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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

October #QueerPrompts 1. Introduce yourself & WIP Hi, I'm Kat! I'm a personal assistance for an insurance broker, part-time college student, and so excited for autumn!! I write epic fantasy inspired by my favorite authors (S.M. Gaither and— #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy

1. Introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book
2. LGBTQ History Month: Free Friday or Queer history mentioned in your story or queer historical reading recs
3. Line that foreshadows danger or scary scene/snippet
4. Banned Books Week Begins: What might someone try to ban your story for having?
5. World Teachers' Day: What subject would your character(s) teach?
6. National Coaches Day: Any coaches in your story? (fitness, life coach, etc.)
7. National Inner Beauty Day: Does your story discuss inner vs outer beauty?
8. International Lesbian Day: Lesbian character(s) or sapphic reading recs
9. Free Friday or describe your story as a horror novel
10. World Mental Health Day: Has positive queer rep in books helped your mental health?
11. National Coming Out Day: Do any of your characters come out in your story?
12. Indigenous People's Day: What people would be indigenous to where your story takes place?
13. Haunted or spooky places in your story?
14. National Stop Bullying Day: Bully/villain confrontation in your story
15. Spirit Day: How would your character(s) deal with homophobia/transphobia?
16. Dictionary Day: Free Friday or what word would have your character(s)' face next to it?
17. Any curses or bad luck in your story?
18. Do any of your characters like being scared?
19. National LGBT Center Awareness Day: Where can your characters go to feel safe?
20. National Day on Writing: Favorite /least favorite part of the writing process
21. International Pronouns Day: Do your character(s) introduce themselves with their pronouns?
22. MC/character's worst nightmare
23. Free Friday or spooky reading recs
24. Rate your character(s)' scariness level
25. Asexual Awareness Week Begins & International Artist Day: Ace rep or art share
26. National Transgender Children Day & Intersex Awareness Day: Intersex or trans youth rep
27. Media (GIF, song, image, emojis, etc.) of what emotions you expect/want readers to feel
28. Ghosts or spirits in your story?
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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#FantasyIndiesSpooktober 1. Introduce yourself & WIP Hi, I'm Kat! I'm a personal assistance for an insurance broker, part-time college student, and so excited for autumn!! I write epic fantasy inspired by my favorite authors (S.M. Gaither and— #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy

Fantasy Indies October prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1. Introduce yourself & WIP
2. Free Friday or spooky book/movie/tv show recs
3. Saturday Snippet
4. How do you/your MC define bravery?
5. What would your MC wear to a Halloween party?
6. WIP Villain(s)
7. POV and tense preferences
8. MC Phobias
9. Free Friday or books you hope to read before the end of the year
10. Saturday Snippet
11. What would your MC’s tombstone say?
12. Danger in WIP
13. MC’s favourite treats
14. Favourite paranormal creatures
15. Tricks in WIP
16. Free Friday or share a meme that sums up your MC’s personality
17. Saturday Snippet
18. Monsters in WIP
19. Poem or Flash Fiction featuring fear
20. Would your MC prefer going to a fall festival or a haunted house?
21. How well would the villain of your current movie/tv show work with your WIP villain?
22. Do you have any spooky settings in your WIP?
23. Free Friday or your bookish hot takes
24. Saturday Snippet
25. Costumes in WIP
26. How would your characters react to becoming a monster?
27. MC’s moral compass
28. Underrated tropes
29. MC's worst nightmare
30. Free Friday or Post your pumpkins
31. Monthly Wrap-up

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

September #QueerPrompts 1. Introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book Hi, I'm Kat! I'm a PA for an insurance broker in Columbus and a student at Columbus State. I'm writing an epic fantasy series with found family, friends-to-lovers, elemental magic, and demons. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer

1. Introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book
2. National Chicken Month: Are your character(s) more likely to be cowardly or reckless?
3. Difficult decision(s) your character(s) must make
4. World Sexual Health Day: Free Friday or does your story address sexual health / healthy sex?
5. National Be Late For Something Day: How would the story change if your character(s) were late for an important scene?
6. Read a Book Day: Make up a book (or use a real one) your character(s) would read
7. Labor Day / Buy a Book Day: Who would spend all their money on books?
8. International Literacy Day: Current or recent read(s)
9. National Teddy Bear Day: Who would have / had a stuffed animal / plushie?
10. Who do your character(s) go to for advice before making a tough decision?
11. Free Friday or any advice about your story that you used?
12. National Day of Encouragement: Any lesson or message readers might interpret your story having?
13. Grandparents' Day: How respected are elders in your story?
14. Media (GIF, song, image, emojis, etc.) that captures the vibes of the opening scene
15. Hispanic Heritage Month Begins: Any other languages spoken or referenced in your story?
16. Bisexual Awareness Week Begins / National Tattoo Story Day: Who would get a tattoo to celebrate their identity or coming out?
17. How positive or negative do your character(s) view their world?
18. National HIV/AIDS & Aging Awareness Day / Read An eBook Day: Free Friday or elder character(s) or ebook reading rec(s)
19. Who or what would your character(s) consider their first love
20. Your character(s) journey to understanding their sexuality / gender (or your own)
21. World Gratitude Day / International Day of Peace: Do your character(s) long for peace or adventure?
22. Equinox: What season(s) does your story take place in?
23. Bisexual Visibility Day: Bi or pan characters
24. Make up a career (or use a real one) your character(s) would be good at
25. Free Friday or your writing goals for this season
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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#FantasyIndiesSeptember 1. Introduce yourself & WIP Hi, I'm Kat! I'm a PA for an insurance broker in Columbus, and I'm also a student at Columbus State. I'm writing an epic fantasy series with found family, friends-to-lovers, elemental magic, and demons. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer

Fantasy Indies Sept prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1. Introduce yourself & WIP
2. How do you choose your next read?
3. Education in WIP
4. Free Friday or do you collect anything?
5. Saturday Snippet
6. Do you know what your next WIP will be?
7. Something in your WIP that surprised you
8. Would/does your MC like school? Favourite subject(s)?
9. What magic or superhero powers would you/your MC choose to have?
10. Does your MC want knowledge or power? How far would they go for it?
11. Free Friday or books that remind you of autumn
12. Saturday Snippet
13. How organized are you/your characters?
14. Lessons learned in WIP
15. How would your characters describe you?
16. Poem or Flash Fiction featuring the word “autumn”
17. What type of book would your MC(s) write?
18. Free Friday or share pet photos
19. Saturday Snippet
20. Words you tend to overuse
21. Power-hungry character in WIP
22. Your autumn TBR
23. What grammar rule(s) do you struggle with?
24. Interesting fact(s) from your WIP’s world’s history
25. Free Friday or music you’ve been inspired by recently
26. Saturday Snippet
27. What research do you do for your writing?
28. Your thoughts on DNFing books
29. Are you/MC an introvert, extrovert, or ambivert?
30. Monthly Wrap Up

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

August #QueerPrompts 1: Introduce yourself & WIP Hi, I'm Kat! I'm a PA to an insurance broker in Columbus, and I write (mostly) epic fantasy. My long-term project is the "Light's Rebellion" series, which is mostly inspired by my D&D campaign— #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

#QueerPrompts August 2026:

1: Introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book
2: Are your character(s) more likely to make friends or enemies?
3: Scene or snippet with "friend" or "enemy"
4: Do your character(s) prefer one close friend or a big friend group?
5: Any scene from a show/movie that's like a scene in your story?
6: How often do your character(s) lie?
7: Free Friday or your favorite genres to read vs to write
8: International Cat Day: Any cats or animals in your story?
9: Gay Uncles Day & National Book Lovers Day: Queer family member(s) or queer reader character(s)?
10: National Lazy Day: Do you consider taking writing breaks helpful or lazy?
11: How would your character(s) describe "family"?
12: International Youth Day: What were your character(s) like as kids?
13: Most likeable vs most annoying character
14: Free Friday or what genre of music would your story be? (indie rock, classical, etc)
15: National Back To School Prep Day: Scene or snippet with "school"
16: National Tell A Joke Day: Any jokes in your story?
17: Scene or snippet where a non-villain character comes across as the villain
18: National Couple's Day: Best/worst couples in your story
19: How do your character(s) deal with being wronged?
20: Do your character(s) have a soulmate (platonic or romantic)?
21: Free Friday or do you/would you read reviews of your story?
22: World Folklore Day: Folklore or legends in your story?
23: Any symbols or logos in your story?
24: Marsha P Johnson Day: Who or what inspires your character(s)?
25: Aromantic Spectrum Visibility Day: Aro character(s) or role of platonic relationships in your story
26: Story setting
27: Tiny detail(s) in your story most readers won't notice
28: Wear It Purple Day: Free Friday or use of purple / your story's color theme
29: Any parties or celebrations in your story?
30: National Beach Day: What would your character(s) do at a beach?
31: Monthly Wrap-Up

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

#FantasyIndiesAugust 1: Introduce yourself & WIP Hi, I'm Kat! I'm a PA to an insurance broker in Columbus, and I write (mostly) epic fantasy. My long-term project is the "Light's Rebellion" series, which is mostly inspired by my D&D campaign— #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Fantasy Indies August prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1: Introduce yourself & WIP
2: Two truths and a lie about you or your WIP
3: Show us your book covers
4: Favourite piece of folklore or fairytale
5: Important days in WIP
6: Make a “recipe” for your WIP (tropes, media that inspired it, etc.)
7: Free Friday or your thoughts on retellings
8: Saturday Snippet
9: Do dreams feature in or inspire your writing?
10: Last, Current, & Next Reads
11: How would your characters want to spend their birthday?
12: Top reads of 2026 so far
13: Special items in WIP
14: Free Friday or WIP pitch in one sentence
15: Saturday Snippet
16: Mental health in WIP
17: Fairytale poem or Flash Fiction
18: What book-to-movie/tv show adaptations are you looking forward to seeing?
19: Author tips that have helped you
20: Superstitions in WIP
21: Free Friday or How do you choose character names?
22: Saturday Snippet
23: Favourite fandoms
24: Character names and their meanings in WIP
25: Is there anyone your MC shares their secrets with?
26: Legends in WIP
27: What have you learned recently?
28: Free Friday or Share a funny typo
29: Saturday Snippet
30: Do you prefer series or standalones?
31: Monthly Wrap-Up

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

July #QueerPrompts 1: Introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book I'm Kat, posting this a couple days late. During the day, I'm a front office assistant for an insurance agency, and in my free time, I write fantasy and play D&D. Still— #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip #wipwednesday

1: Introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book
2: World UFO Day: How would your character(s) react to seeing a UFO?
3: Free Friday or describe your story in a different genre (mystery for romcom, etc)
4: Independence Day: What role does independence play in your story?
5: Do your character(s) have any superstitions?
6: Omnisexual Visibility Day: How does your story approach sexuality and gender?
7: Global Forgiveness Day: How easily do your character(s) forgive?
8: National Video Game Day: What type of game would your story be? (RPG, dating sim, etc)
9: Fashion Day: Most fashionable character
10: National Kitten Day: Free Friday or post a kitten/cat GIF that reminds you of your MC
11: Dream sequence or flashback in your story?
12: How relatable do you think your MC is?
13: Lesbian Aunts Day: Established lesbian/queer couple(s)?
14: Nonbinary People’s Day: How does your MC's gender identity affect how they are treated in your story?
15: How would your story change if you swapped your MC with another character?
16: International Drag Day: Your character(s)' drag name(s) or who would do drag best?
17: World Emoji Day: Free Friday or describe your story using emojis
18: Something your character(s) like about being queer
19: National Ice Cream Day: What flavor(s) would your story or character(s) be?
20: National Fortune Cookie Day: What would a fortune cookie tell your character(s)?
21: Any supernatural elements in your story?
22: Any character(s) give terrible advice?
23: Best or worst writing advice you've received
24: International Self Care Day: Free Friday or describe your story as a self-help book
25: Hottest character
26: Snippet: "hot"/"temperature"
27: How would your character(s) spend their last day on earth?
28: Afterlife in your story?
29: National Lipstick Day: What color of lipstick would your character(s) be?
30: International Friendship Day: Role of friendship in your story
31: Monthly Wrap-Up

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

#FantasyIndiesJuly 1: Introduce yourself & WIP I'm Kat, posting this a couple days late. During the day, I'm a front office assistant for an insurance agency, and in my free time, I write fantasy and play D&D. Still working— #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip #wipwednesday

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Recent pics of Jasmine (black and white) and Arya (gray and white) 💙💙

Jasmine being held by my husband, whose face is blocked out by a 🥺. Jasmine looks very concerned about her situation.

Arya is on her back, belly exposed, and looking very alarmed.

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

#JuneWorldbuilders 1: Entities associated with good or evil The demons are automatically associated with evil, and that usually extends to any half-demon half-humanoid children they bear (exceptions being those who reside in Tavarria). #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

June Worldbuilders
Hosted by Kira of the Wind

WEEK 1: ANGELS AND DEMONS
1: Entities associated with good or evil
2: How are/were they born/created?
3: Hierarchies/classification of angels and/or demons
4: Ties to the church/religion
5: Interactions with the mortal world
6: Rituals to summon an angel/demon
7: The head angel/demon in charge

WEEK 2: META-ART
8: What famous paintings exist in your world?
9: What famous works of literature exist in your world?
10: What famous music exists in your world?
11: Other in-world works of art? Any Sculpture? Architecture? Unique to your world media?
12: Famous in-world artists?
13: Has your world’s government banned any in-world works of art?
14: Art history. Have there been any art ‘movements’ or ‘eras’

WEEK 3: CREATURES AND MONSTERS
15: Are your monsters the cute or scary kind?
16: Food chains/webs
17: Enemy monsters
18: Companion creatures
19: Ecological niche
20: Dens, nests, families
21: Myths or legends about creatures

WEEK 4: ANIMALS
22: Any magical animals in your world?
23: Megafauna/large animal in your world
24: Nocturnal animal in your world
25: Cute, furry animal in your world
26: Reptile or amphibian in your world
27: Flying animal in your world
28: Aquatic animal in your world

EXTRA DAYS:
29: How are you feeling about your wip currently?
30: Was your worldbuilding pre-planned or do you build as you write?

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

June #QueerPrompts 1: Introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book Hi, I'm Kat! Hoping to actually get back to writing this month for my epic fantasy series, "Light's Rebellion". Trying to decide if I want to go back to book 2 or continue with book 4. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

1. Pride Month Begins: Introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book (optional: & something you're proud of)
2. Something your character(s) are proud of
3. How do your character(s) overcome shame?
4. Character(s) queer identify(ies)
5. World Environment Day: Free Friday or does your story address environmental issues?
6. Do your queer characters have to explain their queerness?
7. National VCR Day: Any vintage/classical technology in your story?
8. National Best Friend Day: BFF(s) in your story
9. When did your character(s) first realize they were different?
10. Something you had to research for your story
11. Is your MC more likely to accidentally hurt someone or on purpose?
12. Pulse Remembrance Day: Free Friday or homophobic/transphobic event/character
13. Scene or snippet with "pride" or "proud"
14. Queer reading rec(s)
15. LGBTQ Employment Protections Anniversary: Any anti-discrimination laws in your story's world?
16. Character hobbies
17. National Mascot Day: What would a mascot of your story be?
18. How do your character(s) handle being bullied?
19. Juneteenth: Free Friday or what role does freedom play in your story?
20. Solstice: Scene or snippet with "sun"
21. Father's Day: Father figure in your story?
22. Birthday(s) in your story?
23. National Pink Day: Who would wear pink / who would never wear pink?
24. Mid-year check-in: How has your year been going so far?
25. Who do your character(s) admire?
26. Marriage Equality Day: Free Friday or marriage/unions in your story
27. National PTSD Awareness Day: PTSD/trauma in your story?
28. Stonewall Day: Fighting law enforcers in your story?
29. Where do your characters feel safe?
30. Monthly Wrap-Up / Queer Youth of Faith Day

Graphics: The background is the progress flag with a rainbow fist over it. The border has various pride flags, superheroes, and action sayings.
Text: "June 2026" on top and "#QueerPrompts" and "Host: @CJAralore" on the bottom in a rainbow font.
Center text is the prompts listed above.

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

#FantasyIndiesJune 1: Introduce yourself & WIP Hi, I'm Kat! Hoping to actually get back to writing this month for my epic fantasy series, "Light's Rebellion". Trying to decide if I want to go back to book 2 or continue with book 4. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Fantasy Indies June prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1. Introduce yourself & WIP
2. MC’s sense of humour
3. Advice for writer’s block
4. Do you/MC prefer indoors or outdoors?
5. Free Friday or What D&D character would your MC make?
6. Saturday Snippet
7. Your auto-buy authors
8. What inspires you?
9. WIP tagline
10. Would your characters stop to ask for directions?
11. MC’s favourite childhood memory
12. Free Friday or Is there a specific time you like to write?
13. Saturday Snippet
14. Do you like maps in your books? Share any
15. Post a happy quote
16. What inspires your MC?
17. How would your characters do on a roadtrip?
18. Do you tend to be an underwriter or an overwriter?
19. Free Friday or What makes you DNF a book
20. Saturday Snippet
21. Father figures or family in WIP
22. WIP tropes
23. What do you look for in beta readers?
24. What story does your MC love to share?
25. Is your MC responsible?
26. Free Friday or share a recent read you loved
27. Saturday Snippet
28. What new-to-you genre would you like to try writing?
29. Action Flash Fiction
30. Monthly Wrap-up

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

#MayWorldbuilders 1: languages spoken in wip/book Each race has their own language, but most of Asloria can speak the Common tongue or has magic that allows them to understand other languages. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

#MayWorldbulders prompts, hosted by Kira of the Wind!

WEEK 1: LANGUAGES/CONLANGS

1: languages spoken in wip/book
2: how do characters introduce themselves in their language?
3: invented word or phrase
4: conlang grammar rule
5: are there degrees of formality? “Polite” vs. “informal” speech?
6: written language/scripts (share pictures!)
7: conlang word etymology/root words

WEEK 2: COMMUNICATION
8: military/spy ciphers
9: long-distance civilian communication. Do they have telephones or magic?
10: hand gestures/sign language
11: newspapers/news. Are they trustworthy? Propaganda?
12: do you have any characters who can speak multiple languages?
13: laws/etiquette regarding speech/gestures
14. magic or tech used for communication.

WEEK 3: MARRIAGE
15: religious, legal, or societal reason/purpose for marriage
16: clothes worn during a wedding
17: expectations for husband/wife/partner
18: vows or gifts/rings exchanged
19: is your MC married or do they want to be someday?
20: married characters in wip/book (besides the MC if you answered them yesterday)
21: household/family structure

WEEK 4: DEATH

22: is death seen as something always sad? Or a celebration of one’s life?
23: gods/spirits/entities associated with death
24: funerary rites
25: MC’s experience with death
26: what do your characters believe comes after death?
27: war and disease
28: what are graves, memorials, or epitaphs like?

EXTRA DAYS:
29: shout out a worldbuilder friend on social media!
30: would you go to the world you created?
31: what's one thing you created that you would like in real life?

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

May #QueerPrompts 1: introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book Hi, I'm Kat! I'm currently working on book 4 of the "Light's Rebellion" series, although I might be making the jump back to book 2 soon. I'm currently on month 4 of job hunting. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

1: introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book
2: queer graphic novel reading recs or would your story work as a graphic novel?
3: any family dynamic you write a lot or are drawn to?
4: any trans/queer history in your story?
5: what class would your character(s) teach?
6: trans/queer character with a mysterious past
7: do you prefer a villain being defeated or redeemed?
8: Free Friday or what part of your story you came up with first (plot, characters, single scene, etc)
9: emotional scene or snippet
10: mother figure in your story?
11: aspects of yourself or your life you put into your story or characters
12: hardest scene(s) to write
13: is your story plot or character driven?
14: sporty or athletic character(s)
15: Free Friday or does anyone get to see your first draft?
16: elder or mentor figure(s)
17: do your characters confront homophobia, transphobia, or biphobia in your story?
18: what would a museum exhibit of your story include?
19: agender or gender nonconform character(s)
20: current or recent read
21: is disability accessibility mentioned in your story?
22: Free Friday or queer leader(s) in your story
23: how has your writing changed/improved over time?
24: pansexual/panromantic charater(s)
25: memory your character(s) try to forget
26: any specific flowers or plants mentioned in your story?
27: who would be a stereotypical flower-power hippy?
28: character(s)' favorite childhood toys or games
29: Free Friday or the biggest difference between you and your MC/characters
30: obscure fact about your character(s)
31: monthly wrap-up

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

#FantasyIndiesMaytober 1: introduce yourself & WIP Hi, I'm Kat! I'm currently working on book 4 of the "Light's Rebellion" series, although I might be making the jump back to book 2 soon. I'm currently on month 4 of job hunting. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Fantasy Indies May prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1: introduce yourself & WIP
2: Saturday Snippet
3: would your MC consider themself brave?
4: nightmare in WIP
5: Flash Fiction about darkness
6: characters’ fears
7: do you usually come up with the plot, characters, or setting first?
8: Free Friday or WIP comp titles
9: Saturday Snippet
10: Last, Current, & Next Reads
11: monsters in WIP
12: villain’s quirks
13: does the villain see your MC as a worthy adversary?
14: schemes or tricks in WIP
15: Free Friday or 2026 releases on your TBR
16: Saturday Snippet
17: books that you recommend
18: failure in WIP
19: villain fun fact
20: would your characters prefer power or knowledge?
21: villain’s family
22: Free Friday or book-to-tv show/movie adaptations that you enjoyed
23: Saturday Snippet
24: scary moments in WIP
25: what would your characters be in therapy for?
26: villain’s successes
27: themes in WIP
28: who would you cast in an adaptation of your book?
29: Free Friday or your favorite villains
30: Saturday Snippet
31: monthly wrap-up

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I meant to post this yesterday and got distracted. Yesterday was Maestro's 11th birthday!! #petsky #catsky

Maestro, an orange and white cat, is sleeping with his paws crossed over each other. He is laying on a big gray blanket.

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

#AprilWorldbuilders 1: a city/town/etc. in your book "Son of Embers" starts in the small town of Thormund's Gulch. It's a little inspired by the town I live in, which is literally 1 street 😆 people get confused by my address a lot. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip #wipwednesday

April Worldbuilders, Hosted by Kira of the Wind

WEEK 1: TOWN/CITY

1: a city/town/etc. in your book
2: what is the local government like?
3: what is their source of water?
4: imports and exports
5: architectural style
6: cleanliness
7: local specialties (foods, souvenirs, art)

WEEK 2: FANTASY SPECIES – BIOLOGY
8: non-human species/race name and physical traits
9: fighting or movement style
10: what can they do that a human cannot do physically?
11: are their houses or clothes modified to accommodate their bodies?
12: do they have different or improved senses?
13: biological interactions with another species (symbiosis, parasitism, etc.)
14: what do they eat?

WEEK 3: FANTASY SPECIES – CULTURE

15: important person of their species/race
16: laws, rights, or discrimination specific to a species/race
17: cultural interactions with another species (trade, war, isolation, etc.)
18: birth and/or death rituals
19: what jobs/tasks do they do?
20: symbols/motifs used in their culture
21: cultural values – morality, education, family

WEEK 4: MOON AND STARS

22: fact about the moon and/or stars in your world
23: constellations
24: magic associated with celestial bodies
25: myths/legends about the moon and/or stars
26: rituals/celebrations done by night
27: in-world art/literature inspired by moon/stars
28: any significance of dreams?

EXTRA DAYS
29: what is your current project?
30: how long have you been worldbuilding?

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

April #QueerPrompts 1: introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book I'm Kat, about to be 31 on Sunday! "Son of Embers" is book 4 in the "Light's Rebellion" series and is the beginning novelization of my 4 year D&D campaign :) #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip #wipwednesday

1: introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book (bonus: in a silly way)
2: neurodiverse character(s) or reading recs
3: Free Friday or have you written something good happening because of something bad?
4: any side character(s) who deserve their own book?
5: what would your MC do for a self care day?
6: asexual character(s) or ace reading recs
7: who would make the first move to start a friendship or relationship?
8: how well can your character(s) dance?
9: character(s) with mark(s) on their body
10: Free Friday or how you feel about scenes where nothing happens except for the character thinking
11: pets/animals in your story
12: scene or snippet where it rains
13: how do you decide whether to describe the weather in a scene?
14: how much of the world does your story take place in?
15: your/your MC's favorite art form or share art
16: what priceless object would your character(s) steal?
17: Free Friday or how do you motivate yourself to write?
18: what award would your character(s) receive?
19: nonbinary/queer parents in your story?
20: lesbian/queer women in your story
21: did libraries play a role in your love of writing/reading?
22: Earth Day snippet - "earth" or "world"
23: fashion or hairstyles in your story
24: Free Friday or what plant would your character(s) be?
25: what would your character(s)' favorite show or movie be?
26: sapphic reading recs
27: do you have any uncommon writing skill?
28: what is success as an author to you?
29: what animal or mythical creature would your character(s) be?
30: monthly wrap-up

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

#FantasyIndiesApril 1: introduce yourself & WIP I'm Kat, about to be 31 on Sunday! Hoping to get back into "Son of Embers", which is book 4 in the "Light's Rebellion" series, while still job hunting (it's been 3 months...). #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip #wipwednesday

Fantasy Indies April prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1: introduce yourself & WIP
2: season(s) in WIP
3: Free Friday or how do you come up with book titles?
4: Saturday Snippet
5: where would your characters want to travel?
6: describe your characters’ homes/homelands
7: animals in WIP
8: do you reread books?
9: what do your characters take for granted?
10: Free Friday or when did you first start writing stories?
11: Saturday Snippet
12: routines in WIP
13: MC’s childhood
14: how would your characters describe themselves?
15: preferred reading format(s)
16: flash fiction about a storm
17: Free Friday or how do you choose your next read or WIP?
18: Saturday Snippet
19: nicknames in WIP
20: what words do you tend to overuse in your writing?
21: have others ask anything about your WIP(s)
22: tropes or subgenres you’d love to see more of
23: plants in WIP
24: Free Friday or comfort books/movies/tv shows
25: Saturday Snippet
26: character scars or injuries
27: which part of the writing process is your favorite?
28: tough decisions in WIP
29: character habits
30: monthly wrap-up

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

March #QueerPrompts 6: make up a text exchange between your characters If cell phones were a thing on Asloria, I feel like Esta would have too much fun with them. Anyway, here's a little glimpse into a possible exchange between her and Braelyn. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Braelyn texting Esta (Braelyn is the blue text on the right and Esta is the gray text on the left):

B: What do you think is waiting for us in this place?
E: I don't know, but I gotta ask. What's the deal with this Velimiar guy?
B: I... I don't want to talk about it
E: ?
B: Look, let's just focus on finding Mathius
E: Oh yeah, your little noble boyfriend. Or baby daddy? What's going on there?
B: You don't even know him.
E: I don't need to. All nobles are the same!

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

March #QueerPrompts 1: talk about discrimination in your life or story People who have demonic blood have been more discriminated against in recent times, especially due to the demonic invasions of Tavarria led by Seithenin, the king of demons. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

1: Zero Discrimination Day: Introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book or talk about discrimination in your life or story
2: Read Across America Day: Favorite childhood book(s)
3: Did any book inspire you to start writing or inspire something you wrote?
4: GIF/Audio or description of one thing you and your MC have in common
5: Any funny typo that totally changed a sentence's meaning?
6: Free Friday or make up a text exchange between your characters
7: Any unpopular or obscure trope you love?
8: Daylight Savings Time Begins: Does your story establish exactly when it takes place?
9: Character with a green thumb?
10: Any birthdays mentioned in your story?
11: GIF/Audio or description of how lucky your MC is
12: How would another character describe your MC?
13: Friday the 13th: Free Friday or how you developed your characters' fears
14: Character green with jealousy
15: World Speech Day: How do you feel about monologues in stories?
16: National LGBTQ Health Awareness Week Begins: How would one of your characters care for another if they were sick?
17: Saint Patrick's Day: Scene or snippet with "green" or "luck"
18: Awkward Moments Day: GIF/Audio or description of your character(s)' level of awkwardness vs coolness
19: Do any of your characters have a special way of greeting each other?
20: Free Friday or 2Spirit and Indigenous LBGTQ+ Awareness Day
21: Omnisexual Awareness Day: Do you find yourself writing any kind of orientation or relationships more than others?
22: How do your character(s) show support without words?
23: Would you rather live in this world or your story's world?
24: Siblings in your story?
25: GIF/Audio or description of how easily your character(s) forgive vs hold grudges
26: Any annoying habit your character(s) have or something that annoys them?
27: Free Friday or show or movie like your story
28: Who would make a good therapist?
29: If you're an introvert, is it hard to write extrovert characters or vice versa?
30: Do you name your chapters?

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

#FantasyIndiesMarch 1: introduce yourself & WIP with emojis 👋 I'm Kat! I love ✍️, 🎮, 📘, and I'm a mom to 3 🐈. My current WIP, "Son of Embers": 👩🏘️👦😈🔥🪓🧝‍♀️⚔️❔❤️ (this is a lot harder than I thought 😂) #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Fantasy Indies March prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1: introduce yourself & WIP with emojis
2: characters’ guilty pleasures
3: lies or rumors in WIP
4: do your characters believe in luck or fate?
5: risks in WIP
6: Free Friday or post some good fortune
7: Saturday Snippet
8: characters’ phobias
9: would your characters fight their fate or embrace it?
10: superstitions in WIP
11: Flash fiction with the word “fate”
12: humor in WIP or share a bookish joke
13: Free Friday or How many WIPs do you work on at once?
14: Saturday Snippet
15: characters’ quirks
16: would your MC rather fix a past mistake or get a glimpse into their future?
17: surprising fact about your MC
18: prophecy in WIP
19: which character has the worst luck?
20: Free Friday or share your favourite authors
21: Saturday Snippet
22: crazy moment in WIP
23: Last, Current, & Next Reads
24: do your characters have a lucky object?
25: compromises in WIP
26: WIP aesthetic board
27: Free Friday or classic books you recommend
28: Saturday Snippet
29: WIP magic system
30: characters’ accomplishments
31. monthly wrap-up

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

February #QueerPrompts 20: share your animal writing companion(s) My 3 babies. Maestro (orange and the only boy), Arya (gray), and Jasmine (tuxedo). Then there is a cuddle clone of Butters. My husband ordered it for me a month after we lost him. He sits on top of my bookshelf in my office. 💙

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

#FebruaryWorldbuilders 1: does your world have a name? The world for the "Light's Rebellion" series is called Asloria. I don't remember how I came up with it... I might've played with a name generator and then changed some letters. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

WEEK 1: PHYSICAL WORLD
1: Does your world have a name?
2: What’s the size/scope of your world or story? (e.g. a planet, a galaxy, a few islands)
3: Got any maps?
4: Geography of a notable mountain or range
5: Got any deserts (of the hot OR cold variety?)
6: Flora/fungi found in a notable forest?
7: Any notable bodies of water?

WEEK 2: METAPHYSICAL WORLD
8: Does your world feature any nonphysical realms e.g. a dream world? Inner mind world?
9: If your world has alternate planes of reality, how can a person access them?
10: Are prophecies or psychic abilities real in your world?
11: Does free will exist in your world? If there are prophecies or foretelling, how do you reconcile that with free will?
12: Are souls real in your world? Or do your characters believe in them?
13: Is the origin of your world known? What do your characters believe?
14: Any places where time works differently? (sped up, slowed down, travel to the past)

WEEK 3: LAWS AND COURTS
15: Who makes the laws in your world?
16: Who upholds the laws (police force?)
17: What are the courts of your world like?
18: Are the laws in your world very strict? What kind of punishment might a person get?
19: What is your MC’s relationship with law or law enforcement?
20: Are there any deities or governmental figures strongly associated with laws or the courtroom?
21: Are there any laws in your world specific to something in your worldbuilding? A law that doesn’t exist in real life because it wouldn’t be relevant here?

WEEK 4: GOVERNMENT
22: Who is a ruler in your world? What is their rank and what are they like?
23: Are there any councils or other groups of people who govern?
24: What is the system of government in your world (or in a single location you’d like to talk about?)
25: How does the government interact with other countries? Any wars or diplomatic trades?
26: How stable is your world’s government? Are they at risk of enduring a rebellion?

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

February #QueerPrompts 1: introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book I'm Kat, still working on "Son of Embers". I'll be celebrating 11 years with the hubs on Valentine's day, and participating in @storytellingco.bsky.social's Flash Fiction February! #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

1. Introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book
2. Groundhog Day: Any day your character(s) would want to do over?
3. National Women Physicians Day: Women healer(s) in your story?
4. National Signing Day: GIF/Audio or description of a type of nonverbal communication in your story
5. What do you focus on first/most when describing character appearance?
6. Free Friday or favorite genre to write or genre you'd never write?
7. National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: Race and/or health diversity rep in your story
8. Super Bowl Sunday: any sports mentioned in your story?
9. Pitch your story as a romantic or friendship comedy
10. Is your MC a heartbreaker?
11. National Inventors' Day: GIF/Audio or description of your/your character's favorite invention
12. National Freedom to Marry Day: Queer joy and/or queer love in your story
13. Free Friday or have you written anything that surprised you or went back and said "I wrote that?"
14. Pink Triangle Day & Valentine's Day: Any forbidden relationship(s) in your story?
15. Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week Begins: How much of a role does romance play in your story?
16. Found family in your story
17. Random Acts of Kindness Day: How kind do you tend to write characters?
18. GIF/Audio or description of how much self love your character(s) have
19. MC's longest friendship
20. National Love Your Pet Day: Free Friday or share your animal writing companion(s)
21. Scene or snippet with "love"
22. Level of physical intimacy shown in your story
23. Character's dream date
24. Do your characters get in trouble when they get together?
25. Pink Shirt Day: GIF/Audio or description of how supportive of a community your character(s) have
26. Does love win in your story?
27. International Stand Up to Bullying Day: Free Friday or bully/antagonist confrontation
28. Monthly Wrap-Up

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

#FantasyIndiesFebruary 1: introduce yourself & WIP I'm Kat, still working on "Son of Embers". I'll be celebrating 11 years together with my husband on Valentine's day, and participating in @storytellingco.bsky.social's Flash Fiction February! #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Fantasy Indies February prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1. Introduce yourself & WIP
2. Romance in WIP
3. Does your MC believe in soulmates?
4. Flash Fiction featuring the word “bittersweet”
5. Have you put any of your personality traits into your characters?
6. Free Friday or Kiss, Marry, Unalive with your characters
7. Saturday Snippet
8. Favourite Tropes
9. What would your MC like to be known for?
10. WIP Love Interest
11. Heartbreak in WIP
12. What are your comfort reads?
13. Free Friday or Love Song Recs
14. Saturday Snippet
15. Romantic movie and book recs
16. What expectations are put on your characters?
17. Your preferred book spiciness level?
18. MC’s Favourite Dessert
19. Is your MC self-aware?
20. Free Friday or your preference: candies or chocolates?
21. Saturday Snippet
22. How does your MC handle romantic feelings?
23. Secret identities in WIP
24. WIP themes
25. Your preferred genres
26. Nosy character in WIP
27. Free Friday or WIP status (drafting, editing, etc.)
28. Monthly Wrap-up

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

🥶 I hate it so much. Why can't I just stay in bed.

A screenshot of the current weather for where Kat lives. It is 8 degrees but feels like -10. There is a severe cold weather advisory and a projection of the temps for the next several hours.

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

#FantasyIndiesJanuary 24: Saturday Snippet I think this specific part got cut from draft 4 of "A Daughter's Hope" for head hopping. Shame. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Dying shrieks filled the air and blood soon soaked the ground, as well as the torn limbs and bodies of the fallen.

Velimiar looked around for Braelyn, noting that she had vanished. Hiding, are we? he thought. We'll see how long that lasts.

"Braelyn," he called out, his voice ringing out like a warning bell as fire began to emerge from his hands. "Where are you?"

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

#FantasyIndiesJanuary 17: Saturday Snippet Still from "A Daughter's Hope". Mathius's first day at the Arcane Syndicate (Celestine's school for mages) proves to be interesting, and also hilarious. I love Kram and Giselle 😆 #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

“Good morning Giselle,” the dragonkin greeted.
“G’mornin, Kram.” Giselle had a thick accent that reminded Mathius of Haltack, and yet it wasn’t quite the same. “We got in some o’ those fruit pastries that ye like. Who’s yer friend?”
“This is Mathius. He is a new member of the guild. Mathius, this is Giselle, our food attendant. If you’re nice to her, she saves the best snacks for you.”
“Don’t be givin’ away my secrets now, ye rascal!” the woman teasingly scolded him. “Pleasure ta meet ye, Mathius.”

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Here's the stat block, for anyone curious. My husband came up with the idea for the weapon for *MAJOR SPOILERS HERE*. I can't wait to get further into it in the remainder of the "Light's Rebellion" series. #JanuaryWorldbuilders #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Weapons
Lance of Life Stealing +11 1D12+5 P
1 “This lance was specially forged in the fires of the Nine Hells to aid Velimiar in his quest to free his father. It can be enchanted by speaking Seithenin’s name in Abyssal.”
2 “When you attack a creature with this weapon and roll a 20 on the attack, that target takes an extra 10 necrotic damage if it’s not a construct or an undead. You gain that 10 damage as temporary HP.”
3 “If a creature is cut by this weapon, a curse is placed on them and they are unable to be healed except by a spell of 5th level or higher.”

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

#FantasyIndiesJanuary 10: Saturday Snippet Part of Braelyn & Jace's conversation when they go to "Sakini's Sweet Dreams" for the first. Your Honor, I. LOVE. THEM. Their friendship is *chef's kiss* #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

“What does that mean, ‘a woman like me’?”
“Just…” Jace took a moment to choose his words. “Someone of non-nobility. Someone they think is lesser than them.”
“Do you think the same thing?”
“If anything, I judge them for being nobles.” His eyes darkened a little. “No one is better than anyone else. Except me, obviously.”
Braelyn raised an eyebrow. “You must not have many friends if you honestly think that.”
He flashed her a cocky grin. “Yet I got you to come here with me.”
She rolled her eyes but couldn’t stop the smile that crossed her face. “Are we friends?”
“I’d like to be.” There was a soft honesty in his voice now. “I haven’t met many people like you, to be honest. Any time someone figures out what I’m capable of, they turn the other way.”
Her heart filled with sympathy. “I suppose I understand that, but still. I like to think there’s more to people than just what they do.”
“You’re a breath of fresh air,” Jace said smoothly, finishing his sweet bread.

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

#FantasyIndiesJanuary 3: Saturday Snippet Figured I'd start resharing some snippets from book 1, "A Daughter's Hope". This one is when Braelyn reunites with Ellienne for the first time in over 13 years. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

“It’s open,” a female voice called from inside, and Braelyn’s heart leapt with recognition.
“Go on,” Mathius told the blonde, stepping to the side.
She nodded. With a shaking hand, she reached for the doorknob and turned it, pushing the door open and letting the midmorning sunlight stream into the Brightlanders’ front office. Before she took a single step inside, there was a sound that sounded like a half sob, followed by footsteps, and then Braelyn was suddenly pulled into a tight embrace.
“My darling girl,” Ellienne said softly. “It is a relief to see you.”
“Ellienne!” Braelyn’s eyes watered as she rested her head against the elf’s shoulder. The comforting, familiar scent of jasmine and oak filled her nose. “I’m glad to see you too.”
After a moment, Ellienne extended her arm to Mathius. “Come here, my boy.”

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

#JanuaryWorldbuilders 1: tell us about yourself and the world(s) you’re building I'm Kat, recently married and returning to the workforce in 2026. Asloria is a 6-year-long labor between myself & my now-husband, & we're still working on it. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

JANUARY WORLDBUILDERS prompt list

WEEK 1: BEGINNING
1: tell us about yourself and the world(s) you’re building
2: something in your world you intend to keep a mystery from the reader
3: something grand/majestic in your world
4: something terrifying in your world
5: an element of your worldbuilding which is a problem for your characters
6. an element of your worldbuilding which your MC uses or finds helpful
7: what inspired you to create your world?

WEEK 2: SOCIETY
8: social classes in your world
9: MC’s position in society
10: does this society assign gender roles? How strict?
11: what are some issues plaguing your world’s society?
12: what gestures/actions are considered good manners/etiquette?
13: clothes worn in MC’s society
14: popular food or drink in MC’s society

WEEK 3: WEAPONS/ARMOR
15: weapon used by the MC
16: weapon used by the villain/antagonist/foil
17: magical or otherwise important weapon or armor
18: what kind of armor is used in your world?
19: what kind of long-ranged weapons are used in your world?
20: what kind of melee weapons are used in your world?
21: Laws regarding weapons. Can anyone carry and use weapons?

WEEK 4: MILITARY/WARFARE
22: current wars in WIP. Is your MC involved?
23: food and medical care for soldiers
24: notable generals/commanders
25: what training do troops go through?
26: squads, formations, tactics
27: weapons/siege engines used in warfare
28: why did a war start?

EXTRA DAYS
29: what are you planning to work on this year?
30: current research for worldbuilding
31: what apps/programs/tools have you used to help with worldbuilding?

Background image is art of a tree with a waterfall coming down along its trunk. There's a lovely and colorful aura behind it that gives it a magical feeling. The sky is night and there's lots of blues and purples.

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

January #QueerPrompts 1: introduce yourself & your WIP Happy New Year! I'm Kat, back again with "Son of Embers". It is an epic fantasy & book 4 in the "Light's Rebellion" series (although tbh I've been thinking about doing some restructuring... 🤔) #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

1: introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book
2: Free Friday or your 2026 goals/resolutions
3: your MC/character's goals/resolutions
4: are your characters optimistic or pessimistic about the future?
5: event that shaped your character(s)
6: MC/Character's favorite memory
7: GIF/Audio or description of how positive/negative your character(s) view their past
8: how did your characters meet?
9: Free Friday or do you or any of your characters have a coming-out-aversary?
10: are your characters content with their lives at the beginning of your story?
11: best advice a character gives your MC
12: anniversary of UK lifting ban on gays and lesbians in the military: queer fighter character(s)
13: what inspired the injustices in your story's world?
14: GIF/Audio or description of one of your character's phobias
15: any goofy side character(s)?
16: International Fetish Day: Free Friday or character fetish
17: something unique/you like about your story's world
18: would any of your characters be a fair ruler of your story's world?
19: Martin Luther King Jr Day: can social change be achieved peacefully in your story's world?
20: No Name Calling Week: any name-calling or nicknames in your story?
21: GIF/Audio or description of how much writing you realistically think you'll do in 2026
22: Trans Prisoners Day of Action and Solidarity: any daring rescue in your story?
23: Free Friday or are any characters based on people you know IRL?
24. any side character(s) get their happily-ever-afters?
25: Opposite Day: describe your story but make one thing the opposite
26: any real life names or locations in your story?
27: International Holocaust Remembrance Day: any character confront their past trauma?
28: GIF/Audio or description of what gives your characters hope
29: Brazilian National Day of Transgender Visibility: do your trans/queer characters prefer being out and proud or stealth?
30: Free Friday or Shameless Self Promo Day!
31: monthly wrap-up

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

#FantasyIndiesJanuary 1: introduce yourself & WIP Happy New Year! I'm Kat, back again with "Son of Embers". It is an epic fantasy & book 4 in the "Light's Rebellion" series (although tbh I've been thinking about doing some restructuring... 🤔) #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Fantasy Indies January prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1: introduce yourself & WIP
2: Free Friday or what are you looking forward to this year?
3: Saturday Snippet
4: MC’s goals
5: writing habits
6: tropes you’d like to see more often
7: first line of your WIP
8: your writing strengths
9: Free Friday or social media tips
10: Saturday Snippet
11: interesting lore in WIP
12: shout out other indies!
13: MC’s pet peeves
14: what do you most wish to improve on this year?
15: Last, Current, & Next Reads
16: Free Friday or how do your characters handle stress?
17: Saturday Snippet
18: aesthetic boards
19: characters’ weaknesses
20: your hobbies
21: who does your MC look up to?
22: where do you draw inspiration from?
23: Free Friday or new beginnings in WIP
24: Saturday Snippet
25: animals in WIP
26: memories that your characters cherish
27: how has your WIP changed since you first came up with it?
28: MC habits
29: favorite fictional characters
30: Free Friday or WIP subgenres
31: Monthly Wrap Up

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

December #QueerPrompts 1: introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book I'm Kat, still working on book 4 of the "Light's Rebellion" series, which currently has the title "Son of Embers". Right now I need to figure out what happens next in chapter 3. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

1: introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book
2: #QueerPrompts 2nd Birthday: Pick any past prompt or make up your own!
3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities: GIF/Audio or description of disability rep in your story
4: National Cookie Day: Are your characters soft, hard, or nutty?
5: International Volunteer Day: Free Friday or where would your character(s) volunteer?
6: which character never quits?
7: National Letter Writing Day: if your characters wrote letters to each other, what would they say?
8: Pansexual/Panromantic Pride Day: pan rep in story?
9: MC/character's favorite childhood toy(s)
10: Human Rights Day: GIF/Audio or description of how much/little rights your story's world has
11: best/worst dancer in your story
12: Free Friday or queer holiday reading recs
13: do any of your characters have a distinct way of talking or laughing?
14: what would your book's candle scent be?
15: National Cupcake Day: MC/character's favorite sweet treat
16: does your MC/characters prefer day or night?
17: GIF/Audio or description of what type of gift your character(s) would want
18: National Twin Day: any twin-like telepathy between characters in your story?
19: Free Friday or what would be your MC/character's favorite holiday movie?
20: any special holiday traditions in your story?
21: Winter/Summer Solstice: Would your character(s) prefer a snow day or beach day?
22: what would the ghosts of past, present, and future show your MC?
23: is your MC more like Santa or Scrooge?
24: GIF/Audio or description of how naughty or nice your character(s) are
25: what gift would your MC/characters love to get?
26: Free Friday or favorite reads of 2025
27: do any of your characters believe in fate/destiny?
28: how would your character(s) react if they read your story?
29: any lessons learned in 2025?
30: #QueerPrompts 2nd Birthday: what prompts do you want to see more/less of next year?
31: month/year wrap-up or GIF/Audio or description of how much writing you did in 2025

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

#FantasyIndiesDecember 1: introduce yourself & WIP I'm Kat, still working on book 4 of the "Light's Rebellion" series, which currently has the title "Son of Embers". Right now I'm on chapter 3, and need to figure out what happens next. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Fantasy Indies December prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1: introduce yourself & WIP
2: holidays in WIP
3: holiday/wintery book recs
4: holiday recipes
5: Free Friday or holiday/wintery movies or tv shows
6: Saturday Snippet
7: would your characters be on the naughty or nice list?
8: season(s) in WIP
9: Santa or Krampus?
10: books you hope to read by the end of the year
11: bookish gift ideas
12: Free Friday or favorite holiday songs
13: Saturday Snippet
14: comp titles for WIP
15: lows of 2025
16: your preferred type of elf (Tolkien, Christmas, other)
17: new-to-you authors you read this year
18: your favorite holidays
19: Free Friday or show off your ugly Christmas sweater
20: Saturday Snippet
21: what gifts would your characters give each other?
22: favorite holiday memory
23: favorite Christmas story/myth
24: snowy scene from WIP
25: Merry Christmas!
26: Free Friday or 2026 books you’re excited for
27: Saturday Snippet
28: 2025 achievements
29: goals for 2026
30: favorite reads of 2025
31: year wrap up

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Salmon sushi bake (with crumbled seaweed on top since I forgot to get green onions) and pecan pie. Today was just hubs and I since he's recovering from his PRP injection, so I didn't want to cook a bajillion things that he wouldn't be able to eat 1-handed. I at least wanted pie for dessert, lol.

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

#FantasyIndiesNovember 25: share artwork or artist This isn't canon book art, but it's at least art of Braelyn and Borsar, 2 of the MCs of "Son of Embers" :) done by the wonderful and talented @xylavie.bsky.social ! #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Borsar Dunkeck (the man with short brown hair and a clown-ish face) and Braelyn Hallowcloak (the blonde woman with a wooden arm) in an AU oneshot we did for Halloween. There is a Fun House with a little girl and a giant creepy teddy behind her.

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

I also had tacos from a new place in town. Win win.

Dinner! Hubs got Mexican style ground beef tacos and I got Mexican style barbacoa tacos (basically both were corn tortillas, meat, onion, and cilantro). Both came with a side of rice and refried beans. And we got to try horchata, which was super yum!

I forget what the restaurant called it, but it's basically loaded fries, but Mexican style. So think of stuff you'd put on tacos, add rice, and load it all up on some french fries. I liked it, my husband didn't.

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

If he's not pressed up against me, he's not close enough 😂😂 #catsky #cat #MaestroCornelius

My cat, Maestro, is laying against my stomach. I am under my blue and purple zebra striped blanket.

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

My favorite time of year is when these are on shelves!! 😋😋 growing up, these were a favorite treat of mine, as well as my mom's. She usually had to hide them from me so I wouldn't eat the whole box 😂

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

#NovemberWorldbuilders 1: something in your world that is RED One thing that comes to mind (that isn't something like, say, fire) is the royal colors of Tavarria. One of them is red! Haven't established who came up with this decision... hmm... 🤔 #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

NOVEMBER WORLDBUILDERS prompt list

WEEK 1: COLORS
1: Something in your world that is RED
2: Something BLUE
3: Something YELLOW/ORANGE
4: Something GREEN
5: Something PURPLE
6: Something WHITE
7: Something BLACK

WEEK 2: GOOD AND EVIL
8: Famous heroes in world’s past
9: Villains in world’s past
10: A morally grey act/event/historical figure that people in your world debate about
11: MC’s (or other important character’s) ethics
12: Villain’s (or other important character’s) ethics
13: Teachings of the church/moral authority in MC’s society
14: Any morals different from Earth’s societies (generally speaking)?

WEEK 2: RIVER/LAKE
15: Important river/lake in your world
16: Myths/legends/religion associated with the river/lake
17: Animals/creatures in the river/lake
18: MC’s relationship with water
19: Fishing/economy/resources
20: Towns/cities/etc. by the river/lake
21: Festivals/celebrations by the river/lake

WEEK 4: HISTORY
22: Any ancient civilizations?
23: Long-dead rulers/leaders
24: An event/ancestor directly connected to your MC or another important character
25: A war that has ended
26: Any lies/conspiracy theories about historical events?
27: A legendary event
28: Something that happened in the last 20 years from when your book/story starts

Extra days:
29: Something you added to your world just for fun
30: Something you added to your world after researching

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

November #QueerPrompts 1: introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book I'm Kat! After taking October off to focus on my wedding, I'm back and focusing on book 4 of the "Light's Rebellion" series, which currently has the title "Son of Embers". #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

1. Introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book
2. Transgender Parent Day: Trans/queer parent(s) in story?
3. Why you chose or didn't choose queer acceptance in your story's world
4. Any in-world legends of how your story's world came to be?
5. National Stress Awareness Day: GIF/Audio or description of how stressed your MC is for most of the story
6. On a scale of 1 to 10, how hopeful is your story?
7. Free Friday or trans art share
8. Intersex Day of Remembrance: How are intersex people treated in your story's world?
9. Cozy scene or snippet
10. National Young Readers Week Begins: Any queer-positive book recs for kids/teens?
11. Veteran's Day: War or family feud in story?
12. GIF/Audio or description of how well behaved your MC was as a child
13. Trans Awareness Week & World Kindness Day: Act(s) of kindness or kind trans/queer character(s) in your story?
14. Free Friday or trans reading recs
15. Do you listen to music while you write?
16. International Day for Tolerance: Ways your characters fight intolerance
17. International Students' Day: Any students in your story?
18. Are any of your characters famous in your story's world?
19. GIF/Audio or description of what show/movie your character(s) would enjoy or relate to
20. Transgender Day of Remembrance: Trans superheroes (fiction or irl)
21. Free Friday or snippet share: "family"
22. Would your MC/character rather be a villain with unlimited power and wealth or a hero with only their heart?
23. What superpowers would your characters choose?
24. If your MC/character(s) wrote a cookbook, what would it be called?
25. Do any of your characters have an odd sense of humor?
26. GIF/Audio or description of your MC's expression at a family gathering
27. Thanksgiving: What are your characters thankful for?
28. Free Friday or make up what a book is about based only on its cover
29. What would your MC/character's 3 magic wishes be?
30. Monthly Wrap-Up

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Kat Cooper ✍🏻📚 @katcooperwrites.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

#FantasyIndiesNovember 1: introduce yourself & wip! I'm Kat! After taking October off to focus on my wedding, I'm back for November to focus on book 4 of the "Light's Rebellion" series, which currently has the title "Son of Embers". #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Fantasy Indies November prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1. Introduce yourself & WIP
2. When did you start writing?
3. WIP playlist
4. Inspiring authors
5. Last, current, & next reads
6. Helpful writing tools
7. Free Friday or what helps you relax?
8. Saturday Snippet
9. Show off your bookshelf
10. Favourite line you’ve written
11. What genres do you write and read?
12. Good and bad writing advice
13. Where do you write?
14. Free Friday or post your pets
15. Saturday Snippet
16. Are you a plotter, pantser, or plantser?
17. Your hobbies
18. Favourite characters you’ve created
19. Parts of writing that challenge you
20. Where do you find inspiration
21. Free Friday or comfort movies/tv shows
22. Saturday Snippet
23. Advice for dealing with imposter syndrome
24. Do you listen to music while you write?
25. Share artwork or artist
26. How you come up with book titles
27. What are you thankful for?
28. Free Friday or do you collect anything?
29. Saturday Snippet
30. Marketing tips
31. Monthly Wrap-Up

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