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@MelJRey
SFF author #FutureWorldsPrize SL 2023 | #RevPit SL 2025 | #WriteMentor LL 2025 | 📚 hoarder 🌱 enthusiast 🤓 social media dabbler 💫 she/her
- Can we start normalising older MCs (40+) in fantasy books because as much as I love the 20 something chosen one trope, I’d prefer more sword fighting mums & dads or older please. We need representation!
- It's so sad to see so many #WritingCommunity people leaving, but I'm going down with the ship! Who's still here? 👀
GIF - I’m a middle aged SFF writer who, today years old, has been invited to join in what will be my first ever DnD game! 🤓 Any tips or tricks for a DnD novice?
GIF - I’d just like to express frustration at: - skirts without pockets - women’s trousers & shorts that are sold with the pockets sewn up Who’s with me? 😤
GIF - It’s been days & I’ve still got authors trying to convince me that it’s totally okay & normal to pay to have your book published. 😒
GIF - Replying to @dianasween13Aha! It depends on how it’s delivered? Is it laced with sarcasm, or frosted with hostility. Or just backed up with a counter argument? 😂
- A question for Trad Published authors, were you a first time lucky writer in that your debut was the first book you wrote or did you, like seemingly so many, in fact write several books before hitting on publishing success? Curious 👀 #WritingCommunity
GIF- idk but agents who say they want fantasy, but it has to be grounded in our real world, no epic or high - definitely no swords - feels like they want to go swimming without getting wet.
- Ahhhh, it’s been a long time but 🙌🏽 I got a full request!
GIF - The moment when the book title appears in context within the prose…
GIF - #WritingCommunity a question for published authors: do you have a degree or MA in literature, or something completely unrelated to writing? The scrappy part of me wants to hear from authors who gleaned most of their writing skills on the job 🛠️
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