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NEW STORY: Mirage Manhattan — WxW Superhero Romance

So, I found out about the Kindle Vellys like entirely too late but a challenge never stopped me and I've had this quick novella idea in my head for months. I literally outlined it July 30 and started writing August 1st. Welcome to my crackpot NaNoWriMo, but instead of a month, I have about 3 weeks and I'm expecting it to be about 30k instead of 50 :)

I'm a little stressed.

So, if you want a gay superhero story, this is for you. Imagine MHA style quirks with the Boys media/government system and a Wanda Maximoff/Atom Eve Queer MC. I'm so hype for this and I feel like a lot of other people will be too.

For Kindle Vella, the first 3 episodes are free, I have 2 episodes available right now, so if you'd like to tune in and watch me churn out 8 more episodes in 2 weeks, feel free to follow along! I really want to win this thing and I put myself in the absolute worst situation to do so, but we're here!

If you want to read and follow along, I've put the link below. Thanks for your support! XOXO - Rita BS

Mirage Manhattan

SYPNOSIS: In the year 2105, the world has adapted to the ravages of climate change. Ninety-nine percent of all living creature has developed unique powers to survive in this new reality—except for Samirah Hayes. As a young, newly debuted YA fantasy author, she belongs to the 1 percent of the population who remains unevolved, with no affinity to her name.

Samirah's ordinary life takes a dramatic turn when her brother mysteriously vanishes, and her mother refuses to reveal his whereabouts. Overnight, Samirah discovers she possesses insanely powerful illusionary abilities. With an uncontrollable affinity and a missing brother, she falls under the supervision of Flux, a hero of the Cape Corps, a military branch dedicated to training heroes who respond to global missions.

From a recent graduate author to a fledgling superhero, Samirah’s life undergoes a radical transformation. She must navigate her new powers, the search for her brother, and a developing relationship with her superhero roommate.

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While Jason Todd and Tim Drake are both tragedies, Jason is a Shakespearian tragedy (doomed by the narrative) while Tim is a Greek tragedy (doomed by himself/his own flaws). In this essay I will-

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im back babyyy

not back to writing my original fic, but back to posting fanfiction! i also have a last nights clothes fic update too for anyone following here, unless im screamin into the void

anyways, its a my hero fic about female rage & overcoming anger, i love it, i think yall would love it, go read the first chapter 🙂

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Original Character(s), Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Original Female Character(s) Characters: Original Female Character(s) of Color, Original Female Character(s), Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, Nedzu (My Hero Academia) Additional Tags: Anger Management, case study on female rage, Black Character(s), Angst, Found Family, Explicit Language, Threats of Rape/Non-Con, wanda maximoff style rage, Quirk Theory (My Hero Academia), expanding on existing quirk theories, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, eldest daughter syndrome Summary:

Ito Homura has been fighting her entire life. The kids in her class, her mother, her quirklessness–nobody strayed far without earning a stray from her. She’s lived her whole life knowing she’d have it rougher than others, that she’d have to work harder, that she needed to step up for them. Homura has known this and rose to the challenge, doing her best for her brother, picking up where her mother fell, and fighting every last goddamn battle thrown at her. She was surviving, despite the shit served to her.

Until the world yanked the rug from beneath her feet so she dragged the world down as she fell.

OR, a study on female rage with a black/japanese girl, a wanda maximoff style quirk, and a found family cure.

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 9/13 Fandom: Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, Doctor Who (2005) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: The Doctor & Original Female Character, Thirteenth Doctor/Yasmin Khan, Thirteenth Doctor & Original Female Character(s) of Color, Thirteenth Doctor & Dan Lewis (Doctor Who), Dan Lewis & Original Female Character(s) of Color, Yasmin Khan & Dan Lewis Characters: Yasmin Khan, Original Female Character(s) of Color, Thirteenth Doctor, The Doctor (Doctor Who), Dan Lewis (Doctor Who) Additional Tags: Adventure, Mystery, Black Character(s), Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Slow Romance, Multiverse, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon-Typical Violence, Explicit Language, Mild Language, Kidnapping, Alien Abduction, Self-Insert, kind of like just to establish the character, American South, United States, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, LGBTQ Character of Color, this is like 99 percent black coded btw, like I used my own experiences and pushed it into doctor who, Blood and Gore, Mild Gore, augmented humans - Freeform, Alternate Universe - Vampire, Thirteenth Doctor Era, Yasmin Khan Loves the Thirteenth Doctor, Human Trafficking, Human Experimentation, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Sentient TARDIS, TARDIS Rooms, honestly my favorite part of dr who fanfics is pretending the TARDIS is a big sims house lmao, love her, original adventures, Mind Control, Mind Manipulation, mild body horror Summary:

The Doctor was in-between adventures, in-between arguments, and felt like she was in-between life. She needed something new to do when she stumbled upon a crack in-between the universes, it felt like a step in the right direction.

Shayla had two months and eight days until she graduated and actually started her life. She was on her third day of the last spring break of her undergrad year finishing her thesis when Jodi Whittaker, or her fucking twin, stumbled into her apartment claiming to be ‘Doctor Who’ and crashed on her couch. She never wanted any of this—she was content staying staying under the radar—but, the ended up getting swept into an adventure.

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How I Modify My Google Doc for Outlining and Drafting

I previously talked about setting up my document to look like a formatted paperback book to help writing not feel so daunting.

Today, I bring you a different way I change my document that is more appealing to me than the standard Doc.

For Drafts

first, go to Page Set Up

this is what the default is

For my setup: Margins will change to .5" for top, bottom, left, and right.

this is the page color I chose but it's totally optional.

Then, I change my default font. Here is how to find the ones I like. Go to the font option, then click More fonts.

These are the fonts I love. You can search them or browse for ones you like.

next, i change my first-line paragraph indent to .25"

For Outlining

(and also character profiles, world-building, etc.)

You are going to follow the same steps as above first. The only difference is you don't need to mess with any of the indent settings.

I use boxes as dividers and organizers. To do this, go to Insert > Table > 1x1.

Then, change the border thickness to 2.25pt. I usually have a color palette for these, so I'm choosing a darker brown than the background for the borders. But white paper and black table lines work just as well and are more print-friendly ;)

Next, I change the Headings, Subheadings, and Subtitles. To begin, I am changing my Title heading. I choose my font, how big I want it to be, and then I like using a highlight color as well. Here, I'm using a standard light/pastel color and 18pt font.

Highlight to select this new title. Go to the dropdown menu that says "normal text", hover over "Title", then choose "Update 'Title' to Match". Now you can click that every time with no hassle. And it will begin an outline for you to the left.

Let's make that box within a box! Make sure you are typing inside the first box. Then insert another table. I am going to use a 2x3.

Because this table is more than one cell, you can go to the three dots up top and click "Table Options" to change every table border selected at once. Again, 2.25pt with the same color as before. The cell background color says white but you don't have to change it to match the page color.

You can save both your Heading preferences and page setup as your default style. Every new document you make will use these settings automatically.

I really hope this was helpful and/or interesting!

As always, take what you want and leave the rest. Happy writing!

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Here's a pretty good writing resource for drafting! I'll definitely have to use this for myself!

- Sabel

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I’ve been so active this week 😭 here’s my d&d character’s girlfriend/ex/toxic friend, Zamirah. She’s a vampire working with the BBEG but we still stan

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 6/? Fandom: Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, Doctor Who (2005) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: The Doctor & Original Female Character, Thirteenth Doctor/Yasmin Khan, Thirteenth Doctor & Original Female Character(s) of Color, Thirteenth Doctor & Dan Lewis (Doctor Who), Dan Lewis & Original Female Character(s) of Color, Yasmin Khan & Dan Lewis Characters: Yasmin Khan, Original Female Character(s) of Color, Thirteenth Doctor, The Doctor (Doctor Who), Dan Lewis (Doctor Who) Additional Tags: Adventure, Mystery, Black Character(s), Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Slow Romance, Multiverse, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon-Typical Violence, Explicit Language, Mild Language, Kidnapping, Alien Abduction, Self-Insert, kind of like just to establish the character, American South, United States, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, LGBTQ Character of Color, this is like 99 percent black coded btw, like I used my own experiences and pushed it into doctor who, Blood and Gore, Mild Gore, augmented humans - Freeform, Alternate Universe - Vampire, Thirteenth Doctor Era, Yasmin Khan Loves the Thirteenth Doctor, Human Trafficking, Human Experimentation, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Sentient TARDIS, TARDIS Rooms, honestly my favorite part of dr who fanfics is pretending the TARDIS is a big sims house lmao, love her, original adventures Summary:

The Doctor was in-between adventures, in-between arguments, and felt like she was in-between life. She needed something new to do when she stumbled upon a crack in-between the universes, it felt like a step in the right direction.

Shayla had two months and eight days until she graduation and actually started her life. She was on her third day of the last spring break of her undergrad year finishing her thesis when Jodi Whittaker, or her fucking twin, stumbled into her apartment claiming to be ‘Doctor Who’ and crashed on her couch. She never wanted any of this—she was content staying staying under the radar—but, then ended up getting swept into an adventure.

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A speed paint of a moment from my d&d game, my character is the black elf, Jovyal. It was a great session and a really intense scene! I love how this came out ♥️

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 5/? Fandom: Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, Doctor Who (2005) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: The Doctor & Original Female Character, Thirteenth Doctor/Yasmin Khan, Thirteenth Doctor & Original Female Character(s) of Color, Thirteenth Doctor & Dan Lewis (Doctor Who), Dan Lewis & Original Female Character(s) of Color, Yasmin Khan & Dan Lewis Characters: Yasmin Khan, Original Female Character(s) of Color, Thirteenth Doctor, The Doctor (Doctor Who), Dan Lewis (Doctor Who) Additional Tags: Adventure, Mystery, Black Character(s), Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Slow Romance, Multiverse, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon-Typical Violence, Explicit Language, Mild Language, Kidnapping, Alien Abduction, Self-Insert, kind of like just to establish the character, American South, United States, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, LGBTQ Character of Color, this is like 99 percent black coded btw, like I used my own experiences and pushed it into doctor who, Blood and Gore, Mild Gore, augmented humans - Freeform, Alternate Universe - Vampire, Thirteenth Doctor Era, Yasmin Khan Loves the Thirteenth Doctor, Human Trafficking, Human Experimentation, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Sentient TARDIS, TARDIS Rooms, honestly my favorite part of dr who fanfics is pretending the TARDIS is a big sims house lmao, love her, original adventures Summary:

The Doctor was in-between adventures, in-between arguments, and felt like she was in-between life. She needed something new to do when she stumbled upon a crack in-between the universes, it felt like a step in the right direction.

Shayla had two months and eight days until she graduation and actually started her life. She was on her third day of the last spring break of her undergrad year finishing her thesis when Jodi Whittaker, or her fucking twin, stumbled into her apartment claiming to be ‘Doctor Who’ and crashed on her couch. She never wanted any of this—she was content staying staying under the radar. But, the ended up getting swept into adventure.

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Here’s a quick speedpaint of my OC Shayla Evans, augmented human/vampire in my Dr Who fanfic. The black diamonds in her mouth is jewelry that hides the metal plating from the augmentations she received.

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 4/? Fandom: Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, Doctor Who (2005) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: The Doctor & Original Female Character, Thirteenth Doctor/Yasmin Khan, Thirteenth Doctor & Original Female Character(s) of Color, Thirteenth Doctor & Dan Lewis (Doctor Who), Dan Lewis & Original Female Character(s) of Color, Yasmin Khan & Dan Lewis Characters: Yasmin Khan, Original Female Character(s) of Color, Thirteenth Doctor, The Doctor (Doctor Who), Dan Lewis (Doctor Who) Additional Tags: Adventure, Mystery, Black Character(s), Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Slow Romance, Multiverse, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon-Typical Violence, Explicit Language, Mild Language, Kidnapping, Alien Abduction, Self-Insert, kind of like just to establish the character, American South, United States, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, LGBTQ Character of Color, this is like 99 percent black coded btw, like I used my own experiences and pushed it into doctor who, Blood and Gore, Mild Gore, augmented humans - Freeform, Alternate Universe - Vampire, Thirteenth Doctor Era, Yasmin Khan Loves the Thirteenth Doctor, Human Trafficking, Human Experimentation Summary:

The Doctor was in-between adventures, in-between arguments, and felt like she was in-between life. She needed something new to do when she stumbled upon a crack in-between the universes, it felt like a step in the right direction.

Shayla had two months and eight days until she graduation and actually started her life. She was on her third day of the last spring break of her undergrad year finishing her thesis when Jodi Whittaker, or her fucking twin, stumbled into her apartment claiming to be ‘Doctor Who’ and crashed on her couch. She never wanted any of this—she was content staying staying under the radar. But, the ended up getting swept into adventure.

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I also do art hope you like Hobie with grillz

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Not to be gay, but I could really go for kissing a woman rn

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50 WORDS TO USE INSTEAD OF “SAID”

Do you ever find yourself over-using the word “said” in your writing? Try using these words/phrases instead:

stated

commented

declared

spoke

responded

voiced

noted

uttered

iterated

explained

remarked

acknowledged

mentioned

announced

shouted

expressed

articulated

exclaimed

proclaimed

whispered

babbled

observed

deadpanned

joked

hinted

informed

coaxed

offered

cried

affirmed

vocalized

laughed

ordered

suggested

admitted

verbalized

indicated

confirmed

apologized

muttered

proposed

chatted

lied

rambled

talked

pointed out

blurted out

chimed in

brought up

wondered aloud

(NOTE: Keep in mind that all of these words have slightly different meanings and are associated with different emotions/scenarios.)