Hey there everyone! My pen name is Jay Avian, and I am a young writer hoping to share my works, get some feedback, and meet fellow writers.
About Me
I'm a Christian who loves reading fantasy, folklore, and poetry. I write my own poetry, which I'll post on here from time to time. You can find where I post my poetry here!
I'm an English major with a Bachelor's in Creative Writing who is currently open to editing commissions! You can DM me any questions you may have (currently working on a side blog for it).
I made another side blog entirely for fanfiction stuff! I hope to start using this more since I've always been a bit self conscious writing fics for stuff.
My WIPs
I have far too many projects at the moment. From short stories to novels to possible blogs, I mainly stick to fantasy but I like to venture out sometimes. Listed below are some of the main projects I'm passionate about.
Feel free to ask me any questions about my projects. I'd be more than happy to answer them! Can't wait to show you what I have in store!
The Court Magician (fantasy, action) [Novel]
The great sage Josiah passed away and the kingdom of Stellaris needs a new court magician. Micah Cyprus, a studying wizard in druidic magic, is volunteered for the position by his mentor unwillingly. Things are very slow going working for the king and his menial requests. The worst part is he is to remain on castle grounds and attend to his majesty. But when Micah looks through the sage's notes, he discovers a secret threat to the kingdom. Can he protect Stellaris while being chained to it?
Morgensturm (fantasy, action) [Novel]
Harelan was an eager young dragonborn who wanted to explore the world. When sneaking away on a trading ship, the crew gets attacked by the infamous Captain Caspian Barrack. In a deal gone wrong, Harelan finds himself a part of the pirate's crew. The duo go on many adventures together and get themselves into more trouble than they can handle. Some people will do what they can to tame fate, determined to conquer and be in control. But what will they do when they fall in high water with hopes to go past without paying the toll?
Speak Tea-sy (slice-of-life, fantasy) [TTRPG]
A prohibition has been inacted on potions in the kingdom, forcing Krig Petalwort, a goblin alchemist, to close his shop. Meanwhile, Nedwyn Amberwood, an eager halfling entrepenuer, wants to open up a new tea house in town. She takes over the potion shop while the alchemist helps out around the shop garden. Later on, they discovers that their tea can give minor potion effects. Suddenly, their business is booming with customers and needy adventurers. Follow their stories as they try to maintain a low profile as a well-to-do cafe.
Fight Club Isekai WIP (action) [Graphic Novel]
Starving artist Skylar has been struggling to make ends meet, using the arts (both martial and otherwise) to express herself. But when she tries to skip town in order to find some sort of escape, she finds herself in a new world entirely. This world is almost like her own except with one main difference... People do battle with magic cards? Rather than trouble herself with the bigger, world-renowned tournaments, she tries her luck to make easy money with the underground fight clubs instead. With the help of her new "friend" Kody, how far will she get? And more importantly, will she find a way home?
we need to bring back old school tumblr communication and im so serious. sending an ask to a mutual just to say hello. seeing three different asks in your inbox all asking how your dentist appointment went. seeing a post you think one of your mutuals would enjoy and tagging them/sending it to them in the dms. nowadays its just silently liking a post or (if youre feeling extreme) replying under posts. WHAT HAPPENED TO US!! we used to be a proper community!!!! #LetsBringWhimsyBack
IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT KIND OF WRITER YOU ARE YOU CAN BE WRITING: POEMS, FANFICS, IDK NORMAL FICS, NOVELS, SHORT STORIES, IDK ANYTHING!! JUST REBLOG!!!
Anyone willing to help me body double when I need to do tasks and chores throughout the day? Been very depressed and need severe help getting things done and sticking to routine. Thanks
Thinking about hosting a PMD tabletop RPG with the community on here because I just love Pokemon, and I think it'd be fun to get y'all involved. I love seeing everyone's OCs on here (even though I mostly lurk on this app). Had been looking into PokeRole for my rulebook. Would anyone be interested?
Also, should really start working on my WIPs again. Does anyone want to help be my accountability buddy? (Just been dealing with some life stuff, be t I think things are leveling out now, I hope)
I have made a vague plot for the PMD campaign, and have decided to call it "Explorers of Truth". Idk how many people I want as players, but I think I have maybe 3 people interested so far.
If anyone else wants to join, let me know! Or if you know someone who would like this, please share. I'll allow any gen Pokemon cause I want it to take place on this archipelago, kind of like a melting pot for Pokemon
One thing in Lord of the Rings I’ve found extremely relatable lately is how the hobbits react to apocalyptic horrors by focusing on the mundane details of their day.
“Looks like we’re on a hopeless journey into Hell in the middle of a world-ending event where everything we know and love will be destroyed. What are we going to have for breakfast today, Mr Frodo? :D”
This is also why the moment where Sam is forced to throw away his pots/pans in Mordor really Gets me…because Sam comforted Frodo and himself by recreating the mundane “normal” rituals of their life in the Shire, especially the rituals around meals and food. Throwing away his pans means throwing away his ability to do that, throwing away the ability to feign ‘normalcy’ for even a moment
I really liked the detail about Sam’s box of Shire salt. He may not know how or where he would find something to cook, but if he does it won’t be tasteless. The little things matter when they’re the only things you can control.
Another similar moment that gets me is the way Sam rations food for the return journey as a way of reassuring Frodo and himself that there Will be a return journey.
So the moment in Mordor when Sam throws away all his cooking implements…or the later moment when Frodo points out there will be no water left for the return journey and Sam says “I don’t think there will be a return journey,” showing that he’s given up the mentality he had in the beginning of the film where he was emphatic that the two of them would return…..ahhhhhhhhh
It’s more than just rationing food, and it’s more than just sacrificing little habits and routines. Its like— by sacrificing these little habits and routines, they’re sacrificing any belief that they can have a future.
It’s like “why perform these meaningless daily rituals where you take care of yourself and carry around little things that make you happy, when the world is ending?” And the answer is “because if you stop doing those little things, you’ve given up any hope that the world can be saved, and that you can be part of it”
Been experimenting with making fancy tea drinks! I'm wanting to serve drinks at my birthday in September to all my friends. Anyone got anything I should try to make?
Anything y'all want to see me make? I can share the learning process and stuff too
I hesitate to make this a sweeping statement, but I do think that to be a writer, you have to on some level love words as an artistic medium. Words can't just be the annoying limitation that make it more difficult to share your beautiful daydream. They can't just be the storytelling method you choose because you don't have the skills or resources to make any other kind of media.
You have to love the art of words for its own sake. Love the sound of words--how you can make music of a million different rhythms and moods, how the words and sentences you choose can make a million different atmospheres. Love what you can do with words--paint an image, share an emotion, put a person into a scene that only exists in the world of imagination. Love the different ways you can use words--different points of view and tenses, different formats and styles that can each provide a different experience of the story for the reader. You have to love words as your artistic tool and delight in learning new ways to wield them and new effects that you can create with them.
If you don't love words, there are other ways to tell a story. Writing is an artistic medium with it own strengths and weaknesses, and using it as your artistic medium should be a deliberate choice made out of love for this artform.
It's raining outside. Rainging hard. The sun is still out.
I hate the rain. I don't like getting wet.
The feeling of the drops overwhelms me. I don't like
soggy clothes. I don't like water on my face.
It's cool to look at from inside.
It's very summery and yellow outside.
Thunder rumbles.
Cat sitting on the floor. He's long.
Dings of a cellphone game go off.
I like rain, only from inside.
Dive back into the world of Unfathomable with its sequel, Unquenchable, an underwater sci-fi/fantasy murder mystery novel featuring an aroace protagonist. When the peace and quiet of Marlo Finear’s hometown is shattered with the discovery of a mysterious dead body, Marlo and his friends must jump into action and find the true culprit before the wrong person takes the blame.
Currently, the manuscript for Unquenchable is just over 109,000 words. You do not have to read the first book to read this one (I can share a summary doc filling you in on the relevant details; see more info in signup form below).
This post has many more details about the project, including a longer synopsis and a list of themes & tropes. If you are not familiar with the type of stories I typically write, you can check out my Writeblr intro here.
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If you are interested in applying to be a beta reader, please fill out the following form, which will require you to:
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Thank you for your interest in my book!
Unquenchable is a sci-fi/fantasy murder mystery novel aimed at a young adult or new adult audience.
Tagging folks who expressed interest or who asked to be added to this project's taglist (no pressure to beta read if you're not up for it):
Writing down a dream I just woke up from because it was really weird and cool that I remember so much of it.
So I'm entering the castle from Beauty and the Beast from one of the back sets of stairs as if I'm coming to visit my "second home" (I assume it's as if it's one of the Kingdom Hearts worlds and I'm one of the Keyblade people coming to check in). Some of the sets of stairs are iridescent rainbow, and some of the banners inside are rainbow as well. I set my stuff down (I can't tell what) in "my" room in one of the towers and I make my way to the foyer. There's a sign on the door that basically says "Belle's Out". (This whole time, as I'm making my way through, the song Beauty and the Beast is playing in my head. Song ends here though).
When I make it to that front door, the Beast comes to greet me. He offers to show me a new room in the castle. It's filled with a lot of modern-ish furniture, including at least 2 Lazy Boys (idk how to spell that), a stack of board games, a grandfather clock, a coffee table of some kind, and a yellowed, crusty CRT. I had passed this room once making my way down, but this time, the stack of games and CRT have moved slightly. While the Beast is in this little kitchenette area, I go up to the new furniture.
I go up to the TV and say hello. It(he?) says hello back very nervously, moving as it talks. He says he's new here. I ask its name, and he says it doesn't have one. I inspect him closely to see the brand name Xernan at the top in silver. I inform him of this, and he seems happy but still nervous. The Beast offers us both Pepsi (the TV's favorite apparently). There's Lego sets somehow that we start building (I don't remember what the sets were, I think one of them was a mini car).
