#helathorloki

[the-writers-bookshelf]

HAPPY FAB FRIDAY!

I’m almost to 22,000 words on my WIP and my anniversary is coming around the corner this Summer! I can’t wait to celebrate my “10 Years (2013-2023) Of Original Writing” Anniversary!

22k words is FANTASTIC!!! And TEN WHOLE YEARS is INCREDIBLE!!! Wishing you ten, twenty, and even thirty more years of writing adventures to come! :)

[incandescent-creativity]

HAPPY STS!

How’s your writing coming along? You can ramble about it here!

I'm thinking of just sorta... skipping some time, and writing what I want to write, which is the actual road trip part of the book.

I started one or two chapters of Mal and Olu actually meeting Nora, and talking to her for the first time, and that's all well and good.

But I kind of hit a wall, and I think it might be time to adopt that [Get There] tip that I've seen tweets of reposted.

Like? What obstacle am I hitting? I don't know how to write Nora learning to trust Olu and Mal? how to write Nora choosing to go on the trip with them?

If I can't figure it out, why should it stop me from drafting? I can just skip it and fill in the bits I skipped over later.

I feel like I'm describing this as some sort of revelation, even though I know this is a tried-and-true tactic employed by writers all over. But it's not usually how I write. I've always said I like to write in order, so I can reference what happened before, but I've written some of LiaHT before. I can wing it.

Probably.

Even if I can't, I feel like I should give it a whirl.

[afoolandathief]

@helathorloki Tumblr keeps giving me error messages when I try to post your ask so here you go:

Casimir Mraz was only one drink in and already obsessed with the wraith-like figure at the bar.

Of course, a vampire's tolerance for alcohol was already staggeringly low, and Caz had been supplementing his pork-blood-and-vodka cocktail with nips from his flask. Which may have explained why he found this stranger — from the out-of-place jewelry glimmering off delicate wrists and earlobes to the eager downing of shot after shot of whisky — so enthralling.

"Ya know, I tend to favor gals who could kick my ass and fellas who I could break in half," Caz said, sidling up to this stranger. "What's so interestin' about you is I'm getting both sorts of feelings from you."

It was an incredibly rude thing to say, but Casimir Mraz was incredibly buzzed by this point. At the very least. And the stranger didn't seem to mind.

"I think you just about nailed down how I'm feeling tonight."

A smirk flickered on a set of oddly-scarred lips, and then -

"You can call me, ah, let's say Lee. They/them," they said.

Caz got the feeling the stranger was not actually called Lee, but he didn't care.

"Casimir," he said. "I'm a he. I mean, a man. I mean -"

He was most certainly not a man, but he wasn't used to these additional formalities. Not that he hadn't come across his fair share of Lee-types over the centuries.

The stranger laughed like a hissing snake and placed a hand on Caz's arm. They had a sharp, impish face suited for laughing. Caz wondered how they had gotten into The Merrow's Toe, with all its magical barriers. They looked only slightly older than he did, appearance-wise, but something felt much more ancient about them.

The stranger wound a flame-red lock of hair around their finger. Caz would have loved to dig his fingers through that mane of theirs, but he could be patient.

"What's your poison?" he instead asked.

Lee placed a finger to their mouth in serious thought.

"Suppose they don't have mead here, do they?" they said. "At least, not the kind I like. What's Fireball taste like?"

"Like too much cinnamon and too much sweetness," Caz said, even though he only knew what Jade had told him about it. Vampire guts tolerated vodka well enough, but not flavored whisky.

"I love sweets," Lee said, and Caz found them even more endearing.

They turned around and gestured to a table behind them. A woman nearly as tall as Caz was leaning her massive frame toward a willowy, freckled woman. They were making moon eyes at each other, and Caz had to admit he found himself jealous of both of them.

"Those are my wives," Lee said. "We have an open marriage, the three of us. If you're alright with that."

Caz nodded and ordered a shot of Fireball.

"Think they might wanna join us later?" he asked.

A burning grin spread rapidly across Lee's face.

"Let's just wait and see, darling."

It didn't take long or even that many drinks for Lee to follow Caz to the bathroom. They were surprisingly small, and Caz found himself lifting them up to press them against the wall.

"Hold on, hold on," Lee said, pulling away from his mouth. "Let's try something. Turn around."

Caz spun on his heel until he was the one pressed against the cool tile. His pretty stranger grinned, their legs wrapped tight around his waist to stay upright.

"Much better," they said. "Now -"

Caz gagged as an invisible bond pressed against his throat, forcing him back against the wall. Another tightened around his arms. Still another got his legs.

Lee dropped to the floor, their eyes pinched and curious as they ran a hand along his jaw.

"What are you?" they asked. "A draugr, maybe? You're most definitely undead, but seem a bit smarter than that."

Caz huffed and growled. Maybe it was a bit too feral, but he did not like getting humiliated on his dates.

The tying up would have been otherwise welcome.

"Unlucky for you, I had such a light dinner," he said. "Because when I get out of here I'm gonna drain you dry, you freaky little witch."

The freaky little witch smirked at him.

"Oh, my Jotunn blood wouldn't taste so good," they said. "Certainly not as appetizing as a tasty, human heart. And I'm much more than a witch, darling."

They paced around the bathroom, running a hand along their chin.

"You could be a prank by my daughter, but she's supposed to be at home with the sitter," they said. "Unless -"

They stared at Caz, eyes suddenly wild with fear. Then they pulled a knife on him.

"You're one of Odin's einherjar, aren't you?" they asked. "Come to spy on me? Well it's not going to end so well for you, is it? And you're certainly not taking my children!"

"I'm not — what the fuck would I do with your kids?" Caz cried. "Fucking Bram Stoker! He ruined vampires' reputations!"

Lee stepped back in confusion. They looked like they were about to ask what the fuck Caz was going off about, when the door burst open.

Jade-fucking-Shaw had arrived to save his ass.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?" were the first words out of her mouth. Caz had never been so glad to hear them.

"Why would you even try to pick a fight with a Norse trickster god?" was the next thing she said. Which left Caz very confused and Lee very smug-looking.

"So you know who I am, witch?" they asked.

"I wasn't picking a fight, I was trying to fuck them," Caz said at the same time.

Jade gripped a hunk of dark hair. She was in a black dress accented by several pieces of spiked jewelry, which only made her more terrifying.

"That's even worse," she said. "And yes, I know who you are. Not only could I sense something very weird was going to happen here tonight, but your wives also told me."

The two women were now standing in the doorway, looking nearly as aggravated as Jade.

"He's not an einjerhi, Loki," said the willowy, freckled one.

"Trust me, I would know, having fought enough of them," said the other woman. She stared admiringly at Jade. "Did you know they also have witches in this time and place?"

"Every time and place has witches, Bodie," not-Lee said with an eye-roll. "You just have to look hard enough."

They turned back to Caz and snapped their fingers. He fell toward the bathroom floor before catching himself.

"Think the night's over," said the muscled woman. Jade nodded in agreement.

"Aw, but Bodie -"

"But Jade!"

"It's nearly closing time, anyway," Jade said, and the four of them all trudged out the doors of the Merrow's Toe.

"Jade," Caz asked, craning his neck. "What the fuck is that?"

Or who the fuck, maybe. A red-haired man in breeches and a waistcoat knelt above them. He was about 40 feet tall. Caz could just make out a petite, dark-haired woman letting loose a steady stream of curses on his shoulder.

"Fucking shit, Logi!" she said. "I think we're late!"

Okay so thank you for this ask because this just streamed out of me like I was possessed and I had so much fun writing it.

[writeblrsupport]

I would love to shout out to @helathorloki for being hyped up about other writers’ projects and her writing anniversary!

[queerlilchinchin]

🍓

You are incredibly passionate and creative - it's easy to get swept away by your fire.

[did-i-do-this-write]

HAPPY BLORBO BLURSDAY!

If all your OCS from different WIPS meet each other, how would the meeting go?

Hello!!! Happy Blorbo Blursday 😆 thank you for stopping by!!!

I have mostly been working on my OCs for Paragon and fan OCs for RWBY and, honestly, the majority of their conversations would revolve around the differences in their weapons and powers- the RWBY characters having semblances, and my Paragon characters having control over elements.

The thing that would blow their minds the most for the RWBY characters would probably be the Mythic and for the Paragon it would be the concept of aura :)

This ask motivated me to write 139 words for Home is Where Your Light Shines Brightest.

Experiment Total: 60,262

[nikkywrites]

HAPPY STS!

What are your writing goals for 2023?

Happy STS!! And Happy New Year, too :D

My goals are, shakily (and made up on the spot lol) are:

Finish the wip guide

Finish the first draft of LAWLB

Get Maidens and Monsters to… 30k. Bonus points if I can get it to 50k

Stay semi-active on writeblr. Make efforts to talk to writer people

Post more finished writing

Catch up on TDWAD rewrites

[emelkae]

HAPPY STS!

What are your writing goals for 2023?

Happy STS!

My number one goal is to publish Warrior, the sequel to Wannabe. It was supposed to come out this year, but unfortunately life got in the way and it didn't happen. Wasn't meant to be I guess.

I'd like to also start the prequel. I might dabble in other wips first to give myself and these characters some room to breathe.

My smaller goal is to write some more dumb little fanfics :)

[pluttskutt]

HAPPY STS!

What are your writing goals for 2023?

Happy STS!

For 2023, I have five goals.

Publish last chapters of 10 Things Steddie

Write (and publish) Tigers 🐯

Mermaid pirates rough draft

Gay musical soulmates mayhaps

NaNo fantasy series project

I want to dedicate NaNo to my fantasy series so I write on it, and edit previous years during camp. Maybe it seems like a lot but I've missed writing fanfic so much. It's a great escape.

Thank you for the ask!

[elijahrichardwrites]

HAPPY STS!

What are your writing goals for 2023?

HAPPY STS, FRIEND! And a happy almost new year as well (:

I think my main writing goal for 23 is to finish draft 0 of Nite & Daye!

Some other goals are: work on other WIPs, revamp some old ones, post more on writeblr, branch out more in the writing sphere, and just have fun with my writing overall (:

Thank you so much for the ask!!

[the-writers-bookshelf]

HAPPY FAB FRIDAY!

Well, I did it! I’ve made slightly past 13,000 words on my WIPS!

My main WIP and I also updated my chapters on my other WIPS, because I had to FILL IN THE MISSING SCENES BLANKS, so now all of them are in the 13,000 words range!

I'm excited for this coming Summer in 2023 and yet I’m a little nervous about 2023!

THAT. IS. FANTASTIC!!!! WAY TO GO!!! Great job!!!

I can’t WAIT to see what 2023 brings for you and your writing!! :)

[memento-morri-writes]

HAPPY STS!

What are your writing goals for 2023?

Hello, and happy STS!

I don't have any concrete writing goals, but I'd like to mostly just to keep writing and maybe actually make some progress on some of my wips. Like, at least figure out some plots or characters for High Fantasy WIP.

I'd love to finish a draft of a WIP, but that's a really, really, really far stretch goal, since I've never done it before.

[sanguine-arena]

HAPPY STS!

How’s your writing coming along? You can ramble about it here!

hiii! thank you so much for the ask!!

writing is going good lately, i'm not doing a lot of writing narratively, but i'm developing the world for Slaughter Season / adjacent projects a lot lately. i've made some really neat characters for it, started developing the league and the teams, and made some fun decisions with regards to things. i wish i could do narrative stuff, but i haven't been feeling it lately. but i'm appreciating what i can get done!

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[queerlilchinchin]

KYLE!

Kyle is sexy and brooding and will murder you at the drop of a hat.

Enough said.

No just kidding xD

I knew eventually one of my Kyle-fiends would come out of the woodworks. It cracks me up it was you and not @jade-island-lives xD

Okay, so real snippet about Kyle... (content warning for body horror/dismembered body parts/beheading)

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He grew up in a household where each parent hated what the other was. His father was unaware of what his mother was, but she knew exactly what he was. There was no hiding it when their son was born, hairy like an animal.

Clearly he wasn't a vampire like her...

But she was able to get past it. However, when his father found out what she was? He couldn't. He abandoned their family, and eventually she abandoned their son to find her (now ex) husband. Who didn't want to be found.

Many attempts were done to end Kyle's life but he's a survivor and he will continue thriving, even as he holds his mother's head, upon the final attempt she would ever try.

It's one thing to put his life at risk, but now he has his own love to think about, and he matters more to Kyle than either of his so-called parents.

Send me "🍥_🍥" and a name and I'll reply with a snippet about a character that has that name or make one up if I don't have one

[did-i-do-this-write]

HAPPY STS!

If you were to do an “Anniversary Story”, for a (insert number of years of writing stories, songs, ETC), what would your “Anniversary Story” be about? What would you include in the story?

RAMBLE ABOUT IT!

HAPPY (late) STS! THANK YOU FOR THE FUN QUESTION!

I think my ideal anniversary story would be some kind of tribute to all the stories I've written and all the things I've learned over the years. I'm not sure what the best way to do that would be because I've never thought about the concept of an anniversary story, but it is a sort of fun prompt 😊 to me, it would just be some kind of celebration of writing :D

This ask motivated me to write 126 words for Home is Where Your Light Shines Brightest.

Experiment Total: 59,744