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[charlesjosephwrites]

An Updated Writeblr Intro

Hey! I'm Charles (he/him), though I'll answer to just about any variation of my name. I'm a 25 year old auDHD trans dude.

I write in a wide variety of genres, but most of my stories involve crime, found family, queer romance, and/or sci-fi or fantasy elements.

I love being tagged in tag games and am always happy to answer asks people send about my WIPs, though I'm not always the best at responding in a timely fashion.

Current WIPs:

The Magician and Ms. Psychic: A story about a young woman struggling to make a name for herself as a supervillain. (intro post)

The Snap That Changed Everything: A twisted Hallmark-esque T4T romance about a mafia enforcer who finds himself catching feelings for his target. (intro post coming soon)

OzLoop: A Wizard of Oz story in which Dorothy is cursed into a time loop where she must relive her adventures in Oz over and over again. (intro post coming soon)

[pluralwizard]

they should make "i was brave at the dentist" stickers but for trans women going to the grocery store and it would say "i was transgender at the grocery store" and it would have a picture of shadow the hedgehog in a lolita dress holding a gun

[gravymegaboxsupreme]

I finished this after being transgender at the grocery store

[alunaloverworld]

[rastl]

Evergreen post

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[digitalkiddo]

If you're writing anything involving cons, scams, heists, or morally questionable characters who are very good at lying, here are some free resources I've been using for research. Saving you the "why is this in my search history" anxiety.

1. The FBI's Famous Cases & Criminals archive (fbi.gov/history/famous-cases) has detailed breakdowns of real fraud cases, Ponzi schemes, and confidence operations. The language they use is clinical and precise, which is perfect for getting the procedural details right.

2. The FTC Consumer Sentinel Network publishes annual reports on the most common fraud tactics in the US. Great for understanding how modern scams actually work and what makes people fall for them.

3. The Smithsonian's American Art Museum has a free digital collection of forgery case studies. If your character forges documents or art, this is gold.

4. Court Listener (courtlistener.com) is a free legal database where you can read actual court transcripts from fraud trials. Want to know how a real con artist talks under oath? This is where you find out.

5. The Internet Archive's collection of old newspaper crime sections. Search for "confidence man" or "swindle" in papers from the 1920s through 1960s and you'll find incredible real stories that would feel too dramatic for fiction.

Bonus: The Psychology of Fraud section on the Association for Psychological Science website has accessible articles about why people trust, how deception works cognitively, and what makes someone a convincing liar. Essential reading if you want your con artist characters to feel psychologically real.

Reblog to save for later. Your WIP will thank you.

[megacarapa]

ok so this is another long shot but a few years ago there was a twitter post (in japanese i think?) that had measurememts for how to make this book stand thing out of cardboard that you could use to double up books and use up more space on shelves

back then i made a bunch of these but by now i lost the pic and dont know how to find the original post anymore

if it comes down to it i can just take one apart and get the measurements from there but i would be very grateful if anyone happens to have the original post or something similar??

[megacarapa]

don't mind how long it's been since i made this post, anyway i realized that i don't even need to take one apart to get the measurements when i can literally just unfold it and refold it /FACEPALM

so anyway here is the diagram for anyone else who is interested!!

this requires pretty big carboard pieces, if you have a really big box or something you can make it from one piece, but if you don't, you can also just make each of the pieces individually and then tape them together

and then in the end you put it together like this!!

and then when you make a bunch you can put them all next to each other and stack your books like crazy

EVERYONE START GETTING MORE USE OUT OF YOUR SPACE NOW!!!!

[luckyladylily]

You know those jumbles of letters? Those are called "words". They represent "meaning". Now the tricky thing about words is you need to read all of them to understand what a person is saying - sometimes entire sentences or, God forbid, paragraphs!

But I believe in you! I believe if you try hard enough and take it slow, you can manage to read all the words in a post *before* replying to it!

[charlesjosephwrites]

An Updated Writeblr Intro

Hey! I'm Charles (he/him), though I'll answer to just about any variation of my name. I'm a 25 year old auDHD trans dude.

I write in a wide variety of genres, but most of my stories involve crime, found family, queer romance, and/or sci-fi or fantasy elements.

I love being tagged in tag games and am always happy to answer asks people send about my WIPs, though I'm not always the best at responding in a timely fashion.

Current WIPs:

The Magician and Ms. Psychic: A story about a young woman struggling to make a name for herself as a supervillain. (intro post)

The Snap That Changed Everything: A twisted Hallmark-esque T4T romance about a mafia enforcer who finds himself catching feelings for his target. (intro post coming soon)

OzLoop: A Wizard of Oz story in which Dorothy is cursed into a time loop where she must relive her adventures in Oz over and over again. (intro post coming soon)

[herius-is-drawing]

Happy pride month with finally become your true self 🫂🏳️‍⚧️💕

[oobbbear]

[1000-life-hacks]

[archeologist-prophet]

Lovely to see we have spaces where you can gain access to so much literature!

[hag-o-hags]

Don't sleep on @queerliblib the Queer Liberation Library for all your queer Libby needs!

[astoldbybillie]

CURSED BODIES.

a paranormal mystery.

STATUS: drafting. POV: third person limited between four characters, present tense. WARNINGS: human experimentation, homophobia, sexism, death and murder, suicide and suicidal thoughts + more.

SUMMARY.

damian sakamoto died and had it not been for his ghost walking around the streets of london, being able to stumble upon someone that in his life he had once called a friend, no one would've noticed. his life would've just become a statistic to be studied and an unsolved mystery. but with this second chance, he'll do everything that he can to ensure that he's given justice. but it's hard when one's memory isn't all that it could be. it's just a good thing that he has friends who hide away in dark corners, those who are able to unearth the secrets of his death. even if it means burning a family's legacy in the process.

LINKS.

i. tag. ii. inspo. iii. characters.

[everythingfox]

Fear me

(via)

[moniquill]

I’d like to point out that this kitten is trying to entice the dog into wrestling. As it would with other kittens/cats. That feinting and then leaping back sideways? That’s an invitation to tackle. Other kittens would understand this body language.

This dog does not understand which is probably for the best, because this kitten clearly does not understand the concept of ‘weight class’

[tearsanctuary]

“why are you getting frustrated with your characters? you write them, they can do whatever you want”

NO THEY CAN’T. this little fuckers have some psychological power over me i CANNOT MAKE THEM DO SHIT

[nondelphic]

unfortunately my story needs a middle. i personally think this is excessive

[the960writers]

truly preposterous of the story to demand this of me

[real-language-facts]

favorite type of word: names of genres that tell you nothing without context. literary fiction. popular music. interactive fiction. lets invent a new genre called experiencable media

[real-language-facts]

additions: speculative fiction, art film, point and click, simulation game. anything that makes you say "i sure hope so"

[ariaste]

"high concept" is the worst of these. i'm a professional author with 14 books and i don't know what that means

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

“hey just a heads up that this author writes dark fics” boohoo so scary how will you survive this!!!!! seriously go and talk to a real person in real life I beg you. “hey this person likes horror movies!!!! characters are brutally killed in those movies and this person enjoys it!!!! just a heads up” this is what some of y’all sound.