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[emptymanuscript]

Heads Up 7 Up

Thanks for tagging me @airic-fenn :) :) :)

I'll tag: @doctorhelena, @quasionion, @wistsandmagic, @fireolin, @the960writers, @tlbodine, @bettsican

NO PRESSURE. I know several of you are busy.

And anyone who else who sees this and wants to.

Rules for those who want to participate are that you post 7 lines from a wip of yours and tag some other people.

Ok, scary part over ;)

From A Myriad of Unfinished Books, Interleaved (which I'm writing a lot of and have no idea what to actually do with), the first seven lines:

By the age that I realized I could be kicked out of school I was far older than the age when my father was evicted from Kindergarten for telling his pre-world-war-two teacher to go fuck herself. He went on to live a James Thurber style childhood. His favorite story about his high school experience, suitably for a man who would become chief of nuclear medicine, came from biology. He usually got poor marks because he couldn’t see the slides under the microscope. Until one day, like a miracle, he adjusted the mirror just right, and a miniature world lay exposed to him. He sketched with such mad fervor and excitement that the teacher came over to check on him, discovering that he had turned his examination inward and sketched the interior of his own colorblind eye. He talked very little about being 15, even though, like the end of his first marriage, it defined his life.

[sexyvampiricmilfsinyourarea]

balladofabrokebitch was deleted :(

so tumblr fucked up and i cant recover my account that ive had and cherished for more than half a decade, but now im trying to desperately remember and refollow some old mutuals

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[incandescent-creativity]

LiaHT taglist that I haven’t used in uhhh several months! If you don’t want to be included anymore, just lmk <3

LIAHT:

@ravenpuffwriter @idreamonpaper @bowtomypointlesswords @roselin-books-official  @golden-eyed-writer  @mecharose @ratracechronicler @eva-vs-desk @mezvii @dreamwishing @bubble-kilt @chargeofastar @girlwhomightwrite @shanachiepyan @lady-redshield-waits @homesteadchronicles @astra-the-cat @kestrelsparverius @adistantdreamer18 @norawritestrash @procrastinatorkimberlygrey @bettsican @fenfaerie @anaestheticdisaster @naomi-nook  @kawaii-rosalin @hal-o-ween @orphicodysseywrites @thebardanon @aidenjaxwrites @neela-chaan @cadewrites @malaykawrites  @purpleshadows1989  @eb-reign @bookenders @aslanwrites @carmenwritesmore-blog @chemistwriter  @honorbound-to-the-pen @joshuaorrizonte  @dove-actually @adorhauer @livvywrites @caelisis  @ninalitediting @half-explored @timeslaststand @shewhowalksbehindthewheels @scmalarky @poetinprose @captain-kraken​ x

The @flashfictionfridayofficial is perfectly timed today to help me write the opening scene of LiaHT!

My doorbell rings.

This is unexpected, and therefore unwelcome.

“Aster?” I yell down the hallway.

“Not me!” her sweet voice calls back, clear as crystal and twice as shiny.

But I’m not expecting anybody, either.

Throwing the dish towel over my shoulder, I stifle a sigh and move towards the front door.

The person standing on our teeny-tiny porch makes it seem even teenier and tinier than normal. They are tall, almost taller than my entire doorway, and have broad shoulders and actually defined biceps. Their skin is a warm dark brown, and their tightly coiled hair is cut short over the curve of their head.

They’re wearing a tan turtleneck, and a gold bracelet on one wrist. Technically, their pants are denim, but it’s that well-made, dark-wash denim that would turn its nose up at being called “jeans.” If it was an attempt to dress as a common peasant, and not some radiant angel from the upper-class, they kind of missed the mark.

What is someone like this doing here? They must be lost.

Both of those statements seem a little forward, so I put on a customer service smile instead.

“Uh, hi. I think you might have the wrong address.”

The stranger recites my address perfectly, including the zip code and country.

“And you’re Nora Collins, right?”

I am wracking my brain for some sort of crime that the government would want to send someone like this after me.

“Am I in trouble?”

The stranger laughs. They exude joy, and sound perfectly at ease—perfectly the opposite of how I feel.

“No more than anybody else. May I come in?”

I am not prepared for such a forward proposition. “Um. Sure.”

The tall dark (and sure, handsome) stranger steps in, ducking their head slightly. They look completely out of place on our secondhand couch, but the discrepancy doesn’t seem to bother them.

“Aster!” I call again, partially to warn her and partially to make sure she’s listening if I get attacked. “Company!”

“No need for your roommate,” the stranger says. “This is somewhat of a private matter.”

I don’t see how that could be, since this is the first time we are meeting.

“She probably won’t join us,” I say honestly.

Aster is more of an extrovert than I am, but she also has noise canceling headphones and several ongoing creative projects.

“Perfect,” they say, pleased. “We have a lot to talk about.”

[thegardenandthegrave]

“Today was not a good day.”

This was another section of the book that came to me early on and stayed through every draft. I really feel it brings Nate’s voice out and highlights the not-so-great state that New York, and the rest of America, has fallen into.

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As always, Trade Secrets is available for purchase now Amazon | Direct From Author

[writingamongther0ses]

Last Line Tag

Thanks for the tag, @talesofsorrowandofruin!

"I hope you're feeling alright. You were a bit of touch and go." He handed her the glass and two white pills. "My name's Miks." He frowned when she didn't say a word, just stared at him with wide eyes. "What's wrong? Can't you speak?"

I’ll tag, with no pressure, @emelkae, @formulatingfiction, @screnwriter, @faelanvance, @47crayons, @pens-swords-stuff, @achileans, @bettsican, @hysteriwah, and @hearteyeswrites.

[angelolytle]

BASA is out now!

My debut novel, Blame Atlas Save Atlas, is available on Amazon as a paperback and e-book now! I am so amazed, happy, and grateful to everyone who has supported me through this process. Check out @xayideart​, who made the amazing cover!

If you’re interested in an LGBTQ+ novel about three college kids uncovering the mystery of a supernatural being in the woods, please consider checking BASA out! https://www.amazon.com/Blame-Atlas-Save-Angelo-Lytle/dp/1657826007

BASA Taglist: @thebloodstainedquill @aslanwrites @piratequeenofpixies @bettsican @mistressofmuses @maple-writes @kalis-scribbles  @dc-writes @gayandgoodatmath @fierywords @drown-in-lava-choke-on-rubies @elliewritesstories @fandom-child-4life @dove-actually @letswritefuriously @leicawri @juls-writes @whimsicallytwisted @txintedsxint  @purpleshadows1989 @the-writer-turned-procrastinator @thedreamsofthesky @celestial-novels @joyful-soul-collector @shamelesslypoetic @elusive-roetato @zburatorii @sunlight-and-starskies @im-a-bitch-youll-get-used-to-it @spellboundinks @carmenwrites @watermelons-writings @note-katha @inkspilledqueen @masksandmadness @marlettpines

[james-stark-the-writer]

this taglist is like pretty outdated and I need to make a new one now that I'm actually back here but! if any of y'all are still interested, a new chapter of A Year At The Opera is up to read, as promised!

AYATO taglist: @inexorableblob @hell-yeah-fantasy @lilac-written @aurumni-writes @vviciously @the-real-rg @three-seas-writes @cawolters @writersloth @emilymustwrite @westviews @ashestoashesdusttodust @alessia-writes @mariahwritesstuff @noahanthonyart @rcvolutions @noxcomic @death-over-coffee @vannahhere @ohlooksheswriting @your-art-is-gay @grimmwrites @leo-november @vhum @mendeled @adventurebeneaththewords @shamelesslypoetic @bettsican

AYATO UPDATE

hey, y'all sorry for basically vanishing for half a year but I was severely creatively burntout and I had hit a roadblock with one of the povs so I could barely get anything done. But! there is a new chapter of A Year At The Opera up to read as promised! It's about 5.5K words so it's shorter than my usual stuff but it is a fun little read. go read it here!

[antihell]

tag game: getting to know you

Tagged by: @charlesjosephwrites

Relationship Status:  single

Favorite Color: purple

Three favorite foods: hmm. avocado anything,

Song stuck in my head: “one step closer by linkin park”

Last Song I listened to: "ghost” by confetti

Last thing I googled: apa style nonprint sources

Time: 2:09pm

Dream Trip: tokyo!!!

Anything I really want right now: inspiration :-(

Tagging: some new followers! feel free to ignore~ @bettsican, @thedeerwight, @highlycosmic, @chariklos, @ladymalcontent, @ccorpsidious, @raven-ink

[thegardenandthegrave]

This is a plot point between Nate and Cooper in the first Donovan Chronicles book: Trade Secrets.

my type of otp: slowly the insults become terms of endearment

[alextriestowritestuff]

WIP Cameo Reblog game!

Hi friends! Quarantine has been a lonely time for me personally so I decided to start a little reblog game-I’m going to tag people simply for visibility but ideally if you see this post, you can just reblog and answer. How it works: there’s a prompt and you answer it with your WIPs (link them if applicable) and reblog! Here it goes:

Congrats! Your book has been adapted into a movie or show! What background character are you going to play for your cameo? Also what visual medium would best suit your book?

The Island: I’d probably cameo as an Islander or a protestor in Act 3. 

The Quasi Immortal Trilogy: This is hard because there’s not a lot of background ‘extras’. It really revolves around the main cast and the person they’re saving. So the first person they save is a burlesque dancer so I’d probably cameo as the choreographer’s assistant or the show director since I am a dancer. 

The Accursed: I’d cameo as one of the nurses in Phoebe’s psych ward. Or one of Jules’ customer, getting my fortune read. 

Anthropogene: I think it depends how old I am when this book gets adopted because it’s set in high school. So if I’m still in my early 20s, I could probably get away with cameo-ing as a highschooler with one dumb, throwaway line haha. If I’m older, I’d probably play a teacher or one of Mason’s or Ash’s neighbors since the setting is in the suburbs. 

Your favorite existing cameo in a movie/show: 

Stan Lee in multiple avengers film but probably his cameo in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. 

Tagging: @avi-burton-writing@christinawritesfiction @priyaele @raenawrites @radley-writes @maxgraybooks @byjillianmaria @brynwrites @goatsghostwrites @karenterrywrites @loopyhoopywrites @lefoxwriting @nicholedean @fathoming-it-all @aela-writes @authorannesophie @isawagirlinmydreams @agapiwrites @bettsican(Also no pressure whatsoever to do this tag, it’s totally optional)

[chayscribbles-archive]

oh crap i almost forgot it’s TIB tuesday - march 24th, 2020

here is this week’s update on the second draft of the in-between. catch up on all TIB Tuesdays here.

word count: 25 738/80 000

thoughts so far:

i legit have no idea what day it is anymore lmao

current events have not been kind to my mental health and writing is Hard

i’m supposed to be doing camp nano (my goal is to tack 27 000 words to this draft) but. we’ll see.

excerpt: have i mentioned Kumar before? in case you missed it, Kumar, a 17-year old errand boy in the Arroyo’s neighborhood, is my new favourite side character who appeared in exactly one paragraph in the first draft, who suddenly got a subtle yet vital role in draft 2. so, remember him.

Baby dropped off the vegetables at the apartment before climbing into the passenger’s seat of Kumar’s pickup truck.

“What’re you gonna do on Queen’s Hill?” Kumar asked as he started the truck down the street.

I’m going to investigate visions given to me by shadows in a Void spot.

Baby shrugged. “Nature walk,” she said instead, hoping he wouldn’t pry any more than that.

To her relief, all he said was, “Oh. Cool.”

Baby still didn’t know Kumar that well, but she was under the impression that she could have told him the truth, and he would have given her exactly the same reaction.

taglist below (lmk if you want off!)

@planets-and-prose @extra-magichours @heyabella @donovyn–nox @writing-instead-of-fighting @rhetowreck @nattletak @writablefish @skeleton-writer @rewrit @quantumlandbook @mercurywriting@tabbykatwrites @marlettwrites @ccwritesstuff @quilloftheclouds @zwritesstuff@stardustspiral @reininginthefirewriting  @mycupofstarsandcoffee@morganwriteblr @stand-inthe-rain @sunlight-and-starskies @summere21@hollie-writes @rachelswritings @bardicfool @sapphic-spirit-writes @writemares @knightsofeclipse @ladywithalamp @lyssthewriter@qlpwrites @milkyway-writes @stuffaboutwriting @llesbianwrites @zburatorii@serenewrites @v-snippets @cjjameswriting @dove-actually @aepreall @aziz-writes @julia-writeblr @bettsican @cilly-the-writer @klywrites

[james-stark-the-writer-wips]

AYATO UPDATE

So I know I’ve been silent for a while but I’ve been working out all the ins and outs of a massive chapter with a lot of time and characters to keep track of. so, basically-

Yeah, I am suffering. Plus online classes have started and they are annoying as fuck and really stressful and time consuming so shit is going to be slow but on the upside, I am almost done with the first POV of the chapter. Don’t know exactly how I’ll structure it yet with the rest of the chapter but I have most of the stuff down so we’ll see how it goes. Hopefully I will have at least some content for you by the end of next week. Anyway, i hope this isn’t too sad lol. Time delays are nothing new with me but hopefully the content at the end is worth the wait. talk more soon xx

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AYATO taglist: @inexorableblob @hell-yeah-fantasy @lilac-written @aurumni-writes @vviciously @the-real-rg @three-seas-writes @cawolters @emilymustwrite @westviews @ashestoashesdusttodust @berryspaceship @mariahwritesstuff @rcvolutions @noxcomic @death-over-coffee @ohlooksheswriting @your-art-is-gay @grimmwrites @leo-november @vhum @mendeled @adventurebeneaththewords @shamelesslypoetic @bettsican

[thegardenandthegrave]

Nate Donovan has never gone a day in his life without smoke in his lungs and a lie on his lips.

The secret to his success has always been his refusal to get involved in his client’s lives. Yet, when a handsome and troubled young man arrives on his stoop cloaked in lies and desperation he can’t bring himself to turn the stranger away.

As the truth unravels around him, Nate finds his resolve to keep his client at arm’s length unraveling as well. One errant comment will drag them both into a web of conspiracy and misinformation spanning decades, and as he breaks every rule of his trade to keep Cooper Hall alive, Nate may find that the truth is far more dangerous than any lie he’s ever told.

Trade Secrets Cover Reveal February 15th!

Here it comes guys. We're two days away from the cover reveal. Make some noise!!!

[james-stark-the-writer]

AYATO UPDATE!!!!!!!!!! AND A GODDAMN MILESTONE!!!!!

We finally reached 100K words!!!!

And we're officially done with the entire first week (and a little more of September!! in the book I mean) we'll be doing some time jumps soon so this was definitely the easy bit honestly (keeping track of all the characters is not going to be fun). but! besides that though I did finish writing chapter 12 and it's melodramatic as shit (as I promised with the premise and I'm finally delivering especially with the Aaron pov) and I'm doing some basic edits rn so expect something new tonight and tomorrow lol because holy shit I love how the end of this chapter turned out. It's not a cliffhanger and I'm... Completely satisfied with it? It's a weird feeling that hopefully you'll understand once you read the thing. And I'm doing some more basic planning for chapter 13 and I'll hopefully be done with the planning and maybe even some writing by the end of the week because I'm actually trying to write at least 200 words every single day and edit at least half a pov. So we'll see how that works out because I was on a roll today and absolutely wrote 3K words in one sitting. Hopefully tomorrow will be just as good once I've finished preparing for chapter 13.

But that's all and I'll see y'all tonight with a quick pov with Ingram and tomorrow with Mason and Thea. Like I said before we're gonna put a tiny bit of a pause on Joe's stuff for now so I'll post it at the end of all of the povs I have right now. See y'all soon :)

AYATO taglist: @inexorableblob @hell-yeah-fantasy @lilac-written @aurumni-writes @vviciously @the-real-rg @three-seas-writes @cawolters @writersloth @emilymustwrite @westviews @ashestoashesdusttodust @alessia-writes @mariahwritesstuff @noahanthonyart @rcvolutions @noxcomic @death-over-coffee @vannahhere @ohlooksheswriting @your-art-is-gay @grimmwrites @leo-november @vhum @mendeled @adventurebeneaththewords @shamelesslypoetic @bettsican

[raevenlywrites]

Last Line Tag

Thanks for the tag @adie-dee

“You got out. You were out and on the street and away when I found you. I didn’t save you. I just helped pick up in the aftermath. You saved you.”

tagging: @leopardsnake-stories @bettsican @jeddaraofjasoom

[emdop]

WIP Folder Tag

Thank you to @howdy-writes for tagging me!

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Send me an ask with the title that most intrigues you / interests you and I’ll post a little snippet of it or tell you something about it! (Y’all don’t have to do the last part btw)

I have some ridiculous names for my WIPs so get ready

1. New! (this wip has zero words in it haha)

2. Juniper Graves

3. Novae Spes

4 Sing This Love

5. Fortune POV

6. Smutty Smut Smut

7. Yes, Captain

8. A thousand Years of Madness

9. Feel No Sympathy

10. Ira and Narrator Extras

11. abandoned greenwood studios

12. Missed Flights, Reunions, and Zombies

13. The World Before

14. Long Distance

15. Jetson slash fic

I’ll tag @writeawayjake, @languishing-pineapple, @aziz-writes, @bettsican @weathershade and @happyorogeny