#the chained flame

[dragonsaffron]

A Proper Introduction

This post has been sitting in my drafts for literal months at this point, but in response to the impending collapse of Twitter, I figured it was time to finally make a post about my writing so that I could start advertising on this platform.

So, hello, my name is Saffron (though some call me Becca). I am a autistic trans lesbian polyamorous dragonkin (she/they), and I’m a writer. As of right now, the bulk of my writing is available for free online. My main projects are my web novels, which I typically write two of at any given time, releasing chapters every other week on a regular schedule. The publicly available chapters of my novels are available in three places: you can read them on my Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/saffrondragon), on my wordpress page (https://beccawritesbooks.wordpress.com/) or on Scribblehub (https://www.scribblehub.com/profile/9163/saffrondragon/). Warning: Scribblehub is a free story hosting website, so although it has better support structures (bookmarking, ratings, etc) it is also full of weird hentai.

Like I said before, I have a Patreon. As of right now, there are two main benefits to being a patron of mine: at the lowest tier, you get early access to chapters of my books, usually between two and four chapters ahead of the free version depending on how well the writing is going at that time. There’s also a higher tier, which gives access to a collection of short stories I’ve written for Patreon (some of them smutty, others not), and the ability to vote on which short stories I will write next.

And now we get to the reason why I’ve been procrastinating writing this post for so long: now I have to try to summarize all of my various works! The Selene Series: Marcus Farrier is a physics graduate student who gets isekai’d to Selene, a steampunk world where humanity evolved to only have one sex. There, Marcus takes up the name “Emma”, and rapidly gets caught up in the chaotic and deadly politics of Selene, and begins having some revelations about their past, their gender, and how they got to Selene in the first place. The Selene series is actually my longest-running writing project, with four years and two-and-three-quarter books under my belt out of a planned four in total. Currently on hiatus, but I will return to it someday.

The Earthborn Emissary: Alex Sierra is living a normal life, with their girlfriend Miri and their best friend Quinn, until the day they fall ill, go into a coma, and wake up to discover that they’ve just emerged from their chrysalis. Alex is actually an Emissary, an insectoid alien from a species that has been driven to the brink of extinction by a genocide; now, their adoptive parents are going to have to take them into space in search of the other members of their species. My longest single book so far, and the closest thing I’ve come to writing what I would consider to be a “YA” novel. My most popular book, though I don’t quite know why. Currently completed, though I may write a sequel someday. The Chained Flame: My most recent and personal favorite of my novels. It’s a loosely-plotted dark fantasy story telling the life of Lindír, prince of the kingdom of Hvalheim, who was cursed at birth to have the body of a dragon. After growing up in the castle dungeons, Lindír finally finds his freedom, and ends up travelling the North as a wandering entertainer, a savage raider, a royal champion, and more. A very tragic book dealing heavily with the theme of traumatic upbringings. Also features a dragon protagonist who does not at any point become human, nor does he particularly want to. In-progress as of the writing of this post, but barely a week away from completion. I also have a couple of short stories posted, as well as two erotic Locked Tomb fanfics on my AO3 account. I generally post new chapters of my novels every second week, Selene updating on Thursdays and Chained Flame updating on Mondays. 

So yeah, that’s what I do for a living! I’ll probably start making announcement posts for new chapters, both in public and on Patreon, as well as any Patreon exclusives, votes, or anything else writing-related that I’m doing. Indeed, I might be making some more posts later today, so keep an eye out for that. Thank you in advance to anyone who spreads the word, and extra thank you to anyone who actually goes the extra mile and starts supporting me. To all of my followers who aren’t interested in my writing, you can block the “becca writes books” tag, which will cover all of my writing-related posts.

[nighttime-thoughts]

Missing you come in waves. Tonight I'm drowning.

[drogonthered]

Arrax, Vermax and Meleys the Red Queen leave from Dragonstone.

[transflame]

Dragged by chains, Swayed by darkness With nothing but pain And the crackling of my light

[districtscare]

sooo like so like. do we think about how many people haymitch has lost within his life. assuming that his father dies sometime within his childhood because haymitch bares no mention of him and the lack of a father goes unquestioned, that's one. within the 50th with maysliee's death, that's two. 2 weeks post-games, his mother, brother, and girlfriend all are killed. five deaths. from the 51st hunger games and onwards it's racking up to 51, considering that each and every mentee minus katniss and peeta die. (being 46 in total.) so before katniss & peeta are in the picture he's already grappled with that many deaths. so it makes sense that he's so contorted by memories and blood and anguish.

hence why i cannot believe that his family's deaths were the tipping point to start his addiction because there's so much burden to come further within his life. it's a steady journey of hope into despair and desperation and trying so hard to forget. and with these deaths he's so adamantly this embodiment of an overly-empathetic persona. he does anything and everything to keep both kids alive, despite the personal sacrifices. he has such a huge saviour complex and it stems from loss and failure. failure to win, to truly survive. and yet he keeps surviving despite.

[a-literal-toaster-wtf]

anyone ever think about how collectively the aces ultimate goal is to die because . boy do i

[thedeadthree]

THE SUN ON YOUR FACE ON YOUR SHOULDERS ITS GOLDEN MOUTH WHISPERING (SO IT SEEMS) YOU! YOU! YOU! — 𝐂𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐀 𝐕𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐑. 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟. (x)

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[vertigoartgore]

Ghost Rider commission by artist Sean Gordon Murphy (2024).

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Angrath, the Flame-Chained

Artist: Raymond Swanland TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[balladofbells]

Tessa dying in Queen of Air and Darkness:

This Chain of Thorns quote:

[tchaikovskym]

*Giggling under blankets* they don't know vitamin D is a catalyst in serotonin synthesis, that's why standing under the sun can make you feel better

*giggling intensifies* they also don't know melatonin is synthesised from serotonin. Therefore, you can sleep a bit better if you stand under the sun for some time

*evil laughter* they also don't know that this whole serotonin-metabolism chain starts with tryptophan and that you should eat protein not only to build muscle mass but also to just feel like an okay human being

*villain theme music starts* they also don't know that most of serotonin and melatonin is actually in the gut and if you're low on protein or vitamin D you can have tummy problems because of that

*epic chorus* vitamin D dissolves in fat therefore if you're taking supplements you might notice that a lot of them are somehow mixed with oil. But you can do the trick of adding fat to your diet to make it dissolve better

*the end*

[95nasty]

👋🏼

[drogonthered]

Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen sails for Westeros.

[vannpirestims]

Robbie Reyes stimboard for @silkekruse

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[matoitech]

if i dont feel well a good way to if not cheer up then at least get my mind off it is make a new furry

[kaban-bang]

WHY WOULD YOU SUMMON THEM IN ATTACK POSITION