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@floofpaldi@mindly.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago
#WordWeavers 7.26 — Do you have any fight scenes in your work? What are they like?

In a genre like cyberpunk, they're inevitable.

There are so many things to choose from. Here's one example, though, if you're curious.

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Stephanie Burgis
@stephanieburgis@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Today is the very LAST day that you can snap up Wooing the Witch Queen for only $2.99 in North America! Grab it now: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250359605/wooingthewitchqueen/

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An image of the North American front cover of Wooing the Witch Queen shows a sinister witch queen in a spectacular beaded dress embracing her handsome and adoring new librarian (in a black wizard's robe) inside a library of magic filled with crows and masks and flying books. The tagline reads: Love can be a witch. A blurb from Sarah Beth Durst (New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop) reads: “Full of charm, wit, and magic… I loved it!” Around the image, against a starry night background, are various pieces of text connected to it by arrows. They read: “bi villainous heroine,” “sweet cinnamon-roll hero with a fake identity,” “crow friends,” “found family,” and “flirting with fountains pens.” At the bottom of the image are the words: On sale for $2.99!
An image of the North American front cover of Wooing the Witch Queen shows a sinister witch queen in a spectacular beaded dress embracing her handsome and adoring new librarian (in a black wizard's robe) inside a library of magic filled with crows and masks and flying books. The tagline reads: Love can be a witch. A blurb from Sarah Beth Durst (New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop) reads: “Full of charm, wit, and magic… I loved it!” Around the image, against a starry night background, are various pieces of text connected to it by arrows. They read: “bi villainous heroine,” “sweet cinnamon-roll hero with a fake identity,” “crow friends,” “found family,” and “flirting with fountains pens.” At the bottom of the image are the words: On sale for $2.99!
An image of the North American front cover of Wooing the Witch Queen shows a sinister witch queen in a spectacular beaded dress embracing her handsome and adoring new librarian (in a black wizard's robe) inside a library of magic filled with crows and masks and flying books. The tagline reads: Love can be a witch. A blurb from Sarah Beth Durst (New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop) reads: “Full of charm, wit, and magic… I loved it!” Around the image, against a starry night background, are various pieces of text connected to it by arrows. They read: “bi villainous heroine,” “sweet cinnamon-roll hero with a fake identity,” “crow friends,” “found family,” and “flirting with fountains pens.” At the bottom of the image are the words: On sale for $2.99!
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@floofpaldi@mindly.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago
#WordWeavers 7.25 — Who’s the hardest character you’ve ever written and why?

This is a /really/ good question.

My most difficult character at the moment, by far, is Noona from the series. I can't quite see her in my mind, you know? The face hasn't come to me yet. I'm trying to get a handle on her, only because she was never fleshed out (only the personality and backstory in my mind), and it's giving me some trouble. It'll come to me, though. These things just take time.

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Stephanie Burgis
@stephanieburgis@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

I am so excited to share the UK cover of Enchanting the Fae Queen! It's coming from @panmacmillan in just over 6 months, on 29 January, 2026, and you can preorder it now:

https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/stephanie-burgis/enchanting-the-fae-queen/9781035063031

I love this gorgeous cover art by Jessica Cruickshank!!!!

#romance #fantasy

The illustrated cover image of Enchanting the Fae Queen, by Stephanie Burgis, shows a green background with a frame of climbing roses and branches rising through a night sky full of stars. In the center of the image, just beneath the moon, stands a massive, ominous castle with a hedge maze before it. A blonde woman in a long gown scattters sparkles in her wake as she leads her tall. uniformed male companion through the moonlit hedge maze at a run, while giant butterflies flutter overhead. The tag line reads: “All’s fae in love and war” and a blurb from Sarah Beth Durst reads: “Full of charm, wit and magic.” Beneath the cover is the publication date 29.01.2026.
The illustrated cover image of Enchanting the Fae Queen, by Stephanie Burgis, shows a green background with a frame of climbing roses and branches rising through a night sky full of stars. In the center of the image, just beneath the moon, stands a massive, ominous castle with a hedge maze before it. A blonde woman in a long gown scattters sparkles in her wake as she leads her tall. uniformed male companion through the moonlit hedge maze at a run, while giant butterflies flutter overhead. The tag line reads: “All’s fae in love and war” and a blurb from Sarah Beth Durst reads: “Full of charm, wit and magic.” Beneath the cover is the publication date 29.01.2026.
The illustrated cover image of Enchanting the Fae Queen, by Stephanie Burgis, shows a green background with a frame of climbing roses and branches rising through a night sky full of stars. In the center of the image, just beneath the moon, stands a massive, ominous castle with a hedge maze before it. A blonde woman in a long gown scattters sparkles in her wake as she leads her tall. uniformed male companion through the moonlit hedge maze at a run, while giant butterflies flutter overhead. The tag line reads: “All’s fae in love and war” and a blurb from Sarah Beth Durst reads: “Full of charm, wit and magic.” Beneath the cover is the publication date 29.01.2026.
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@floofpaldi@mindly.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago
#WordWeavers 7.24 — Who’s smarter, your MC or your antagonist?

They're complete opposites. I can't compare them. They're both brilliant but in vastly different ways. Dr. Death is a scientist, a doctor, and a manipulative bastard. Alexios is the leader of a gang, is rather good at keeping the peace between said gangs, is well-trained in combat, was once a nomad on his own, and fled Dr. Death's ship centuries ago (while the rest of his people died in that man's clutches). They're so, so different, but incredibly good at what they do.

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@floofpaldi@mindly.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago
#WordWeavers 7.23 — Your MC is lost in a busy city, and GPS isn’t an option. How do they handle the situation?

In a busy city, much like where he currently lives, Alexios would start by questioning people he finds along the way. He would ask for directions, ask for any information he could use, and then eventually find his way. But here's the thing, Alexios has never been bothered by things like this. With everywhere he's lived, it's been this way. He was once lost in every city, on every continent, on every planet.

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@floofpaldi@mindly.social  ·  activity timestamp last week
#PennedPossibilities 732 — Is your WIP a singular novel, a series of books, serial fiction, comics, or fanfiction? (Or something else entirely? Explain.)

Although I write a little bit of everything, The City of Opulence is the first novel in the Digital Dystopia series. It's a dark romance series set in a science fiction fantasy (and cyberpunk-inspired) universe.

I'll leave everyone with a quote that sums up this series quite well. It was said by Dr. Arcturius "Dante" Cason in the first novel.

"A better future will come. We need only work for it."

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@floofpaldi@mindly.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
#PennedPossibilities 730 — 2nd Anniversary Edition: Share a blurb, summary, or tiny snippet explaining your WIP to everyone in the hashtag.

Happy two years, everyone! We made it! 🤍

This is actually my summary:

This is the story of one man, more machine than human, and how he survived the centuries. Something is coming, someone from his past, and it's time to prepare.

Citune is a cyberpunk-inspired world. Alexios is the leader of Destiny's Maelström, a rebel gang and crime circuit. They own various warehouses and other businesses in the city of Ethera. Before forming his gang, centuries prior, he had been a nomad on his own with nothing more than a motorbike, his belongings, and a dark past. Now his gang operates on the black market selling various antiquities, oddities, weaponry, and medical equipment for docs, all while raking in more money than any other gang involved in underground sales.

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@floofpaldi@mindly.social  ·  activity timestamp last week
#PennedPossibilities 731 — MC POV: Tell us about the last time you felt guilty.

Alexios: Time for some honesty... I told someone that there was nothing between us. (Not naming names, but it might've been Trick.) The night before, we had sex. For context, he has a brain chip from his days as a prozzie (prostitute), and it alters the brain chemistry of possible clients, making them think and feel like they want to say yes, if you catch my drift. Said chip, which he hadn't yet removed, went haywire and randomly turned on. I was already under the influence, having been drinking. We both were. That bloody chip only worsened things. A day later, I told him it meant nothing, that it was all down to the chip. I told him it couldn't happen again. I lied. It wasn't just the chip. I suppose the inhibitions were gone, that's all. Instead, I should've just told him that I love him. Guilt doesn't even begin to describe how I felt.

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@floofpaldi@mindly.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
#PennedPossibilities 730 — 2nd Anniversary Edition: Share a blurb, summary, or tiny snippet explaining your WIP to everyone in the hashtag.

Happy two years, everyone! We made it! 🤍

This is actually my summary:

This is the story of one man, more machine than human, and how he survived the centuries. Something is coming, someone from his past, and it's time to prepare.

Citune is a cyberpunk-inspired world. Alexios is the leader of Destiny's Maelström, a rebel gang and crime circuit. They own various warehouses and other businesses in the city of Ethera. Before forming his gang, centuries prior, he had been a nomad on his own with nothing more than a motorbike, his belongings, and a dark past. Now his gang operates on the black market selling various antiquities, oddities, weaponry, and medical equipment for docs, all while raking in more money than any other gang involved in underground sales.

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@floofpaldi@mindly.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
#PennedPossibilities 729 — Tell us about one place your MC would love to either visit or revisit.

Whenever Alexios needs a holiday, he takes off to the forest. He enjoys visiting the citrine gemstone cliffs. No one ever ventures out past the city, past the desert, to head into the forest and mountains. It's a beautiful area on Citune. The moonlight make the cliffs sparkle and shine. Alexios would love to take Trick out there with him someday. He wants someone to share the peace and beauty with, despite how unwilling he is to admit that fact to anyone.

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