Rachael Arsenault [she/her] @rachaellawrites - Tumblr Blog

Things to know about me and the type of content I may or may not share:

Born in the 90s; suffering in the present

D&D/Critical Role nerdiness

Writing, including books, short stories, essays, and articles

Writing adjacent stuff, including occasional yelling about writing process and my suffering

Reading. What I'm reading, what I recommend, long form reviews, vlog reviews, etc.

Parenting anecdotes about my toddler

Canada and Canadian-ness

I'm queer (bi) and write queer stories

I welcome writing tag games!

Where to Find My Writing

Fiction:

Itch.io / Patreon / Short Stories list

Non-fiction: [This is organized by a series of lists on my Medium profile]

TTRPGs and Nerd Life

Book Recs

History and Historical Figures

Essays and Reviews

Writing Tips

Freelance / Contracted Work

Greater Than a Tourist: Charlottetown [affiliate link]

Current WIPs

Some Strange Magic (tags: Some Strange Magic, SSM)

Delia and Morgen are both witches. Delia and Morgen's families hate each other. But Delia and Morgen are not only forced to live together in an assigned room in their dorm, but also work together to investigate the disappearance of Morgen's cousin.

Enemies to lovers, Sapphic bi4bi romance, university setting, Canadian setting, contemporary fantasy, sun and moon magic

Book 1 of The Willing and The Chosen (Tags: The Willing and the Chosen, TWaTC)

Ella has wanted to enroll at the Academy since she was twelve. She dreamed of swinging swords and slaying demons - but training turns out a lot duller than expected. Unless you're Chosen: one of the special humans granted magic by mysterious deities. Ella is determined to prove her worth despite not being Chosen, even if doing so puts her in danger.

Queer normative, bisexual protagonist, second world contemporary fantasy, women with swords, magical(ish) school

Also working on Book 2, which I will simply call TWaTC2

Book 1 of Elementalist Witchy School (Tags: Elementalist Witchy School)

When Cass is unexpectedly gets scouted as a Conduit Elementalist, she's swiftly whisked away to a school for sorcery. She doesn't understand her magic, let alone how to use it, and falls in with a group of other prospective Elementalists who each struggle in their own way. But their magical shortcomings are the least of their problems when a series of unprecedented events bring the safety of the school into question.

Bisexual protagonist, queer normative, second world fantasy, magical college, different schools of magic, fantastical creatures, airships

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My other socials are in my Linktree. I share word count updates and snippets from my WIPs over on my Patreon. You can buy my published work on my Patreon or Itchio.

#Author intro #A New Age of Magic #The Willing and The Chosen #Some Strange Magic #Elementalist Witchy School #Writing #Rachael rambles

now, pecker means penis. and wood means boner. so of course you would make assumptions about the term woodpecker. but no. the bird

sixthrock

I LOVE hearing that other languages have so many beautifully unique ways to construct dick jokes

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[Image ID: Tumblr tags reading: #This is so beautiful because in BR Portuguese the two words that make up woodpecker (pica-pau) Also bean dick on their own #There's even this joke. Like we have a lot of southern lapwings over here right? And we call them quero-quero #Because their cries kind of sound like they're saying that. And quero means "want" #So you ask someone what you get when you cross and quero-quero with a pica-pau #And people hate it because no matter how they word it the answer is always them saying they want dick /End ID]

unhinged-kitten

who’s been here since 2011-2014?

prinnay

2016:

2026:

I'd like to think I improved a little bit over the last decade ;u;

#Art

louisegluckpdf

i think every publisher should have to institute a ban on books that fail what i’m calling the “little life” and “what else?” tests

louisegluckpdf

for reference.

nature-travel-photography

One of the best autumn displays I have seen, 12 years ago in the Porcupine Mountains of Michigan [OC] [854 x 1280] - Author: PinnaclePhotography on reddit

#photograhy

color-palettes

Honestly, Carmine! - Submitted by SeesawSiya

#440f1f #a1112a #d71e86 #e8c4c4

#pretty things

saltedsnailstudio

linocut on lokta paper

#Art

claypigeonpottery

this one’s mine 💙

whatwwwwwww

[Image Description: Three photos of a handmade mug taken from different angles. The mug is blue and has the words "time is an illusion and love is infinite" etched into it. There is also a jackalope, a skeleton thereof, and two dandelions on the mug. /end Image Description]

whatwwwwwww

[Image Description: A timestamp of my addition to a tumblr post. It reads "Because time is an illusion and love is infinite" and the timestamp says March 28th, 2023. /end Image Description]

so can I get a shout-out, at least? 😅

claypigeonpottery

hey! it’s the source!

this was a commission and I was not given the source of the quote unfortunately, but I’m very glad you saw and reblogged it 💙

#art

jibunbosh

I think one of the best things you can do as any kind of creative is to draw more inspiration from things completely outside of your artistic medium

jibunbosh

(with the enthusiasm of a sigma grindset guy telling you to get a side hustle) you gotta be waking up and saying stuff like "this chinese shadow puppet play really makes me want to write a ttrpg"