The fox in the writers room

Floki Leroux 🏳️‍🌈 - author of the mystery crime series "Inspector Taylors curious cases" Coming on April 2nd 2023 (german) Buy one here:https://www.epubli.com/shop/die-insel-der-schwebenden-wale-9783757534691

[flokileroux]

Sergeant Elias Poe

Sergeant at day, ghosthunter at night. Sergeant Elias Poe spends his free time searching for the paranormal... much to his inspectors regret.

[thatsbelievable]

[flokileroux]

4. If the new owner is a cute inspector he may solve your murder if you ask him nicely.

[flokileroux]

Inspector Taylor kehrt zurück!

Kaum nach London zurückgekehrt, muss sich Inspector Taylor mit gleich zwei sonderbaren Fällen auseinandersetzen. Durch Mächte, die sich ihm zunächst nicht zeigen wollen, wird Taylor der neue Eigentümer einer Stadtvilla, die in der Nachbarschaft nur als das Spukhaus der Canary Street bekannt ist. Zum Glück hat er Unterstützung durch seinen neuen Sergeant Elias Poe, der in seiner Freizeit leidenschaftlich gern der Geisterjagd nachgeht. Aber auch Scotland Yards neuester Fall stellt ihn vor ein Rätsel. Der Mord an einem angesehenen Professor des Okkulten mit anschließendem Diebstahl wertvoller Artefakte führt die beiden Ermittler tief in den Abgrund der Stadt. Inspector Taylor muss bald schon einsehen, dass ihn die mysteriösen Nebelschwaden von Hawthorne Hill nicht ohne Weiteres aus ihrem nasskalten Griff entkommen lassen.

Begleitet Inspector Taylor auf seinen zweiten Fall und entdeckt die Londoner Unterwelt in Inspector Taylor und der Kult des Nebels - überall online, wo es Bücher gibt!

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[flokileroux]

It all started with a woman, because every good detective story is about a woman…. or rather the absence of a woman.

Inspector Frederik Taylor begins his search for missing journalist Josephine White at the last place she was seen: the remote island of Cetecea Island. With the help of his new colleague Sergeant Olivia Thompson and the arrogant billionaire's son Otis Ballard, he ventures to uncover the island's secrets. In the process, he is not only drawn into the machinations of Centennial Energy Corp, but witnesses events that are to change his life forever.

What Taylor doesn't realise is that this is only the first of many strange cases.

Join Inspector Frederik Taylor on the first of his strange cases and discover the mystery of the Island of the Floating Whales.

Order the GERMAN novel now in the epubli shop or online in the bookshop of your choice.

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[rosechata]

point bonita + point lobos, california

[oyasumikaiju]

[yvesdot]

I’m starting to go insane so how about if you’re an artist who works retail tell me in the tags what you do artwise and what your job is.

[ad-wills]

it's a lot of stuff...

[flokileroux]

me - trying to get over the fact that my crime novel only has about 30.000 words although German is infamously known for killing any word count that international universities forbade to use German in essays...

[vanessa-apollons-version]

Can you imagine one of your books getting so popular that you stumble upon fan art of your characters? Yeah. That’s why I keep writing.

[flokileroux]

I once wrote a fanfic about my friends favorite media and she liked it so much that she drew me a picture of my protagonist and her LI... I've been chasing that high ever since and that is definitely a reason I keep writing.

So @abyzzwalker if you see this: hi! :)

[ahungeringknife]

Just in case anyone was confused or concerned.

Drafting is a skill. And it's a skill you can learn. If you ever look at your first draft and go 'actually this is good' do not immediately go 'no it's can't be good it's a first draft'. If you've been writing for a while (like years) writing a draft that is perfectly serviceable and only needs some editing without a ton of cutting is like... fine.

I spend a lot of my time 'writing' and 'rewriting' drafts 6-10 times in my head and when they finally come out as my 'first draft' (or a second in some cases) it's already been through 2-8 revisions. The work has been done and the words I'm writing are the culmination of those revisions. I just didn't write it down.

Not all revisions have to take place in meat space or as text on a screen. Revisions happen as you play out scenarios over and over again in day dreams or bed time stories. Your first draft is not something that Must be conquered and tamed into something presentable. Sometimes you nail it because you've spent all the revision time already.

This is not something that comes to everyone. But it is something you can get good at. You do not have to agonize over a 5th rewrite if the first time you've put words to paper is already the 6th revision that's gotten better every time. There's a lotta 'you gotta suffer to make a book good' in writeblr I just don't agree with. You can just nail it the "First Time". Not every time. But you can.

[flokileroux]

THIS! I'm so happy somebody else feels like this because I got worried. I write scenes one by one, almost never in the order they will eventually be in. Sometimes I write a scene two or three times, sometimes even because I forget that I have already written it. Then I compare these scenes and mash them together to a version with the best parts of both.

Sometimes I rewrite scenes after adding a new scene before or after it that has some new information I haven't worked in when I wrote it back then.

Until I actually come to write all these scenes into one manuscript, which is technically the first complete draft, it is actually like the sixth or seventh draft, because I edited the scenes individually when I had to.

The first book I wrote? The first draft was also the final draft and I only corrected some typos and a few words my beta reader didn't understand and that weren't fit for the general audience.

But to be fair I also grew up with a lot of do it right the first time then you don't have to correct so much later though...

[flokileroux]

Milestone reached!

I know have sold 38 copies (both physical and ebook) of Inspector Taylors first curious case: The Island of floating whales!

I suck at advertising for myself so I am mighty proud of that number :D

I am drafting my second novel as we speak and I still try to find a way to publish the first one in English but I'm also working full time and am renovating my flat right now so time is tight. But I have so many more stories to tell so keep being excited - I assure you: it is worth the wait! 🐋

[criptocracia]

[spiritspodcast]

if we did a crossover with @thefarmeridian it would look like this

[thefarmeridian]

Can confirm.

[bunjywunjy]

fun fact, giant tentacle monsters absolutely love lighthouses

[flokileroux]

Behind the fog they lurk. You must reach the lighthouse else you never return.

[the-rainbow-suit-dude]

[jaded-stag]

What's the absolute worst that could happen if your stories became real?

[kaiafosterwrites-deactivated202]

Regular spooky swamp shit. One girl may get labeled intensely mentally ill for claiming to see ghosts. 🤷‍♀️

[flokileroux]

Eternal night or a lovecraftian void of fog and nothingness that swallows people who wander too far ahead. I guess the last one is worse because eternal night for vampires would actually be a good thing?

[isabellebissonrouthier]

QUICK WRITERS

What was the very first thing that inspired your current wip? Like the VERY FIRST!!

For me with 49, I listened to The Magnus Archives and decided I wanted to write a series of short, connected stories. And it only spiralled and went insane

[kaiafosterwrites-deactivated202]

I was listening to the song Po' Lazarus by James Carter and the Prisoners. It's a recording of an actual Mississippi chain gang of prisoners chopping wood. The word 'Lazarus' got stuck in my mind and suddenly: Southern Gothic Ghost Boy Paranormal Romance. 28k words and going strong!

[flokileroux]

I had a dream about a vampire who threw up after drinking milk inside an armored carriage. Obviously the WIP is about something else entirely now, but the dream set the tone. Also said vampire does puke once, but not from drinking milk that is.

[beewithabuzz]

I’ve just come back to tumblr and need to desperately follow some fellow writeblrs !!

Please interact with this in wtvr way and i’ll follow you! Maybe even rblg your interesting stuff!!

I need friends please ahaha

[full-on-sam]

Last Sentence Game

I was tagged by @daughter-of-inklings (thanks!!)

Rules: write the last sentence you wrote on your wip, and tag as many people as there are words in te sentence!

She could not just leave it, even if it was doing her more harm than good to keep it on.

Words: 20

Tagging @sm-writes-chaos, @bluberimufim, @leisoree, @flock-from-the-void, @fatexweaver, @writingamongther0ses, @macabremoons, @cheeto-flavoured-pasta, @firesmokeandashes, @2d-dreams, @angelicminds, @unclear-contributions, @squarebracket-trick, @neoncherryblossom, @frostedlemonwriter, @tea-and-mercury, @halfbit, @digital-chance, @mjparkerwriting, @mjjune! Those are 20, but of course anyone else who wants to play is free to do so!

[tea-and-mercury-deactivated2024]

tysm for the tag!

Feyne loved the forest, full of thick, towering trees and singing birds.

Words: 12

Tagging: @ashwithapen @leisoree @lilac-honey @the-chaotic-writer @rbbess110 @the-stray-storyteller @holdmyteaplease @fleurtygurl @careful-fear @churchofcrows @fioreshere @scribblesfromanobscurepoet

[the-stray-storyteller]

THANKYOU!

WIP: Havenpoint

From its depths I could hear a piano which sounded like a caress of a snake.

Tagging: @on-noon @theroseempress @yesireadbooks @rickie-the-storyteller @anonymousfoz

[theroseempress]

ty for the taag!

Fortuna was already there, waiting at the door of Lysander’s room with an impatient tail flick.

16 words uuuh ok so I tried coming up with 16 people and failed, here's 8 and an open tag instead @ettawritesnstudies @enne-uni @kempbell @aspiringfictionwriter @cilly-the-writer @hallwriteblr @daisywords @indigowriting if y'all are interested ok bye

[aspiringfictionwriter-deactivat]

Thanks for the tag!

Frankly, she had no clue if that would ever be remedied.

Going to tag 11 people, so uh, let's see, @anonymousfoz @caffeine-powered-aroace @digital-chance @yesireadbooks @leisoree @holdmyteaplease @olivescales3 @quisyop @kittieshauntedourfantasy @miles-style join in if you're interested!

[anonymousfoz]

Why do i keep getting tagged for this? Thank god I did work on a WIP, which is going to be posted in like 10 minutes.

“It all started back when I was a lad…”

Word count: 9 Will Ty @ 9 people?: No, too lazy.

Tagging: @sm-writes-chaos, @holdmyteaplease, @teacupsandstarlight, @digital-chance (Hi Chance!) and @quinnharperwrites

[teacupsandstarlight]

Thank you, morbo!

"I was such a fool."

Thank the gods it's a short sentence. Tagging: @palebdot @owlsandwich @stesierra @jadenoryuu @guessillcallitart

[pb-dot]

Thanks for the tag! I'm rewriting these days so I don't super have control over what I've written new and what I've edited, but I think this one is my latest

“It’s not a test if it doesn’t push limits”

9 words mean 9 peeps. Good thing it wasn't one of my longer ones or I'd end up @-ing my entire damn list of moots. @ashwithapen @the-stray-storyteller @aziz-reads @antihell @scribe-cas @at-thezenith @wmlittlemore-is-writing @covenscribe @leisoree

[infinityforstardust]

let's go!!! thanks for the tag :D

my last sentence:

Ran away, one last time. 

5 words so @guessillcallitart @cabbojage @stellarosamarys @stanrendipity @holdmyteaplease

[deadinternet27-deactivated20260]

*gasp thank you for the tag!

that sentence is certainly interesting

He never saw him again

that's mine!

5 words, so tagging: @awleeofficial @talesfromtheunknowntheunknowable @pinkchaosart @fire-but-ashes-too @the-chaotic-writer

[the-chaotic-writer-deactivated2]

"Pity I don't share that sentiment."

@fire-but-ashes-too @yesireadbooks @tea-and-mercury @awleeofficial @leisoree @the-stray-storyteller

[tea-and-mercury-deactivated2024]

"You can rest now," she whispered.

@lyonette-does-things @olivescales3 @oh-no-another-idea

[oh-no-another-idea]

Thanks, @tea-and-mercury <3

When he looked back up, dead guy was gone, tossed down to the recesses of the plane with all the other floating detritus. Too bad.

No pressure tags for @sparrow-orion-writes @drippingmoon @thewriteflame @writeouswriter @autumnalwalker @aalinaaaaaa :)

[autumnalwalker]

Thanks for the tag, @oh-no-another-idea.

Not technically from a WIP, but from the recording of a dream I had last night and just finished writing down. I've got several other dream posts in the queue at the moment, so it'll be November before this one is posted in full:

Long-drowned connections sputter to life and I remember how to fly, how to rend, and how to hunt.

That's 18 words (19 if you count "longed-drowned" as two), so here's a pressure free tag to 18 people (plus an open tag for anyone else who wants to join in the chain.

@writernopal, @the-down-upside-finch, @druidx, @friendzonefrog, @oldwoolhat, @outpost51, @ahordeofwasps, @sarahlizziewrites, @blind-the-winds, @surroundedbypearls, @ceph-the-ghost-writer, @deadlyessencewhispers, @kyofsonder, @void-botanist, @cljordan-imperium, @ntzsche9, @m-r-levine, @vacantgodling.

[surroundedbypearls]

Thanks for the tag @autumnalwalker!

Here's my last like from my WIP 'Golden Hands and Golden Fingers':

Theo didn’t look at Emogen as they followed the others into the dark.

That's 13 words, so tagging:

@mrbexwrites, @quilloftheclouds, @musicofglassandwords, @flokileroux, @yors-truly, @ladywithalamp, @florraisons, @cherrybombfangirlwrites, @the-inkwell-variable, @n1ghtcrwler, @inky-duchess, @writingbyjillian and @adhd-mess!

[flokileroux]

Thanks for the tag @surroundedbypearls

My WIP is in German so I hope you do not mind if I translate it for you guys. It's from 'Inspector Taylor and the Cult of the Fog':

They later found out that a guy had set up a meth lab in the flat below her and she had been hallucinating from the fumes that were coming up to her.

That's 32 words (why do I keep writing these long ass sentences???).... I don't even follow that much people but anyway:

@its-a-writer-thing @saintedseraph @writeouswriter @karolinarodrigueswrites @dearthesea @aritany @skelemen @squigglielines @amostdelectablescribbler @archmage-of-tomatoes

also anyone who sees this and wants to do it! :)