It's a dragel thing

Author Chera Carmichael / www.cheracarmichael.com / magical dragon soulmate stories / @scioneeris is my TBDH blog

[cheracarmichael]

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In the latest addition to the Lost Children of the Merrow fantasy series, is another twisty, thrilling Merrow-centric fantasy adventure! Becca must find a way forward when an old friend turns up at World's End and new wounds surface. Burying her past in a shallow grave now haunts her, as more challenges rise up from the deep.

Becca wants the same happiness and belonging as everyone else, but everything comes with a price. Fighting for herself demands everything—is the cost worth the effort or is the price too much to bear?

Find out in Becca’s Light, now available wherever ebooks are sold (and on Payhip and Patreon!) www.books2read.com/beccaslight

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Becca's Light by Chera Carmichael

Enjoy the read!

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June Prompts 🌼

Word prompts to use for doodling or writing

fairytale

garden hose

fruit stand

radio

block party

tattoo

ice cream

postcard

festival

skating

barefoot

night walks

pride

fries

stream

flower crown

outdoors

cocktail umbrellas

playing cards

sailboat

karaoke

dandelions

buttons

pearls

midsummer

universe

neon sign

dragonfly

birch tree

peaches

[creativepromptsforwriting]

Monthly Prompt Lists

[scioneeris]

Question: Do Merrow have any specific traditions or rituals?

Answer: In the "First Ink" Merrow Short Story that I have out, both on my Patreon and as an individual short, it follows one of those traditions--where young Merrow get a specific tattoo to allow them to travel/portal themselves where they need to be/to safety. This is to account for the shift where their magic may vanish (the usual dragel inheritance cycle where they're being rewired for the magical and physical upgrade), and it keeps children from 'vanishing'.

The exception for this, in the case of the LCOTM(Lost Children of The Merrow), is that the children have to be old enough for their bodies to handle the process/possible discomfort and to be able to articulate the activation for the spell. In the First Ink short story, we see an older sister taking her baby sibling to get the tattoos done and then to celebrate afterward, as that's a worthy milestone.

some Merrow that have extra features (a second set of eyes, dual ears, jaw that unhinges, tentacles or bioluminescent growths, etc), may have colorful or geometric styled tattoos to warn/highlight the fact and it is often done in colors that suit their scaled morph.

Baby's first scales, fangs, claws, are kept, and bespelled each year on the birthday, to turn them into extra potent magical ingredients that are unique to the individual, in case of a medical or magical emergency at some point in their life. When they use up the baby items (if at all), they contribute their best scales/fangs, etc. from their current year of life, so the set doesn't really get used up, just a bit of altered potentcy.

That's all I have off the top of my head for now. Apologies if there’s anything vaguely spoiler-ish in there. I do try to keep my answers spoiler-free, but I also get quite a bit of questions outside of the official discord Q&A’s and I’d rather not answer the same question all over again when I can put my muse to something else—like edits or a new chapter. This question was originally asked during a Q&A last year.

Thanks!

-Chera

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First Ink by Chera Carmichael

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Chapter 59 of BTR is up on Patreon. Enjoy the read!

Lots of fun setting this up for the incoming twists. 😉

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creating Fantasy Stories with Dragons

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Can you believe we’re at chapter 84 now? Quite a jam-packed update with a fun twist in there.

Happy reading~! 😏

[scioneeris]

Ebook release! 😊🐉🔥

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Auriel's dragel inheritance is causing problems of the soulmate kind. Her mother insists on multiple Healers and their complicated spells—send her flying from the safety of her home realm, into the wildness of Orusia.

Cold water and Fire Elementals do not mix. Oops.

Auriel's in for a wild ride in the confusing chaos of Orusia. Can she find her soulmates before things get worse? Or will Orusia ruin her unknown future?

[scioneeris]

Did you know that compiled chapters are released as a novella? 🤔

Check out the first serial novella HERE and get a taste of the ongoing Epic Fantasy Serial, Beyond This Realm, that follows the adventures, relationships and Courtship hunt of newly inherited Fire Elemental, Auriel Roswolde when she is flung off-realm in a spell gone wrong…

Available now at your favorite digital store!

Welcome to Orusia by Chera Carmichael

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Last Witch Hat Monday I drew Biblically Accurate Brushbuddy, this Monday I bring you Biblically Accurate Brushbully!!!

I can't wait to see this angry void noodle animated in a future episode one day!

#witchhatatelier #Δ帽子 #WHA The other half

Painting process

[cheracarmichael]

It's Merrow-May!!

Guess who's getting the spotlight this month?

Our fave grumpy Merrow King Alcandor and his elusive Bonded~feature in this newest snippet.

Happy reading!

Napping Spot (Alcandor) | Chera Carmichael

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Chapter 83 of Beyond This Realm is now LIVE! And the Poll will be up shortly (in the next few minutes!).

Thank you for reading and voting! Enjoy the new chapter~!

Beyond This Realm - Chapter 83 | Chera Carmichael

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[writingdose]

“oh. oh” in writing is a treasure. I will never stop using it and cherishing it.

[scioneeris]

Some Ilsa/Greta for the soul. They’re adorable and ridiculous for each other.

I love the way the rest of their Bonded react to their dynamic. 😂

Blood-streaked (Greta/Ilsa) | Chera Carmichael

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[blinkeasy]

Good Bones, by Maggie Smith / Witch Hat Atelier, by Kamome Shirahama

[thelightfluxtastic]

[Image ID: Poem lines interspersed with manga panels.

Life is short, though I keep this from my children.

[Qifrey lifting up Coco]

Life is short, and I’ve shortened mine

in a thousand delicious, ill-advised ways,

[Qifrey and Olruggio as children]

a thousand deliciously ill-advised ways

I’ll keep from my children.

[Qifrey alone in his tower, and getting hit with lightning as he experiments with the ink bottle]

The world is at least

fifty percent terrible, and that’s a conservative

estimate, though I keep this from my children.

[A young Luluci running away from abstract, shadowy grabbing hands]

For every bird there is a stone thrown at a bird.

[Qifrey in the waterlogged coffin]

For every loved child, a child broken, bagged,

sunk in a lake. Life is short and the world

[Engendale with his slimy brimmed hat]

is at least half terrible, and for every kind

stranger, there is one who would break you,

though I keep this from my children.

[Qifrey with a peaceful expression, a herd of cattle, flying birds, and a shot of a traveling cart from behind with Qifrey and his apprentices inside]

I am trying

to sell them the world.

[The atelier and the field around it]

Any decent realtor,

walking you through a real shithole, chirps on

about good bones: This place could be beautiful,

right?

[Qifrey showing Coco the windowway in a shower of flower petals.]

You could make this place beautiful.

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[diserbillyti]

These are the best books about being autistic and gay I have ever read

[cheracarmichael]

Some soft sleepy fluff, feat. Bhindi and her Mage, Callistair.

Enjoy!

Deep Sleep (Bhindi/Callistair) | Chera Carmichael

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Oooh, a bit of a spooky-ish snippet this time around!

Have some Aracle/Nathan from our delightful Deveraines. Enjoy!

Phantom Pains (Aracle/Nathan) | Chera Carmichael

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Episode Three of this ongoing serial is finally published and going LIVE this week. Snag your copy wherever ebooks are sold, or get it straight from my shop HERE.

Tensions rise and tempers flare as Micah's trials continue with surprising new twists and exciting developments. His foray into the realm of magic and mystery is fraught with traps, tricks and tests with deadly consequences!

He must keep his wits about him, despite new temptations and Norren's dazzling promises. Magic and might becomes the only currency he can barter, as deadly skills are put to the test in this exciting third-installment in the mesmerizing fantasy series, By This Bloody Oath.

Available now at your favorite digital store!

By This Bloody Oath : Episode 3 by Chera Carmichael

[karen-writes]

Ways to fix writer's block

OPTION 1: Try turning the writer on and off (it works)

OPTION 2: if option 1 doesn't work, try putting the writer in rice.

[writingdose]

one of the best feelings tbh

[clemgrounder]

And re-read the same sentence because yeah it was THAT good. And I felt like I wasn't 1000% committed when I read it the first time.