[bucciflagrante]

Love the trope of “ small town where weird stuff just sorta happens ”

[delphicwrites]

individual stickers available on my page

i've been making some stickers and putting them on redbubble.... if you like pixel art and you like flowers then check it out!

each flower is also available individually if you like just one

[heywriters]

My collection of clothing references for writing. 

[floraone]

Ya know what , I’m adding. Here are more useful references that I use;

[twhiddlestonsstuff-deactivated2]

Amazing reference for character development !!!

[wreath-of-laurels]

Seriously, I recommended every writer having a copy of this.

[prokopetz]

The ultimate power move in a vampire/fairy rivalry would be the fairy inviting the vampire over for tea. The vampire has natural dominion over anyone who invites them into their home, the fairy has natural dominion over anyone who violates the laws of hospitality, and neither can refuse the appointment without showing weakness, so it’d just be a constant headgame of the vampire trying to manoueuvre the fairy into a position where the obligations of hospitality allow the vampire to eat them, and the fairy trying to trick the vampire into doing something that would allow the fairy to declare them a poor guest.

[lynati]

You know EVENTUALLY they’re going to get hit with the magical equivalent of being snowed in together, right?

[guardiankarenterrier]

is

is that not the point

[brunhiddensmusings]

next paradox -faeries have power over those who eat fey food -vampires have power over those they feed on even should the vampire successfully bite the faerie theyre still at square one

[krystal-prisms]

Schrodinger’s hospitality rules

[hyratel]

@dovewithscales -popcorn-

[quousque]

vampire: you’re a fairy, not food, so it doesn’t count-

fairy: excuse you I am a SNACK

[writing-prompt-s]

Trapped in a library, you decide to read some books to pass the time. As you continue to read, you are mortified that every book has a warning followed by the same words. “She’s watching us, read book 8.5.11.16. for further instructions.

[delphicwrites]

wip: enchanted creek

genre: fairytale retelling/drama

character: Phelan Singh (The Big Bad Wolf)

“Oh, Grandma. What big eyes you’ve got.”

“All the better to look you over, dearie.”

[writing-prompt-s]

When you were a kid, you and your friends made a ‘secret society’, with passcodes, names, and even a silly logo you drew yourself. That was years ago, eventually you lost contact with those friends, but one day you receive a letter in the mail, and it has that symbol embossed on it.

[writing-prompt-s]

“Congratulations on defeating The Dark Lord…” Your mentor and all of your allies suddenly turn their weapons on you, “…but you were meant to be a martyr. Forgive us.”

[anghraine]

so I’m looking at short story publishers (fantasy)

Tor, cream of the crop. 25 cents a word. Stories can be read for free (YES). Slowish response time at ~3 months. Prefer under 12k, absolute maximum is 17.5k. Don’t bother if it’s not highly professional quality. SFWA qualifying.

Crossed Genres. 6 cents a word. Different theme each month (this month’s is “failure”). Submissions must combine either sci-fi or fantasy with the theme. Response time 1 month. 1k-6k, no exceptions. SFWA qualifying.

Long Hidden, anthology from CG. 6 cents a word. 2k-8k, no exceptions. Must take place before 1935. Protagonist(s) must be under 18 and marginalized in their time and place. Must be sci-fi/fantasy/horror. Deadline 30 April. Response by 1 October.

Queers Destroy Science Fiction. Sci-fi only right now, author must identify as queer (gay, lesbian, bi, ace, pan, trans, genderfluid, etc, just not cishet). 7.5k max. Deadline 15 February. Responses by 1 March. You can submit one flash fiction and one short story at the same time. (My network blocks the Lightspeed site for some reason, so I can’t get all the submission details. >_>) Probably SFWA qualifying?

Women in Practical Armor. 6 cents a word. 2k-5k. Must be about 1) a female warrior who 2) is already empowered and 3) wears sensible armour. Deadline 1 April. Response within three months.

Fiction Vortex. $10 per story, with $20 and $30 for editor’s and readers’ choice stories (hoping to improve). Speculative fiction only. Imaginative but non-florid stories. 7.5k maximum, preference for 5k and under. (I kind of want to support them on general principle.)

Urban Fantasy Magazine. 6 cents a word. 8k max, under 4k preferred. Must be urban fantasy (aka, the modern world, doesn’t need to be a literal city). 

Nightmare. 6 cents a word. 1.5-7.5k, preference for under 5k. Horror and dark fantasy. Response time up to two weeks. SFWA and HWA qualifying.

Apex Magazine. 6 cents a word. 7.5k max, no exceptions. Dark sci-fi/fantasy/horror. SFWA qualifying.

Asimov’s Science Fiction. 8-10 cents a word. 20k max, 1k minimum. Sci-fi; borderline fantasy is ok, but not S&S. Prefer character focused. Response time 5 weeks; query at 3 months. SFWA qualifying, ofc.

Buzzy Mag. 10 cents a word. 10k max. Should be acceptable for anyone 15+. Response time 6-8 weeks. SFWA qualifying.

Strange Horizons. 8 cents a word. Speculative fiction. 10k max, prefers under 5k. Response time 40 days. Particularly interested in diverse perspectives, nuanced approahces to political issues, and hypertexts. SFWA qualifying. 

Fantasy and Science Fiction. 7-12 cents a word. Speculative fiction, preference for character focus, would like more science-fiction or humour. 25k maximum. Prefers Courier. Response time 15 days.

Scigentasy. 3 cents a word. .5-5k. Science-fiction and fantasy, progressive/feminist emphasis. Fantastic Stories of the Imagination. 15 cents a word. 3k maximum. Any sci-fi/fantasy, they like a literary bent. (psst, steinbecks!) They also like to see both traditional and experimental approaches. Response time two weeks. 

Beneath Ceaseless Skies. 6 cents a word. 10k maximum. Fantasy in secondary worlds only (it can be Earth, but drastically different—alternate history or whatever). Character focus, prefer styles that are lush yet clear, limited first or third person narration. Response time usually 2-4 weeks, can be 5-7 weeks. SFWA qualifying.

Clarkesworld. 10 cents a word up to 4000, 7 afterwards. 1-8k, preferred is 4k. Science-fiction and fantasy. Needs to be well-written and convenient to read on-screen. Appreciates rigour. No talking cats. Response time 2 days. SFWA qualifying.

Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show. 6 cents a word. Any length. Science-fiction and fantasy (along with fantastic horror). Good world-building and characterization. Clear straightforward prose. Response time three months. Yes, OSC is editor-in-chief. SFWA qualifying.

Interzone. Sub-pro rates if anything (but highly respected). 10k max. Short cover letter. Science-fiction and fantasy.

[minutia-r]

Whenever I see a post like this, I feel like I have to tell people about the Submission Grinder.  I just did a search on it and it came up with 135 markets that pay for fantasy short stories. You can search by genre, pay rate, length of story they accept, etc, and it’s constantly being updated, which a post like this can’t be, and you can also use it to keep track of what you’ve sent where and when, and since a lot of people use it for this purpose it’s got a lot of good data about response times and so on. If you are trying to sell fiction or poetry on the regular, it is such a useful tool and I encourage everyone to use it.

[the-modern-typewriter]

Thought I’d try something new with the Patreon prompts I write this month. 

Given I am a big fan of the ~ spooky vibes ~ I have planned ahead, for a theme for each day’s prompt.

Feel free to join me in writing about these things too! 

My Patreon story masterlist is here, for anyone curious what stories are there. As always, there will be a Birthday Special, because for the last decade I have always aimed to post something on my birthday to celebrate the occasion!

EDIT: I have just realised I have included werewolf x 2!! :O I suppose one will be a trick and one will be a treat….;) 

[sawasawako-archived]

the way you can resent your parents but also sympathise with and ache for them… so sick

[starpeace]

the only real good ship dynamic: tragic hero x person with genre awareness

[starpeace]

oh to walk blindly into ruin and have someone who would follow, even with their eyes open, because they cannot bear to let go of your hand

[sin-ecdoche-deactivated20141101]

To All Writers of Everything Ever

I need to rant about this:

Also known as the best writing program ever! It’s a full-screen writing program!

So you open it up, and it looks like this:

You’re thinking, “Ok, so what? It’s a screen with a picture. Whoopdie do.” But it get’s better! It’s customizable!

See that “appearance”? Click it.

You can also use custom fonts that you have installed!

See that “music”? Click it.

If you drag your own music into the folder, like so:

You get this!:

But wait! It gets better!

See “typing sounds”? You can change those too!

Perhaps the best is - YOU CAN USE ANY PICTURE FOR THE BACKGROUND. It will automatically fade it for you!

Seriously, guys, this tool is wonderful. You can use it for:

Research papers

Novel writing

Play writing

Short stories

Homework assignments

Ranting about your friends when they piss you off

Writing your shopping list

It auto-saves. It exports to .rtf. Hotkeys from Word for italicize, underlining, and bold work. You can print RIGHT FROM THERE.

And the seriously best thing ever?

It fits on a flash drive. The entire thing with added music is maybe 131MBs.

The bestest thing ever.

It’s free.

[peranora-deactivated20151119]

HOW TO BRING BACK PPL WHO STOPPED WRITING IN 2009

[saintemiliosandoz]

y’all really recommend books like: title, there are gay characters, enemies to lovers, young adult, written by poc

not once do i ever see a summary

[mycoolstoryworld]

What more info do you need?

[fakewant]

A SUMMARY

[starshine-honey-deactivated2023]

WHAT DO U MENA SUMMARY WHAT ELSE MATTERS ITS GAY POC AND ENEMIES TO LOVERS HOW OFTEN DO U CONE ACROSS THAT

[pollackpatrol]

i want to know what its about mainly. is it a romance? is there plot besides the romance? is it realistic fiction? sci fi? fantasy? historical? future? alternate history? whats the tone? what are the themes? what are the main characters’ NAMES?

[starshine-honey-deactivated2023]

I- it’s gay the gay

[pollackpatrol]

i value queer characters too. but i also want to know WHAT THE BOOK I’M READING IS ABOUT.

[marzipanandminutiae]

“GAY AND/OR RACIALLY DIVERSE” IS NOT A GENRE. nor is it an indicator of quality

do you know how many times I’ve been recommended a book solely because “it’s queer fantasy!”

do you know how many times those books have been so poorly written that I couldn’t finish them

[captainlordauditor]

Mostly, I want to know the tone. A 19th century war story isn’t gonna do it for me when I’m in the mood for a lighthearted austenesque romance - and those are both historical. A star warsy space romp isn’t gonna do it if I want to read about interplanetary political negotiations - and those are both sci fi. A fun gratuitious don’t-think-about-it-too-hard action story is not the same as a dark and complicated mob drama. A suspenseful thriller will bore me if I’m looking for a fast paced spy novel.

[eerieticals-deactivated20220522]

not providing a summary literally just shows how you treat marginalized people and their representation as this token woke thing that you can show off like a shiny trophy. no, people aren’t going to read something just because it has representation! that’s not how it works!

[monsterquill]

“some people don’t deserve redemption” redemption isn’t something that’s deserved, it’s something someone does. it’s making the choice to change the way you live your life, to be better, to do good things instead of bad things and try to make up for the bad things. and everyone can and should do that, at any time, no matter what they’ve done. we can’t change the past, but we can choose what kind of person to be now and in the future. we have the responsibility to do so. it is so completely not about “deserving.”

[dingdongyouarewrong]

[lianabrooks]

Forgiveness is your choice to let go of pain and move on. It is your choice to allow yourself to heal and grow beyond the pain caused by someone else. It does not require allowing that person back into your life. It doesn’t require the other person to change. It is entirely about you, as the victim, and your choice to heal. Forgiveness is part of recovery and can be hard

Repentance is the choice of the criminal to change their behavior, acknowledge the harm they have done, make restitution, and work to create a new life for themself away from those harmful choices. It does not require forgiveness. It does not require anything from the people you hurt, not even acknowledgment. It involves accepting the consequences of what you have done, including accepting the punishment given if you’ve broken the law. Repentance is often hard because it requires you to acknowledge you were wrong and give up the habits and life that led you to do something wrong.

Redemption is the intersection of these two things. It is the place where both the perpetrator and victim meet after they have done the work to change and heal on their own. It’s the redemptive act of putting forgiveness and repentance into practice and developing a new, healthy relationship. It’s the process of regaining a relationship.

When people talk about someone not earning a redemption arc or not deserving one it’s often because they haven’t done the work of repentance. In that scenario, yes, not everyone deserves a redemption arc.

Everyone has the right to a repentance arc. Everyone can change. Everyone can grow.

Everyone has the right to a forgiveness arc. Everyone has the right to heal and grow. Everyone should allow themselves to recover from the pain they have been through.

Not every broken relationship can be redeemed.

Redemption can’t be a one-sided thing.

[delphicwrites]

wip: enchanted creek

genre: fairy tale retelling/drama

character: Morrigan Gethin (The Evil Queen)

“Go on, have a bite.”

[sosuperawesome]

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