hello, writeblr! I'm Evan Chayka Zawisza (he/they), aspiring author of queer speculative romance and erotica. I have two novels and one novella in the works, as well as a variety of short stories that I'm working on.
I'm bi, aroacespec, non-binary, and transmasc. I'm also audhd, and I have social anxiety disorder. I'm an undergrad english major, a gamer, and sporadic fanfic writer.
The vast majority of my fiction is for adults only, and this blog will likely contain explicit content. Please be 18+ to follow.
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WORKS IN PROGRESS
Salt & Siren
As a pirate captain, Rowan follows a certain code. Themself first, freedom second, profit third - and everything else follows. Once a sailor in the Queen's Navy, they led their crew to mutiny and turn to piracy, seeking out their own glory and riches. It's been almost seven years since then, and the crew of the Leviathan is one of the most feared on the six seas.
One morning, however, Rowan wakes to mutiny. The first mate has turned, having been offered a letter of marque and the opportunity to turn privateer. Knowing that his captain would never serve a king, no matter the circumstance, he convinced the crew that the chance to be pardoned was worth the chance.
Rowan is deposed, punished for her refusal to do what is seen as the best for the crew, and marooned on a deserted island with only the clothes on their back and a knife.
Ironthrall
Adelaide Corbett is due at the altar, her fiance eagerly awaiting his marriage into nobility. When she finally arrives, she's different, somehow — glowing, confident, even sensual. The onlookers, friends and family and everyone else, put this down to the excitement of her wedding day. Some days later, her new husband is mysteriously murdered. Adelaide inherits everything.
And in the Unseelie Court, a new changeling appears. Known only as Ade, the young human belongs to a member of Queen Titania's Court. Young and recently knighted, Ser Gaelyn is new to nobility, and what better way to celebrate than by venturing into the human world and stealing a changeling of her own?
But their service to her will soon attract the attention of greater powers. Ade is drawn into the dangerous politics of the Winter Court, where more than just her life is on the line.
The Nullifier
Injected with the experimental UL7-1 serum as a teenager, Cassidy Finch has become the superhero ideal. Famous around the world, it seems as if the man known as the Steel Soldier can do no wrong.
What the public doesn't see is the collar around his throat. Little more than property of the US government, Cassidy would do anything to be free of the abilities coursing through his veins.
When a new villain arrives on the scene, one who can steal powers, Cassidy knows that this is his chance. But the Nullifier has an agenda of his own, one that could change the world as they know it.
An agenda that just might be what Cassidy has been waiting for.
I think the reason writers are so weird about their wips is because explaining a story before it's done is like showing someone a dream. it made total sense five seconds ago. it was vivid and real and it meant something. now you're saying the words out loud and watching the other person's face and the whole thing is just. evaporating. "it's about a woman who...okay there's also a house..." and the dream is gone. you killed it by looking at it. don't tell anyone about your wip.
Further context: Durham city council (Reform UK) cut funding and support for Pride. The Durham Miner's Association and other trade unions raised enough money for Durham Pride 2026 to go ahead - a direct call back to when Lesbian and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) raised money for mining communities when Margaret Thatcher seized union funding during the miner strikes of 1984-85.
At the 1985 Labour party meet, the motion to support LGBT rights as a party was passed due to a block vote from mining unions.
Stephen Guy, the chair of the Durham Miners’ Association, said that when it became apparent Durham Pride was under threat, he took it upon himself to “encourage the trade union movement to step up and do the right thing, and stand shoulder to shoulder with the LGBT+ community […] They not only raised funds for us, but came to our communities, uplifted our spirits when they were down, and showed their solidarity.”
I so desperately want to be able to convince Trump supporters with facts and logic and empathy, but it’s so important to remember that their ignorance is INTENTIONAL. my mom didn’t let us watch Sleeping Beauty growing up. I asked her why recently and she said, “it was evil.” when I pointed out other movies had similar themes and depictions of evil, and asked what the difference was, she couldn’t. I pressed one more time and she just said, “it felt evil to me. I didn’t like it”. same thing with dune 2: she said it was “dark”, and I was, “literally, like the movie’s lighting? Or the themes?” and she said “I don’t know” and didn’t want to talk about it more. many conservatives genuinely cannot tell the difference between “I don’t like it” and “this is evil” and they do not care to learn despite many chances
and while I’m at, this can also be true of left-leaning people!!!! please think about things. you are not necessarily smarter than conservatives and you are not immune to propaganda
Text: The cafe is run by vampires, free coffee and baked goods in exchange for one pint a month. The owner is even kind enough to tell us when our blood tastes wrong, medically or magically cursed.
genuinely find it fascinating how much fantasy writing discussion/advice online is centered around the struggle of making a dndish/tolkien rip off fantasy world stand out and feel different than the others, and regularly comes to the conclusion that to succeed at this you should focus even harder on realistically detailing the cultures of the elves/humans/orcs/dwarves/whatever random group of fantasy races are hanging around (the thing most of these projects already massively focus on) in the hopes that yours is simply the most vivid and evocative ever, as opposed to, like, just writing anything else
sorry @tearlessrain I have to share your tags they're just so good
#look the whole reason tolkien and other fantasy writers of his caliber are so well received is that they were doing something they loved#tolkien had multiple detailed conlangs because he was really into linguistics#he wrote about the themes he did because they were important to him#so find something you love and write that instead of trying to write like someone else#if you want to build a complicated fantasy world build it around your interests#if you're into astronomy than draw up star charts and write a whole history of your world that highlights the significance of them#if you're really into the history of textiles then use that to add flavor to the cultures and characters#you gotta fall in love with the thing you're making at least a little bit that's the key
Yes, the mind control process involves strapping him nude to my lab table. What do you mean “why?” I don’t need to explain myself to anyone with such an unenlightened mind.
okay now I'm just thinking about being a vampire (or werewolf or any creature with a dangerous bite) and having a gag forced on me that holds my mouth open, but shows off my fangs.
Thrashing against my restraints, growling and snarling and trying to reach my mouth to pull the gag out so I can bite down on my captor, but they just coo and tell me how pretty my fangs are on display for them
don't go into the humanities because they're unprofitable and don't go into stem cuz its getting torn apart right now and don't go into buisness because it's competetive and speculative and don't go into education because it pays like shit. Just lay on thr ground. Just lay on the ground.
In light of the no.1 trending topic on this site, I'd like to inform youse that Kitty Kendall, one of the survivors who bravely spoke out against Neil Gaiman and accused him of rape in 2025, has said here and here that if you are looking to support her and other survivors, you can make a donation to OurVOICE (the counselling service Kendall herself used) or your local rape crisis centre. If you can't make a donation, you can help to ensure people do not forget what Kendall and other survivors have gone through and continue to go through as they pursue legal action, and that Gaiman has already spent a lot of money in the attempt to sue these women for speaking out.
Dragons adapting for different urban environments: sewer dragons, alley dragons, dragons that build their nests atop skyscrapers.
Zoos putting wire mesh over the top of their enclosures to keep dragons from swooping in and stealing their animals - and finding that even that isn’t enough.
The impact of introducing a major new predator into the wild, and how the ecosystem rebalances itself around them (or doesn’t).
They never stop aging - they only get bigger. Geneticists try to make humans immortal by isolating the genes that control the dragons’ growth and implanting them into humans, with disastrous results.
SPACE DRAGONS. IN SPACE. Nobody knows what they eat, how they breathe or how they survive, but they’re a threat to the newly-developed interplanetary passenger shuttles.
Political schisms over the revelation that dragons are sapient.
but also dragons with artificial limbs. Dragon rehabilitation centers.
Tamed dragons used by police and military forces. Dragons that are sent in with military forces because who wants to fight a dragon.
Dragons that steal computers and adapt to using technology.
Dragons that hoard technology like gems. Macbooks are the new diamonds and iPhones are like emeralds. Dragons that sit on piles of digital watches and end up having to steal more tiny batteries because they need to power them somehow. Dragons that hoard solar lights because they like the light.
something something extremely sexy when magic users resort to physical violence. yeah i have the power of god and anime on my side but i also have THESE HANDS. i cast Punch You In The Face. i take my magic staff through which i channel the vast energies of the elements and the cosmos and i cast Severe Concussion And Skull Fracture. casting time for xenoglossy too long, chose the quicker route of Stab You In The Throat.
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