#writeblr connect

[cherrybombfangirlwrites]

Hey, remember how during Pride Month the writeblr community has posts circulating where queer authors are encouraged to promote their books with queer representation?

July is disability pride month, Disabled people are at risk of falling below the poverty line especially and i'd love to help those who are published get paid this month if i can, so...

Let's do the same thing but with Disability Pride Month!!!

Disabled Writers feel free to promote your stuff!

I'll start:

Hello, I'm Anna, I'm an Autistic and ADHD author! Here are my canonically disabled characters in books that will come out in like 50 years because I'm a slow writer:

(I noticed most of these are mental disabilities and disorders, probably because that's where most of my personal experience is, BUT i do have quite a few physical disabilities in there, and there's also quite a bit of intersectionality <333)

Prince Kaye (FSF series): Kaye has OCD! He's also mixed latino and bisexual <3 very sweet scrawny peacemaker prince born to a family of warlords <3

Captain Cassandra (FSF series): Cassandra is mute due to trading her voice and tail for human legs, and partially deaf due to an explosion on the seas during a battle. Due to losing her tail for human legs, she also experiences chronic pain in her feet (the original curse of every step feeling like walking on knives if you will). She's also plus sized, pansexual, and gets a pirate girlfriend

Erica (FSF series): Erica is an amputee pirate with a peg leg. She's also lesbian, polynesian, plus sized, and Cassandra's hopeless romantic pirate girlfriend.

Princess Hestia (FSF series): Hestia has an anxiety disorder! She's also plus sized, South Asian mixed (like her brother), and falls in love with a shy blonde bookworm trans boi named Elliot

Raven (FSF series): Raven is Autistic! He's a morally gray knight charged with being the personal bodyguard of a reckless princess. He's so Latino and bisexual <3

Princess Sapphire (FSF series): Sapphire has ADHD! She's the reckless adventure seeking and impulsive princess that Raven has to protect. She's also a redhead, and demisexual <3

Triveya (FSF series): Triveya is autistic and adhd! She's the resident wizard and magic expert in the cast of FSF, and is a little bit feral with a bubbly and nerdy personality

Kylee (TCIO series): Kylee is autistic and non speaking! She's a superhero with super speed and invisibility powers, and she's the youngest of the team while also being a mischievous and outgoing ball of sunshine

Bryson (TCIO series): Bryson is diabetic! I'm still developing his character so i haven't figured out which type he is yet (leaning towards type 2). He's the superhero team medic with healing powers (can't heal himself or emotional injuries with said powers), and he's also a black guy and the token straight of the team that's on thin ice

Chase (TCIO series): Chase has OCD, a bipolar mood disorder, and chronic depression and anxiety to go with it! He's the tech guy on the team of superheroes, and doesn't have any supernatural abilities, but he's really good with computers and tech. He's cynical and sarcastic (because of the ableism he's experienced in the past) but secretly does care, and he's also Romani American and Jewish!

Corie (Galaxy Des. series): Corie is a cyborg and has prosthetic limbs! She has a prosthetic eye, arm, and leg. The eye does come with a small interface and her arm does have a laser gun attachment. She built and repairs all of her robot parts herself, and is a highly feared and valuable assassin in the galactic underworld. She's also mixed brown and is AroAce!

NOVA (Galaxy Des. series): Nova is epileptic! She is an android who was scrapped due to malfunction, and became a smuggler who is good at her trade. Due to faulty wiring she's epileptic. She's a cynical and grumpy android who accidentally falls in love with a loveable human lesbian rogue. She's bisexual and has shiny chrome skin with cyan lighting in the cracks.

Pandora (Galaxy Des. series): Pandora is a part-time wheelchair user, autistic and adhd, and tourettic! He is a biologist that formerly did morally questionable work for the galactic government, and now does that same work in the criminal underworld and sells it to the highest bidder. She also uses he/she pronouns, is mixed brown, and pansexual!

Ethel (unnamed witchy wip): Ethel has one eye and PTSD! She's a witch in a world where magic has just been outlawed, and a witch hunting cult has been hired by the new king and queen to hunt down and eradicate witches. She's also AroAce and very underdeveloped because this is a backburner wip.

Thanks for reading! Links to my wips are in my pinned post! If you are a disabled writer and or have disabled characters, do share!

Happy Disability Pride Month!

[sunkissed-pink]

Writeblr Intro!

hey, I’m rose (they/he)! 👋

I’m a queer disabled writer writing queer adult fantasy featuring weird, queer disabled characters

I’m always open to asks and tag games!

I’ve dabbled in so many different genres and styles over the years, but love symbolic, poetic writing, and am currently on a fantasy and romance kick, with all my WIPs falling into action/adventure too

just a warning: I do write detailed sex scenes, a fair amount of graphic violence, and tackle sensitive topics, including the messiness of living with severe mental illnesses and navigating sexual intimacy after sexual trauma.

(though, my usual posts have been the stupid shit I write when I’m bored and tired—my favorite)

this is a new account, but I’m far from new to tumblr and writeblr. this is a second attempt at a writing blog on here for me, with a focus on increasing opportunities for connection for writers. in these trying times, art and connection have never been more crucial, yet unfortunately also most attacked and lacking, respectively.

I used to be @starbuds-and-rosedust , you can find me on ao3 and itch.io by the same handle, and on Bsky @ starbuds-and-roses

current hostings:

Flash! It’s Friday, a weekly writing exercise/flash fiction prompt day

Pilot Week, #1 (Pride Inspired), #2 (Fluff Edition), #3

next prompt: this week! June 19th

Woanton Weekends—every other weekend, come celebrate sexuality and freak out with fellow writers via sexy snippet shares and smutty discussions, all while never forgetting how to spell wanton!

Pilot Week, Pride Week #1, Pride Week #2, #3

next prompt: this weekend! June 18th, 20th, 21st

current WIPs:

joke intros

“the big wip” (arcs 2/7)

two disgustingly-in-love middle aged men just try to fuck around and find out (literally & figuratively) together in peace but an angst-filled 20yo weapon crashing out over his ex-situationship has other plans. oh and don't forget the grief

“Pal”

you ever wonder what would happen if you actually took those traveling proselytizers up on their offer? welp, it looks like that cult somehow all of you joined late one night in a moment of weakness is indeed the murdery kind

Lark

jaded tragic lesbian vampire gets stuck on a road trip with the world's most unhinged fifteen-year-old girl and her cold dead heart is forced to care for someone for the first time in decades

long intros

“the big wip”

secondary world fantasy, romance, action/adventure, swords & (a bit of) sorcery, coming of age, Own Voice (disability rep), adult, disability & queer rep

high in explicit sexual content, discussions of loss and suicide/suicidal behavior, and descriptions of blood and injury

features a fleshed out world that seven different main POV stories take place in so far. the world has its own unique celestial bodies, night/day cycles, two suns, countless moons, creation story involving a handful of gods and goddesses and one vengeful god, and seven different main kingdoms with a shared origin history and unique cultures, people, and geographic features

Bazyli (bah-zihlee) and Cecyl (see-sihl) Tzetzes (tzeht-zees)’s story follows a pre-established, lovey-dovey married couple—the King of Glazign, King Bazyli Tzetzes, and his husband, Lord Cecyl—who have two adult sons, Aleksey and Bence. It centers around:

kingly affairs

dealing with a particularly annoying bigoted neighboring kingdom when yours is essentially a progressive electoral monarchy that seems to attract interesting, unconventional characters to rise to leadership

navigating an acquired disability (/of a loved one) under the public eye (be advised that although they get lucky, their life is pretty much a guide to how to NOT live with a seizure disorder with a very short aura period before episodes)

grief

figuring out how to pick up the pieces of a relationship while enduring grief

reclaiming sexuality

enjoying the process of fucking around and finding out in middle age

and accidental fugitive acquisition.

Eloy Maro de las Llanurjoj (ē-loy mah-r~oh dey lahs yah-nur~-yoy ~indicates rolled sound)’s is the post-teenage "coming of age" story of the beloved prince of Ferraz's personal guard and sheltered childhood friend who has never had anyone but him. Being so close to royalty ousts him from his community in the plains, and bearing the surname Maro, relation to his older sister, and the same condition brings on the declaration of being a curse, courtesy of said community. No one else has ever wanted him.

Outside of exposition, his story actively moves through:

mildly homoerotic situationship

ignoring one's feelings through rage

trying to persist in an old identity and role that one has been forced out of by circumstance

accidentally collapsing half dead on the king of an opposing kingdom's doorstep (twice)

extreme stubbornness

going through the mess of trying to forge a new life for oneself after the old one has been torn out from under your feet and ditched you in a foreign place.

“Pal”

quest fantasy, romantic subplot, action/adventure, swords & (a bit of) sorcery, adult, disability & queer rep

high in graphic depictions of violence and disturbing gore

set in a DND-esque world with so far minimal world building, features a main group adventuring party that's being hunted down by a group of cultists that all members of the original group were once tied to somehow, and is split into two main acts

meet:

Echethier (ehtch-ih-theer) — "Mind if I speak freely?" the "dad/ grandad" of the main group

Paych (paych... like "paycheck" without the "-eck" and slurred together) — "Alchemy can't fix that." the perpetually annoyed alchemist who can technically poison them all covertly if she wishes but chooses not to

Cal'eris (cahl-EHR-ihs) — "Do you want me to kill him?" is a major source of conflict as much as he is stuck in perpetual internal conflict: homophobic loser that you hate to sympathize with

Hali (hah-lee) — "I, uh, sorta forgot everything in the other room. I'll be right back." a seemingly carefree, hotheaded trickster and former thief that has just been given the most convenient ticket out from the town that hated him. also a newly discovered bisexual disaster

Yasča (yahsh-chah) — "At least the blizzards will give me a warmer welcome than you have." a cold, stoic, sometimes sharp tongued, 4'9" swordsman from an isolated mountain community and who hardly speaks common. was dragged into this bullshit by helping the wrong clueless foreigner and is now stuck with him

Maessil (may-seel) — understandably full of teenage rage due to complicated cultist lore and is only nice to her lyre. don't be fooled by the bright colors—they weren't originally pastels

Jaxihy (jahcks-ih-hih) — chaos personified

Aell (ay-ehl) — chaos personified's platonic soulmate

Ezo (eh-zoh) — it's complicated

Nim (nihm) — "I like to get to know a man before I kill him."

Lark

urban fantasy, modern setting, coming of age, action/adventure, teenaged protagonist, adult, queer rep

high in depictions of grief and descriptions of disturbing acts of “self-violence”

jaded tragic lesbian vampire, Laurel, gets stuck on a road trip with the world's most unhinged fifteen-year-old girl, Lola, and her cold dead heart is forced to care for someone for the first time in decades

excerpt (draft):

[…] but cave to her "whims". Though, that gravel to her voice sharpened into a bitter, serated edge—enough to dig in and bite instead of graze.

"You're a walking corpse."

She shrugged it off, like Laurel was the little puppy nipping at her ankles that had just been kicked, and twirled her hair around her finger. "So. . . no?"

Laurel spared her a glance, lips pressed into that tight line that bordered on frown just enough it was as if she was making a point of showing she couldn't be bothered to commit to the expression. "Most likely not."

[starbuds-and-rosedust]

write?

looking for parallel play opportunities and encouragement?

on @sunkissed-pink I’m starting a low pressure, weekly (Fridays) writing exercise game to help get some words scribbled down. check out the plan HERE

[abbieswriteblr]

Writeblr Introduction

Hello, welcome to my writeblr! My name is Abbie and my pronouns are she/her. I am a 23 year old undergrad student pursuing a BA in English and Creative Writing. I created this blog to not only share my writing, but to engage with other writers as well!

About my writing

The genres I write most often are: Dystopian, thriller, mystery, crime fiction, and romance.

My goal as a writer is: I have been interested in beginning some sort of fantasy novel, so my goal is to try and branch out into other genres!

Some fun facts about me

My favorite genres to read at the moment are mystery, dystopian, and thriller.

I have 3 cats :)

Outside of writing, some of my hobbies include knitting, cooking/baking, drawing, and singing.

My coffee order is a large iced caramel macchiato.

My big three zodiac signs are: cancer sun, leo moon, and libra rising.

In addition to my busy schedule, I am also planning my wedding with my fiancé!

[bee-witched-writes]

"seven sentence sunday" tag game!

thank you @bi-focal12 for the tag!

rule: share seven sentences from your wip!

more project.kq since ive been working on that :3

The assembly ends with a bang—well, however much of a bang a scrawny freshman dropping a cymbal can make. Said freshman has one moment to stare at the crowd, eyes wide in terror, before a mob of moshing high schoolers close in on him. It’s an animal ritual that’s become RBHS tradition—students swallowing the drum line during their last song, all flashes of teeth and animal roars as their celebration becomes a slaughter. I rush for the exit before they can rip me apart too. Even when I’ve left the gym, my ears still sting from the cacophony I left behind. I tug my hood over my head; it does little to shield me from the Sun’s ruthless glare. October blanketed the sky with clouds when it arrived, but in Southern California, the Sun will shine long after I’m gone.

tagging @ryns-ramblings @milomylow and anyone else who wants to join!

[cljordan-imperium]

@flashfictionfridayofficial

They stood, overlooking the funeral pyres that were ready to be lit. Each one a grim reminder of the lives lost in the battle. See, peace doesn't come through talking, it doesn't come through accords, it comes through strength and battle and action.

Oh, men can talk about how they sat down at the table and worked out a contract for peace, but it never works that way. What always came first? Death. Death always came first. Loss.

So, there they were upon those pyres - the warriors who had died to achieve peace. That was the cost. The cost that had to be paid for peace, for security. Blood spilled upon the ground so that others could sleep safe at night. They had known not all would return when they had walked into the battle, yet they had walked in anyway.

What kind of man or woman did that? Brave ones. Those who knew that there was a price for peace and were willing to pay it. That was the kind of man or woman who looked death dead in the eyes and gave it the middle finger.

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[simonnebethel]

Writeblr Introduction

Just learned what a writeblr intro is so I'm gonna make one before I go to bed lol

I've already done something like this a few days ago but that was when I had no clue what I was doing lmao, so might as well make a more in depth one

About me:

21, she/her, bi

American

I write mostly fantasy and urban fantasy, and honestly i dont think i've ever written a story that was non-fantasy lol

Started writing when I was 10, but it was mostly Warrior Cats fanfiction on Wattpad lol. I went through a writing slump for most of highschool but last year I decided to get back into it since I'm not doing anything else lol

I like to read fantasy and classic lit, also anything with vampires. I also have a soft spot for slowburn romances where the main characters dont kiss until, like, the 4th book heehee

In love with anything gothic, vampire, and wlw 👩‍❤‍💋‍👩

I think one of my more niche interests is any early 2000s fantasy/sci-fi movie with a nu-metal/rock/alternative soundtrack like Queen of the Damned and The Crow. They are just...*chefs kiss*

My current stories:

A Chant for Blood (Formerly known as Account of Calamity)

Account of Calamity is a gothic victorian fantasy about a Grand Marshal, Karliah Helisende, and a blood-drinking fiend, Yorick Gwynplaine, who work together to investigate the mysterious portals that spawn dangerous creatures into the city of Isarnan, all the while Karliah is being haunted by the mysterious ancient temple that watches over her every move.

I'm currently working on the second draft, and I may start looking for beta readers once I'm finished, although I know I'm not far from finished with this novel. I also plan to make it a 4 or 5 book series, and slowly add a slowburn romance.

12/30/24 - Second draft has been finished!!

Looking for beta readers! Look here!

Our Demonic Hearts - The Craven Pact Series #1

Our Demonic Hearts is a urban fantasy about a cambion woman, Ana Kravens, haunted by her past. Taking place in a small Mississippi town, a man she went through a traumatic incident with, Beau Motloe, shows up on her doorstep one day with a deal; help him find his missing mother, and he'll give back the memories she lost during the traumatic incident. Her father, a demonic creature of unknown origin, wants nothing more than the Motloes dead, claiming that they were the very reason his daughter was almost killed 6 years ago. Ana goes against her father's wishes and accepts Beau's deal, suspecting that her father isn't telling the whole truth about that fatal night.

It is completed and available on Wattpad and Royal Road!! It was just a small project I had done for Nanowrimo, and has been edited at least once before being published. However, I plan to make it a trilogy and maybe have some spin-offs. This story is fairly new, but most of the characters are at least 5 years old and I love them very much <3

My Plans for 2025:

Finish my fantasy romance novel, To Hear a Lovebird by February 28(currently sitting at 48k out of an estimated 60k!)...and give it a new name 😅

Start the first draft of The Craven Pact #2, which is called Our Sacred Memories!

Down the road, I may start another short story...I am not sure.

Create a Instagram account for writing...I'm not sure. We will see.

Begin the next editing phase for my Victorian fantasy novel, A Chant for Blood! I am itching to get back to working on it. I have many plans for it.

What I planned for 2024:

Finish the second draft of A Chant for Blood and look for beta readers(In the beta reader phase!) ✅

Start the second novel of The Craven Pact Series(Outline complete)

Write a short story/novella or two taking place within the A Chant for Blood universe. My brain is currently exploding with ideas rn ✅

Write a short story about Ana Kraven's mom and how she met Marchosias, Ana's father. ❌

Plan something for Nano?? Idk where I'll be in November lol (Finish a project I started in february, which is To Hear a Lovebird!)(14/22 chapters done!)

I'm interested in following other writers and reading everybody's stories! I would also be interested in a beta read/beta swap ^^

Other sites I'm on:

Wattpad: LillithOfBees

Royal Road: SimonneBethel

Bluesky: Simonne-Bethel

18+ Writing discord!!!

[sunset-a-story]

Hey, folks! I just had to quit my new job. Its "flexible hours" (a requirement for my physical disabilities) were actually over-managed deadlines that required a 7-day work week and it was untenable. So! As an income-less person, I'd like to put this out there:

I'm Offering Alpha & Beta Reading Services

Why me? I have a degree in Creative Writing. I was gainfully employed as a professional writer for 6 years. I have been published in literary journals and was a founding editor of a literary journal that I helped run for years. I have a 1,200+ page serial that will start to be released in the next 6 months and I just plain love stories.

Alpha Reading

Alpha reading is geared toward Zero Drafts or First Drafts where the creation process is still a work in progress. I'm reading as a writer who wants to help make your story work. As an alpha reader, I'm not worried about your grammar or spelling--just the content. My job is to cheerlead you through this first draft while giving helpful, gentle notes as a fellow writer. We'd nail down exactly what sort of comments you want or don't want but it can look like feedback on:

Plot structure

Pacing

Description

Setting/world building

Characterization

Dialogue

Spotting plot holes/continuity issues

You can also request no critique if what you really need is just someone who will read your draft, leave encouraging comments, and get excited with you.

Beta Reading

Beta reading is for more polished drafts from writers looking for constructive criticism on how their wip reads. I'm approaching your story less as a writer and more as your test audience. I will be honest but kind about issues and genuinely excited about your victories. Again, exactly what you're looking for can be nailed down on an individual basis so you get the type of support you want. (Note: I am not a line editor. I can point out obvious errors but that is not what I do.)

As far as pricing, $0.0015 USD per word seems like the lower end of the industry standard and, while I have alpha/beta read before, I haven't been paid for it yet so that feels fair. That works out to a 25K word story being $27.50.

What other services might you be interested in as a writer?

Research assistance

Writing accountabili-buddy

Plot/character development help

Other! (comment or tag)

None/not a writer but want to see results

Voting ended onJul 7, 2023

Thanks, all! Please DM me if you're interested.