The legion of embers

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[spellofaspine]

my blog is a booklr but from first glance it seems to be purely a TOG fan blog with occasional visits from the harry potter fandom. i need to follow more book blogs!! please like/reblog if u r a booklr!

[demigolds]

the children of the big three: →    jason grace, nico di angelo and percy jackson

[bookworm-on-rainy-days]

I had no idea how safe I was, because I’d never been unsafe.”  ― Amie Kaufman, Illuminae

(via books-are-my-life20)

[forhyyh]

book cover redesign: illuminae

I should have told you I loved you every day. I should have given you the stars. And now it’s too late.

[literarystorm]

:: finally have this glorious book in my hands ::

[bookswithmichelle]

Calling all Booklrs

As I am a newer booklr I am not following many book blogs. I really need some people to follow so if you’re a booklr I would appreciate if you like and/or reblogged this post so I can follow you and check out your blog. I would be honoured if you checked out mine as well but you don’t have to. Thank you so much!

[wordsnstuff]

Useful Writing Resources

This is an extensive list of resources for every problem you could come across while writing/planning/editing your novel. Use it well;)

{ *** } Indicate a Highly Reccommended Resource

Planning/outlining Your Work

How To Outline ***

Zigzag Method : Creating Plots

How to Plot a Romance Novel 

Seven Great Sources of Conflict for Romances 

Let’s talk about brainstorming

Writing Something With Meaning ***

Past Or Present Tense? : How To Decide

Writing Your Work

How To Write A Fabulous Chapter #1 ***

How to Build a Romance Thread in Your Story 

The Big Book Of Writing Sex ***

6 Ways to Get Your Readers Shipping Like Crazy 

Romance Writing Tips ***

20 Tips for Writing Lovable Romance Novel Heroes

7 Ways To Speed Up Your Writing *** 

80+ Barriers to Love: A List of Ideas to Keep Romantic Tension High 

9 Romance Writing Mistakes to Avoid 

Removing the Creeps From Romance

19 Ways to Write Better Dialogue ***

50 Things Your Characters Can Do WHILE They Talk ***

How To Write Action And Fight Scenes

10 Steps To Write Arguments

9 Ways To Write Body Language

Writing Good Kissing Scenes

Writing Murders

Create And Control Tone ***

Tips for Writing Ghost Stories

Incorporating Flashbacks

12 Tips To Avoid Overwriting ***

Characters

Behind the Name

Top Baby Names

Looking for a name that means a certain thing? ***

7 Rules of Picking Names

Most Common Surnames ***

Minor Character Development

Writing Antagonists, Antiheroes and Villains

Characters With Enhanced Senses

5 Tips to Help You Introduce Characters

How Do You Describe a Character?

How To Write Child Characters

36 Core Values For Building Character

Questions To Answer When Creating Characters ***

4 Ways to Make Readers Instantly Loathe Your Character Descriptions

5 Ways to Keep Characters Consistent

Character Archetypes

25 Ways To Fuck With Your Characters

Building Platonic Relationships Between Female Characters

9 Simple and Powerful Ways to Write Body Language 

33 Ways To Write Stronger Characters

Conveying Character Emotion 

How to Make Readers Love an Unlikable Character…  

How to Create Powerful Character Combos

How To Describe A Character’s Voice ***

Describing Clothing And Appearance ***

Career Masterpost ***

Creating Your Character’s Personality ***

Character Flaws ***

Editing

DON’T EDIT>>> REWRITE THE WHOLE THING FIRST

Ultimate Guide To Editing Each Aspect Of Your Work ***

Why You Would Read Your Novel Out Loud ***

Grammar and Punctuation ***

How To Write A Captivating First Sentence

10 Things Your Opening Chapter Should Do: A Check-List for Self-Editing ***

Saving Your Story: Finding Where It Went Wrong

How To Condense Without Losing Anything

The Stages Of Editing

Dialogue/Description Balance

3 Proofreading Tips

The Short Story Form

Chapter & Novel Lengths

Anatomy Of A Novel : Chapters and Parts ***

How To Write Chapter After Chapter Until You Have A Book ***

Where Chapter #2 Should Start

Step By Step Guide To Editing Your Draft

Writing Tool: CTRL-F (How And Why You Should Use It) ***

How To Kill A Character

25 Steps To Edit The Unmerciful Suck Out Of Your Story

5 Ways To Make Your Novel Helplessly Addictive ***

Setting

{Setting} How To Describe Setting In Your Stories ***

20 Questions To Enhance Setting

How To Bring Your Setting To Life

Miscellaneous Resources You Can Use In Between

How to Write from a Guy’s POV 

The Emotional Wounds Thesaurus

Text To Speech Reader

Compare Character Heights 

A Visual Dictionary of Tops

Writers Helping Writers

7 Tricks To Imrove Your Writing Overnight

Work Out/ Word Count : Exercise Between Writing ***

Most Important Writing Tips ***

Let’s talk about diversity in novels

Letting Go Of Your Story

Keeping A Healthy Writing Schedule And Avoiding Procrastination ***

How To Create A Good Book Cover

Write or Die

Tip of my Tongue

Character Traits Form

Online Thesaurus

Writing Sketchy/Medical/Law

Coma: Types, Causes, etc

Tips for writing blood loss

Gunshot Wound Care

Examples of Hospital Forms

Common Legal Questions

The Writer’s Forensics Blog

Brain Injury Legal Guide

Types of Surgical Operations

Types of Mental Health Problems

A Day in the Life of a Mental Hospital Patient

Global Black Market Information ***

Crime Scene Science

Examining Mob Mentality

How Street Gangs Work

Writers’ Block Help/ Productivity

Story Plot Generator

@aveeragemusings ‘ Cure To Writers’ Block ***

50 Romance Plot Ideas

Reading Like A Writer ***

Defeat Writers’ Block

Writing In A Bad Mood ***

Writers Block

When You’ve Lost Motivation To Write A Novel ***

What To Do When The Words Won’t Flow ***

9 Ways To Be A More Productive Writer

“I Cannot Write A Good Sentence Today” (How To Get Over It) ***

Real Writing Advice ***

Info You Need To Know & Words You Didn’t Think Of

A Writer’s Thesaurus ***

Words To Describe… ***

Words & Phrases To Use In Your Sex Scenes ***

Colors (An Extensive List Of Colors)

List Of Kinks & Fetishes ***

List Of Elemental Abilities

inkarnate.com : World Creator And Map Maker For Your Imaginary Setting

Body Language Phrases

List Of Legendary Creatures

How To Write Magic

Hairstyle References

Hemingway : Writing Checker

Body Types: Words To Describe Bodies and How They Move Around

Poisonous Herbs and Plants ***

The Psychology of Color

The Meaning behind Rose color

Types of Swords

Color Symbolism

How a handgun works

How to Write a Eulogy

Types of Crying

Avoiding LGBTQ Stereotypes ***

Superstitions and More

The 12 Common Archetypes

Language of Flowers

12 Realistic Woman Body Shapes

Using Feedback And Reviews

Turning Negative Reviews Into Positive Ones ***

Proofreading Marks : Easy Symbols To Make Reviewing/Feedback Easier ***

Authonomy Teen Ink Figment Fiction Press ReviewFuse

These Are Trusted Critique Sites ;)

[trulycertain]

“ 25 Ways To Fuck With Your Characters “ - Quite frankly, surprised you didn’t write that one, @aphreal42. But there’s some fun stuff on naming that might be useful.

[esudeathh]

I need a copy asap

[moonlitcomfort]

Hey hey hey so I really want to make some new mutuals so if you post any of the following just hit that reblog button so i can check your beautiful blog out!

the illuminae files

acotar/acomaf

all for the game

percy jackson and the olympians (literally anything rick riordan tbh)

throne of glass

the raven cycle

any type of mythology

the mortal instruments

the infernal devices

the dark artifices

the gallagher girls

the heist society novels

and literally any other ya novels

[legionofembers]

Leo: You're telling me that ghosts live inside your head?

Nico: Yes.

Leo: Do they pay rent?

[yourbritneyspearsanon-blog]

Reblog if you actually give a shit about anyone who's suicidal or depressed.

[ambivalenttdesires-deactivated2]

no one should scroll past this

I was there once, never will I let someone go through that shit alone

[justkeepdriving94]

WHO THE HELL SCROLLS PAST THIS?

[blossom-howell-deactivated20190]

I WAS THERE IM HERE I MIGHT NOT BE MUCH HELP BUT MESSAGE ME YEAH?

[anxiouspillow]

You have to literally not give a shit about anyone to scroll past this………

[dreamingoffreckledmoons-deactiv]

Always!!

[talcgargoyle]

I give many shits.

[bookish]

When people suggest that I don’t spend my whole paycheck on books...

[legionofembers]

Percy: Mom, I refuse to go back to school after what my principal just said to me.

Sally: What did he say?

Percy: "You're expelled". Like, how dare he?

Sally:

[littlealienproducts]

[phineaslightfoot-deactivated201]

CANNOT REBLOG FAST ENOUGH

[fullten-deactivated20240430]

Because its safer to be nobody than a woman

[legionofembers]

Piper: I wish I had the ability to make boys really nervous.

Annabeth: Holding a really sharp knife to their neck usually does it for me.

[legionofembers]

Percy: I miss Annabeth

Piper: ...

Percy: Oh gosh, I miss her so much

Jason: ...

Percy: *sighs* I miss her so freaking much

Nico: *slams hand on the table* SHE’S JUST IN THE BATHROOM WILL YOU CALM DOWN OH MY GODS

[obsessednotdepressed]

Rowan whenever Aelin couldn’t control her magic in Heir of fire

[highladystarfall-deactivated202]

Oh my flipping wyrd I can’t even

This is my life

[miladyaelin]

……….BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA