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Guilty as charged

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Read my book, DROP DEAD, for free in exchange for an honest review on Booksirens. Spots are limited.

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So after reading enough of your Lovecraftian short stories, I’m ready to finally dive in and read some Lovecraft. Where should I start?

Either with

or with this one

Both of them have terrific essays putting Lovecraft into context, as a writer and as a person, the Les Klinger one with an introduction by Alan Moore, the Library of America one by editor Peter Straub.

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okay so, for an essay for my writing class, i’m writing about how fanfiction is a positive influence for writers! please vote in the poll below and reblog so i can get a large sample size with diverse fandoms and people!

if you aren’t a writer, please just reblog! do not vote!!! i want this to be as accurate as possible. thank you<3

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✨DROP DEAD is here!✨

ft. mlm enemies-to-lovers, vampire x vampire hunter romance, medium-spice (ft. biting), bi representation...

🩸Buy Now 🩸

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"Ethan Jimenez is a brutal vampire hunter who would like nothing more than for all bloodsuckers to suddenly drop dead. Killing the monsters that go bump in the night is how he keeps the bad dreams at bay and how he copes with the deaths of his parents and sister. But when Ethan meets (and is subsequently bitten by) frazzled newborn vampire, Simon, his life is forced to change overnight. Now, Ethan is Simon’s “servitor” or human protector, making it impossible for him to hurt his hot mess of a vampire companion. It’s infuriating and Ethan would still love to kill Simon, if only to be free of the powerful hypnosis that makes him desire to be around him as much as possible… As Ethan takes on the role of reluctant Vampires 101 teacher, the hardest thing isn’t keeping Simon from burning to death in the sun, or helping him adapt to his insatiable hunger, or even dodging other vampire hunters at every turn… No, the worst part of being bound to Simon is that Ethan actually likes him. Quite a lot. And he thinks Simon might like him, too. Which makes the whole thing a lot more complicated. And bloody."'

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"A perfect balance between scary and sexy...a delightful vampire romance." - Goodreads review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"Drop Dead is drop dead perfect!" - Goodreads review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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If you're reading this...

go write three sentences on your current writing project.

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Very experimental, but I'm shooting my shot

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unironic number one most important and useful writing tip I can give you is to make your women weirder. If your female characters are feeling flat or one dimensional give them a odd lil obsession or hobby. ESPECIALLY the sexy characters add a little “strange and offputting” spice in there and I’ll 1000% guarantee they’ll become better. Listen to me. Listen to ME it’ll work or your money back let the femme fatale give live newts to people as thanks and she’s become a more engaging and realized person.

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good morning. claim the energy

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i’m not “lazy” i’m just a fragile victorian maiden. i can only handle 1-2 mildly taxing activities a day before i have to put myself down for a nap until dinner

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"Drop Dead" just got its first review <3

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for 2023, may you bridge the gaps in your writing and drink from the well of words.

(please don't get me writers' block again)

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A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

When Viola Carroll was presumed dead at Waterloo she took the opportunity to live, at last, as herself. But freedom does not come without a price, and Viola paid for hers with the loss of her wealth, her title, and her closest companion, Justin de Vere, the Duke of Gracewood.

Only when their families reconnect, years after the war, does Viola learn how deep that loss truly was. Shattered without her, Gracewood has retreated so far into grief that Viola barely recognises her old friend in the lonely, brooding man he has become.

As Viola strives to bring Gracewood back to himself, fresh desires give new names to old feelings. Feelings that would have been impossible once and may be impossible still, but which Viola cannot deny. Even if they cost her everything, all over again.

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What are some book tropes we NEED a queer/wlw version of?