HeliaXyana

HeliaXyana, 3 months ago to fantasy

#pennedpossibilities 229 How comfortable is your MC in their body?

She assumes herself to be in control of it but it is brain transport for her until she meets Cedric and Sabre. Suddenly she experiences physical attraction for the first time and gets insecure. She’s taller and more muscular than the dainty women who are considered attractive by popular standards. But a few moments in which she had to rely on her own strength and speed rekindles a connection with her physical self.

#fantasy

anderlandbooks, 3 months ago to random German

#TimeTravelAuthors Feb 17 Saturaday excerpt (missed it yesterday). Optional word: dull

#JulesNVera

HeliaXyana, 3 months ago to writing

#wordweavers antagonist eat healthy?

Not really a antagonist but one cultural eccentricity comes to mind. Within high society it is considered very pure not to need food at all. There is a myth that the more divine you are, the more you can exist on air alone. This is why a lot of popular dishes are incredibly beautiful but have the nutritional value of a sneeze and, the bakery is open at two in the morning so the nobility can drop by in secret and gorge them selves on large pies.

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HeliaXyana, 3 months ago to writing

#WritersCoffeeClub 18 Do you suffer for your art? 1/2

Physically it’s not much different from my day job or visual work but at times I wonder about my mental health. I’ve been a dreamer all my life and in the culture I grew up in, that was considered unhealthy. While I largely disagree with that notion, at times I do find my self wondering if embracing that side of my brain is indeed unhealthy. Perhaps it is keeping less compatible with the rest of the world.

#writing #writingcommunity

HeliaXyana, 3 months ago to random

#randomfact All Dutch babies are born bringing little mice to snack on.

In the “beschuit met muisjes” tradition we celebrate a birth by handing out pieces of toast with butter and sugar glanced anise seeds. The tradition dates back to dangerous birthing times when the survival of mother and child was greatly celebrated. It's said that the newborn 'brought' the delicacy nicknamed "muisjes" (little mice) with them.

Perhaps it explains our fondness for cheese.

#dutch #nederland #nederlands

HeliaXyana, 3 months ago to writing

#WroughtWorlds 2024 02-16 : World Building : Cultures and People
How do you create/handle cultures & people?

I start with a general philosophy or motivation of a new character and build their world around them. Asking my self what sort of world would give a person a certain perspective. Once I’ve worked that out a fair bit, I scrap it, do something else entirely and work that out. It’s how I manage my own assumptions.

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HeliaXyana, 3 months ago to random

In light of the delightful discussion:

"To bear or not to bear, that is the question. Shall a woman's worth be determined by the fruit of her womb, or the fruit of her intellect and labor? Insooth, a woman remains resplendent, her humanity untempered, whether she chooses motherhood or treads a solitary path, for her worth is in her being, not her begetting."

Wilhelmina Shakespeare

#writerscoffeeclub

HeliaXyana, 3 months ago to LGBTQ

To the wonderful diversity of love on this planet, happy Valentine’s Day

#lgbtq #valentinesday #lgbtqia #valentine #love

HeliaXyana, 3 months ago to writing

#pennedpossibilities 224: Do you have a specific playlist or mix for your current WIP?

I have a playlist to which I write, which is usually a bit of shoe-gazing madness and instrumental post-rock, and I have a playlist of how events in my WIP sound. Everything from soundscapes to ritual chants.

Today, I’m incredibly amused by this odd soundscape story of a universe needing fixing from a stern 1960s seamstress.

https://open.spotify.com/album/0ttLYWtlypzTBwyMUgmX4a?si=aUXsrCMtS9awZ8RvwHkH1w

#writing #writingcommunity #shoegazing #soundscapes

HeliaXyana, 3 months ago to writing

#WritersCoffeeClub 12 grammar/typography

I blend colloquialism in dialogues with a strict narrative style.

My long sentences includes detailed, immersive descriptions.

I prefer an archaic style but I'm unafraid of breaking grammar rules.

I use active voice for enhanced immersion and vary dialogue setup on context.

I don’t adhere to specific style guides but focus on readability.

I boldly split infinitives and usually write in OpenDyslexic, but export in Merriweather.

#writing

anderlandbooks, 3 months ago to random German

#TimeTravelAuthors

I just did a word count of my wip and came out at 84k,with the ending nowhere in sight.

Huh. I might have split this one up into two parts...

How high do you think I could go?

#JulesNVera

HeliaXyana, 3 months ago to random

#wordweavers 9 What kind of touch does your MC hate?

The kind that lacks consent.

HeliaXyana, 3 months ago to random

#KnowYourAuthors 3 Who inspires you as a writer?

Honestly, as a writer, it’s likely all of you. #writingcommunity

Might sound a bit sappy, but it is true. You’ve all inspired me to embrace being a writer and shown me it’s not a world I am excluded from.

The stories come from empathy and pondering being alive and, would have been in my creative or visual work in some form regardless but this community has shown me that it’s not such a bat-shit crazy idea for it to emerge in a written form.

HeliaXyana, 3 months ago to writing

#WordWeavers 6 SC smell memory

Cedric has no idea why but he loves the smell of vanilla. He keeps a piece of vanilla next to a shard of a mirror in his pocket at all times. Unknowingly he has a identical twin and with all identical twins born from witches, the mother cast a scent spell to tell them apart. He smells like cinnamon, his twin brother smells like vanilla. Separated at birth there is still a undefinable memory. He befriends his reflection and loves the scent of vanilla.

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HeliaXyana, 3 months ago to random

#WritersCoffeeClub 5. Can you feel the emotions of your characters as you write them?

Yes.

To stand here in reality, looking through multiple eyes and experiencing the weight of being a myriad of conscious entities in all its diversity. Don't let anyone tell you it is weakness, it takes incredible strength.

There is nothing as profoundly beautiful and powerful as empathy.

HeliaXyana, 3 months ago to random

#WordWeavers 3 antagonist wardrobe

There are groups of nasty mages trying to unbalance reality in order to utilize the result as a source of power. Perhaps they’d like my frozen star design. Since they’re trying to take control of both the frost realm and the starlight realm. Or the interstellar space potato. They'd assume it hides some secret to a power that could be obtained because they're not good at getting jokes.

Woman wearing frozen star design shirt

HeliaXyana, 3 months ago to writing

#PennedPossibilities 212 Prejudices

Freya initially assumes all men to be blundering idiots in danger of injuring them selves because that is how she perceived her older brothers. They weren’t, they just liked to worry their little sister.

While she is a bit of a witch she was taught at the mages guild. Like many mages she assumes that witches are just not academically inclined until she meets Mona. Mona’s super power is knowledge and she is very witch.

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HeliaXyana, 3 months ago to writing

#wordweavers 2 If your MC stayed in your place for a few weeks, what would their favorite room be and why?

That's fun! Never imagined my characters here before.

The kitchen. Not because she likes cooking but I can imagine a microwave being a endlessly fascinating object to play with when you’re a alchemist. Between that and the odd assortment of plants in my back garden, I suspect she’d quickly discover what a smoke alarm is.

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Firlefanz, 3 months ago to random

Today, I will finally upload "Sky Falls", Pillars of the Empire Book 2, which is #6 in the Winds and Pillars series.

I love the cover to bits, so I'll give you a little preview after playing in GIMP with it.

Thing is, I really adore these little pics with the arrows and tropes, so I made one for Sky. I doubt any of that will surprise you.

I'll let you know when it's up in the stores, as usual, this can take a while.

#WritingCommunity
#EpicFantasy

PamPortlandWriter, 3 months ago to random

#TimeTravelAuthors #Day31
This chat continues to inspire me and keep me excited about what I hope will be the focus of my writing throughout 2024. Wish me luck!
Thanks to @juliebihn for her creativity and inspiration!

HeliaXyana, 3 months ago to books

#reading #author #writing #writingcommunity #ebooks #books #bookstodon #privacy

Please help.

I am looking for the most privacy friendly way to buy ebooks.

Every shop and platform I've looked at would index and sell my purchase and a lot of other information.

I can get my ebooks in different ways but I explicitly want to pay the author for their work without me and my behavior ending up a resell product for which ever platform I use to complete this purchase.

Any ideas?