#ToErrIsDivine
Hello #FantasyIndiesMarch and #TimeTravelAuthors! I've just finished posting my unedited #Fantasy #TimeTravel short story #ToErrIsDivine snippet by snippet! You can read the whole thing now!

Next comes editing. Any feedback you have would be very much appreciated!

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#FantasyIndiesNovember 8: Time for a blast to the past! I'll be posting To Err is Divine, the predecessor to The Dragonblood, in parts. This was the beginning of me writing time travel stories. The whole story is 4395 words, and I present it to you as is, with no edits since 2017. (1/2)
March 7, 2026 at 1:10 PM
I'll probably post #ToErrIsDivine, my 4395 word accidental short story from NaNoWriMo 2016 (accidental, because it was INTENDED to be a 50K novel) that I'm currently posting in snippets for Fantasy Indies. Maybe even with some edits. (2/5)
January 30, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Zero effort was put into writing anything resembling a proper story.

But it contains some of my first playing around with time travel, as well as the seeds of what would become #ToErrIsDivine (the predecessor to The Dragonblood), #InReverse AND my selkie story below. (6/13)
February 6, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Hey #TimeTravelAuthors! I've been posting #ToErrIsDivine (a #TimeTravel short story) in parts for my Saturday snippets for Fantasy Indies, so go check it out if you're interested!

There's a couple scenes still to go – I'll be wrapping it up March 7 – but I just got to the time travel reveal!
#FantasyIndiesNovember 8: Time for a blast to the past! I'll be posting To Err is Divine, the predecessor to The Dragonblood, in parts. This was the beginning of me writing time travel stories. The whole story is 4395 words, and I present it to you as is, with no edits since 2017. (1/2)
February 14, 2026 at 5:23 AM
However, the world went through a massive overhaul between #ToErrIsDivine in 2016 and my first draft of The Dragonblood in 2017, when I decided the magical world would be an alt-Earth and would exist parallel to Earth itself. Very little from before remained after this change. (2/2)
April 30, 2026 at 5:58 PM
#ToErrIsDivine is in Amothratus's first-person point of view (one of the precursors to Aimetor), with a couple scenes written in third person (and past tense) from the point of view of Anoeroba and [redacted], as they retell events to him.
September 21, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Aimetor uses variously gendered pronouns in Nemorian, though, similar to how I had it before.

Sabrina is a woman. Her inspiration was Stolathida from the 2016 version of #ToErrIsDivine, who was also female. Plot-wise, Stolathida corresponded to the character in the 2015 version named Felix. (7/11)
June 4, 2026 at 11:28 PM
In #ToErrIsDivine (2016), the story which inspired The Dragonblood, Sabrina's predecessor was Stolathida and Gnaramater's was the goddess Scolys. How those characters relate is a spoiler, but you can go and read the story and find out (I've been posting it in parts for Fantasy Indies). (3/9)
March 5, 2026 at 12:52 AM
#WIPSnips 'library'

#ToErrIsDivine: Amothratus, Anoeroba and Lyphorgus have been sent on a quest by a goddess to find and stop Zeuthya. Anoeroba seems to know more than she's letting on.

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March 22, 2026 at 12:13 PM
And that's not counting what's changed since The Dragonblood's predecessors, like #ToErrIsDivine (which I've been sharing for Saturday snippets), which was supposed to be set in the same world, with the same shapeshifter main character (Aimetor/Amothratus). But essentially nothing remains. (4/4)
January 27, 2026 at 3:07 PM
#WIPSnips 'stadium' ('amphitheatre')

#ToErrIsDivine: Amothratus arrives homes and finds a concerning letter.

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July 6, 2026 at 2:34 PM
#WIPSnips 'empire'

#ToErrIsDivine: The goddess Scolys gives Amothratus and his friends Anoeroba, Stolathida and Lyphorgus a quest.

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May 6, 2026 at 1:28 AM
But #ToErrIsDivine (2015-2016) was my first proper attempt at writing a time travel story, and starting with that one is when my time travel writing settled into the type above.

#InReverse has time reversal instead of a jump back in time, but still works in a single immutable timeline. (2/7)
July 19, 2026 at 4:33 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors 27: Thank you again, @juliebihn.bsky.social! These prompts are always a pleasure!

Um, promo? I've very nearly finished posting #ToErrIsDivine, an unedited time travel short story from 2016, for Fantasy Indies. One snippet to go, which should be posted March 7. (1/3)
February 27, 2026 at 11:37 PM
#FantasyIndiesMarch 13: Too many. I currently have #TheDragonblood, #InReverse and #ThroughTheCracks in progress, and recently decided to edit the short stories #ToErrIsDivine and "Babysitting Naomi" (supposed to be a spin-off of #MiwwduSitsomSelkieWIP, yet to be written) into something presentable.
March 16, 2026 at 8:54 PM
#FantasyIndiesMarch 14

We finished #ToErrIsDivine last time, so I guess I need something new. Let's go with "Babysitting Naomi" (a #MiwwduSitsomSelkieWIP short story). Here's the start of it.
March 16, 2026 at 9:02 PM
I think this doesn't count the original short story I wrote for school. So four?

#ToErrIsDivine: 2 drafts, one for each of NaNoWriMo 2015 and NaNoWriMo 2016. The former was never completed. The latter completely revamped the cast of characters and expanded the plot. (2/4)
January 17, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Honestly, it might just be me being stubborn. I think the story's been heading in a science fantasy direction for a while, now.

#ToErrIsDivine, written a year before I started on #TheDragonblood and which the latter was loosely based on I think precedes the addition of sci-fi elements. (1/14)
January 20, 2026 at 6:38 PM
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 7: If you'll recall, we are sharing #ToErrIsDivine, my NaNoWriMo 2016 story, which vaguely inspired #TheDragonblood. Continuing from last week, Amothratus and friends rescue Stolathida. But they are already too late in stopping Zeuthya.
February 7, 2026 at 2:10 PM
#ToErrIsDivine #ToErrIsDivineIntro

To Err is Divine is a fantasy WIP, perhaps Young Adult. One of the precursors to The Dragonblood.

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January 14, 2026 at 4:46 PM
#TheDragonblood #TheDragonbloodIntro

Inspiration
- Earlier stories I'd written that I consider precursors to The Dragonblood, including #ToErrIsDivine
- The Thirteenth House by Sharon Shinn inspired the shapeshifter character in those precursors who would become Aimetor

(1/2)
January 14, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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Oops! Pro-Choice Senator Admits Vote For Anti-Abortion Judge Was ‘A Mistake’
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July 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM