#exercpts

[linguisticentries]

Under the flickering lamp post, the stardust glowed a faint blue. I stared at the machine as I took each step, and more and more strongly I inhaled a sharp bitterness. The smell of freshly ground stars, like a field of crops rotting in a snow-covered land, lost in the capsule of time. The smell of dead stars.

Xiu Xinyu, The Stars We Raised

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Writing Update: Ocularum & the Freewrite

Writing Update: Ocularum & the Freewrite

So, it has been a really long time since my last real post. I’m still writing the first draft of Ocularum. I have had some personal issues to deal with in the last eight months that put me off track, but I am approximately 50% through the first draft and currently screaming along. When I started this series, I only envisioned four primary Artifacts, but I have had some amazing ideas during the…

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It is best to get used to the taste of the anchor early. You may begin the practice with a finger, or some innocuous trash. Put it inside of your mouth and leave it there for as long as it takes to rust your lips red.

— Melissa Newman-Evans, “Training Manual for the Juvenile Mermaid"