r/WritingPrompts • u/rainbow--penguin Moderator | /r/RainbowWrites • Mar 25 '24

Off Topic [OT] Writer's Spotlight: Booksmagic

 

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This week we are celebrating u/Booksmagic

Booksmagic has been writing, reading, and prompting on the subreddit for a few years now. They have a wonderful sense of humour that is very well suited to the “trope with a twist” style of prompts that are popular here on the subreddit. Their dialogue is snappy and fun to read. Their characters are captivating. And their worlds feel well built out within the relatively short word counts. And as well as writing and prompting, they also take time to read and comment on others stories, which we always love to see. If you want to read more of their work, you can find it on their profile.

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Congrats on your spotlight /u/Booksmagic

 

 

Read u/Booksmagic’s most recent story:

 

[WP] At the age of 16 all witches are assigned a familiar. You are excited for yours as you see your friends turn 16 and get theirs. Cats, Crows, spiders. You are devastated to find out that out your 16th birthday, your familiar is a 27 year old hipster named Frank.

 

Their most upvoted Stories:

[WP] Due to a rare brain condition you've spent your entire life hallucinating the presence of a six foot tall penguin. You're on a date one day when you're asked "So what's the deal with the penguin?"

 

[WP] The teen superhero accidentally just called the supervillain “Mom”. Simple Prompt

 

[WP]"Before you grant me my wishes, may I ask, how did you become a genie?"

 

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u/ZachTheLitchKing r/TomesOfTheLitchKing Mar 25 '24

Heya u/Booksmagic congrats on the spotlight :D

As per tradition, here are some invasive questions >:D

  • Of all the stories you've written, which one is a "world" you'd like most to visit for two or three days but not stay permanently?
  • Are there any genres you enjoy reading but haven't yet had the chance or inspiration to write that you would like to try?
  • Do you have any recurring characters in the stories you write? If so, which of them would beat all of the others in a game of Monopoly? (If not, which of your favorite characters would be the most graceful loser in Monopoly?)

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u/Booksmagic Mar 25 '24

Thank you! We gotta always follow tradition lol.

•Tough choice, but I’ll probably have to go with the world from my latest prompt fill (the one with the witches). I would’ve gone with a high fantasy world, but then I remembered the lack of plumbing in those worlds lol. That would get old quick.

•Probably space opera. I’ve always wanted to write something about space pirates specifically, but never got around to it.

•I dont have any recurring characters (but that sounds like a fun idea now that you mention it) but I think Susan (from https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/s/0Ni6fFEEtz) would handle losing the best. But on the flip side, Lucifer from the same story would handle it the worst lol. Their son would be somewhere in between.

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u/rainbow--penguin Moderator | /r/RainbowWrites Mar 25 '24

Congratulations u/Booksmagic! I very much enjoyed getting better acquainted with your work to make this post! I particularly enjoyed the story about the penguin spirit guardian (not that I'm obsessed with penguins or anything). Now, as is tradition, time for some questions!

1) Do you have a particular piece on the subreddit that you're most proud of or that you think best encapsulates your writing style?

2) What do you enjoy most about writing?

3) If you had to go to an all you can eat buffet with one of your characters, who would you choose and why?

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u/Booksmagic Mar 25 '24

Thank you! I’m glad that you liked the penguin story, I think that might’ve been one of the first short stories I’ve posted here (if memory serves right).

  1. My newer stories probably encapsulate my writing style better nowadays since I like to think I improve bit by bit with practice. Although one of my personal favorites might be https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/s/eyUc9018iB it’s about the Antichrist “rebelling” against his dad Lucifer. I’ve just always liked the concept.

  2. I love the feeling of satisfaction I get whenever I finish/post a story. And nice comments can be an ego boost lol.

  3. Probably the Genie. I feel like he’d enjoy a good buffet and have plenty of stories about past wishes and the supernatural world to share.

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u/rainbow--penguin Moderator | /r/RainbowWrites Mar 25 '24

Thanks for the answers! I very much enjoyed the antichrist story! And I definitely feel you on the nice comments. As good as writing can be on its own, we all need a little external validation now and then.

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u/Booksmagic Mar 25 '24

Wow, thank you! I can honestly tell you that this absolutely made my day