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writingmoth 4 hours ago
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FANTASY - Writeblr Ask Game
themed after my two self-published queer fantasy books! bam and bam!
PRINCESS - Who is the most powerful character in your world?
WINGS - Does your world have an afterlife? Do people believe in it?
TOWER - How would the people of your fantasy world react to reality?
DRAGON - Dragons. Smash or pass?
CASTLE - Describe the fantasy setting you're proud of most!
POTION - Who can use magic?
PIRATE - Do you have any pirate ocs?
SHIP - How large is this world?
MERMAID - What song reminds you of your writing most?
SHAPESHIFT - How common is magic?
MIRROR - Which character would you most like to be, if you could?
RIBBON - Describe the most unique character in this fantasy world!
CIRCUS - Fantasy or Urban Fantasy?
ILLUSION - Fantasy or Dark Fantasy?
MASK - Why do you write fantasy?
DAGGER - Do you like writing fantasy fight-scenes?
ISLAND - How much of the world have you actively planned?
CHEST - Romantasy or Adventure?
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writingmoth 6 days ago
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project vows by聽@writingmoth
His sharp intake of breath yanks Rowan from his thoughts. The god鈥檚 mouth is full of too many sharp teeth, his now gray eyes shimmering with a cold, devouring anger that sends a shiver of fear down Rowan鈥檚 spine. The blood staining his black shirt is too dark to be red, the crimson arrow buried deep into his shoulder. Rowan鈥檚聽arrow.
Rowan鈥檚 village is dying and it is his fault.
His best friend Moira fights off the accusatory whispers when they grow loud and his younger brother might have once punched the priest in his defense, but he is not stupid. The Marrow has one simple rule: when the fey of the monstrous first forest escape and the Wild Hunt comes, you must close your eyes, cover your ears and never, ever go outside.聽
Thirteen years ago, Rowan broke that rule, and worse: he survived.
Now all of them are paying the price.
So he keeps his head down and works - through gritted teeth and with more than a few mumblings, it is true - to repent for his mistake, all while maintaining his strange and unwanted connection to the first forest a secret. But with every passing season their bad luck and misfortune worsens: flowers never bloom, fruits burst open to reveal hollow cores and cattle are born too weak to survive to adulthood. Even the village鈥檚 small houses are buckling under their own weight, the wood soft and feeble to the touch.
When animals turn up mauled and the very earth cracks open under their feet, Rowan knows he must do something more to save his home. But his investigation leads him to another mistake: he mortally - and accidentally - wounds the god of the forest, the mysterious creature that pushed back the Wild Hunt thirteen years ago before disappearing for the first time in centuries. To save them is to save the Marrow, and for that Rowan is willing to take another risk: make a promise.
He will cure the god of the forest; he will save his village from destruction; he will restore peace to the Marrow and to the remnants of his family; so he vows to the god who saved his life, binding their fate into a single thread. But in a world where a promise can rearrange reality and a broken oath bestows a lifetime of misfortune, keeping his word to a capricious god who sneers at their followers might be just as dangerous as breaking it. As their relationship changes and they explore the history that ties human and fey together, Rowan must choose between facing the truth of the night that doomed him and leaving the only place he has ever called home.
details 鈥斅爐hird person limited pov (rowan鈥檚) / present tense / romance, fantasy, a touch of horror and thriller. / themes: isolation, dealing (or not) with grief, loneliness, being a monster, being human, strength in community, fear of the unknown, the importance of platonic relationships, vows, promises, secrets, self-determination, change. / target word count: 80k-100k. / adult / cw: death, violence, light body horror, memory loss, some gore. / prepping & drafting (at the same time bc i still fear no god) / gray ace/aro & bi mc, nonbinary li, bi side character. / aromantic undertones because i can鈥檛 be stopped / queer romance
notes 鈥斅爄'm finishing the first draft of fantasy romance wip/project vows this year, you guys. watch me!!
links 鈥斅燽luesky /聽twitter
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writingmoth 6 days ago
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new intro post coming for fantasy romance wip finally!!!!
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writingmoth 7 days ago
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馃 - What is your dumbest piece of writing advice that actually works?
(sorry for two separate asks, am on mobile and it's a plague to copy ^^")
change the font!!! change the software you are writing in!! change the color of the page!!! write longhand!! basically: just change the environment you are using for writing, even if it's something "silly" like font color or size. it really, really helps!!!
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writingmoth 12 days ago
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From the end of year writing game:
1. what was your writing-highlight this year? what made it special and how will you reflect on it next year?
10. which character(s) turned out differently from what you had planned? how so?
15. time for shameless self-promotion! answer with a piece of writing you want others to see/read! (if you have nothing posted/published this year, any other year is fine too ^^)
1. what was your writing-highlight this year? what made it special and how will you reflect on it next year?
this was for 2024 sooo.... definitely the stuff i wrote for my dnd character!!! i wrote so much for his backstory and relationships and it was so much fun and so freeing too, since it isn't for a project i want to get published! it's just and my friends playing with our made up barbies and its incredible! i kinda want to bring this energy for fantasy romance wip too.
10. which character(s) turned out differently from what you had planned? how so?
rowan (mc of fantasy romance wip) took a life of his own tbh. he is the main reason i've been stuck writing the first act of this story for like 3 years lol. i had imagined him more as a quiet, thoughtful person but he definitely isn't now! i mean, i guess he is quiet, but he's also impulsive, brash and overall a grump. trying to make his personality work with loifa's (his loved interest, i might add!!) gave me hives for 2 years straight.
i have him figured out now, though! i think
15. time for shameless self-promotion! answer with a piece of writing you want others to see/read! (if you have nothing posted/published this year, any other year is fine too ^^)
i havent published anything except a short story in an anthology sooo... my short story half a heart is in the first volume of the common bonds anthology!! it's an anthology of sff aromantic stories :D you can get it here
thank you so much for the ask and sorry for taking so long to answer 馃槶
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writingmoth 13 days ago
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hi Ren, happy Storyteller Saturday!! I haven't done these in a long while, so I'm gonna use this opportunity to catch up/learn about my fellow writeblrs' current projects >:)) so, tell me, what are you actively working on right now? how far along are you? what are you most looking forward to in the project?
gosh im SO SORRY for how long it took me to get to this ask. tumblr didnt notify me of anything and then i was swamped with work.
anyway!! i'm working on fantasy romance wip and have been for like... almost 3 years? but not consecutively. i only have 15k or so words written but lately i have been brainstorming/pseudo-outlining the whole thing and my very audacious plan is to finish the first draft this year!
this project is basically me being as self indulgent as possible so there are A LOT of scenes i'm looking forward to ;-; it's been very fun (if sometimes frustrating bc of how slow i am lol) to work on this project and i can't wait until it is an Actual Book!!
thank you so much for the ask!!!
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writingmoth 14 days ago
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i got a query letter-ish thing* for fantasy romance wip done. i'd love some eyes on it. anyone? 馃憖
*it's not really a query letter bc 1) i'm probably not traditionally publishing this thing and 2) the book is not done!!! but working on it helped me figure out the plot a little bit so there it is i guess
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writingmoth 1 month ago
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hey friends where is that picture of boromir with the gondor flag except its a pride flag?
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writingmoth 1 month ago
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i didn鈥檛 stop writing. i was marinating. now the flavor is INSANE.
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writingmoth 2 months ago
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i wish you guys could read the amazing fic i haven't written and probably will never write, it's fire
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writingmoth 2 months ago
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help me make my name official!!
hello everyone! I'm reaching out to ask for some assistance regarding filing for a name change in my state of residence in the United States. I understand many of us are low on money, or are donating to other causes, but even sharing this post and/or link is very much a kindness.
Any excess funds will be donated to Trans Lifeline!
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writingmoth 2 months ago
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writingmoth 2 months ago
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WRITER - ASK GAME - ANIMAL
馃惖 - What's the weirdest thing you've written and why did you write it?
馃惗 - Who knows the most about your writing/stories?
馃惡 - Do you prefer crrating heroic characters or villainous characters?
馃 - What is your dumbest piece of writing advice?
馃 - Would you get along with your fave original character if there were real?
馃惐 - Which piece of writing advice do you always ignore?
馃 - Are you a better writer than most?
馃惔 - Fantasy or Sci-Fi?
馃惙 - What's the grossest scene you've ever written?
馃 - Soft magic or hard magic systems?
馃惌 - Does your family know much about your writing?
馃 - Do you write fanfiction?
馃惀 - When did you start writing?
馃惛 - What time of day do you write?
馃 - Do you enjoy torturing your ocs?
馃悶 - Do you have any writing lucky charms or superstitions?
馃 - What is your dumbest piece of writing advice that actually works?
馃悓 - Slow or quick writer?
馃悹 - Do you enjoy killing characters?
馃惉 - What is your goal?
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writingmoth 2 months ago
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i am a Sucker for scenarios where someone encounters their younger/other self and has the opportunity to give them the compassion and understanding they haven't received.
but I am also, and possibly even more, a Sucker for scenarios where someone encounters their younger/other self and uses it as an opportunity to externalize absolutely horrifying levels of self-loathing
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writingmoth 3 months ago
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I sat down to write and accidentally spent 3 hours making a playlist, 2 hours creating moodboards, and now I鈥檓 tired.
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writingmoth 3 months ago
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to summarize: you have the moral backbone of a flatworm if your response every time harry potter comes up is to make it about your inability to give up a book
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writingmoth 3 months ago
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