Milo

writer and film tech who sometimes has A Thought

[milosometimeswrites]

Writeblr Introduction

Hi! My name's Milo, I use he/xe pronouns, and I'm once again entering the writeblr community.

In the past couple years, I've been on and off of tumblr for various reasons. Last time I was on this blog, I was looking at my old posts and overall unhappy with the work I decided to share.

It took a bit of ruminating, but I'm excited to start this blog over again from scratch.

About Me

Film technician (and proud union member!)

Gay and transmasc (double whammy)

Canadian

23

Love horror (Andrew Joseph White is my favourite author) and overall dark genres

Current Projects

FROM THE SEA FRET - Queer Cosmic Horror (With Body/Psychological Horror Elements) - Currently Querying

THE STRINGS OF WILLIS MANOR - Sapphic Gothic Suspense - Getting Beta Feedback

You can find me on other places through my linktree!

I'm really excited to talk about writing with people, because it's one of my favourite things in the world. Tag games are welcome, and I'm excited to share writing snippets that I'm really proud of.

Okay bye love you

[milosometimeswrites]

I am so deeply unwell about my current WIPs because I've made the grave mistake of writing about things I'm absolutely obsessed with in media.

We have...

Queer transmasc moves to creepy fishing town that has a constant fog as he struggles with his internalized transphobia (currently querying)

Sapphic gothic/dark fantasy suspense set in a dieselpunk manor where the MC has to deal with a mounting pile of bullshit

Rival vampire and werewolf set in a small town in the BC mountains, featuring: Animals Shouldn't Be Doing That

Small town supernatural horror mystery with the MC trying to solve the suspicious death of his best friend

How am I supposed to pick which to work on in these trying times??

[aropride]

please god let chatgpt die out like nfts did. With a fast and graceless fall into irrelevancy

[bladespark]

Like to charge, reblog to cast.

[atwotonedbird]

This spell has a very low hit ratio, so we need a lot of us to do it.

[milosometimeswrites]

That new WIP (the one that's DEFINITELY just testing your outlining technique), what's it about? :D

Oh yes the one that's for sure totally just a test.

A supernatural horror mystery in which the main character tries to solve the mystery of his best friend's death.

It's got transmasc rage, a whole hell of a lotta grief, and about how to move on with a lack of closure.

I may or may not be obsessed with the characters and the town...

[milosometimeswrites]

at what point should I admit that my current wip that was meant to be nothing more than a test for a new outlining technique is actually my newest baby

[milosometimeswrites]

Sometimes I feel like a neglectful caregiver with the amount of wips I have in the process.

Only 5 of them have made it past the 20k word count (which is the determining factor for me if I'm gonna stick with a wip for a while), but that doesn't mean I don't love the ones I've left behind.

One day I'll get to all of them... one day

[manorofshepard]

By reading my works you are signing an agreement that if you put my works through AI or repost my works or anything like that, i get to hunt you for sport

[milosometimeswrites]

Hell is the cis man you were in a situationship with genuinely years ago thinking he knows you really well.

[str4ymutt]

reblog if you love chubby/fat trans men. I’m doing research,,,

[iloveyou-writers]

Remember that you started your WIP for a reason.

You loved the idea.

You loved what the idea brought to the table.

You loved a scene you had envisioned.

There was something that made you passionate enough about it to start it. Try to remember that when you start to feel down on your writing. Try to remind yourself what you love about your writing.

There's this old series I did on an old blog called "Reasons I Love." It was a very long and wonderful series of posts where I'd write out why I loved my characters and WIPs. I think everyone should do that when they start to doubt themselves. Remind yourself what you love about it when you're drowning in self-doubt and needing reassurance.

Remember that your writing is wondrous and deserves so much love and support... and remind yourself that you deserve to love your writing, not constantly be filled with self-doubt and insecurities. 🩵

You've got this.

Happy writing. 💙

[milosometimeswrites]

If I had a nickel for every time I accidently wrote a story where a key theme is the main character being haunted the person they never got to become, I'd have two nickels... which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice...

[nondelphic]

nobody warns you that writing makes you obsessed with hands. what are they doing? are they trembling? are they clenched? are they—

[milosometimeswrites]

Writing Update - May 18th

I just wanted to post a cute lil (dated) writing update :]

FROM THE SEA FRET - Still querying. I've been querying for a couple months now, and I had to rework my query letter a few times during those months. Right now, I'm waiting the longest that I've had to wait (so far), so I think I've found my way into a few maybe piles.

THE STRINGS OF WILLIS MANOR - Revising is underway! I've gotten the majority of feedback from my lovely betas, and I've started to pluck away at revisions. Not everything they suggested will be things that I implement, so I'm still in the early stages of figuring out what works across the board, and what are things I need to change.

TestWIP - I'm trying out a new outlining/writing method, and so I'm using an idea I've had for a while as a guinea pig. I started this WIP on April 19th, and as of today (May 18th) it's sitting at 29,140 words. My goal is 70k, so we're not far from half way. Overall, I'm having a great time and this new outlining method kicks ass.

That's all for now!! Thanks, love you

[milosometimeswrites]

Happy Storyteller Saturday! Do you take breaks between drafts? If so, how long do you wait before going back to the project?

Happy STS!

I do take breaks! What I'll do is wait a few weeks and/or hop over to the draft of another project.

I like to let drafts sit for a while. Not only so I can really digest what I wrote, but also so I can have fresh eyes when I come back to it :]

[beaswellgirl]

yep, pretty much

[milosometimeswrites]

Character Introduction

I did a story intro for my current manuscript FROM THE SEA FRET (which you can find here), and I wanted to take a moment to spotlight the main character

Callum Point

(Drawn by @/witts-art on bluesky)

A queer transman who hates calling himself trans for various reasons that are totally not internalized transphobia........

He's 25, loves fishing, and hears the fog whisper to him.

Fun fact: he'd make an excellent Cat Dad but he's allergic (tragic)

More character art below the cut!

Drawn by @/tovomiel on bluesky.

Drawn by @/yourdeadprince on bluesky.

Drawn by @/saintsbeware on bluesky.

Drawn by @/heavenlyystar on bluesky.

Yes I know that that not all commissions have his streak of white or cleft lip. Despite that, I still adore each and every piece

I love him so much he's such a freak

Feel free to ask any and all questions :]

[aquilacalvitium]

Write it badly or it'll never be written

Write it badly or it'll never be written

Write it badly or it'll never be written

Write it badly or it'll never be written

Write it badly or it'll never be written

[aquilacalvitium]

Please keep interacting with this post because when I come to tumblr to procrastinate, this shows up again in my notifications and guilts me into writing again