The Gallows – Part 3

I squeezed my eyes shut and instinctively jumped clear of the creature’s path. I rolled, bracing for impact. My body was still tense when I heard laughter. Confused, I opened my eyes, and Brayden was embracing the creature like a pet. It had tackled him to the ground, and he was scratching its belly as its tongue lolled playfully out […]

Writer’s Character Card

We thought of a fun post for us to get to know each other better. We created a writer’s character card that we will each fill out, and you can join us! Read along to see our favorites, and we’ll have a template for you at the end of the post! Clever’s Writer Character Card Favorite Book Character Ideal Place […]

Storms May Come – Chapter 5

After escorting Ailsa and her mother to the Siren Sea to place their offering I met up with Fina.  “How did the young one do?” She inquired. I chuckled and responded “Very well the Sirens did not scare her one bit, she was in awe then excitedly waved to them. She will fare well here, her mother on the other […]

How to Begin Writing a Story

We know from first-hand experience that beginning a story is the hardest part. Sometimes it’s coming up with the story idea in general, other times it’s putting those first words onto paper. So, we decided to share some of the strategies that have worked for us. Start with the Ending If you’ve never heard this before, we wanted to let […]

Growth

The earth below The earth above Don’t know where I’m going Or which way is up Do you ever feel lost? Like a ship on the sea No land in sight No reprieve  I’m hungry I’m thirsty Nothing satisfies I live each day not feeling alive How can it be this way A hollow feeling every day I know I […]

Setting Up a Writing Spot

Items to Make Your Space Comfy First and foremost, you want your writing space to be somewhere you enjoy spending time. Make sure you have enough space to write, a comfortable chair, and an ambiance that leaves you feeling creative. Clever has a large desk with an extra monitor and keeps a pillow with a quote from one of her […]

Labor Day Weekend

Happy Labor Day Fantasy Nerds! This holiday weekend we will be taking a break from our regular posts. Clever is visiting some of our family, and WTF will be working. What are your plans for this holiday weekend? Let us know in the comments below! Tune in next week for a short story from Clever! … Thank you so much […]

Welcome to Our New Site!

Welcome back, Fantasy Nerds! We are so excited to reveal cleverandwtf.com to you! As you can see, we made some fun changes to the blog. We hope you like it. It’s a big deal for us to have our own site and be able to make it look exactly how we want! We’ve been working hard on the site the […]

Some Big News

Welcome, Fantasy Nerds! We have some exciting news to share with you! We have decided to try something new and branch out to Medium! Nothing will change on our blog, where all our stories and posts are free to read. We will continue posting here every Sunday. We will just be slowly importing our content to Medium too. It would […]

The Seer – Part 5

This is part 5 of our short story, “The Seer”. If you haven’t read the beginning of the story, you can find it here! … We find our way back to Tamniirt and fill him in on what occurred. The Redeemer introduces herself as Alora, and we let her know who we are and what we have discovered. FInally, we […]