#toboldlywrite

[mecharose]

Gimme a 78

78: washing machine heart - mitski

send a number between 1 and 100 for my spotify wrapped!

[blradley-reblogs]

Ah!!! A Thing!!!!

I love Astrid already. I'm always sold on a self-medicating, lapsed religious snarker. And oh nooooo she was Father's Specialest Soldier....... someone's gonna have Issues :cracks open hot bag of popcorn, ready to munch:

Behold! I have made a thing.

If you're interested in hearing more as this wip progresses, lmk and I'll put you on the tag list!

[kisstheashes]

71!

This was for my OC Luke/Xavi. He's a Dead City kid who died too early and had a lot of hope in his heart. He loves hard, and he was protected by a few older kids, so he didn't see the full breadth of how awful Dead City is until he died.

This is one of my favorite albums at the moment too though, and one of my favorite songs off of it. It's a very hopeful song, a bit of a desperate song, and I'd say it embodies Luke very well.

Thanks for the ask! 💜

[chayscribbles]

last line tag (10.6.2024)

thanks @alecjmarsh for the tag! here's the last line i wrote for the gemini heist:

“You got yourself caught is what you did. Not to mention you put Illiana in a very risky situation by taking her out into the open. What if someone recognized her? How are we supposed to get into the Palace then?” Euna shrunk back, but Leo plowed on. “Did you think of that? Do you think at all before you do anything, Euna?”

tagging: @concerningwolves @ashen-crest @toboldlywrite @incandescent-creativity @xylophone-p and anyone else who wnats to do it!

[oddcryptidwrites]

Last Line Tag

I got tagged 6 times in this game, by @indecentpause (x2) @guessillcallitart @heartofnovel @thetruearchmagos and @wynters-writings. I'm going to tag @rhyaxxyn @the-writer-nerd-ro @toboldlywrite and whoever else wants to play!

I've shared six "sentences" below for the six tags! TW for guns, violence, and a little bit of gore.

In. Out. This time, she made sure to hold herself steady, prepared for the recoil. He placed a hand on her back again. When she pulled the trigger, she didn’t fall. The shot hit clean through the head, leaving a visible hole, dripping yellow, right where she’d aimed.

[serenanymph]

find the word tag

tagged by @digitalsatyr23 over here, with the words wrong, find, dream, and cloud. gently tagging @macabremoons, @hallwriteblr, @deer-in-headlights-stare, @lorenfinch and @toboldlywrite, plus whoever wants to join in! your words are hesitate, last, ignorance and course!

wrong

Crys almost, almost thinks they’ll make it without anything going wrong when the next explosion hits. They’d left what Lize deemed to be the critical zone – the base and it’s warm, homely corridors – several turns ago, plunged into the abandoned mines with nothing but a handful of lirstones to light their way, but all hell breaks loose anyway, when the charge goes off. There’s a burst of sound, directly overhead, loud enough to make his ears ring, to send all five of them stumbling to a stop – he sucks in a sharp, stuttering breath, clapping his hands over his ears, and someone gives a shout, and then the ceiling caves in.

find

“I heard you’ve been getting along well with the others.” Crys looks up from his food to find Lize, silver-white hair tied back into a high ponytail, a bowl of stew in her hands and a faint smile tugging at her face. “Can I sit?”

dream(s)

He spends most of his time sleeping, slipping in and out of half-fevered dreams, whiplashing between unbearably warm and not being able to even feel his fingers – and somehow, time skips and hops and jumps and the bolt creaks, the door opens to fling a square of light onto the ground, and they let him out.

cloud

The three of them whirl just in time to see the man being flung across the clearing, straight at them. Iri launches himself several paces backwards with the aid of his wings, Yuan mirroring his movements, and Beatriz Shifts in quick succession to get out of the way. Both of the man’s hands have morphed into giant, dark claws now – he digs his fingers into the ground, ripping deep furrows into the dirt, and slows to a stop right beside them with an accompanying cloud of dust.

taglist (lmk if you want to be +/-): @deer-in-headlights-stare, @allianaavelinjackson, @arctic-oceans, @space-writes, @reneesbooks

[roselinbooks]

WIP Food Tag

Tagged by @willtheweaver, thank you!

Rules: Answer the food related questions provided here using the voice of your OCs. The yummier the descriptions, the better!

I have been thinking about the kinds of foods eaten by cultures in the Stellar Eclipse series more lately, specifically since some of the cultures in that world have diets that are fully plant-based or don't use fire for cooking, beyond my previously limited ideas around raw meals. Going to try to develop that more here but take it with a grain of salt, pun intended!

What is one comfort food that'll change your whole mood for the day?

Eureka: Authentic sun-dried trout and herbs is something that I haven't had in a long time...I've tried to replicate it at home but it isn't quite the same. It always comes out a little saltier here, probably because we live so close to the ocean. As much as I'd like to taste it again, I'm not sure how I would feel if I was completely successful. As-is, it reminds me of my childhood and happy memories from my village and foster parents.

What is an experience, good or bad, that has turned you off or on to a food completely?

Baltan: I can't stand anything that's gummy or chewy since my last extended stay in a hospital.

If you could eliminate one piece of produce, meat, dairy, or sweets off the earth, what would it be?

Baltan: I understand why gelatin is useful in a hospital, but fuck gelatin.

Lleuwellyn: Soft drinks, just to see what Baltan would do.

Azzie: (after struggling for some time to remember the word not for pickles, but the thing that makes pickles taste Like That) Vinegar.

Eureka: Nothing! There are no bad ingredients, only bad cooks. But if I absolutely had to...probably potatoes.

Dessert is normally saved for last, but if you could, what would you order for your entree at a restaurant?

Lleuwellyn: A fruit tart would be fine, wouldn't it? That's healthy enough.

Baltan: If Eureka bakes it, I'll eat it for any meal. His chocolate cake is my favorite.

Azzie: Iced fruit cream!

Eureka: If you're craving sweets, I'm sure I could make a dinner that is sweet. There are plenty of cuts of meat that pair well with sweeter seasonings. Pork, white fish, mince...served with a fruit salad or chutney... (starts muttering recipe ideas)

What are some food fusions that should never be mixed?

Lleuwellyn: Pickled vegetables and soft drinks. Ask me how I know.

Azzie: (nodding in agreement)

Cooking is a life skill, so why haven't you started learning yet?

Lleuwellyn: I barely remember to eat.

Baltan: Eureka won't let me in the kitchen unless it's for basic things. And he is right for that.

Tagging: @abalonetea @byjillianmaria @indecentpause @theticklishpear @toboldlywrite and open tag!

[lividdreamz]

NEW YEAR’S POSITIVITY TAG

The gist of this tag game that I just made is to spread some positivity/love to fellow writeblrs! Whatever you have to say can be general or geared towards a specific writeblr(s) (I really wanted to say something specific for every writeblr tagged down below, but oh boy would that have taken a while). If you’re tagged, pay the positivity forward (no pressure if you don’t have the time or energy, though. This is all in good fun!)

It has been a very challenging week (and year), as I’m sure it has been for so many people, but I’ve been thinking long and hard about what it is I’d like to do for all my mutuals and I guess the writeblr community in general, and this is really the best I could come up with.

Yeah. I just wanted to say, whether you’ve been with me for five months or five days, I see you, and I appreciate you so so much. I’m not very good at explaining how it is I feel exactly as I feel it, but, like, every time I get a notification or I see you beautiful beanbags on my dash it’s just an instant mood booster. I may not always respond to tag games, or asks, or posts where you guys share your writing immediately but I see them and as I’m sure my tags hint at, I love them. I feel really honored to be a apart of a community so full of talented and creative people. You guys are seriously made my 2022 so much better. Cheers for a (hopefully) amazing 2023!

Happy (belated) holidays to those who celebrate and Happy New Year! Tagging basically every writeblr I know on this hellsite (😭): @thetruearchmagos, @cryptid-s-wips, @space-cadead, @asablehart, @writingamongther0ses, @toribookworm22, @calicojackofficial, @westcountrygothic, @mz-elysium, @wearfinethingsalltoowell, @blind-the-winds, @happystarfishnightmare, @littlepatchofhell, @spookyceph, @jamieanovels, @thatndginger, @aesa, @theskeletonprior, @citruswords, @reowrites, @highlycosmic, @make-the-heteros-upseteros-2022, @blackwidow2005, @ellatholmes, @chayscribbles, @likegemstone, @navarenwizard, @cherrybombfangirlwrites, @toboldlywrite, @thelittlestspider, @maggiefromspace, @shireduchess, @jess-p-edits, @orphicpoieses, @moonandris, @alwaysastrophel, @neshamahs, @kingsinking, @eternalwritingstudent, @gailynovelry, @writingforevren, @unholyspaceprophet, @bittenthehand, @eli-writes-sometimes, @ashirisu, @harrison-abbott

And @alistonjdrake I know we’re not mutuals but I’m a fan of yours so 👉👈 🥺

Now, there are almost certainly followers/writeblrs I’m forgetting, so if that’s you, know I didn’t do it purpose and yes this tag game is for you too. In fact, it’s for everyone who’d like to join in!

[weaver-of-fantasies-and-fables]

Lingering hearts, clover and sage - a fantasy romance

Do you like romance? Are you a fan of slow-burn and the conflict between love and duty? Do you enjoy magic, fantasy cultures and just the barest hints of an incoming apocalypse? Then this story might be for you!

To research the effects of catastrophic magical events on the environment, the elf Naeth gets permission from his isolationist government to cross the border into demonic lands and spend six months in a dilapidated scientific outpost. There he meets the demon Umaen, who gifts him with a beehive, a fluffy red chicken, and an unexpected friendship.

Torn apart by the elves’ strict no-contact laws, they must find a way to cope with the increasingly worrying results of Naeth’s research, while navigating an impossible romance and the clash between their two opposing cultures. Can their relationship survive the distance?

Rating: Explicit (because of a couple of scenes) | Estimated length: 100k words | Available from the second half of February

So what if I surrendered to my impulses and wrote out the entirety of Umaen and Naeth’s love story? My plan is to edit it out nicely, add in some illustrations by yours truly and make it downloadable from Kofi (priced between 2.50$-3$). This is an official INTEREST CHECK! I’m putting a lot of love in this story, and it’s toeing the line between sweet and bittersweet, with lots of feels and a little bit of politics. I hope you’ll stay tuned for new updates!

To curse an angel taglist under the cut:

@ardawyn @pheita @toboldlywrite @shewhowalksbehindthewheels @raevenlywrites @search-me-in-wonderland @concerningwolves @dreamywritingdragon @coutelier @rosesonneptune @lady-redshield-writes @chishiio @hysteriwah @artbyeloquent @mel-writes-with-her-dragons @wizardfromthesea @s-opal @thesunempire @ladywithalamp @jaimistoryteller

[ace-malarky]

Writing Share Tag #1

Tagged by @aziz-reads, thanks!!

You want some Shapeshifter wip? hell yeah let's go

[Halliel] heard Syn's laughter and chased it out of the crowd and to the couches, where Syn reclined at the end with their antlers on their head and not a hair out of place. "Halliel!" They bounced to their feet. "You made it!" Halliel laughed, hugging them. "You little shit." "Light of my life," Syn responded, hugging her back. "But now that you're here, now that you've found me, it's time for the real party to begin." As if on cue, the track came to its end without another queued up. "What can I say, my timing is just that good." Halliel grinned.

n tagging @toboldlywrite, @ink-enchanted, @literarynecromancy if you feel like it?

[indigowriting]

out of context line tag

tagged by @televisionjester (thank you!!!)

When she arrives at the Peng manor, though, as the servant girl had predicted, no one is willing to let her enter. "I really only want to ask about the goat," Yu Xiyan promises, trying to ignore the heavy scent of goat stew she can smell wafting in from the kitchens. "I'm afraid that it might somehow have been taken from a friend—"

The housekeeper glares at her. "How could our manor have your friend's goat?" he says. "No, no, you can't come in. The family is in mourning for Master Peng's death, the last thing they need to think about is a goat." With that, he closes the doors in her face, and Yu Xiyan is left, demoralised, standing outside.

tagging: @toboldlywrite @digital-chance @maguayans and @muddshadow!

[moondust-bard]

Romantic Snippets Tag

I was twgged by @isabellebissonrouthier

Rules: Describe your WIP's main romance with a 1-4 sentence snippet.

I’m tagging @saintedseraph @toboldlywrite @midnights-call

@rachaellawrites

@mercurialsmile

@oh-no-another-idea

@laurabwrites

A quote from The Bloody Divine, my gothic horror + fantasy + romance WiP!

“You cannot lie to me, oh Lady of Thorns.” He taps Evanor on the tip of her nose, as if chiding a child’s error. “I see all of you: the bitter poison and the honeyed wine. And I covet both. Let me devour you. Let me drink you in.”

[sleepyowlwrites]

Sleepy's list of friends' nicknames:

Ghosty - @/zmlorenz

Maybe Sorcery - @/akindofmagictoo

Ember - @/ashen-crest

Rosechild - @/lothloriien

Magic Storm - @/enchanted-lightning-aes

Lilac - @/chayscribbles

Baby Dragon - @/mel-writes-with-her-dragons

Stars Books - @/vellichor-virgo

Cozy - @/ink-fireplace-coffee

Jo but not from little women - @/josephinegerardywriter

Serenade - @/souliloquyyy

Stardust - @/stardustspiral

Breezy - @/blind-the-winds

Timespace - @/artdecosupernova-writing

Lovely - @/iparisaltanwing

Honeydew - @/writing-with-melon

Glowstick - @/ellatholmes

Philosopher - @/livvywrites

Loquacious - @/woodhousejay

Klove - @/klywrites

Lila - @/blossom-hwa

Garden - @/writingamongther0ses

Meriachild - @/artbyeloquent

Cloverchild - @/mary-is-writing

Redwoodchild - @/talesfromgringolandia

Naiad - @/pens-swords-stuff

Sunflower @/lanawritesalittle

Moonink - @/drippingmoon

Moment - @/lunarmoment

Earlybird - @/sleepy-night-child

Rarity - @/uraniumwriting

Amarantine - @/mecharose

Idea - @/oh-no-another-idea

Clocks - @/jaxwrites

Peppermint - @/pepperdee

Finch - @/the-finch-adress

Bard - @/dragon-swords-prophecies

Voiceover - @/deciphered-narrator

Redwing - @/red-the-dragon-writes

Pengwen - @/gwens-fiction

Sounding - @/diphthongsfordays

Magesmith - @/magic-is-something-we-create

Valance - @/faelanvance

Dragonheart - @/my-husband-sasemi

Firefly - @/dustylovelyrun

Seabird - @/encrucijada

Ocelot - @/ambiguouspuzuma

Myth - @/talesfromaurea

Tea Leaf - @/afoolandathief

Welcome - @/nikkywrites

First Snow - @/january-thoughts

Roseleaf - @/stupid-elf

Sunlight - @/zonnemaagd

Bender - @/writing-is-a-martial-art

Truly - @/did-i-do-this-write

Ending - @/apocalypsewriters

Ribbon - @/zoya-writes

Caramel - @/emelkae

Sweet Luna - @/darlingsmoon

Aster - @/wild-selenite-caffine

Ursa Danger - @/thepixelelf

Tangerine - @/the-orangeauthor

Feathercap - @/bloodlessheirbyjacques

Detective - @/author-a-holmes

Gentleflame - @/carefulpyro

Zenith - @/on-noon

Minuit - @/midnights-melodiverse

Hunter - @/asher-orion-writes

Mouse - @/rodentwrites

Remembrance - @/Memento-morri-writes

Chiro - @/crypticcodexcreations

Inksap - @/pinespittinink

Lavender - @/caspia-writes

Claymark - @/muddshadow

Kyanite - @/blue-kyber

Bright - @/justwriteyoudummy

Voidlight - @/another-white-hole

Celadon - @/abalonetea

Lucent - @/incadescent-creativity

Peachleaf - @/willowcassette

Adorus - @/thegreatobsesso

Dryad - @/writerfae

Inkspell - @/my-cursed-prince

Phantasm - @/circa-specturgia

Unicorn - @/sargeantnarwhalwrites

Frost - @/winterandwords

Sage - @/autumnalwalker

Hummingbird - @/khufiya-khaufnak-antariksh

Starsong - @/moondust-bard

Radio - @/vsnotresponding

Clarity - @/forthesanityofstorytellers

Journey - @/odysseywritings

Pickle - @/sarahlizziewrites

Sapling - @/void-botanist

Coffeebean - @/strangerays

Comfort - @/dogmomwrites

Purple Soul - @/antihell

Paperbirch - @/nopoodles

Nevertwice - @/dontjudgemeimawriter

Trouble - @/helathorloki

Honeysuckle - @/aninkwellofnectar

Pointy Hat - @/thetruearchmagos

Verdance - @/sam-glade

Rubiks - @/squarebracket-trick

Zima - @/jay-avian

Plucky - @/pluttskutt

Parchment - @/lux-scriptum

Mountain - @/vermontwrites

Explorer - @/toboldlywrite

Portal - @/traveler-of-realms

Raenellie - @/ellierenae

Mathemagical - @/harmonictornadosiren

Satchel - @/theliteraryluggage

Storybug - @/bardicbeetle

Magnolia - @/acertainmoshke

Some people and their nicknames just live in my head.

[chayscribbles]

chayscribbles’ monthly writing update ☆ june 2023

☆ STATISTICS.

words written: 13 022

projects worked on: Andromeda Rogue mostly but i've been swatting at Shiny New Ideas left and right with a tennis racket. also i thought about Gemini Heist really really hard and i think that counts for something

proudest accomplishment: AR1 draft 2 is done!!!!!!

books read: After Atlas by Emma Newman; Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson; Exit Strategy (Murderbot Diaries #4) by Martha Wells. all excellent reads. (sidenote two out of three of these books involve murder investigations and the third has murder in the title. i'm sensing a theme in my reading.)

☆ GENERAL COMMENTS.

i am still terrible at being consistent at writeblr-ing. i guess this is just my life now.

i'm debating using camp nano to actually hunker my ass down and get some writing done on gemini heist, but between work and apartment hunting and a possible move by the end of the month i don't know how feasible that's gonna be :') we'll see.

and no i'm not glossing over the fact that i have a finished second draft. i'm just saving my screaming for below the cut.

more specific wip-related comments + featured excerpt below.

☆ COMMENTS: ANDROMEDA ROGUE (draft 2)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(i wasn't kidding about the screaming.)

so this draft now sits at 85.7K, which is about 11.8K added from the first, and although it is still faaar from perfect it is definitely... better than the draft i finished 2 years ago. it's insane how much my writing has improved, between all the reading i've been doing and first drafting the two sequels of the trilogy.

that being said there still are a lot of things i know need to be fixed, but i'm at the point where if i try to fix them on my own i'll be stuck on them forever.

enter the betas!!! i'm planning on doing an ~official~ beta call next week but honestly if you're interested in beta-ing this book feel free to hmu right away!! ultimately i want to self-pub this thing (which is quite overwhelming to think about hhhhh) but one thing at a time :')

☆ FEATURED EXCERPT.

i really couldn't decide what snippet to post so this was admittedly chosen a bit at random lmao. this is from when the gang is approaching their destination for their expedition.

On the external display, Mohani loomed ahead, growing larger every second. The planet was almost entirely a deep blue, except for some white spots at its poles. It reminded Finneas of his final glimpse of Ghillairde when he was leaving it behind for the last time. For a disorienting second, it almost felt like he was returning to his birth planet. But soon, the ship was close enough to see the sandy outline of the continents. The blue wasn’t all ocean. Some of it was trees. He directed the ship towards the landing coordinates just as Petra arrived in the bridge, clutching several barf bags. “Good to see you’ve come prepared, Lacroye,” he commented. “You’re already looking green, and we haven’t even entered the atmosphere yet.” She grumbled something unintelligible in response as she took her place in the copilot’s chair.

one of my editing notes for draft 2 was to make Petra's starsickness worse😆

☆ TAGLISTS. let me know if you want to be added/removed to any of them.

general taglist:

@nicola-writes @dgwriteblr @the-orangeauthor @onomatopiya @quilloftheclouds @ashen-crest @writeblrfantasy @celestepens @stardustspiral @pepperdee @extra-magichours @avi-why @lefttigerobservation @chazzawrites @bardolatrycore @innocentlymacabre

andromeda trilogy taglist:

@bebewrites @nicola-writes @dgwriteblr @the-orangeauthor @onomatopiya @akindofmagictoo @quilloftheclouds @nora-theteawriter @ashen-crest @corpsepng @writeblrfantasy @toboldlywrite @celestepens @stardustspiral @pepperdee @cheerfulmelancholies @extra-magichours @writeouswriter @cilly-the-writer @lefttigerobservation @rose-bookblood @drowsy-quill @chazzawrites @cynic-and-chief @enchanted-lightning-aes @aesa @outpost51

[hannah-heartstrings]

Thumbprint Challenge

Thanks for the tag, @druidx!

Rules: look back on your work, both past and present, finished and unfinished. what are five to ten narrative elements or tropes that continuously pop up in your work?

I have so many things that crop up a lot, sometimes I think I’m just writing the same story over and over. XD

1. Found Family

2. Dealing with trauma and recovery

3. Best friends who are polar opposites

4. A small cast of characters that I either treat like they’re all the main character or it shifts who the main character is each story in the series

5. One character that’s always causing trouble and loving every minute of it

6. One character who’s perpetually done with the rest

7. One character with big dreams of changing/saving the world but has crippling self doubt (who isn’t based on anyone in particular I’m suuure)

8. Parallels, so many parallels, a lot of them on accident XD

9. A lot of my stories don’t actually have romance but if they do I basically have one ship dynamic and it’s girl with way too much to deal with and her emotional support best friend who’s had a crush on her practically since he met her

10. A flat arc character whose struggle is to not change, to hold on to their hope and to what makes them themselves when the world tells them to give it up

I love all of these tropes sooo much, which is probably why they show up so often.

I really love this one, so I'm going to tag a lot of people. XD @ff2-soda-pop @emeraldhazeart @inkysqueed @mareenavee @sylvienerevarine @nerevar-quote-and-star @daisywords @toboldlywrite

No pressure! And if anyone else wants to, consider yourself tagged.

[serenanymph]

find the word tag

tagged by @oh-no-another-idea over here! my words were butter, mellow, mild, and smooth! no pressure tagging @toboldlywrite, @sidhewrites, @loopyhoopywrites, @lorenfinch, @sam-glade and whoever else wants to hop in! your words are cold, crystal, cut and cross!

butter I found one instance of butterflies, so we'll have to go with that since there's nothing else

He watches, knees tucked up to his chest, curled up on the couch, as his mother bustles about. Her heavy travel cloak brushes against the floor, just barely fluttering from her larger movements, sending shadows like butterflies flitting across the walls. The curtains are drawn, the fireplace cold with not even the embers glowing, and the sole candle lit isn’t anywhere close to beating back the darkness. She shoves things into the rucksacks on the table and mutters and sends furtive glances at the door and barely acknowledges his existence at all.

mellow

The windows look out onto the courtyard below, covered in white snow tinted sunset orange. Heavy dark purple curtains with gold tassels drape to the floor, and Carrick feels his feet sink into soft, plush carpet. There are bookshelves lining the walls – not just AMA drivel, but history and science and fiction, atlases and dictionaries and a few old texts. In a corner, next to a crackling fireplace, is a low table and a few stuffed sofas, and the lighting is soft and mellow.

mild(ly)

Meals are three times a day, salted mush and rubbery meat and wilted greens; shower quick and only after everyone has left or it’s blood against the porcelain tile again and staying up to scrub it off, then scrubbing the toilets on all the floors above too. Lessons involve AMA doctrines, AMA laws, AMA history – slap across the cheek if you’re wrong, slap across the cheek if you’re right, slap across the cheek if you answer in a way that’s even mildly sarcastic, if you answer at all (and he is always, always, called on).

smooth

He speaks up, finally, asks though he already knows: “Mom? What’s going on?” The fear leaks into his voice despite how he tries to keep it out. She spins, then, walks over and crouches in front of him and tries to smooth down his hair.

beast taglist (lmk if you want to be +/-): @sapphos-scientist, @allianaavelinjackson, @arctic-oceans, @space-writes, @reneesbooks