iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Giaan Chapel @giaanchapel.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I wrote a post about my quest (my odyssey, if you will) to find my dream platform for my worldbuilding notes. If anyone reads this and knows the perfect platform to fulfil my wishlist, I'm begging you to reach out.

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Overhauling my worldbuilding notes

"The best way to keep SFF notes are obviously via wiki!" I yell at the seagulls.

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Giaan Chapel @giaanchapel.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Well... I have begun to pursue an ADHD diagnosis, which has been really validating. If medication enters the mix, I am so desperate to find out how that impacts my writing —my ability to focus on my projects has been in steep decline these past few years

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Giaan Chapel @giaanchapel.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Taking a break of my current novel to take a brain holiday for my novel about my bogatyr-inspired lesbians and having a lot of fun with it!!

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Giaan Chapel @giaanchapel.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I hear a lot about writers envisioning their stories as movies or tv shows, but I have always imagined mine as lush and lively video games, completely immersive and vibrant

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Giaan Chapel @giaanchapel.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Lately I have been thinking about, as I often have upon reading it many months ago, The Daughter's War by Christopher Buehlman. The Blacktongue Thief is the book that got me back into contemporary fantasy releases after a hiatus but even then I could not anticipate how much I would love the prequel

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Giaan Chapel @giaanchapel.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Final Fantasy IX was my first ever narrative video game (and a truly never-ending source of creative inspiration to me) and I've just loaded it up again for the first time in 5 years to realise just how much I love Freya, to the point of genuinely considering buying her as my one and only mini?

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Giaan Chapel @giaanchapel.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Haven’t had much time to write since my writing getaway/destress isolation stretch of 4 days but upon reviewing my work… I need to scrap a good portion of what I wrote for being the wrong approach to a character’s first POV

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Giaan Chapel @giaanchapel.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Embarking on an isolated 4 day writing retreat in the middle of a forest tomorrow and I can’t think of anything I want or need more

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Rien Gray @riengray.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

In 2025, I’d like to invite people to purposefully read more dense and/or complex prose. There is nothing wrong with reading slow or reading something multiple times. There’s no shame in looking up the definition of words or writing out plot events to analyze their importance.

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Giaan Chapel @giaanchapel.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

I ticked over the new year by writing 5k words and the biggest character move in my story 🎉

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Giaan Chapel @giaanchapel.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

My partner, who I have not shown much of my novel to, thought that my deuteragonist/protagonist’s partner in crime is an attractive and muscular man. Had to break it to her that he is frightening to look at, unkempt, and about as sturdy as a wafer

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Richard Swan @richardswanauthor.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

GRAVE EMPIRE is out in...*checks 🗓️*... 46 days. Are you ready? Mentally? Physically? Spirituality?

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L.L. MacRae @llmacrae.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Selling my books direct at in-person events is kind of my bread and butter, and I'm often asked for tips and advice So I sat down for a few hours and put everything I know into a handy essay! 🔥🔥 You can read it free over on my little book dragon community (link in comments)

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Giaan Chapel @giaanchapel.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Deleted an embarrassing typo, returning to lurking obscurity, farewell!!

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Giaan Chapel @giaanchapel.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

I’ve done a lot of writing recently but unfortunately not the scene I NEED to write, but the emotional peak that comes right after it. My plan for the new week is to actually get back to task and save the self indulgence for when it is chronologically relevant

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Giaan Chapel @giaanchapel.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

A WIP of my WIP protagonist (via @bencikovart.bsky.social) Sid is a thief and an illusionist, and she loves a good climb. What she wants most is to save enough money to reunite her family, but should something happen to the beloved captain who raised her, her priorities may have to shift.

A cropped digital artwork with a sketchy background. The subject wears a green sleeveless jacket with many pockets and fastenings, grey woollen fingerless gloves, an unbuttoned olive blouse and a black undergarment that extends down her abdomen. A black cord is wrapped around her wrist which unravels to meet her fingertips through physics of its own. Her hair dark blonde hair is short and moves in a strong wind, and her skin is scraped and bruised.

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Giaan Chapel @giaanchapel.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

To get things started here, I’m Giaan, and I work from the Wurundjeri land of the Kulin nation. My roguish fantasy WIP is currently over 200k words and I’m working on being less shy about it all

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