Writing Monarch of Ash, a dark urban fantasy about vampires, secret networks, and women who survive by becoming the problem. Coming Oct. 2027. Pup-lick PR managed. 🐾https://bsky.app/profile/bydeviden.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bydeviden.bsky.social/post/3mu3d6rl5kb2e“I’m just going to make one small edit.” A statement frequently made immediately before structural collapse. What’s your worst “this will only take a minute” story? #WriterHumor #Editing27 Aug 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:7f2l34wupv4heptarlfmnp75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3d6rl5kb2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bydeviden.bsky.social/post/3mtyspdkijl2eI created the character. I invented their entire life. Now they’re refusing to cooperate with the scene I planned. Who authorized free will? Which character ignores you most? #WriterHumor #AmWriting26 Aug 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:7f2l34wupv4heptarlfmnp75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyspdkijl2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bydeviden.bsky.social/post/3mth7h7ujqi24My brain can retain political consequences three books from now. Why I opened this tab? Data unavailable. 😭 What useless information does your brain store flawlessly? #WriterHumor #AmWriting19 Aug 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:7f2l34wupv4heptarlfmnp75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth7h7ujqi24https://bsky.app/profile/bydeviden.bsky.social/post/3mteqmvzamw24One vampire hiding in a city is dangerous. A hidden system with rules, networks, hunters, influence, and people keeping the truth buried is worse. Which is scarier: one hidden monster, or the system keeping all the monsters hidden? #BookSky #UrbanFantasy #VampireBooks18 Aug 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:7f2l34wupv4heptarlfmnp75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mteqmvzamw24https://bsky.app/profile/bydeviden.bsky.social/post/3mtc6jdwwz62eEditing long enough makes perfectly normal words look fake. Current research is troubling. What ordinary word has betrayed you like this? #WriterHumor #Editing17 Aug 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:7f2l34wupv4heptarlfmnp75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtc6jdwwz62ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bydeviden.bsky.social/post/3msvm7jfwo52bThere was a perfectly functional plot here yesterday. I touched one sentence. We are now gathering data from the wreckage. What tiny edit caused your biggest mess on a project? #WriterHumor #AmWriting12 Aug 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:7f2l34wupv4heptarlfmnp75/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvm7jfwo52bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bydeviden.bsky.social/post/3mst5f52kqb2mDark alley. Vampire. Woman alone. Romance? Nope. She insults his teeth and punches him. Vampire readers: does zero-romance vampire fiction move a book up your TBR or off it? #BookSky #VampireBooks #UrbanFantasy11 Aug 2026 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:7f2l34wupv4heptarlfmnp75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mst5f52kqb2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/bydeviden.bsky.social/post/3mskw52mx222iHappy International Cat Day to Princess Donut, one of the greatest fictional cats ever unleashed upon literature. 👑🐈 May her standards remain unreasonable and her opinions remain extremely loud. #InternationalCatDay #DungeonCrawlerCarl #PrincessDonut #CatsOfBluesky08 Aug 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:7f2l34wupv4heptarlfmnp75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mskw52mx222ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bydeviden.bsky.social/post/3mrychm56ks26My villain reviewed Monarch of Ash before publication. One star. His complaints: I called him a vampire, gave Paige too much dialogue, and confused his “focus” with obsession. Dark urban fantasy. Zero romance. One deeply offended antagonist. #BookSky #UrbanFantasy #DarkFantasy01 Aug 2026 01:20 +0000at://did:plc:7f2l34wupv4heptarlfmnp75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrychm56ks26https://bsky.app/profile/bydeviden.bsky.social/post/3mrvqku5g2c2kThey’re on the run. They’re emotionally wrecked. They have burner phones, bad plans, and one cactus named Mel. Extended Journeys Inn: home away from home, whether anyone likes it or not. #BookSky #WritersOfBlueSky #UrbanFantasy #DarkFantasy31 Jul 2026 00:54 +0000at://did:plc:7f2l34wupv4heptarlfmnp75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvqku5g2c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/bydeviden.bsky.social/post/3mrvanp2ovs26Happy International Friendship Day to the person who answers the call, carries the heavy stuff, and survives your worst decisions with you. Paige and Phil didn’t choose each other, but chaos builds friendships fast. 🩸💪 #BookSky #WritersOfBlueSky #UrbanFantasy #DarkFantasy30 Jul 2026 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:7f2l34wupv4heptarlfmnp75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvanp2ovs26https://bsky.app/profile/bydeviden.bsky.social/post/3mrsl3knvts2iThe first draft does not have to be good. It just has to exist. What is the hardest part for you: starting the draft, finishing it, or going back to revise it? #AmWriting #FirstDraft #WritingCommunity29 Jul 2026 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:7f2l34wupv4heptarlfmnp75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsl3knvts2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bydeviden.bsky.social/post/3mrsku42lrc26Hi! I’m Deviden. I write dark urban fantasy with supernatural horror, vampires and hidden systems. My pick is Gaia. That deeply unsettling fungal nightmare where people in a remote forest start becoming mushroom creatures. Strange, grotesque, and visually impossible to forget. #HorrorWritersChat [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jul 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:7f2l34wupv4heptarlfmnp75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsku42lrc26https://bsky.app/profile/bydeviden.bsky.social/post/3mrptar5jqk2vImagine meeting a vampire in a dark alley and deciding his teeth are the real emergency. Paige has priorities. 🩸 #MonarchOfAsh #VampireFiction #UrbanFantasy #FunnyFantasy28 Jul 2026 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:7f2l34wupv4heptarlfmnp75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrptar5jqk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/bydeviden.bsky.social/post/3mrodrkyp4k2gThe venue was a worn-in old city bar with two stories and more personality than solid structure. The place was local in every sense of the word. It had community heart, and brick walls wrapped in bold urban murals painted by street artists. The neighborhood knew it, cherished it, and protected it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jul 2026 02:16 +0000at://did:plc:7f2l34wupv4heptarlfmnp75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrodrkyp4k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/bydeviden.bsky.social/post/3mroarzk45s24This is why Monarch of Ash has zero romance. Pervy mortals. 🩸 #VampireFiction #DarkFantasy #UrbanFantasy [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jul 2026 01:23 +0000at://did:plc:7f2l34wupv4heptarlfmnp75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mroarzk45s24https://bsky.app/profile/bydeviden.bsky.social/post/3mrnwg7nmgk26Paige gives this one a 10/10. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jul 2026 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:7f2l34wupv4heptarlfmnp75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnwg7nmgk26https://bsky.app/profile/bydeviden.bsky.social/post/3mrmuklghck2bThere are monsters in the dark. The real problem is figuring out which ones are being polite. #MonarchOfAsh #VampireFiction #DarkUrbanFantasy #SupernaturalHorror #FantasyBooks #IndieAuthor #writingcommunity #WIP27 Jul 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:7f2l34wupv4heptarlfmnp75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmuklghck2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bydeviden.bsky.social/post/3mrkqnloulf2nSweet enough to lower your guard. Strong enough to ruin your judgment. BAD INFLUENCER Would you order it? #MonarchOfAsh #DarkUrbanFantasy #VampireFiction #SupernaturalThriller #IndieAuthor #FantasyBooks #VampireBar #BookMarketing26 Jul 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:7f2l34wupv4heptarlfmnp75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkqnloulf2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/bydeviden.bsky.social/post/3mrkesq7o452nWriting the first draft felt impossible. Editing it taught me I had seriously underestimated how a story will keep showing up. Debut-author life is humbling. #DebutAuthor #IndieAuthor #AmEditing #WritingProcess #NovelWriting #WriterProblems #AuthorLife26 Jul 2026 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:7f2l34wupv4heptarlfmnp75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkesq7o452n