stedfastly

[stedfastly]

Gen, magic realism, modern fantasy, historical, spy thriller, detective fiction, vampires, drama, angst, heavy worldbuilding

He/him with 20+ years of experience in creative writing in search of gently paced but reliable advanced literate to novella writing partners! My writing samples require an account to access, but a (very outdated) public sample from ten years ago can be found here to give you a rough idea.

I am broadly searching for platonic spies and detectives in the vampire Vatican in an original worldbuilding group, which lore is extensive and compared by some to Vampire the Masquerade whilst following factual history. I've a (happily married) male character several years in development with 30+ paragraphs of biography available.

I do want to note that this is a group environment, but prose writing is conducted one on one and it's best thought of as a pool of busy professionals who pair up for collaborative writing depending on whose schedules align. I find collective worldbuilding to be far richer and dynamic, and we get to serve as accountability partners as well as being inspired by other characters inhabiting the same world when we are too busy to write.

I prefer to take time with my writing as opposed to rapid fire, with judicious use of poetic and oranamental prose. Suggested dynamics include:

✨ Spies in the vampiric government to team up on collaboratively generated missions *Especially wanted by the group* ✨ Priests and/or exorcists (human and vampire) as well as magic users in a monastic order ✨ Pen friends for epistolic narratives ✨ Hannigram inspired progenies ✨ Mulder/Scully partnerships ✨ A male WWII progeny with details ✨ Elves for complex and nuanced ancient history with my reincarnating M *Especially wanted for a detailed concept* ✨ Open to ideas!

The setting is an immersive, magic realist worldbuilding group with handcrafted lore set in contemporary London. Our focus is on day to day statecraft and governance of vampires, werewolves and witches as they integrate seamlessly into a modern society that they helped engineer in secret. Will they set their commonalities and differences aside as a growing elven threat looms over humanity? Join our writers room events, solve mysteries, design missions and navigate international relations in a historically accurate world!

✨ 21+ ✨ Expansive evolving lore and historical accuracy ✨ Modern setting with historical flashbacks and flashforwards ✨ Novella writers with decades of experience ✨ Gently paced one on one prose writing with optional mystery solving, mission objectives and political intrigue between factions ✨ Character bio and real face claim required ✨ Outstanding data management and content flexibility via html/css including moodboards, playlists and visual support

Please DM if you are interested in writing together with me!

[stedfastly]

This is the longest of shots but Bodies (2023) has left me filled with yearning and I would desperately like to find a novella writing partner with whom to brainstorm an original character dynamic inspired by Gabriel and Iris. If you could be interested in writing the latter half against a fully developed character involving reincarnations and immortality in place of time travel, please read my pinned post for my writing preferences!