Anonymous asked:
dude, your hair looks SO good!!! it suits you so well
Ahh thank you!! I’m loving it short. Although it keeps getting longer and messier in this pandemic haha.
Oh yeah my hair is short, messy, and purple now, which everyone knows is an antenna for creativity.
FAQ Masterpost:
WRITING TIPS:
- How To Stay Positive
- Write Stories That Are Problematic
- On Being Distracted By Your Phone
- How To Write a Synopsis
- Quick and Easy Writing Tip for Social Media
- 8 Tips to Get You Through NaNoWriMo
- Top Ten First Page Turn Offs
- How to Limit Hand Stress (EDS oriented)
- How to Write Dragons
- How to Write ESL
- How to Choose a Story Idea
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“Help! How do I connect a plot hole?”
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How to Stick to a Writing Schedule (and Keep It)
- The Importance of Exposition
- 8 Ways to Get Past Writer’s Block
- ^^^ Video Version
- Writing a Sword Fight Scene
- Why You Should Write Horribly
- Finding Your Audience
- 5 Ways to Write Solid Description
- How to Make Your Readers Cry
- Scrivener PSA - a Great Writing Software
- Creating a Language
CHARACTER TIPS:
- How To Write Characters Outside of Your Identity
- 5 Ways to Develop a Convincing Character
- How to Write Strong Dialogue
- POV Writing Exercise
- How Do Characters Bond?
- How to Choose Your MC’s Personality
- Writing a Mute Character
- How to Write a Bisexual Character
- How to Avoid Insta-Love
- Writing Gray Characters
- How to Write Believable Romance
EDITING TIPS:
- Stuck? Do this
- How to Use -, –, and —
- How to Read Like a Writer
- For Writers Who Edit When They Should Be Writing
- Getting an Editor - Yes or No?
- How to Up Your Editing Game
NETWORKING:
- How to Find Beta Readers
- On Paying Beta Readers
- How To Find a Critique Partner
- What To Expect From A Critique Partner
- When Considering Feedback
- How to Enter Into Contests/Magazines
- How to Write a Query/Cover Letter
- Marketing Tips
- How to Make Connections
WRITING INSPIRATION:
- How to Find Inspiration to Write
- If You Write Fanfic, Are You a Writer?
- If You Need Someone to Tell You to Write
- How to Stop Being a Beginning Writer
- Stop Feeling Bad
- Read Your Old Work Like This
- To the Writers Who Don’t Write
- On Cliches
- The Steps of Writing
- Why You Should Keep Writing Anyways
- Do YOU Deserve Support?
- Feeling Anxious About Writing?
- Reminder About Writer’s Block
- Need a Pep Talk?
WRITING FUNNIES:
- America’s Next Top Writer
- The Five Types of Writers
- Need a lol? Have a meme
- And another. Because commas are terrible
- On writing fight scenes
- On plot twists
- On story ideas
- On writer’s block
- Writers: What They Say vs What They Mean
- How to Kick Start a Writing Session
- Writing and Friendship and Sacrifice
- Fun Fact
- 15 Things That Make Writer’s Anxious
- First Drafts Suck
- Funny with a twist (also my most popular post ever)
- Search “writing humor” on my blog for a ridiculous amount more
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While I have been gone a while, this is all good content to help with writing adventures!
Requesting Beta Readers
I’m looking for beta readers to read the first 4 chapters of my Adult Epic Fantasy novel, The Blue Flame. I will provide a link to a google document containing the chapters. At the end of each chapter will be a link to a form where you can answer around 6 questions and provide additional feedback.
Word Count: 11,900
Shoot me a message if you’re interested!
The Blurb
Fear the light, not the dark.
A shadow lurker has placed a target on Erador. He refuses to visit the Shadow Realm after the deadly encounter. In the midst of trying to overcome his trauma, a witch comes to Lucrethia.
Yulei promises to cure the dying Master. Erador knows it’s too good to be true. It doesn’t help that the entire continent wants the Master dead. Erador is convinced Yulei will kill him.
Atrocities have arisen since her arrival. Crops are diseased, people are revolting, and the Raven has been freed from his cage. The worst of it—the Master’s favored are being murdered, and Erador is on the list.
Lucrethians believe Yulei will save the Master. Erador can’t get rid of her, not unless he can prove she’s a hoax. The blue flame in her brooch is the only link. To find answers, Erador is forced to venture into enemy territory and walk the unsafe places in the Shadow Realm.
Will Erador overcome his fears of the lurkers, and expose Yulei to save his dying father? Or will he let the light win?
TRIGGER WARNINGS: Adult language, drugs, graphic violence, murder, trauma, and attempted suicide.
I’m still looking for Betas!
Anyone down to beta over quarantine?? @celstefani is the best and we are not worthy.
Here are the latest aesthetics I made for my epic fantasy series, Wardens of the Crystallis.
I was never really into making aesthetics until I started participating in a tag on Twitter. I'm pretty proud of these!
Each one is a different theme.
The Future
Erador has two choices; reach toward the light or be pulled into darkness.
One path will lead to their world’s destruction.
Will Erador find paradise with his father or turn agaisnt him?
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This is a peek into the future of my epic fantasy series. Characters have to decide who they want to work with in order to save their world. Some don't get along, but they have to set their differences aside for the greater good. There is conflicting information, so it's hard for some to choose which is the right path. When they pick a side, relationships are torn apart and they have to work against each other. No matter how much they might not want to.
The Past
Erador always wanders back to Sunflower Alley, where he was almost killed as a child. The recent murders force him back to the Shadow Realm where his killer lurks. He must expose a witch he thinks is behind them and face the lurker that wants him dead.
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Erador's trauma plays a large role in the first book. I was surprised to see it develop into something more complex than I thought it would be. It ties into other character’s stories and the main plot down the line! I'm Soo SO excited and can't wait to explore it in future books.
Tropes
I have yet to see a love triangle done well, but I do enjoy the one in my series.
Artakin, a prince with a haunting past
vs.
Baust, a servant shadowed in mystery.
Who will Valinia choose?
One, both, or none.
I don't even know yet. 😂
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The reason I picked the love-triangle as my favorite trope in my books is because of how much work I put into it. It affects the plot and also is affected by the plot. Each character in the love triangle is an MC and serves a role in the main plot.
Love Interest
Artakin wants nothing more then to be with Valinia, at least he thinks so. He has to adjust to his new reflection and leave his past behind to become the person she has known to love.
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Artakin is quit a complex character and I've only added to him as the years have gone by. It's so interesting to see what I originally thought he would be, to what he has become today. I can't wait for people to see how his story develops!
WE 👏 STAN 👏 ERADOR 👏
Also I’m still rooting for Baust.
There’s still a kiss at the end of every sentence, hanging in the air between us. We watch it grow stale, our lips trembling as we watch it die. And then we look at each other and put a smile on our face. We pretend that it was never there, even as the fumes enter our mouths, our brains, lacing them with bittersweet memories, embedding in our skulls to come out as shadows at night when we try to find the light.
Anonymous asked:
hey! i hope you’re doing well
Thank you, I’m hanging in there! Despite the mess the world is I’m actually pretty deliriously happy.
I hope everyone is staying safe from the plague rats!
When you’re writing and you suddenly realize you don’t know what happens next
When you’re writing and you suddenly realise you DO know what happens next
When you’re writing and you realise you have to write what happens next
Reblogging again because always relevant.
Yup.
I’m pretty much always the last one. Always.
Well this blew up in my absence. Love the additions
chiptunecookie asked:
I miss you friendo
kiramartinauthor answered:
I miss you too! All my Tumblr peeps really.
Life is busy and hectic, especially with my health, school and work takes over most my energy. I haven’t been active on my social media but I have some projects simmering AND I took off the next two weeks and I’m going to do nothing but rest and write and draw. I’m very excited.
Before I’ve mentioned working on a video game with my Nerd. The demo is almost ready, and I’ll definitely post it here for feedback 😀 Our sound guy is doing great things. I’ve been working on art, story, and design, and my Nerd is engineering.
As far as my book, I’m working on some rewrites in the middle where it’s soft and a little aimless. Just needs a plot line removed to tighten it up. My ideas for book 2 are really jelling and I’m just impatient to be done with book 1.
With my health I have the summers to relax from the vigorous schedule I have with my classes and work. (Straight A’s, top of my class in Anatomy and Physiology, fuck yeah.) Relaxing and healing has been my priority because my health really took a dip at the end of the last school year, so I’ve been doing PT all summer to try and get on top of it. My appointments are two weeks apart because that’s how long it takes for my body to do a week of PT 🤣 My projects have taken a back seat to that, but I’m still making progress, even if it’s slow going! Without health, you have nothing. I’ve had more than two years of being bedridden to teach me that.
It sucks knowing that if my health hadn’t taken such a sharp dive with my gastroparesis for two years I would have my book out by now. That if I didn’t have to dedicate so much of my time to dislocations, nausea, and brain fog, I’d have more time and energy to work on my writing, even being in school. But I know I’m investing in a future that will allow me to work and make a living while allowing space for my writing to flourish. It’s easy to get impatient.
I’ve been considering making a new Facebook for shit posting (when I’m hurting) and keeping in contact with my internet people better, so if that appeals to you let me know lol.
Sorry I’ve been so absent! I know a lot of people probably don’t notice or care so it’s flattering to come back to a message like this 💜
You take time for you. You're easily one of my Tumblr highlights so I'm glad you're working on being "better" in the long run so you can go further and do more!
I've pinned down the story I want to tell. Now I've just got to find time and energy to get it on paper/Google docs. But I've also been playing Magic the Gathering, and D&D, and taking inspiration and I might even write a campaign to practice and have fun with.
You’re so sweet, thank you ahhh
That’s awesome on your story! All those are such good platforms for inspiration, especially for fantasy works. It’s good to have low pressure just for fun creative outlets.