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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Exactly...

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Marc Frans @marcfrans.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Justice of Kings x Arcane (S1) x Blacktongue thief ❓"What's my name?" ✔️To answer the mystical blue shard is to embrace the forbidden power awakening within and risk everything. 📖Runeweaver: Shadow of the Twin Sun War #WIPPIT #A #F #Agentsguide

title of my project
Runeweaver: Shadow of the Twin Sun War
an adult dark epic fantasy by M.C.C. Frans

Pitch
In a remote mountain village steeped in theocratic fear, twelve-year-old Roya ventures into the mist to rescue a strange, winged creature from a trapper’s cage.
The rescue ends in disaster.
Dragged home and sentenced to servitude under the cruel shrinekeeper, she watches her mother’s beloved books burn on a pyre.
But Roya took something from the cage.
A shard. Blue, glowing.
Whispering a question only she can hear:
What is my name?
When Mogh Aedam arrives with black-cloaked knights, Roya realizes they’re hunting it.
As the Order’s grip tightens, she must choose: deny the truth and survive—or embrace the forbidden power awakening inside her, and risk everything.

$Comparable titles to Runeweaver Justice of Kings The Gutter Prayer A Master of Djinn An image of Powder and Jinx (Arcane season 1) these are similar because of: Theocratic conspiracy, sacrifice, grim coming-of-age, cult, Divine mysteries, moral ambiguity and fractured identity.$

An image with two samples of writing. First part of the prologue: “Sacrifice, Brother.” Aedam exhaled wearily. “It is a question that presents itself to all warlords. Did I give it my all? The Herald teaches us that the cost of victory is sacrifice. And we have sacrificed. All of us. But now that we’ve achieved victory so utterly and completely, one wonders, who can stop us now?” The Mogh ran a finger over the precious ruby-red stone embedded in the ring. “And indeed, who can?”

12 Years after teh fall of the Dusk Throne.

... She landed heavily in the undergrowth, leaves and mud caking her cheek. The taste of loamy earth was in her mouth, musty and tangy. The village, she thought, catching sight of the faint twinkle of its distant lights. I have to warn them.
With a grunt and whimper of pain, Roya pushed herself up onto thin arms. Her elbows shook, and saliva mixed with blood as it dripped from her lip. She could taste that too. She had cut herself somehow. Her hands were scratched as well, her knuckles bruised.
I have to keep going.

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WIPPIT @wippit.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Today is the day! Get to sharing those WIPs and have fun! Rules and hashtags are below. (I was asked for upmarket, so that is #UM). Remember to interact where you can, comment, like, repost. Remember, there is no AI allowed! Good luck, & happy sharing everyone! #WIPPIT #PitchDay

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Marc Frans @marcfrans.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

RUNEWEAVER is inspired by Persian myth and medieval theocracy and the start of a trilogy. #WIPPIT #A #F #litagents ✝️Corrosion of faith & power 💔Fractured loyalty & identity 🌱Coming of age without choice. 😈Villain has a Point ⛪️Corrupt Institutions 📜Dark Prophecy 🧿Artifacts of Power 🔎Monster as Mirror

A vision board with pictures and pieces of paper with text.
Temple of Roshan, a picture of the beams in a cathedral with the light streaming in.
Barfrood, a fantasy village in snow/winter.
Roya, a redhaired young girl wipping her hair around.
Mythical shard, a blue glass shard held up against the light
Tirahn, a black cloaked figure on a black horse with a red sun in the sky.

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Marc Frans @marcfrans.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Runeweaver: When Roya finds a mythical blue shard that whispers into her mind, she becomes the last hope—and final weapon—in a holy war disguised as salvation. 💔complicated loyalty 📖forbidden knowledge ⚔️sacrifice and vengeance #wippit #A #F #FBW

A picture of a reading tracker with shelves filled with books and small items.
"If these titles are on your tracker or TBR, keep an eye out for RUNEWEAVER by M.C.C. Frans."
Comparable titles mentioned: Blacktongue Thief, Justice of Kings, A Master of Djinn, Master of Sorrows, and Black Stone Heart.

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Marc Frans @marcfrans.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Runeweaver: When the village outcast Roya finds a mythical shard that whispers into her mind, she becomes the last hope—and final weapon—in a holy war disguised as salvation. 👁️ Theocracy vs truth 🔥 Morality under fire 📖 Forbidden knowledge #agentsguide #litagents #Q #DF #amquerying

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Susan Velazquez Colmant @susanvcolmant.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Wow my query announcement put me over the 200 follower count! In honor of that milestone, I’ll do a #askmeanything re: agenting, querying, etc. tonight. I’m catching up on reading rn but I’ll check in throughout the evening. Ask away! #amagenting #amquerying

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