Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 8hVocations, that would be a really good idea for the kids. Ideally they'll know what all 13 of them do by the time they're 10-12 so they can pick their vocational schools. (they pick three in case the one they really want is full, or isn't really a good fit for one reason or another). 010
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 9hThey're highly valued and people spend a significant amount of credits on them. The chess piece a little Wisp in Broken Mist takes out of a chess game would have been highly valued by the person who originally owned the game. They found it in a chest of stollen goods. 120
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 9hThere's no mass production of board games. They can buy fairly simple games that are print on demand and mostly cardboard like. There's also kits where you can rearrange the board and use generic pieces to play several different games. There's also home made games with carved pieces. 2/3 120
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 9h#OctoberWorldbuilders Hello! The Talithans have board games most people would recognize and some they would not. I haven't developed any T. H. boardgames yet, I need to. Chess, or more specifically a Knight chess piece, plays a role in the first novel. There's two types of board games. 1/3 130
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 9hI do! Every time I see a new dentist (which is often thanks to my job) they seem surprised, ha 010
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 9h#FirstDraftFall Yep, the book starts with Marga getting a little more responsiblity at work and her anniversary with Ever. Things do get a little more complicated as the story goes on. 120
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 12hNo, the prompt was for an office romance and I think I went a little too weird with it 😆 I really like it, I need to edit it and find other places to submit it. 000
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Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I wrote a short story for a contest that put a dark version of Wonderland as a paralel universe to ours. It would be fun to expand on that world more. 110
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Des - the queer and very imaginative author of speculative fiction with layers of both light and dark. The world is complex, brutal, and beautiful. My writing explores it all. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #QueerSFF 062
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Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 07/10/2026#FirstDraftFall The main character is Marga. A tall and broad shouldered redhead. She takes pride in her physical strength and is always down to spar with someone. She has a complicated relationship with her parents and refuses to have a complex relationship with her partner, Ever. 140
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Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Find a free short story challenge, or anything that's completely different. I had art school training and this was something they always preached (at least back then, ha). You'll see your art better if you take a break and it will come out better in the end. I use this rule for writing as well. 120
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It may never end up in the book, but it will show you the story from a different angle. Also, if it's never going in the book you get that added bonus of not thinking about prose, story structure, etc. It can be trash writing, and maybe unlock your brain. Work on something else. 4/5 110
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Step away and let things play out like a in your head. You may not keep whatever your brain decides to do. But it frees you up to think of your story without worrying about grammar, prose, etc. I do this anytime I get stuck in a chapter. Write what that other side character is doing. 3/5 110
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 05/10/2026You don't need to follow a formula or anything intense. But, if you get stuck, stepping back and looking at the story in a bigger picture might help. Don't let your plans nail you down, use them as a suggestion, not a law. I heavily plan mine, outlines and spreadsheets, but I also change them. 2/5 110
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I haven't had any serious writer's block (yet?). I've only had little boughts of it for a specific part of the story. So This may or may not be helpful. But, why I think I've been able to avoid it: - If you're a planner, do so. Even if not, having some sense of direction might help. 1/5 110
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Am I capable? Cooking: Yes Whistle: 6/10 Draw: Yes, but slow Paint: My artist love, yes Swim: 3/10 English: Decent 😆 Dance: Badly Sing: 5/10? Drive: hell yes Gifting: Yep! Write: Hopefully! 7/10 Guitar: Only if Rock Band (video game) counts Speaking: depends, but I'm decent at faking confidence 020
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 03/10/2026There's only so much I will be willing to change. Readers will have to put up with some of my, probably neurodivergent, writing quirks 😆 Ie: My chapters and book series has a loose pattern to them. Not related to ND, me being stubborn: I am also likely to give the first novel two, "prologues." 020
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 03/10/2026#PretendPanel Me, mostly. At this point also for Susan, a friend who reads chapters as I write them and tells me how much she loves them 💜 When it comes to the editing and self-publishing phase I will hire an editor and make sure it's readable for a larger audience to some degree. But 1/2 150
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Yes! I badly quoted it on another post earlier today (was still waking up), but Conrad Miszuh once said, "I must create to live." and I was like, "yessss." 110
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026#FirstDraftFall A series. One I've been working on for almost 5 years. I love Talitha Harbor. I want to finish the series, of course. I already have a prequel planned. But, whenever I finish that I'll have to keep writing something now and again. Otherwise I'd miss it too much. 170
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Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Especially his RP version (it's a story based forum). He makes sure the people who hurt him get what they're due. He's also a bit of a villain. 😅 In Talitha Harbor he's not. He has to confront things in a more average person sort of way. But it also makes him more relatable. Especially for me. 020
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It's not exactly the same. His is worse in many ways, and it effects him more intently. There's other parallels not related to the trauma as well. None of it was intentional. 😅 But Idaeus also confronts his past in a more proactive way. 3/4 120
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Idaeus, the series MC is a RPG character I made 20+ years ago. He quickly became my favorite character and has always held that spot. He was also an exaggerated character in the way fun RP characters can be. I toned him down for the novel series, then realized our trauma had a lot of parallels. 2/4 120
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026#PretendPanel Always a fun question. The quick and easy answer: For my characters. They exist only in my head, but I love them and I hope others will too. The longer and less, "fun," answer: I'm writing for me as a child who always felt trapped and had not so great adults in their life. 1/4 1101
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Conrad Miszuk makes fictional podcasts, he once said something like, "I have to create to live, "or something similar. Not for financial reasons, but because it's what makes life worth living. I was like, yes, me too. 010
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Yes! Always a fan of a story that guts me a little. 120
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026#WeeknightWriters Answering these a little out of order. My Nov writing goal is always 60k. Taking a month to properly prep will be good. Maybe I'll be less of a wreck on the other side. Well, my house in particular 😅 Since the outline is done, I can make sure cleaning/cooking/etc is GTG. 150
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026#WeeknightWriters To be fully focused on a project in a way I haven't really been able to since Jan. Talitha Harbor will be a big and long project overall. But being able to check off another major milestone will feel great. #FirstDraftFall 290
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 02/10/20263rd: A dead body, now the readers don't know what happened and will have to judge for themselves 4th: Another dead body and a definite, "who, what, and wtf," for everyone involved, including the readers. 5th: A kidnapping of a Very Important Person TM. More figuring out wtf. 110
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026#WeeknightWriters The setting is Sci-fi, but the story is also a mystery. All of the Talitha Harbor novels are similar. 1st: set off by a stolen artifact, the mystery is more, "wtf, why, and what is going to happen next," vs a who-dun it 2nd: More theft, it is a who-dun it for the MC. 1/2 130
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Congrats! I had to go down that road with the first novel of my series as well. The antagonist disappears for a bit and I was like, 'well, I guess I should know what he was doing so the rest of this makes some kind of sense.' 010
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My rough draft for the 2nd, second (ha), had a lot of, "and this happened between the books." After deleting a lot of that I was like, "okay, there's needs to be a book between those two books. If you ever want a tutorial on planning a series in a chaotic and time consuming way, I'm your author 😅 010
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026#WeeknightWriters I will be working on the second novel of my series. It's my third second novel 😅 I described it in the last post. But it came about while giving the rough draft for Sacred Ecology a good think. There's a pretty big time gap between the two. 1/2 2110
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Hello #WeeknightWriters! Des, writing a speculative fiction series about a far future group of humans living on another planet. Protecting the environment is the first axiom handed down by their ancestors, respecting each other is the second. Writing is still weekend only for now. 190
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It's a case that seems small and straight forward, until she finds out that it isn't. It's also a little too close to home... 010
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 01/10/2026#FirstDraftFall Greetings! I will be working on the second novel of my series and finishing it. I need to be done so I can focus on my world building list in Dec. The working title is Fragile Loyalty. Marga, an investigator of smuggling cases will be in charge of a case for the first time. 1/2 220
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Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Ever has kept almost all of that a secret from their rightful parents. Their mothers try to be understanding, but it's hard. Their child, they assumed was dead, shows up out of the blue two sols ago. They have A LOT of questions. Marga would make sure the lunch went perfectly with no awkwardness. 140
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Left without erasing some difficult choices, she would write Ever's anniversary lunch with Ever's parents. Their relationship is challenging. Ever was kidnapped as a young child and raised by said kidnapper. He wouldn't win dad of the year/sol. But they also have a lot of great memories with him. 2/ 140
Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 01/10/2026#AwesomeCharacters Marga is the MC of my current project, so she gets the hot seat tonight. If Marga was writing a scene, she would be unhappy that it wasn't plot related. She's really being put through the ringer, so to speak. The book's working title is Fragile Loyalty 😅 1/3 150
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