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[adorkableshephard]

I just finished rereading Promise of Blood, the first book in the first Powdermage trilogy by Brian McClellan, and I kept thinking about its similarities to the Wheel of Time Universe. It’s been quite a while since I’ve read the rest of the books, but at least from the lore explored in the first book, the world of powdermage just feels like it’s a different age, a different turning of the wheel. Maybe an age that isn’t focused on the dragon vs the dark one.

Given the author’s relationship to Sanderson, it’s not surprising that his work feels similar in vibes to both him and Jordan. I just always find it interesting to imagine other pieces of media as different turnings of the wheel.

[hinumay]

Well, it'll be hard if you don't have Privileged in your side

Prolly need some, and Powdermages too and maybe some Bone Eyes if you have one

Some have wards that are hundreds of years old

This was one of my introductions to military history. I was 14 and haven't ever really looked back. Big fan of star forts and Vauban.

[bloodshadows]

New #Kickstarter arrival! #savageworlds #powdermage

[goldmanangelica]

~ sunshine days and June reads ~ 🌴☀️🌺🌊🌈📚❤️ So I got a good chunk of the June books into the picture 😅 Highlights included Louise Penny’s Gamache mysteries @louisepennyauthor 🔍 , Brian McClellan’s Powder Mage series @brian.mcclellan ✨, and Yoon Ha Lee’s fantasy work, Phoenix Extravagant, Dragon Pearl, and Beyond the Dragon’s Gate @deuceofgears 🐲 - all were excellent and the books are absolutely worth picking up and the authors worth following. 😍 For a fluffier, fun read, yesterday I also read The Glamourist (Vine Witch Book 2) by @luannegsmith .💄 It was a great lighter poolside read to end the month. 😌 I have to again thank bookstagrammer @bookmearead for recommending Louise Penny’s novels. 🙌 They truly made my month. ☺️ For those looking for a writing update, I was an equally busy bee 🐝 I finished the first draft of the adult sci-fi novel I’ve been working on the last few months, and am about half-way through the last round of edits on my YA thriller. 👍👍👍 I have 3 other completed novels at various points of the formal editing and publication process as well that I played with off and on as needed. 🖊 Covid has kinda messed with some of my publication timelines, so we will see what happens there. 🤨 Last but not least, I wrote a short story, and am hoping to write one a month so I have a little collection that can go out regardless of the state of the publishing world in the next few months. 📖 Hope your June has been sunny and full of good books and warm days! ❤️☀️📚 * * * * * * #junereads #readingwrapup #tuesdaythought #yoonhalee #louisepenny #luannegsmith #brianmcclellan #powdermage #inspectorgamache #summerreading #summerreads #beachread #beachreads #amreading #amwritingfantasy #fantasyseries #mysterybooks #scifibooks #scififantasy #booksandbotanicals #readingoutside #booksoutofdoors #bookstagram #readstagram #livrestagram #lgbtqbookstagrammer #bookreviews #bookrecommendation #bookreader #novelwriting (at Saint Augustine Beach, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCEY1jGgox6/?igshid=ah8he5p605y8

[stripes003]

Gearing up with some red stripes to kill Privileged. 

[inkweavers]

@mao-tenno

Every time Adamat walks into his house

[ladymandalore]

Taniel Two-shot

[antique-forvalaka]

love that the powdermage idea made it to the wip game! I'm reading it now and preparing for all hell to break loose! But I wanna know about the one titled HY_Journey!

(referring to this ask game)

ahahahah yeah, and im ecstatic to know someone else is giving the books a try!!!! Though to be honest that wip is the lowest on my priority list atm...

anyways, the HY Journey one is the same story born from this 'daily hwz thought' by sky, and it's technically a spin-off of a different HY centric post-canon story in the works as well (called Find It On Your Own.)

Highlights of this one are just Ying'er vibing with his asshole of a horse <3

(plus it's almost done 👀)

He only really has time to use his new writing supplies to pen a letter in the evening, when he merely has flickering candlelight to see by. Han Ying still hates writing like this; mission reports he can do but for more sentimental letters he always lacks words. He never quite knows what to write once he sits down with a brush in hand, even though it comes so easy whenever he’s outside and pretending to describe his travels to his xiongdi. In the end it comes out incredibly stilted, but at least the important parts will be conveyed: he’s healthy and happy, the horse is fine as well, and he’s on his way back – estimates an arrival 5 weeks from now. Then Han Ying tries his hand at a painting, after all he still has two sheets left, and he knows the others will enjoy it. And anyways, Siji manor expects its disciples to be proficient in this just as much as in disguise skills. He ends up painting a small stream he passed on the way, a big mountain looming in the distance – the sight reminded him of the ascent to Siji manor proper. When he spills a bit of ink over the lower half he also manages to turn the mistake into a rough doodle of a fat Dafei rolling on the ground, though in the end the blotchy shape of the ink still manages to give off the impression of a particularly ungainly cat more than a horse.

[thewingedbaron]

Oh I love this.

HERE’S THE LIST:

The OG Inspirations:

Captain Underpants: these books are the entirely responsible for making me want to write. When I was a kid, I used to emulate the formate of George and Harold’s comics with my own hero I called the Minotaur. I made my own comic series and everything with recurring villains. I’ve loved writing ever since.

Guardians of Ga’Hoole: My favorite book series as a kid and my first introduction to fantasy. I fell in love with the idea of kings and queens, and knights fighting for what is good against evil. So what if they were all owls?

Fun fact: Baron from these books is the direct inspiration for my username.

The Secrets of Droon: another early fantasy series. I really really love fantasy alright? And I read a lot as a kid. If you’ve never read it, it’s basically Narnia aimed at a younger audience. Great books.

Star Wars: my very first space opera. I fully credit Star Wars for my love of rogues and scoundrels. Especially bounty hunter characters that one up their opponents through wits and gadgets. Shoutout Han Solo and Boba Fett.

Lord of the Rings: what else needs to be said? One of the greats. Responsible for my love of the ranger archetype and sweeping fantasy.

Rangers Apprentice: if I liked Aragorn, I loved Will and Halt. These books are hands down what made me want to write fantasy and what made me love rangers forever more.

Pirates of the Caribbean: one of my biggest influences. I loved the ships and the sword fights and the flintlocks. This secured my love for flintlock fantasy and the early modern era, which I now mix in to my current fantasy projects.

More Recent Stuff:

Dungeons and Dragons: I discovered TTRPGs in mid high school, and have been dming ever since. Stuff like critical role, WBN, D20, and my own home games make storytelling so fun. The Drizz’t novels have deeply effected the way I write characters and follow their thoughts in my own head. Deep deep love for dnd.

The Powdermage Novels: remember flintlock fantasy? Brian McClellan has had such a massive impact on my life as a writer. These novels were the first time I looked at Napoleonic fantasy and realized “holy shit you can do that????” My favorite novels to this day. Absolute bangers.

Brandon Sanderson: only a recent discovery of mine (I am so late to these books). But goddamn if he hasn’t radically altered how I plot books and handle revealing character backstory.

Hell’s Belles by Sea.Ya.Later on tiktok: I never realized how much I loved romance books. Her first novel is coming out in December, it’s called “For Whom the Belle Tolls.” I beg you to check it out.

Finally, the Pathfinder Novels: similar to dnd, but exploring Pathfinder’s world through the massive novel series by a ton of different authors made me realize I want to do the same thing. Create one fantasy world and write a host of stories throughout it. These are fire little novels for one of fantasy. I recommend the Alchemist set and the Liar’s Blade books.

question for writers

I was thinking about what sources of media most inspires my writing style and themes, and after some thought I realized I am most influenced by the media I watched when I was 13-15.

Now, writers, I want to ask you: what TV shows, movies, web series, games, comics, etc. inspires your writing style the most, even implicitly?

[sackupsendit]

Sack Up & Send It: Cheers to a Terrifically Deep Season - Squaw Valley, California, USA

[suuntopr]

Suunto featured on Powder Magazine

[dabbling-madman-blog]

#ListeningTo #PromiseOfBlood by @brian.mcclellan in #audiobook form. Thanks to @mysapl & @bexarbibliotech for having this available. Ive never listened to a #PowderMage story. Whole thing starts off coming down from a coup giving you a sense of being rattled very much like the main character, who’s summoned to the castle afterwards by the rebellion, unaware of what’s happened but quickly putting pieces together. #magic #MusketsAndMagic #MagicAndMuskets #mage #fantasy #sciencefiction #fantasyandsciencefiction #bookstagram #bookworm #ListenWhileYouWork (at San Antonio, Texas)

[proba-meggy]

The Powdermage Trilogy is a very good read

Can you guys recommend me some fiction please

[kiibearer-a]

8 PEOPLE I’D LIKE TO KNOW BETTER. repost, don’t reblog.

one / name / alias. ember! two /  birthday. september 22 three / zodiac sign. virgo-libra four /  height. 5′6″ five  /  hobbies. drawing, writing, playing video games, D&D dungeon master, RPing six / favorite colors. white/black & gold, orange & teal, red & black, lots of dark moody colours seven/ favorite books. the powdermage trilogy by brian mcclellan, seconds by bryan lee o’malley, asunder by david gaider, i like a lot of books eight  /  last song listened to. freaks and geeks - childish gambino nine  /  last film watched. detective pikachu (i watched @heaartsavior cry over those bulbasuars ) ten  /  inspiration for muse. UH, honest the games really? and tons of fan art, I’ve been trying to get back into the swing of Sora lately and finding a ton of cute comics, working on my cosplay and playing the games over have been really helping with striking back up my fire for Sora! I miss my sunshine a lot! eleven  / dream job. a comic artist or a voice actor. twelve  / meaning behind your url. i mean he officially has a title, Nomura can rip that from my cold, dead hands

Tagged by: @heaartsavior 💛 - sorry this took me like WEEKS to do. Tagging: @ndeavor, @shotcloned, @destinkeys, @lightmimic, @seapromised, @verumlight!

[rocketvodka]

Definitely putting this on the #rocketlist ⛷💥🚀🏅👊 @austyntaylor ・・・ Finished in 2nd place today at the World Championship Longboard Race. Racing 16ft skis in a dress and leather boots really amps up the adrenaline! Thanks to my pit crew and Plumas County Ski Club! Final results: 2nd place and Best Dressed Award 🙋🏼|| #summithunnies #plumascounty #plumasskiclub #longboardrevivalseries #eurekavalley #skiracing #woldchampionships #silvermedal #fur #powdermag #powdermagazine #aprèsspirit #alwaysaprès #apresski #skiing #peakmoments #rocketvodka (at Plumas-Eureka State Park)