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you'll get the urge as an artist or a writer to say out loud the things you're worried about "the proportions are off" "kind of out of character" "i'm not good at summaries" "didn't get as much detail as i wanted" "i made a mistake and here's how" and that's the self-conscious part of your brain telling you "it's bad and if you don't tell them you know it's bad then they'll think you're stupid" but you've got to ignore that little voice and pretend you think it's good or else that little voice is going to ruin your life

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This is also very Baxton Keyes tbh

top five most important things you can give a character. 1. bisexuality. 2. autism. 3. so much negative rizz it loops around into irresistibility. 4. so many bad events. 5. a coping mechanism that’s cute and silly provided you don’t think about it too hard

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Honestly? My main piece of advice for writing well-rounded characters is to make them a little bit lame. No real living person is 100% cool and suave 100% of the time. Everyone's a little awkward sometimes, or gets too excited about something goofy, or has a silly fear, or laughs about stupid things. Being a bit of a loser is an incurable part of the human condition. Utilize that in your writing.

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Cthalia's two-part prologue is live now!!

Both chapters are available to read via Toyhou.se now!! You do not need an account to read it, either!!

If you do have an account though, you can subscribe to the story in order to receive updates through Toyhouse as well as here.

Thank you all so much for the support in helping me get this far <33 I hope you'll enjoy the ride!!

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been thinking about fantasy/scifi rule systems and free will

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people on my "making AUs for OCs" post keep going like "oh you mean like a STORY? like a BOOK? OP that's just a STORY!!" like no you don't get it. you don't get how much my friends and i play with our ocs like dolls. we're talking swap AUs. homestuck classpecting. MLP AUs. evil AU. "so just making stories" you're like a little baby to me. leave my sight

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I’m not sure how many people realize that there’s a way in which hurt/comfort is actually very kinky, because at its core you’ve got this emotional power exchange fantasy where one character is vulnerable and helpless and the other takes care of them. In the case of stories involving grievous injuries, where someone is bedridden for a long time, you often end up with two characters in a 24/7 total power exchange relationship without a safeword. It just doesn’t involve as many whips and dog collars.

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tired of overly competent teenage protagonists? get ready for gay middle aged men who are SO bad at their jobs

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oh also masquerade (series) is at least at the same house party as the amberlough dossier (fucked-up gays messing with the gov't in fantasy-but-not-fantastic worlds)

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"you sure do make a lot of jokes about sex for an ace person-" that's because sex is a joke to me

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Official cover art for Cthalia

Cthalia is an original novel by @ekholocationn/@cthaliaofficial beginning its free and public release within the 2024 year. Curious? Navigate to the pinned post on this blog to find out more!

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no, YOU have a microwave brain that slowly rotates blorbos. I have a washing machine brain that rotates AND soaks them and sometimes things get a little intense and it starts going THUNK THUNK THUNK and nearly breaks itself because of blorbo overload

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people on my "making AUs for OCs" post keep going like "oh you mean like a STORY? like a BOOK? OP that's just a STORY!!" like no you don't get it. you don't get how much my friends and i play with our ocs like dolls. we're talking swap AUs. homestuck classpecting. MLP AUs. evil AU. "so just making stories" you're like a little baby to me. leave my sight

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Something about a character being congratulated for ‘coming out’ as a magical entity while clearly being set up for a very hetero romance just feels a little strange to me. It kind of rubs me the wrong way! I’m squinting suspiciously at some of the choices made in this book.

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I WROTE A BOOK!!!

Today an announcement dropped on my Youtube channel about my upcoming original novel, Cthalia! You may have heard it mentioned on this account (I can't shut up about it lol). Here's a link to the announcement:

Multiple things got revealed in this video, one of which being the official Tumblr for the story, @cthaliaofficial !! Feel free to follow this account for updates, art posts, sneak peeks, and more!! The pinned post will also give more info about the story, and a link to the Discord if that interests you!

I'm VERY VERY VERY excited to be making big announcements like this again for Cthalia!! Thank you to everyone who has supported me through this, I can't wait to finally start releasing this thing soon >w<

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the collection so far

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made some clown designs based on the aro, ace and aroace flags!!