#OctoberWorldBuilders

G.M. Gray

@gmgray.bsky.social

4 months ago

October Worldbuilders prompt list WEEK 1: DESERTS 1: Name of a desert in your world 2: What’s your desert society like? 3: Desert town architecture 4: Desert animals/plants 5: Myth/legend/religion about desert 6: How do they survive? 7: Clothes/dance/music from desert society WEEK 2: SPORTS AND GAMES 8: Does your MC play a sport? 9: Board games in your book’s world? 10: Competitive game/sport 11: Cooperative game/sport 12: Equipment/pieces 13: History/famous figure involved in a sport/game 14: Strategy for winning WEEK 3: INFRASTRUCTURE AND CITIES 15: Trade routes 16: Fire/police/hospital services 17: Where does their food come from? 18: Tech: Electricity? Steam power? Mills? 19: Sanitation, sewer system, hygiene 20: Who developed the infrastructure? Government employees? Soldiers? Private business? Are taxes or slaves involved? 21: Housing (Style? Architecture? Amenities available in your world?) WEEK 4: AESTHETCS/VIBES 22: Share a moodboard or art 23: Aesthetics of a town/city 24: Overall vibe of your story/book/wip 25: Religious/cultural vibes/influences 26: Clothing and accessories 27: What feeling or thoughts do you hope your readers come away with after reading your story? 28: Something special about your world Extra days: 29: Plans for next month 30: Recent character you’ve created 31: Which of your characters would you like to see someone cosplay? (Or who would you cosplay yourself?)

#OctoberWorldbuilders Day 25

Pyrean names, particularly from the Fimmel tribe, are often Germanic/Scandinavian sounding, but there's a lot more Mongolian/Central Asian influence on pyrean culture than Scandinavian. Nomadism and animism are the most significant aspects of the culture imo.

Michael Dharma

@michaeldharma.bsky.social

4 months ago

#OctoberWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky
Day 31
#Tirial

I'd like to see some cosplay of all the main cast but especially Umaryn since she's my flagship character.

G.M. Gray

@gmgray.bsky.social

4 months ago

October Worldbuilders prompt list WEEK 1: DESERTS 1: Name of a desert in your world 2: What’s your desert society like? 3: Desert town architecture 4: Desert animals/plants 5: Myth/legend/religion about desert 6: How do they survive? 7: Clothes/dance/music from desert society WEEK 2: SPORTS AND GAMES 8: Does your MC play a sport? 9: Board games in your book’s world? 10: Competitive game/sport 11: Cooperative game/sport 12: Equipment/pieces 13: History/famous figure involved in a sport/game 14: Strategy for winning WEEK 3: INFRASTRUCTURE AND CITIES 15: Trade routes 16: Fire/police/hospital services 17: Where does their food come from? 18: Tech: Electricity? Steam power? Mills? 19: Sanitation, sewer system, hygiene 20: Who developed the infrastructure? Government employees? Soldiers? Private business? Are taxes or slaves involved? 21: Housing (Style? Architecture? Amenities available in your world?) WEEK 4: AESTHETCS/VIBES 22: Share a moodboard or art 23: Aesthetics of a town/city 24: Overall vibe of your story/book/wip 25: Religious/cultural vibes/influences 26: Clothing and accessories 27: What feeling or thoughts do you hope your readers come away with after reading your story? 28: Something special about your world Extra days: 29: Plans for next month 30: Recent character you’ve created 31: Which of your characters would you like to see someone cosplay? (Or who would you cosplay yourself?)

#OctoberWorldbuilders Day 24

I would like to think Triple Strike has Phoenix Wright vibes in that it's got quirky comedy elements mixed in with earnest drama and kind of messed up plot elements 😅

G.M. Gray

@gmgray.bsky.social

4 months ago

October Worldbuilders prompt list WEEK 1: DESERTS 1: Name of a desert in your world 2: What’s your desert society like? 3: Desert town architecture 4: Desert animals/plants 5: Myth/legend/religion about desert 6: How do they survive? 7: Clothes/dance/music from desert society WEEK 2: SPORTS AND GAMES 8: Does your MC play a sport? 9: Board games in your book’s world? 10: Competitive game/sport 11: Cooperative game/sport 12: Equipment/pieces 13: History/famous figure involved in a sport/game 14: Strategy for winning WEEK 3: INFRASTRUCTURE AND CITIES 15: Trade routes 16: Fire/police/hospital services 17: Where does their food come from? 18: Tech: Electricity? Steam power? Mills? 19: Sanitation, sewer system, hygiene 20: Who developed the infrastructure? Government employees? Soldiers? Private business? Are taxes or slaves involved? 21: Housing (Style? Architecture? Amenities available in your world?) WEEK 4: AESTHETCS/VIBES 22: Share a moodboard or art 23: Aesthetics of a town/city 24: Overall vibe of your story/book/wip 25: Religious/cultural vibes/influences 26: Clothing and accessories 27: What feeling or thoughts do you hope your readers come away with after reading your story? 28: Something special about your world Extra days: 29: Plans for next month 30: Recent character you’ve created 31: Which of your characters would you like to see someone cosplay? (Or who would you cosplay yourself?)

The cover of Triple Strike: Threads Unbound, book 4. The illustration shows Alan and Sven walking down a white path between weathered columns coated with purple and blue scales. Alan's hand is on Sven's back and Sven is waving at Natalia, who is ahead of them on a balcony with multiple fountains. There are multiple levels of colorful city beyond this, and in the distance is a river moving into a forested region. Beyond this is and on either side is barren rocks. The sky is full of colorful kites.

#OctoberWorldbuilders Day 23

This is the cover of book 4, and it's a view of Pyre's capital, Thee vis Drimenn. I wanted it to feel both very ancient and very modern.

G.M. Gray

@gmgray.bsky.social

4 months ago

October Worldbuilders prompt list WEEK 1: DESERTS 1: Name of a desert in your world 2: What’s your desert society like? 3: Desert town architecture 4: Desert animals/plants 5: Myth/legend/religion about desert 6: How do they survive? 7: Clothes/dance/music from desert society WEEK 2: SPORTS AND GAMES 8: Does your MC play a sport? 9: Board games in your book’s world? 10: Competitive game/sport 11: Cooperative game/sport 12: Equipment/pieces 13: History/famous figure involved in a sport/game 14: Strategy for winning WEEK 3: INFRASTRUCTURE AND CITIES 15: Trade routes 16: Fire/police/hospital services 17: Where does their food come from? 18: Tech: Electricity? Steam power? Mills? 19: Sanitation, sewer system, hygiene 20: Who developed the infrastructure? Government employees? Soldiers? Private business? Are taxes or slaves involved? 21: Housing (Style? Architecture? Amenities available in your world?) WEEK 4: AESTHETCS/VIBES 22: Share a moodboard or art 23: Aesthetics of a town/city 24: Overall vibe of your story/book/wip 25: Religious/cultural vibes/influences 26: Clothing and accessories 27: What feeling or thoughts do you hope your readers come away with after reading your story? 28: Something special about your world Extra days: 29: Plans for next month 30: Recent character you’ve created 31: Which of your characters would you like to see someone cosplay? (Or who would you cosplay yourself?)

A mood board with a background of stars titled "Triple Strike" in purple letters. There are eight images total. The top left is the largest, and it features a schooner sailing across what appears to be a sea of stars into a nebula. It may just be a reflection on the ocean as well. Next to this image are a sequence of three, small images. The top image shows an illustration of a smiling woman's face with dark skin and curly blonde hair against a background of flowers. She has a red bandanna. The next shows the hilt of a silver basket-hilt rapier on a background of wood. The third shows the bottom half of a ma'jenn's face. They have curling ram's horns, silver dreadlocks with bells intertwined in them, and dark skin. They are wearing a blue tunic decorated with silver embroidery. The next image on the middle left is a stock image of a map strewn with money, an old camera, a magnifying glass, and a passport. The image on the middle right is an illustration of Alan and Sven from Triple Strike. They are lying on a bed smiling at each other. Alan has darker skin and brown hair. He is shirtless. Sven has pale skin, lavender hair, and green eyes. On the bottom left, is another illustration from Triple Strike. It is Alan shirtless looking over his shoulder. He has his hair pulled up, and he is sweating. His dragon tattoo on his shoulder is readily visible. On the bottom right is a picture of a landscape with the Milky Way visible in the night sky.

#OctoberWorldbuilders Day 22

My one and only Triple Strike moodboard. I should have a bunch of TS art given that I illustrate it, but I'm pretty self-critical, so there's probably less than one might expect 😔.

G.M. Gray

@gmgray.bsky.social

4 months ago

#OctoberWorldbuilders Day 21 (I fell behind, but no one can stop me from finishing 😤)

Quarters on pyrean navy ships are small, shared between 2-4 people except for the captain's and first mate's. Furniture is fixed, personal possessions must be stored, and dining hall/showers are communal.

Jaydra Dawn

@jaydradawn.bsky.social

4 months ago

#OctoberWorldbuilders - Cosplay
If someone wanted to cosplay the outrageously, deliriously dramatic and tempting Viola, that would be amazing. You also have the option of a Bloodhound uniform. Tatyana is an obvious choice, given her features, scars, daggers, unique uniform, wings, etc.

Harvin Torres, The Quiddler, is writing Wish Upon a Mountain

@mrschadenfreude.bsky.social

4 months ago

#OctoberWorldbuilders

I would love to cosplay Mr. Schadenfreude. But that's an expensive costume.

Nectar Vam

@nectar-vam77.bsky.social

4 months ago

#OctoberWorldbuilders 31

I would love to see someone cosplay my character, Odilon, the half-human Fairy Prince, son of Belledame the Fairy Queen of discord. Odilon dresses all black and dark-blue (like Hamlet), with tousled red hair (like his father's, Henry VIII).

Austin Worley

@amworleywriter.bsky.social

4 months ago

Day 31 #OctoberWorldbuilders

I’d love to see someone do Arlise! Not just because the craftsmanship would be awesome to witness, but because a cosplayer choosing her would mean a real, vibrant fandom

L. Cyrus Whelchel

@lcyruswhelchel.bsky.social

4 months ago

#OctoberWorldbuilders #WritingCommunity Day 31

Not gonna lie, I’d love to see someone cosplay any of my characters. As for myself, I do eventually want to create a cosplay of Kai, the hero of my recently completed Faumen War Chronicles trilogy!

Minari H. Gealat

@dinzmeria.bsky.social

4 months ago

Thank you for hosting @kiraofthewind.com

#OctoberWorldbuilders

Minari H. Gealat

@dinzmeria.bsky.social

4 months ago

31. Which of your characters would you like to see someone cosplay? (Or who would you cosplay yourself?)

Any and all. (Yes)

#LegendsOfAzdiera 🌈🐉
#OctoberWorldbuilders

Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd

@mcburnellauthor.bsky.social

4 months ago

31. Which of your characters would you like to see someone cosplay? Or who you would cosplay yourself?

#OctoberWorldbuilders 31
Japhet from Foreign Sorcerer. Absolute clothes-horse. The uniform is a waistcoat, cravat with stick pin, trousers, knee-high boots, coat, linen shirt. Black, dark reds and blues, metallic hues. His irises are black holes and he has 17 orange sapphire studs in his left ear.

Joel Flanagan-Grannemann

@servantand.bsky.social

4 months ago

#OctoberWorldbuilders Cosplay your own characters.

#OctoberWorldbuilders
Cosplay your own characters.

Well, I could do Canin pretty easily. I think I still have my bow, and my carved wooden knife is still in a box somewhere. Got the hair.

@kiraofthewind.com

Scarlet Mitchell

@scarletvmitchell.bsky.social

4 months ago

October worldbuilders day 31 who would you like to see cosplayed?

#OctoberWorldbuilders

Ok, so I have this dumb dream to show up to a book signing for Rooted in Stone one day dressed as Helena, complete with her stompy boots and raven-closure cloak.
It would be dumb cuz I don’t want people to picture me as Helena when they read it, but it would be fun.

Ame ✨Comms OPEN✨

@autumnchildart.bsky.social

4 months ago

October Worldbuilders prompt list 31, Which of your characters would you like to see someone cosplay? (Or who would you cosplay yourself?)

#OctoberWorldbuilders 31

All of them! Make it a group effort 😊 Gosh, that would make my heart burst with joy.
I'd love to see someone cosplay as Zaki in full assassin gear. And Serara and Karma in their ball gowns, and... everything! I love to see what cosplayers come up with.

#Ame_NephilimWIP

Anderlandbooks

@anderlandbooks.bsky.social

4 months ago

October Worldbuilders prompt list WEEK 1: DESERTS 1: Name of a desert in your world 2: What’s your desert society like? 3: Desert town architecture 4: Desert animals/plants 5: Myth/legend/religion about desert 6: How do they survive? 7: Clothes/dance/music from desert society WEEK 2: SPORTS AND GAMES 8: Does your MC play a sport? 9: Board games in your book’s world? 10: Competitive game/sport 11: Cooperative game/sport 12: Equipment/pieces 13: History/famous figure involved in a sport/game 14: Strategy for winning WEEK 3: INFRASTRUCTURE AND CITIES 15: Trade routes 16: Fire/police/hospital services 17: Where does their food come from? 18: Tech: Electricity? Steam power? Mills? 19: Sanitation, sewer system, hygiene 20: Who developed the infrastructure? Government employees? Soldiers? Private business? Are taxes or slaves involved? 21: Housing (Style? Architecture? Amenities available in your world?) WEEK 4: AESTHETCS/VIBES 22: Share a moodboard or art 23: Aesthetics of a town/city 24: Overall vibe of your story/book/wip 25: Religious/cultural vibes/influences 26: Clothing and accessories 27: What feeling or thoughts do you hope your readers come away with after reading your story? 28: Something special about your world Extra days: 29: Plans for next month 30: Recent character you’ve created 31: Which of your characters would you like to see someone cosplay? (Or who would you cosplay yourself?)

#OctoberWorldbuilders 31

I'm so no cos player, although i admire those who do it so fabulously.

My most burning question is different though: will there be a #NovemberWorldBuilders ????

SkarabraeAuthor

@skarabraeauthor.bsky.social

4 months ago

#OctoberWorldbuilders

31. Probably Princess Augusta and Dante respectively for those questions. Both from Re: Shattered Memories.

#WritingCommunity #WriterSky #ReadingCommunity

Catherine Winters

@catherinewinters.com

4 months ago

The Oyest'Usu man—modified, as he would prefer to be described—had three pairs of short legs and a pair of pseudopods rather than the tentacles his people were hatched with. Never one for clothing, he had a distinct head, small eyes, an expressive mouth, and of course, a bright pink, semi-translucent outer membrane. “Squishy,” as Thyllis had once described him. “Like dessert,”' as Quirin had. Only just taller than Captain, the top of Beskros’s head scarcely reached my chest. The overall effect was that to Clarke, at least, Beskros was “incredibly adorable”. A quarteryear earlier, the two had had a very unpleasant disagreement, Clarke finding herself the target of our pilot's anger rather than more appropriate targets like Thyllis or me. Although the two had since made up, Clarke had recently taken to gifting him small Human-style hats in an incredibly childish attempt to make herself feel better. So far, the man had not made the connection in any way, proudly wearing four of them in regular rotation. “This one's called a stetson,” Clarke said, a broad smile across her face, as she plucked another tiny hat from its box. The man placed it on his head and beamed. “That looks great,” Clarke said, sharing her visual input with me from across the galley.

WEEK 1: DESERTS 1: Name of a desert in your world 2: What’s your desert society like? 3: Desert town architecture 4: Desert animals/plants 5: Myth/legend/religion about desert 6: How do they survive? 7: Clothes/dance/music from desert society WEEK 2: SPORTS AND GAMES 8: Does your MC play a sport? 9: Board games in your book’s world? 10: Competitive game/sport 11: Cooperative game/sport 12: Equipment/pieces 13: History/famous figure involved in a sport/game 14: Strategy for winning WEEK 3: INFRASTRUCTURE AND CITIES 15: Trade routes 16: Fire/police/hospital services 17: Where does their food come from? 18: Tech: Electricity? Steam power? Mills? 19: Sanitation, sewer system, hygiene 20: Who developed the infrastructure? Government employees? Soldiers? Private business? Are taxes or slaves involved? 21: Housing (Style? Architecture? Amenities available in your world?) WEEK 4: AESTHETCS/VIBES 22: Share a moodboard or art 23: Aesthetics of a town/city 24: Overall vibe of your story/book/wip 25: Religious/cultural vibes/influences 26: Clothing and accessories 27: What feeling or thoughts do you hope your readers come away with after reading your story? 28: Something special about your world Extra days: 29: Plans for next month 30: Recent character you’ve created 31: Which of your characters would you like to see someone cosplay? (Or who would you cosplay yourself?)

#OctoberWorldBuilders 31: If you can figure out how to cosplay as Jerel Beskros, gelatinous loudmouth cowboy sea slug tardigrade guy, I am keen to see it.

Michael Dharma

@michaeldharma.bsky.social

4 months ago

#OctoberWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky
Day 30

I'm working on a character and the setting he comes from. It's just a sketch at the moment but it goes something like this: /1

The Dicepool Tavern

@thedicepooltavern.bsky.social

4 months ago

#OctoberWorldbuilders 31/10:

Excluding myself being the cosplayer, I'd love to see someone cosplay as Ryder or Rai actually! Especially RotHV Rai 🤭

Jaydra Dawn

@jaydradawn.bsky.social

4 months ago

#OctoberWorldbuilders - Recent Char Created
Kali Vales became a late addition and POV character (making six total). A former field medic during the civil war, Kali was recruited to the UNS Bloodhound organization. Steadfast, a true believer in the state, secret homosexual & special masochist breed.

Nectar Vam

@nectar-vam77.bsky.social

4 months ago

#OctoberWorldbuilders 30

Amnos, the Messianic Animal God of Nequinum. Strongly inspired by Aslan, but not exlcusively a Christ figure. He has a bit of Mithras, Persephone (dies in winter, resurrects in spring, restoring the fertility of the land), and some other savior/dying-&-rising deities.

1/2

Minari H. Gealat

@dinzmeria.bsky.social

4 months ago

30. Recent character you’ve created

In book 1.5 I have a mean little cocky bitch of a man who's more a nuisance than a real villain.
Haven't named him yet.
He's tall and "ordinary handsome + charisma" not "so handsome you're going to faint if he smiles"

#LegendsOfAzdiera 🌈🐉
#OctoberWorldbuilders

Dr. Holly Walters

@manigarm.bsky.social

4 months ago

#OctoberWorldbuilders Day 30: The sequel to The Way By comes out next year! It's an anthology of short stories taking place in the same world. It will act as a bridge between The Way By and the third book, Wayward.

So, I've gotten to create many characters recently!

books2read.com/TheWayBy

Seán

@wizardhill.bsky.social

4 months ago

#OctoberWorldbuilders
30. Uh some stinky aristocrat who gets what's coming to him in next week's Shadows & Sorcery. Bro doesn't even have a name tbh.

RK Phoenix - Writer, DM, Dragon

@rk-phoenix-author.bsky.social

4 months ago

#OctoberWorldbuilders
#OC-tober
30/10

King Draco
- Unknown birthdate/place
- Unknown race

The master of the Chessmen. His(?) exact goals are unclear, but he preaches to his many many followers the gospel of The Zenith. Woe upon you should you look into his eyes.
Because then, you will be his.

Rebecca E. Reyes

@rebeccareyeswriting.com

4 months ago

October Worldbuilders day 30 Recent character you created

#OctoberWorldbuilders Day 30

"Jane Doe" is her current name. Jane is actually a resurrected amalgamation of two separate people in The Sarcophagus of Lamia Book 2, and the crew's biometric skeleton key.

She's a bit aggro.

@kiraofthewind.com

Ame ✨Comms OPEN✨

@autumnchildart.bsky.social

4 months ago

October Worldbuilders prompt list 30, Recent character you've created

#OctoberWorldbuilders 30

Not counting the occasional innkeeper or traveler, the most recent is a yet unnamed shapeshifter woman who works for the antagonists. She'll follow the party and spy on them in her animal shapes, reporting back to the assassins.
I need a name for her.

#Ame_NephilimWIP