hello writers :3 once upon a time i dipped my toes in the writeblr waters as 'wordsbynathan,' and after taking an accidental multi-year break i am back and re-introducing myself! in my absence i started streaming on twitch (though i am currently on hiatus to focus on writing lol) under the name SometimesNat; that's come to feel like the most natural way to 'brand' my online identity, so i'm adopting the name here as well!

as implied, i sometimes go by nat or otherwise by nathan! 27 years old, writer, streamer, walker, currently hyperfixating on magic the gathering. my pronouns are they/them and he/him with a slight preference toward the former until we are at least somewhat acquainted <3 i love music and movies and gaming and long naps and space and cats (sorry i'm a millennial on my mom's side). and i live in the US...unfortunately...

anybody who has spoken to me has heard about burned, my years-in-the-making fantasy WIP that i've written and rewritten more times than the bible has been translated. i'm currently working through the FINAL (so help me) version of burned to be queried. burned is about a superhuman who is essentially kidnapped from his normal life and thrown into a magical college where everybody lowkey hates him. there, he starts to pick apart the mystery of his mother's untimely death. he is very normal about all of it! i have another fantasy/sf novel called antisocial angels alliance which is a little bit stranger things, a little bit degrassi, and VERY gay. currently in the revision stage, i have been ignoring her for Some Time but will hopefully have a polished version finished by the end of this year. AAA is about a group of teenagers who have been genetically engineered by a religious cult to become god warriors for the military. they are super normal about all of it!! finally, on the backburner is a horror novel that is for the moment called dust bunny. an mfa student falls in love with his thesis advisor, but as he continues to write his thesis he feels something strange brewing in his body. the more he writes, the weirder shit gets and the looser his grip on reality becomes. as you can guess, he's incredibly normal about all of it!!!

announcing the writeblr garden's long awaited eighth event: spooky prompts! 🦇 gardeners will be given seven prompts to complete during the last week of october. this event is all about some fun questions that you can answer in any way you choose!

this event will last seven days from october 24th to october 30th, each day has a different prompt! you do not need to do every prompt, but it is preferred you do them in order. you can list things, make edits, share excerpts, show some art- whatever works for you! you can also make multiple posts for each prompt if you have multiple wips you'd like to share.

when creating your post, include the writeblr garden's spooky season prompts in your title (or somewhere in your post.) tag your posts with #writeblrgarden and #twgspookyprompts. if your post is pretty long and text heavy, put a bit of it under a read more to not clog people's dashboards. join our discord server to guarantee your posts are seen and meet other writers! we're looking forward to growing with you 🌱

"The inside of the palace is hauntingly decadent. The great doors they enter through pull themselves open with the squeak of something mechanical. Bedecked in swatches of red and gold, the interior is built upon the wealth of stolen cities and murdered children.  If she is to listen hard enough, will she be able to hear the screams of the dead trapped within the walls?"

 Juliette allows herself to breathe, to pretend that, even for just a moment, she isn’t consumed by a legacy born in bloodshed. Victorian London is on the precipice of destruction. As civil war breaks out between the city’s most formidable gangs, Juliette Edevane finds herself with a daring mission: kill the leaders of the Bonellis and secure her position as heir to London’s underworld. But orchestrating the deaths of Ruth and Cassius Granville is not as simple as it may seem. 

Juliette is swept into a world of murder, magic, and marriage - where a wedding between her and a long-time rival may signify the line between success and failure in her mission. Armed with such an alliance, she must navigate the dangerous waters of a London built on the blood of gang rivalries, where betrayal and death hide around every corner. And yet, with her own heart on the line, she must confront where her true allegiances lie: with her gang, with her husband, or with those she once thought to be her greatest enemies.

genre: new adult fantasy court intrigue pov: 3rd person dual pov stage: re-planning/drafting started: 9.3.2023 projected word count: ~90k Book 1 of 2

A system decreed by the first emperor of Aetier that whoever among his children is the most skillful shall inherit his crown. But time has warped the rules of inheritance dramatically. The only way to survive is to win, and the only way to win is to be the last one standing.

FENICE VI AETIER ◇ the contender | The worst-kept secret of the imperial family, and now an unknown factor in the politics of the Aetier court. The King's Game is her chance to stake her place in history. What she seeks is glory eternal, and she will do whatever it takes to get it.

NIKEPHOROS DEOMINOS ◇ the serpent | The prince of a conquered kingdom, now nothing more than a war prize. He muffles his anger with practiced smiles, playing the game of deception even as it tears him apart at the seams. He will lose either way, all that matters is deciding what he can bear losing.

CHARLES VI AETIER ◇ the favorite | The Vasilier's son with the world at the palm of his hand. The lonely prince with a gentle heart and a willingness to turn a blind eye to the cracks in his perfect family.

SOLA EIDOS ◇ the hound | A man of of unknown origin and a shadowed past, his real name buried beneath the soil of his homeland. He is an information broker, a spy, an assassin-- if you pay the right price. The one thing that can never be bought is his loyalty, a worthy master is hard to find.

SARTORE VITAE ◇ the enigma | An eccentric noble from Leohnthal who can charm his way to a seat at every table. Great with words and even better at half-truths, he is a man that sheds faces as easily as a snake sheds its skin.