#writeblr-live

[zackprincebooks]

Hello!! Happy writeblr live! Sorry life’s been stressful 🫂. Are there any major changes to the plot for All Expenses Paid? Seems cozy :D

Thank you so much for checking in. I guess I bit off way too much when it came to All Expenses Paid. I think a whole resort setting with four love interests is a lot for a book, especially when Yvaissar has so much going on in his backstory already.

Everything is going to change; to the point where I might put this on a shelf while I write a backstory for everything Yvaissar did in the Cult of the Maw. Because that's a lot. I am trying to tell two hundred years of trauma and occultism in a high fantasy erotic romcom.

That may not be the right move for this book.

[starwright]

Your intro says you love worldbuilding...so!

What's your favorite thing you ever created for a world/setting and why is it your favorite?

Great question! Thank you!

I love creating traditions! I love taking magic and a place and a religion and a history and smashing it all together and seeing what grows out of it! From tiny ways they use magic in everyday life to big end-of-year or start-of-year celebrations that incorporate so much history and remembrance. Like a math equation (except I'm terrible at math) A + B + C = D! HOWEVER! Let's say this place has a slightly different history or way of thinking about magic so then it becomes 1/2A + 3B - C = a totally different thing! But they're all rooted in the same thing, so there are common threads woven in there!

I also LOVE to make super detailed and will never be used by anyone but me family trees and explore the history of a single person and how that history has created the person they are today, even if they don't realize it.

Thanks again for the chance to ramble on about why I love writing and worldbuilding!

[zackprincebooks]

Hello!! Fellow participant of writeblr live here to ask about your perfect t4t vampire (I also have a t4t vampire if you want to trade asks tehe).

At the risk of sounding too eager, tell me everything about this incredible lady. How old is she? What's her problem with Anna? Who's her love interest? Does she have a favorite type of blood? How does she feel about killing people? I'm sat for anything you want to say.

HELLO FELLOW ENJOYER OF T4T VAMPIRES!

At the time of The Mistress of Rosehorn Hall, Sarah has just turned 28. In the eyes of Victorian society, this makes her--an unmarried woman above the age of 25--a "thornback," which is considered a derogatory term for a spinster of advanced age. (Ew.)

Sarah and Anna's distaste for one another is a result of their personalities. Anna thinks Sarah is weak-willed and vacillating; Sarah thinks Anna is brash and unflexible. They both considered themselves the ladies of Harold's home in London, which was not big enough for their personalities.

Her one and only love interest is Lord Rufus, the current Lord of Rosehorn Hall in Briar Garden. There has always been a Rufus in Briar Garden; ever since the Wars of the Roses. At the Battle of Tewkesbury, Sir Linwood saved Lord Percival Rufus, who had been unhorsed and was in danger of being trampled. Percival Rufus swore an oath to Sir Linwood that their families would be forever entertwined.

But an illness fell over Rosehorn Hall, and Sir Linwood never heard from them again. By the time Percival's nephew made his debut in society, Sir Linwood had already passed away from natural causes.

Sarah is a DEEPLY MORAL PERSON who would probably be aghast if you asked her about murder or drinking blood. Lord Rufus...

...is not.

I would love to trade asks with you about our vampires! And if you want to read The Mistress of Rosehorn Hall in full:

Free on Ream

Pay What You Want on Itchio

$3.99 through these retailers!

(Note that the version posted to Ream is a draft that differs from the published version.)