m. francis le

(previously known as bazberkkerwrites) | (they/them) | 21 | YA author and CNF writer

[mfrancislewrites]

Mandatory About Me post to keep the worms in my brain from revolting (and so I can get you to trust me).

Hi! I'm Francis: teacher by day and writer by night. My go-to genre to write is speculative horror (often sapphic!), but I also dabble in CNF (creative non-fiction) and fanfiction! I'm also a published poet in the Kolob Canyon Review, Lumina Journal, Levitate Magazine, and other small websites.

Again, while I haven't done enough to be seen as a "professional writer" (insert hoity-toity hand gestures here), I thought I'd share some writing/publishing tips and tricks that I've learned so far in the field. I love love LOVE writing mutuals, so don't be intimidated to hmu!

You can also find me under on Instagram until the same handle (mfrancislewrites). I post a lot of info about my WIPS there. Okey, byeeee!

[mfrancislewrites]

I know I haven’t really lived since I have yet to climb through someone’s window to dramatically argue and kiss them in a mad bout of chemistry

[em0goose]

Posting ocs is so embarrassing. Here's my stupid loser I guess. You can kill me if you want

[outromoonyy]

Me reading fluff: Haha cute.

Me reading angst: Pain is good.

Me reading smut: I'm going to hell.

Me reading all three at the same time: This is what God meant when he said “let there be light.”

[slut-jpeg]

snoopy image of the day

[calmdowngorgeous]

Destroy the myth that libraries are no longer relevant. If you use your library, please reblog.

[bohemianaftersunset]

fuckin’ love that place 📚

[sourdough-seal]

“how did you get into writing” girl nobody gets into writing. writing shows up one day at your door and gets into you

[orbitalmirror]

"how did you get into writing" girl i've been tormented by the visions since i was eight years old

[sailermoon]

james baldwin was so right when he said “the children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”

[lyricwritesthings]

Oh, sure. You slither down ONE wall like a lizard, and suddenly your new friend (the same friend you JUST invited to stay in your house for a MONTH!) starts calling you "a creature in the semblance of a man." Smh.

[stillnaomi]

using violence to liberate people from sweatshops, unsafe mines, and grinding poverty isn't the same as using violence to impose those things on people. the idea that violence is morally repugnant regardless of context is a belief that every oppressor throughout history would love for the oppressed to hold

[eli-eli-lema-sabachthani]

what am i without my doomed by the narrative queer ships

[urmomsonfire]

“not every character is bisexual” well obviously. some of them are lesbian

[ieatratsyummy]

They could never make me hate you, complex female character whose reaction to trauma was not pretty and digestible like how people think it should be.

[orangeretriever]

[sentrysvoid]

Dead Poets Society dir. Peter Weir | 1989

[kaylapocalypse]

Early reviews for Adam, Mine mostly read as the following:

- extremely beautiful prose

- not possessing all the same plot beats as Frankenstein (???)

-confusing POV (Harper Collins is fixing this)

-EXTREMELY beautiful prose.

As always, at bare minimum, beauty saves the day.

I wonder how the whole “magic is just science untimely” plot point will land on the broader population. It’s already been misunderstood by at least one person. But it’s gonna suck bad for me if everyone kind of stumbles over that. Especially considering the plot.

The whole “Victor is right, you can in fact perform metaphysical acts upon the body and not only that: there are a bunch of people who are just as professionally invested in this breakthrough science as he is, but they all HATE him and ultimately he can’t join them due to the consequences of his pride and vanity.” thing is like…….. such a fun expansion of the world building.

OG Victor uses lightning science magic to raise a body from the dead. This book just adds other people who are like “yeah not only is that possible, but as a scholar of this decades into it, I also know how to rip a hole in your soul while your body is intact or manipulate the spiritual energy in blood.”

And Victor, a rich guy and doctor’s son and surgeon being bad at it and “the monster”, a small town, illiterate (extremely smart, just undereducated and dyslexic), BUTCHER being good at it is so!!!!!

I just hope people get it!!!

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Anyway , I’m getting more requests to write an adult book and I promise I am trying. It’s due by the end of the year.

[roseanned]

we exist for love btw