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she/he - 30s - fantasy and speculative fiction writer; ttrpg player and GM; making the world gayer one WIP at a time. Ask and tag game friendly! -Icon by @rosieartsie

[sarahlizziewrites]

Intro/pinned post

Hello, everyone. Sarah here. This is a blog nominally for writing, but realistically for shitposting with smatterings of fandom.

Sarah - she/her/he/him - genderfluid - 30s - Scotland

Likes:

Fantasy, and within that, romance, slice-of-life and adventure. My WIPs range from sword-and-sorcery to magical realism and gothic horror. Somehow all of these WIPs include friends-to-lovers. Weird.

Historical fiction. I'm a consumer of period drama, a researcher of historical costuming, and European history is one of my special interests.

Queer stories and characters, especially the kind I would have liked to have seen growing up <3

Critical Role, as well as an ever-shifting collection of fandoms, arranged like a detailed hierarchy of plushies in a pre-teen's bedroom. I'm sarahlizzie on AO3.

Mature content, some of which I post on my blog. If you're a minor, please consider your follow carefully.

Tag games/ask games! Or just infodump about your WIPs and OCs in my asks! I love you!

My WIPs:

Chrissie's of London - a psychedelic, high-drama adventure set in a magical version of 1920s London, starring a gregarious and irresponsible hotel owner, Silas Chrissie [character intro], his long-suffering accountant, Loretta Cramps [character intro], and his old friend, a French, shape-shifting felon called Jacques [character intro]. An exploration of what it means to be bisexual, queer identity and a love triangle that spans multiple dimensions.

The Adventures of Sitora Lux - This is an expanded and editorialized retelling of a former D&D character who I felt like didn't get a fair enough shout in the game. Sitora is a big lesbian Paladin-to-be who is still figuring stuff out as she attends an academy for training up future peacekeepers of the realm. A high fantasy coming-of-age/romance with some mystery and drama thrown in, spread over 5 books. Currently editing book 1, currently writing book 2. Have a character intro for Sitora! feat: lovely art from @rosieartsie.

I also use the tag 'Sitoraverse' for posting about the expanded world of Mithlonde

Grey-Sky Lark - my distraction project. Based on the mind-worm of 'Hebridean Vampire', I started writing a deeply introspective, totally first-person series of vignettes/short stories about my (unnamed) vampire protagonist as fate takes him on the winds and currents of history and the North Atlantic. The story starts in 9th century Faroe Islands as they are being colonized by the Norse and goes through to modern day. At the moment I'm working on the late-Victorian/Edwardian section where he is tasked with tracking down another vampire.

Brazen Sparrow - an age-of-sail romance, featuring a sapphic navy captain/pirate enemies-to-lovers storyline. Expect maps for this one!

Til Death Do Us Part - my NaNoWriMo 2023 project. A whodunnit set in 1937 featuring the groom being killed at his wedding. I use the tag 'crime fighting husbands' to refer to this and its sequels!

The Ruby of Ranpur - aforementioned sequel and the continued adventures of the crime fighting husbands. My UnNoWriCh 2024 project.

If any of these sound good to you, sign up for my taglist!

[sunnynabons]

Man also RIP Sir Arthur Conan Doyle you would've loved House MD

[geeoharee]

Conan Doyle drew this when he passed his medical exams

description: a simple doodle of a man in a pea-coat, jumping for joy. he's holding a piece of paper headed DIPLOMA. underneath him in cursive, it says 'Licensed to kill'

[sarahlizziewrites]

*taking J.R.R Tolkien by the shoulders* the thing is, all story is allegory, bro. Our experiences and our worldview shape what kind of stories we want to tell, and we all write allegories, whether we know it or not.

[klappersacks]

(via File Photo)

[mudwerks]

WTF are those obelisks on the right?…

[pricklylegs-deactivated20250727]

Tasty obelisk fries..

[memewhore]

“It’s digestible” has got to be the laziest goal I’ve ever seen achieved by a food product.

[gingerhaze]

“It’s digestible”

[rhea314]

“It’s digestible” is pertinent!! Okay, for those of you who haven’t researched Crisco for writing fic about gay sex in the mid-late 60s:

The first-edition of The Joy of Gay Sex, published in 1977, declared, “Vegetable shortening may be the best lubricant, since it is not only greasy but also digestible”[4] Such a statement perhaps gives new meaning to the companies boastful declarations that “Its digestible” and “Crisco has been making life in the kitchen more delicious for years.”  Similarly, in the 1978 sex manual The Advocate Guide to Gay Health, Crisco even earned an entry in the book’s index.  Discussions of the shortening’s use as an anal lubricant indicate its popularity, with statements such as: “The lubricant, typically the cultic Crisco, must be copious.”[5]  In fact, Crisco was so synonomus with gay sex that discos and bars around the world took on the name, such as Crisco Disco in New York City, which was one of the premiere clubs during the 1970s and early 1980s.  Other clubs or bathhouses, such as Club Z in Seattle, even featured murals with Crisco.  Thus, Crisco was conversely also one of many things that led to the formation of gay identities during the 20th century.

from this essay: http://www.columbia.edu/~sf2220/TT2007/web-content/Pages/drew2.html

The more you know! :D

[nianeyna]

I have learned a new thing today.

[soupwife]

Love this post for so many reasons but most especially because this is from all the way back in 2012 and and yet not a single blog in this thread is deactivated

[nianeyna]

I enjoy that not only does this have a link to an actual source, but the link still fucking works.

[dancinbutterfly]

but @rhea314 you didnt include a picture of the crisco disco! AND MY GOD THE DJ BOOTH WAS A GIANT CRISCO CAN!

Go dance and get fisted. Fucking iconic.

[mr-elementle]

Love the gay history, but i just wanna correct that the “it’s digestible” in the gay stuff was a reference to crisco’s tagline it had been using since 1911, the actual meaning of its digestible is because it’s main competition came from “enhanced” lards which were rendered pig fat mixed with non food thickeners that literally did not digest and caused people to basically just shit out pig cream, since crisco was veggie based the body digested it along with the food

[papapastoral]

And in case you were still wondering, @mudwerks.. Tuna Croquettes

[elf7knight]

This post is the opposite of net zero information. Not only did I learn several new facts about gay history but also we rounded our way back to the original question of the tag line and the mini obelisks.

It’s a net profit of information. 12/10 post

[exhuastedpigeon]

Happy Pride all the queers in my phone. But an extra happy pride to all the bisexuals in straight passing relationships. To the trans people still living in the closet for their safety. To the nonbinary people getting misgendered. To the ace and aro people who sometimes feel like Pride isn’t for them. To the BIPOC people who face discrimination in the queer community. To everyone who feels like they aren’t queer enough.

You are enough. Pride is for you.

[nondelphic]

writing tip: put words on page. hope this helps. i will not be taking questions because i have not done this

[aquilacalvitium]

Jonathan on the 12th: This thing isn't human, I just watched him scale the bloody walls like a fucking lizard, what sort of beast am I forced to be in contact with????

Jonathan on the 15th: Saw the old bastard scaling the fucking wall again and honestly fuck this shit I am so over it hope he falls actually.

[crabussy]

I asked my five year old cousin what he would do if there was a scary skeleton and he said "I would pour water on it and then kick it" and I've been losing my shit laughing crying about a wet skeleton for about fifteen minutes straight

[crabussy]

he was so delighted by my fits of giggles that he drew eight wet skeletons for me

[the1920sinpictures]

1919 c. Piccadilly Circus. From Old London Photos, FB.

[rozanovs]

but there's something so vexing 'bout you

[sarahlizziewrites]

Editing Chrissie's book 1, aka wondering once again whether Jacques is autistic or Just French™

[mrbexwrites]

Nine Lines

Tagged by @willtheweaver over here (thank you!!) and I'm going to also use this as my accountability post to write 100 words with @petalsandspiderwebs <3

Passing the tag onto @oh-no-another-idea @writtenbyhawthorne @jmhwritesstuff @surroundedbypearls @sarahlizziewrites @starboard-writes @the-golden-comet @arowanaprincess @diabolical-blue and leaving an open tag for anyone to join in with :)

Nine-ish lines from a warm-up drabble on a random WIP that I started a while back.

"You'll rue the day-!" The leader of the small band spat, as Katla grabbed his horse's reins, preventing him from turning away. But the Grimmhorn's sword cut his words short. The last man wheeled his mount, ready to run. His eyes were wide, his face pale, sweat trickled down his brow. He was a young lad; no more than five years older than Aster, if that. From the fear on his face, this was not the glorious battle he had been promised. He realised that he was facing death. Katla's throwing knife caught him between the eyes. They rolled up to look at the sky and he fell from his horse. Relinquishing her hold on her magic, Kes' staff was reabsorbed back into her; that missing piece of her soul back in its place. She knelt by the young man and closed his eyes. "May you find peace in your eternal sleep." "It's a quicker death than he deserved." Katla's boot thudded down on the corpse's chest as she leaned over and pulled the knife out of his skull. "May you rot forever, piss-rat."

[sarahlizziewrites]

a few words and terms I can't use in my novel set in 1923 (goddamn it)

yo-yo (1928)

soundtrack (1929)

zipper (1925)

master bedroom (1926)

hairdo (1932)

Art Deco (1925) (wtf??)

heartthrob (1928)

urban legend (1931)

roadkill (1962)

dive-bomb (1940)

Irish coffee (1952)

sync (1929)

bubblegum (1928)

[skibidingus]

real talk like. YES many fat people eat a healthy diet! lots of fat people don't eat sweets! lots of fat people love veggies! there are fat vegans!

BUT sometimes I see this being used as a gotcha in a way that says "it's okay to be fat because it doesn't mean you're eating Immorally" and I resent that.

I am fat and today I ate three cookies for breakfast. big ones. and that doesn't change the fact that my fatness is amoral and my diet - while objectively not very healthy, this cookie thing is part of a pattern in my life as a stressed out grad student - is also amoral.

it's okay to be fat and love little debbies. and it's okay to be fat and eat little debbies more than you "should." you don't owe your health or nutrition to anyone. everyone should fuck off

[palette-system]

I was originally going to write this in the tags, but I think it deserves to be its on proper reblog.

I think treating people like shit for choices they do towards their own body will for ever be fucking ridiculous, obviously.

But on top of that i think there's something to be said about how fat people are under CONSTANT scrutiny for things thin people can do without anyone batting an eye. Eating a little bit "too much" one day, downing ice cream while they're feeling sad at night, etc.

It always reminds me of the weird controlling mindset people have towards disabled folk. How someone that is disabled choosing to take a "risk" (doing something that will cause a flareup) is considered bad and wrong, even though they are fully capable of deciding for themselves as anyone else.

There is nothing morally wrong (or right!, as OP said, it's amoral) for a fat person to choose to do something. Not go to the gym, eat brain foods on a bad day or Just Because, not count calories and have a diet that isn't "balanced".

EVEN if it's unhealthy. EVEN if it's not just because of another reasoning like depression or grief. It's their choice to decide and nobody else's and the excuse of "being worried" for their health always rubs me the wrong way because... that's not being worried, that's being controlling.

They deserve the dignity to choose like anyone else, even if they are not "traditionally attractive" or "unhealthy". It doesn't matter. It never did! None of that affects someone's rights to do with themselves what they are happy doing! Nobody gets to dictate that!

[nattousan]

ok so, I approached my local library with a proposal to donate a mural as a way to A: build portfolio/gain practical experience and B: give back to a beloved public institution. The director was very enthusiastic about it and i've been working on it since the beginning of March. Come with me as I endeavor to paint what is in all honesty an excessive amount of birds

I wanted the birds to look like they were actually in the space so first thing after doing the draft was to do a lighting study

after that I covered the walls in letters in lieu of a projector/vr headset bc i have neither of those :) Then i take a picture of the section of wall and superimpose the lineart over top of it so I can pencil in the lines

et voila

and that was a whole week on it's own so next comes the paintin' >:)

[nattousan]

and now, the birds

Birds 1 and 2/14: Red Winged Blackbird, Male and female, Agelaius phoeniceus

[nattousan]

Bird 3/14, American Robin, Turdus migratorius

[nattousan]

hoo boy, ok *out of breath*

GIVE IT UP FOR BIRD NUMBUH 5, THE CANADIAN GOOSE, Branta canadensis!!!!

this guy took me about 4 days to completely finish, all of those freakingk coverts were a bear to render

[nattousan]

speaking of obnoxious coverts:

bird 5/14, Bluejay, Cyanocitta cristata

the friggin stripes almost got me chat, i may not make it

[nattousan]

Madam....

[inkary]

Monumental work, also 2 sentences horror in the end

[thefloatingstone]

[vintage-every-day]

The first female gardeners employed at London's Kew Gardens. Eleanor Morland, Gertrude Cope and Alice Hutchings. Photographed in 1896.

[stjohnstarling]

Argh writing book HARD *smashes computer with big club*