yes i used the word encomium and what about it
in my time in the writeblr community (which has just passed a year holy—) i’ve discovered, read, and loved many works, and so, since it is writeblr positivity week, i decided to put together a list of some of my most adored works on writeblr! while i wish i could add every single wip i’ve been tagged in, the list would stretch far too long, so i was forced to limit myself to a few. below the cut are some works and their respective authors that you should definitely check out if you haven’t already!
@etheriiums — ‘Til Morning
a contemporary new adult novel
a modern peter pan retelling that my peter pan obsessed heart didn’t know needed
the aesthetic?? is so cool??
peter pankhurst and his gang of lost boys run the city using the control of the drug dust, ‘ which is said to make people fly’. however, the drug is deadly, and many people have died because of it. this, however, doesn’t affect pan and his lost boy’s position, but wendy darling is determined to take them down, all the while protecting her siblings in light of their parent’s recent death
“ i have tried to be nice; let you get away with a lot of shit for the sake of a quiet life, but i promise you: i will raise hell to keep jody out of your cess-pit of dust. ”
a young adult horror story
about unlikely friendships and things more terrifying that graduating highschool
featuring a diverse cast of lgbtq and poc leads! (that i would die for)
natalia and nicolás cortez decide to host a graduation party/sleepover to celebrate their school leaving. coming along are rusty dean, nicolás boyfriend, dove jones, resident cheerleader and valedictorian, and local social pariah mallory harlow. an ordinary sleepover, right? but who the hell left the door open?
“ i’m mallory harlow, and dear god do i hate high school. ”
@theforgottencoolkid — The Sailors Of Time
a young adult contemporary and drama
starring what may possibly be the cutest cast ever
i love this wip with all my heart and trust me, you will too
ricquely theatre stands abandoned ‘on a quiet street in the old part of town, nothing but a sad sight’, until a group of teenagers—calling themselves ‘the sailors of time’ decide to breath some life back into it, and bring it back to its former glory.
“ sing the song of your own soul. find your anchor. and before you know it, you’ll reach your chosen destination.”
@vhanities — Darcy, Darcy
a dark academia thriller. you already know i’m swooning
a fairly new wip, but god, is it incredible already
richard vamir just died, and his friends saw the whole thing. they don’t know how, or why, but they suspect it has something to do with darcy, richard’s step sister, who somehow knows everyone’s dirtiest, most shameful secrets
“ richard vamir dies in five minutes but that is not how this story starts. ”
one of the first wips i found on writeblr, and still has a place in my heart to this day
has the coolest characters ever, the coolest concept ever, and the coolest aesthetic ever
‟ it’s over, the sky tells him. it’s over it’s over it’s over. and he wants to tell her that he knows, he knows, but all that comes from his lips is a garbled cry, all anger and emotions he doesn’t dare let himself feel let alone name.
under his feet tower sways, steel construction falling apart under dust, glass cracking, snapping, leaving erin on the edge of the building, shoulders pulling up, tense as he waits for the building to crumble underneath him, leave him to his timely death. ”
@halohidings — Webs And White Roses
a young adult historical fantasy
as you can tell, i love retellings of my favourite childhood books. this is no exception. seriously, i love how this wip gives a dark twist to an otherwise pleasant story
inspired by the winchester house and lewis carroll’s alice in wonderland
the main character is annie ‘alice’ pardee winchester, who is bound to the house. it focuses on the symbolism of the alice in wonderland characters as well as the history of the winchester house!
“ you can see the house from acres away. the strange, jutting angles of the roof, the 47 chimneys, the thousands and thousands of tiffany brand window panes. as you get closer, creep past the gilded fences, you’ll notice the oddities. the doors two stories up, leading to nothing. the eccentric patterns. you catch a glimpse of a young woman staring through a spider web. she’s there, and then you doubt you saw her at all. ”
@nmcwriting — Goldbone Three
a supernatural horror/mystery
themes such as morality and identity, wow!
i stan all of nikki’s wips but this one? it may just be my fave. is it because nikki wrote it or because it’s about a mysterious town? perhaps…both?
lucky lives in mothmourne, a very suspicious town, where the currency is tall tales and gossip. one of these is the myth of goldbone, a massive skeleton lurking in the forest, whose existence threatens the easy life lucky wants for him and his mother
“ small towns bred gossip. word of mouth was a trusted source, and the people of mothmourne latched onto legend without a forethought. rumours are groomed by each townie, growing in size until they became elated, exaggerated tales. ”
@fartistically — Saturn In A Bottle
a young adult superhero comedy
has some of the best characters ever? signing the adoption papers immediately
the writing is witty and wonderful, the perfect combination!
set in honeycomb city, the city’s most popular vigilante approaches theatre actor and son of a highly esteemed policewoman art carrington in search of a sidekick. together, they set out to figure out why the city’s group of superhumans are brushing questionable secrets under the rug, all while art questions whether he knows his new friend at all
“ you could say that i’ve been paying too much attention to pop culture and conspiracy theories. true, but then again, there is a reason why honeycomb city has superheroes. ”
@agnodice-writes — Knife Summer
two words: found family. ‘nuff said
elle’s writing is so good!! you just can’t stop reading it
seiko amano may or may not have just lost /the mantle of sea king/, and she may or may not be done with life and fate at this point, especially after ‘the chosen one’ decides to show up and take what should have rightfully been hers. instead of wallowing in the pity of it, however, her partner jaune decides that there’s one thing that would be good for both of them: a road trip
“ ‘you were—you never let people see what you were doing. none of us did. you didn’t get attached. you had this shallow affection for everything and everyone. but you were—you were intrigued. and not just in the clinical detached kind of way.’ ”
@bitterbodies — To Wear A Fox
positive south asian rep!
red always has this poetic thing going on in their writing that i am absolutely in love with
when twins amara and amir are sent to study in the united states, they meet the foxes, and slowly get wound up in their cunning, sly game.
“ ‘who are you to judge me? you and your brother as misfits, accented miscolored and unneeded,’ he wants to break her now, he does not want to wait for lysander’s second step, in which she would be tired and punished. she was prying too deep and she needed to be blinded. ”
