about me!
hey!! welcome to my blog. i'm 28 years old and currently writing *drum roll please* my first ever fantasy young adult novel! gah! exciting, i know.
i'm happy to share some stuff about me and my current wip below:

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about me!
hey!! welcome to my blog. i'm 28 years old and currently writing *drum roll please* my first ever fantasy young adult novel! gah! exciting, i know.
i'm happy to share some stuff about me and my current wip below:
Get to know me tag!
thank you @darkangel319 for tagging me!!
Rules: Tag 10 or more people you want to get to know better
Relationship status:
i've been married for over 2 years now!
Favorite color:
i'm a sucker for olive green
Song stuck in my head:
oof there's so much songs battling for dominance in my head right now, but let's go with 24 hours by savatage
Favorite food:
ravioli with a ricotta/spinach filling and lots of olive oil always does it for me 🤤
Last song listened to:
7empest by TOOL
Dream trip:
my parents went to new zealand a while ago and that's definitely high on the list! also south-africa, patagonia and the very north of norway to see the northern lights 💫
Last tv show/movie:
blue eye samurai on netflix (it's great!!)
Spicy/sweet/savory?:
can't choose!! if there is a combination of all three then i'm in heaven
Last thing I googled:
pictures of patagonia and now i REALLY want to go there (and whether or not it was a country because i wasn't sure)
i know i have to tag 10 people but i just started this blog a few weeks ago so i literally have like 3 followers 🥲 anyways feel free to join in!
WIPs are still works in progress even if no progress has been made on them for a while.
the narrative: *starts the third act by repeating a scene from the first act but now it has a totally different context*
me: ohoHOhohoHOHOhoHO
if you learn to love bugs with all your heart the world will feel half as hostile and a thousand times as big
on the one hand:
i know choosing to work on my wip right now will make me feel accomplished and happy with myself afterwards.................
update: i did it!! ok i only wrote 246 words but still! progress is progress :)
being a writer is sometimes just like
“she raised the sword - *stares out of the window for three minutes* - high above her head, its- *plays with pen* - silver skin glinting in the- *gets up and walks around the room* - golden sunlight. her face- *opens tumblr*
on the one hand:
i know choosing to work on my wip right now will make me feel accomplished and happy with myself afterwards.................
the problem with reading and writing leading to a strong vocabulary is that you tend to know the vibe of words instead of their meanings.
if I used this word in a sentence, would it make sense? absolutely. if you asked me what it meant, could I tell you? absolutely not.
Words to Limit in your Final Draft
(None of this advice really applies to dialogue. If it’s in your character’s voice, they can use whatever words they like!)
Suddenly
This one usually makes people’s list for things to cut. “Suddenly, the door opened.” Turns into, “The door slammed open.”
As always, we want to make the readers think wow that was sudden! Instead of just telling them so.
Saw/Heard + Felt
I already explained this in my post here!
Seemed
There’s a use for seemed in writing when your character is surprised, assuming, or guessing at something. “It seemed impossible.” “The noise seemed to travel for miles.” Etc.
However, when guessing at someone’s emotions—or a group of people—it’s better to just describe what those people look like. So “He seemed happy” turns into, “he grinned, bouncing on his feet.”
Really/Very
Instead of “The really big house” try, “the huge house.” Or “His hair was very dark.” Turns into “His hair was inky black.”
That
If you can take ‘that’ out of a sentence, it usually is stronger than if you don’t. “It was the best cake that she’d ever had!” turns into “It was the best cake she’d ever had!” It reads a bit less clunky.
Then
Then can be used sometimes, but it’s one of those words that’s easy to overuse. To cut out a lot of your ‘thens’ you can replace them with “and” such as, “He left the house, then got into the car.” Turns into, “He left the house and got into the car.”
Down/Up
“He sat down” is redundant. “He sat” means the same thing. Same with “She stood up.”
I chose the ones I find the most important, but there’s tons of other words that can be unnecessary or bog down your prose. Let me know which ones I missed! Good luck!
“how did you get into writing” girl nobody gets into writing. writing shows up one day at your door and gets into you
"Mine" but like unphantomable forbidden lord
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Word find tag (Love, Soul, Shine, Beauty)
i was tagged to find the words Love, Soul, Shine and Beauty in my WIP 'To Redeem a Soldier'.
thanks so much for tagging me @darkangel319!!
Love
I love roaming the docks in my free time and watch the ships come in. The people critically searching the wares on the fish markets, the bustle and noise of the merchants. It’s an entire world on its own.
Soul
My hands are around his throat in an instant and the power rises up, up towards my hands and through, pouring into the poor soul currently trapped within my grasp.
Shine
One of the waiters leads us down a few steps to a closed off section, not any less astonishing than the main area of the restaurant. Two large tables take up the entire room, set meticulously with fine cutlery, the candles’ glow mirroring their shine.
Beauty
Even though the chipped stone leaves out some of his features, his solemn and reverent gaze is still striking. I stare into his gray eyes in front of me for a while, which are captivated by a beauty below that I cannot seem to find.
if you get this, answer w/ three random facts about yourself and send it to the last seven blogs in your notifs. anon or not, doesn’t matter, let’s get to know the person behind the blog !
oooh i love this!!
okay here's three random facts about me:
i'm obsessed with peanut butter
i make bad puns all the time (&when i get people to roll their eyes at me, i know i have succeeded)
i am a verrrrry impatient driver 🚘