susanne. i like books and video games. mostly i post about writing stuff, things i find pretty, and the occasional fandom things. sometimes i am that cottage core bitch. you should probably tell me to go write.
Hi there! I’m Susanne (she/her), 30+.
I work in a library and enjoy being outside, single player video games, and also putting my silly little thoughts on paper, so to speak.
I’ve been writing in some form or other since I was a kid, although I’ve never shared much of my original writing online. A lot of fanfic stuff, though. You can still find it if you know where to look. I want to share my original stories as well at some point in the future. No publishing aspirations as this is all for fun.
I’m mainly an enjoyer of fantasy and romance, with a dash of queerness on top. But I’m interested in pretty much anything. I’m one hell of a sucker for friends to lovers as well as a good heaping of building yourself a home where you least expect it. Me and YA have a ... complicated relationship.
So, if you wanna be friends or just want a new follower, please interact with this post! I’ll be sure to check out your blog! I’m always open to asks and tag games, as well as just talking, so please don’t be shy. I’m not the best at interacting first, but I’m happy to jump in!
My blog is a bit of a mix of everything but all tagged for your blacklisting pleasure. For writing stuff, you can look out for #writing, #writing inspo, and the project tags for my own stuff.
Find some of my writings and wips under the cut:
- Worthy of a King -
A low fantasy romance featuring a prince who is more responsible than people give him credit for, the captain of his knights, whose main job is overindulging said prince and a whole heap of yearning. Stay for jousting, discussions on the future of a kingdom, suppressed jealousy and probably too much mead.
Status: Complete
WIP Intro I Tag I Pinterest Board I Read it on Ao3
- Shadow of a Queen -
A marriage of convenience that might be falling apart, a kingdom that definitely is, and a woman who feels like she can’t stop the storm that’s coming. Book 2 in the Queen’s Guard series is about Perild, who has to decide whether her new role matters more than her old loyalties. And it features the shadowy spymaster who will remain her asset, whether she wants them to be or not.
Status: Drafting
WIP Intro I Tag I Pinterest Board
- Shanghaied in Portsmouth -
A silly little pirate comedy following the adventures of a hapless warehouse worker forcibly turned sailor, the ship cook that seduced him under false pretenses, and the lovable crew of a vaguely okay pirate ship.
Status: Complete
WIP Intro I Tag I Pinterest Board | Read it on Ao3
- Project Purple -
A cozy mystery set in a fictional lakeside town hidden in strange glowing fog. There’s witches, ghosts, an immortal cat, a house with a mind of its own, and old friendships that bloom anew. Also supernatural murder. But that part’s not as important.
Status: Plotted out
Tag I Pinterest Board
- Project Runaways -
Neonlit streets, seedy bars, shadowy corporations and and learning that you can’t stop someone else from loving you, even if you don’t love yourself. This has been my baby for ... way too long. It’s also currently iced because it doesn’t work on a fundamental level. Following a thief with no moral compass, the few people he actually likes, and the voice in his head.
Status: Development hell
Tag I Pinterest Board
- Project Lighthouse -
A lighthouse stands at the edge of the world, or at least the lighthouse keeper’s world. There’s nothing but the cliffs and the sea. Loneliness is repentance. Until he finds a woman on the shore after a storm, naked and barely alive. Featuring mystical creatures, some good old Victorian aesthetics, and my deep and abiding love for the baltic sea.
Happy pride month specifically to folks on the asexual and aromantic spectrum who oftentimes feel isolated and left out of the conversation. You belong here as much as the rest of us and I hope that you are all loved in a way that is comforting to you.
we're falling in love with writing this summer, and we're going to have so much fun, and oh it's going to be so gorgeous, and we'll be at our happiest, we're falling in love with writing this summer
I love that four different people on my feed scheduled this joyous person to reblog by 8am on June 1. I look forward to seeing this a dozen more times today.
A non-writer asked me "but where do you get your ideas" and i genuinely did not know how to explain that it's not a place. it's not a website. it's not a folder. it's that i was on the bus and a woman was holding a paper bag very carefully and something about the way she held it made me need to know what was inside and then i needed to know why she was sad about it and then there was a whole person and then there was a whole story and the bus had already stopped and i missed my stop. that's where.
