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[minamoroz]

WIP Theme Tag!

Thank you to the lovely @author-a-holmes for the tag! Tagging forward to anyone else who wants to play! <3

Rules

BOLD themes that are strongly explored in your wip, and ITALICIZE themes that are loosely explored!

I’m going to do this for my current WIP, SoIaS <3 

addiction | beauty | betrayal | change vs. tradition | chaos vs. order | circle of life | coming of age | communication | convention vs. rebellion | corruption | courage | crime and law | dangers of ignorance | darkness and light | death | desire to escape | dreams | displacement | empowerment | facing darkness | facing reality | faith vs. doubt | fall from grace | fame and fortune | found family | fate | fear | fear of failure | free will | friendship | fulfilment | good vs. bad | government | greed | guilt and forgiveness | hard work | heroism | hierarchy | honesty | hope | identity crisis | immortality | independence | individual vs. society | inner vs. outer strength | innocence | injustice | isolation | knowledge vs. ignorance | life | loneliness | lost love | love | man vs. nature | manipulation | materialism | motherhood | nature | nature vs. nurture | oppression | optimism | peer pressure | poverty | power | power of words | prejudice | pride | progress | quest | racism | rebirth | relationships | religion | responsibility | revenge | sacrifice | secrets | self-awareness | self-preservation | self-reliance | sexuality | social class structure | survival | technology | temptation and destruction | time | totalitarianism | weakness | vanity | war | wealth | wisdom of experience | youth 

(clear version under the cut for your convenience!)

addiction | beauty | betrayal | change vs. tradition | chaos vs. order | circle of life | coming of age | communication | convention vs. rebellion | corruption | courage | crime and law | dangers of ignorance | darkness and light | death | desire to escape | dreams | displacement | empowerment | facing darkness | facing reality | faith vs. doubt | fall from grace | fame and fortune | found family | fate | fear | fear of failure | free will | friendship | fulfilment | good vs. bad | government | greed | guilt and forgiveness | hard work | heroism | hierarchy | honesty | hope | identity crisis | immortality | independence | individual vs. society | inner vs. outer strength | innocence | injustice | isolation | knowledge vs. ignorance | life | loneliness | lost love | love | man vs. nature | manipulation | materialism | motherhood | nature | nature vs. nurture | oppression | optimism | peer pressure | poverty | power | power of words | prejudice | pride | progress | quest | racism | rebirth | relationships | religion | responsibility | revenge | sacrifice | secrets | self-awareness | self-preservation | self-reliance | sexuality | social class structure | survival | technology | temptation and destruction | time | totalitarianism | weakness | vanity | war | wealth | wisdom of experience | youth

[maguayans]

🖋️ & 🔮 for writer asks?

Hey, Mina! Thank you for the ask. I hope you're feeling great today.

🖋️ Pen or pencil? — Pen.

🔮What genre do you enjoy writing? — Paranormal, Horror, and Fantasy, my beloved.

WRITERS ASK GAME | Send some?

[author-a-holmes]

First Draft Completed

*Crawls into the room, panting*

*Staggers over to the desk*

*Slams down a stack of papers*

Fucking did it!

The manuscript for Changeling, Book One of the Fey Touched Trilogy, is complete at 108,623 words.

*Collapses*

Tiny sneak peek from the final chapter, beneath the cut

"I am a fey of Arbaon," Booker sneered, "I don't answer to you or your council."

It had been a long time since Lizzy had heard Booker utilise his court voice, and if the room had been coated in ice it couldn't have felt colder than his hissed words.

Turning, Booker looked over his shoulder at Walcott and raised a single eyebrow, "I assume our discussion will remain... confidential, Headmaster?" Booker all but demanded, and Lizzy watched the headmaster raise his eyebrows.

"Of course, Master Reed."

"Good," Booker said simply, before turning back around, placing a hand on Lizzy's elbow and marching them both out of the office without another word.

Tagging my Fey Touched and General Tag Lists <3

@jezifster @cedar-west @faelanvance @noirepersonal @queen-kass-the-writer @athenswrites @thelaughingstag @talesfromaurea @authorminamoroz @bardic-tales @writeblrsupport

If you'd like to be added or removed from any of my taglists, please let me know <3

[faellune]

WORKING TITLE Songs from the Inward Sun

GENRE Epic fantasy / romance (mmf)

POV First

STATUS In-progress

Opharael is an elf of many talents.

Healer. Scholar. Lover, advisor and bard, with impeccable tone and memory, Opharael lives in generational servitude to a wealthy family of human merchants, and Elios, the Merchant Prince.

Among Opharael's innumerable duties, they are charged with the care, safety and education of Prince Elios' only child. A daughter. Leonore. The very object of Opharael's deepest affections. Only rank and race dictate the elf's love must remain a dark secret, forbidden to ever act on those feelings.

When Prince Elios sells his daughter to a passing envoy of foreign dwarfs, Opharael sacrifices their chance at confessing their love to remain in loyal service to the young mistress, and together they travel from the sunny islands of Lenas, across sea and desert sands, to treacherous lands unknown.

In the beautiful, deadly ancient realm of Kharmet, kingdom of the Inward Sun, Opharael has to use every trick, skill and song imaginable for their survival, eventually entertaining in the grandest court of all. Ophareal accidentally draws the gaze of the immaculate God-King deep beneath the dunes, and soon discovers what a God-King desires.

You can read about the main trio here.

TAGLIST @author-a-holmes @worldbuildng @ladywithalamp @authorminamoroz @lexiklecksi

[writingbyricochet]

Megan Makes Maps II

Here's the latest version of Avantine! Since my first update, I've obviously changed the configuration of the continents quite a bit. Still not super happy with the cluster of islands in the east, so those probably won't stay, but other than that, I'm really liking how it's coming along. I think my favorite part is adding all of elevation changes. It's also finally nice to be able to see places that play a major part in the story on the map.

Between Heaven and Earth tag list (ask for +/-):

@leave-her-a-tome @canofpeaches @houndmouthed @elysianhymns @ariadnaes @thelaughingstag @jacquesfindswritingandadvice @wip-nook @whimsyqueen @authorminamoroz @athenswrites @josephinegerardywriter @wildswrites @harinawa @writeblrsupport @original-writing

[ren-c-leyn]

I hope your Sunday is going well so far, I am here to offer some wonderful writeblrs for Something Neat Sunday!

@author-a-holmes is my best friend & fellow writer and she is as warm and heartfelt as her work. Stories set in fantastical worlds, if you're a fan of elves, or feyfolk, you should check out her writing. If you sign up for Arista's monthly newsletter, you can get the prequel to her Changeling series absolutely free! 🧚‍♀️

@authorminamoroz has a handful of work-in-progress that I love following as they develop, with wonderful worlds to get lost in, Mina's one to watch if you enjoy fairytale style stories and retellings. 👸🏻

@sylhorn isn't incredibly active on Tumblr, but her work is tremendous, in scope and imagination. Again, if you enjoy big fantasy worlds, species and epic adventure, I highly recommend giving Nimu a follow. 🧝🏻

@ambiguouspuzuma is a brilliant, witty writer, their blog is full of shorts to read in one sitting. Their novels are lengthy and thought-provoking, endlessly creative. If you like diverse stories and a writer that never fails to surprise, check them out! 🦜

@ladywithalamp has a beautiful writing style, her work is effortlessly poetic. If you enjoy legends & mythology, I couldn't recommend them more! 💗

@artbyeloquent a fabulous artist, as well as a writer! Not only is there a wonderful, fantasy webcomic to check out, but other exciting projects too. Elo has much to offer over on her blog. 🖊️

@afoolandathief do you want Norse gods in domestic circumstances? Giants in the sky? How about witches and vampires in Vegas? There's such humour and fun in everything she does, I couldn't recommend her more! 🧛

Aaaaaaaand I'm going to leave it at that for now, or I'll have no one left for future Sundays! 🌞

A large list of writers with a detailed breakdown of why you love them is neat indeed! ^^ Sounds like you've got a ton of super talented people crossing your dashboard.

Thank you for stopping by for Something Neat Sunday, I hope you have a lovely day/evening.

[fey-touched-trilogy]

Work In Progress Wednesday - My Most Recent Lines...

The Fey Touched Trilogy

Work In Progress Wednesday; Most Recent Lines

"Lizzy Hail," Andric murmured softly, "the five-foot-three bundle of stubbornness and determination. The young woman who won't back down from anything. Not even a rabid kavian. Not even when I've spent weeks teaching her how to run from one. Whose telekinesis was strong enough to protect herself and her friend."

Carefully Lizzy opened her eyes, and turned to look at Andric. He'd moved even closer, and was now leaning one shoulder against the tree she had her back pressed against, staring down at her with an infinitely gentle expression that made her heart slam against her chest.

"What are you doing?" she asked softly, and the corners of his mouth twitched up into a familiar flash of a smile.

"I'm being honest with you," he answered gently.

- - Changeling by Arista Holmes (Chapter Thirty-Five)

Fey Touched and General Taglist under read-more...

@jezifster @cedar-west @faelanvance @noirepersonal @queen-kass-the-writer @athenswrites @thelaughingstag @talesfromaurea @authorminamoroz @bardic-tales @writeblrsupport

If you'd like to be added or removed from any of my taglists, please let me know <3

[author-a-holmes]

Writeblr Introduction 2023

Updated: 29th of January 2024

First of all, let's get the 'hello's' out of the way! My name is Ari! I'm a fiction writer in her thirties based in the South-East of England.

I live with my mother and my cat, and spend my days wandering through the fantasy worlds that I've created, and drinking copious amounts of coffee.

While Tumblr is my primary social media platform I'm also on Instagram, Facebook, and Tiktok amongst others. If you'd like to follow me on any of those platforms, you can find links to my profiles via my website; www.aristaholmes.weebly.com

I also have a newsletter you can subscribe to! I send out bi-monthly updates, one around the 15th-17th of the month, including sneak peeks or behind the scenes snippets of my projects, and a second newsletter around the end of the month containing an exclusive piece of Flash Fiction.

If you'd like to be the first to know about ARC opportunities, see my cover reveals, or hear about sale prices on my books, then signing up to my newsletter is the way to go.

For the moment, my newsletter is also the only place you can get your hands on "Whatever Happened to Madeline Hail?" the short prequel to my Fey Touched Trilogy.

To sign up for my Newsletter, please click HERE.

My current list of projects can be found below the cut. If you'd like to be added to my general tag list just comment on this post, if you're interested in a specific project the best way to be kept up to date is to follow the dedicated side-blog.

Each of the dedicated side blogs will contain all project specific content, either posted there directly or reblogged there from here. Dedicated side blogs will contain world building notes, prompt fills, tag games containing project content, and/or snippet shares.

General Tag List:

@/faelanvance @/noirepersonal @/queen-kass-the-writer @/athenswrites @/thelaughingstag @/authorminamoroz @/bardic-tales @/outpost51

@/talesfromaurea (No gore or torture)

Tags: #wipnook #Laughingstag

Fey Touched Trilogy;

Prequel - Whatever Happened To Madeline Hail? (Exclusive to my Newsletter Subscribers)

Book One - Changeling (Available for Purchase Now)

Book Two - Darkling (Due for Release 2024)

Book Three - Fey Touched

Seasonal Special - Once Upon A Fey Touched Holiday

The Fey Touched Trilogy is a New Adult Portal/Contemporary Fantasy and my debut series. Book One, Changeling, was published on March 16th 2023 as a birthday present to my mum, and the second book, Darkling, is expected to be published in 2024.

Tag List: @/jezifster @/ettawritesnstudies

Changeling Blurb

Fey go missing in the mortal realm. Everyone knows that. When Lizzy's mother is the next to vanish she is expected to grieve and move on. Instead Lizzy wants to find out what happened, but the answers she seeks can't be found in the fey realm of Arbaon. With the help of her best friend, Booker Reed, Lizzy is determined to retrace her mother's final steps, straight through an illegal portal and into the mortal realm. Whatever leads she expected to find, it wasn't an academy of vampires, and a world stalked by their rabid cousins, the kavians. Forced to rely on the vampires for protection, and secluded away behind the high walls of Speculo School, it quickly becomes clear that not everyone is pleased with Lizzy and Booker's investigation. ​With danger building the further they dig, the two fey need to decide if the answers they seek are worth risking their lives for. The longer they remain with the vampires, the more Lizzy begins to suspect that her answers instead lie amongst the deadly kavians.

A stand alone novel, 'Faith of the Grim' is an Urban Fantasy that will follow the story of Krysis, a grim reaper who seeks an end to the monotony of her eternal life.

When she stumbled across a paramedic who can catch the souls of his patients and revive them from the brink of death, her curiosity over finding something new and interesting could lead her to stumble into more trouble than she can handle.

Anticipated release date;

Tag List: Empty

2025 Project

Stolen Stories;

Prequel - The Lost Mosswolf

Book One - Stolen

Book Two - Takeover

Book Three - Origin

Book Four - Loyalty

Book Five - Unnamed

Book Six - Unnamed

Stolen is the project of my heart. Book one's first draft is currently complete and sitting at around 140k words and I anticipate the subsequent books to be of equal size.

Stolen is a Romantic Fantasy series that follows the main character, Stella Korazon, as she fights to find her place in the ever turbulent world of Moryann.

Anticipated Release; 20276-2029, two books a year.

Tag List:

@/josephinegerardywriter , @/strangerays , @/whispersintheparchment ,

Stolen Book One Blurb

It had been a long couple of weeks for Stella Korazon.

When a simple pickpocket job goes horribly wrong and sends her entire life spinning into chaos, Stella must figure out how to navigate the treacherous world of Moryann alone.

Finding herself in the City of Antillune Stella is quickly pulled into the middle of a brewing war between two thieves guilds when a recruiter for the guild known as Vine coerces her into stealing from their rival, Guild Master Mosswolf.

Surrounded on all side by rogues, liars, spies and betrayal, it's a constant struggle to know who she should trust, but standing in the heart of it all, can she find somewhere, or someone, to call home?

2027-2029 Project

*UNDER CONSTRUCTION:* I'm still in the worldbuilding phase for this project.

Chronicles of Verald Stories;

Prequel

Book One

Book Two

Book Three

Book Four

Book Five

Book Six

Book Seven

Book Eight

Book Nine

Potentially Book Ten (?) Dependant on Outline Completion.

2029 Project

[writingbyricochet]

Megan Makes Maps

I've finally started on the revamp of my map of Avantine. Today I made the rough outline for the lands and added in a few of Velitova's features, including the Clouded Forest, the Idylwild, and the Glass Mountains. Looks a bit rough and I definitely want to make it a lot more detailed, but already better than the original map I made. It's geographically also pretty different from that first attempt so...that's probably going to mean some revisions.

For those wondering, I'm using Inkarnate to create this map!

Between Heaven and Earth tag list (ask for +/-):

@leave-her-a-tome @canofpeaches @houndmouthed @elysianhymns @ariadnaes @thelaughingstag @jacquesfindswritingandadvice @wip-nook @whimsyqueen @authorminamoroz @athenswrites @josephinegerardywriter @jacquesfindswritingandadvice @wildswrites @harinawa @writeblrsupport

[author-a-holmes]

@faelanvance @authorminamoroz @queen-kass-the-writer

fic planning be like:

[fey-touched-trilogy]

Incorrect Quotes - Changeling Edition; Part 2

Thank you to @talesofsorrowandofruin for the tag! I actually did an Incorrect quotes for Changeling last night because I was bored, but I've done another run through for the tag!

Tagging forward to; @authorminamoroz @queen-kass-the-writer @ashen-crest @afoolandathief and anyone else who wants to play...

Quote Generator; HERE

Cara Evelyn: Booker... Booker Reed: Oh no, 'Booker' in b-flat. Booker Reed: You're disappointed.

~*~

Andric Roche: Is something burning? Mia Harris: Just my love for you. Nameer Khatri: Miss Harris, the toaster is on fire.

~*~

Lizzy Hail, pointing: May I sit there? Andric Roche: That's my lap Lizzy Hail: That doesn't answer my question, Andric.

~*~

Nameer Khatri: What the fuck is wrong with you?! Andric Roche: You could start with a 'good morning'. Nameer Khatri: Good morning. What the fuck is wrong with you?!

~*~

Lizzy Hail: So, what, now I’m just supposed to do anything that Andric does? I mean, what if they jumped off a cliff? Cara Evelyn: If Master Roche were to jump off a cliff, they would’ve done their due diligence regarding the height of the cliff, the depth of the water, and the angle of entry, so yes. If you see Master Roche jump off a cliff, by all means, jump off a cliff. Lizzy Hail: You jump off a cliff! Cara Evelyn: Gladly. Provided Andric Roche did first.

[verald-chronicles]

Oh gods, the Mallory/Nik vibes are strong on this one...

@faelanvance @authorminamoroz

absolute love corrupts absolutely

[author-a-holmes]

Last Line Tag

Thank you for the tag, @talesofsorrowandofruin

Last line I had to rewrite in Changeling Edits was...

"So you can smile," Andric teased, and she lifted an eyebrow, but couldn't quite push the grin off her face.

"Sometimes," she admitted, reluctantly, but the vampire didn't push and instead glanced across the field to watch Cara and Booker, before sobering.

Tagging forward, with no pressure, to...

@ashen-crest @authorminamoroz @queen-kass-the-writer and @faelanvance

[writingbyricochet]

Three Pictures Tag Game

Thanks for the tag, @winterandwords and for being patient since it's been several days!

rules: post three pics that describe your wip. They can be aesthetics, items, clothing, quotes, anything that fits with your WIP.

tagging a few recent mutuals! @sunhunger @sheabutterskyes @athemarina

I'm going to go with Between Heaven and Earth since it's my most aesthetic WIP by far...

Left: IU in a drama that I do not recall, standing in for Laesia. I remember searching long and hard for someone who looked like Laesia and knew right away this was her. The dressed-down, windswept look, but most of all the expression.

Middle: Kent, standing in for Albision—it was always going to be a green, rural area but I went back and forth on how many trees it should have. I wanted it to be mostly grasslands but I love having trees in a setting since they provide so many opportunities.

Right: I'm guessing the Redwoods? Standing in for The Idylwild, or the forest that Laesia sets out into to find her brother—It's a different, more friendly wood than the Clouded Forest, but no less easy to navigate. I love the juxtaposition between the people and the height of the trees.

Tag list: @leave-her-a-tome @canofpeaches @houndmouthed @elysianhymns @ariadnaes @thelaughingstag @jacquesfindswritingandadvice @wip-nook @whimsyqueen @authorminamoroz @athenswrites @josephinegerardywriter

[author-a-holmes]

Get To Know Me Tag

Thank you @world-of-fire-and-flight for the tag! <3 Rules: answer the questions and tag nine people you want to know better

Favourite Color: Purple, but like, rich, Amethyst purple. Any gemstone colours or black work well for me in general, but Purple is my ultimate fave.

Currently Reading: The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff. My mum's been asking me to read it for months, and she bought them for me in paperback, so they're what I'm currently consuming.

Last Song: I've been on a bit of a Shania Twain kick at the moment, so probably... Honey I'm Home or Man! I Feel Like A Woman.

Last Series: Fate: The Winx Saga on Netflix. binged the whole second season in one day.

Last Movie: Lou, also on Netflix.

Sweet/Savory/Spicy: I like all three, but I have a sweet tooth, so sweet.

Currently working on: Self Edits on Changeling. I've not been well this month, so editing got slowed down a painful amount. I'm about 40% of the way through, and I've got another 60% to do before the middle of the month. It's not going well. *Shrug* C'est La Vie.

Tagging Forward, with no pressure, to; @faelanvance @sylhorn @queen-kass-the-writer @authorminamoroz @ashen-crest @josephinegerardywriter @afoolandathief @sleepyowlwrites @blind-the-winds

[writingbyricochet]

Last Line Tag

Tagged by @bebewrites!

After almost two months away from Between Heaven and Earth, I think I've had a nice long break and am ready to dive back into Velitova.

Muffled noises that seemed vaguely like the clattering of dishes sounded from beyond her door. Sephris must have been moving around somewhere in the kitchen. Maybe he was making dinner, Laesia thought. How long would that take, to make a meal for two people? She had no idea, she realized, had never given it an inkling of her time to consider the effort that went into such a mundane task. In the palace, when she was hungry, food was always there. Always ready. She could ring a bell from her bed and have a feast before her in less than five minutes. 

Laesia please, check your privilege.

Tag list: @leave-her-a-tome @canofpeaches @houndmouthed @elysianhymns @ariadnaes @thelaughingstag @jacquesfindswritingandadvice @wip-nook @whimsyqueen @authorminamoroz @athenswrites @josephinegerardywriter @jacquesfindswritingandadvice

Tagging: @moonscribbler @chishiio @inkthepage @fromthetypewriter