#rsdan

[memento-morri-writes]

Song for All the Queen's Horses: Le Long De L' eau by Cécile Corbel c:

oooh, thank you!!! I'll have to give this a listen soon!!

[mjjune]

Song for AVOF: ​beetlejuicebeetlejuicebeetlejuice by Life After Youth c:

kadjf;akfj;ajf THIS IS SO ACCURATE WHAT

*adds song to my playlist*

[elijahrichardwrites]

🔥 Fireplace c:<

Hello friend >:) hope you are well <3

🔥 Fireplace: what type of scene are you most comfortable writing? Emotional, action, dialogue-heavy?

This might actually be one of the easiest questions I've ever had to answer haha

But definitely dialogue-heavy scenes! I have a fondness for oral storytelling so I often tend to tell story elements through the characters' own words (:

Thank you for the ask!!

[antihell]

Thanks for the follow back! I wanted to say that your Twisted Stitches idea immediately got my attention and I’m very excited to see where it goes! I was wondering where you imagine the setting to be? When Oliver returns home, is it a small town situation? How far away was university?

i've had zero spoons for a bit, so it's taken me a bit to get to this ask, but — thanks so much! your interest in my project means the world!

oliver lives somewhere in the PNW, somewhere near oregon or washington. it's definitely a small town situation when he returns home, drawing him both to sebastian, his childhood friend, and clearly, stitches as well. oliver gets very lonely. most of his time is spent alone until stitches comes back.

his (former) university is about 4-5 hours away, making his car accident going back home all the more traumatizing. he winds up having to ride in an uber with a stranger for about 3 and a half hours, so that gets interesting.

again, i appreciate the curiosity so much and thank you so much for following. i look forward to getting to know you and your work!!

[oh-no-another-idea]

Song for Stars and Ships: Wild Ones by FM-84 ft Ollie Wride. I hope you like it!

Oooh, thank you!! I love the pulsing beat there the whole times, and yeah, my characters are pretty wild. :) Thanks again!

[tryingtimi]

Song for IQRUS: Red Lights by Maximum Love! c:

Hey @rsdan 🥺❤️ How did you know the way to my heart is giving me song recs for my WIPs? 🥺 You’re the first one to do it, but now I know my love language.

Thank you so much for the song rec dear, this is SO FITTING! I just love it! And ngl I’m already having snippet thoughts, so YOU’RE A GEM! 💕✨💯

[sanguine-arena]

I found your writeblr intro and I'm really excited about your WIPs! I noticed we like a lot of the same tropes, it's a lot of the same aspects I put in my current WIP too! I really enjoy narrative conflict that turns characters against each other, creating deeper character conflict

Hey there, thanks for the ask!

I was reading your synopsis of the WIP you made and it sounds INTERESTING. I would love to read it some time!

I've given you a follow, too :) you and your work seem super cool

[youforgotmyname]

9 People You’d Like To Get To Know Better

I was tagged by @rsdan for this!! Thank youu this is fun I love tag games but rarely participate (cause I don’t get tagged lmao)

3 Ships: My mind has lowkey gone blank for this one, maybeeee Jackie/Shauna from Yellowjackets, c!dnf (don’t come for me please I’m embarrassed too lmao), and Neil/Todd from Dead Poets Society

First Ship: this is so specific but Alec and the girl who later dies in The Black Stallion book series

Last Song: this feeling by øneheart

Last Movie: I rewatched Maurice!!

Currently Reading: Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

Currently Consuming: Nothing at the moment, just waiting on S2 of Yellowjackets

Currently Craving: Apple Jacks cereal

Tagging: uhhhh this defeats the purpose of the game I apologize but I don’t really have that many mutuals so anyone who sees this and wants to do it, I have Tagged You <33

[toribookworm22]

Final Thoughts On 2023

I know I have a very dysfunctional sense of time, but this year seems extra short and long to me. But such is the way it goes. Vague recap time!

Shut Down published! I went to my first therapy session. I toured apartments with my roommate. I traveled for the first time with just a friend. I got to meet the voice actors for The Animaniacs Pinky and The Brain. I celebrated my first Aro week. I wrote my first pilot episode. I got on TikTok for class and ended up not hating it. I volunteered to help at an student Oscar event and for student plays. I lost my best friend. I finally joined my school's writing club. My parents accidentally read my poetry collection and loved it. I moved into my very own apartment. I went on a family vacation to New York and got to see my almost little sister for the first time in 4 years. I hosted my very first book signing! I published Reprogrammed. I learned how to live by myself. I took a pottery class. I started a movie script. I let go of my best friend for good. I became the secretary for the writing club. I found a little bit more of myself in my fashion sense. I hosted a Halloween party. I met the producer of Me Before You. I made more friends and learned how best to love some of my others.

And in what has been one of the greatest decisions I've ever made, I stayed incredibly active on this lovely site and I got to meet, know, and love all of you. You guys are my diary and my joke book and a safe place for everything I am and love. I can be 100% myself on here without a single worry and you guys will never understand what that means to me.

My love list will just have to continue to grow, but that's okay. I love each and every one of you and I cannot wait to spend another year alongside you. Happy New Year! 🥂

All my love,

~ toribookworm ♥️

Love List pt. I

@angryaromantics @minutiaewriter @pluromantic @christiew @candlelightkissess @lady-of-himring @asteroidtroglodyte @panic-in-the-attic @elizaellwrites @writing-and-trying @eli-writes-sometimes @thatndginger @hyuccubus @chargeaznable @master-of-the-pigeon-religion @lividdreamz @ashen-crest @saphoblin @akiwitch @wearfinethingsalltoowell @daisywords @the-orangeauthor @arigalefantasynovels @brianamorganbooks @bluejay-in-write @elijahrichardwrites @alittlewarlord @apocalypsewriters @bookmarks-reviews @pure-solomon @xtakeitisisx @alnaperera @all-my-dreams-and-ambitions @porchswingstories @jlilycorbie @rsdan @midnight-and-his-melodiverse @litbylightning @lyssentome @theunboundwriter @writingforevren @regalserpent @axl-ul @likegemstone

[minutiaewriter]

Kind & Cool Folks List

I’ve seen some other blogs do this and there are some people I know who are definitely deserving of such a title! Whether I’ve gotten to grow closer with you over this past month or we have yet to get to know each other better, your support and kindness has gone further than you can imagine and you’ve made me feel so welcome! If you’re not included on this list because we haven’t had a chance to connect, my dms are always open and I’d love to be friends!!

@arijensineink @lilybolero19illustration @toribookworm22 @elijahrichardwrites @chickensarentcheap @melindagrey @rsdan @little-mouse-gardens @writingpotato07 @tzipor-feather-blog @measlyfurball13 @bmaye15 @elizaellwrites @delusional-planet @royal1asset @wingedcatgirl @writing-and-trying @jamieanovels @honeysoiair @mylifeinslowmotion @toomanywips @j-1173 @queenofimaginedworlds @heroinejinx @words-after-midnight @moonshinemagpie @doom-inique-writes @faelanvance

[vsnotresponding]

thank you @moondust-bard for the tag!

Rules: in a new post, share the last line from your current wip, and tag as many people as there are words

The imitations cast them in a strange light creating shadows on the wood, new monsters rounding the center as I fall asleep looking at them, the drawings engraved on the back of my eyes.

PÚLSAR - Chapter 7: Ira - Karma's POV

34 words, oh okay

also thank @moondust-bard (again) for the writblr ask and tag game directory they made! really helped (also if you'd rather i stop tagging you, tell me)

@1legitconnor @antique-symbolism @aquil-writes @ashirisu @beingofmanynames @circa-specturgia @eccaiia @ejsimpsonwrites @gracehosborn @hbxplain @human-still-developing @isabellebissonrouthier @jezwrites @laurabwrites @little-mouse-gardens @lizhly-writes @melonsap @minutiaewriter @mjjune @my-cursed-prince @myhusbandsasemni @oh-no-another-idea @on-noon @parttimeghost @pluttskutt @rachaellawrites @ren-c-leyn @rose-bookblood @rosellacwrites @royal1asset-if @rsdan @scorpiolight-madd @space-cadead @sunset-a-story

[midnights-call]

I don’t see many tag games on my dash anymore so I’m starting one that’s probably been done before bc why not!

One WIP = One song

For each wip you have, share a song you associate it with, write it to, or maybe are just vibing to right now! And then tag as many people you’d like to keep it going. For extra fun, if you get tagged again you can do it with a whole new round of songs! Here are mine

Arcanist’s Gambit: The Madness by Nicotine Dolls

Bloodied Hands, Tainted Hearts: Soap by The Oh Hellos

Darkest Depths: Take Me To Church by Hozier

Fated: Somewhere Only We Know by Keane

Sign of the Times: Twinkle Lights by The Sonder Bombs

Starcrossed: Wish You Well by Amir Obe

I’m going to tag a bunch of people to start. No pressure if you don’t want to do it, and feel free to go ahead and do one even if I didn’t tag you!!!!

@phantomnations @florraisons @moondust-bard @thevampireconcept @honeysoiair @goldenbeardedsage @zonnemaagd @mz-elysium @rsdan @memento-morri-writes @poore-choice-of-words @mrlonelynobody @mychemicalnations @mellifluas

[words-after-midnight]

Character Songs

Thank you @toribookworm22, i absolutely LOOOOOOVE music tags! 💕

Tagging: @i-can-even-burn-salad, @minutiaewriter, @arijensineink, @angelsofprey, @rsdan, @winterandwords, @frostedlemonwriter, @nanashi23, @btranwrites, @klywrites, @ls-daydreams, @sunset-a-story, @catchingbigfish

Rules: Choose one of your characters and list songs that fit them.

Doing this for Gabriel (Life in Black and White's protagonist) because I have by far the most songs for him, lol. ❤️

We'd be here all day if I listed all of them, so I'll pick 30 in no particular order:

1. TV on the Radio - Happy Idiot

2. Joy Oladokun - Breathe Again

3. Chris Isaak - Wicked Game

4. Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek

5. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion

6. Mumford & Sons - White Blank Page

7. Mumford & Sons - Broken Crown

8. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

9. David Bowie - Cat People

10. Florence & the Machine - Ship to Wreck

11. Coldplay - Clocks

12. Gordon Lightfoot - The Watchman's Gone

13. Sarah McLachlan - Fallen

14. INXS - Afterglow

15. Rock & Hyde - Dirty Water

16. Maroon 5 - Harder to Breathe

17. Gary Wright - Dream Weaver

18. Elton John - I'm Still Standing

19. Stain'd - It's Been a While

20. Finger Eleven - One Thing

21. Depeche Mode - Strangelove

22. Depeche Mode - Wrong

23. Glass Animals - It's All So Incredibly Loud

24. Mumford & Sons - The Cave

25. Supertramp - Take the Long Way Home

26. Evanescence - Going Under

27. James Taylor - Fire and Rain

28. The Killers - Mr. Brightside

29. The Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

30. Sufjan Stevens - John My Beloved

[mjjune]

15 25 Questions + 15 Mutuals

Thank you so much @bebewrites and @awritingcaitlin !!! This is a lot of questions, RIP

Since this is so long it's under the cut <3

1. Do you prefer owls, capybaras, or flamingos? 

OWLS!!

2. What is your favorite soup?

miso or like, japanese-style clear soup, also wonton soup... can i say all asian soups???

3. What is your favorite…rock (idfk)?

uhh idk if it's a rock technically but i love opals

4. Choose a familiar: 1) very dumb, very loving disobedient dog. He loves you but will never listen to you ever 2) a raven that speaks but it only ever shrieks the name of various fast food restaurants 3) a toad that screams like a teenage boy instead of croaks

the raven for sure lol they bring you shiny things, idc what it says.

5. Which planet do you feel like would be kind of an asshole if you met them? 

jupiter maybe? since it's the biggest and might be entitled?

6. if you were a worm would you love me? this worm question courtesy of ✨ @/legiomiam✨

yes 🥺

7. Least favorite type of clothing?

Dresses/skirts and pantyhose/tights

8. You are now in a horror movie—so sorry. Chance of survival?

10% chance. I can't run for shit. Unless hiding actually worked, I wouldn't survive. I am very small though and good at hiding.

9. Would you rather: the ability to instantly grow a perfect mustache, or ability to talk to vegetables?

Talk to vegetables~

10. What do you think of whales?

they're the best!! i was obsessed with whales most of my childhood

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1. Are you named after anyone?

my middle name is from my paternal grandmother <3

2. When was the last time you cried?

lmao, when i announced my 30 days notice at my job a few weeks ago.

3. Do you have kids?

0 and never shall

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?

Literally 50% of what I say is sarcasm

5. What’s the first thing you notice about people?

Probably mannerisms and like?? aura?? idk the right word.

6. What’s your eye color?

Brown

7. Scary movies or happy endings?

Happy endings definitely. Don't really watch horror movies tbh

8. Any special talents?

Uhh my elbows are double jointed?? I do some calligraphy ?

9. Where were you born?

In a hospital in the worst town to ever exist lol

10. What are your hobbies?

Video games, yoga, calligraphy, learning languages

11. Have you any pets?

My parents have a feral cat who adopted us but other than that no

12. What sports do you play/have played?

LOL NONE 0 like I said I can't run for shit (and have asthma). I did band? And musical theater (backstage)? lol

13. How tall are you?

5'1'' i'm a teacup adult

14. Favorite subject in school?

Honestly I liked all of them. Spanish was my highest grade, but English/Language arts was probably my favorite.

15. Dream job?

Lmao best-selling novelist so I can quit my regular job (I do actually like my day job tho)

Mutuals (only if you want to!!) @arionawrites @brimorganbooks @carminasolis @ceph-the-ghost-writer @daisywords @elijahrichardwrites @faelanvance @flowerprose @ghafasinej @hadeschariots @isabellebissonrouthier @moondust-bard @rsdan @sleepyowlwrites @writingmoth

[jamieanovels]

Find the word tag !!

tagged by the lovely @mjjune <3 thank you!

my words: blue, strike, foreign, tail, tale

your words: note, worth, feign, wing, imaginary

soft tagging: @elijahrichardwrites @rsdan @jaydewritesfiction @thegreatobsesso and anyone else who would like to do this (including my tea cow tag list) !!

all excerpts from tea cow

Blue

The green carpet became pale hardwood laced with feather-thin cracks. Remnants of carpet remained: curls of lime in the corners, an overly large gap under the door. The room was small, windowless, with a black desk that didn’t quite meet the wall and one of those old librarian’s chairs on wheels, complete with a purple, blue, and pink threaded cushion. A neat stack of notebooks and an ancient-looking analog phone sat in front of a dusty desktop screen covered from top to bottom in post-it notes.

Strike

Ruby’s head was still high. Some part of him thought that nothing could strike her down, not even his mother. Maybe that was the part of him that was still nine. Huawei leaned back, adjusted her perch on her dangerously tall rose-red SOLACE stilettos, and cocked her perfect curls at Ruby.

Foreign

A hint of that foreign anger in the pit of his stomach flared. “Would that be so bad?” 

Tail(ed)

Fields full of mustard flowers, lavender blooms, and gnarled oak trees flashed along the side of the road behind its barbed wire fence. At one point, she spotted a quail with a small gaggle of tinier quail chicks trailing it. A few minutes later, a red-tailed hawk perched on the power line above them, spreading its wings.

Tale

The unease in Ruby’s gut started to boil over, traveling down her arms into her trembling fingers. She’d thought (or maybe hoped) he was talking about love. She could understand that in the way one might understand an age-old tale, a familiar voice repeating familiar phrases.

tea cow tag list (please ask to be removed or added): @cyanide-latte @ameliedebruyne @sashki4 @lividdreamz @mjjune @enchanted-lightning-aes @sarcasticjuiceboxes

[writeblrdirectory]

@rsdan

NAME: Riley

PRONOUNS: any

USERNAME/URL: rsdan

SHORT BIO: Hello! My name is Riley and I'm in my 20's returning to tumblr after a long time away. I'm new to writeblr and my prefered genres are usually realistic fiction or anything psycholoical, but I'm open to going wherever the wind does. Writing for me has always been a way to explore emotions and experiences I struggle to untangle otherwise, so I'm very into anything character driven. I also draw a bit on the side!

WIP LINKS:

WIP Intro

WHO I'D LIKE TO CONNECT WITH: I'd like to connect with other over 21 writers (especially any in the self-publishing game) who also enjoy writing stories that explore mature and emotional topics. I also went through a hard dark academia phase a year ago that haunts me still, so I'd love to talk book recs. Feel free to reach out! 

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