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The Order of the Banshee
by Robyn Singer

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It’s been five years since Yael and Molina reunited. Yael is one of the richest and most infamous thieves in the universe and a member of the Order of the Banshee. She is rising through the ranks of the elite organization with her wife and her ride-or-die best friends, Aarif and P’Ken, at her side, and she’s even running her own school for thieves. Molina, former captain in the universe’s premiere peacekeeping organization, the Sunrisers, is happily married to Yael and tells herself that’s enough.

Their seemingly perfect lives are interrupted when they receive news of the death of Molina’s father. When Molina returns home for his funeral, she reunites with her former friend and now enemy: Kaybell, the emperor of the Cykebian Empire. Kaybell, eager to mend the relationship, informs Molina that her father was murdered and offers to help Molina find those responsible and bring them to justice.

While Molina and Kaybell hunt the people responsible for her father’s death, Yael is hunted by an invincible assassin – one with a terrible secret. These two seemingly unrelated events are more connected than Yael or Molina could possibly imagine.

HOW TO BEAT THE BLOCK

Writer’s block sucks, and every writer worth their salt has dealt with it. Similarly, every writer
has their own way of overcoming it. At least, I hope so. I’d hate to think there are some writers
out there who could never finish their first story and gave up on the craft entirely. Possible,
though. In any case, here are my personal strategies for beating writer’s block.

TIP #1: Go for a walk and drink some water. The most all-purpose solution to problems of
various kinds, sometimes you just need a brief refresh to get your brain going. This used to be
my go-to strategy before it was replaced by something a little stranger. But I’ll save that for last.

TIP #2: Write something else while you’re writing. This may sound counterintuitive to some, but
when a chapter is giving me trouble, giving myself the freedom to work on something else in
between paragraphs of my main project works wonders. It may not get a ton of the intended
project finished, but a little headway is better than none.

TIP #3: Do something else entirely while you’re writing! Many writers find ways of rewarding
themselves to get their work done, but this is my favorite. Write a set amount of words. Read a
new comic I’ve been dying for! Or watch a little of a video. The rewards also give me a small
break preventing the block from even getting the chance to arise.

And finally, my strangest tip, and my current go-to strategy to beat the block…

TIP #4: Re-read everything you’ve written already without editing. By getting into the vibe
you’re creating for the reader up to the point you’re blocked, you want to write out what happens
next more than ever. It’s time-consuming, but it works.

“Yael, you must get up and shower,” P’Ken declared, standing right over me, both hands on her stick. 

“Seriously, you’re starting to stink pretty bad,” Aarif followed, standing right next to her. 

“Waaaaaaaah!” I cried, curled up in a ball in my bed. “I miss my Moli!” 

The past few days had been absolutely miserable. For security reasons, I couldn’t contact Molina while she was on Cykeb, and living in the school without her around was too weird. As much as I’d been staying in bed, I couldn’t even sleep in such a big one without her. My only comforts had come from my endless supply of beer, instant ramen, and gummies, the bottles, cups, and bags they’d come in all over my bed and floor. 

“She’ll be back soon. And then you can make up for lost time.” 

“For now, however, you promised Shun you’d spar with her today, and a thief of your distinction shouldn’t be gaining a reputation as a lying thief.” 

“Come on, let’s get ready for the day.” 

I groaned for an extended period, rubbing my temples. “You’re not my parents.” 

“Obviously not,” P’Ken rolled her eyes. “My child will never be allowed to make their room a pigsty.” 

Aarif plopped down next to me, shaking the mattress. “We may not be your parents, but we are your family. We want to help you.” 

I shook my head. “You can’t.”

Robyn Singer is a lifelong New Yorker, and since she was a kid playing with her action figures, all she’s wanted to do is tell stories. She went to SUNY Purchase to get a degree in Playwriting & Screenwriting with a minor in Film and has produced several comic books, but she’s always had her eye on becoming a published novelist.

As an Autistic, bisexual trans woman, diversity and inclusion in stories are vitally important to her, and she seeks to represent as many groups as possible in her work. While she wants to show characters of marginalized groups experiencing joy, she also draws inspiration from real-world problems which bother her.

The Sunrisers (Cinnabar Moth Publishing, November 2022) is her debut novel. Order of the Banshee is book in the The Ricochet Trilogy. Robyn was the author in residence for quester 1 of 20222 for Cinnabar Moth Literary Collections. She writes novels and short stories of all genres and for all ages, and she continues to produce comic books. Her ongoing series, Final Gamble, began publiscation by Band of Bards in 2022.

See her ramble about her passions on Twitter https://twitter.com/emmalsinger

Follow her Instagram https://www.instagram.com/emmalsinger/

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