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⤑ @tsainami's writeblr re-introduction.

hello everyone! it's been... a while. my name is sai, i'm mixed asian, am on the aroace spectrum, and i write sff. i've been offline due to... being in my 20s... but here's an announcement to say i'm back! soft-back, but back. stay tuned for posts. (and reblogs. lots of reblogs.)

below is a list of the wips i'll be posting about.

  • hundred year dawn (hyd) ya fantasy about a girl cursed to care for a greenhouse in the underworld. features a form of hanahaki, goblins, gods and a ghibli-esque world.
  • practice wip (speaker) upper ya/adult fantasy. i'm half discovery writing this one so all i can say is the sandman meets inkheart. has a fang runin in tpw & tdr type protagonist but if she had a sister she's obsessed with. (also if you know the webtoon the great mage returns after 4000 years, the demigods are similar to the ones there.)

to any friends who follow older wips: i no longer post about them. they've either been shelved (vampire sword wip, formerly known as grave mercy) or discarded (wicked, the 91 days greek mythology thing) to form newer versions. voidwalker (formerly known as a bazaar for magic) is alive and well though and the page is still up and will be receiving updates.

#*mine#[ i haven't been here in so long what are tags. ]#writeblr introduction#writeblr intro#writeblr community#wip updates
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the characters of a treatise of tyrants and thieves — kiru ostayliin

They sat now dwarfed by the shadows of the circular chamber around them, hunched over a desk that ran the circumference of the room. A lit candle to their right, they held a thin, silver blade over the flame, before sliding the tool beneath the wax of a Court seal, whittling with a sure and consistent force. Kiru cared less for perfection in this moment, the seal was marked with the sigil of House Dzarkayn, a sigil the child-herald had long ago crafted a molded copy of, which sat in their small collection of tools they most certainly were not allowed to have.

— From Chapter 2 of A Treatise of Tyrants and Thieves

more of the godswar saga — the directory | wip tag | wattpad (new account!) | spotify playlist

#[ kiru might also be my fave… from the lil bit ive read of them!!!#but all ur ocs r so cool. u are so talented >:( <3 hehe ]#.godswar
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04/23 CAMP NANO PROJECT — SPEAKER by @tsainami

Genre: SFF > Urban Fantasy Status: Draft 0.5 (over 50k of vomit draft in need of cleaning) Camp Nano Goal: To finish a coherent outline/beat write for it. Pitch: Two sisters born to be enemies try their best to survive a world run by demons. Includes: sus trees + sus fruit + sus rats, sisters to enemies, a library of monsters, the mystery of an erased age and just a little bit of cosmic horror.

General Taglist: @adaparkwrites @ahusaka @astorsa @godswar @solariswrites @seasteading @serpentarii @the-saints-asylum @vandorens-archive
#wip: spkr#*mine#[ made this for a twitter event and looked at tumblr and thought#well why the hell not.#not guaranteed to post more about this wip in the future. but then again i am not a guaranteed poster here either! so who knows.#are you joining camp nano? 👀 ]
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merry christmas and/or happy holidays, everyone!! <3 while we're here, a lil writing update: i've taken the 50k i wrote for nano and dissected it so i could weed out the parts i didn't like. i ended up deleting 20k words (it was a vomit draft, this was inevitable). now i'm outlining for structure and we are!! closing in on finishing off act one. >:)

#.updates
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We interrupt this lovely readalong for more HarperCollins union news.

Namely, the union is on strike. HarperCollins, the second largest publishing house in the United States, has made record profits (in the billions) but refuses to pay its employees a living wage or negotiate in good faith. Unlike the one-day strike earlier this year, this will be an open-ended strike, to last until a fair, good-faith contract is agreed upon.

I cannot overstate the implications here. HarperCollins is a 200-year-old behemoth with over 120 imprints, owned by billionaire Rupert Murdoch. You have reads books from this company, I guarantee it. You have enjoyed movies and TV shows spawned by this company. The workers striking at the blood and sweat responsible for launching those properties you love. And as Harper goes, so goes the rest of the industry. If we raise the living standards for one, so the pressure increases on other companies to raise it for all.

The Harper Union need your support. They have a full thread here, but here’s the gist of what they’re asking:

EVERYONE:

- Donate to the strike fund if you can

- Politely email Harper’s HR (peopleteam@harpercollins.com) and the CEO (brian.murphy@harpercollins.com) to express your support for the strike and the union.

- Boost their message on social media and among your social circles (here are some assets you can use to do that)

- If you are in the NY metro area, come join the picket line at 195 Broadway in Manhattan!

BLOGGERS/REVIEWERS/BOOKSTAGRAMMERS/BOOKTOKERS:

- If possible, please hold all reviews of Harper titles until the strike is over. (And I would add, if you feel comfortable doing so, tell Harper why.)

FREELANCERS/INDUSTRY HOPEFULS:

- Don’t be a scab. Don’t take new freelance projects or temporary positions while the strike is ongoing.

BOOKSTORES/BOOKSELLERS:

- Share the “I Stand With” graphic

- Print and distribute the union bookmark at your store

AUTHORS/AGENTS:

- Do not submit or sign new contracts to Harper until the union’s own contract is finalized.

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Please note they are not asking for a boycott on Harper titles. A boycott would harm the authors, who have nothing to do with this, so the union is explicitly requesting no boycott.

Also, please do not @ Harper social accounts to yell at them. Direct all feedback to that peopleteam email. The majority of folks watching those accounts are out on the picket line anyways, and their managers have already been warned that, as non-union members, they risk termination if voice any public support for the strike.

For more info, check out the union’s accounts on Twitter and Instagram. I also recommend this Twitter thread for some hard facts and figures.

Want something you can share on TikTok? Check out Carmen’s video here.

#.boost
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heads up, seven up tag game

rules: share the last seven lines you wrote and tag seven people.

tagged by @godswar & @theinfinitedivides. ty friends! below is an excerpt from cursed gardeners wip (or hundred year dawn).

“Konbanwa, Broom-san,” I smiled, hoping pleasantry would appease it. 
Late! It rustled angrily. Late, late, late!
“S-Sorry. Um, is Kaho awake?”
But Broom turned and swept away, abruptly ending our conversation. 

tagging @seasteading @thepixiediaries @ink-flavored @cielhelm @serpentarii @vorskra & @parttimeghost.

#[ this took me four rewrites because this app is so buggy istg.#tumblr it’s been 84 years how are you still this buggy. 🤡 ]#.tag games#wip: hyd#[ do i put in the wip taglist even though it’s just an excerpt… maybe….? ]
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wriblr intro!!

hey, everyone!

pronouns are he/they. i'm a web dev by day and an aspiring writer & artist by night. a bit about my writing:

  • i write fantasy.
  • i love weird magic.
  • forest magic!!
  • faeries, elves, weird nature-inspired creatures/stuff, etc
  • heavy focus on the platonic aspect of relationships, even in romances, because, well, i'm aroace.
  • also here for siblings, friends, platonic relationships in general!
  • most of my characters are nonbinary and in the aro/ace spec, usually masculine-leaning.
  • i don't write ya or middle grade. all my stuff is adult.

i'm currently reevaluating my wips to see which ones i'd like to keep/work on moving forward, but these two are 100% staying:

#ANTISNOWWHITE

fantasy | post-apocalyptic | mystery | faeries | creepy forest | fairy tale-inspired | revenge & redemption

in a world that was once covered and ruled by a magical, bloodthirsty forest and its monstrous inhabitants, a young prince is exiled to its borders for mysterious reasons and raised by seven shadow wolves until, ten years later, he finally manages to escape. his goal now is simple: get his throne and kingdom back.

#FANTASY ROMANCE WIP

romance | fantasy | faeries | creepy forest | monster li

no blurb yet! but it's a story about rowan, a hunter, and loifa, the deity/faerie that protects his village. set in the same world as antisnowwhite, but with a completely different cast of characters.

my plan is to write a good chunk of fantasy romance wip during nanowrimo. it's my first time writing a romance so it will be interesting.

that's it, i guess! i'm always looking for more writers to follow, especially if we write the same genre!

you can also find me on twitter and instagram.

#u. writingmoth#[ antisnowwhite sounds right up my alley 👀 ]#[ hello!! ]
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the maps of a treatise of tyrants and thieves — the isle of vsyhna

It sat in the way of a great cat, its head held high against the dull winter morning, its mane of dark stone topped with gilded spires that fell aimlessly into a cloudbank above, just as gracefully as it ran down against the cliff faces below, all of it topped in a thick dusting of snow and ice. From its crown, between the white marble of the city above, came rivers, steaming in the coolness as they fell into the mud and sea beneath. And it was between these great pillars of water, in the shadowed expanse of space beneath this feline's chin, that the Sunken Cities lay.

— From Chapter 2 of A Treatise of Tyrants and Thieves

more of the godswar saga — the directory | wip tag | wattpad (new account!) | spotify playlist

drawing process — https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cg0caUlMl8j/

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#[ GASP.#dan we talked about map makers for fantasy novels we admired like a year ago and now you make something on par with one of the favorites??#oh you talented rascal you. ]#u. godswar
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VORSKRA - A WRITEBLR (RE) INTRODUCTION

Hello, my name is Vall! I used to have another blog (that I will quickly delete as soon as I can) but I had a 2020 existential crisis so big I couldn’t even write or draw or even open tumblr for the life of me. Because of this I felt my blog was stale and that I had to renew it and change a few things so here we are, friends. 
A few things about me I guess: I’m an archeologist doing my masters, I’m 22 and I’m tired perpetually. I have 4 cats and 1 dog and tbh I live for them. I’m also an artist (not going to say I’m a good one though I’m not that confident) and I dabble on graphic design. 

MY WIPS

a curse most foul - dark fantasy in which everyone gets an existential crisis because so do i all the time. it follows five characters through several thousands of years and a lot of emotional dread.
ama and the painted world - aka the most whimsical, self indulgent fantasy with more mental health undertones that follows a girl who wants very badly to be a sucessful painter but her obsession gets her stuck in her own painted world and now she has to figure out how to leave before it swallows her up.

OTHER BLOGS

butchrofblaviken - a multifandom blog that is mostly video games and I’ll hopefully post my own edits and gifsets on this one. like i’ll actually use this one this time beyond just reblogging shitposts i promise.
vorskra-art - this one is just for art. i’ll reblog art and hopefully also post art at some point as well.  PLEASE IF YOU HAVE AN ART BLOG TELL ME BTW.

MISC

wattpad .   pinterest .   ko-fi.
I will be making a mobile navigation friendly post + proper wip intros as soon as I can which is basically as soon as uni lets me. Hell, just making all these blogs took me a WHILE. 
Beneath the read more I will tag people who very kindly asked to be tagged in this intro, thank you guys for following my dumbass all the way here:

Keep reading

#u. vorska#[ vall omfg it’s been forever. ]
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the conlang of a treatise of tyrants and thieves — vsyhnian

The main language used by those who live on the island country of Vsyhna, as well as certain parts of northeastern Ashvayr. There are a number of dialects, both spoken and written, though its most distinct can be found along divisions of social class. Only those noble- and highborn are, in accordance with the Marks of Four, given the right to literacy.

more of the godswar saga — the directory | wip tag | wattpad (new account!) | spotify playlist

photo id under the cut —

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#[ ur blog is cool because it’s like cracking open an encyclopedia abt another world#reading assignments can keep coming I am a determined student. ]#u. godswar
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HUNDRED YEAR DAWN by @tsainami — a wip introduction.

One hundred years of silence. One hundred years of you.

GENRE: fantasy > ya fantasy AUDIENCE: upper ya STATUS: drafting PITCH: A retelling of Izanami-no-mikoto meets Axie Oh's The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea. All Junri wants is to fulfil her family’s soul debt and free them of their curse. But when a human girl falls from the sky, she risks the wrath of the goddess to rescue her. Now Junri faces an impossible choice: save family or herself?

This started out as a novella, which you might be able to tell from this post. The format, the plot and most of setting has changed but the roots remain the same. I started this novel version of it late last year.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT: a ghibli underworld, with cursed girls, and angry goddesses, platonic soulmates to enemies, cute spirits, found family, horrific flowers that trap souls, a story that will give you a warm hug before beating you senseless, fluffy tragedy (or tragic fluff).

—hyd taglist: [n/a]
—general taglist: @adaparkwrites @ahusaka @astorsa @godswar @pperegrines @solariswrites @seasteading @serpentarii @the-saints-asylum @vandorens-archive @zielenheil
#sr
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