ambitious mumbling

cass | twenty-nine hobbyist writer

[elena-gilbert]

JANE EYRE (2011)  dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga

[sosuperawesome]

Em Niwa on Instagram

[chishiio]

it's been a while since i've done an accountability thread but they're fun soooo here's one for my current wip. i'm expecting it to be somewhere between 10-15k but i'd love for it to be under 10k ultimately. we'll see.

starting word count as of this morning: 370.

[chishiio]

the draft is becoming more disjointed as it grows. i struggle when i don’t have a thorough outline in place but over outlining can drain my muse from a project so i’m trying a middle of the road approach. it’s going ,, eh. hopefully i can catch my stride somewhere in it.

updated word count: 1070.

[chishiio]

i only remember this blog exists every once and a while because i don't write as regularly atm. i've just been busy with work lol i am still really enjoying this draft although i haven't added much to it. i'm loving imogen's pov and how she interacts with history as it sets in motion what my main cast will be forced to deal with the repercussion of lol

current word count: 1530

[chishiio]

it's been a while since i've done an accountability thread but they're fun soooo here's one for my current wip. i'm expecting it to be somewhere between 10-15k but i'd love for it to be under 10k ultimately. we'll see.

starting word count as of this morning: 370.

[chishiio]

the draft is becoming more disjointed as it grows. i struggle when i don’t have a thorough outline in place but over outlining can drain my muse from a project so i’m trying a middle of the road approach. it’s going ,, eh. hopefully i can catch my stride somewhere in it.

updated word count: 1070.

[gildedruin]

My piece for @novaandmali ‘s Classics vol. III

[chishiio]

it's been a while since i've done an accountability thread but they're fun soooo here's one for my current wip. i'm expecting it to be somewhere between 10-15k but i'd love for it to be under 10k ultimately. we'll see.

starting word count as of this morning: 370.

[livesunique]

Dunsborough Park, Ripley, United Kingdom

[cockmotif]

men love looking at each other lustfully while covered in blood, It’s how they bond

[cair--paravel]

1930s Czech perfume bottles.

[coiour-my-world]

Road to the Fortress ~ by Albena Markova

Guaita Fortress, San Marino

[authoralexharvey]

ASMLP Accountability - Finale

Intro || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8 || 9 || 10 || 11

It is done. At last, it is done. The first draft of A Sharper, More Lasting Pain has been completed. It's been a long time in the making, clearly, but I'm one step closer to having a finished novel to place on the shelf with other finished novels.

But I'm getting a little ahead of myself.

Today, I did a writing livestream to incentivize myself to write the ending of this novel. If you missed it, the replay can be found here. Regardless, I did it. I finally typed the words "the end".

...For this draft, anyway.

I'm going to put this novel in a drawer for a little bit and let it marinate. After that, I'll come back to rewrite it

Did you know you can read the current draft of ASMLP right now for free? Three websites, three ways to read.

Wattpad || Royal Road || ScribbleHub

Now that this draft is finished, I'll finish uploading the rest of the novel soon. But, if you feel like subbing to my Patreon, you can read the whole novel in its messy glory right now (or piecemeal, depending on your tier, but I plan to have the rest of the chapters uploaded in the next few days).

I'm going to do some more posts in the next few days recapping the novel-writing experience and some of my favorite bits and such, but for now I am tired and I am going to go to sleep for a while.

ASMLP Taglist (Ask to be added): @magic-is-something-we-create, @wildswrites, @chishiio, @broodparasitism, @writeblrsupport, @original-writing, @artcoffeecats, @comicgoblinart, @asterhaze, @linaket, @arigalefantasynovels.

[armageddinouttahere-deactivated]

top 5 unpublished WIPs 🫵

Not an all time list. Just the ones that come to mind right now:

Redstart/Trickstown/Underground Elysium by @queenslayerbee

Namesake by @flowerprose

In The Deep of the Trees by @pinespittinink

A Spark of Magic/Flesh & Blood by @chishiio

Bloodless Heir by you :P

Honourable mention goes to Seafoam by @megarywrites which generally deserves more love and Non Serviam by my buddy Sfarda on IG

[chishiio]

three pictures challenge

heavy as stone ( intro here )

The moment it took to ascend the staircase and walk the trip to Mrs. Hallewell’s room was both a scream and a gasp. On the threshold, Catherine turned on her and Marianne couldn’t help but flinch.

“You have to know that I have missed you, Mary. Every night my dreams smell of you and my nightmares wear your face and taunt me in your voice. I am haunted by you.”

Catherine’s grip was punishing but Marianne found herself unable to resist. The corridor was silent, the dust stirred only where their skirts dragged, leaving behind a tangled trail of them both in the dark.

“I’ve missed you too.” It was agony to pull away from Catherine but she forced herself to do so. “But we are not the same girls we were before, Catherine. I have changed.”

Catherine released her with a quiet sob that she smothered with one thin hand. She was a faded echo of the capricious and vibrant young girl that had enthralled Marianne so thoroughly. There was bruising under her eyes, heavy-lidded and sable-colored, and a thinness to her frame that spoke of neglect.

“You are the same, Mary,” she whispered through her fingers, breath heavy in the silence. “I would know if you had changed. We have the same heart, still.”

i had intended to do more with this post but it’s been in my draft for like… six months. so this will be all lol i still intend to finish this story but i’ll likely have to rewrite most of it. for now have a part that i still really like~

[chishiio]

new wip new wip new wip 🔪

well, really more of a wipette if you will. i’ve decided to spin together Imogen’s story pre-book 1. which is like 100 years before, actually. so here’s a little treat of a much younger Madeleine saying something so mean it totally gives Imogen a complex about her smell for… well, life.

[orpheuslament]

one thing about me is that i will lose my mind about the personification of the house

[orpheuslament]

this house hates you. this house loves you. this house wont ever let you leave. this house has eyes & a mouth. you could make this house speak. you could make this house cry. this house has seen the worst parts of you & wants to keep you inside it forever. this house will die with you. etc.

[anoelleart]

WIP Intro - The Protolith

Finally doing a WIP intro :0

Genre: Adult [18+] Fantasy Nonlinear Romance

Subgenres: gaslamp fantasy, dark academia, forbidden romance

Progress: First draft, 100k words so far!

Blurb: See this post :)

Tag: Protolith

Characters:

Charlotte [26, she/her]: impulsive, outspoken medical student and disgraced noblewoman. Seeks to re-enter the high court with her new husband, leaving her salacious past behind

Edith [26, she/her]: witty, feminist, polyamorous mathematician who works as Charlotte's lady-in-waiting and confidante

The Stranger [42, he/him]: a stoic war priest with a playboy reputation, money to burn, and hidden secrets

Nathaniel [22, he/him]: new-to-town rich boy with ties to the church and a new marriage to Charlotte to launch his career at court

Setting: Lorenzia, a marble city at the center of the Empire, a theocratic and oligarchic state

Vibes: late nights, summer rain, smoky scotch, cigars after sex

Excerpt:

Charlotte spent her nights one of two ways: seducing wealthy men at lavish parties or studying the cardiovascular system of a stolen cadaver. Though she vastly preferred the company of cadavers to men, tonight, Charlotte attended the former.

Read More Here:

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Writeblr Intro w/ Prolotith Links

[TW: This story contains discussion of sex work including graphic sexual content, survival sex work and sexual assault. Additionally, there are discussions of depression, suicidal thoughts, suicide, self-harm, and heavy drug use.]

Tag List: @broodparasitism, @socialmediasocrates, @asablehart, @anarchyandroses, @leighvalentin, @seasteading, @authoralexharvey, @local-writers-corner, @namelessscribe [Just ask if you want to be added to the tag list!]

[chishiio]

woah it’s been quite a while since i looked at my blog :< there wasn’t a particular reason for my absence beyond getting distracted by my health and my schedule but i’m looking forward to posting again.

seems ive gained a fair amount of new followers in my absence so i’ll dig through those and likely follow back fellow writeblrs. as for what i’m writing myself… some new ideas and some old, we’ll see what actually gets my pen going again heh