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Hi all,

I'm Antony, a narrative designer, game writer, and professional GM based in Wales, UK. I've spent over twenty years building The City of Gate, an original dark fantasy world, through live D&D campaigns, and it's now the setting for The Skelbany Chronicles. a published branching-path novel series on Kindle Unlimited.

What I bring to a project: 
- Worldbuilding & lore — I've built a living world across 20+ years of actual play and published fiction. I write history, faction dynamics, cosmology, bestiary entries, and the kind of deep lore that makes a world feel inhabited rather than designed. — Branching narrative — The Skelbany Chronicles is a multi-ending branching novel series. I design and write non-linear story structures where player/reader choices have genuine weight and consequence.
- Dialogue & character voice — I run professional TTRPG sessions weekly, which means writing distinct NPC voices, reactive dialogue, and in-the-moment character writing as a live practice, not just a page exercise.
- Tone range — I publish dark romance fiction under a pen name, so I'm equally comfortable with grim, atmospheric, horror-adjacent work and warmer, character-driven writing. I adapt to your project's register.

I'm available for paid contract work. Comfortable with: lore documentation, quest/encounter writing, world bibles, NPC dialogue, narrative consultation, and branching story design.

Portfolio & published work: [your Amazon/KDP link] LinkedIn: [your LinkedIn URL] Email: antonym.copeland@gmail.com

Happy to discuss a small trial piece before any commitment. Drop a reply or DM me.

Hi all,

I'm Antony, a narrative designer, game writer, and professional GM based in Wales, UK. I've spent over twenty years building The City of Gate, an original dark fantasy world, through live D&D campaigns, and it's now the setting for The Skelbany Chronicles — a published branching-path novel series on Kindle Unlimited.

What I bring to a project:

— Worldbuilding & lore — I've built a living world across 20+ years of actual play and published fiction. I write history, faction dynamics, cosmology, bestiary entries, and the kind of deep lore that makes a world feel inhabited rather than designed.

— Branching narrative — The Skelbany Chronicles is a multi-ending branching novel series. I design and write non-linear story structures where player/reader choices have genuine weight and consequence.

— Dialogue & character voice — I run professional TTRPG sessions weekly, which means writing distinct NPC voices, reactive dialogue, and in-the-moment character writing as a live practice, not just a page exercise.

— Tone range — I publish dark romance fiction under a pen name, so I'm equally comfortable with grim, atmospheric, horror-adjacent work and warmer, character-driven writing. I adapt to your project's register.

I'm available for paid contract work. Comfortable with: lore documentation, quest/encounter writing, world bibles, NPC dialogue, narrative consultation, and branching story design.

Portfolio & published work: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B076F7RPW6/allbooks
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonycopeland/
Email: antonym.copeland@gmail.com

Happy to discuss a small trial piece before any commitment. Drop a reply or DM me.