#original novels

[shepherds-of-haven]

hi!! So. i like writing for Trouble and my MC but i spend so much time clowning on him and making up silly scenarios that now i have no idea how to write him actually catching on to one of the moves she makes and what kinds of moves he cant explain away. Please do you have any tips or crumbs to throw my way to help? I need to write him making out sloppy style w my girl PLEASE!!

Anyway I really love shoh and I think about Trouble and my MC almost every day so tysm for the lovely gift of him <3 i also wrote this ask intending to be silly but if it sounds demanding or rude i am SO sorry I would never demand anything of u and will love anything you may kr may not respond with whether that be in 17 minutes or 17 years 🩵

Aw, thank you so much for this sweet message, it made me so happy to receive! 💖 Please don't worry about sounding rude at all, your words were so kind and made me grin ear-to-ear, so thank you!

To answer your question, I like this excerpt from the old novels to explain how I think Trouble can be in a romance: I usually envision him being casual or friendly and light-hearted, and then catching onto something--some shift in the mood or a lingering glance--and then kind of abruptly shifting into a more intense version of himself. It's not a side of himself he shows very often--we're mostly exposed to the goofy, jocular Trouble, but that 'intense' dominant Trouble is there, lurking underneath it all, and that's kind of the part that he struggles with because it's also tied up in his ferocious past and his temper. It's the same Trouble who can go from smiling and laughing with his friends in a bar to completely unsmiling and intimidating when he overhears some guy being a dickhead to a server nearby, except obviously in these scenarios it's sexual/romantic tension he's responding to (even if he doesn't fully know it's that) rather than regular like situational tension. I don't know if you have access to the alpha build, but the scene in the cave in Chapter 7 when he's warming up MC's hands or the abrupt change from "yay we're having fun" to "something just happened" in his latest day off (when Cordy flirts with you) are good examples of this, too! This sort of stilted "everything is great 95% of the time and then 5% of the time something happens and he can't control it" that's impeding him and MC's easy friendship is what's really throwing Trouble for a loop; he starts to feel guilty and confused and tormented about it because he thinks he's the only one feeling these things and getting in the way of what should be a smooth companionship, so he's just... feeling a lot of things and not knowing what to do with them, lol.

So I imagine 'heated makeout' tends to happen during one of these sudden changes to 'intense Trouble,' when he catches on to something he can't ignore--but I generally don't think it happens because of an outright flirtation or hint of MC's, because he can usually just laugh those off as them just joking around, so he doesn't really respond to those like one might expect? He's dazzlingly good at not catching on to things like that (short of an outright serious confession), so maybe that's why you're having trouble imagining it! I tend to imagine it happening entirely randomly, during some moment of unthinking intimacy, like in the cave in Chapter 7 or during a mission when emotions are high or something like that. Here's another example of what I'm thinking of!

...Or something like that, idk lol! Obviously take all of this with a huge grain of salt and don't let me influence you; however you write Trouble and MC's romance is fantastic! Hopefully some of these tips help you in some way!

[asma-writes]

Alhamdulillah, after almost three years of countless rewrites and edits, so much questioning and fears, writing sessions till midnight, wading through the publishing industry, screaming to my sister in both excitement and frustration, my first book is here!!

Thank you so much to everyone who has been there in this journey and waited for this book, I'm so excited (and terrified) to share this with you! 💛

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[annonymouslyblonde]

The WIP game

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs. @suzyq31 I hope you know what you’ve done lol

Harry Potter:

New Order Rising series (harmony) Piece by Piece Undercover (working title) In Ruin One Shots Untitled prequel One Less Plate at Dinner Ghost of You 5 misc one shot ideas As Long As You Need series (fremione) Renegade Secrets Sweater Weather Anemoia Laughter isn't the Only Medicine Woulda, Shoulda (Charlie Weasley/OC) Don't Talk to Strangers Weasley Party of Three Any Other Way series (dramione) The Prefect's Bath The Room of Requirements The Coin The Aftermath Changes (working title, see EAD for snippet) (harmony) Harry Potter and the Boy Who Lived (harmony) Doctor!Hermione and Professor!Harry mystery (snippet posted on EAD) (harmony) Paralyzed (harmony) Wasted (harmony) Interlocked with Cassidy Landry (harmony?) One/two Shots and drabbles Kiss Into Better Days (fremione) Hermione's luck (harmony) Retroactive (harmony) Four Days - part 2 (harmony) What a Man Gotta Do (harmony) Truth be Told (harmony) The Ties that Bind (snippets in EAD) (harmony?) Enchanted (harmony) Through the Looking Glass (harmony) HHF (fremione) Slughorn dinner (nevmione)

Percy Jackson:

Luke Castellan and the Heroes of Olympus (canon ships) Luke Castellan and the Mark of Athena Luke Castellan and the House of Hades Luke Castellan and the Blood of Olympus Living series (canon ships, percabeth focus) Life in Purgatory Life in Nightmare Life in the Aftermath Curse of Hera (canon ships) Interlocked with Cassady Landry (canon ships) Sour (canon ships) One-Shots Long Live (percabeth) Haunted (percabeth) Paul Blofis - Poseidon (percabeth, Paul/Sally) TLO Distance (percabeth) Where I Should Be - part 2 (percabeth) Pregnancy fluff (percabeth) Annabeth bonds with her stepmom July 12th (percabeth, jisper) Halloween (percabeth)

Doctor Who:

Daughter of Time (TenToo/Rose, Twelve/River, Luke Smith/OC)  All the Pretty Lights (Nine/Rose)

The Host:

The Human (Jamie Ryder/OC)

Originals:

Blood Like Gasoline Stealing Life Within the Walls Manifesting (working title)

Let’s face it. I don’t know this many people, so consider this your invitation to repost and tag the artist you want to play! But @possumwritesfics you have to do this.

[ambrial-blog]

[squigglysquidd]

I was able to get a commission from the amazing @ashacadence of a character from Pieces of Eden.

Meet the one, the only, Olgi von Everec! The underground's Queen, herself!

[teahmugs01]

A job well done ~ ^^

By the Peach Tree is now available on Webtoon!

[blue-eyed-author]

Dear fellow writers,

‘Said’ is beautiful. Please use it more. It isn’t anything to be feared of hated. It’s not boring or overused. It makes all the other dialogue tags more special when they’re used on occasion.

‘Said’ makes your writing less cluttered. It can be a simple way of reminding the reader who is talking without bombarding them with synonyms.

“Use it along with action to make it more interesting,” she said, picking up her pencil.

He smirked, and said, “Or with expressions and body language.”

“Or,” she said, “just as a quick reminder of who is talking.”

“And if you know who is talking, a dialogue isn’t always necessary.”

Of course you can use other dialogue tags, but please don’t exclude ‘said’. It’s heartbroken from being ignored.

‘Said’ is beautiful.

[shepherds-of-haven]

So i convinced my friend who is probably as close to a real life blade as you can get to try your game and it was hilarious!

How would the Shepards feel about "gasp, another blade?"

Also haha other anon i get to bully blade irl :p

Okay, the funny thing is, there was another "Blade" in the original novels--like just this random minor character who looked a lot like Blade, happened to also be a Ket prodigy, and had a very similar personality type but was mildly warmer and more confident (though Blade was still superior to him in skill), and all of the characters noticed it and used it as a running joke and pretended to like him better to be irritating; and Blade silently HAAAAAATED him, like HATED him, he was the only character that Blade was openly hostile to and unprofessional with in the series (who wasn't an antagonist lol). Like he wasn't fond of Red, but he was just cold or aloof to him or a little sharp, but it wasn't really that noticeable considering how unsociable he could be with like 90% of the people he encountered on a daily basis; but with this guy, he'd openly snub him or make some snippy comment under his breath if they ever had to be in the same room. 😂 That was the original Daren (before I made game!Daren--who's a separate character who just happens to share the same name--like a suck-up teacher's pet lol), so this scenario has actually happened in the books! In the game, if another "Blade" lookalike showed up:

Blade: *stubbornly refuses to see or understand any resemblance* 😒 *mildly insulted by the comparison*

Trouble: "oh God, there are two of them? fucking yuck 🙄"

Tallys: *would use the opportunity to ask low-stakes Blade (who she doesn't care about) questions she would never dare ask the real Blade LMAO... like what is Ket dirty talk like*

Shery: *kind of intimidated by knock-off Blade, also feels sorry for real Blade because she wouldn't feel very nice being compared to someone similar to her, so she'll act a little protective and biased, like, I don't think he's anything like our Commander!! 😤 while Blade is in earshot, basically trying to support him in her own way and openly picking sides when it's not really a situation where you'd have to take them 😂*

Riel: *has already determined second Blade is inferior to the original and therefore beneath his notice, therefore completely ignores him and his existence*

Chase: "lmao so what, do they just pop you guys out of a factory somewhere? *to Blade, who loathes him* are the Ket allergic to originality or something, lmao??" *finds the scenario hilarious and won't cease ribbing Blade about it every chance he gets, just clowning on them both*

Red: *snickers when he realizes it* *then quickly pretends he doesn't see the resemblance and has no idea what anyone is talking about, so Blade doesn't have a reason to get even madder at him*

It's like his equivalent of innocuous whistling and looking away to have plausible deniability

Ayla: "uh-uh, no way. stay away from me. I can only take one of him, I don't have any patience or capacity to deal with a second one" *actively is repulsed by/rudely avoids the knock-off Blade* It's kind of a mix of genuine "I don't have time for that" but also a little bit of aloof (?) protective bias, like "I'm full-up on friends thanks, not looking for any more!! you're not Blade so get out of my face and stop wasting my time!!"

Briony: "omg! 😮 are you guys related?? no?? but... you're so alike..." *spends time with knock-off Blade because she's morbidly fascinated by the similarities... wonders if that means there are knock-off versions of all of them out there somewhere... probably ends up becoming his friend and annoying Blade with comments like 'he's actually really nice, Blade, I think you'd come to like him if you just gave him a chance, you have so much in common!'*

Lavinet: *mildly interested, mildly pitying (doesn't know what it's like to be imitable 💅🏼), maybe tries to give knock off Blade advice on how to differentiate himself and be more interesting LOL like the unasked-for "you might try brooding a little less, darling, the people around here are very used to that and would like something a little fresher"*

Halek: *genuinely does not see the resemblance* what, just because he has dark hair? do you think all Hunters are the same then? -_- *makes it a whole thing*

[biscuitsandspices]

Encouragment for writers that I know seems discouraging at first but I promise it’s motivational-

• Those emotional scenes you’ve planned will never be as good on page as they are in your head. To YOU. Your audience, however, is eating it up. Just because you can’t articulate the emotion of a scene to your satisfaction doesn’t mean it’s not impacting the reader. 

• Sometimes a sentence, a paragraph, or even a whole scene will not be salvagable. Either it wasn’t necessary to the story to begin with, or you can put it to the side and re-write it later, but for now it’s gotta go. It doesn’t make you a bad writer to have to trim, it makes you a good writer to know to trim.

• There are several stories just like yours. And that’s okay, there’s no story in existence of completely original concepts. What makes your story “original” is that it’s yours. No one else can write your story the way you can.

• You have writing weaknesses. Everyone does. But don’t accept your writing weaknesses as unchanging facts about yourself. Don’t be content with being crap at description, dialogue, world building, etc. Writers that are comfortable being crap at things won’t improve, and that’s not you. It’s going to burn, but work that muscle. I promise you’ll like the outcome.

[jgmartin]

the toughest part about writing isn't getting words on the page. the toughest part about writing is ignoring the voice in my head that says,

"hey man— sorry to interrupt, but that last sentence? it could use a few more emdashes. maybe just— and i know this seems nuts— ten or fifteen?? thanks— great stuff btw."

[mercy-rose]

This is my blog for my original work and anything pertaining to their creation, including references, world building, art and Fanart as well as where you can buy them once they are published!

[lady-wallace]

Hey! To anyone interested, I will be doing a livestream Q&A / book signing on my author IG account this Thursday (Nov 3rd) at 9PM EST If you buy a book before then and send in the swag claim form I will sign a book plate or a bookmark for you, or you can just come and hang out if you’re on instagram. 

You can find all the purchase links and book info in this post HERE if you’re interested.

[squigglysquidd]

I was able to get a commission from the amazing @ashacadence of a character from Pieces of Eden.

Meet the one, the only, Olgi von Everec! The underground's Queen, herself!

[anzumari]

Anzu (oc) gave Sol matching bracelets :3

[codemiracle]

I was testing the few first moments of my vn where you meet Yotsuya and well... I didn't remember he had such uncomfortable sprites like he's literally occupying the whole screen lol. I mean he doesn't want you to look at anyone else... I guess it makes sense why he occupies all the potential space for other characters to appear? This is not the final look of the game that's for sure I'm still learning a lot about the program and how to use it so yeah, this is just experimental. I really like the aesthetic though, I'll keep some aspects of it for sure. I'm not satisfied with the look yet, but I just wanted to try something different, something less "classic" and more creative, I'll try to do more fun things with the UI :)

[keepcalmandwritefiction]

If you need motivation to hit your NaNoWriMo word count, then I want you to write as if these guys will finish your story for you if you don’t write it fast enough. (x)