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AUTHOR AVENGERS; October Round Up
Can you believe we’re in November? And last month’s prompt was a little more – shall we say, sad? A little more final and yet the offerings from my fellow writers still manage to highlight the goodness and kindness and empathy people show if only they choose to. (Yes, I said offerings. We have more than one this past month!) The prompt itself was suggested by L’poni, and I definitely had fun adapting a (rejected) submission offering into my story. I hope you enjoy them all. INDEX:Alex Roma – september 24thMorris Wayts – Last PageAradhna Kaur (me!) – The Last Bowl Of Kichdi As per usual, any stories going up after today will be…
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AUTHOR AVENGERS; September Round Up
It’s officially more than two years since we started these prompts. It’s allowed me to try so many new genres and styles of storytelling across a span of so many different sorts of prompts. This month’s prompt was set by Ash and I’ll be honest, I almost went for something extremely tragic based on my religious history. I’ve been doing a bit of reading and learning again on the history of my ancestors and the prompt is perfect for that. While the story I ultimately wrote is still inspired by history, it’s not that first tragic story I thought of. (Maybe someday I’ll be able to write that without crying…
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AUTHOR AVENGERS; August Round Up
This month’s prompt was not actually a prompt but actually a joke by Morris. Honestly though, it worked as a writing prompt, and it proved to be a fun one. We were all complaining about aging, after all – I think all of us have been writing for a long time, and it’s showing! – and the prompt felt apt. I had a lot of fun with what I ultimately came up with, and I hope you enjoy it too! INDEX:Aradhna Kaur (me!) – The Blessed Aches Of Aging As per usual, any prompt fills going up after today will be added in to the post later! If you like…
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AUTHOR AVENGERS; July Round Up
I recently started playing FFXIV so when Lou suggested the prompt for this month, it didn’t take me very long before I decided what my story was going to be – a sort of pre-canon of why my player character decided to set out from home to the main cities in the first place, but also just fleshing out her family a little bit. I had fun writing it, even if it doesn’t hit all the beats of the prompt. Games seems to be the vibe though, and I know I’m not the only one who leaned that way. Do be sure to check our stories out and let us…
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AUTHOR AVENGERS; June Round Up
Happy Pride! This month’s prompt was suggested by L’poni, both for both pride and for the new addition to Josh‘s family. Congratulations again, Josh! I don’t know how well I encompassed the feelings I was trying to get across, but you can judge for yourself when you read my short offering and do let me know! INDEX:Aradhna Kaur (me!) – The Eclosion Of Eira As per usual, any prompt fills going up after today will be added in to the post later! If you like my content, consider leaving me a tip on Ko-fi!
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AUTHOR AVENGERS; May Round Up
It’s May – or Star Wars month as Josh and L’poni and Morris reminded us in the Author Avengers server – so having a Star Wars-esque prompt seemed like the thing to do. I am a self-proclaimed no.1 Jedi fan, so I took it upon myself to find a quote from Buddha themself (the inspiration behind Jedi philosophies) for this month’s prompt: I leaned heavily into the similarities between the Jedi and Sikhism for this story, and I hope you enjoy it! The underlying message of the prompt for me and for Morris seems to be about hope for the future, even if the now looks bleak, and I think we did it pretty well. INDEX:Morris…
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AUTHOR AVENGERS; April Round Up
This month’s prompt – or more accurately prompts – was given to us by L’poni Baldwin. The plethora of choices could have been overwhelming, but honestly just made me excited. I’ve saved a few to come back to later. The one I did wind up choosing was, of course, emotional. I do love some good quality angst. Let me know if I did it justice! INDEX:Aradhna Kaur (me!) – All Things End As always, any prompt fills going up after today will be added in to the post later! If you like my content, consider leaving me a tip on Ko-fi!
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AUTHOR AVENGERS; March Round Up
This month’s prompt was given to us by Josh – it’s his birthday month! – and it was definitely a fun one though I didn’t end up going the direction I originally planned to. (If you’ve been reading along, you know we’ve had losses in the family, and this month’s prompt turned from an exploration of monsters to an exploration of grief. Writing has been helping me process and handle things to some extent and I hope that resonates.) INDEX:Aradhna Kaur (me!) – A Fate InevitableMorris Wayts – Those Who Fight Monsters As always, any prompt fills going up after today will be added in to the post later!
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AUTHOR AVENGERS; February Round Up
(Prefacing this with: I’m writing this round up post very early because I will be out of town for a couple of weeks up until this needs to go up and I won’t have my laptop.) This prompt was given by Morris, and I immediately had ideas on what I wanted to write. I spent the end of January around the larger part of my community and we were listening to a lot of old religious and historical tales. It seemed apt then to use one of those mentioned in a short story! Of course, this ended up only looking at the first half of the prompt, grabbing the vibe and running with…
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AUTHOR AVENGERS; January Round Up
It is 2025 – Happy Lunar New Year, guys! – and we’re continuing with the prompts! This first one was provided by L’poni Baldwin and we spent a bit spitballing ideas in the Discord, which was a lot of fun. I mean, dragons, right? You can’t really go wrong with dragons. (Okay, I mean you can, but you can always have fun with it.) Coming up with this concept took a bit, but in the end, I loved working on this story. Though I will say formatting it was a PAIN. I think it was worth it, but you tell me! INDEX:Aradhna Kaur (me!) – Science, Scales And Smoke As per…