount of money runs through the entry turnstiles. Naturally, the Commerce Guild employs pretty faces to do the dreaded count. #WIPSnips | “Suit” #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #Fantasy #Carnival #Festival #FantasyNovel

ABSOLUTELY!! My story is full of conversations between those who believe and those who don’t, ranging from the exploits of a nearly mythical historical figure to lore about witches. A lot of the exciting tension comes in those moments of disagreement over what is real and what is just a tale.

This was harder then I thought, #QueerPrompts Pin: Duplicitous Gren: Tireless Nadja: Lovestruck Elisa: Curious These aren’t just descriptors— how do you pick the one word that embodies a character’s existence without reducing them too much? #Fantasy #Characters #WriteSky

Imagine my surprise when I managed to find two examples of the #WIPSnips wotd!! I went with the more action-oriented one, where the mysterious Hado deals with a “confrontation.“ #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #FightScene #acab #MechanicalMan #Dazzle

Captain Ghald, a gay man recently promoted to the rank of Captain, would definitely break a jaw after hearing this kind of bigotry if he wasn’t at state dinner. #Queerpromts #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #QueerFantasy

Ozzie and Elisa converse on the topics of foci stones - the engines of modern artisanal and industrial technologies - and old-world witchcraft. #WIPSnips | “Pass” #WriteSky #Fantasy #Magic #Witch #WritingCommunity #Enlightenment #WritingPrompts #SwordandSorcery #Alchemy #Potions #ArcaneFocus

From: ‘Ship of Fools’ Prompt: ‘Territory’ #WiPSnips

G'morning #WIPSnips! Some more worldbuilding delivered by the students to explain to a clueless Milly about her newly discovered nature. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Vera is a lesser villain in my story, one who has a history of denigrating Elisa for her sex work. She is also a shameless gossip, made possible through her work as a bartender alongside her twin sister Nina. #QueerPromps #WriteSky #StopBullying #WritingPrompts #FantasyNovel

It doesn’t feature prominently until Book Two, but to the north of Telemere, my main city setting for “The Seeker,” there is a flowerbed that becomes toxic during a long stretch of the year. They call it the Mothercorm. #WIP #Botanical #Mystery #FantasyNovel #WriteSky #Spooky #QueerPrompts

Elisa reflects on the interior design of a borrowed bathroom after showering off the aftermath of a traumatic event. If what you see in the mirror makes you recoil, is it harder to heal your memories? #WIPSnips | Blue #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Everythingshower #Showerthoughts

It’s been a minute! Let’s jump back in with a glimpse of our two constable cadets trying to get some very important papers from a very annoyed civil servant. 🧽“It’S a CoUrT oRdEr” 🧽 #WIPSnips | Pulse #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #Investigation #Donotcomply

Welcome to a new week of #WIPSnips! The word for October 12th is "pulse" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

If one more person says “gambit” when they mean “gamut” I’m gonna start throwing a whole range of tables.

#WIPSnips, I think this fits the “Spicy” vibe while also almost containing the word! In the shadowy loft above the temple’s sacred trees, two characters get exceptionally familiar with each other. Will they?! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #Romance #WritingPrompts #Tease

I need to interact more, I’ve just been so busy, #WIPSnips! I’m looking forward to reading up. Padima and Korbas of West Bridge constabulary go around asking questions about stonetech and find an unusual lead at a local bar. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #Fantasy #Investigation

An incredible amount of “testing” takes place in my novel, and sometimes the results are less than desirable. Governor Kenda lays down her command to protect against chaos. #WIPSnips #WritingPrompts #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #Engineering #Verification

Whew, I’ll “admit” life got busy for a few days. Let’s get back to #WIPSnips with a little dialogue between Elisa and Lucas after a tense encounter with the local constabulary. #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Fantasy #Badcop #acab

Harron gives a history lesson to his fellow Ambassadors. Dax reveals that some facts are lost on newer generations. #WIPSnips | “Frontier” #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #Fantasy #Myth #Legend #Mystery

Pin’s internal thoughts wrestle with an uncomfortable memory of meeting Elisa, where a moment of kindness competes with a certainty of something inhuman. #WIPSnips | “Carrier” #WritingPrompts #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #Magic #FantasyNovel

#WIPSnips 4. “Box” Sareena succeeds an impressive stealth and sleight-of-hand check. #ChroniclesOfTheRealms #SayaAshrah #NetherTouchedSareena