I’d cave right away.

Literally got me feeling insane sometimes.

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A Fistful of Water; new adult romance story about self repression, discovery&yearning. In the query stages

A Body Full of Static; a contemporary young adult story about teenage addition, escape from reality and recovery. (Finished but just on hold)

Bloodbound; a paranormal romance new adult story. Book One is set in Salem Village, its slow burn story about forbidden romance and yearning through centuries.

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A Fistful of Water; #LGBT story about self repression, discovery&yearning. #Querying

A Body Full of Static; #contemporary story about teenage addiction&recovery.

BloodBound; #PR about yearning through centuries and #forbiddenromance

#WIPSnips #AmWriting

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Me: I'm actually gonna do this story in first person present tense.

also me: I'm actually going to slam my laptop into a wall because what the hellllll

why is first person present tense so dang hard to keep going smoothly
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I'm Shelby, but have gone by Jibbs since 2011. I have been writing since 2009. My very first story was a handwritten fanfiction of me and Jasper from Twilight...which I made my Honors English teacher read and give feedback on. I still think of it daily, I pray he does not. 😅

Canva! <3 Most templates and features are free

Hows writing going?

Oh, good. I just stared at this one spot for like 15 minutes trying to figure out what to put instead of "said" and if I should put the dialogue with the action above.
(yes, its TVD fanfic because why would I be working on my original story 🙃)
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The aesthetic of A Fistful of Water<3

Going the traditional route is not for the weak of mind or heart 🫩 praised and turned down in the same email.
But we keep on chugging along in the #querytrenches 🥳 one day we will get out!

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Love how you said “think Winx Club (not the Netflix version)” because what even was the Netflix version 😭😭 I was so upset when they tried to remake it.

Literally me recently.

Sundays are marked as 'sinday' with the tumblr writing community so here is my contribute to Sinday on here.

Drunken Elijah feels bold, making a move on Oliver while the pair are at a nightclub in Vegas for Spring Break.

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A Fistful of Water - Chapter 4.

Elijah follows Oliver outside the college bar, searching for any excuse to strike up a conversation with the guy he bumped into outside the elevator earlier that day.

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Salem Witch Trials x Vampire x One-Sided Yearning Through Centuries

Untilted

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my favs 🥲 literally rewatching TVD right now for them.

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I’m ready for it

Just chiming in to say we were ROBBED of Klaus&Caroline 😩 I’ll never forgive them for not giving us the as endgame. (And that’s why I write fanfiction of Klaus with Caroline lol)

A Body Full of Static is a coming-of-age YA novel about a teenage girl’s desperate attempt to feel something new, her slide into addiction, and the fight it takes to claw her way back out

#WSPit #W #YA

<3 thank you so much.

When writing A Fistful of Water, I had a playlist called Bush-Obama Era on repeat the whole time.

With A Body Full of Static? The Euphoria soundtrack.

The roughdraft/idea I'm currently working on? Lana Del Rey and Lorde.

Does anyone else have routines?

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A Fistful of Water is a slow burn new adult romance about yearning, repression, and the quiet cost of submerging the truest parts of yourself....until the one person who sees you clearly begins guiding you, breath by breath, back to the surface.
#Q #NA #LGBT #R #WSpit

They said the world held its breath when the Prince was born. The wind had stilled in the high grasses beyond the castle walls, banners hanging motionless against the stone as though even the sky dared not disturb the moment. Crickets fell silent in the fields. The river that carved its way through the valley seemed to hush against its banks. All of it waiting to hear the first fragile cry of the kingdom’s future.

The scene that was stuck in my head all day finally typed out. Will I continue this story? I dunno... I'm not much of a fantasy writer but i love what this is doing so far. #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #FantasyRomance #FR

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How I feel typing and retyping and then deleting, only to retype the same paragraph over and over again.

38 A Fistful Of Water MoodBoard ideas to save today | lawrence kansas, gay aesthetic, forbidden love quotes and more Explore a hand-picked collection of Pins about A Fistful Of Water MoodBoard on Pinterest.

A way I get into my story is by making Pinterest boards. It gives me a feel of the characters, the mood, and theme.

Check out the board for A Fistful Of Water; pin.it/7zMVqNmws

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Klaus had long since abandoned the lie that this was accidental because was nothing accidental about the way he found himself here, again and again. Drawn back to the same bed, the same body, the same pair of eyes that had once known him better than anyone living. His mouth pressed to Stefan’s torso in unhurried devotion, open-mouthed kisses that lingered longer than necessary. Each touch of his lips felt like an apology he would never voice properly. His eyes slid shut as he breathed him in, drawing the scent of him deep into his lungs as though it might steady the storm inside his chest. It did the opposite. The steady rhythm of Stefan’s breathing beneath him. The warmth of his skin. The faint shift of muscle under Klaus’ mouth whenever he moved. All of it stirred something painfully tender, something he had spent centuries perfecting the art of burying. They should not be here together. That truth hovered between them like a ghost neither dare to acknowledge. They had ended their relationship with final words, with wounded pride, with the understanding that love, however strong, did not always survive the damage done to it. Continuing this blurred lines. But Klaus had never been capable of restraint when it came to Stefan. And he knew, even now, Klaus would not be the one to stop it. He would not tell Stefan to leave. He could not

Not when being close to him felt like stepping into a euphoria crafted with cruel precision, as though the universe had studied every fracture in Klaus’ soul and shaped Stefan perfectly to soothe it. His kisses traveled upward now. Across Stefan’s chest, where he paused, lips resting briefly over the rapid thud of his heart. He felt it there, alive and strong beneath bone and skin, and the sensation twisted something deep in him. That heartbeat had once been his constant. His certainty. His home. He moved higher, before the thought could wound further, to the warm line of Stefan’s throat. His lips traced the curve of Stefan’s jaw, slowing until they hovered there, barely touching. When he finally spoke, his voice lacked its usual theatrical confidence. It was quieter. Roughened by a feeling he could not disguise anymore. “I want you.” His mouth moved to Stefan’s ear as he spoke again. “I want you in every way possible to want another being.”

When Im not working on a novel, I'm shamelessly roleplaying and writing fanfiction for The Vampire Diaries (and have been on tumblr writing for over 10 years 😅)

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A #snippet from my pride and joy; A Fistful of Water.

A romance set in Lawrence Kansas and about the quiet ache of becoming. About desire, identity, and the courage it takes to stop drowning for others.

(not really a WIP as it is finished)
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Typically all my stories start out as a random scene I had an idea of. Then I build out the story around it.

Sometimes this fails and I end up dropping the story after a few chapters. Sometimes this works wonderfully and I finish the first draft of a story in a few months.
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A FISTFUL OF WATER is a contemporary queer romance and the first in an interconnected series following multiple queer relationships unfolding simultaneously within the same small town. Their lives b... TikTok video by Jibbs

You can catch promos and #snippets of my books here; www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8xdp67G/

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They all take place in modern world in Lawrence Kansas. It’s an interwoven series which each book a standalone with just brief moments of overlapping to showcase how people we walk bc of interact with all have their own highs and lows.

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How I feel when a strong idea for a story hits out of nowhere and I’m trying to explain it to my partner
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