#writeblr it is LMFAO

[macknshift]

THE ONE WHERE . . . I INTRODUCE Y'ALL TO LEO!

SOOOO…i have mentioned leo in like, 90 different posts atp and never actually made a "leo intro" (mainly bc i have weird feelings ab sharing him heavily to the rest of the world lol) but! i figured now would be the best time to get into explaining him to y'all.

LEO , commonly given the last name SCOTT (depends on the dr!) is actually originally the main character's love interest in a hockey romance book i've been in the process of writing. after getting #sickandtired of annoying ass book men i gave up and began drafting one of my own. the main character is literally me (i mean, for christ's sake her name is sloane mackintosh,) and eventually, i began thinking of him in other "au"s (i used to do this a lot on wattpad - i mean DRs but the term AU is usually more digestible to ppl that may not be aware of reality shifting. Anyways.) and began kind of placing him in everything. a list of the drs he is my love interest in is follows;

BETTER CR : (fc silasj2004*) the hockey romance book pretty much as a dr. small changes occur but basically he's the exact same as leo in the book lol

PARENT DR : (fc jack schlossberg. yes. i am one of those girlies. i am not ashamed! at least he has morals + a backbone y'all this could be much worse) the "backstory" is my better cr dr. i'm now a mother of 3 (amelia or mimi, aged 5, giselle or gigi, aged 4 and i'm pregnant with vincenzo, our final kid,) and it follows our life after what would be the events of the book. i sort-of made it also as like a WAG dr in a sense bc leo is a professional hockey player! (but he retires 2 years before this point in time so idk where my thought process is w this lol)

FORMULA 1 DRIVER DR : (fc pato o'ward MY!!!! mclaren man ln4 U ARE NOTHINGGGGGGG) leonardo dempsey, son of actor patrick dempsey (my forever celebrity crush ugh he's so fine) and driver for aston martin aramco f1 team under #99. i essentially took l*nce str*ll's daddy's boy backstory and gave it to leo bc he is indeed a daddy's boy. the only dr leo and i are enemies to lovers bc i'm too obsessed w him otherwise LMFAO

MARVEL DR : (fc marcello hernandez (MY MAAANNNN)) leo scott, secretly the speedster superhero 'comet'. hired by my dad as essentially a bodyguard (leo's not intimidating AT ALL idek how the hell this is supposed to work LMFAO) as comet and knows me out of costume as his sister's roommate (mj is also in every dr ever and actually is here in this cr. i can never leave her out i love her DOWN) basically marichat vibes (god i miss marichat)

POP STAR DR : (fc marcello hernandez, again) leo sinatra, nepo baby great-grandson of frank sinatra (there's a whole, incredibly large bit of lore ab this LMFAO + he's also a great-grandson in my better cr dr too bc i need my man RICH!) and Saturday Night Live cast member. basically i go on snl and immediately fall in love. i've stolen the 'unlikely couple' weekend update sketch for us & he does domingo, which is my song lol we're funny for it idk

THE FCS, in color photos:

i'm missing like, 18 other drs that i can think of but some important info about him;

he's half oaxacan mexican. i've tried my damnedness to find a way to make it obvious but when i was 'designing' him (aka drawing him out) i used jack, silas (*NOTE: he is leo's typical fc if i don't have an designated one for him) and marcello as references to make him look the most like him as i can. the fcs are kind of loose for him but i need a way to like fully visualize him. so. yeah. his 'color palette' (weird way to put it but idk how else) makes him tanner than all three of them i fear. all of the fcs i use (other than jack schlossberg but like. idk his main celebrity lookalike in the better cr is him so i kind of had to) are latino, but i feel like it never ever properly translates when i talk about him bc his name is fucking leopold scott. like. huh.

he's also tall AS FUCK lol and built like a tank lowkey (think tom welling clark kent GOOD GOOGLY MOOGLY) but it's mainly bc he's a hockey player. in every vers he's like. 6'3. shortest he is is w marcello as his fc and even then he's 5'11. (note in pop star dr he gets a lot of comparisons to jacob elordi for some reason??? idk my fans are weird)

he's got big brown baby cow eyes. every. single. time. like that is this man's defining trait and you know what? i would not change that for the world lol

his position in hockey is a goalie! he uses the number #29 and plays for our college and later for the new jersey devils before being traded to the anaheim ducks. after he retires he becomes a firefighter!!!! (which is sooo hot btw)

[gennyrthewriter]

After TWO YEARS, the sequel to The Backwater is finally out!

Check out These Other Coasts on Amazon!

(Or, as always, hit me up for a PDF. It's MY book I'll distribute it how I WANT!)

If you like colonial-era inspired low-ish fantasy with political intrigue, moral ambiguity, and a whole cast of queer characters, give it a chance.

[xtreme-cringe-warning]

My writing when I don’t need to write: He wanted to beg them for forgiveness but deep down he knew that it would just be like screaming out at the vast ocean.

My writing when I actually need to write: He walked forward and then reached for the door knob in order for him to open the door

[kpoptrashlord-007]

June 21st - 23rd is this year's 24hr Novel Writing Challenge weekend.

Which as fanfic writers doesn't quite apply... but that doesn't mean we can't still have fun and participate!

Is anyone planning on writing a lot this weekend? Maybe trying to finish off a big project or get a few chapters written in a series? Ooh, or maybe you want to start a massive undertaking that'll take forever and a day to complete (like I do!!)? I'd love to hear about it!

Personally I will be working on a non-fic project 👉👈 but I have so many ongoing fics that need to be finished that maybe I'll have to make this a personal monthly event. Assuming it works out, that is. And I really do hope it does because your girl needs to start finishing things... so she can start even more things. . . Anyone else struggling to finish their WIPs? I can't be the only one with a billion projects started literal years ago that haunt them daily 😩

Anyway enough rambling from me - JOIN THE CHALLENGE!!

It'll be fun! Push yourself to get a lot of words down this weekend. Try to finish that WIP you've been avoiding. Put aside the fics and try your hand at a novel. Go wild and try something new!!

If you see this... I'm challenging you to write as much as you can this weekend!

And feel free to tag me (any fandom, genre, pairing, rating) in whatever you do so we can support one another!! 🫶💕 Have fun!

[isabela-merceds]

ok but real fear is when someone starts reading one of your old fanfics from over a decade ago which is fantastic and flattering but it was also written over a decade ago so you have to write back like:

[aurae-rori]

robot character that was created to eradicate the human race gains sentience and empathy. they decide that they no longer wish to do evil, and that they will kill only the "bad" humans. the problem? the robot has no way of determining what makes a human "good" or "bad".

[thedeerman]

i was starting to kind of slow down on progress for DYWTK and i was feeling kinda sad about it because i couldn’t figure out why i wasn’t able to speed-write entire 6k word chapters in one sitting like i usually do and then i realized i once again haven’t been taking my mood stabilizers properly 😬 two days into taking them at the right dose and i’m slamming out entire fucking chapters again. so the moral of this story:

Don’t forget your meds!

[moltenduplex]

Your character is a professional dancer. The apocalypse has happened, however it isnt what most people wouldve thought. Humans slowly die from radiation exposure due to barrels having small leaks, which is because of violent earthquakes. The animals have become feral, not showing much more than agression. One bite from these animals will cause excruciating pain. Your character has been on the run with their sick grandmother until theyve run into a dead end, several animals behind them and trapping them. Remember how your character was a professional dancer? Yeah well, no one ever said you couldnt kill while doing a pirouette.

[jadie0]

on spring

pastel sunrise, mottled green

flower bloom, thawed stream

spring is upon us, the air is clean

crisp cloud cuts the sky

and there’s a gleam in your eye

an adventure there, and i want to follow

outstretched hand, t-shirts at dusk

grassy knoll, abandoned park

mosquitos buzz and bat them away

air cool and perfumed with the breeze of the day

and there’s a bed waiting when you get home

and the silence is warm when you’re alone

sky open above you and dizzy with fear

the grip of nostalgia never felt so real

until now, grass flat beneath your back

and sand between toes, pretty rock in backpack

teetering on the precipice of all you have known

at once still so young, at once so near grown

living felt stagnant but the answer was clear

every me nested in me, stacked years upon years

the coming of spring still awakens such thrill

and the promise of budding spreads dreams anew:

this was never a middle, as the pond is never still

but the beginning of everything, and everything that will

[davycoquette]

Oh no. I found one of the documents that goes along with the "what the actual ruck" post I queued to post earlier today, and...

I am sharing this explicitly so you guys know, whenever you're working on something that seems like a hot mess at the time, IT'S OKAY. It's not just you lmfao

literally what the fuck is this:

[spshade]

Aight. Guess I'm working on a novel and 2 short story collections now.

[theidlespoon]

[marlowethelibrarian]

art by @saturnine-saturneight

Raviaki Versus / 48K

It’s the rib cage again. Ravi stares up at the pillars of white that protrude, teethlike, from dripping flesh walls, a cloudy red peeking through a wound in the ceiling like a sky light. The fleshy ground below wheezes under their feet, lungs struggling to fill. Ravi doesn’t quite remember falling asleep or how they got there, but like every other dream they’ve had in the cave, they’re lucidly aware of their unconsciousness.

Content warnings: gore, eye trauma, illness, mentions of suicide, mentions of child abuse, PTSD

Raviaki Silverspark, an uncouth and troubled halfling alchemist and the butt of a divine joke, gets one last chance to save their sorry life. They've been left in a cave with a rock rolled over the entrance to be used as a sacrifice to trap the plague goddess Irra.

In some stroke of strange luck, Ravi receives an invitation to an interdimensional tournament that if they win, they get a wish from the being known as the God-Eater. But only if they win.

This is part of the Summer Leagues Original Character Tournament! Out of three rounds, we are up to round 2, and I am a finalist for my league! It's been a ton of fun to write this and it's been turning into kind of a monster in terms of sheer complexity and emotion. One of my fellow competitors apparently went back and reread my round 1 three times.

You can check out my rounds either on ao3.org (linked above!) or directly on the OCT website. You can also explore the other competitors and their reference sheets, including my opponents, Scythe Bloodwerk and the team of Kiriata and Aztachronopilas!

[flock-from-the-void]

Tuan Fu has his Toyhouse! And it's visible for not logged users too!

Check it out for:

Details about him,

A special super cool playlist,

Art from me and other artists!

And more!

[deadtower]

hey y'all! so apparently you can be "otherwise a perfect employee" and "a literal blessing" (their words, not mine) but if one of the servers at your new job doesn't like you and tells management so, you get fired on the spot! LOL!

obviously, this is not sustainable for me. sooo until i get a new job (which should be soon — i already have some interviews scheduled), i'm going to need to open up commissions. the above are some examples of the art i do. they're $10 each + optional tip. i also do writing and resumes, the details of which can be found here, and i have a guide to getting hired at working class jobs for the low low price of $3 + optional tip here. to commission me, please just send an email to februaryfirstpublishing@gmail.com and we can set something up!

i can also do beta reading + sensitivity reading (agender, bisexual, jewish) which is typically the same rates as my writing ($1 per 100 words).

as for my payment apps, if you'd like to be very, very kind and send me something, the green app is $deadtower, the blue app is @deadtower, and p*yp*l is here.

if y'all wouldn't mind spreading this around, i'd really appreciate it. not only am i trying to replace my stolen shoes and make utilities for this month, now i have to worry about rent for next month, so reblogging for signal boosting is much appreciated! thank you so much <3

[twilight-skies]

see the thing about writing is you kinda just periodically forget that they have a whole group of horses with them the whole time