Tavie Writes Stuff

The name's Tavie. I write stuff, as this blog implies. This is where I post snippets and updates of my works, both fan fic and original. I hope you enjoy your stay!

[taviewritesstuff]

This Year, I WILL! - MAJOR Update for 2023

2022 was…well, to put it bluntly, like a rollercoaster. Sure, I had a lot of great ideas and creativity, but not a lot got done. Certain huge milestones that I wanted to accomplish last year didn’t happen, and I missed good opportunities because of it. To make a long story short, I felt really disappointed with myself at the end of 2022. I started off with a plan to change myself, and I ended the year with the same lackadaisical attitude towards school, writing, art—everything in general. And though I was sitting here feeling sorry for myself, I was content with sitting back and not doing anything to change it, satisfied with an undefined vision and dying dreams.

But not this time.

This time, I’ve taken the time to really sit back and think long and hard about what I need to do and how I’m going to go forward this year. Instead of sitting back and being content with how I’m half heartedly doing things, I’ve decided to completely change my mindset—and my year. This year isn’t going to be a year of “This year, I may”.

This year is going to be a year of “This year—I WILL!”

In addition to tackling a few important goals for myself, I’ve also decided to start taking better care of myself: physically and mentally, namely. I need to remind myself that I’m not Supergirl and never will be, so I don’t have to try to tackle everything at once. I need to remind myself that I am worthy of love and more loved and appreciated than I think I am, and that feeling sorry for myself hasn’t helped my self-esteem at all. I need to take care of the OCD & anxiety that has followed me for four years. I need to get rid of the materialism and consumeristic habits that have wrecked my financial life and my credit for ages.

Sure, not a lot of people will understand my dreams. I even had a few people tell me not to make a lot of plans so I don’t feel disappointed. However, I’ve learned one thing—while it may be hard for me to share my dreams with other people, I shouldn’t expect everyone to understand or support it, because these are my dreams and mine alone. As such, I will do what I can to pursue my dreams and not worry about what others think of them.

This year, the buck stops with me—the only person who can change my circumstances and mindset is ME.

This year, I will stop letting my dreams die on the vine—I will write everything down, even if it sounds outrageous on paper, because those ideas were put there for a reason.

This year, I will start loving myself—I will put my mental health and physical well-being first.

This year—I WILL!

[writingdose]

being a writer is fun

[hitboxesonstockimages]

Why did my workplace training say this

[revarrie]

[trench-knife]

one of my worst writing sins is abusing my power to create compound words. i cannot write the sentence "The sun shone as bright as honey that afternoon." no. that's boring. "The sun was honey-bright that afternoon" however? yes. that sentence is dope as fuck. i do not care if "honey-bright" is a word in the english dictionary. i do not care if the sentence is grammatically correct. i will not change. i will not correct my erred ways. the laws of the english language are mine.

[portland-sunshine]

Not a sin at all!

This is what's called a poetic epithet, and it happens all the time in writing. Consider, for example, Homer and his wine-dark sea, or Shakespeare and his death-mark'd love.

If you were then to start using them instead of the word they're describing, you'd be making a kenning. For example, if instead of describing the sun as honey-bright, you said "the honey-drop in the sky". Kennings are best known from Norse writings, like "the path of serpents" for gold, or "Grímnir's lip-streams" for poetry itself.

So you're not sinning, you're participating in an ancient literary tradition!

[thememedaddy]

[quietlyfamous]

"When you're good at something you'll tell everyone. When you're great at something, they'll tell you."

Walter Payton

[batmanshole]

crisp glass of water moodboard

[periodicallypurple]

Thought this might help others who struggle when writing. I know I get in my head too much.

[veronicaleighauthor]

[voltaspistol]

[rockergiirl]

yeah sure whatever

[enormous-moose]

Let me convince you to read my debut novel.

The dedication:

This book is dedicated to me.

I might not have been the friend I wanted but I was all I had.

The Trigger Warnings:

Themes present in the work include:

• Sexual assault

• Physical abuse

• Emotional abuse

• Trauma

• Torture

• Victim blaming

• Animal attacks

• Public shaming

Synopsis

There is cruelty in kindness. It was kindness that invited unwanted advances. Kindness sent mixed signals. Kindness destroyed her life. Hardening herself to the outside world, Gwen made sure there was never any doubt about where she stood with others. Kindness for its own sake, she realized, was justification for her pain.

Years after her self-isolation, Gwen is brought to the North Sea. Strange sounds have been recorded, and her brother, Isaac, thought it would be the perfect opportunity for her. Finally, she should be able to accept the closure she had received. What they caught would challenge everything she had built.

Tidebound Heart follows Gwen, a marine biologist who specialises in cataloging and understanding whale songs, and Sigurd the merman captured in the North Sea. Sigurd comes into her life, forcing her to see that what she has built isn't closure but a plea for help. After spending her life listening to whales, it's time someone finally hears her cries.

The First Line:

“Guilty.” The judge read as the courtroom erupted in a mixture of glee and outrage.

The Cover

My Concept Art

The Link to Buy!

Amazon.com: Tidebound Heart eBook : Moose, Enormous: Books

[eebie]

The apple they fed to snow white wasnt poision at all it was just a red delicious

[i-will-write]

Me at 13: “god I can’t wait to go home and write fanfic”

Me at 17: “god I can’t wait to go home and write fanfic”

Me at 21: “god I can’t wait to go home and write fanfic”

Me at 27: “god I can’t wait to go home and write fanfic”

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[kayvsworld]

most tragic thing about wanting to see more stuff of your oc is that the c is o and YOU have to make the stuff. devastating. why can’t art of my beautiful baby just appear in my hands. just materialize under my pillow, like from the tooth fairy

[seleneelune-deactivated20251014]

[succubusboyfriend]

you have permission to pick that 2 year old "abandoned" project back up. it's not mad at you for setting it aside. and maybe time and distance have helped ease or erase the things that made you put it down in the first place.