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𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚢. xx. she/her. writing and other things.

[ofillyria]

hey hi hello writeblrs! i am new to the scene and i would love some writers to follow and be mutuals with! 

i write science fiction and fantasy young adult but I like to read the following: 

science fiction

fantasy

anything queer

mystery 

rom coms

comedy 

so if you post about those genres or write those genres please reblog this post! i made this blog yesterday so it won’t show up in the tags! signal boosting would be very appreciated!

- kate 

[bebewrites]

NOVELS SET IN THE NIGHT VEIL UNIVERSE

been thinking about all these stories a lot lately and decided to share some quick summaries. idk if i will ever get to any of these aside from the first, but i think they could be fun to explore even if they’re just things that only get posted on the internet somewhere lol.

The Night Veil - This one is obvious of course, but it’s part one of a (tentatively) four-part series. Loosely inspired by Beauty and the Beast and The Swan Princess, Everly has to break the curse she accidentally set on her kingdom in 100 years’ time or it will become permanent. The Night Veil surrounds the kingdom, Everly and her court are confined to the castle grounds, and they turn into monsters called furies once a month. One hundred years later, Asher, step-son of the Anverian king, needs to find a cure for an epidemic and decides to look in the one place left in the world that has magic - the cursed kingdom. But of course, Asher & co. get stuck there. They team up with Everly & co. to break the curse and revive magic!

Ash of the Ironwood - Set hundreds of years prior to The Night Veil, this story follows the journey of Kav Connelley, an MIA soldier who reappears a year after a mission into the enchanted rainforests of Firesse went wrong. Not only does he not have any memory of what happened to him, he’s got a cursed metal gauntlet fused to his right arm. Cael, an airling who guards the forest to the north, begins to notice strange creatures in his woods—creatures that seem to be coming from the Ironwood to the west. Creatures that Kav takes it upon himself to defeat—the one good thing he’s been able to do with his magic arm. (This is set in a time way before magic was banned, but a time when magic wielders and non magic wielders did NOT get along.)

The Infernal Three - a story about how each of the gods gave up their powers to live on land as mortals (some by choice and some via punishment), specifically focusing on the three daughters of Ela, the goddess of life. Jumps back and forth between the gods and their reincarnations several generations later as they search for the legendary “sleeping warrior” and the starstone the warrior was supposedly hidden away with. (The reincarnations are part of the same timeframe as Everly and later have a cameo at the end of The Night Veil series.) This also shows a bit more about how the villain from TNV became the villain.

The Hundredth Year - a dark academia/university au of The Night Veil just for funsies. Not sure i will ever write this, but I think about this story and modern au versions of my characters a lot, so I feel like it’s worth mentioning lol. I would really like to do this and share the chapters on wattpad or something.

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Unlearning How White People Ask Personal Questions

http://www.samefacts.com/2014/05/culture-and-civil-society/unlearning-how-white-people-ask-personal-questions/

[beautytruthandstrangeness]

Holy shit. I have ALWAYS thought the people around me were being unconscionably intrusive and power-playing in their starter conversations and they told me I was antisocial and oblivious to culture norms. Turns out, maybe I’m just from a different culture.

[ziyalofhaiti]

****new link****

by Keith Humphreys - May 5, 2014           

When I met my fiance’s African-American stepfather, things did not start well. Stumbling for some way to start a conversation with a man whose life was unlike mine in almost every respect, I asked “So, what do you do for a living?”.

He looked down at his shoes and said quietly “Well, I’m unemployed”.

At the time I cringed inwardly and recognized that I had committed a terrible social gaffe which seemed to scream “Hey prospective in-law, since I am probably going to be a member of your family real soon, I thought I would let you know up front that I am a completely insensitive jackass”. But I felt even worse years later when I came to appreciate the racial dimension of how I had humiliated my stepfather-in-law to be.

For that painful but necessary bit of knowledge I owe a white friend who throughout her childhood attended Chicago schools in a majority Black district. She passed along a marvelous book that helped her make sense of her own inter-racial experiences. It was Kochman’s Black and White Styles in Conflict, and it had a lasting effect on me. One of the many things I learned from this anthropological treasure trove of a book is how race affects the personal questions we feel entitled to ask and the answers we receive in response.

My question to my stepfather was at the level of content a simple conversation starter (albeit a completely failed one). But at the level of process, it was an expression of power. Kochman’s book sensitized me to middle class whites’ tendency to ask personal questions without first considering whether they have a right to know the personal details of someone else’s life. When we ask someone what they do for a living for example, we are also asking for at least partial information on their income, their status in the class hierarchy and their perceived importance in the world. Unbidden, that question can be quite an invasion. The presumption that one is entitled to such information is rarely made explicit, but that doesn’t prevent it from forcing other people to make a painful choice: Disclose something they want to keep secret or flatly refuse to answer (which oddly enough usually makes them, rather than the questioner, look rude).

Kochman’s book taught me a new word, which describes an indirect conversational technique he studied in urban Black communities: “signifying”. He gives the example (as I recall it, 25 years on) of a marriage-minded black woman who is dating a man who pays for everything on their very nice dates. She wonders if he has a good job. But instead of grilling him with “So what do you do for a living?”, she signifies “Whatever oil well you own, I hope it keeps pumping!”.

Her signifying in this way is a sensitive, respectful method to raise the issue she wants to know about because unlike my entitled direct question it keeps the control under the person whose personal information is of interest. Her comment could be reasonably responded to by her date as a funny joke, a bit of flirtation, or a wish for good luck. But of course it also shows that if the man freely chooses to reveal something like “Things look good for me financially: I’m a certified public accountant at a big, stable firm”, he can do so and know she will be interested.

Since reading Kochman’s book, I have never again directly asked anyone what they do for a living. Instead my line is “So how do you spend your time?”. Some people (particularly middle class white people) choose to answer that question in the bog standard way by describing their job. But other people choose to tell me about the compelling novel they are reading, what they enjoy about being a parent, the medical treatment they are getting for their bad back, whatever. Any of those answers flow just as smoothly from the signification in a way they wouldn’t from a direct question about their vocation.

From the perspective of ameliorating all the racial pain in the world, this change in my behavior is a grain of sand in the Sahara. But I pass this experience along nonetheless, for two reasons. First, very generally, if any of us human beings can easily engage in small kindnesses, we should. Second, specific to race, if those of us who have more power can learn to refrain from using it to harm people in any way – major or minor — we should do that too.

[inspire-me-to-breathe-deactivat]

What being drunk is like, for fic writers who have never been drunk before

Nothing wrong with never being drunk (in fact, it’s probs a good thing) but it can be hard to write convincingly about alcohol if you’re not familiar with it, and I’ve read enough fics where 5 secs into reading I’m already cringing sooooo

1. It takes more than 1 beer to get drunk

Personally, it takes me (a small female occasional-drinker) either around 3 shots of any spirit, 2 large glasses of wine or 2.5 beer-like drinks within a short space of time to get over tipsy into drunk territory, and to be really drunk-drunk, a bottle of wine (3 or 4 glasses), or 5 shots should do it. BUT IT VARIES FROM PERSON TO PERSON

2. Lime and salt is literally only for tequila

and I know like less than 3 people who actually enjoy the taste of any alcohol

3. Your vision isn’t “blurry” or “foggy”

Alcohol affects your balance not your eyes, so the room defo can seem like it’s spinning but you’ll still have your 20/20. Sometimes it’s hard to focus, but it’s not constant - just every so often your eyes miss their mark.

4. Speech is less “slurred”, more in the wrong order

A great thread on writing drunk dialogue here: https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-write-dialogue-for-a-drunk-character 

5. Not everyone gets hyper-sexual when drunk

It’s less a state of horniness and more a state of lowered inhibitions and social pressure

6. Coffee doesn’t sober you up like magic

Alcohol dissipates from the body at a rate of about .015% of BAC per hour, and drinking coffee doesn’t alter that rate

7. Alcohol rarely sends you into a deep and heavy sleep

You’re more likely to sleep fitfully and keep waking (sometimes to be sick, more likely to piss/drink water - sometimes just bcos being drunk is uncomfortable), unless you’re an alcoholic who depends on drink for sleep

8. You don’t *hic* in the middle of every sentence!!

If the drink is carbonated, then maybe, but you’re way more likely to have a problem with bloating etc with alcohol 

9. You don’t go straight to black-out, speech-slurring drunk

It takes a lot of units and likely a couple of hours to work up to this stage - for different kinds of drunk this webpage is good: http://krisnoel.com/post/40871345058/my-character-is-drunk 

10. Having drunk sex is difficult, awkward and rarely sexy

And you’re more likely to make-out with your friends than any strangers at a club, just because

11. Hangovers are rarely pounding, light-aversion torture

The younger/more tolerant you are, the better. Generally, for a night of heavy but not black-out drinking, you’ll be thirsty, probs nauseous and tired. The room may still be spinning but in an annoying, not painful way, and this’ll go away after a couple of hours and eating something, getting fresh air or having a shower (whatever works for you)

12. People talk nonsense when drunk

You are less likely to get a love confession and more likely to hear about all the rules for a complicated game they just invented, right that second

13. Everyone is different

Don’t make all your characters hyper, or depressive, or angry. For most of the night they won’t get to that stage anyway. Also, remember this whole list is based on my experiences, so feel free to ignore it all and do your own thing. 

Happy drunk writing! 

[saltoftheao3]

14. If we’re talking about an entire party/night out, your character’s alcohol level is probably going to fluctuate quite a bit as they eat, move and do other things that lower the alcohol level again. It’ not merely a linear increase. In my experience, a typical party often works that way: a. The tipsy stage: people chatting a bit more loudly and excitedly than usual, everyone is quite fit and active at that point, the conversation is stil very normal and coherent (1-2 hours), you wouldn’t yet embarrass yourself in front of your old relatives. b. The active stage: now people are in various stages of drunkenness depending on how much they tolerate and drank. It’s the typical “let’s do silly things” phase, speech less rational and coherent, security concerns disappear, people want to climb trees and go get burgers. Everyone is usually still in an active mood. Memory of that stage will maybe be a bit jumbled, but all in all there. This is when a lot of the funnier events happens. C. The downward stage: with their stomachs now full of midnight burgers and a bit tired from all that tree climbing, the drunkenness level of most party attendees has receded. A more calm party stage begins. Some stop drinking, chill a bit, fall asleep or go home. Others want to go on, which brings us to … D. The escalation stage! Whether in the club or at a house party, the remaining party guests want to get wa-a-AAAAAsted. Sometimes this stage involves other party drugs. Now is when most of blackout, vomiting, violence etc happens. Memory will be fragmentary. Voilà!

[weltenwellen]

Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

[breeeliss]

“don’t reduce this female character down to a love interest” does not translate into “this female character shouldn’t have a love interest.”

preventing female characters with strong, compelling narratives from experiencing love, intimacy, and affection is just as regressive as reducing them down to sexual accessories for male characters. it assumes that women must choose between a romantic interest and depth of character and ignores a far more productive message: that women are capable of possessing both. 

[akoumi]

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[conteur]

THE WASP EATERS — c.g.p. a wip reintroduction & camp nano project (aka i changed the title and devoted my life to it so…. here it is again!! lol)

GENRES dark fantasy DEMOGRAPHIC young adult/new adult THEMES & TROPES doomsday cults, dysfunctional families, cannibalism & corruption, faithless companions, strangers to allies, blood magic, civil war, evil yet affectionate pets, reluctant chosen ones, accidental adoption, the apocalypse is nigh STATUS drafting

SUMMARY

When Corisande Lamere arrives in the Red City of Rosmiri to find her older sister, she isn’t expecting to be dragged into the heart of a doomsday cult. She especially isn’t expecting for the leader of the organization, Sacha, to determine that she is to be the grimanti, the woman in charge of being the world’s judge, jury, and executioner.

Across the city, Lance Morana awaits a trial by sea. Condemned to drown as an apostle-turned-murderer, Lance finds salvation in the form of a twelve-year-old girl who claims her life holds the key to the world’s death. She begs Lance for his help—and his protection.

On the opposite sides of a brewing civil war, Corisande and Lance struggle to find meaning in their new roles. Corisande is meant to be salvation for the cult she’s entagled in and Lance’s new companion is the promised second coming of the Old Gods. But when a ship, a friary, and a prophet all enter the stranger’s lives, their paths become knotted. Corisande and Lance must work together to decide whether or not the world is worth saving—and if their efforts are worth the hell they will have to pay. 

MAJOR CHARACTERS

CORISANDE LAMERE wants to keep herself safe; LANCE MORANA wants to finally stop pretending; SACHA YMENYA wants the world in his palm; INGRID ELOSI wants to do the right thing; SIBYL RUTT wants to see Rosmiri burn; FLETA MERRICK wants to see victory; CREDENCE PORTER wants his weight in gold; and THE MISTRESS wants her gamble to pay off.

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hello guys!! i’m back from my hiatus ( again )!! i hope everyone’s doing okay <3

[akoumi]

[ ALL THESE CROOKED TRUTHS ] 

- a wip by @holotones​. 

“Barns, stop!” Elisha’s face is twisted with bitter, defeated rage as he grabs Barn’s wrists. Panting, Barns stares at him - at his blond hair, the scar on his face, his sharp brown eyes. 

“B - but,” he begins, panting, but Elisha shakes his head, his grip painfully tight.

“We rolled the dice,” he says, deliberately, blood dripping from his nose. “We rolled the dice, and we lost.”

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                                      duchess, apollo, medici, 

moonshine, gatsby, sunrise.

               “Horace Reed will have the world on it’s knees.” 

“So, we’re going to kill him?”

              “No, we’re going to rob him.”

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!   /    ANANYA’S FOLLOW FOREVER + SMOL GIVEAWAY.

happy new year & decade everyone! i’m so grateful for all the support and love the writeblr fam has given to my blog and saturn in a bottle! this community never fails to amaze me with all the new content put out everyday! i hope you have a wonderful and happy new year, and i can’t wait to see what’s next for all of you talented writer bubbas go get that book deal bby

here are some of my favourite writeblrs (in no particular order) who blessed my feed with their gorgeous wips and characters in 2019! ily all 🥺🥰

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colouring on the edit above by the lovely @blossomov !!!

!!! in honour of the new year (and decade!!!) i made a couple of dash icons which you can find under the cut as a smol thank you gift to all of you!!! thank you so much once again and happy new year (and decade!!!!!!!!!!)

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[tiyanaks]

a bit late but aaAAAHH THANK YOU HAPPY NEW YEAR !!

[omgbrekkerkaz]

a re-introduction to the 𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖊𝖘 beneath !! one year anniversary edition.

“ No longer dazed by the violent thoughts that keep pushing into his mind, he seizes the voice’s silence by instilling himself with false bravado, “We haven’t destroyed you with our new powers yet, so be grateful.” Even with vulgar words, his voice carries more sarcasm than Afryea could ever muster. 

The voice just laughs, “We love this pointless game you think you’re playing Levi. After all, you’re the one that thought this was all a twisted joke.” He is convinced the air is getting thicker, it’s getting hard to breathe. Clearly, His little outburst is about to cost them more than either of them imagined. “Let us set the rules for the both of you, since destroying us is what you must crave at the moment. Isn’t that right Levi?” Another cackle, “We can sense your limitless anger from here. It tastes very nice too.” Levi should shudder but the timber of its voice stops him from moving in any way. Something rubs his memory and the familiarity of the demon’s voice renders Levi useless. The only thing he can sense is Afryea stiffen, their hands no longer unsure and tentative. In fact, Afryea squeezes his hand a little too tight before speaking with venom as strong as the stench of those flowers… ” 

𝔤𝔢𝔫𝔯𝔢: urban fantasy, dystopian

𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔰: power, gods & demons, good v.s. evil, morality and mortality, craving/temptation, ruthless ambition, man-made destruction or something more… 

𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔲𝔰: first draft, outlining

𝔰𝔶𝔭𝔫𝔬𝔰𝔦𝔰: in a world where gods are dwindling to dust, mortals’ faith in them gone after centuries of power and control, demons make it their mission to destroy their superiors and create the perfect chaos with no one left to interfere. however, a group of cursed children, destined to stop the demons, try to restore the long-gone balance in the universe, abiding by fate and kicking ass while doing so. will they be victorious in making a peaceful world rid of tempting demons hell-bent on ruining their lives? 

“ mortals, your time has come to prove that destiny was right about you. she’s only an angel after all. ” 

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[inthemidstofbuddie]

anyone feel like sharing their favorite first kiss tropes? some of mine are:

distraction kisses, wherein the two characters are trying to hide from pursuers and kiss to hide their faces

kisses where the two characters are sparring or something and both just stop to kiss each other, then pause to wonder wtf just happened, and then drop their swords to keep kissing

when the two characters are in a fake relationship and have to kiss to keep up the charade: if they’re engaged, everyone at the party or dinner or something begins chanting “kiss kiss kiss” until the two characters just peck each other on the lips until the other characters are like “pfft a real one!” so they kiss for Real, pull apart, and kinda just stare at each other bc they both realize they’re totally lost for each other

when Character A knows they like Character B but is too afraid to jeapordize their friendship bc Character B might not like them back...and then Character B surges forward to kiss Character A, abruptly apologizes and pulls away, and then Character A drags them back in

when something big is about to happen so one character just decides to throw caution to the wind and kiss the other character senseless and is majorly shook when they’re kissed back

if they’re cooking dinner together, Character B just very gently kisses Character A out of the blue bc Character A is laughing maniacally while chopping vegetables and Character B is just so totally fond of them they can’t help but kiss them right then and there

maybe it’s strange, but i have a particular love for kisses where Character A is sitting on a counter and Character B slots their hips between Character A’s knees to get close enough to kiss them

there’s definitely more but these are all i can think of off the top of my head. please do add on if you have any favorites!

[canallynwrite]

person a frames person b's head with their hands and presses kisses all over b's face

person a and person b kiss for a "joke" and are sad bc they each think the other person thinks of the possibility of a relationship between them is a joke

triumph kiss!!! person a and person b have just been through hell and they stand in front of a new sunrise, symbolizing a new dawn and opportunity, and then they KISS. and they hug and laugh and kiss some MORE

person a says something super fucking brilliant and person b just looks at person a in admiration for a moment before just,,, launching themselves at person a and kissing 'em

person a is trapped in like, a tower or a room w only one window, so person b climbs up to rescue them, and person a leans out the window and kisses person b

person a is a siren, & person b is a human, and when they meet at an abandoned dock person a pulls person b down to the water level to kiss them

anything involving sirens at all tbh

person a and person b are flying up in the air on like, a dragon and they smile idiot grins at each other for a moment before they kiss

person a is a siren with sharp claws that shred literally everything they come into contact w but when they cradle person b's head in their claws/hands while kissing they make sure to be super gentle 🥰

[pommeontop]

screw bullet points but here we go! some will be repeated because they’re just so good and others will be heavily cliche but screw it.

❧ distraction kisses! taken from the first list but i legit love love love these scenarios so much! like before then the characters are friends or acquaintences but they’ve never seen each other as a romantic prospect. they’re being chased by bad guys of course. maybe they’re in a semi public place. the more outgoing of the two hisses under their breath “play along” before pulling them in for a deep kiss and at first the other is tentative but then they remember the order to “play along” and also, it just feels good and natural and right! and then, in the future this is there go to cover!  i mean what jaded henchman has the time to watch pda? this trope is gold if it’s rivals forced to work together. fantastic chemistry.

❧ kiss on prom night itself at the dance. just knowing that both characters are committed, content and willing to reach this point and straight out go for it, regardless of who’s watching. not to mention, it must feel like cloud nine to be one of them.

❧ kiss after prom night or really any night. it’s dark, very very dark and you’re slightly off in the driveway, house in the distance. just one last kiss goodnight, a little caress, flutter of hope reminding that hey this night is not a dream and you can literally feel the electric chill of love in the air.

❧ so characters a and b are in a friend group right? friend group obnoxiously has been trying to set them up for the longest time. a and b are aware of this, secretly crazy for each other and dating, but pretend to play obvious to infuriate everyone else, acting all friendzoney. but like, in private there’s just so so so many kisses.

❧ kisses as a result of truth or dare, seven minutes in heaven or some other party game! just a classic way of igniting the chemistry, the fluffy angst, the sexual tension and the shipping armies. also camila cabello’s liar fits this really well. “and what if you kiss me? and what if, i like it?”

❧ kisses in a meadow lying on the grass, either in a sunny picnic or out under the stars. very sweet, very cliche, very casual and very romantic. it’s more about the emotion in these moments, flickers of immense love brought to life by brief touches. 

❧ kisses before “endgame.” you know where the final battle/last hurrah/potential death situation is about to start and both characters, regardless of whether they’ve dated before or not just go for it because what if they don’t get another chance? think all “i wasn’t going to die without doing this.”

❧ next, the triumph kiss should they both survive. both these tropes work extremely well together, especially in fantasy, adventure or dystopian stories. like yes please give the ship moments before the possibility of death and if they both survive? celebratory kisses!

❧ kiss on the brink of death. one is heavily injured, maybe fading in and out of consciousness and the other just leans down and kisses them, tears down the face until all of a sudden, they’re not kissing limp lips and they actually get a response, so lips melt into a smile up against the kiss all very cute. only works if both characters are dating though.