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androgynosaurus · 4 months ago
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Been percolating on some worldbuilding ideas for an Untitled Fantasy Novel while I've been away on vacation but now I think I've got so many bits that don't quite mesh together or do the same thing in different ways so I might just have to split it down the middle and write two different stories lmao
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haverkampink · 9 months ago
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Borrowing a trick I learned in grad school for costume design--when you feel at all alienated from your characters because they exist in a different time, try to imagine them in the present. What's the same? What changes? How would they act with different social pressures on them, and what does that say about the heart of their personality?
I felt like I was getting in the weeds plotting #untitledregencyfantasyproject and moving the characters around like chesspieces, rather than letting them have some agency to drive the story, so here's a little experiment - drawing the girls as contemporary students (I'm lucky to have loads of reference on a daily basis).
Gwen, a romantic, wears her wispy hair long, , and sports a flirty challis jumpsuit (it's probably floral). I think she'd major in bio specifically to do fieldwork because she wants very badly to have Adventures™. Julia, meanwhile, is an English Lit major who loves being comfortable, and thrifts all her clothes as a point of pride. Her eyes aren't bad enough in URFP to make the concession to glasses quite yet, but her brother wears them, so it's likely that modern opticians would recommend it (especially since her contemporary self would never be far from her laptop).
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cryskir · 1 year ago
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stephanooch · 4 months ago
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thinking about an idea that combines warlocks and horcruxes. like the patron has to give a literal piece of themselves, of their souls to grant their power. the literal makeup of your being is changed now, tied to them in a way that can't be undone or easily severed. there's a price in it for both.
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philon-awards · 2 months ago
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Philon Awards 2024 Shortlist
(in alphabetical order of the title; shortlist based on the results of the nominations phase)
Short fic (word count under 10K):
And Filled With Tomorrows by Android_And_Ale
A Perfect Fit by ThereBeWhalesHere
Cherubim by vanilla_extract
Engineering a Fantasy by CampySpaceSlime
Fly Over My Grave Again by gunstreet
Harrekh t'Harrekhi by CampySpaceSlime
How to Win Plants and Influence Lizards by indeedcaptain
Seeing, Unseeing by Jenna Hilary Sinclair (JennaHilary)
The Mess Hall Incident (or why Bones really wants to eat his salad alone, thank you) by discorporating
The Sight of a Touch, or the Scent of a Sound by Moreta1848
Long fic (word count 10K-50K):
All Things Fall and Are Built Again by spaceisgay (ChancellorGriffin)
DESK JOBS by WerewolvesAreReal
How Do I Know He's Mine by HDDrabble
Hurt by ThereBeWhalesHere
Please Don't Take Him Just Because You Can by spaceisgay (ChancellorGriffin)
Space age country girl, stone cold miracle by thembonesthembones
the fine print, and other things james t. kirk doesn't read by onlyafterhours
the yeomen of the garden (and laundry) by cicak
Way from Within by gunstreet
Novella/novel (word count over 50K):
Bodyguard by BurningAmber
Grief as a four-dimensional figure by Moreta1848
I Shall Do Neither by onwhatcaptain
It's Not An Illusion by Borealisblue
mol-kur by uhuraprime
Quell the Cosmic Tides by Plus3Charisma
Regulatory Relations by indeedcaptain
The Exiles by Moreta1848
The rebel and the nerd by Moreta1848
The recitation of names by Moreta1848
Podfic:
Blood Fever (written by T'Lara) by 1lostone
I must confess (written by USS_Queertastic) by 1lostone
milk and honey (written by spaceisgay) by foundbyjohndoe
milk and honey (written by spaceisgay) by cookiemom6067
The 1,000 Hour Sleep (written by spqr) by cookiemom6067
Traditional art:
Alright mr Spock by knezidon
kiss by vanilla-phantoms
Parading with Pride by Purple_Enma
Spock's Tattoo by SButler (Shelley Butler)
Tender Hands by Purple_Enma (Tumblr post)
The Ritual by Purple_Enma (Tumblr post)
Digital art:
(untitled Spock nude) by spirk-my-love (Florian Gray)
By the Fireplace by lorvee
Captains' Gambit (comic) by lorvee (Tumblr post)
Commission for BurningAmber's fic "Bodyguard" by asyncamestel
Harrekh t'Harrekhi by Purple_Enma (Tumblr post)
Mess by eldar_of_zemlya
Morning Sex by nightcrawler1
TALKING TO GHOSTS by emilinqa
Vulcan's Forge by CelestialVoyeur (Tumblr post)
Poetry:
all of me, unguarded by indeedcaptain
blanket me by USS_Queertastic (BoldlyQueertastic)
Shared Space by CelestialVoyeur (poem is chapter 6 in a collection of poems)
The Curious Case of Captain Kirk by CelestialVoyeur (poem is chapter 5 in a collection of poems)
to have and to hold by CateAdams
Zines:
KiScon 2023 Official Zine (editor: 1lostone) (download link)
Wild Heart – A NSFW AOS Spirk zine (editors: borbtrek, remylebae, nicbutnasty) (download link)
You can also see the shortlist on this Google spreadsheet. Make a copy to have your own spreadsheet to keep track of what you've already read and how you liked it.
Voting will open on 10 September 2024! Stay tuned for the announcement. You can also find this shortlist plus the rules and explanations concerning the voting process on the KiScon website.
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dalishious · 11 months ago
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A BioWare Guide on How to Murder a Fanbase
I have been a Dragon Age super-fan for almost fourteen years, now. I have played every game, with every DLC. I have read every novel, lore book, and every comic — yes, even the terrible ones that are better off forgotten. I have seen the anime film, the animated series, and the web mini-series. I have enjoyed all of these pieces of the franchise over and over, more times than I can count. So, make no mistake: the negativity you’re about to hear comes from a place of love for this fantasy world, developed by many creative people over the years. I would love nothing more than to see the resurrection of passion in the Dragon Age fandom again. But the unfortunate truth is, that resurrection is only needed because BioWare took the fandom out back and shot it in the first place.
In December 2018, three years after the release of Dragon Age: Inquisition’s Trespasser epilogue DLC, BioWare first announced the then-untitled next Dragon Age game with a teaser trailer. At this point, most fans were anticipating this would mean within the next couple years, we would see the game. This assumption was based on the fact that Dragon Age: Inquisition was first announced in 2012, and released in 2014, with an extra year of development added last minute.
There have been dribbles of extra content since then, adding to the franchise. This was enough to keep some fans still breathing and interested. 2020’s Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights was a lovely anthology. 2020’s Dragon Age: Blue Wraith and 2021’s Dark Fortress were wonderful comics tying up the story started in Knight Errant. And 2022’s Dragon Age: Absolution was a well-animated series with an interesting cast of characters and story. But all these still left the fandom with a major question: What was going on with the next game? It was untypical of BioWare to be so secretive, in comparison to how they handled sharing information of the past games in the franchise. The only form of updates fans still have to go on is mostly just concept art and short stories, hinting that something must be in production. But why was the wait so long?
In 2015, the first version of the next Dragon Age began with a clear vision, clear scope of practice, and a reportedly happy developer team. Most gloriously in my book, there was no multi-player… but this did not align with the Electronic Arts typical money-mad schemes. EA’s push for “games as a service” meant they wanted to monetize all their games as much as possible, and therefore, they wanted them to be a live service — as Anthem demonstrated, that meant sacrificing things that are staples of good RPGs, like narrative and character choice. So in 2017, version one of the next Dragon Age was scrapped and replaced. This new version would have, in total or to at least some degree, an online portion of play.
There is one part of Schreier’s article, “The Past and Present of Dragon Age 4,” that really sticks out to me, regarding this:
“One person close to the game told me this week that Morrison’s critical path, or main story, would be designed for single-player and that goal of the multiplayer elements would be to keep people engaged so that they would actually stick with post-launch content.”
The idea of splitting up components of a game into single-player and multi-player is a terrible idea, because it means that there would be a large bulk of content only accessible through online gaming; something many fans, like myself, are repulsed by. Even if I did enjoy it, I spent most of my life growing up with either no internet or shoddy internet incapable of playing online games. I know many rural people who are still in that position, losing more and more of their favourite gaming pastimes because they are locked out of the ability to play them. It is a disservice to hide content behind a wall like this, especially in a world that is so lore-heavy like Dragon Age. The news of multi-player in Dragon Age understandably upset many, and this is when I first noticed a large drop off in excitement over the next game.
However, in 2021, the failure of Anthem (multi-player) and success of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (single-player) led the executives at EA to bend to the wishes of BioWare leadership and allow them to go back to the drawing board yet again on the next Dragon Age. This meant removing all multi-player content!
While I am very happy that there will reportedly be no multi-player in Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, I can’t help but feel bitter and a little disgusted over the ridiculous development time spent on something no one but EA wanted in the first place. If it weren’t for this foolishness, Dragon Age: Dreadwolf would be in our hands right now. Instead, it’s been in development hell for nearly nine years and counting. Nine years is a long time to expect fans to carry a torch for you through radio silence, but it’s no wonder BioWare has shared barely anything about the next game; it’s been in flux for so long, they likely haven’t had anything concrete to show.
BioWare hurt its reputation even more when the news broke that the studio very suddenly laid off 50 people who were working on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. This is pretty damning on its own, but BioWare took it a step further. Former developer Jon Renish shared a statement revealing that the studio was only willing to offer laid-off employees two weeks of severance per year of service, and denied health benefits. The denial of health benefits in particular is a pretty wild move for a studio with a reputation for “stress casualties”. The latest news on this is that BioWare has still so far refused to negotiate better severance packages, leading to a lawsuit. The lawsuit originally had 15 former employees, but this dropped due to the fear of not being able to afford to pay their bills. So now, while EA sits on $400 million net income, the laid-off employees are struggling to buy holiday presents for their children. These horrid business practices are not to be ignored when accounting for a lack of faith in a studio. What kind of monsters reward workers who make your games special with vaguely reasoned lay-offs?
The latest news on the Dragon Age: Dreadwolf front from BioWare came early this month, December 2023, with a trailer… announcing a trailer that will come next summer… that will announce the release of the game. Supposedly. Maybe. We’ll see. But by this time, BioWare is something of a laughing stock of their own fandom. Reactions to the video released with a pretty map graphic and a few rendered locations were, from what I personally observed, mostly sardonic in nature. People have commented on the vapourware nature of the game, and like all vapourware, that leads to disintegrating trust.
Despite all this, people like Mary Kirby, (one of the veteran Dragon Age writers who was a victim of the layoffs,) said, “it’s bittersweet that Dreadwolf is my last DA game, but I still hope you all love it as much as I do,” encouraging fans to still support the game when it eventually is released. But after every misstep BioWare has taken, that’s a tough sell now. Fans are finicky, RPG fans more so than others, one could argue. We have our favourites, and many of us stick to those favourites for life over our appreciation for the artistry — but that relationship between studio and fan should go both ways. EA and BioWare has betrayed that relationship, and it will take a hell of a lot to build it back up again, now.
[This piece is also available on Medium!]
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suzannahnatters · 8 months ago
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Some weirdly specific tropes that I absolutely adore but rarely see: Platonic Love Triangle Two attractive people will battle to the death over the right to be friends with you (I wrote this in A Day of Darkness and otherwise have only seen it in the kdrama Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938)
The UnChosen One In the magical fantasy world, everyone has super awesome magical powers, except the protagonist (A Dream of Fire by JR Rasmussen did this SO WELL and it made me SO HAPPY; I also plan to do it myself in an upcoming project, A Lord of Thorns and Teeth)
Dying Baby King Terminally ill teen boy should be asking out his crush and having fun, not killing himself running a country (I wrote this in The Lady of Kingdoms with my squishy darling Baldwin IV, and I've only ever seen it done otherwise in the Trevor Nunn movie My Lady Jane)
Disabled Love Interest Put your romantic male lead in a wheelchair you cowards (Stella Dorthwany's Song and Flame and @rj-anderson's Knife have two of the best disabled love interests I've seen)
Sword in the Bed You've heard of Only One Bed but this is the superior medieval variant: before they bunk down together one of them draws a naked sword and lays it in the bed between them (IIRC, it happens in the Welsh Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed, and apart from that and some other medieval legends and fairytales, I've only seen it in an unfinished work by @rj-anderson auuuugh)
Fake Divorced Exactly what it says on the tin (I've never seen this? but DV I'll be writing it into the 5th Miss Dark book)
Bad Fictional Matriarchy What if the patriarchy was a fantasy matriarchy? It'd still be bad, obviously. I see this so rarely but it is always an opportunity for fantastic, layered social criticism (Greta Gerwig's Barbie movie did it well; I'm struggling to recall the one (1) other fantasy novel I read that did it!)
Sad Wet Puppy X Righteous Female Warrior ETL Enemies-to-lovers, but he's a skinny waterlogged little weirdo and she's the righteous paladin who is going to hound him to his destruction without mercy on the strength of her own heavenly wrath (it's the one thing in common between the kdrama Flower of Evil and the cdrama Till the End of the Moon and both of them sent me absolutely feral, plus I have an untitled project on the backburner that will give me the chance to do my own version of this...)
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trixierosewrites · 5 months ago
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writeblr intro :3
Hi, everyone, I'm Trixie! I'm a young (but adult) writer and classicist, currently in the middle of publishing my novella, Memento Vivere. I also write short stories and am working on a couple novels! I go by shey/heir neopronouns but if that's too complicated she/they is tolerable too.
My favourite genre is the mystery-murder mystery-crime-thriller-horror area, but I dabble in a lot, including historical and fantasy! I love to write dialogue and I am a compulsive world builder for fantasy, including seven partially made conlangs.
I'd love to connect with more writers :3
my novella: memento vivere
horror/thriller
will be available as paperback, ebook, and deluxe edition
every single character is a horrible person
high stakes, little time, and a lot of character death >:3
Aidan Whitney, four times ex-prime minister, wakes up chained to a bed in a room with ten other people. The only way to escape? Making accusations that kill the accused, and, if incorrect, kill the accuser.
my short stories and novels below the cut!
my short stories
One Hundred Times, or a retelling of orpheus and eurydice in which orpheus looks back a hundred times for a hundred different reasons with a hundred different reactions
The Wasp, or three polyamorous women trying to make it work in between crime and betrayal
untitled fairy wip, or a first person POV of a somewhat stuck up researcher into the fair folk
"you can't protect her forever" AKA woman offers herself up to be tortured to protect her girlfriend
a crime solving gang of polyamorous women head undercover into a den of crime, magic, sex, drugs, and lies, and come out of it a little less unattached
a failing demon falls in love with a beautiful angel, only to find that things are not as they appear
Blood Dice, or where in a realm not quite real, millie learns to play for her life
my novels
my beautiful time travel catastrophe, featuring an obscenely large cast of characters all from different time periods that come together against their will to save the timeline
Trinity, AKA what attempts to be a neutral retelling of hades and persephone, told from three perspectives: hades, persephone, and demeter. the goal of this one is to write what is clearly the same narrative with different perspectives, and ultimately tries to not hold anyone at fault
"the lillian ainsworth murder" AKA a late victorian setting for a murder mystery, featuring repressed gays, mysterious marriages, financial debt, family feuds, and an unsettling promise for revenge
a very rough plan for what is essentially out of timeline parasites that overtake someone's body with the aim of assassinating targets
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transmasc-wizard · 9 months ago
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Writblr Intro •°☆
it's me! I live! hi again :)
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[ID: an aesthetic photo header of books, a sweater, a typewriter and a candle at a window. end ID]
ABOUT ME:
You can call me Beck or Nathan, I'm a teen writer who used to be really active back in 2021/2022 but had a. really. really long writing slump... 😔. but I'm back now!! (I was chaotic-queer-disaster.)
I love fantasy, horror, and queer stories. I also explore disability a lot in my work as someone with both born and acquired disabilities.
some of my favourite themes to explore are identity, loss/grief, hope, friendship, gender (especially in horror), the challenges of morality, and mental illness
I'm looking for fellow writers to talk to and uplift! I'm especially looking if you're any of the following: queer, disabled, teenaged, horror writer, or fantasy writer. (But all are welcome!)
My main projects are under the cut :)
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[ID: a dark academia aesthetic photo of a pair of glasses on a cursive-written letter. end ID]
My Projects:
Bad Things Happen - an apocalyptic horror novel. After a party, three young adults get into a particularly nasty car crash. It rips a small hole in the universe, and they begin to be plagued with identical strings of bad luck. Their luck gets worse and more expansive every day, and soon they're fighting to stop the world itself from decaying around them. [Status: draft zero.]
The Other Ones - a half-epistolary horror novel. A group of true crime podcasters go into the strange forest on the edge of town to investigate a disappearance from 2 years ago, only to emerge hours later--covered in blood, no memory of what happened, and accompanied by the missing girl. [Status: outlining.]
Suicide Ghosts - a film script about a trans boy who is sent to an all-girls school and makes friends with the ghost girl who haunts his dorm room. As the school year goes on, they discover corruption, more hauntings, and the horror of holding identities you never asked for. [Status: outlining.]
Untitled Fairytale WIP/"gfs" - YA fantasy series with dystopia undertones. If you've been around for awhile, you'll remember it as GFS/GFW1! A group of teenagers discover they're linked to an ancient prophecy that states they're cursed to awaken gods who have slept since the last divine war. If this happens, desolation is inevitable. They must find a way to avert the prophecy--while an unidentified figure is doing everything in their power to make it come true. [Status: rewriting/reworking.]
If you've read this far, thank you! I'm really glad to be back and I hope to have a lot of fun in this community again :)
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lesbiansimqueen · 2 months ago
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sapphic sims
i write paranormal/fantasy lesbian romance novels and i make my characters into sims. expect sexy, romance, hot girl on girl love stories, and more. minors dni. this blog is nsfw. i am an adult lesbian who loves writing romance and loves her characters. i post clothed posts during the day and at night i post the steamier ones.
i did some intros before but here are some to keep up front if you're looking in at my blog.
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lorelei (left) and ashara from tides of enchantment (traditionally publishedthis year!)
lorelei is the last of the water goddesses and ash is a charming cowboy. theirs is a second chance romance. ash is a soft, kind sweetheart who has the ability to manifest items, including everything lorelei could ever desire.
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lilith (left) and ellis from blood and embers (out next year!)
ellis is a being who bathes in the blood of other magical creatures to fuel her own. she hires lilith, a private investigator who believes she's human, in order to harness the power of the fire gods.
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this is aella (front) and princess camilla from windswept desire
theirs is a friends-to-lovers romance. camilla is the human princess and aella is secretly one of the only remaining goddesses of the wind. their people are enemies, but they have been in love since they were children, even though camilla was blissfully unaware of her own sexuality.
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charlie (left) and angelique (untitled)
current wip. this is pure straight on rivals/enemies/nemesis to romance. charlie is a charmer who believes that violence is righteous for a just cause. angelique, a shifter, believes in peace. they but heads, but when charlie is forced to escort angelique to the cruelest being in existence, she becomes protective over the beautiful shifter.
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feedthepheasants · 1 month ago
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feedthepheasants | writing masterlist
if you've come around looking to read some of my writing, you've found the right place. thanks so much for checking out my work!
this list will be updated as frequently as possible as i post more of my work!
long fic-
Begged & Borrowed Time | GALE DEKARIOS - AO3
Gale x f!OC (wood elf druid) fic that follows the general plot of BG3, with some timeline/content deviation (for the drama!). As Wynn and the companions fight their way across Faer��n back to Baldur's Gate, she realizes her life hasn't worked out quite as she'd wanted it to. Somewhat of a slow-burn, a lot of pining, with some smut thrown in here & there. Currently at 21/30 chapters with a WC of 67,979.
if you want to read some snippets i've posted previously, they are listed below!
excerpt from the underdark - ch9, 'the road to moonrise' excerpt from the shadowcursed lands - ch11, 'last light inn' excerpt from gale's pov - ch12, 'one more moment of peace' excerpt from last light inn - ch17, 'just a pinch' excerpt by the fire - ch18, 'a dance by firelight' excerpt from moonrise - ch19, 'a moth to light' excerpt from moonrise, pt2 - ch20, 'lord of bones' excerpt from camp - ch21, 'the deal'
wips/eventual fic excerpts-
untitled comfort fic, gale x f!tav 'by firelight' excerpt, gale x f!tav [nsfw]
'last six sentences' tags
six sentences | another untitled comfort fic, gale x f!tav six sentences | from my in-progress fantasy/adventure novel
kinktober 2024-
day 1, 'campus crush/first kiss' - library lock-in
collaborative works-
if you head over to doe/@waterdeep-weavemoss 's page, i have been working with several talented writers in two longfic/rp style works! while i've been chipping away at anthologizing the first [a collection of anonymous letters], scroll through my #gale anon, #astarion anon, #tara anon, #narrator anon and/or #doe's anon letters tags to see my contributions!
we are currently working on a pirate rp/au, also posted on doe's page. i'm writing as astarion & wyll!
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pippin-katz · 10 months ago
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FirstPrince Author AU
I mulled it over and decided that I could post at least a little bit of what I have from the first draft I did last semester. Let me know what your thoughts are, and if you're interested in reading more!
Untitled WIP
Alex lets out another frustrated sigh as he reads through yet another fan analysis that completely missed the point. With an eyeroll, he stretches his hands and starts typing rapidly. It's moments like these that he despises his favorite author.
H. Fox is the author of several successful fiction novels, and most recently, a fantasy series, the third installment of which was just released earlier that week. Alex is a picky reader, but there's something about Fox's work that draws him in like a moth to a flame. The passages are skillfully and elegantly strung together to create stories that make it nearly impossible for him to put the book down once he starts reading. He has multiple copies of each book, one that he keeps in pristine condition, and the other that he's filled with scribbles, highlights, post-it notes, and other markings denoting moments that stand out to him, sentences that spark a strong feeling in his chest, and subtext of underlying themes and analogies Fox carefully crafts in. Alex would be thrilled to meet the author, for the chance to ask them questions about parallels he's found, and what their inspiration was for their stories and characters.
The problem is that no one knows who they are.
H. Fox is an anonymous writer. They are faceless, an unseen genius that provides nothing but a few facts about themselves in their bio at the end of each book. All Alex and the rest of their readers know is that they love dogs and have a passion for the poetry of Lord Byron. Fox never does press. They never offer pictures or even descriptions of what they look like. It's a point of constant debate and speculation within the community of readers.
What gender do they identify as? Where are they from? How old are they?
All very simple questions with no answers. Some are positive Fox is a man, while most others are adamantly opposed to the idea. The majority of the readers who had been following the author are almost positive they are from a country where English is the primary spoken language, but certain word choices and phrases generate doubt around which. The age range they are believed to fall into is twenties to thirties, but there is no way to know any of these things for certain, since they are essentially a phantom.
And that is part of Alex's problem at the moment.
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noplsimastar · 8 months ago
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hello, my name is 𝖫𝗈𝗏é. I am a twenty-four daydreamer who aspires to put her thoughts to paper and even the big screen one day. I have been writing since I was eight years old with text-based roleplays. It was not until the age of ten that I thought about being an author. I graduated with a Bachelor's of Science in Digital Cinematography in 2018. As a homeschooler, stories have always been a part of my life. I was pretty much raised in the library. I want to stop being an obstacle for myself and seriously dedicate myself to publishing my WIPS. At the moment, my favorite genres are horror, science fiction, fantasy, and folklore. I have tons of ideas, but here are a few brief loglines I can share of current novel ideas I am working on. If you would like to know anything more, please feel free to reach out.  main wips
snapshot | novel, horror/supernatural (outlining) A troubled young woman becomes a vigilante and tries to clean up the streets of her hometown. Her weapon of choice? A polaroid camera. Only issue is that it seems to be possessed by a demonic entity, who traps her into a contract of constantly feeding it souls or else she will be next. 
of pearls and seafoam | dark fantasy, folklore (outlining) A health and beauty craze has begun to sweep multiple kingdoms after one ailing king suddenly becomes healthy and youthful again. The cure? Mermaids. And more specifically, consuming mermaids. As a new lucrative business begins to boom, the once ignored species begins to be hunted down in hordes to feed the increasing demand.
untitled selkie & captor | psychological horror, folklore (outlining) The Selkie throws caution to the wind when she becomes intrigued by humans and visits the land nightly for fun. Things go awry when she manages to capture the attention of a lone widower, who steals and hides her skin. Now she finds herself in a battle of wits to return home.
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seakraitmessages · 5 months ago
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Umbrella Academy prequel novel “Young Blood” There's an official umbrella academy prequel novel coming out on July 9. It features the siblings with Ben before he died! I’m including the book’s summary here, so be careful if it’s a spoiler!
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[ID: The official prequel novel to the hit Umbrella Academy series on Netflix, starring a teenaged Umbrella Academy in an original, darkly comic adventure written by New York Times bestselling author Alyssa Sheinmel.
The Umbrella Academy has always been extraordinary—ready to leap to superpowered action at a moment’s notice. But now that Five has disappeared and their fame has crested, sometimes the only thing Luther, Diego, Allison, Klaus, Ben, and Viktor want is to be normal. . . which is much easier said than done, when you’re raised by someone like Hargreeves.
For their exacting and tyrannical father figure, nothing is ever enough; which is why, during a dinnertime debriefing on their latest mission, Ben snaps, prompting Klaus to suggest that they all need a change of scenery—just one night of partying like a bunch of average teens. In fact, Klaus knows just the place; there’s a frat house in a neighboring college town that throws weekend blowouts. What could go wrong?
They soon realize sneaking out of Hargreeves’s house—er, fortress—is the least of their concerns. When the six teens pledge not to use their powers under any circumstances, they fail to factor in the sheer force of teen drama. Faced with weird earthquakes, weirder partygoers, and a possible new foe, the Umbrella Academy must choose between the night they always dreamed of and an unexpected mission that may save the world and—finally—secure Hargreeves’s approval. END ID.]
The summary is from the book’s publishing website here: https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/untitled-amulet-fantasy-ya-book-1_9781419766275/
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illarian-rambling · 3 months ago
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Thanks for the tag @gioiaalbanoart!
Writblr Interview
Short stories, novels, or poems?
Oh, definitely novels. Even my short stories are pretty long lol
What genre do you prefer reading?
Fantasy, sci-fi, anything fun :)
What genre do you prefer writing?
Definitely fantasy with some heavy steampunk flavor
Are you a planner or a write-as-I-go kind of person?
I'll usually plot out a vague plan for each chapter, but no further than that. Short stories, I pretty much just wing it on.
What music do you listen to while writing?
It's gotta be instrumental or I can't pay attention. I tend towards a mix of video game music, classical, and jazz. Each of my characters has their own spotify playlist linked in my pinned post, so if you're looking for 6 to 8 hours of instrumental music, be my guest :)
Fave books/movies?
Favorite books are anything by Sanderson, the Foundryside Trilogy, and the Kingkiller Chronicles. My favorite movies are the lotr trilogy.
Any current WIPs?
My rotating roster is Honor's Outcasts and The Mystery of the Mortal God. The Final Voyage of the R.S Starbreaker is one I keep on backburner, and I'm currently working on an untitled short story.
If someone were to make a cartoon out of you, what would your standard outfit be?
Probably my work clothes ngl. A fishing shirt tucked into cargo pants, tucked into mud boots with a sun hat and mosquito net. My hair is in pigtails and I'm covered in bug spray. I probably smell musty as hell.
Create a character description for yourself
A tall young woman with a fuckass blonde bob, probably a checked-out expression on her face, and really awful tan lines. She's always wearing a necklace and usually some painted boots. The aesthetics are somewhere between punk and rustic.
Do you like incorporating people you actually know into your writing?
Nah, it's never appealed to me
Are you kill-happy with characters?
Not really, but I've been known to make exceptions
Coffee or tea while writing?
Girl, water. I need hydration lol
Slow or fast writer?
I'm not sure what the metric is exactly, but I'd say decently fast, though it depends on how my life is going also.
Where/who/what do you find inspiration from?
My own brain, books and shows I like, dreams, all sort of places
If you were put into a fantasy world, what would you be?
Probably some sort of alchemist who lives in a basement and eats toads
Most fave book cliche?
Thwarted prophecies. I love it when something goes wrong in a way that's correct to the letter. This is a little ironic, as if never written a prophecy once.
Least fave book cliche?
When characters are overly whiny, but especially when they whine about cool stuff. Like, sorry your shape-shifting abilities are making you question your humanity, but rip to you, I'm different. The only exception to this dislike is if they're whiny in a funny way. Anything is forgivable in literature if it's entertaining.
Fave scenes to write?
Probably those high tension fight scenes or anything with emotional stakes that isn't just a ton of dialog
Most productive time of day for writing?
I'd say early afternoon, but I have more free time to write at night
Reason for writing?
These characters are my friends. Giving up would be abandoning them. Also, I legitimately enjoy reading my own writing.
I'll tag @thecomfywriter @albatris @sm-writes-chaos and anyone else who wants to play :)
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... ⠀⠀יִיִ⠀𝃣 ⠀⠀ writeblr intro ⠀⠀ 💌 ⠀⠀ ── ⠀⠀ ;
hello ! my name is third king january but feel free to call me third or january ( or any other nickname you'd like ) ! i'm a twenty two year old black lesbian pursuing a graphic design major with a minor in art history and creative writing—considering media studies—who uses they/them pronouns !
ദ്ദി ˉ͈̀꒳ˉ͈́ )✧ :⠀ 🍓. i think this may be my third or fourth time trying out a writeblr, but the other attempts didn't go well since i was busy and didn't put a lot of effort into interacting with my mutuals </3. this time around, i really want to be a part of the community and be more supportive of everyone's writing! my goal for this account is to share my wips, any writing, and keep motivated to do more than just stare at a blank document for hours </3.
i'm a big reader and i plan to share some of my recently reads on this blog. please feel free to send me book recs if you think it's something i might like or if you just wanna ramble about something you read that you really liked! my favorite genres are horror, magical realism, fairy tales and fantasy. i love beautiful prose that's almost poetic and ambiguous writing that has you questioning everything until the grand reveal.
my favorite books are: bunny by mona awad, deathless by catherine m. valente, and how to win the time war by amal el-mohtar and max gladstone. the last two books helped me understand the kind of writing style i want to strive for as did poetry !! i don't have a whole lot of fav poems, but worm king's lullaby by richard siken is one that's always spinning in my head.
alongside reading i like manga, webtoons, videogames, and anime. my all time favorite anime is hyouka followed by angel beats and clannad. my favorite webtoon is omniscient reader's viewpoint and i can't recommend it enough. it's soosososo good! ( i started with the webtoon before switching to the novel bc i was too impatient to wait for the updates ) my favorite games are the halo series and oxenfree.
other interests of mine include music, drawing, art, watching youtube videos, journaling, horror movies, and sleeping 😴. i have a few graphic novels / webcomics in my wips so i'm learning how to draw to make them a reality! i also have a video game that's tied to another wip so i'm getting into coding as well !
please never be shy / afraid to tag me in ask games, send me an ask, or even a message! i also have a discord ( username: thirdking ) if you'd like to add me and message me there. also never think or feel like you're bothering me or anything if you wanna say hi or ramble about your interests. i'm always looking to make new friends !! 😁
i ask that minors don't interact or follow !! thank you !!
i have a handful of wips that's been running laps in my head for some time now but these are the ones ( excluding shorter stories ) that aren't multimedia projects or animation ideas, but i may talk about those anyways 😋 since most of these are still in the outlining stage they're subject to change but i'll make sure to update anything to reflect those changes !
📝 𖹭 ⠀ֵ⠀ wip one ; spring ( technically untitled but springs gna be in the final title )
the story follows two ex band mates reconnecting in their adult years after they parted ways when their front man signed a major record deal.
📝 𖹭 ⠀ֵ⠀ wip two ; sisyphus
sisyphus stars three siblings at the center of a conspiracy 1!1!1 the oldest sibling, an astronaut, goes missing during a privately funded space mission embarking to a new planet found in the solar system. i wouldn't call this a greek retelling, but it does a feature a lot of nods to classic greek myths!
📝 𖹭 ⠀ֵ⠀ wip three ; atwe
atwe follows the mother of a teen superhero getting revenge after her kid is killed by an unknown villain. though it's my own special take on superheroes featuring my personal criticisms on teen heroes, it's also a study on family—in particular—distant family relations and saying i love you a little too late.
📝 𖹭 ⠀ֵ⠀ wip four ; march marchen ( title will definitely change )
march marchen is my sort of alice in wonderland / fairy tale retelling that follows an unnamed girl in what might be wonderland trying to figure out who she is and who she isn't. ft parallel worlds, escapism, the fear of childhood, and the fear of adulthood.
📝 𖹭 ⠀ֵ⠀ wip five ; neapolitan ( title will definitely change )
neapolitan is a magical girl webcomic / graphic novel. the story follows a trio of girls becoming the successors of a long line of ice cream inspired magical girls. ft a bright fun palette, gore, and cannibalism! though it's a webcomic, i intend to give it a novelization from the perspective of a different set of magical girls.
if you'd like to be added to a taglist please send me an ask! it'll be easier for me to keep track ! thank you for reading <3
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