It’s been half a decade since I last set foot on Tumblr. I missed this place.
Hi, everyone!
I’m Valpur. I’m a biologist, I have an unhealthy obsession for fungi and amphibians, I grow my own veggies and, yes, I write.
I write a lot.
And by a lot, I mean that I work as a translator of romance stuff. Like, they actually pay me to read and translate novels. It’s mindblowing.
As you probably read in my headliner, English is not my first language. I’m byelingual. I’m gradually unlearning Italian while struggling to keep my English at least acceptable.
So! What am I writing?
I have several on-going projects. Some are finished, other still in progress.
What can you expect to find?
Again, as per the aforementioned headliner, action and adventure. Lots of. And romance, because I’m a big softie. Also, tons of angst - gotta sweat that happy ending. No matter how dire the circumstances, rest assured: in the end, there’s always going to be hope. Cross my heart.
(No really, I’m squishy, I can’t live with depressing endings. Let the future be bright, at least in fiction)
Genres?
Lots of them.
You’ll find fantasy, sci-fi, but also good ol’ historical romance. With a twist.
I’ll post one chapter/month of every finished work on Wattpad and here on Tumblr so you can read them for free. If you want to read much more stuff in advance, you can support me on Patreon. I’ll probably cry if you do it, you’re warned.
Here’s a list of what’s brewing!
*The Big Kids - finished works*
Atlantis - The second fall
[Mythological dark fantasy. CW: graphic violence, major character death, gaslighting] 110k words.
What Ariadnh wanted: food and a place to sleep.
What she got: an invitation from a dark cult set on restoring Atlantis and its greatness; a lazy horse; anxiety.
Murdering people was alright. Kind of. As long as it kept a roof over her head and her newfound family close.
Accidentally evoking a dead god with a penchant for drama? Problematic.
But saving the world is where Ariadnh draws the line.
H00D
[Sci-fi, a Cyberpunk retelling of Robin Hood. CW: drug use, violence] 77k
Steal from the rich, give to the poor, hack your way into big pharma databases to incriminate the corporation responsible for the murder of your family and the deaths of thousands of babies.
That’s just another Thursday in Rob Hood’s life.
*Getting there - works in progress*
The swallow of Guadeloupe
[Queer historical romance. Translation in progress. CW: violence, abuse, but nothing too graphic] 78k
It took Mac a long time and a longer journey to track down the man who ruined their lives.
Alas, their success comes with a price: a not-so-upstanding trio of guards insists on lending an unnecessary hand. Among them, a stick up everyone’s ass, a walking disaster waiting to happen, and a man too good for such a cruel world. Ultimately, the ruin of Mac’s plans of revenge.
Take the swashbuckler’s genre and make it queerer. Also, swords! Plumed hats! And bad drinks.
The Wildflowers Series
[Historical romance, Old Wild West. Series of four books. First in progress. CW: graphic violence]
She’s nosy, has a thing for crime novels, and desperate to get rid of the Sheriff’s unwanted attentions.
He’s a homesick outlaw with little hope for his future, a passion for chickens and the voice of an angel.
They definitely shouldn’t be together. And yet.
Isn’t it cool when you’re scrolling down your feed and one of your mutuals reblogs something really nice and you go “oh gotta reblog this too!” - and the you take a closer look and they reblogged it from you in the first place.
Yay! Thank you @avrablake for my very first tag! (alright this account is like one week old, so)
Rules: post the names of all the files in your wip folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have wips.
Atlantis - The second fall: ye olde dark fantasy with a Very Anxious protagonist, tragic loves, gods, monsters and one (1) adorable chubby horse
H00D: Take Robin Hood and make it cyberpunk. Extremely queer cast. Explosions! Hacking! Highway bike rides! Lucky for them all there’s a couple of doctors among the Merry (not all) Men.
Murder She Wrote meets Outlander but in Red Dead Redemption: Also known as the Wildflowers series. My current obsession. Outlaw meets nice girl. Outlaw is smitten. Nice girl is dangerous. Do not eat the squirrel stew. DO NOT.
Guadeloupe: Queer Musketeers in the Caribbeans. Something pirate-y, something ninja-y. Gotta finish translating it.
Cyranal: Okay I swear it’s not what it seems. It’s a MM romance, and there’s something Cyranesque about it. On demand smut writer finds a Really Charming client. A nice change after years of people obsessed with dolphins. Accursed was the cress sandwich.
Please consider this an OPEN TAG because I’m socially awkward and I basically don’t know anyone here yet.
