For eight years, the kingdom of Lamyria was peaceful. But there is no such thing as "they lived happily ever after". Even though the great ravine cut off the Blighted Lands, still the darkness gathers over the Capital. Skylar and Gawyn must face the consequences of the decision they made. To protect their loved ones, they will have to venture where no one has ever dared before - deep into the Blighted Lands. To fight off the threat of dark magic once and for all. ___ This is the sequel to the Watty 2021 awarded story Till Death Do Us Part. It's a continuation happening after eight years. It is not necessary to know the first story to enjoy this one, although I recommend starting the story from the beginning to enjoy it to the fullest ;) ___ Beautiful cover made by @Dayisdemigod

Skylar pledged her life to protect her homeland, but she didn't expect that she would have to resort to marrying the king's brother and using her wits instead of a sword. ***** Skylar is not a typical noble lady. Captain to her own company, she feels more at home with a sword in hand than in the ballroom. Her whole life gets turned upside down when she is forced to marry Lord General Gawyn Gryphonheart for the alliance. The vicious political machinations will be the least of her problems because a far darker threat is looming in the east. Skylar, with her fighting experience, might be the only one who sees it coming. If only her husband trusted her enough to heed her advice. Can she fulfil her role as a graceful and obedient wife at the royal court and convince the noble families to unite against the monsters believed to be merely a legend? (Book One of Till Death Do Us Part series) [[The Wattys 2021 Award winner in the Fantasy category]] [[Word count: 70 000 - 75 000]] Content warning: This story contains violence, bloodshed and occasional crude language.

Dannie comes back to spend a month with her best friends for vacation and an upcoming wedding. Little does she know that she's coming back to confront her past and possibly a love long overdue. A story of pain, loss, forgiveness, friendship and love gives life to the characters we learned to love in this trilogy.

George treasures her freedom A LOT. And when an imminent change threatens to take that freedom away, she devices a plan with a man she barely knows to make sure that no changes take place. But what happens when she starts to think that the change is a welcome one? Will she give up her freedom and embrace it? Toto and the Boys: George is story of family, friendship and love.

Typical office girl Jackie hates two men: her boss, Dean, and her persistent stalker, Brian. She could have lived with it, but when Brian's stalking gets worse, Jackie is desperate. Even her friends, George and Dannie, can't do much. The police will not do anything and her boss, the only man who seems to put Brian in his place, makes it sure that he is not interested in his employee's personal struggles. Desperate, Jackie decides to do what she thinks is harmless: use Dean's name to scare Brian away and make him her virtual boyfriend. Toto and the Boys: Jackie is a hilarious tale of lies, friendship and unexpected love.

The age of magic. A world where magic idols prevail. In these extraordinary times, Star One is one of the last non-magic idol groups left standing. When they feel as though they've reached their limit, miraculous magic emerges. And with it appears an unforeseen enemy, the Dragon Slayer Clan. Suddenly, Star One must face these challenges to discover the truth. Can they change their predestined fate? THE STAR SEEKERS with TOMORROW X TOGETHER ***** Original story: HYBE Co-planning: HYBE / NAVER WEBTOON

It's the day of visitors. But the visitors to Sin-si are unwelcomed, vengeful beom. Unforgotten animosity fills the air and rage collides, soaking the ground with blood. Seven boys take up their weapons to end this fight, once and for all. 7FATES: CHAKHO with BTS ***** Content advisory: this story contains some violence Original story: HYBE Co-planning: HYBE / NAVER WEBTOON

After an offended Greek goddess sends Kenna back in time to Elizabethan England, she discovers she must stop the theft of Shakespeare's best known tragedy before returning to her century, all while resisting the charms of the theatre's Romeo. ***** After being dumped via voice note, Kenna Fernsby is convinced there was never a tale of more woe. Offended by the insult to true tragedy, a Greek goddess banishes Kenna to Elizabethan England, where she stumbles upon a plot to steal the priceless first draft of "Romeo and Juliet" from right under William Shakespeare's nose. Determined to outwit the thieves, Kenna dives into the intrigue, even when doing so may tangle her healing heart with a man from the past and force her to choose between the 16th century life she has fallen in love with and the fate of the play she loves as much. [[Wattys 2021 Winner in Historical Fiction]] [[Word count: 80,000 - 90,000 words]] The quotes from Romeo and Juliet used in this story were taken from the iBooks edition of the play. The text was originally from playshakespeare.com. ©2005-2022 PlayShakespeare.com. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this information under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. Terms at http://www.playshakespeare.com/license

These are NOT your typical writing prompts. I find most writing prompts too general or specific to be helpful. The ones in this book are just generic enough to spark your imagination and everyone's response will be completely different. Depending on your story idea, plot, characters and writing style, the response to the following prompts will look vastly different from another writer's. How does this work? Well, when you hit a roadblock in a particular scene, play with one of the prompts and see how your character responds, what comes out of their mouth. Then, let the other characters respond to that line. Here's an example. For the following prompt, I can have a character respond one of many ways (and I literally just came up with these as I'm writing this book summary). SAMPLE PROMPT - Ask someone to leave Now, what's the next line out of your character's mouth? Is it: -- You know what, get the hell out! -- Look, I'm tired. Can we talk about this tomorrow? I'll have Peter drive you home. -- Will you please just leave! I can't do this. I can't talk to you anymore! -- Either he goes or I go. Which will it be? See how all these are very different ways for a character to essentially ask (or try to force) another character to leave? The key is to work with the response that works best for your situation. You should have a sense of what the scene is about and your character's goals, but that's all you really need! I love these prompts. You can insert them any time you hit a wall. They always seem to get my creative juices going. Sometimes I find that I've gone on to write an entire scene and I didn't even end up keeping the lines that the prompts generated! It was enough just to get me unstuck and get my characters interacting again. I hope these prompts can help others too. If folks vote and comment to let me know that they've helped, I'll post 10 prompts per chapter for the next 10 weeks. Cheers! We'll start with a chapter and a bonus one too.

What writer's block is, why it happens, and strategies that might actually help. *Includes actual citations* (In case you care. Which you should.)