Oct 12, 2025
The Vampire Chronicles
They're obviously not science fiction, they're not gothic fiction, they're not really horror fiction. - Anne rice
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The Vampire Chronicles
They're obviously not science fiction, they're not gothic fiction, they're not really horror fiction. - Anne rice
Every night before you go to bed, ask yourself, "did I make the gothic lit authors proud?" and if the answer is no, go find the calcified heart of your lover to carry in your pocket.
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Aspiring Author Journey
Being an aspiring author is a full-time job and I’m not even getting paid
My history with writing
My first manuscript took almost a decade to write and I nearly didn’t finish it
Falling in love with a new project
Querying actually isn’t that bad because I’m already used to no one liking me
My rocky relationship with social media
The seven-year-long mistake I made writing ALU
I registered for the 3-day novel contest because life was going just a bit too well for me
The 3-day novel contest tried to kill me
The biggest influences to my writing
Social media single-handedly ruins my writing
The Craft
Everything film school taught me about character creation
Facing the blank page
Everything film school taught me about outlining
Why screenwriting is a good model for novel writing
Mastery of writing takes a lot more than 10,000 hours
Planning a novel the film school way
A not totally comprehensive guide on fiction book genres
How to write a contest winner
Media Analysis
Camera as narrator: how Disney’s 2015-17 ‘queer rep’ perpetuated shame
The politics of analog horror
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) is an animal movie about human nature
Voices of the Void is a masterclass in terror and tension
Why we miss when Animal Crossing villagers were mean to us
F1: The Movie and cool-guy syndrome
Life Updates
Breaking news: white girl goes to Africa and rides camel
I spent a semester studying abroad in Amsterdam
Guest Posts
Etta Grace guest post: write now, edit later
Morgane Boyd guest post: Control (2019) and what it taught me about worldbuilding
Book Recs
My top reads of 2025 so far
My classic gothic tier list
MISC
My 5 Reading Hot Takes
Wuthering Heights is a great work of fiction because it is a romance novel. Just look at a random example like, idk, Jane Eyre and you'll see how a young, intelligent woman in search for her own independance ends up marrying a horribly abusive man while the narrative actively roots for their romance. Emily Brontë took this story and merely removed the rose colored glasses from the viewer, showing what the tropes commonly used in romance actually look like when you're not being told they're desirable.
It also shows money and power are corrupt but that's a story for another day and yes I'll die on the hill that Heathcliff is as much a villain as he is a victim in the book lol.
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Poe just autocorrected to poet, which caused me to laugh for a good five minutes. If that doesn't sum up my sense of humor I'm not sure what does.
Day 17 Bad hair? Tis the wind and nothing more. Bad hair day: level Edgar Allan Poe
Happy birthday to the madman himself, Edgar Allan Poe!