Fatemah manahil<p>50 Self-Esteem Journal Prompts TO Boost Your Confidence<br>Many people suffer from low self-esteem for a number of reasons, such as social pressures, negative criticism, or past failures. Major challenges in interpersonal<br>READ HERE: <a href="https://innermasteryhub.com/self-esteem-journal-prompts/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">innermasteryhub.com/self-estee</span><span class="invisible">m-journal-prompts/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfImprovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfImprovement</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FeelGoodStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeelGoodStories</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JoyfulMoments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JoyfulMoments</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PositiveThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PositiveThinking</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfTalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfTalk</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MindsetShift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MindsetShift</span></a></p>
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Hannah Steenbock<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 2/12. What is your MC’s favourite time of day?</p><p>Lucky loves the night.</p><p>It's when it gets quiet, when he can focus most easily, when people stop making demands of him. He loves it.</p><p>Heather loves the evening twilight.</p><p>It's the best time to hunt, to be outside and revel in being a wolf. Her old pack didn't like it and tried to keep her from going out at that time, but now she's free.</p><p>A Wolf's Mate, Wolves of the South 9<br>(WiP)</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WolfShifter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WolfShifter</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FeelGoodStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeelGoodStories</span></a></p>
Hannah Steenbock<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> 2/4: Do you ever read back your work and surprise yourself with what you've written?</p><p>Oh, yes.</p><p>I've written so much that sometimes I forget details, and those surprise me.</p><p>And I will freely admit that West Flows and A Wolf's Honor (and Fury) are some of my comfort books.</p><p>I mean, I do write stories that I enjoy, right?</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FeelGoodStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeelGoodStories</span></a></p>
Hannah Steenbock<p>Just posted a writing update on Patreon. You have to be a member (free!) in order to read it, though.</p><p>I'm trying to get back to posting on Patreon more, mostly because I will leave Facebook this month, and it's an easy way for people to keep up with me.</p><p>Hop on over, become a member - it's free! - and read what I'm up to with my books and stuff.</p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/january-2025-119965818" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">patreon.com/posts/january-2025</span><span class="invisible">-119965818</span></a></p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FeelGoodStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeelGoodStories</span></a></p>
Hannah Steenbock<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 1/12: If you needed companions to start a rebellion, which of your characters would you choose?</p><p>Wolves: Nick, Nessa, Olivier and Alice, probably Connor and Ashley. Oh, and Shane and Dylan, because having a Hacker on your side is awesome.</p><p>And then I'd bring in Dorelle and Mashira. Nothing beats a dragon in a rebellion.</p><p>Finally, I'd love to have Earth and East. Together, they are unbeatable.</p><p>Wolves of the South<br>Winds & Pillars<br>The Cloud Lands.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FeelGoodStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeelGoodStories</span></a></p>
Hannah Steenbock<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PennedPossibilities</span></a> 554 — How do you stay motivated to write?</p><p>Often enough, I don't. The news tend to kill all optimism. (I try to stay away from them, I do.)</p><p>What helps is being able to talk (and think) about my characters. Finding out what makes them tick. Finding out weaknesses, errors, mistakes, weird beliefs.</p><p>And sales help, as well. A good review might carry me for a few days...</p><p>I'm not an island.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FeelGoodStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeelGoodStories</span></a></p>
Hannah Steenbock<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> 1/1: What are your writing goals for 2025?</p><p>I want to try going with a daily word count again, aiming for 1k (or more when the words flow).</p><p>Projects for 2025 are:</p><p>Wolves 9 (A Wolf's Mate)<br>Moon Rises (Pillars 4)<br>Spirit Sings (W&P final book)<br>Penumbra (hopefully)</p><p>I'm sure Writer Brain will come up with something else in between.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FeelGoodStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeelGoodStories</span></a></p>
Hannah Steenbock<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PennedPossibilities</span></a> 542 — Is the reader supposed to root for the MC, have no feelings towards them, or want them to meet their demise by the end of your WIP? MCs aren't always the "good guys," of course.</p><p>Hell yes, the reader is supposed to root for my MCs.</p><p>Because yeah, my MCs are the good guys, even if they do things that are against the law. They will fight for justice, for good - and sometimes simply for survival.</p><p>And they get their reward at the end.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FeelGoodStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeelGoodStories</span></a></p>
Hannah Steenbock<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/PhantastikPrompts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhantastikPrompts</span></a> 26.12.: [...]<br>Alternativ: Beschreibe wo es deine Arbeiten/Werke zu finden gibt.</p><p>Meine Bücher gibt es als eBuch auf Amazon - aber auch bei Thalia, Google Play Store, Apple, Kobo und auch bei allen möglichen Büchereisystemen. Print leider nur bei Amazon.</p><p>Und ich arbeite daran, die eBücher in meinen eigenen Store zu packen. (Wölfe und Winds & Pillars sind da schon.)</p><p><a href="https://shop.hannah-steenbock.de" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">shop.hannah-steenbock.de</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Wide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wide</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FeelGoodStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeelGoodStories</span></a></p>
Hannah Steenbock<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> 12/22: How would you describe the tone of your WIP? Hopeful, dark, funny, emotional, etc.</p><p>I want my stories to be exciting, riveting and full of surprises. Also keeping the reader glued to the pages.</p><p>They do have a hopeful vibe, and good wins in the end - even if it's hard on my chars to get there.</p><p>I care about decency, love, friendship, trust and teamwork. You'll find all that in my stories, as well.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FeelGoodStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeelGoodStories</span></a></p>
Hannah Steenbock<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 11/9: If your antagonist were an animal, which one?</p><p>Won't spoil the real antagonist, but he's a bit like a spider in her web.</p><p>He's at the center of a very long, very subtle conspiracy, serving Darkness. Recently, he has upped the game, casting his web even wider, looking for stronger prey.</p><p>And Leander is in his sights.</p><p>Lion's Battle, Penumbra 1<br>(WiP)</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/VampirePunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VampirePunk</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FeelGoodStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeelGoodStories</span></a></p>
Hannah Steenbock<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PennedPossibilities</span></a> 493 — How intelligent is your SC overall? Are they more street smart or book smart?</p><p>Winston, Melody's sidekick, is definitely much more book smart, and he's very intelligent.</p><p>He's a researcher, a book worm, his domain are libraries (and now, the internet). Yes, he's a Vampire, but the actual feeding bothers him. He loves having eternal life to learn everything he can.</p><p>He avoids fights.</p><p>Lion's Battle, Penumbra 1</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/VampirePunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VampirePunk</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FeelGoodStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeelGoodStories</span></a></p>
Hannah Steenbock<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 11/8. SC POV: Who knows your deepest secrets?</p><p>Lucky: "Well, that's Dylan. Of course.</p><p>"I mean, we lived together for two years, worked together, gamed together. There's nothing she doesn't know about me.</p><p>"It was hard to give all of that up. It about killed me, but it was necessary to keep her safe. I don't regret that.</p><p>"I regret falling for Felicia. I'll never tell Dylan why, though."</p><p>A Wolf's Hacker, Wolves of the South 8</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WolfShifter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WolfShifter</span></a><br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FeelGoodStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeelGoodStories</span></a></p>
Hannah Steenbock<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 11/6 Do your characters do any spiritual practices?</p><p>My Wolves do in a way. They are Americans, but most churches would consider them unnatural. The Hunters certainly do...</p><p>They do need to run "in the fur" from time to time, as they call it, and that has a spiritual element. They certainly need it to feel like themselves.</p><p>Being in nature grounds them even more than us normal humans, so that's what they do.</p><p>Wolves of the South</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WolfShifter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WolfShifter</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FeelGoodStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeelGoodStories</span></a></p>
Hannah Steenbock<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PennedPossibilities</span></a> 491 — Do you plan on publishing your current WIP one day?</p><p>Oh, absolutely.</p><p>In fact, I'm very close to finishing A Wolf's Hacker and hope to publish it soon, definitely this year.</p><p>The next two WiPs that are lined up (Lion's Battle and Moon Rises) will also get published pretty much as soon as I finish them.</p><p>I even hope to publish the stories I'm posting on AO3 eventually. Not soon, but eventually.</p><p>The joy and power of self-publishing.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FeelGoodStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeelGoodStories</span></a></p>
Hannah Steenbock<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> Nov 7. Is there one genre or subgenre you would never write?</p><p>I always say I won't write horror. </p><p>Then someone pointed out that there are quite a few horrible scenes in the Franssisi Four Chronicles.</p><p>But I don't see that series as horror. It's actually a very hopeful story, a struggle for freedom against insane odds that's successful in the end.</p><p>So maybe it's more correct to say I won't write dark dystopian stuff. </p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FeelGoodStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeelGoodStories</span></a></p>
Hannah Steenbock<p>Gute Nacht, Freunde.</p><p>Not a good day, for me and for the world.</p><p>I wrote 900 words for the Wolves, and I will write again tomorrow morning. Writing has become part of the resistance.</p><p>Valheim wasn't fun today. Playing felt like ash between my teeth. But at least it stopped me from thinking for a while.</p><p>Reading isn't fun, either.</p><p>We will persist, and for me, I guess that's writing my stories.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AuthorLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AuthorLife</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FeelGoodStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeelGoodStories</span></a></p>
Hannah Steenbock<p>It's Wednesday, and that means a new chapter for the Twin Worlds.</p><p>Yes, I'm posting today. I'm not letting politics take away my joy and your joy. And maybe we can all use a distraction.</p><p>Not a very fun chapter, alas, but Crash is doing some hard thinking, at least. And discovers something very... interesting.</p><p><a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/57662785/chapters/154084045" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archiveofourown.org/works/5766</span><span class="invisible">2785/chapters/154084045</span></a></p><p>Enjoy!</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/TwinWorlds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwinWorlds</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/YAPortalFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YAPortalFantasy</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FeelGoodStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeelGoodStories</span></a></p>
Hannah Steenbock<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/PhantastikPrompts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhantastikPrompts</span></a> von @steinstory 6.11.: "Woraus schöpfen eure Figuren Hoffnung?"</p><p>Viele meiner Figuren erleben schwierige Zeiten.</p><p>Und doch findet sich meistens irgendwo Hilfe und es ergeben sich neue Möglichkeiten. Zusätzlich entdecken sie eine innere Stärke und Fähigkeiten, mit denen sie nicht gerechnet haben.</p><p>(Das wünsche ich uns jetzt übrigens auch.)</p><p>Meine Geschichten sind <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FeelGoodStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeelGoodStories</span></a>, sie gehen gut aus. Und so wünsche ich, auch meinen Lesern Hoffnung zu geben.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Hannah Steenbock<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PennedPossibilities</span></a> 490 — Has anyone ever read your story(ies)? Have you shared them yet?</p><p>Not all of them, but I have published 30+ books so far. Not stopping, either.</p><p>I could wish for more eyes on them, more sales, more reviews, but even so, I am proud of my books.</p><p>Want to see them?</p><p><a href="https://www.hannah-steenbock.de/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">hannah-steenbock.de/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FeelGoodStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeelGoodStories</span></a></p>
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