New Intro Post
I've been around consistently since April, and I think It's about time I updated my intro post!
I'm Nightmaricwriter, though I usually use Nightwriter to refer to myself. Others have called my Nightmare and Night, and I don't mind being called such. Sometimes I try to play into my Nightmare name, but that's rare. I'm twenty years old and I attend a university, where I'm working to get a Creative Writing Major. You can find me on AO3!
My previous intro post claimed that my writing journey began with original fiction, which... I think is a half truth. I began writing around third grade and it started original but eventually became Warrior Cat fanfiction. Don't ask how that happened. However, I didn't truly love writing until a sixth grade assignment in which I had to write a story on a single notebook paper... which turned into a thirty-three notebook paper long story complete with a brief intermission talking about the characters in the middle, I believe. I don't think I have that story anymore. I've been reading obsessively since third grade as well, and you can guess the book series that got me hooked.
I'm a writer. That's what I am and will always be. With that statement, I have to introduce my writing, don't I?
Writing
I write fantasy stories. I like the escape that fantasy can bring, and so that is what I write. However, to practice writing, I write fanfiction. I explore character ideas, magic system ideas, even backstory ideas, within fanfiction if I don't create a character specifically for fanfiction.
Stars of the Sky
My original story, which is my current focus! It is my spin of the idea of names holding power, fantasy, with a magic system my older brother claims is backwards, and a female protagonist who may or may not be a bit too strong at the moment. Hades leaves her Clan to learn more ways to fight as a way to better protect her Clan, which takes her all over Reaki either on missions or to thwart a reversal of an ancient event.
Tags I use for Stars of the Sky
-sots: stars of the sky, which is my tag for official Stars of the Sky posts that are relatively canon.
-sots: world building, which is my tag for posts regarding the general world in Stars of the Sky, such as the naming conventions.
-sots: character information, which is the tag for character information and what I use for ask/tag game responses that have canon or canon compliant information.
-sots: lore, which is the tag for the lore and history of the world in Stars of the Sky.
-sots: setting, which will be used in posts regarding locations in Stars of the Sky.
-sots: shenanigans, which is for when I write something random within the real of Stars of the Sky and wish to share it.
-stars of the sky, which I use for every post regarding Stars of the Sky. My general use tag. The oldest posts of Stars of the Sky have this tag, while the previously mentioned tags are newer implementations.
I have a side blog specifically for Stars of the Sky information! @stars-of-the-sky-nightwriter
I have a Naming Conventions series for this going out!
There's a collection of Soft Moments in the lives of SotS characters!
A Court of Death and Ruination
This is ACOTAR fanfiction in which I threw Hades, the protagonist of Stars of the Sky into ACOTAR. I explore her abilities, actually writing her, the magic system that is present in Stars of the Sky, and a few other things. Updates every Monday! The master list for this is here!
The main tag for this is
nightwriter: a court of death and ruination, though I also use
nightwriter a court of death and ruination for this. These tags appear on every chapter release as well as posts with information more specific to this, though older posts of this category belong to the tag below.
nightwriter fanfiction is also used for this, but this is my general use tag for fanfiction.
Random Writing Thing
This is me writing a story, but not in the way I normally do it. Each post I put in this is not a full part. It's just a scene that feels important to the story, but lacks connective tissue between other parts, unless I write the next scene immediately. The posts are, so far, written chronologically, but that may change.
This story is very much a dystopia. It is set vaguely in the midwest, the world has collapsed, there are these monsters that feed on human emotions, and warriors who use their lack of emotions to fight. Each post adds to the worldbuilding, lore, aspects, and such all while following Reave. This story is ever growing and ever expanding.
You can find the posts for this under my nightwriter random writing thing tag Join the tag list!
Some of my favorite lines that I've written!
Finished Fanfiction
Rayven In Demon Slayer
Honored Mutuals
@bardic-tales has cool world building posts for their (I would use her, but it seems there's multiple people in that system and I don't want to offend) Fantasy Worlds Collide work, and they often reblog cool images and posts regarding self shipping and writing, I believe. There's a lot to be found with them and they are quite the cool mutual to have.
@shepardstales has fun ideas for what she might write, even if she gets writer's block, and her diamond painting progress is cool to see. Also fun to interact with!
@kingragnarok-writes has a series, The Heralds of Blood (which he posts chapters of weekly (on Sundays)), which I might not look at but it is cool to learn about the background of! He also reblogs writing related posts, cool images for inspiration, and positive posts!
@ominous-faechild is a chaotic gremlin, but also writes things! Most of my interaction with them was them being an art anon. They write a series? Story? called Faerie's Dawn! Heck if I know when they update.
@keeping-writing-frosty writes interesting things and is fun to interact with! I might not always read his stuff, but that doesn't mean he writes poorly so check him out.
@of-potions-and-blades-official has a blog dedicated to their wip, Of Potions and Blades. I haven't poked around at their wip itself, but they reblog things related to writing and I think that's cool!
@corinneglass is my favorite ghost mutual and I'm always excited to see her around. She's a ghost only because of Tumblr, but she's a fun ghost!
Mutuals have their own tagging system now! More for organization than anything else.
Mutuals can request to be added to the shout outs here!
Mutuals are free to dump information (about stories or anything) in my messages!
Those are just a few mutuals and more will be added later.
Hobbies
I write as a hobby, sometimes, but writing is slowly becoming more of just what I do. I read for fun, listen to music for fun, sometimes watch a movie, and I watch anime for fun! A few of the anime I have watched are MHA, Demon Slayer, Haikyuu, Black Butler, Jujutsu Kaisen, a bit of Attack on Titan, Ouran High School Host Club, Nanbaka, and a few others. I also draw sometimes!
Fun Facts
-I am biromantic asexual. Screw the sexual parts of relationships, but I'll go for both genders :> Due to this, many of my characters are on the queer spectrum since I write what I want and no one can stop me. I might have a poor romantic history but that means nothing.
-I have a terrible sleep schedule. It gets absurd.
-I am slightly autistic. It's there enough to affect me--screw the sound electricity makes when it is trying and failing to turn something on--but not there enough for me to recognize how it affects me fully.
-There was a Gaza scam. Here are my thoughts from when it was around.
