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From: A Daughter of These Lands Well well well... I didn't check, but I'm sure I can't be the only one who did that. :P Anyway, here's one of the more playful snippets of this book, which includes more words said by Raoul in one go than in the entire previous book in total. #WIPSnips Text in alt

A snippet of text from A Daughter of These Lands. The text reads:
"Oh..."
Heat rose to her cheeks, and she was glad the darkness hid it. There wasn't much else to say about it, was there. She'd acted rashly, and without thinking, and, well, that was that.
Raoul however, wasn't done. "By my count, that was less than forty five seconds into the mission, if we consider it a mission, which I do, and that means it's a new world record for the fastest time for a paladin to lose their gear. I was the only one present, so it can't be officially ratified, but I will still submit it as an unofficial entry for the Chroniclers' Society of Silly Statistics."

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I see what you did there! :D

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Touch me, how can it be The bread always shines on tv

I have a love-hate relationship with that kind of music from that time. It's complicated.

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I wanna know what bread is, I know you can show me

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I believe in a thing called bread!

What is bread? Butter don't hurt me Don't hurt me No more

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What is bread, anyway? Why does anybody bread anybody anyway?

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I'm a forklift driver in training.

Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 28/09/2026

Yeah. It's a nice story, and it adds to my experience of the music. I can now not hear the song without thinking about that.

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Got a book out in October? Hit me up!

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The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship @thesfincs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Congratulations to all of the authors who will be part of SFINCS4!!!! We wish you all the best of luck! Next steps are for us to sort the novellas into teams for judging which we will announce later this week! #booksky #authors #writers #publishers www.sfincscompetition.com/post/accepte...

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Accepted SFINCS4 Submissions!

Here you can find the accepted SFINCS4 author submissions!

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 27/09/2026

I used to think werewolves were cooler than vampires (still do), and I wanted to write about them. Little did I know that werewolf books are supposed to have alpha males, hot knobly sex, toxic pack dynamics, and feral violence. So I wrote Last Fight of the Old Hound: mybook.to/LostDogs1

Cover image for Last Fight of the Old Hound. It's intended to evoke feelings of introspection and internal conflict.

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 27/09/2026

From: A Daughter of These Lands In this paragraph, I pay my respects to the inimitable Tove Jansson, one of the world's greatest authors, and the wisdoms shared in her stories. #WIPSnips Full text in alt text

A paragraph from A Daughter of These Lands. It reads:
All good journeys should start at dusk. She'd heard that said by someone, somewhere, but she couldn't remember where. Raoul might know, but she didn't feel like asking. Not right now, and she wasn't sure she agreed anyway. It didn't make sense to start when it was about to go dark and you wouldn't be able to travel far, unless, you just wanted to get started, so you wouldn't get stuck with last minute preparations that delayed a morning departure.

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 26/09/2026

From: A Daughter of These Lands I've picked a snippet from the scene just before the big showdown of the book, where Toini's reflecting of what's to come. #WIPSnips

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Raoul tensed, and for a moment he stopped, but only for a moment. Then, he, too, was running.
He didn't have her sense for the land, and Toini knew she would leave him behind, but it still felt good to have him behind her. Someone who had her back. Covering fire. Moral support.
Someone who knew what they were up against, and who burned with the same fire she did.
He'd been her impartial chronicler and the observer of her work as a paladin, but when it came to fighting abominations, no one stood idly by. He'd helped, and he knew what was what.
He was good enough with firearms she trusted him not to blow her head off, and he wouldn't panic.

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Tabitha | Behind the Pages @behindthepages.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Last call! 11 am today the form is closing!!!!

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The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship @thesfincs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Last call for novella submissions! We have three spots left! Submissions will be closing tomorrow (September 26th) at 11am EST. #authors #writers #booksky forms.gle/DBM6MPYwQd6e...

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It is, but it's a difficult feeling to put a name on. Like, it's comforting and accepting, even if it's also sad.

As an aside, when I first discovered this song, I shared it far and wide, so my friends could enjoy it, too. Later, I learned that this song had given a friend of mine the courage to take the first steps out of an abusive relationship. That makes it even more special to me.

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A timely reminder for all of us.

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Myself and 39 Irish female Artists come together to perform "DREAMS" by The Cranberries

Speaking of Dreams, this is a wonderful version: youtu.be/rnQ-slv_xHc It was recorded at the start of the first covid lockdown to help raise funds for victims of domestic abuse.

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YouTube video by Allie Sherlock

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I believe she does quite a lot of covers (but I could be thinking of some else).

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Here Is The Place by Empathy Test @empathytest

Hello #SongsOfSeptember I scrolled through my current playlist three times and didn't find anything uplifting. Instead, I'll go with a song that's reassuring, confident, and that makes me feel good while still being beautifully melancholic: Here Is The Place, by Empathy Test youtu.be/7KyC4SmiGYs

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YouTube video by Empathy Test

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

When you want to write, "The AI wants to hurt people," remember that you mean to write, "The AI company profits off of hurting people."

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 23/09/2026

In an attempt to increase my chances of landing s job, I've enrolled in a class to learn to drive a fork lift.

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Nils O @nils.readindiefantasy.com · 23/09/2026

From: A Daughter Of These Lands Every occurrence of the word tumble had an S in front of it, so I'm going with that instead. #WIPSnips

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Had to keep going.
"Have to keep going," she muttered to herself.
Toini stumbled and nearly fell as her own words woke her mind up.
"I never talk to myself," she said.
She clamped her mouth shut and stopped dead in her tracks. She'd really just said that, to herself, like a proper idiot.

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 22/09/2026

💜 One Line Share 💜 "However much I thrive in silence, the subtle noise of Sayran’s existence has settled over my heartstrings, plucking them like the sweet music of my own breath" 💚🐻 www.karenlykkebo.com/bearmyheart 📚💙

Green cover of ebook to Bear My Heart. Bear silhouette with mountains and a crescent moon inside. Background is a meadow with an orange butterfly

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Hey, you seem pretty neat too, from what I've seen. Look after yourself first though. Imaginary phone friends (those online people who get everything right) are secondary.

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That's fair. I feel like it's only good/useful if you enjoy being there. If you have to force yourself to take part, or if it makes you uncomfortable, you're probably better off without it. Even so, we'd love to have you. :)

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As long as it's still lunch. Don't wait until dinner.

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Somehow, I failed at links and accidentally copied the link to the ad before the song (or something, I don't know). I've deleted that post and shared it again. This time, it should work.

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Ace Ventura vs. Vini Vici - The Calling

Hello #SongsOfSeptember I'm just a few days late. The climax of At the Road's End takes place at a rave in a forest. The music is throbbing psychedelic trance, and in particular, the track I have in mind for it is The Calling, by Vini Vici vs. Ace Ventura: youtu.be/VTHh_ecDnDI

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YouTube video by Ace Ventura

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You should. Not that I'm biased or anything... :D

From: A Daughter Of These Lands I don't have today's word "meltdown" or anything close in my WIP, so I'm going back to yesterday. I do have "stream" in several spot, but I like this paragraph with a variation of the word more, so I'm going with that. #WIPSnips

A screenshot of a paragraph from At the Road's End. It reads:
Her belly rumbled, and Toini sipped her blueberry soup. It should have been warm, and it should have been winter and snow, and she should have been on skis, but the taste warmed her heart with nostalgia all the same. Going cross country skiing and drinking hot blueberry soup from Oakstream Kitchens was a Viller tradition so deeply rooted in the national identity that the old king had declared the second Restday after the winter solstice each year to be National Blueberry Soup day.

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...and yes, the name's Päivi even though it says Paivi in the draft. I don't have the ä sign on this keyboard, so I'll do a Search & Replace once the book's done.

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I've heard some authors add recipes at the end of their books, so that readers can enjoy the same foods as the characters in the story. Well, I'm taking it one step further and adding recipe and instructions directly into the story, so there. Here's how to make coffee according to Päivi.

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Paivi had been fine until Ash showed up and started talking about unbleached coffee filters and whatever. As if anyone cared. Just add more coffee. If you add a horseshoe to the pot and it doesn't float, you add more coffee.