I would describe my WIP as gothic! It's hard to categorize work into pre-established (sub)genres when I'm not familiar with their definitions, but I recently learned about what makes something gothic, and it's so accurate for my story! Especially the highlight on romance #CRPNightcrawlers

I'm drawn to psychological and supernatural horror. I'm not a fan of blood and gore, makes me squeamish. But the mind? That's a place as scary and suffocating as the deep sea.

Does anybody remember Fear Factor?

#CRPNightcrawlers #CampRevPit

Hey y'all 👋🏾🌚 I'm Dera. I didn't realize I was into horror until I made a writing buddy who is DEEP into horror. Then I remembered my days of Bunnicula, Goosebumps, ASoUE, and other creepy series.

As a stand-up comedian, I'm also on good terms with horror's cousin. #CRPNightcrawlers #CampRevPit

I feel this 🌚

Selling out ≠ getting rich.

You can sell out for very little money. All you have to do is profit while you lose track of why you're making art.

I have moths in my stomach!

The "we have food at home" to "I'm an adult! I do what I want!" to "I have food at home" pipeline 😔

They *really* wanted it to be known how much they labored over this 😂 This is the best whimsy (no disrespect to their service) to start my morning

If people are acting strange around you, try not to take it personally. Especially now, in the age of LLMs and generative AI. We must now consider AI-induced psychosis.

If you think you're not susceptible to it, cult logic would like to have a word with you

I've never read or watched Wicked, but the line "something has changed within me" keeps playing in my head.

After years of work, there is significant change in my mind and body. I felt it on the train home today and took a deep breath of relief.

Printed books have credit pages now? When did that happen? I like it

Sufficient sleep is the key to reaching your dreams

They say life is what happens when you're busy making other plans, but death does that too.

I feel a bit foolish about what my priorities have been. Feeling like I could have been where I wanted to be much earlier. The exciting thing is that we can always make a change.

As they say in the writing world, revision is magic. It applies to more than just writing!

I'm where I want to be ✨

It's time to rewatch Arcane for the nth time

The Void

We used to fear the void,
but then the void typed back.
So we loved it.

And honestly?

We were absolutely right
to do so.

- Dera Luce

We're going to start seeing dynamic advertising. The ad will catch your attention because the text, visuals, and audio are so specific to you.

The ad is so specific to you because it was not targeted but GENERATED precisely for you, using your data.

Good morning. It's another great day for Black joy ☀️

People are saying a lot of things. A lot of things have been said. Like there was that one time when you called your teacher "Mom"

Echoes? In *my* chambers?

It's more likely than you think.

In the future, when #ChatGPT is decades defunct, educators will instruct students to study ChatGPT's seminal texts and imitate its style in their own production

Back like I left for two years

HEAVY on this. It's hard to listen to sometimes

I am in no rush 🌊

Electrolyte drink is like coffee for me

A hopeless romantic teen must choose who to protect:
😈 possessed roomie
💍 parents on the brink of divorce

Ppl who see her potential:
🔥 moody altar boy
🙏 gangster w/ a savior complex
🦗 is that it?

If she makes the wrong sacrifice, she’ll have nobody left to love

#DVPit #YA #Afrosurrealism #ND #TV

Thank you! ☺️

Oooh! That's my voice of interest, not the ghost 👻

Thank you! 😄 Chaos is one of the words I cut from the pitch. Glad you could still feel it haha because it's definitely there!

And in the morning, they're making waffles 🥹