#fiction author

[weltato]

Writers of Tumblr, listen up! This has probably been said before but I'mma say it again:

Do you feel like you're procrastinating on your current fic by writing down another one because an idea struck you at 2am? No you're not.

Do you feel like you're procrastinating on your current fic because you've been doing school/uni/job work? No you're not, that stuff is more important than how many socks Deku wears on any given day.

Do you feel like you've been procrastinating on your current fic because you just haven't had the energy and all you want to do is binge YouTube videos and eat ice cream? No, you're not, take care of yourself!

Are you down because you've got three WIPs open and can't think of how to fit some scenes together? Don't bother, just keep writing the fun and interesting scenes.

If writing is a fun hobby for you, don't make your fun hobby into a chore.

If writing is your job, don't turn your job into a chore.

We as humans work better when we're enjoying what we're doing - just think back to when you were in school: what lessons do you remember the most of and which ones did you enjoy?

As Star Trek keeps telling us: time isn't linear, it's relative. So why do we have to write things in linear order? No one ever really told us to do that, school systems just assumed it. They said "write a beginning, middle and end, in that order" because it was the easiest and most streamlined approach.

But this is your fic or your book or your assignment, you don't have to write it that way. Write it in the way that the ideas come.

If the opening is hard, write the big fight at the climax. If the connection is eluding you, write the scenes it's supposed to connect between and see what happens. You'll get there, I believe in you <3

At the end of the day, please enjoy writing! Enjoy reading too! If you have kids or know kids, encourage them to read! Little kids especially have a tendency to copy what older people do, so show them books you love.

Don't feel bad because you haven't updated a fic in months. You've been letting the ideas cook and they just have a really long cooking time. Re-read some stuff and maybe some ideas will come up. Listen to music, watch your shows and films, read other books and fics. Go for a walk, even - you can get inspiration from anything.

WIP owners: I believe in you. You can do this! They might sit there and taunt you, or beg to be finished, but if you can't do it right now then you can't do it right now and you should take a break. Save it, close it, do something else. Come back to it when you're ready.

💜💜💜

[melbatron5000]

I just finished the plot edits to my latest novel, and it's not Good Omens related at all, but I'm really happy and proud and I wanted to tell someone about it.

I sent it to my alpha reader tonight to make sure the story works and I'm so pleased and excited to hear what she says.

[lockandkeynovel]

Silas Gardiner's Dossier File

Got his little stamp of approval from the Royal Service Academy 🥺

Bio:

Silas Gardiner always wanted to serve the kingdom he grew up in, so when enrolling in the Royal Service Academy, it only made sense that he request his assignment be in the Moonlight Kingdom, serving the Étoile Royal Estate.

Having been a service member for ten years, he's known Selene since she was only a child, and as her personal bodyguard, he's sworn to protect her at all costs.

Author's note: My face-casting for Silas, (Marc who still needs a name), and Jake is...you guessed it, Oscar bb. It's just that this is what I'm imagining while writing. Saw this pic and said...that looks like (Steven) as a bodyguard if I've ever seen it.

[sarahlizziewrites]

Writing Resource for Historical Fiction

This website is saving my LIFE rn.

I'm writing a magical realism story set in the 20s and MAN the internet as a whole is pretty unhelpful when it comes to images and inspiration for outfits. Pinterest will just straight up give you the wrong decade and Great Gatsby stills.

This is the first resource I've found that breaks things down in excruciating detail, for men and women's fashion, for rich, poor, trendy, conservative, people of colour, different countries, EVERYTHING.

I hope to god it's accurate because it's saving me a ton of time chasing fruitless loose ends anywhere else.

[elejah-verse]

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I wish I could tell you how much I want to speak to you, to know you, to breathe in all of you, to tell you how I would paint my sky with the stardust of your soul.

I wish I could tell you how much I want to wash away all your frozen tears and choking words and give you all my light just to see a smile on your heart.

I wish I could tell you how much I want to hold you in my arms and together we could melt in our own world of dreams.

I wish I could tell you how much you mean to me, in this mad world of harrowing voices I love your soulful silences that keep comforting me in so many ways.

And even when you are always the listener while I am the outspoken one, I wish I could tell you all of this and yet I find no word good enough to pour my soul out only to find that you know it already.

_Debatrayee Banerjee

[melodygatesauthor]

Lock & Key - Moodboard

This moodboard tells a story...

But what does it say?

[theauthorpaula]

(via Writing About Mental Health in Fiction: My Approach)

[storytellertreehouse]

WHAAAT?! My middle grade fantasy novel won the Realm Makers Aurora Contest last night!! I’m still in shock!

It’s also crazy timing because I just released an illustrated collection of short stories set in the same world as the novel as a thank you for my newsletter subscribers, so I guess if you want a sneak peek at some of Juni and Smorloc’s adventures, you can check it out HERE.

I’m gonna be grinning like an idiot all week

-Rachel

[bookishpro]

[verses-of-the-broken]

This is a series I've worked on. I plan on updating it soon, but it's on Kindle Vella if you want to read it.

I'd really appreciate it if anyone interacted with it.

[isheamonster]

Tiana

"Tiana ain't lookin' for trouble --trouble finds her! But so long as she's in her favorite pink cashmere sweater and drinking a cup of Lady Grey, surely, she'll be alright."

Tiana is the main protagonist of IHAM/"Is He a Monster?"!

It's been a while since I first drew her, but if I remember right, she was the very first character to be drawn --but Casper was the first character to actually exist in the story as said storyline for IHAM naturally developed in my head. I don't know why, but when I first started drawing her, I just couldn't stop drawing her in various hues of pink, and I couldn't keep from drawing her in sweaters with a warm drink! As a result, it was only natural, I suppose, that I'd end up writing the setting to take place sometime in early to mid-fall. It's the time of the year when the warm air finally starts to cool, and now you're wearing light jackets and loosely crocheted sweaters with jeans and boots... plus, the fall includes Halloween, and both Tiana and Casper love that holiday the most, I bet!

[lockandkeynovel]

Welcome to the Lock & Key Novel Blog masterlist!

Hi Everyone! My name is Melody Gates, but you can call me Mel or Melly!

This blog was created for the purpose of sharing insights and details about my original fiction novel - Lock & Key.

As the novel is in development, I'll be sharing non-spoiler details as I write it!

Below is the masterlist for all of those things so I can keep it all organized! Looking forward to working through this process with you all!

Love, Melly <3

About the Author

About the Novel

Novel Summary Character Biographies/Details Mood Boards Locations and Maps World Building and Extras Excerpts Author's Music Playlist

Reader Participation

Fan Art Polls

Melody's Fanfiction Blog - Melody's Art Blog

[mcromwell]

I started a writing hobby blog to host all of my Writing Feelings and NaNoWriMo shenanigans and such. (Dev Patel is the icon because he plays the main character in my mind and I enjoy his face)

@the-altered-sequence

[weltato]

I may have finished it late, but I finished.

The project of the ages.

It has been completed - 12 fics over the Christmas period.

[stephaniemayauthor]

The Rumours and Repercussions book cover reveal is right around the corner! Get excited. I know I am!!!!!!

[apparentlyautisticandanxious]

Calling all autistic writers:

My autistic husband is in the early phases of writing a semi-autobiographical novel. This is new undertaking for him, both because of the length of the project and because it is fiction. I figured what better place to get advice from autistic writers than here. Any words of wisdom or techniques to get focused (and stay that way) would be greatly appreciated!