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Can I just...

I'm trying to do something called The Rough Draft Challenge. (Look for Heart Breathings on YouTube; they have all the info there.) So, I took the opportunity to work on Miriam's stories again. (newmiriamsmysteries.tumblr.com just in case)

If you've been following me for a while on various other incarnations of RP blogs and OOC blogs, you would know about Miriam and her group of vampires, werewolves, and ghosts she happens to run around with. Mysteries has been my brainchild since about 2017-2019. A lot has happened since the stories started, and it fell off a bit. Since I reached my 2023 goal of buying my first house, my next big goal is to get my books published.

I dug out all my story ideas and information and dusted off my creative brain to dive back in. So one of the blurbs I had written back in 2019 or whatever, I decided to rewrite for a monthly prompt list that tends to haunt my Pinterest. I wrote it, printed it off, and took it to work with me.

Now, you may be asking yourself, "You work at a plant with machinery and you don't have time to read or edit or whatever..." And you'd be right. However, my boyfriend is extremely supportive of my writing and has been for the 17 years I've known him.

He actually, okay, without going too much into it; I came out of a bad situation that resulted me in having to go into hiding and get a new job and all that crap. I had no creative drive left. I'd been writing since I was eleven and the situation I had left was so bad, that I would stare at a blank page for hours trying to write and nothing would happen.

Enter my boyfriend, who was simply my best friend at the time, got me started on writing a dragon story that had been in my head since I was thirteen. I would write a chapter or two a night (In an old notebook I had), take it to work and he would read it, edit it a little, and leave stupid notes in it. I have since lost that notebook though and fell out of love with that story.

Fast forward 17 years later, my best friend comes back into my life, finds out there were other feelings there we never told each other about, and blah-blah-bliddy-blah - he's my boyfriend now and we work together again.

NOW! Since he has been and still is supportive of me and anything that I do (which is still super weird to me and I'm trying to get used to it), I printed a copy of the blurb I wrote and gave it to him Friday morning.

We work for the same company only in different buildings (at least for right now while it's slow) and I went to see him Friday at lunch. He told me that he started reading my blurb, only managed to get through the first paragraph, and is now hooked.

I'm sorry?

And not only that but back when I was writing Miriam's stories before I had my sister hooked, too, and a couple of my friends as well.

Is there... is there something there? Do I have a chance to actually get this book out of my head and on bookshelves?

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When my youtube hits me randomly - totally not me dancing around the house or nothin

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A new dragon piece... Resting, perhaps at the mouth of a cave, perhaps a while after an easy battle (or a tasty meal). Whatever happened here, this dragon is relaxed and confident - the master of his domain.

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Visiting a childhood friend...

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PSA for fanfic writers

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Artwork by Abigail Larson

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Vol'jin (if he was a Loa)

Artwork (c)  @cince-arts  

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Ashenvale by JJcanvas

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「 Classical autumn flowers 」

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happy out for a walk bitch day to those who celebrate

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Fuck it, OC brain rot won. Get ready for the Secret Ask List

1) Does your OC have a voice claim, if so who?

2) Who's your OCs best friend? How did they become best friends?

3) What song describes your OC?

4) What song describes your OC and their partner/love interest?

5) Do you ship your OC with a Canon character? If so who?

6) If your OC is in a fantasy setting, what profession would they be in the modern day?

7) Vice-Versa! If your OC is in the modern day, what fantasy class would they be? Would they be a different race?

8) What hobbies does your OC have? What do they do to unwind?

9) How does your OC handle their physical health? Do they take care of themselves?

10) How does your OC handle their mental health? Do they take care of themselves?

11) What was your inspiration for your OC?

12) Does your OC interact with other people's OC? If so, who's their best OC friend?

13) Does your OC have a rival? How did it start?

14) Who's a character your OC cannot stand! It's on sight when they see them!

15) Will your OC ever retire? Do you see them making it?

16) How's their relationship with their parents? Are they alive?

17) If your OC has kids, are they a good parent? Do they ever feel guilty if they have to leave them?

18) What are their pronouns? What would they like to be called?

19) What's their sexuality? What's their love language both giving and receiving?

20) If they fight, what's their weapon of choice?

21) What song best describes their relationship with their enemy?

22) Fight or Flight? Are they a lover or a fighter?

23) Is your OC reliable? Can I call them up at two in the morning if I have a flat tire?

24) Can they play any instruments? If so, what do they play?

25) Are they the kind of person who can't resist a good song? Can I catch your OC singing to themselves while they do the dishes?

26) What flower do you associate your OC with?

27) What's their spirit tamagotchi? Or an animal you associate them with?

28) What clique would they be in? (Draw them in the clothes of said group!)

29) Imagine a mood board for your OC! What's on it? (Make it if you want!)

30) My OC and your OC are friends. This isn't a question. I'm not asking. (How do they respond?)

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When love finds you again, I wish for you that is kind, gentle, loving, peaceful and tranquil. May it make you smile again, laugh often, dance like no one’s watching, and support your true self without condition.

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