M Pepper Langlinais/Amanda Innes

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Well, the dragon lives inside a character, so they'll always have each other... 😏😂

#FantasyIndiesMarch Day 12

One ongoing bit of humor in the Changers series is that Livian's (the dragon's) solution to everything is to suggest eating people.

Why "20 August" Should be Staged Though, you know, film would be good too

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A tweet from Kia Thomas that reads: "Make a book angry by adding the word fucking to its title. For example - All the Light We Cannot Fucking See"

*vulgarity alert*

Based on my current read: Better Than the Fucking Movies

One of my books: The Fucking K-Pro

There are a few horses and cattle on AElit (though sheep and goats are more common). On the D'robe side of the island, the princes ride horses but peasants must walk--there isn't enough green space for much livestock.

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Sure enough...

#FantasyIndiesMarch Day 10

Not superstitions so much as information gaps that cause people to speculate.

Taglines vs Loglines The easy way to distinguish the two

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I haven't created any specific or unique animals (yet). AElit is on Earth, and my MCs are not human, so animals thus far have been incidental to their seeing them but not yet really having much interaction or attachment. That could potentially change.

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#FantasyIndiesMarch Day 9

Right now my characters are definitely fighting against the expectations placed on them and trying to change certain situations.

Cats are popular pets for pest control. It's not uncommon to feed wildlife and bond with them, either. Raccoons, squirrels, birds, the occasional fox... Dogs, however, are rare in AElit and mostly used as working animals.

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#FantasyIndiesMarch Day 8

Cee is really only afraid of losing Marcus and being alone with nowhere to go and no Clan to join.

I think I’m convinced this particular fic only holds meaning for me. And because it *does* mean so much to me, I’m hesitant to put it out there.

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I kinda want to share a fanfic I wrote and at the same time kinda don't want to? I seldom feel this divided about stuff like this...

A thank you to everyone who has picked up and read my books--even just one. I appreciate you!

It's a roadblock of my own making. I write a lot of different kinds of books, different genres, which means building a brand is tough. Readers who liked one book may not like the next because it'll be completely different. But I get bored writing the same things over and over, so...

#pretendpanel

Amaurodios is discovering the world, so his interactions with everything are significant. Everything is new to him, and he's fascinated by all of it.

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A necessary evil? I'm just not good at it, despite trying and following a lot of the advice. And I also don't have the budget to splash out. I feel pretty overlooked and unwanted a lot of the time. Marketing makes that worse because you're overlooked DESPITE the efforts to be seen.

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#FantasyIndiesMarch Free Friday

WIP Status Update:

I'm just shy of 30k words on THE GREAT DIVIDE (Changers: Book 2), which puts me at just shy of 50% done with the draft (the first book was ~65k words). Will it be ready for July? 😬 This may get pushed back a little...

Since AElit is on Earth, they have the same crops. Wheat, oats, and rye. Herbs, berried, fruit trees. Carrots and beans. Honeysuckle is actually a favorite. And there is a mushroom called "Tithendion's hand" or "Creator's hand" that is rare but prized for its, er, effects.

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This also goes for the House Repugnicans.

Many plants are used for healing, but the willow tree is the symbol of healing in AElit. You will find amulets with Staurean (the ninata associated with healing) on one side and a willow tree on the other. A sign with a willow means there is a healer at that location.

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#FantasyIndiesMarch Day 5

Everything is a risk in my WIP. There are three POV characters, each paired with another character, and they all have difficult objectives, even if the goal is simply to survive.

A fortune cookie fortune that reads: "This year will be full of surprises."

I'd like to decline this offer.

Black and white image of Nuremberg defendants on trial while guarded my military police.

Time to put the Senate Republicans on trial. Remind me, what's the punishment for treason? 🤔

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