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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

But do they work part-time or full-time?

A picture of a hazard sign that says: "Tree Work Ahead"

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Documenting this momentous occasion before I find another cool author and/or artist and ruin it forever

A screenshot of Robin Arnette's account zoomed in on the number 666 right next to the word: following

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I love it when my MC decides to be a sarcastic ass 😂 This is from "Aren't We All Invisible?" in my horror short story collection: Sex, Murder, & Other Pleasures (aka my VERY in-progress WIP) #writingcommunity 🩸📚 | 💙📚 | 🌶️📚

“See! Everyone is gone!” she said.
“Sure, they are. It’s Saturday,” I said.
Shay’s fingers tightened around mine. “No! Well, yes but no. They’re gone. You know, gone gone. As in not around anymore.”
“Like dead?” I asked.
“Jesus, no! I mean, gone!” she persisted.
I swung my head back and forth, gaze sweeping across the still road, looking for the people who were gone.

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Leftovers for Lunch (I also had chips and hummus but I don't really wanna take a new pic 😅)

A picture of three slices of leftover, spicy curry ham and tomato pizza with a raspberry honey drizzle (non-dairy and gluten free because my tummy will revolt otherwise lol)

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I know what you're thinking but the better question is: Why aren't YOU dressed like a pirate on a random Wednesday? ☠️🦜🏴‍☠️

Close up selfie of Robin Arnette dressed as a pirate with four different purple and silver necklaces and a red scarf around her head. She has a foam pirate hat from some promo stunt years ago

A full length picture of Robin Arnette dressed as a pirate with four different purple and silver necklaces and a red scarf around her head. She has a foam pirate hat from some promo stunt years ago. She's wearing a grey shirt, several pearl bracelets and black boots with a bit of a heel.

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Editing an older story before work (just to get back into writing) and this DESCRIPTION. Maybe I'm just sleepy but it is CRACKING ME UP. What was I on and where can I get more? 😂

A screen shot of a black background with white text. The first sentence is highlighted in yellow.
The passage reads:
The last man, dark-haired and about my age with a sharp jaw and an ale-gut, was harder to gauge. I gave up early on as the man, his plays ranging from conservative to reckless and yet only ever gaining or losing the exact amount in a way that was almost unnatural.

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Describe your Bluesky account with a single image.

An old, blurry picture of Robin Arnette and her sister. Robin has dragon scale face paint and long green hair. She's crossing one eye and grinning. Her sister has a paper knight's helmet and is making a fish face

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

The Dragon's Emissary: A mage with unstable magic meets a bard who makes her feel even more unstable (in the best way) Together, can they help the mage rid herself of her magic?✨ (*whispers* it also has queer characters, just so you know 🌈 😉)

A picture of the book cover for The Dragon's Emissary by Robin Arnette. At it's center are two figures the shorter one is Zelnor, a bearded character wearing shabby clothes with pointed ears, and the taller one is Erianna, a blue woman with purple hair, elf ears, fitted leather armor, a blue dress and a backpack. They are standing in a cave with a small pool in front of them.
Zelnor is looking grumpily at Erianna while accidentally casting a fire spell. There is a ring of dots around his waist. Erianna has her elbow resting on his head and is shooting him a flirty, bemused look.
The title, The Dragon's Emissary, is written in shiny gold across the top. An opalescent swirl is behind it. At the bottom is the author's name: Robin Arnette. Beneath that is another opalescent swirl around the number 1 (indicating this is the first book in a series). The series title, Legend of the Fragmentum, is beneath that, written in gold.

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

In The Dragon's Emissary: Zelnor would dress up as a famous historical figure. Maybe the healer Aithlin Daeyarus? Erianna would dress like Zelnor. (She'd think it was hilarious) Lyle would dress as a flower (if he could but he's a ghost) #Spooktober

List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for Spooktober. Today's prompt is: "Who would your characters dress up for as Halloween?"

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I wanted to post a couple pics of the ✨Enchanted Realms Book Festival✨ I had a fantastic time and met a lot of wonderful and kind people. This is WAY after the fact I know. It's been a struggle to post lately 😅 Anyway! It was a great event and I hope to go again next year

A far away picture of Robin Arnette's booth at the Enchanted Realms Book Festival. It's an outdoor booth with an orange table cloth and fancy blue table runner. There are posters of Erianna and Zelnor freestanding and one of Lyle on the table. There's also a rotating display of stickers and, of course, her book The Dragon's Emissary prominently displayed. Robin stands in the middle of the table smiling

A close up photo of Robin Arnette at her booth at the Enchanted Realms Book Festival. She's next to a poster of Lyle surrounded in roses and you can just see the top of The Dragon's Emissary. She's wearing a crochet viking helmet hat

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

#FantasyIndiesSpooktober Day 21 🎥🩸 Movies: -"It Follows" and "The Black Phone/TBP2" are some of the best written, scary ones -A lighter, time travel slasher: "Totally Killer" (one of my favs) 🎃 TV Shows (with chill spooky vibes, not scary): -The Owl House -Sabrina The Teenage Witch (90s vers)

List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for Spooktober. Today's prompt is: "Scary Movie/TV Recs"

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

I'm finally at #LAComicCon! I'm at booth SP44 in South Hall! Stop by and visit if you get the chance, I'd love to meet some of you 😊

A photo of Robin Arnette standing in her booth with character posters wreathed in flowers, copies of her book The Dragon's Emissary, and her stickers for sale on the far left.

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

#FantasyIndiesSeptember Day 16 Marketing Take this with a grain of salt because I'm very new at this. I guess I'll pass along some sage advice my mom gave me: Don't let marketing overwhelm you. Once your book is out, it's OUT. You have time to try different strats and see what works.

List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for September. Today's prompt is: "Marketing Advice"

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

✨THE DRAGON'S EMISSARY✨ 🏰 whimsical fantasy 🎇 unstable magic 🌈 queer characters 😉 witty banter 🐉 dragon with a hidden agenda 👻 adorable child ghost 🔥 slowburn gay romance 📜 hand-drawn maps 🗡️The Book: mybook.to/x9Pa #booksky #indiepub #fantasy #queerwriters 💙📚🪐🌈🌶️

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

#FantasyIndiesSeptember Day 8 Do your MCs like school? Zelnor loves learning and dreams of going to Zoh'kret University and following in her father's footsteps Erianna? No, gods no. School is soooo boring for her. And Lyle hates being from an academic family. He's not into books 💙📚🪐🌈🌶️

List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for September. Today's prompt is: "Would/does your MC like school?"

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

#FantasyIndiesSeptember Day 2 Lately all my reads have been recommendations from friends. It's a good sign if the people you care for are passionate about the book, and it's fun sharing that joy with them! ☺️

List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for September. Today's prompt is: "How do you choose your next read?"

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

#FantasyIndiesAugust Day 21 Are your MCs in ✨The Dragon's Emissary✨ Morning People? 🌞 Erianna, yes ✔️ Lyle, yes ✔️ Zelnor? NO. No, no, no, no, no, no, dear GODS no. If you don't get him some coffee STAT, he is not a happy camper ☕

List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for August. Today's prompt is: "Is your MC a morning person?"

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An excerpt from the third chapter of The Dragon's Emissary by Robin Arnette. It's black text on a white background. It reads:
Erianna started to speak again, but Zelnor held up a hand. She had to finish her coffee first. It was her only defense against the bard’s sunny disposition. She drank it in a few gulps and rejoiced when the server brought more. It her took two full cups to feel like a person again.

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

#FantasyIndiesAugust Day 20 Superstitions Well...in Alaspinor there's the ritual Spirit Banishment that they perform before new families move into their homes. Also, The Lord of Thorns' true name has been lost because it's believed that uttering Their name will cause immediate death 💙📚🪐🌈🌶️

List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for August. Today's prompt is: "Superstitions in WIP"

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

#FantasyIndiesAugust Day 12 📕Last Read: Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce 📖Just finished: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 📚Next Read: Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros After A LOT of recommendations, I'm finally making my way through the Empyrean series! 💙📚🪐🌶️

List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for August. Today's prompt is: "Last, Current, and Next Reads"

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

#FantasyIndiesAugust Day 11 🌟Dealing with Dragons🌟 I'm cheating because it's not really a fairytale, but it's got a fairytale feel. Plus, it was one of my favorite books as a child. 💙📚🪐

List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for August. Today's prompt is: "Favorite Fairytale"

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The cover of Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede. It's got a dragon amid her hoard with a defiant princess speaking with her. It also says: Book One of The Enchanted Forest Chronicles

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

#FantasyIndiesAugust Day 6 Zelnor: anything. EVERYTHING. But especially history books, magic theory, and political analysis (just a massive nerd 🤭) Erianna: Bodice ripper romances 💖 and thriller/mysteries mostly, as long as they're less than 300 pages Lyle doesn't like reading 😢 💙📚🪐🌈🌶️

List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for August. Today's prompt is: "What kind of books would your MC read?"

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

I'm very fortunate that my job is writing, so I get up mid-morning and then start writing in the afternoon. But my characters are on my mind even when I'm "off the clock," especially on my daily walks and... when I'm trying to sleep 😅 #FantasyIndiesAugust Day 5 💙📚🪐🌈🌶️

List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for August. Today's prompt is: "Do you tend to write in the morning, afternoon, or evening?"

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

This is a cool question! We only briefly see Milly in The Dragon's Emissary, but I'm actually delving more deeply into her story in the third book. Her goal is to get her brother out of the trouble she suspects he's gotten into. #FantasyIndiesJuly Day 30 💙📚🪐🌈🌶️

List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for July. Today's prompt is: "Difficulties in writing"

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List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for July. Today's prompt is: "Side characters' goals"

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A snippet from The Dragon's Emissary by Robin Arnette. It's black text on a white background. The text reads:
“It’s my da that’s the problem. He’s fallin’ apart! He hasn’t left the room with her … her …” She inhaled sharply, and the owner squeezed her hands. “He won’t even let us bury her.”
“And your brother? Isn’t he helping?” James asked.
“He worries me even more. That’s why I came here,” she said.
“He ain’t encouraging your da to continue mourning? He must miss her dearly, but …”
“No … nothing o’ that sort. Bryn’s been meetin’ with a strange man,” Milly said. “Talking to him only at night, when he thinks I’m asleep.”
“A tryst?” James asked. “Wouldn’t be the worst thing for him, I s’pose. Though the timing—”
“It’s not that … Not from the way they talk,” Milly said. “The man unsettles me. Never shows his face, always wearin’ a black mask.”

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Well, just off the top of my head... Getting started is hard when I'm working on something new or challenging. I get so nervous about it that I end up procrastinating. Also, writing book blurbs. I spent FOUR of my ten writing hours on my damn book blurb #FantasyIndiesJuly Day 28 💙📚🪐🌈🌶️

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

OVERWRITE. Dear lord do I overwrite. I tend to omit setting details, but in general I always end up cutting my work down. And WIPs always grow longer than I plan 😅 #FantasyIndiesJuly Day 27 💙📚🪐

List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for July. Today's prompt is: "Do you tend to underwrite or overwrite?"

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Big, BIG shout out to @kaylynx.bsky.social! She's one of my biggest supporters and my best writer friend. Love her so much 🥰 And another big shout out to @ktbucklein.bsky.social! For being an AMAZING editor and nearly being as excited about TDE as I am ❤️ #FantasyIndiesJuly Day 25 💙📚🪐🌈🌶️

List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for July. Today's prompt is: "Free Friday or Shoutout to writing besties"

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

By the end of the series, Erianna, Zelnor, and Lyle will be very close. But in ✨The Dragon's Emissary✨ both Zelnor and Erianna's best friends are gone. Zelnor accidentally killed Heeden, and Eri lost Christine when a dragon sent her to a war-torn country #FantasyIndiesJuly Day 24 💙📚🪐🌈🌶️

List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for July. Today's prompt is: "Friendship in WIP"

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

✨The Dragon's Emissary✨ Status: IMMINENT I'm finishing up the proofreading stage and looking into printers. The cover is done, the inside is mostly done. It'll should release early September!! 😆 #FantasyIndiesJuly Day 22 💙📚🪐🌈🌶️

List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for July. Today's prompt is: "What stage is your WIP in?"

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Funny enough, I actually had to rewrite a part of my ✨The Dragon's Emissary✨ that dealt with heat just yesterday... How fortuitous! 😁 #QueerPrompts 💙📚🪐🌈🌶️

Black text on a white background. This is a snippet from Robin Arnette's The Dragon's Emissary.
It says:
Erianna plopped onto the ground for a rest and a quick meal. The salt-cured meat stung the inside of her cheeks. Her throat was raw with thirst.
The journey only got worse from there. Her head started throbbing and her mouth felt drier than parchment. The scratch on her neck burned, and at some point, it had started bleeding again. And through all of it, there was the heat. The intolerable, inescapable fire was cooking her alive.

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

I just uncovered a USB with the first novel I ever wrote (back in 2012). What a blast from the past! And I actually really like this part, maybe I'll use it for something later. 💙📚🪐 #amwriting

A snippet from one of the first things Robin Arnette wrote back in 2012. The snippet is titled: "Additional Bits That Didn't Make It" in a large font, and the rest of the snippet is in italics. I genuinely don't know why.
The snippet reads:
That reminds me; a few nights ago I couldn’t sleep so I went down to look at the mirror. I could’ve been sleep-walking but I swear I saw the faintest reflection of my real mother, telling me I was doing the right thing.

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Zelnor: Coffee. Do NOT talk to him pre-coffee ☕ Erianna: Tea 🍵 (or Alcohol 🍹) Lyle: He never got to try it, but I think he'd like Hot Chocolate 🍫 Me: I love Coffee, Tea, AND Hot Chocolate (in that order 😁) #FantasyIndiesJuly Day 21 💙📚🪐🌈🌶️

List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for July. Today's prompt is: "Coffee, tea, or hot chocolate for you/your characters?"

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

It's so cliché but... A dragon. I desperately want to own or be best friends with a dragon (depending on their intelligence level) 🐉 Ever since I was young, I've been obsessed with dragons. I mean... DRAGONS 🐲 #FantasyIndiesJuly Day 18 💙📚🪐

List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for July. Today's prompt is: "What mythical creature would you want as a pet?"

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A picture of Robin Arnette about to see the live action How to Train Your Dragon movie. She has a toothless t-shirt, a HTTYD popcorn bucket with a toothless plushie inside, and a novelty HTTYD cup with a little toothless figurine on top. She has a HUGE smile, because of how much she loves both the movie and dragons in general

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

There's this toy shop owner named Seshvin Zlesh. They were only supposed to be a one off, but I liked their backstory (and them) so much their estranged family play a BIG role in Book 2 of Legend of the Fragmentum (that's series title for The Dragon's Emissary btw) #FantasyIndiesJuly Day 17 💙📚🪐🌈🌶️

List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for July. Today's prompt is: "Did any of your side characters end up being a bigger part of the story?"

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The shopkeeper pulled at their seaweed green, corkscrew-curl hair, trying and failing to remove the drying streaks of blue and white paint. They accidentally smudged more wet paint across their cheek in the process. Finally, they gave up and pulled their hair into a short, unruly ponytail.
“Thanks again for your help! I’m Seshvin Zlesh.”

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

I hope it doesn't sound too cliché, but I really like this line from the end of The Dragon's Emissary: "The throbbing eased as lines of scabs blossomed in the light’s wake." #FantasyIndiesJuly Day 15 💙📚🪐🌈🌶️

List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for July. Today's prompt is: "WIP line you're proud of"

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Almost everything in The Dragon's Emissary has a touch of humor to it. But in this part my babies are acting especially silly 🥰 Plus, there's a little hint of romance in it too! #FantasyIndiesJuly Day 11 💙📚🪐🌈🌶️

List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for July. Today's prompt is: "Free Friday or Share a joke"

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Black text on a white background. The text is an excerpt from The Dragon's Emissary by Robin Arnette.
The text reads:
“Your friend,” Zelnor said the word as though it tasted sour, “should be there.”
“You don’t have to be jealous,” Erianna laughed. “He’s like an older brother to me.”
“I’m not jealous,” Zelnor said.
Zelnor was almost too easy to mess with. She smirked, leaning her head close to Zelnor.
“Of course not. But I’m just saying,” Erianna whispered, “I’d understand if you were.”
“I’m not,” the mage said, shoving her head away.
“All right, sure,” Erianna said. “Not jealous.”
“She seemed a little jealous,” Lyle stage-whispered.
“Lyle!” Zelnor squeaked.
Erianna and Lyle burst out laughing. It took the two a while to get ahold of themselves again. Several snooty looking people glared at Erianna as they passed, but she ignored them, basking in the half-elf’s flustered annoyance. Finally, Lyle turned his wide, pleading eyes on Erianna.

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

This example is from a book called Eats, Shoots & Leaves btw. I've never read it but my mom is a big fan 😊

A picture of the cover of Eats, Shoots & Leaves (The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation) by Lynne Truss. It has a white background and two panda bears. One is on a ladder erasing the comma after "Eats" and the other is holding a gun and walking away on the left of the cover.

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Erianna is 22 Zelnor is 19 Lyle is [REDACTED] currently, but he was around 11 or 12 years old when he died. (Reminder: Lyle is a 👻) Heeden, Zelnor's best friend, was about 20 or so when he died 💀 He would be about Erianna's age now. 💙📚🪐🌈🌶️ #FantasyIndiesJuly Day 10

List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for July. Today's prompt is: "Characters' ages in WIP"

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

By the beginning of the novel Erianna, Zelnor, and Lyle have all lost the people they relied on... Erianna relied on Porter—a member of the Broken Claim and a father figure to her. Zelnor relied on her bff, Heeden. He's dead now. Lyle relied on his family. They're missing 💙📚🪐🌈🌶️ #FantasyIndiesJuly

List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for July. Today's prompt is: "Who do your characters rely on?"

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

So um... BINGO... And change 😂 Here's the filled out bingo card, and a snippet for "A book with a dragon." Surprisingly (considering my book is named, The Dragon's Emissary) the dragon doesn't feature as much. Trust me, though, Torrin is VERY important to the series! 💙📚🪐🌈🌶️ #writingcommunity

Robin Arnette's marked version of the blank bingo card from the quoted post. This is for her book, The Dragon's Emissary.
The top row is bingo, and each of the squares that apply to her book are marked with yellow stars (except "There's blood" which is marked with a red star). Some of them have extra stars because there's a lot of it or it applies to multiple characters.
Here's a list of all the squares that apply to The Dragon's Emissary:
-There are tears shed
-Steamy scenes
-A character needs a hug
-Eye color description
-A book with a dragon
(a line and the word "BINGO" is written across those top of the five she's listed so far. The rest are just listed in left to right, top to bottom)
-Own voices, bipoc, or LBGTQIA+ rep
-There's blood
-There's a lot of smiling
-Free Space
-Character returns home
-Not set in our world
-First in a series
-Multi-POV (three stars for three different POVs)
-Features a love story
-Non-human protagonist (Erianna who is an ishlanian--basically a semi-aquatic elf)
-Wrote 5+ drafts (has seven stars representing seven different drafts)

Black text on a white background. This is a description of the dragon Torrin in The Dragon's Emissary. The text reads:
A soft rumbling filled what sounded like an enormous cavern. The heat had reached a temperature that could rival midday in Kialma’keer. Zelnor’s hair flew away from her face. The subtle breeze had grown into a wind that rushed forward and retracted rhythmically in a steady push and pull that reminded Zelnor of the ocean. Whenever the wind receded, it left a slight chill in the air.

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

They all have their moments, but the funniest character hasn't shown up in my book directly yet: Otto. He is INCREDIBLY chaotic and weird. He has two pet goats, and I am SO excited for him to be more in the story! I've included a snippet from TDE with some censoring. 💙📚🪐🌈🌶️ #FantasyIndiesJuly

List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for July. Today's prompt is: "Funniest character in WIP"

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Black text on a white background with some lines censored. The text reads:
“Ha! Wish someone would tell him that,” CENSORED scoffed. “Anyway. I needed a new plan. And that’s when I ran into this strange ishlanian named Otto.”
Erianna would have accused CENSORED of exaggerating, but even CENSORED couldn’t make up someone so peculiar. According to CENSORED, Otto was an ishlanian man with ram’s horns, and as strange as his appearance was, his mannerisms were apparently even stranger. He had spoken as though he were the protagonist in an adventure novel, proclaiming that he would right the wrongs committed against CENSORED. Amused by his antics and lacking better options, CENSORED had hired Otto to occupy CENSORED.
“He promised me that he specialized in distractions,” CENSORED said.

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Apologies for clogging up the tag with a backlog post, but I REALLY wanted to participate in yesterdays prompt (but I was having a rough day, so I didn't) Anyway! Here's the beginning of The Dragon's Emissary for Day 7 of #FantasyIndiesJuly: First Line of WIP 💙📚🪐🌈🌶️

Black text on a white background. This from the PDF proof of the beginning of The Dragon's Emissary by Robin Arnette. The Z is a drop cap in a different font than the rest, so it looks fancy. The text reads:
"Zelnor shifted one of the wooden beams up and stepped inside the crumbling cottage. The scent of ash still lingered in the air, bitter on her tongue. She pressed her fingers into her eyelids."

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Well The Dragon's Emissary doesn't have a TON of animal friends unfortunately... The closest I can think of is a cathmal named Eli. Cathmals are basically a mix of a camel and a panther 🐪🐾 They're very common in Kialma'keer. Zelnor helped raise Eli when he was a cub #FantasyIndiesJuly 💙📚🪐🌈🌶️

List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for July. Today's prompt is: "Animal Friends."

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Drop Line 8 from Page 187 of your MS and tag 3 friends! This excerpt is from ✨The Dragon's Emissary✨ releasing (late) this summer! This part is actually from one of my favorite scenes in the whole book 🥰 @kaylynx.bsky.social @90sinspiredink.bsky.social @audconnelly.bsky.social 💙📚🪐🌈🌶️ #writesky

“Ask me a question, and I’ll answer it,” Erianna said.
She scooted closer, so she wouldn’t need to yell over the roaring waterfall. She wouldn’t apologize for her choices, but she was willing to present a peace offering. In their short time together, she’d learned that knowledge was the one thing Zelnor couldn’t resist.

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

#FantasyIndiesJuly Why are you making me choose between my children 😭 MCs are probably my fav... But a truly flamboyant, over the top villain will always capture my heart. If they're showy and extra (and/or super evil) they've automatically endeared themselves to me 🥰

List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for July. Today's prompt is: "Do you tend to like the MCs, side characters, or villains the most?"

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

It's made from Rhubarb which is (technically) a type of vegetable. It's very bitter and has a vivid red color. I've rarely seen it used other than in Rhubarb pie Heres some pictures of what the vegetables and the pie look like:

A close up picture of cut Rhubarb in its own juices

A picture of a partially made Rhubarb pie. As seen from the top down with no top crust yet

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

I really like the last line of 🎇The Dragon's Emissary🎇 The story begins with Zelnor's POV and ends in Erianna's and to me, it really highlights how much Erianna has changed from first their meeting. Plus endings are SO hard, so I'm proud of myself for a pretty good one #LGBTQWriteAThon 💙📚🪐|🌈📚

A screenshot of black text on a white background. This is a quote from the very end of The Dragon's Emissary by Robin Arnette.
The text reads:
Thankfully, that choice was still a long way off. Between the Broken Claim, the High Mage, and Torrin, they still had plenty of excitement and danger ahead of them, and Erianna would be damned if she wouldn’t enjoy every moment they had left.

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

I have a LOT of cute Skye puppy pics but sadly, I don't have any of Lucy as a puppy. We adopted her when she was already grown. So here's a couple pics of young Skye and Lucy together 🥰

Two dogs on a blanket. One is a Westie puppy, Skye, staring at the other, which is a cute girly with cream/white wavy fur and floppy ears named Lucy. Lucy is facing away from the camera, staring back at Skye

A pic of two dogs standing next to a couch and staring at the camera. One is Skye, a Westie puppy (she's standing closer) and the other is Lucy, a mix breed (white with slightly curly fur and floppy ears) with her tongue sticking out a little.

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Post a picture of when your pet was little.

A picture of a young Westie puppy (her name is Skye) on a gray couch with her large paws over the arm. Her ears are mostly upright but the left is a little floppy. There is a playpen with a filled dog food bowl, a dog bed, and a bowl in the background.

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Robin Arnette @robinarnette.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Okay, but mine is an extra layer of bad, because I've literally never made a moodboard, and I'm not into moodboards, and also this isn't even a real moodboard. It tells you NOTHING about my book Also. The portraits are by Alina Lalik lol #LGBTQWriteAThon 💙📚🪐|🌈📚

A "moodboard" for The Dragon's Emissary. It's not really a moodboard, because it uses the official commissioned art for the characters Zelnor, Erianna, and Lyle, and tells you absolutely NOTHING about the book. The pictures have been altered by dumb filters in a word processor so they're bad looking. In the background is a crudely drawn map of the continent of Eltun (Robin Arnette drew it). It also has the letter's G A Y written vertically in white with a blue interior shadow down the left, and the word "MAGIC" written in rainbow letters and distorted.

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