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𝖑𝖎𝖑𝖞. she/they. twenties. author.

[lilyswritings]

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✶ 𝖑𝖎𝖑𝖞. she/they. twenties. artist/writer. queer. sagittarius. caffeine addict.

✶ i follow / like from @girlwithswords !

✶ black lives matter. free palestine. land back. protect trans lives.

✶ currently obsessing over... a knight of the seven kingdoms, project hail mary, challengers.

✶ support me and my work !

✶ requests are currently open !

[lilyswritings]

btw just ignore that mean anon. I love hearing about your WIPs! I love screaming in agony (positive) everytime I hear about silk and steel and its one of the highlights of my scroll. updates are some of the best parts of following a writer you enjoy

sending lots of love <3

ugh love you love you <3

[lilyswritings]

hey girl it’s been literally forever but i wanted to let you know i’m so obsessed with steel & silk i’ve finally started reading game of thrones bc i had been going in blind. but you’ve convinced me.

- ⭐️

omg hiiiiiiii darling !!! i've missed you !!!

thank you thank you, that is truly the highest compliment i could ever receive !! i'm so glad you're enjoying <3

[lilyswritings]

Woof. Hold my beer.

Y'all, let's please remember fanfic writers do this FOR FREE. FOR FREE!!! As someone who also is pursuing dreams in the arts and having to pay bills, the balancing act is draining as hell. Always. Any customer service jobs drains you, especially when you're a receptive, porous artist dealing with people and their needs; sometimes it's not even assholes. But being receptive to people ALL day takes something out of you. And then at the end of the day, you need to decompress.

Sometimes world building is decompressing. Sometimes it's not.

Also, like not to go on another tangent, but like actually artists (am including fanfic writers in this CUZ THEY ARE) don't actually owe anyone anything. Hot take, I know. But being a fan of someone or something doesn't mean you get to DEMAND (not ask kindly, but demand) more output, and I am including famous people. It's a transactional relationship on BOTH ends (plz read transactional as good lol I can't think of another word), artists provide art, artist enjoyer consumes art and pays for it/interacts with it. Also obviously you pour your heart into something, you want people to love it. You read something that lights you up, you want more from this person because you connected to it. And connection is why we do this, as the artist and the consumer. And kind/encouraging/helpful interactions between both sides helps create more, I believe that also. That is also a part of the artistic process!! How cool we can be a part of it too! And THAT is a gift, to both sides, in my heart I feel this.

However I truly don't think that means you can demand more. Sorry. Lol. This is a really hot take. People have whole lives outside of the things they create, even though they are The Artist to us, they are a whole person.

HEY SORRY LILY I GOT ON MY SOAPBOX. You truly don't have to respond or repost this, these are just my genuine feelings. I think you're such a skilled, talented writer, who I learn from!! And I just wanted to make my position clear lol (on your side). Anyway love you and thank you for making things for free, and letting us be a part of the artistic process. (Plz read encouraging/collaborative things are a part of the artistic process, demanding more is part of capitalism) lol. Love you bye!!

Thanks for holding my beer.

^ me with your beer the whole time i read through this

thank you for getting on your soapbox, i am honoured and flattered to have your words aimed at me but i also really want other authors on here to read it !!

[lilyswritings]

i am the lots of love anon from australia and want to say fuck that previous anon!!! i love all the ideas and wips you post about :) i enjoy seeing them while i wait patiently between your fics!

i promise you that most readers of yours understand that we are so lucky to be able to read your writing and we are happy to wait however long between uploads! i hope you don’t feel discouraged by their message <3

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ugh coming back from work today to such wonderfully sweet meassages from you guys honestly made me so emotional <3

you're so ridiculously kind !! thank you lovely <3

[lilyswritings]

No disrepect but I feel like your always talking about pieces your working on, and never actually posting them. Like, maybe dont mention a bunch of fics were never going to get to see.

'no disrespect' but this is actually fully disrespectful, anon !!

i am sorry to keep mentioning things and not posting them, but i also think you're forgetting that i don't owe you anything — every piece of writing i spend hours working on and posting for you guys is purely from my own passion, and for no actual gain !

my full-time retail job where i stand on my feet for ten hours straight sort of takes it out of me, and so when i come home and actually have the energy to write it's a miracle !! sue me if i'm excited about it and want to talk to you guys about my ideas.

also the main reason i write and post on here is the engagement with the readers, so if i stop discussing my ideas and fics with you all as you suggested, what's the fucking point of being on here ??

sigh. anyway. i just. i really am trying to write and finish things to post for you all, but it takes a lot out of me these days. i am working on things though. i promise.

[lilyswritings]

hi angel! i hope you’re having a wonderful day :)

i just wanted to thank you for publishing your fics online! the first fic i read of yours was steel and silk, and i loved your writing so much that i went on to read what you published for other characters (namely river cartwright). i’m so excited to see what direction you take with steel and silk and to see any other stories you write <3

lots of love from australia 🪽

this is so beyond kind of you to send, and so needed right now !!

thank you thank you thank you, these kinds of asks are what keep me going <3 i'm s glad you're enjoying steel and silk and my river pieces !! sending lots of love back your way !!

[lilyswritings]

#and if i said i've written the first kiss scene already. and if i said it's really fucking good. #oh well!! you'll see it when you see it!! #god im evil arent i

yes!! you are evil!! give it to us!!

soon............... i promise...................

[lilyswritings]

been offline for the last few days doing real world stuff but i went to pride today and then went out with friends so i'm just hopping back online to say

happy pride, protect trans folks, free palestine, fuck trump, be gay forever, no pride for some of us without liberation for all of us, stay hydrated, and i love you <3

[lilyswritings]

wait girl can i just say i'm still thinking about your romeo and juliet au. it lives rent free in my mind 💔 will it ever see the light of day 💔

the romeo and juliet au plays in the back of my mind sometimes like a dead wife montage lmfao......................

UPDATE — got this ask, put the above response in my drafts, went to work, thought about it all day, and then out of nowhere i got last minute lottery tickets to go see a free performance of romeo and juliet last night.

was that a sign from above. do I have to finish writing this now.

[lilyswritings]

LILY. I WENT TO WORK. I READ STEEL AND SILK!!!!! IT WAS EXCEPTIONAL!!!!! I CANNOT WAIT FOR THESE BABIES WHO SAY EACH OTHERS FIRST NAMES TO KISS!!!! EEEEEEEE

YAYYYYYYY

thank you for the kind words sweetheart <3

[lilyswritings]

The joy I feel when other people hate summer is unmatched. People don't understand. "Enjoy the weather" NO!!! My brain is a fried egg, I can only be a person when I'm cold but then am overstimulated by any AC I'm lucky enough to have, and just want to peel my skin off, amd scream and cry, anyway I hate it too and I'm sorry you're going through it babycakes. Anyway you have a comrade here, you are not alone in summer being unbearable 💙

dude, you get it — this gif is literally just me doing anything outside all summer long.

[lilyswritings]

LILY 😭😭😭 THE NEWEST CHAPTER IS GENUINELY INSANE!!!! LET THEM KISS PLEASE AHHHHHH

hmmmm.......... no <3

[lilyswritings]

NEW SILK AND STEEL EVERYONE CLEAR MY CALENDAR AHHHHHHHHHHH AND 4.5K!!!!!!!! I COULD KISS YOU MWAH

i love you guys so much

[lilyswritings]

LILY. I HAVE TO GO TO WORK!!! 4.5K??? WHAT A TREAT!!! I HAVE TO GO TO WORK I'M SO MAD I JUST CAN'T READ AT MY LEISURE. THANK YOU FOR WRITING EVEN THO YOU WORK TOO. OMG I AM DISTRESSED

ahahahahaha don't be distressed !! i hope you get to read it when you get home !! thank you for your readership !!

i'm gonna be honest, it was so hard for me to find the time and energy to write around my work schedule, but it was all worth it for your guys' reactions <3 love y'all <3

[lilyswritings]

asdfghgjhfgdfsdafsgd screaming indcoherently!!! tje secret passage!!!!! the yearning!!!! saying each other's names!!!!!! girl if they dont kiss rn!!!!!

ugh i love yearning and tension and agony !!!

[lilyswritings]

LILY. HOLY SHIT. THE NEW STEEL AND SILK???? GIRL WE ARE BEING FED OH MY GOD IM OBSESSED.

i felt myself get an ounce of inspiration last night and locked tf in bc i didn't want to lose it and make you guys wait any longer !! and i'm so happy you guys are enjoying it !!