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terrapwaters · 4 months

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Friends, my short story Ancient Hearts Unearthed, will be included in Aether Beyond the Binary, an anthology from Duck Prints Press (@duckprintspress). Above is the awesome cover art by non-binary artist Mar Spragge. Our Kickstarter runs through January 25th! It’s all about characters outside the binary (nonbinary, agender, genderqueer, etc.) in an aetherpunk setting! We’re almost 60% funded with 16 days left.

Here’s an excerpt from my story about a pair of archeologists exploring a newly uncovered cave:

Sasha almost ran into Victoria, stopping short. Over her shoulder, they saw the cavern wall. The appearance of the rock was unusual enough to draw Sasha’s attention to the fact that they’d come to a dead end. “Those markings are too regular to be natural.” They stepped around Victoria and reached out to run their fingers over the rock, feeling the way shapes had been carved into it. “They’re pictographs. Or runes, perhaps?” They turned to Victoria. “What does the ancient rune expert have to say about them?” “I’m…” She took a long, silent moment to look at the wall, moving her light around and tracing the shapes with her fingers. “I can’t see them well enough. We need the supplies to make rubbings. And more light.” “Where can we get anything other than aetherwork light sources?” “Candles, I suppose.” Victoria looked down at her hand, pressing the red light on and off. “Or some sort of electricity lamp.” She snickered. “Whale oil?” Then Victoria turned and ran a hand over the runes again. “What bothers me is that these are early Age of Aether markings. You see the way they’re using archaic forms of our letters?” Sasha leaned closer. “I’ll be damned. This doesn’t match the bronze era artifacts in the rest of the cave, either.” They made a tiny humming noise. “Who else would have this much knowledge of ancient runes?” As Victoria leaned as close as she could to the wall, she asked distractedly, “What do you mean?” “Obviously, it’s a fake,” they said, mulling over the problem in their head. “Sanderson has wanted my place on the admissions committee since he joined the department.” “What if it’s not a fake?” Victoria made a tiny, excited noise. “What if this is early Aether Age work? What if this is a secret that’s been buried for almost a thousand years?” Sasha’s heart swooped at the thought. “We have to find out what that inscription says.”

If you want to find out what happens next, please back our kickstarter campaign!

#queer fiction #terra writes things #duck prints press #aether beyond the binary #writers of tumblr #writeblr #writing community

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deathbycoldopen · 4 months

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Concept art for my short story "Flower and Rot" featured in the anthology Aether Beyond the Binary, published by @duckprintspress

Excerpt:

Four dozen minds linked by Aether watched me through thousands of leaves and roots and flowers as I hurried away. Their attention bored into my back right up to the moment I switched off the Aethercoil and the flow of Aether abruptly stopped. The grove became just an unusually lush garden. I was alone once more. The thing growing inside my eye stopped too, but I couldn’t afford to hope that it had shriveled away without Aether to feed it. My vision was still cloudy in that eye, and the whole area was delicate and tender. Spitting rain formed halos around the streetlights as I reached the drugstore parking lot. I clumsily fished for my keys with my left hand, keeping the right firmly covering my eye. My shitty sedan was the only car in the lot, but I checked every line of sight around me before stepping into the driver’s seat. I was pretty sure I was alone. I couldn’t take the chance that I was wrong. I already knew what I would see, but I had to know how fucked I was. I pulled down the visor and flipped open the mirror. Rot.

The Kickstarter for Aether Beyond the Binary is now live and waiting for you to back it! Check it out here!

Some detail shots under the cut:

#duck prints press #aether beyond the binary #aetherpunk #my art #my writing #anthology #kickstarter

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tryslora · 3 months

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Aether Beyond the Binary

I have wanted to read this set of stories since the anthology was first announced. The more I see, the more I cannot wait, so I really REALLY want to see it fund.

4 days left, and about $2300 to goal. 83% funded. SO CLOSE.

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#crowdfunding #kickstarter #queer fiction #queer short fiction #signal boost

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copperbadge · 3 months

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Radio Free Monday

Good morning everyone, welcome to Radio Free Monday! Sorry it's on Tuesday...the day off yesterday messed up my brain!

Ways to Give:

awheckery linked to a fundraiser their friend Bill has organized for burial expenses and a memorial service for Jean, a trans activist who recently passed. You can read more and support the fundraiser here.

Anon linked to a fundraiser for ladyyatexel, who is currently unemployed and needs to raise $2500 to cover rent and expenses for January and February; you can read more, reblog, and support the fundraiser here.

Anon linked to a fundraiser for Hunter, who needs help paying for specialist surgical treatment for her basset hound Myrtle's severe glaucoma; they're also trying to defray costs of previous treatments. You can read more and support the fundraiser here.

Anon linked to a fundraiser for sovay, whose cat recently passed from kidney disease; they're raising funds to cover treatment expenses prior to Autolycus's passing. You can read more and support the fundraiser here.

News To Know:

Anon wanted to let people know about Duck Prints Press, a small indy press that specializes in queer stories, including a lot of short fiction and anthologies published through Kickstarter; they've published queer fanworks based on Much Ado About Nothing and The Three Musketeers, among others. They're running a campaign right now called Aether Beyond the Binary, featuring nonbinary protagonists in aetherpunk (magic-tech fusion) worlds. You can read more at their site or support their Kickstarter here.

Recurring Needs:

rilee16 is raising funds to cover utilities, to afford medication and possibly an upcoming move without local support and with short paychecks; their roommate, who in the past has been physically aggressive, has destroyed some of their belongings and stolen controlled medications. You can read more, reblog, and find giving information here.

thelastpyler is raising funds for food for the week and medication for their sister; you can read more, reblog, and find giving information here.

chingaderita's partner's family house recently caught fire and completely burned, killing his grandmother and causing extensive property loss; he has also recently lost his job due to the fire, and a number of family members have since become ill. They're raising funds to keep food on the table, and get their partner mental health aid, and now are looking at doctor's bills for medical treatment. You can read more, reblog, and support the fundraiser here.

thegeeksqueaks is a high school science teacher (who has fundraised previously for supplies and comfort items for her students, particularly her neurodivergent and queer students) who has been seeking a diagnosis for ongoing migraines, vertigo, and head pain for most of the year; she now has a diagnosis and a procedure date, but needs to raise $1.5K to cover the post-insurance payment estimate. You can read more, reblog, and find giving information here, give via Paypal here, and give via Venmo here.

And this has been Radio Free Monday! Thank you for your time. You can post items for my attention at the Radio Free Monday submissions form. If you're new to fundraising, you may want to check out my guide to fundraising here.

#radio free monday #charity #philanthropy #fannish community

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thechaoscryptid · 3 months

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A Very Duck Prints Press Handwriting Meme

Happy National Handwriting Day! @duckprintspress is doing a handwriting meme for the occasion (and if you're heading thataway, check out the Kickstarter for Aether Beyond the Binary).

The prompts:

Write your URL

Write the name you write under

Write "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."

Copy out a favorite book quote

Write anything you want using your non-dominant hand

Draw a duck!

Tag five friends

Tagging (as always, no pressure): @asablehart , @365runesofthesystem , @asa-writes-stuff , @thefatladysang , and @chocolatecatcupcakecheese

Behold, my "this would make a good ransom note" handwriting and the first thing I've drawn in actual YEARS.

#duck prints press #my writing #on a technicality lmao #tag game

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pearwaldorf · 3 months

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A Very Duck Prints Press Handwriting Meme

From @duckprintspress. Check out their Kickstarter Aether Beyond the Binary for stories of people beyond the gender binary exploring worlds changed by magical aether.

Rules: answer the following questions by handwriting your replies then posting a picture to Tumblr (or the platform of your choice). Then, tag five friends to do the same!

Questions:

Write your url.

Write the name you write under.

Write "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."

Copy out a favorite book quote.

Write anything you want using your non-dominant hand.

Draw a duck!

Tag five friends. As always, if you want to do this, consider yourself tagged.

Written using my Stipula Ventidue on Tomoe River paper.

#pear does a meme

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ramblingandpie · 4 months

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The Aether Beyond the Binary kickstarter is so close to $9k and I've got The Anticipation for when I can start posting Over 9000!!!!!

So uh if you haven't backed and you like gender that's outside the binary and/or aetherpunk and/or short stories, do the thing so I can post the sillies!

#signal boost #writing #duck prints press

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hairasuntouchedaspartoftheamazon · 4 months

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Seb's 2023 Fic Roundup!

A spiffy little collection of all the fic I've written this year, sorted by fandom! If you read any of this and like it, I highly reccomend checking out my original work that I've published through Duck Prints Press: 'That Danger Would Seem Sport', in the anthology She Wears The Midnight Crown, and 'Pensacola's Most Wanted', in the anthology Aim For The Heart. I also have a story coming up in Aether Beyond the Binary titled 'Un Charco, Un Lago', and that anthology is currently in the funding stages right now! Very exciting!

But without further ado: My Fic.

Our Flag Means Death

Being Jim 2.3k (Other, Oluwande Boodhari/Jim Jimenez)

The Mechanisms

Sand On The Shore 862 words (Other, Ashes O'Rielly/Ivy Alexandria)

Ashes' Final Fuck You Song 3k (Gen)

Cruel Little Clockwork 194 words, (Gen)

The Sandman

It's About Old Friends 1.2k (M/F, Other, Dream of the Endless/Lucienne)

The Locked Tomb Series

If In The End I End With You 759 words (F/F, Gideon Nav/Harrowhark Nonagesiumus)

Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys

Masks and Mailboxes 11.4k (Other, Jet Star/Party Poison)

Count to Seventeen (Close Your Eyes) 17.3k (Gen, Other, Jet Star/Fun Ghoul)

And Make It Our Own 3.7k (Other, Jet Star/Party Poison)

How To Acquire a Child: A Guide For the Gainfully Unemployed 7.3k (Gen, Other, Jet Star/Fun Ghoul) WIP

Useless Advice in the Name of Chivalry 4.7k (Other, Jet Star/Fun Ghoul)

What I'm getting out of this is that I have moved from writing a lot of M/M to writing a LOT of things with nonbinary people in them. Special thanks to Ashes O'Rielly and Jim Jimenez for supporting my insane transgender needs. Here's to 2024 continuing that trend!

#sebastian speaks #sebastian writes #fanfiction #danger days #the mechanisms #the sandman #our flag means death #gideon the ninth #fic roundup

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beardwitchbrews · 7 months

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ROCCO IS FEASTING

Okay but Rocco has easily become one of my favorite commander's so far this year. I love that: 1) they are non-binary! My partner and I have both been exploring our gender expression, so it's nice to see MtG exploring that, as well. 2) they're a group hug deck in my favorite type of way- giving everyone cards and letting them play them play more magic, while also being semi-political. "You could kill Rocco, but if you don't, I'll give you some counters...! And, hey, what about those sweet sweet cards?" 3) THEY MAKE FOOD. Food is maybe my favorite thing Magic has done in the last decade. Ton of flavor (haha), utility, and ability to keep you in the game when the aggro opponent is going off. Plus, when you add in cards like Academy Manufactor, Ghirapur Aether Grid, & Food Fight, you can really do some fun, explosive things things. 4) they play with impulsive draw and exiling cards. Their trigger is a ton of fun to build around. From Laelia to Bell Borca to Faldorn, we keep getting powerful creatures that care about the exile zone, and that scratches a very specific itch I have.

Which leads me to my main topic: WOW, these Dr. Who cards are really playing into Rocco's strengths. We're getting some fantastic food synergies and exile triggers! Especially after LTR & WOE's buffet of food cards, I am constantly updating this list. Cannot wait to add Flaming Tyrannosaurus, especially- what an absolute banger.

Generally, the whole Universes Beyond thing has been something I have been fairly mid on. When it started with the Walking Dead, I was pretty put off by the idea. Now that we've been living in the future where Street Fighter, 40k, Stranger Things, and Lord of the Rings cards have been running around our game for years now, though, I guess I've just accepted that this is Magic now, take it or leave it.

I have NO affinity for Dr. Who. I somehow completely dodged the fandom, even when I dated someone with a stuffed dalek. But the passion for these designs leap off the cards, and that passion is infectious. These designs (if a bit convoluted and wordy, just like the source material) are inspired, and there is something so nice about being like, y'know what? Here's this guy with a sandwich, hanging out in my grandpa's garage, and now he's in my commander deck, helping me with Night of the Sweet's Revenge synergy.

I've been working on a Rocco list since Aftermath, but it keeps creeping past that 100 mark... will update once we get a more solid brew! Cheers~

#hol up let them cook #mtg #mtg commander #mtg brew #edh #universes beyond #rocco street chef #dr. who mtg

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duckprintspress · 26 days

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Become an Advance Reader for Duck Prints Press!

Reviews are essential for showing prospective readers that we’re publishing awesome books that they want to buy and read. We’re looking to recruit an active group of people who post reviews of our work, and to do that we need your help! For the first time, we’re offering Advance Reader Copies (ARCs) of one of our projects: Aether Beyond the Binary, our most recent anthology, featuring 17 stories of characters outside the gender binary exploring modern-esque aetherpunk worlds.

How it works: You see this post. You think, oh, I love reading! I love leaving reviews! I want to join the Duck Prints Press Reviewer Program! Then, you go and read the rules for our Reviewer Program. And, if everything there sounds like something you can do, you fill out the form, and – we’ll be in touch! Even better: this program isn’t only for Aether Beyond the Binary, and isn’t only for “advance” titles. Our reviewers are encouraged to claim titles that are currently released, too, to help build up a robust collection of reviews of Duck Prints Press titles!

Requirements:

You must be over 18 years old.

You must be prepared to post reviews on Goodreads and/or Storygraph.

You must also post the review on the appropriate listing on the Duck Prints Press webstore (for advance titles, you’ll have to wait ’til we list them there).

Upon acceptance to the program, you must join the Duck Prints Press Book Lover’s Server.

Reviews must be at least 100 words long must and engage with the actual content of the work being reviewed.

Reviews must be left within 6 months of claiming a title, or you will be removed from the program.

What isn’t Required:

That the reviews be positive. Reviews are for readers. We require that reviews be honest to your own experience of the work, not that they be glowing.

That you post the reviews to social media. Doing so is definitely a bonus, but you don’t have to.

That you associate yourself publicly with the review-leaving (beyond using a valid Goodreads and/or Storygraph account). As in, you don’t have to say, “I, (your name here), reviewed this book” or link your book website accounts with your existing social media presence or anything like that, nor do we request any demographic information beyond confirmation of your age.

That you purchase anything. Absolutely no purchase necessary!

What You Get:

A e-book copy (ePub and/or PDF) of the work you’re reviewing. We do not provide physical ARCs.

After you post your first review, you’ll get a coupon for 10% off a purchase from the Duck Prints Press webstore!

For every ten reviews you post, you can claim a freebie sticker from among our sticker offerings, if you want. (You’ll have to provide a snail mail address to get this, of course.)

A community of fun book-lovers to hang out with! (You can get that even without joining the ARC program, though – our Book Lover’s Discord is open to everyone.)

We’re accepting applicants for claiming Aether Beyond the Binary ARCs through April 10th, 2024. On the 11th, we’ll randomly select 25 of applicants to receive ARC copies of Aether Beyond the Binary. Everyone else will still be entirely welcome in the program and invited to start with a different, back-catalog book or story to review. We’ll make another pool of Aether Beyond the Binary ARCs available in May.

So… those are the basics. Interested? Go read the full rules, then apply to be a Duck Prints Press ARC reader TODAY!

#duck prints press #about us #aether beyond the binary #advanced reader program #arc #advance reader copy #reviewer program #queer book reviews

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florilege-studio · 4 months

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Intro

Hi! I'm Flore Picard (any pronouns), I'm a French author and artist and linguist.

Under other names I'm a fanfiction devourer and writer but here I'm going to talk about original writing and art, linguistics, and anything else that catches my fancy outside of fandom. Expect dragons, tall ships, queerness, disability representation and octopuses, probably.

I'm finally opening a blog in my name in honour of my first original short story coming out in an anthology published by @duckprintspress, Aether Beyond the Binary! The story is titled The Light Organ and it's about a magical storytelling organ, a nonbinary musician and a small broken family finding each other and themselves. The kickstarter campaign is open, please go check it out!

I'm also @florilegeart on Instagram, Bluesky and Mastodon where I mostly post my art.

Blog navigation (subject to change):

I don't have many tags yet but my own writing will be tagged #florilege's stories and my art #florilege's art, and other original posts #florilege's things.

Images in original posts will be described in alt text. I don't have the spoons to describe images in other people's posts more than occasionally, but I try to prioritize reblogging posts with described images.

There may be the occasional post in French or in both French and English (which will start with something like 'fr/en').

TWs/CWs will be tagged as best as I can, but feel free to send me an ask or a DM if I forget something. I usually tag in this format: #cw [thing]

#beautiful writing and #beautiful art are my tags for other people's writing and art.

This post will be pinned and edited as needed, especially the links.

#intro post #florilege's things

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terrapwaters · 3 months

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Check out my newsletter at the above link, or under the read more!

Newsletter #5

January 24, 2024

Welcome to my newsletter! You signed up to be on my mailing list, so first I want to thank you for taking an interest in my work! Thank you!

What have I been up to lately?

Aether Beyond the Binary

24 hours left to back our Kickstarter! Don’t miss your chance to grab this anthology before it’s too late!

As I mentioned in my last newsletter, my short story Ancient Hearts Unearthed, will be included in Aether Beyond the Binary, an anthology from Duck Prints Press. Above is the awesome cover art by non-binary artist Mar Spragge. It’s all about characters outside the binary (nonbinary, agender, genderqueer, etc.) in an aetherpunk setting! Our Kickstarter runs through tomorrow, January 25th!

Here’s an excerpt from my story about a pair of archeologists exploring a newly uncovered cave:

If you want to find out what happens next, please back our kickstarter campaign!

Nyctophobia Series (and more) under the read more!

For those of you who read my long Stranger Things Stoncy series, Mr. Sandman, Nyctophobia is the original sci-fi series based on elements of that story. Phase Shift is the first book in the series. I’m now posting it to my Patreon and Ream sites.

Details

Rating: Teen and up

Tags: science fiction, alternate dimensions, teen characters, friendship, bisexual main character (minor references), lesbian character, nonbinary character, aliens

Summary: Despite being a self-professed science geek, high school freshman Camilla Mitchell has had a secret imaginary friend for years. It comes as quite a shock when said friend, Emma, accidentally drags her into a dimension full of hostile telepathic creatures. Cam’s friends, her brother, Oliver, and her mother, Kathryn, work furiously to solve her disappearance and bring her home. Other members of their small Minnesota town disappear, one after the other, including Lizzy Becker’s best friend, who is ripped from her arms. Lizzy badgers loner Oliver into working with her to rescue their missing loved ones. They discover a bridge between the two worlds—a bridge that allows the hostile creatures from Cam’s newly-discovered dimension into ours. If there’s a bridge, there’s a way to rescue the people taken. Right?

Content warnings: disordered eating, emetophobia, child abuse mention, homophobic bullying, teen characters in danger, gun violence, physical violence, abduction

The prologue and first chapter are now available for free on both Patreon and Ream! Chapters 2 through 4 are available to the $4/mo subscribers on either platform. New chapters drop weekly, on Wednesdays!

If you can’t subscribe now, backing during any month at the $4 level will get you access to all the members-only chapters posted up to that date while you’re subscribed. I’ll let you guys know when it’s getting close to fully posted, if you want to pay just for that month.

I finished adding all the Phase Shift details to the new series bible, which will help me as I finish the rewrite of the second book in the series, Inertia. This sequel is where the OT3 relationship takes off and I start incorporating elements of Mr. Sandman into the original series. Currently, Inertia is 80k words and about 4 chapters short of the end. I could use some help from an alpha reader to iron out the rest of the plot. If you’re interested, please let me know by emailing [email protected]. I’m more than willing to trade alpha reads/critiques for a similarly sized project (or projects.)

Magnolia Way Series

This series is my take on a “Friends”-like sit-com in novella form. It’s centered on a four-person polycule living together in Chicago, 1999. They move into an apartment building full of colorful characters, and meet the cute girl who lives across the hall.

Moving Day (Book 1)

I finished a rewrite of the first version (that version is still available on Amazon). The rewrite needs to be beta read and edited, and I’ll likely start publishing to Patreon and Ream once Phase Shift is completely posted. It’s 18k, rated Teen on the AO3 scale. If you’d like to beta read the book, please let me know by emailing [email protected]. I’m more than willing to trade beta reads/critiques for a similarly sized project (or projects.)

Spilled Coffee (Book 2)

This book is available now on Amazon. I’ll probably make some significant rewrites before this one goes to Patreon/Ream as well.

Overnight (Book 3)

This one has been beta read and is waiting for my edits!

Besides the above-mentioned editing, the next step for this series is to start writing book 4, which takes place during a Halloween party!

The Deity Tetrarchy

A.K.A Four Gods. This is a fantasy world I’ve been really inspired to write in recently. There are four gods and their domains are Time, Force, Life, and Death. The God of Time, Tempus, rules the Underrealm (where souls are eternal), while the God of Death, Tenemor, rules the Overrealm (where all living things must die). The Goddess of Life, Anivita, spends summer in the Overrealm and winter in the Underrealm. It’s vice versa for the Goddess of Force, Potentia, also known as the Winter Queen. The children of Life and Death are immortals known as clerics, responsible for shepherding the mortal souls in their care through their lives in the Overrealm. The children of Time and Power are immortals known as timekeepers, who care for souls in the Underrealm, where they rest and heal from the rigors of the Overrealm.

I have a few stories I’ve written or that I’m working on in this context.

The Wayward Timekeeper - An immortal cleric must go on a quest through the Underrealm to save his mother, the Goddess of Life. You can read this rated-Teen 9k word fantasy adventure story by backing the Duck Prints Press Patreon at the $10 level. Backing gets you access to a ton of awesome stories by fantastic authors. You can also buy this story as part of the author bundle add-on for the Aether Beyond the Binary Kickstarter!

Dancing for the King (working title) - Andelion has practiced for years to be allowed to dance for the god king of the Overrealm on the summer solstice. It’s the one day of the year his marriage vows lapse and the king can take a lover. This is going to be my contribution to this April’s DPP Patreon. It’ll be explicit, around 7k, m/m, with some delicious size difference content.

Laurel (working title) - When the impossible happens and an immortal cleric is murdered, Laurel must find out how. If someone has figured out how to kill the children of the gods, she and her siblings are all in danger. This is the novel I worked on drafting during Nanowrimo 2023. I’m expecting it to sit at a T rating, mostly a mystery/thriller in this fantasy setting. The main relationship will probably be f/f and maybe an f/f/f V-shaped triad. I’ve got some good content (about 30k), but I decided I needed to start the story further back in the timeline than I initially planned. I’ve also rethought a few of the characters and their roles, but I think a rough draft should be doable. I’ve done a lot more worldbuilding and identified a few characters who were missing from the story structure, so it’s coming along!

Here’s a snippet of Laurel:

Laurel ignored the screeching shouts of the band of children running through the monastery halls, until the door to her workroom opened and closed. A child wearing a hat with cat-shaped ears pressed his back to the door, panting with his eyes closed. Sweat shined on his freckled face, but when he opened his dark eyes and they twinkled, Laurel couldn’t help but smile. She raised one eyebrow at her little brother. “Who did you piss off this time, Teddy?” “Editha,” he said with a cringe. As he left the door and joined her at the worktable, he held up a curled lock of inky black hair. Laurel gasped and grabbed it out of his hand. “What did you do?” He grinned. “She said she wanted me to cut it. I decided she’d look best with short hair.” “Katysha is going to kill you.” Teddy tilted his head for a second, then asked, “Does it hurt? Dying?” “We can’t die.” Laurel set the lock of hair aside. “Yeah, but do you think it does?” As a cleric, Laurel had attended the deaths of several Houndsborough residents. She could lie to Teddy, but he’d be ill prepared for when it was his turn to start attending the dead and dying. Nodding, she said, “Yeah. It does.”

Marina (working title) - Marina only meant to go to the autumn equinox festivities in the capital city with her brother. She didn’t expect to be recognized as the reincarnated soul of the god-king’s former lover. I’ve got about 10k of explicit material, and I’m envisioning this as a series of short stories/novelettes as Marina gets pulled into the politics and intrigue of the palace and its harem.

Others—I’ve got a few ideas around how the Goddess of Life, Anivita, would use her powers to experiment, and I’ve written a few snippets, but they’re still really rough.

Get Your Words Out

This year, I decided to focus on editing and planning. I’ve committed to work on writing for 20 minutes a day, for 350 days of the year. So far, I’ve done writing tasks on 22 of 23 days this month! I took the day off when I had a major dental procedure, but I’m still on track!

What am I reading?

I’ve been keeping track of my reading over on storygraph. Feel free to follow me there, and I’d love to follow you back!

Jay’s Gay Agenda by Jason June—I read this for book club. It was a little uneven with the characterization, but I can see why people found it cute.

Sordidez by E.G. Conte—this was an interesting novella about future decolonization of the Caribbean and the Yucatan. I feel like a lot of it went over my head, but I found it an interesting mix of viewpoints and unlike everything else I normally read. I’m glad I picked it up off the library’s choice reads shelf!

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir—I’m not quite halfway done with this one, and still very confused, but I’m enjoying the ride!

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé—This one is my current audiobook. It’s about lies and intrigue in a fancy private school, and I’m eagerly listening on to find out what happens!

Thanks for reading this far!

As you can see, I have a bunch of projects in the works. I’d love some feedback on which of these you’re most interested in. You can reply to this email, or find me on one of my socials.

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And that’s it for now! Thanks so much for your support!

#queer fiction #duck prints press #terra writes things #aether beyond the binary #writers of tumblr #terra p. waters

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