#maypearlss

[maypearlss]

blog re-intro!🎧

so i remade my entire blog, so what!

to freshly introduce myself, i go by may on here! i'm still a writer, just not as frequent of one. i like 90s grunge bands, weird fucking literature, and the color red. i like to get a little stranger every day, so if you want to help me out with that, this is definitely the place. expect general textpost absurdity and vague references to stories that only exist in my head.

i love receiving asks, but there are some things i'm not comfortable with having in my inbox, so please don't ask me anything related to...

1. overly personal information (like where i live, my real name, invasive questions about my identity, etc. if you think there's a chance i'll be uncomfortable with it, err on the side of caution and just don't send it.) 2. self-promotion—i love meeting new people, but i'm much more likely to check out your blog if you ask a question or something genuine to spark a conversation rather than just saying "check out my blog/work." 3. asking if we can be friends with no prior interaction. it's hard for me to consider myself friends with someone if i've never even talked to them before. if we're going to be friends, it'll happen naturally!

as far as dms go, for my own reasons, i have changed my settings to only allow mutuals to dm me, purely because i've received a lot of dms from people who don't even follow me at all asking for favors, promotion, etc. i'm not really comfortable giving advice and things out to people who don't care enough about what i have to say to follow me, so i just won't be entertaining those kinds of dms at all anymore. i'm sorry if this causes any inconvenience, but i barely have time to spend answering dms on tumblr as it is! on that not, if you are a mutual of mine, please note that tumblr is atrocious at notifying me when i receive them, so apologies in advance if it takes me a while to get back to you!

so, that's me! stick around, or don't :)

- may

[magscrane]

oc interview

I was tagged by @thebouda and @emabatis thank you both!!!

I'll be doing this for Iris of course!!

Are you named after anyone? 

Not that I know of. Unless a flower counts as "someone"

When was the last time you cried? 

Quite recently. I saw a cute baby bunny.

Do you have kids? 

Not at the moment, no. I might like to adopt in the future, though.

Do you use sarcasm a lot? 

Unfortunately

What's the first thing you notice about people? 

Their physical appearance, I guess? Isn't that how it is for most people?

What's your eye colour? 

It's a drak brown, very warm. Almost close to crimson, I suppose.

Scary movies or happy endings? 

What's a movie?

Any special talents? 

I've been told that I have a strong sense of duty, if that counts?

Where were you born? 

In a small village near the edge of Sterra.

Do you have any pets? 

No, but once I settle down, I might like a cat or two

What sort of sports do you play? 

I've never been overly active, but I enjoy running.

How tall are you? 

Five feet and eight inches!

What was your favourite subject in school? 

Commoners don't really get to go to school.

What is your dream job?

Being able to be a guard for Sterra's God is such an honor! I can't think of anything I'd rather do.

Blank version:

Are you named after anyone? 

When was the last time you cried? 

Do you have kids? 

Do you use sarcasm a lot? 

What's the first thing you notice about people? 

What's your eye colour? 

Scary movies or happy endings? 

Any special talents? 

Where were you born? 

Do you have any pets? 

What sort of sports do you play? 

How tall are you? 

What was your favourite subject in school? 

What is your dream job?

Tagging @robin-red-ethanol @maypearlss & an open tag for anyone else who want to join in!!!

[eldritch-flower]

get to know me tag game!

thanks for the tag @maypearlss <3 love random shit like this

favorite color: GREEN!!!

last song listened to: Fear of the Dark by Iron Maiden

currently reading: Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh! Alas, I'm not enjoying it as much as I thought I would

currently watching: Stuck between fixations at the moment </3 pls give recommendations, am very desperate

currently craving: idk but I wanna go swimming

coffee or tea: tea [coffee is gross]

Gonna leave this as an open tag because it's just a fun & easy thing to do

[eldritch-flower]

@maypearlss I know you've got my back with Zenith girl

My dream as a writer isn’t to get published and make a lot of money, it’s to have a fanbase devoted enough that I can post a story about a background character that had four lines or drop a piece of obscure lore and they go crazy over it

[magscrane]

hello!! this is @maypearlss on my main blog, you seem really cool! your wip sounds really interesting, what's it about?

aaaa thank you!! Okay so, on the most basic level it's a tragic fantasy about Iris (my mc) losing her humanity as she also makes connections and maybe even finds love while traveling around on a little quest!

The quest itself is to make sure the continent's Gods are protected after Iris' God is killed (which she blames herself for of course) Also! The gods are like giant bivalves (that don't need water) with magic lol

I've got a whole little world set up and everything with different Queendoms and stuff; a little bit of history to go with it, and a handful of major characters besides Iris!

[maypearlss]

URL CHANGE!!! wipsbymor -> maypearlss

[eldritch-flower]

One to Five tag!

I was tagged by @maypearlss (<3) a while back, so gonna do it now! Doing this for my wip "The Art of Deterioration" because i'm hyperfixating on it rn

1 word to describe your wip

miserable

2 favourite lines

She was in the nicest day-dress she owned; a pretty pastel yellow to reflect the spring in which she had died. The low droning of malignant, bubbling frogs croaked in his ears, keeping the beat to the choking tempo of his mother’s final breaths.

3 things I love about this wip

1. The tragedy of it all. It's a rather sad mess of emotions and thoughts all shoved into a word document, but I'd never ask for it to be anything else. 2. The prose! I've only just come back around to writing the second draft, and rereading my first attempt I was struck by how smoothly it flowed. 3. The protagonist (& his own antagonist) Joseph Hastings. The tired-dad energy, the sarcasm and brittle nature, the way he interacts with his environment... he's fascinating. I wanna study him under a little microscope.

4 feelings from characters

exhaustion, defeat, duty, obsession

5 tropes features

The "MacGuffin" The grizzled detective The double agent Self-sacrifice Above Good and Evil

So there! I'm not gonna be tagging anyone just yet because I've only just come back to tumblr & idk if my prev mutuals even still exist </3

[magscrane]

I think I'm pretty decent at dialogue! It comes way more easily to me than prose lol

@robin-red-ethanol @maypearlss @theres-bees-in-my-head

Hey. Stop. Sit with me for a second.

It's a Saturday and I'm sleepy. It's been a stressful couple of weeks getting ready to move into the new house, but today should be calm. And I don't feel like working too hard. You know what I do feel like doing?

If you're a writer and you see this, reblog with a compliment about your own writing. Don't use this as an excuse to self-deprecate. Challenge yourself. Take yourself seriously.

I feel like complimenting myself. And I feel like hearing some compliments from my fellow colleagues of the written word.

It doesn't have to be a big thing. You're not proving anything, you're just being rightfully proud of your own efforts.

I'll start!

I'm really good at dialogue. It's always been my strong suit and it allowed me to transfer really well into playwriting when needed. I think I strike a good balance between natural and sort of theatrical, and my banter is pretty solid.

Okay, your turn!

[magscrane]

Get to know me :)

Thanks for the tag @mk-writes-stuff

Favourite colour: pink!!!

Last song: Helena by MCR

Currently reading: Wuthering Heights & re-reading Nona the Ninth

Currently watching: re-watching Killing Eve <33

Currently craving: s o u p

Coffee or tea: Iced tea :)

tagging: @robin-red-ethanol @maypearlss @theres-bees-in-my-head

[alintalzin]

Thanks for the tag @spideronthesun.

I'm going to go for my space opera wip A Dark Gambit of Stars.

Kian wasn't surprised to find Rith pacing the floor outside her bedroom. He stepped forward and gave a little cough, so as not to startle her.

"Can't sleep?" he asked, his voice pitched just loud enough to hear, but not so loud that he seemed to be shouting.

She started and turned to face him. "How can I, with all that I remember?" She pressed her hands to her face, then dropped them and began to walk off.

"Don't." Kian said for some reason, not wanting her to go. Rith stopped, her back to him. Before he could say anything else, she turned around again, and Kian's breath caught as the light of the moon streaming through the windows hit her, making it appear like she was crafted from moondust with her loose pale hair streaming over her barely covered shoulders.

Tagging @mihrsuri, @sharpestasp, @maypearlss, @writewithfire, @noveldivergence, @emiliosandozsequence, @amielbjacobs, @theboarsbride, @raph-fangirl and anyone else who wants to do it.

9 Lines, 9 People

Tagged by @mrbexwrites (x)

Danielius cupped her face and smiled back at the girl. “Here I was, wondering why we were missing the light in this room. See, your face began brightening up, and the whole room lit up around us.” Medeina flushed up to her ears, as if the sun's rays were pecking warmly across her skin. She covered Danielius’ mouth with a hand to shush him. But he pressed his lips against her palm and gave it a quick kiss. Medeina pinched him on the cheek. “Moving is not so bad,” Medeina said. "I moved across the country so many times that eventually, I learned to quickly adapt to change. No one ever asked me if I wanted to. I’d return home to the already packed suitcases. I never got a chance to say goodbye to anyone.”

Passing the tag onto @addomfarm-ogf-updates @satohqbanana @alintalzin @darkangel319 @cain-e-brookman @kaatiba @melpomene-grey @mundanemoongirl @illarian-rambling & anyone else who wants to do it!