#wip: nano

[camillenrose]

I'd like to get more involved in the writeblr and artblr community, but am (sadly) a very shy individual. So please, if any of the following fits your wip's or your interests and you'd like to talk, interact with this post, so I can find you. <3

 • a diverse cast (poc, lgbtqia+, disabled and/or mentally ill mc's)

• a love for redemption and/or corruption arcs

• slowburn romances/friendships/dynamics (I love the disliked to I trust you completely pipeline that takes years and years)

• philosophical themes

• dark fantasy/sci-fi wip's, or contemporary/historical stories that deal with the problems individuals/societies face

• a love for world building, especially when it comes to magic systems, religions and cultures

• complicated relationship webs and group dynamics 

• morally ambiguous characters, character driven stories and/or character arcs that go deep into their psychology 

• Bonus points if you illustrate your work, I love you, you can do it!!! (lets suffer together)

Also, everyone in general who wants to talk about writing/reading, scream about their oc's or would like to do some reading challenges together! 🌻

[starmocha]

I'm gonna finish this story, I'm gonna finish this story, I'mgonnafinishthisstory, I'm gonna finish this story

Main story of Bride of the Dragon King is currently at 26.7k words...and idk, I think there are like ten scenes left. Most of my writing notes got scattered in my phone, because I've also been itching to write a few other AUs and more of the LNDS babies series. I have a goldfish brain and the attention span of a golden retriever, sorry, I can't be fixed 😔😔😔

Anyhoo, here's a wip snippet to hype myself up lol

Prelude is already out and I am keeping track of who asked to be tagged when I post the main story. Just mention explicitly to me somewhere and I'll add your handle to the list.

“Come here.” “I will not!” you protested vehemently, arms crossed over your chest, back turned to him in embarrassment. You could hear the sound of water splashing, sensed his presence shifting. You blushed harder. Sylus sighed. “I do not like repeating myself.” You flustered, but continued to adamantly keep your back to him. “You are shameless!” Sylus smirked, tilting his head in amusement. “Am I, my beloved?” Before you could even think of deigning him a response, Sylus motioned with his hand, summoning crimson tendrils that wrapped around your body, lifting and dragging you over until you shrieked in shock, finding yourself submerging into a hot spring. You surfaced quickly, gasping and sputtering, choking on the water you had accidentally engulfed. You could hear laughter and you turned in his direction, glaring, red-faced from both anger and embarrassment. You immediately splashed him with the water, yelling, “How could you do that?!” You gasped again, not expecting Sylus to wade closer to you. You quickly tried to avert your eyes, well aware he was completely nude in your presence. The sound of the water splashing seemed to grow louder the closer he moved to you. You whimpered when he invaded your space, his hand gripping your chin, gently guiding you to meet his darkening eyes. “As you have said, my beloved,” he murmured quietly, eyes darting back and forth from your flushed cheeks to your quivering lips, “I am shameless.” You swallowed slowly, heart quickening as his lips moved closer and closer until he finally claimed yours. You weakened, letting yourself be tempted by this sweet kiss, and forgetting momentarily the salacious situation you were in. As Sylus kissed you, his hands skimmed down underwater, resting on your hips and rubbing slow, lazy circles on them, feeling the wet fabric of your clothes clinging to your skin. You could feel an unusual heat building inside you as he touched you, seemingly testing the boundary between the two of you. He pulled away first, eyes growing hazy with desire. You panted, unable to regulate your breathing after the whirlwind of emotions he had just put you through in the last few minutes. You tried to speak, but all coherent thoughts seemed to have left your head, and from the way he was smiling at you, a cross between teasing and adoration, you found yourself at an even greater loss for words. After a moment, you managed to find your voice, as feeble as it may be. “You are so shameless…” you repeated, attempting to look elsewhere, though by this point, Sylus made sure he was the only object of your vision. “…how can you ask a maiden to bathe with you?” “She will be my bride,” he answered unabashed, smirking at your gawk at his audaciousness. His finger traced over your trembling lips, the light, fleeting touch left behind a tingling sensation long after they were gone. He hummed in satisfaction at the reaction you had. “Am I not your lover as well?” You blushed deeper. “…in a sense…” He chuckled, shaking his head in amusement at your coyness and embarrassment. He leaned down, taking your lips for himself again, pleased as he was able to draw out your soft, sweet moans. Minutes passed, he broke the kiss, the warmth of both your breaths intermingled, breathing heavy, and your look of disappointment not missed by his keen eyes. His fingers glided along your flushed cheek, down to your chin, and with a light tilt up so your soft doe eyes met his own aroused gaze, Sylus husked quietly, “In all sense, I want to be your lover.”

[crushchr0nicles]

mio quick hide your yaoi!!

[bebemoon]

les ombres | possible nanowrimo 2o23 project

[authoralexharvey]

A Bitter-Tasting Blade, a novella and Camp Not-NaNo intro by @authoralexharvey

The Basics

GENRE - dark fantasy, high fantasy, travelogue

INSPIRATIONS - Bloodborne, Claymore, Dungeons & Dragons, The Witcher

POV - third-person limited

TAGS, THEMES, AND TROPES - alatrism vs. blinding faith, battle couple, duty vs. freedom, enemies to lovers (the murderous kind), forced proximity, journeying through a ravaged land, lgbtq, magic, monster vs. monster hunter (and eventually monster x monster hunter), monsters and the humanity within them, runic/sigil magic

CONTENT WARNINGS - body horror, fantasy racism, sex, violence

STATUS - outlined, currently drafting

NOT-NANO GOAL - 20,000 words

THE CHARACTERS

Toshiko Egawa, the designated Sword (monster hunter) of a minor Akalese clan. Her staunch faith in her goddess The Lady guides her hand in her fight against monsters.

Fel, a (somewhat reformed) monster of a woman and once-prominent researcher. One of few of a new burgeoning race of [TERM], people who became monsters and have since clawed their way back into humanity.

SUMMARY

Monsters have emerged in the world of Mesiphrae. Former humans, now twisted into unrecognizable forms, cleave claw and fang through those they used to love. Though some countries fare better against the crisis than others, it shows no signs of stopping until the world is overrun.

Toshiko Egawa is no stranger to these monsters. As her clan's Sword, she is regularly tasked with slaying former friend and foe alike. When her newest mission is to escort Fel, a monster of a woman, through the ravaged wastes of Hadorae, she thinks it all to be a cruel joke. But as she grapples with her burning hatred, she is forced to learn the world is not as she once understood it to be and must reconcile her differences to complete her task... and perhaps come to love along the way.

(Set after the events of ASMLP)

TAGLIST (ASK TO BE ADDED)

@andromedaexists , @ceph-the-ghost-writer , @bebewrites , @ashirisu , @pinespittinink , @rose-bookblood

[encrucijada]

not actually nanowrimo but since it's november, might as well be!

title: the forest with its teeth

genre: found footage horror (but written down)

wordcount goal: 5k because university is trying to kill me. the main goal is actually to do some writing to start figuring out the sequence of events and the characters

cw: cannibalism, depictions of violence and torture, body horror, harm to animals, unreality, feeding into fear and paranoia, probably fire

summary: multimedia project about a group of 5 friends who become stranded within a forest with some unsettling folklore tied to it, as the cliché goes. the horror is slowly revealed to them and it seems to go beyond just the eerie feeling of being watched or the figure they can sometimes see ambling between the trees.

core theme: love as horror and the horror is making it your problem

characters: that's a secret 🤫 a lot of the story relies on the characters being a bit of a mystery

inspiration: over the garden wall, the magnus archives, mabel podcast, the blair witch project (that i have not watched), marble hornets (that i also haven't watched), whatever @teddywriting tells me is good horror

[pillowfriends]

please pray for me. art by the amazing @pien-art hereeeeeeee

(oh and my ao3 if any of this interests you askfdkdsfl. witness my insanity)

[serpentarii]

B R A N D O F T H E S E R V A T O R ; feature presentation

surprise !! welcome (officially) to the science fantasy, space opera, mecha lesbian hell i now reside in. this is still very much an idea-in-progress as i plot out character arcs, magic systems, and get back into writing something that isn't historical fantasy, but stick around for more to come ;)

T A G L I S T

{ send an ask to be +/- } 

@seasteading | @veneritia | @sourrcandy | @arkicts | @redrcbin | @behel1ts | @darkgazer | @inky-duchess | @kaatiba | @writeblrfantasy | @wildswrites | @morganwriteblr | @frvnwrites 

[nobylu]

I made so many color schemes for my enormous Zheng-y Balor stuffed full of meat of dubious origins. Please help me decide on a color scheme.

[tire-d-artist]

Waist snatched

[teh-nos]

"Short fic is anything under 30k"

GET FUCKED, REDDITOR!!!

[monsterrae1]

(Not at all)

✨Seven sentences Sunday ✨

Tagged by @heartshapedvows @bigfootsmom @daffi-990 @jamespearce9-1-1 @wikiangela @exhuastedpigeon @disasterbuckdiaz @weewootruck

I've been trying to work on this AU for Spotty's birthday (it's not looking to be done by then, but at least one chapter will be i swear) so have a little angst of what I'm calling, parallel universes au:

“They say you’re a side effect, of the trauma,” Eddie whispered, they were both sitting in his living room, Buck was sitting on the floor across from Chris and himself, Chris had long fallen asleep but Eddie couldn’t make himself let go of him, “The army, getting shot, Shannon leaving, they think it’s too much stress and I finally lost it.”

“I don’t remember you having this much trauma when we were kids,” Buck said, tilting his head to the side like a confused puppy.

Eddie shrugged, “They said maybe I made up some of those memories, they said it was best to ignore you if you showed up.”

“Eddie,” Buck said his name like a plea, “Do you really believe them?”

He shrugged again, “I don’t know what to believe, Buck, you said it yourself a few years ago, you don’t exist, not here, I can’t prove that you do anywhere else, maybe you are a side effect of trauma, maybe I made you up when I was faced with too many things I couldn’t deal with.”

From the corner of his eye he saw Buck standing up from the ground, crossing the living room to be able to kneel down across from Eddie, his hands landing on Eddie’s knees. He wasn’t sure if he wanted to look at him or not.

“I promised you I would find a way to get to you,” Buck said, “And I still intend to keep that promise to you, okay?”

Tagging if they wanna do this: @brokenribsdiaz @loserdiaz @hoodie-buck @buddierights @prettyboybuckley @rogerzsteven @spotsandsocks @eddiebabygirldiaz @honestlydarkprincess @underwater-ninja-13 @elvensorceress @housewifebuck @malewifediaz @jesuisici33 @hippolotamus @bekkachaos @the-likesofus @shortsighted-owl @folk-fae and whoever else wants to do this!

[bluberimufim]

Theo and Seth's relationship is now officially at "get the fuck out of my sight but text me when you get home" stage 🎉🎉🎉

[whumpwillow]

Hero with Bad Publicity: people they've sworn to protect hate their guts. could arise for any number of reasons but whatever the reason, public sentiment is against these heroes, and there's usually nothing they can do about it.

Resulting from the hero's actions:

Missed payments

He's a jerk.

He deserves it.

He's an unapologetic bigot.

He was a bad guy in the past.

He pulls a Zero-Approval Gambit.

His powers are harmful/"bad" by nature.

He's the type who benefits from it.

He usually screws up and does more harm than good.

People might just want to pick on the hero because:

People do not agree with the hero

The hero is different.

The hero has powers.

People like pissing off someone above their Super Weight category.

Ungrateful people Complain About Rescues They Don't Like.

Other:

He has been framed, possibly by the villain.

Freedom of Speech, which is a common justification used.

Anonymous rumors, perhaps planted by a Villain with Good Publicity.

The Hero is the centerpiece to some disastrous prophecy.

The hero's constant proximity to awful events makes him appear suspicious.

The news media just needs to sell some copies.

The news media/corporations/government really hates his guts for doing something anti-establishment.

The latest fashionable ideas rule out the idea of him being anything other than a villain.

He looks or seems indistinguishable from the real villains.

Zero-Approval Gambit: the plan costs you your reputation. will knowingly risk — or deliberately seek — a 0% Approval Rating and paint themself in a bad light in order to achieve some greater good.

Sometimes to make a Heroic Sacrifice, a hero doesn't need to die. Sometimes they must sacrifice something else...their good name, reputation, and integrity.

might involve falsely confessing to a crime they didn't commit or being an enormous jerkass contrary to their true nature

they will be hated, hunted and/or disgraced for all time

another trope post from tvtropes dot com (articles linked) because i am procrastinating on my nano wip

[encrucijada]

but hear me out....

title: haze dogs

genre & category: horror, low fantasy, adult

about: an isolated town is haunted by otherworldly canines incapable of dying. when connor hidalgo comes back to life after being sacrificed by her old classmates, the town finds a temporary solution to their problem that will keep more people from dying: they offer connor and only connor to these animals.

what is this? this is my horror book about a girl who comes back to life and so her boyfriend's mum decides to use her to gain influence and power by elevating connor to the status of a god. shenanigans ensue. OR, what if jesus was a girl who was a dog.

wordcount goal: 5000

[saltwaterbells]

the fool in her wedding dress

after escaping her mother's clutches, the bride is delighted to be married. alas, his hands are no kinder than the ones she had just fled, and as she runs from his knife, the forest is the only place that will embrace her. however, the forest's fingers run ragged with foul magics, and as the brush of the branches bestows a curse upon her brow, the fae come to find her. there are three ways to leave: join the eternal hunt, win one of the faerie king's games, or seek sanctuary at the witch's cottage until there is a quest to fulfill and life outside becomes a possibility you may yet grasp once more, one day. and so the bride hides, and she waits, and the forest begins to keen in pain.

the bride - she/her - shy, sheltered, deeply kind

the witch - she/they - cynical, exhausted, wise

the princess - he/him - curious, gentle, creative

the knight - she/her - chivalrous, warm, mischievous

the faerie king - she/they - cruel, indulgent, fascinated by the perishable

-x-

notes: hiya! so this is my nano project for this year <3 it arrived in my brain last week and went you're going to write me, and i listened. the goofier explanation of this wip is imagine if your parents, who were princess mononoke and the deer with the antlers divorced so bad that anyone who enters the forest becomes part of their custody battle. also, what if eldest daughter syndrome syndromed so badly you became a witch about it! and what if house full of mommy issues. and perhaps also bone magic and body horror and weird fucked up blood religion. anyway, hope y'all enjoy!

tagging: some mutuals and people, hope you don't mind <3 this is just a one time tag btw. @onomatopiya @cream-and-tea @encrucijada @macywrites @coffeeandcalligraphy @xiaofiaan