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Chronicles of Taldun: The Longing on Steam

Chronicles of Taldun: the Longing Update: We are at 120k words now. The story is about 70% done. So I'll probably write it to 180k, then edit it back down to 120k. That's a lot of baby-killing. (Writer's lingo, no actual babies will be harmed.) Wishlist it! tinyurl.com/4w6a3tr8

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A kinetic novel about two magi learning how to live with the burden they each carry. Explore Taldun— a world of dark magick and primordial beings with unfathomable power. Follow a mysterious phenomeno...

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Thanks! Nice catch. I fixed it now. :)

We are turning MWB into a full length novel. Three novellas will be joined together, one about Briar and Arden, another about Briar and Willow, the woman who raised Briar into who they are. And Eliel's story. We expect it will be out some time this year. Is this normal? What do you think?

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Nim @the-nim.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

No. Should we get one? We're so new to self publishing we don't even know what an ISBN does. XD

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Our dark fantasy short story Eliel’s Bloom is published! Six hearts intertwined, six bodies joined in devotion. Six voices raised in song. Yet, the roots hunger, vast and unyielding. Love alone may not be enough to hold them together. #queererotica #darkfantasy nimphradora.itch.io/eliels-bloom

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Nim @the-nim.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Eliel – the Vessel, the Offering "Love demands sacrifice. Eliel understood this better than anyone." Taking the role of a vessel of ancient magic, Eliel willingly offers his body to the forest. As the roots take hold, does he become something divine, or something monstrous? #queererotica #shortstory

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Nim @the-nim.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Six hearts intertwined, six bodies joined in devotion. Six voices raised in song. But when Eliel lays bare beneath the sacred grove, it is not only his flesh that is given. The roots hunger, vast and unyielding. Love alone may not be enough to hold him together. Coming soon! #booksky #queererotica

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Nim @the-nim.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Working on another char-Dialam. Sweet bebi who deserves all the hugs.

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Nim @the-nim.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Felt like drawing for the first time in ages. This is Ulsien, a main character from the story I’m currently writing.

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Nim @the-nim.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

So today inspiration struck while fiddling with my unnamed elf Torturer novella, so it's massive rewriting time! Follow for more meanderings. #darkfantasy #fiction #horror #erotica

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I like Polish accent, sounds nice, and a touch exotic. 😁

Oops, I brainfarted. XD

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Wrote and rewrite a few lines of the torturer story today. Characters have names now.

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Thanks! I remember reaching out to the first 2 you mentioned. Didn't pan out. But I might give You Too a shot.

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Nim @the-nim.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Is indie VN publishing still a thing? Anyone out there doing porting to switch?

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Exported some sprites today.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Help the authors you love: - Buy their books - Review their books - Order their books at your local library -Attack people on public transport with a copy of their book so the cover gets featured on the news - Follow their social media - Share their posts

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Nim @the-nim.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Name 1 thing you would rather do than to promote your work on social media so you could maybe pay your bills. I'll start. 1. Stare at my cat lick her belly for 10 minutes.

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Nim @the-nim.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

New novella I'm the works. This one is pouring out even faster than Briar did. A torturer's story, might be a tiny bit of Joe Abercrombie influence in there somewhere. ^^ #lgbtq #darkfantasy #fiction

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Nim @the-nim.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Lol, my butter fingers. Inferior!

Nim @the-nim.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

I suppose you Could pull a Neon Genesis and just have slideshows and voice overs, but at that point it's just an interior kinetic VN. XD

Nim @the-nim.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Had a few low energy days. >•<

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Nim @the-nim.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Hard to think of something more cost-effective than written words. ^^

Nim @the-nim.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Well, I'm happy that you feel so inspired by our work. I also don't see the point of trying to control ideas and concepts. So, go ahead! Proliferate to your heart's content!

Nim @the-nim.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

By the depths, I didn't even consider creating an ism. XD

Nim @the-nim.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Many Winters' Briar :)

Nim @the-nim.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Try it out, can't hurt. ;)

Nim @the-nim.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Writing advice be like: how to describe like Tolkien, how to plot like Sanderson. Nothing wrong with all that, but what works for me the MOST is: "write only self indulgent trash". Enabled me to turn out a pages a day, every day for months now. Try it! Write utter, unabashed filth! #writing

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Nim @the-nim.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Selling is my least favourite part too. XD

Nim @the-nim.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

The primordial fish S'ruthrul gave birth to the world of Taldun, and the world beyond. It was the sun that circled—for aeons without end—at the zenith of the sky and bathed the world in heat. From Appendix Ia by Magus Tashana of Twenty Stones, Chronicles of Taldun #cottl #taldun #visualnovel

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Nim @the-nim.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Might just transition to more pure text stuff, or like road warden, only minimal environment art. Full illustrations and sprites are so much work compared to just...describing the scene. XD

Progress on the Longing's script. Current projected total: 150k. Current artworks needed: Way too many. >.< #theremainder #cottr #cottl #taldun #darkfantasy #visualnovel

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A rogue-like bear dating sim?

Oh sorry,I think I should've replied to best indie game. XD I imagine it was a harrowing experience before you figured out what you were looking at. ^^

Die until you remember love.

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Die until you remember love.

Nim @the-nim.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

For many turns, Evin lived on the remote peaks beyond Twenty Stones with their fuzzy companions. Full image and ultra high res available to our patreon/ko-fi members. Art from Chronicles of Taldun: The Longing. #visualnovel #cot #taldun #cottl

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Nim @the-nim.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

In this Author's Pick, we share several paragraphs from our earlier "potato draft" and contrast them with the latest draft to show you how the writing has evolved over time. The full thing is available to our ko-fi patreon. 3/3

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Nim @the-nim.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

An owl called out above Arden, its plaintive hoot breaking the stillness; another answered, a mournful echo threading through the canopy. A shiver traced the back of his neck. The woods had fallen unnaturally quiet, as though holding its breath. 2/3

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Nim @the-nim.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

"An owl hooted above Arden; another answered, as if to greet the first. The back of his neck prickled. The woods had hushed; something was watching him." Author's Picks is where we share snippets and insights about our writing. This one from: #manywintersbriar #dark fantasy #erotica #novella 1/3

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Hehe, that's definitely a big part, but I think I'll keep playing around with ideas. Or I cast a line into the universe and wait for something to spring up out of the void and smack me in the lips. ^^

Cool! How you liking the experience? The food? The crowd?

Oops I forgot to number these, but hopefully you can figure it out. ^^ So, let me hear your proposal for a genre name? And happy day of the Sun!

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There is almost always a romance element as well. Gender queerness, gender fluidity and non-traditionally pair bonds are a stable feature as well. Think polyamory, polygamy with equal partners, communes, asexual people, and other non traditional arrangements.