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Over a year later and she's finally finished.

Many of you know me as an ACOTAR writer, but my first fics were for different fandoms in 2016. I went on a long writing hiatus because life happened, but in 2023 I read "The Song of Achilles" and it inspired me to write again. This was my first fic back after that hiatus, and I've finally finished the last chapter.

My style has changed a lot since I started this fic, and I've grown as a writer immensely. It's exciting and humbling to see where I started back in 2016, where I restarted in 2023, and where I'm at now in 2024.

"A Place Eternal" follows Patroclus and Achilles as the reunite in the underworld with the help of Hades and Persephone. If you're interested and would like to start reading it for the first time, you can start at the beginning with Chapter 1: Arrival. If you've been waiting for the final installment, here is a link to Chapter 7: Reunited.

I've posted a small snippet from the first chapter below. Thank you all for being a part of my journey.

When he finally arrived underground, Patroclus was breathless. Literally of course, but figuratively as well for what he saw before him was unlike anything he had ever expected. The underworld was dark, yes, but he didn’t know that it could also be beautiful. A river was flowing next to him, so unlike the rivers he’d spent the past ten years next to in Troy. For even in death, the souls that swam within it were brimming with the stories of their lives. So many stories. Ones of passion and pain like his own, but also ones of simple pleasure. Stolen moments of the world above forever remembered as they flowed through this dark chasm, lighting the walls all around with their vibrancy. He gasped slightly, his jaw falling slack as for one moment his mind was distracted from his purpose. In awe of the motion he realized that he had form again, had the ability to articulate and move with purpose. Not just that, he felt the motion of his body. It was disconcerting after the time he spent a mere wisp waiting for his name to be recorded so he could pass on to this next world. Watching the river he heard a deep male voice from behind him, “We’ve been expecting you.” Turning frantically hoping to see his love, but knowing the voice was not his, Patroclus was shocked to see Hades and Persephone watching. 

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[acourtofladydeath]

Listen I’m nosey.

4, 9, 10, 16, 23, 24, 26

Seriously though you only have to answer the ones you want 🤍

BABE PLEASE NEVER CHANGE I LOVE THIS. I answered 16 and 23 in this ask so I'll direct you there for those answers. Unless you want 3 new words... then hit me up.

4. a story idea you haven't written yet

A Patrochilles Azris AU with Azriel as Patroclus, Eris as Achilles, and Nesta as Briseis. I'm waffling between setting it in Prythian for a retelling or setting it in Troy as an AU. I truly love the Iliad and The Song of Achilles and I feel like these characters fit so well together and it would be such an interesting way to explore them. Do you have a preference? Let me know!

9. start to finish, how long did it take you to write the last fic you posted?

I'm going to go with my last chapter instead of the full fic because the full fic is not completed. I outlined all of TTBW before I started writing the fic, and the last chapter "You Were Only Waiting" took me five days to write spread out over one week. Then I had a few days off while the betas looked it over before I went back and spent one day adding pieces to it and editing the whole thing. I like to try and edit in one go for continuity/consistencies sake.

10. what is the longest amount of time you've let a draft rest before you finished it?

Oh gods literally over a year. A Place Eternal was originally planned to be 8 chapters, but I couldn't figure out why I needed the 8th chapter. I'd last updated it maybe in May of 2023 and wrote the final chapter (chapter 7) this June of 2024. Sometimes you're not feeling a fic. But I knew that one had an ending I needed to write. I'd rather wait and write something later than force it and produce quality I don't' like.

24. how do you recharge when you're not feeling creative?

I put on all my little electric candles on my bookshelf, light an actual candle, make a drink, and sit in my living room to read. Sometimes I need to consume in order to create.

26. are you able to write with other people around?

Yeah! Sometimes I do have to tell them to stop talking though. But i've literally written hundreds of words in the middle of class WHILE STILL PARTICIPATING IN CLASS. So. If I want to write I will find a way, regardless of the situation.

I hope this answered your questions! You're always welcome to send more! The full list can be found here.

Lovely to hear from you as always 🖤