Shiloh Briar @ShilohBriar

Still in shock. One million views. 8,000 new followers. Innumerable comments and DMs from people wanting to read Hopeless Necromantic when it's published. I left the writing world years back, thinking I'd never pen a book again. Can't believe I almost quit before the miracle.

This is one of the videos that blew up on TikTok. Figured I should share it here too. 😅 I'll keep updating about Hopeless Necromantic's progress until release day! #ocs #HopelessNecromantic #fantasybook #writingcommunity

I'm absolutely atrocious at updating my Twitter, but I had to tell somebody: Two of my TikTok posts about HOPELESS NECROMANTIC blew up, and now people are messaging me excited to buy it, and I just ... 😳 I've never been more excited for a release day.

Ugh, I never update my "X" account anymore, so I doubt this will find eyes, but I'm posting anyway because #writerproblems be like: Stick to the script, Sikras! One time!

WIP scenes: All Helspira wants is to be a hero for the one kingdom in Siaphara that welcomed her family into their borders when they sought asylum from Chthonia. But plans rarely go as, well ... planned. Sikras still won't let her feel any less like a hero. #writingcommunity

Platonic relationships can be just as fun to write as romantic ones. Queen Saelihn will always put her kingdom before her camaraderie with Sikras ... but it doesn't mean she still doesn't love him like a brother. (Featuring OCs from my WIP HOPELESS NECROMANTIC) #writingcommunity

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Hi, I'm an elder millennial. My midlife crisis made me buy a full set of fantasy armor, and it took me 25 minutes to put it on, so ... that's how my Tuesday's going. How about yours?

Just over here making contextless-yet-applicable content of my book characters as if everyone knows who they are and can totally appreciate the post even though the book hasn't even been released yet. It's normal. I'm normal.

#FantasyIndiesFebruary Day 13: It's odd calling Helspira the love interest; the romance subplot moves so slowly. 😂 She's a demon who fled her violent homeland of Chthonia, settled in Nyllmas, and wants nothing more than to keep it from becoming the hellpit her homeland is.

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Late night epiphanies about my WIP got me all ... 😭

#FantasyIndiesFebruary Day 10: Saturday Snippet Someone come tell Sikras he's not doing the "just one bed" trope right. 😂 (Thank you to hosts @ChesneyInfalt @LydiaVRussell @FantasyIndies

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#FantasyIndiesFebruary Day 7: Sikras is nearly unflappable. But he has a *huge* problem with people who degrade others ... only because he's seen the horrors it can lead to.

#FantasyIndiesFebruary Day 5: I missed yesterday; I'm currently reading Legends & Lattes by @TravisBaldree ❤️ Day 6: The romance in Hopeless Necromantic is a glacially paced, slower than slow burn subplot, but Sikras and Helspira bring the chemistry. 🖤

#FantasyIndiesFebruary Day 4: Love songs in general or love songs that remind us of our WIPs? 'Another Love' by Tom Odell reminds me most of Sikras/Helspira because Sikras still hasn't mourned his undead wife and feels extreme guilt whenever he has romantic thoughts about Hels.

Yeah, I'm gonna need someone to talk me out of ordering this $700 set of armor. 😬

#FantasyIndiesFebruary Day 3: Saturday Snippet If you're feeling generous and want to follow me on TT, I'm under shiloh.briar Trying to get to 1,000 so I can put a newsletter sign-up link in my profile for everyone who wants an email when Hopeless Necromantic releases! 🖤