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Chiamaka Chuke-Okafor ~ Querying Fantasy

@chichuke

Christian. Wife. Mother of three. African-inspired fantasy writer. IT Consultant & AI enthusiast | PhD researcher | Wellbeing Advocate. Wearing many hats and learning to live in them. πŸ€·πŸ½β€β™€οΈ Working on Daughter of Quiet Fire. πŸ“Leicestershire, UK

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Friday!

16.01.2026 08:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Does anyone else write scenes out of order because the emotional logic comes before the plot?

15.01.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Now, listen and I will tell you of Zitara. About her steps, missteps and triumphs. The silences and the whispers. The pain and the harmony. For a guardian remembers all, even when the child forgets.

15.01.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@fiyahlitmag.bsky.social Before she drew her first breath, before the ΓΊlΓ­ burned into her skin, before the earth carved her name into its roots, I was there.

β€”->>> opening line

15.01.2026 12:56 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was not. Thanks for sharing!

15.01.2026 12:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Suna. Checking it outπŸ’•

15.01.2026 09:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m revising a book that started as one story and quietly became another.

Turns out the second one is the one I needed to tell.

14.01.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’d love to be added. Igbo-inspired fantasy writer here.

14.01.2026 06:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi! If anyone has a fantasy writers / spec fic / Black writers starter pack, I’d love to be added. I write Igbo-inspired fantasy.

14.01.2026 06:08 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Five years on one book teaches you patience, doubt, and how to stay anyway. Still writing.

14.01.2026 05:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Took five years to write the latest. Not budding, just still growing.

14.01.2026 05:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œBudding writer” but the bud has been at it for years.

14.01.2026 05:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

First post here. I’m a budding writer trying to be brave about putting words into the world. Here to learn, share, and keep showing up to the page.

14.01.2026 05:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0