queer storyteller

writer of and thirsty for queer fiction

[webcomicname]

[itsonlythefirstdraft]

“How’s writing going so far?”

[empiregalaxy]

(Some) Of Fantasy’s Many Subgenres

(science fiction version)

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.” -Dr. Seuss

Shows & Films depicted (from top to bottom): Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part One, Pan’s Labyrinth, Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring, Beauty & The Beast, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Game Of Thrones, American Gods, Supernatural, Wings Of Desire, Guardians Of The Galaxy.

[kris-writes]

Wasteland! Baby - Hozier Writing Prompts 

Be still my foolish heart don’t ruin this on me

When you move, I’m moved

My heart is thrilled by the still of your hand

Sit here and watch the sunlight fade

Staying up ‘til we’re sober, wasting money on regrets

From the minute that I saw you, I started thinking twice

The lights are going out here, wanna come to mine instead?

And the nights were as dark as my baby, half as beautiful too

I was highest by your warmth, and I was transformed

I won’t deny I’ve got in my mind now all the things we’d do

Imagine being loved by me 

Lover, be good to me 

I wouldn’t fall for someone I thought couldn’t misbehave

I’d suffer Hell if you’d tell me what you’d do to me tonight

Honey, I laugh when it sinks in, a pillar, I am upright 

With the roar of the fire, my heart goes to its feet 

I would gladly be the Icarus to your certainty 

Wasteland, baby. I’m in love, I’m in love with you 

Bonus - NFWMB

I’d wanna be felled by you, held by you, fuel the pyre of your enemies

The best of you, honey, belongs to me

Nothing fucks with my baby

[whicheverwarrior]

The first rule of writing is hoard notebooks

[raevenlywrites]

The second rule of writing is we do not write in our notebook hoard

[fandomsficsandfeels-deactivated]

me jumping between my WIPs without actually finishing any of them

[valtsv]

where y’all sitting: ship dynamics edition

[shitty-check-please-aus]

Truly it is incredibly inconvenient how you have to write your stories if you want to read them

[shitty-check-please-aus]

unless I come up with a series of words that form a series of sentences, I’m not going to read this story and nobody else is either and this is truly rude of the universe to work this way

[georgiawrites]

One thing that I really struggle with when I’m writing my first draft is that I know it is so bad. What is the point of writing this, I wonder, when it is so awful. So I keep these two fantastic quotes up at my desk to remind me that so long as I get it on the page, I will be able to create something wonderful later:

“I’m writing a first draft and reminding myself that I’m simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.” – Shannon Hale 

“Don’t be afraid to write crap because crap makes great fertilizer.”  –  Jessica Brody 

Writing something bad is far better than writing nothing at all

[apolloandhyac1nthus]

This is….fuckin incredible…. groundbreaking….. I needed this

[ashnouveau]

i need to work on my WIP but i’m looking at sewing machines?? why am i this way

[more-oc-questions]

I'm curious--how do you guys go about creating your OCs?

[icealeen]

[queerdean]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Good Omens (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens) Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens) Summary:

In 1912, Aziraphale’s worries include his bookshop, his printing friend’s sick wife, and how he’s going to make his way to the first class dining room on the Titanic for an unforgettable meal. When his friend, a book printer, asks Aziraphale to go collect master plates from a publisher in America, he also offers Aziraphale his ticket aboard the Titanic. Aziraphale can’t resist. The Head Office has nothing to say, so Aziraphale decides he’s earned himself a vacation.

Unfortunately, a demon, not the one he wants to see, is aboard causing trouble on orders from Hell. Possibly, a demon, the one he is desperate (but unwilling to admit he wants) to see, is also aboard, trying to find a way to save Aziraphale without anyone being the wiser.

[ab-estiary-c]

We pleased to announce the contributors to the zine. Each and everyone of them is a skilled artist and writer in there own rights and we are a thrilled to be working with them!

Page one: @pteradragon, @kimardt, @michelledixart

@sinistart on instagram, @ashnouveau, @yabbyabb

@vectober, @ohmdo, @cardinalbones

Page two:

@cassafra5, @cordaello, @idle-scribbles

@ametatdraws, @hawkmothstudios​, @mysticbat​ on instagram

@dunesand​, @rosegaarden​, @antiquedbones

@awayan​, @rhobi​, @colorsofdoom

Page three: 

@vincentmango-gh​, @teratophelia​, @momolady

@flexaa on onstagram, @amummyart, @chameleocoonj

@wiebelwiebel

Congratulations and look forward to the wonderful work from these individuals!

[writing-and-guacamole]

Having Writer’s Block:

[gr8writingtips]

writing tip #2561:

who needs ‘writing’ when you can make your OCs on the sims

[awed-frog]

when you’re trying to write and your last two functioning brain cells start yelling at each other

[lynati]

…I have literally NEVER been called out so hard.

[frognonbinary-deactivated202412]

i’ve been doing my homework on how to break into a writing career and honestly. there’s a Lot that i didn’t know about thats critical to a writing career in this day and age, and on the one hand, its understandable because we’re experiencing a massive cultural shift, but on the other hand, writers who do not have formal training in school or don’t have the connections to learn more via social osmosis end up extremely out of loop and working at a disadvantage. 

[frognonbinary-deactivated202412]

like, i didnt know about twitter pitch parties!! i didnt know about literary agents and publishers tweeting their manuscript wishlist, in hopes that some poor soul out there has written the book they really want to read and publish!! this isnt some shit you learn about in school! you really need to know the ins and outs of the writing community to be successful! 

[frognonbinary-deactivated202412]

for anyone interested, here’s what i’ve learned so far in my quest for more writing knowledge:

1. Writer’s Market 2019 is a great place to start– it gives you a list of magazines and journals that you can send your work to depending on the genre as well as lists a shit ton of literary agents that specify what genres they represent, how you can get in contact with them and how they accept query letters. this is a book that updates every year and tbh i only bought it this year so i dont know how critical it is to have an updated version  

2. do your research. mostly on literary agents because if you listed on your site that you like to represent fluffy YA novels and some asshole sends you a 80k manuscript about like…gritty viking culture, you will be severely pissed off. always go in finding someone who you know will actually like your work because they’re the ones who will try to advocate for you in getting published.

3. learn how to write a query letter. there are slightly varying formulas to how you can write an effective query letter. you’re also going to want to get feedback on your query letter because its the first thing the literary agent will read and based on how well you do it, it could be the difference between them rejecting you outright and giving your manuscript a quick read

4. unfortunately, you’re gonna want to get a twitter. Twitter is where a lot of literary agents are nowadays, and they host things like twitter pitch parties, where you pitch your manuscript in a few sentences and hashtag it with #Pitmad #Pitdark, some version of pit. a lot of literary agents and publishers will ALSO post their manuscript wishlists, which is just the kind of books they’d like to represent/publish, and they hashtag this with #MSWL (it is NOT for writers to use, only for agents/publishers)

5. connect with other writers, literary agents, publishers at book events. you will absolutely need the connections if you want to get ahead as a writer. thats just kind of the state of the world.

[promptsforthesoul]