There were plenty of people in the water. Despite it being a quarter of the way through fall, it was warm enough for people to be swimming. Some were laid out on towels with varying amounts of clothing on, sunbathing.
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“Ignoring provisions in its constitution is only the start. How much will Berthingtonn refuse to provide, or worse, begin to take away, in the name of safety?”
Rinnie’s mouth dropped open, appalled at this woman’s audacity to make that statement on public broadcast.
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Pitch 2 for #BrewingWIP
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Pitch 1 for #BrewingWIP
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Me 🤝 Rinnie
Pathological fear of failure
Me 🤝 Nathaniel
Life would be easier if my work ethic wasn't Like This
Me 🤝 Lelia
Nosy as fuck (also the hEDS)
Me 🤝 Em
Caring too much
Me 🤝 Aravae
Mom Friend
#ViolinHeist #BrewingWIP #QueerPrompts
#BrewingWIP is:
- The Thousand Names
- Arcane (yup, again)
- Witcher 2
Rinnie went out into town for lunch and drank as many whiskeys and rums as she could order in the time it took her to eat a meal of crab and pasta. She didn’t pay attention to the bill; she would move money around later if she needed to.
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Pitch 8: #SiegeWIP
This is actually the sequel to #BrewingWIP, ramping up the stakes for the whole party because now there's war and everyone's gotta escape, but also there's people they care about.
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Pitch 7: Third pitch for #BrewingWIP
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Pitch 6: Second pitch for #BrewingWIP
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Pitch 4: First pitch for #BrewingWIP
This is my multi-POV fantasy that's starts out with an airship crash and turns into a kidnapping plot + a diplomatic nightmare or two + some guns and magic + hints of something old trying to claw its way back.
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She arrived at the bar and rested her elbows on the familiar surface, allowing herself to stretch. Just because she wanted to throttle Nathaniel didn’t mean he wasn’t right. In her quest for a perfect night, she didn’t want to snap at someone and ruin Mama’s birthday.
#BrewingWIP #QueerWriters
She had a sapphire necklace around her neck and a pair of hooped earrings in the lowest set of piercings in her ears. The rest of her piercings were simple studs, with a bit of chain linking her fifth and seventh piercings in her left ear because she could.
#BrewingWIP
Here's one of Rinnie's!
Also snippet: New Beginnings (because this is a *thing* in #BrewingWIP)
“A Night of New Beginnings!” the title read. The flyer was an advertisement for an open service at Nidtrix’s Temple. Without fail, the thing would turn into some brainwashing-type event.
“…the discovery of sitah bones, and only sitah bones, outside Macrait dating back seventeen-thousand years goes against the generally accepted belief that all the intelligent species arrived on the planet at the same time…”
#BookishTues #BrewingWIP #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
Even with the Captain on Lubbock’s back, the three of them blended into the bustle of the fishing market they stumbled into. Adler’d expected people to flock to them once they got into the town proper, but no one did.
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NathanielxRiela, however, is VinxElend from Mistborn crossed with MiloxKida from Atlantis.
#BrewingWIP
RinniexTaryn is one part Korrasami and one part Hardened!LelianaxWarden when the Warden is *mostly* diplomatic except when she's ruthless.
#BrewingWIP
- Finish this draft of #ViolinHeist, betas, query
- Probably gonna do another draft of #BrewingWIP
- Maybe I'll write #BeautyWIP this year! We'll see.
- Also I want to work more on my lore/worldbuilding docs
#WeeknightWriters
Anyway, some other stuff from this year!
This is the song I played the most times on repeat:
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It's because I started thinking up an animatic for how it relates to Rinnie and her ex-girlfriend, Annaliese. (From #BrewingWIP)
#AftermathWIP did not *start* as a grief WIP, but given how it's about surviving after overthrowing an evil dictator, I can see how it went that way.
#CureWIP is absolutely about dealing with grief. It's book 3 (same series as #BrewingWIP). Flames takes a section and slaps it into 2nd person.
#ViolinHeist is a staple you've all seen me talk about I'm sure! It's set in the same universe as #BrewingWIP, but with different MCs. I started it in 2022, started Draft 3 in late 2023, and as you'll see, started Draft 4 in late 2024. Still, I'm loving how it's all coming together!
#BrewingWIP is something I've been working on for ages with my co-writer. (If the number of drafts isn't any clue.) But we're 10+ years now. Anticipate seeing more of it as we're probably going to try to do revisions again this coming year.
Something was beeping. His eyes fluttered open. A hospital. The beeping intensified as his heartrate climbed in panic. Then he felt a gentle but firm hand on his shoulder. Soft brown eyes and brown hair escaping from a braid. Riela. “Hey, I’m here.” #BrewingWIP Chapter 45, Draft #15
“Consider it balancing the scales the rest of the way. Acquiring the Fiddle will not be an easy task. It cannot fall into the wrong hands.” “Right,” Em said. “And what do I do with the Fiddle once I have it?” “Bring it back here,” Seamus Finn said. “Keep Cass appraised of what’s going on and she’ll relay to me when to expect it.” #ViolinHeist Chapter 3, Draft #3
“I’m very familiar with the museum,” Lelia answered. “And interested in getting the Fiddle into better hands.” His eyes sparkled. “Don’t speak so blithely,” he told her. “My wards aren’t foolproof.” “Next time, I’ll put one up,” she told him. “Wards are another of my specialties.” #ViolinHeist Chapter 4, Draft #3
“Jealous that he’s getting it and not you?” “What?” Em sat up straighter and only barely managed not to crumple the schematics in her lap. “Please,” she scoffed. “What does a normal person like me need a religious relic for? I’m surprised Seamus Finn still considers me devoted enough for this task. Ronan’s an astral, relics are astral business.” #ViolinHeist Chapter 13, Draft #3
January - Finished editing Draft 15 of #BrewingWIP, did workshop. Wrote a new last chapter, essentially!
February - Did some minor revisions in #ViolinHeist!
March - Dove more into Heist revisions!
April - Continued Heist revisions! And some other stuff that I'll share snippets from later.
The cleric instantly started flirting with the men at her table with her bodyguard remaining more aloof, ever-watchful of the conversation and the people around them.
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Goals for this week: keep working on revisions!
Goals for this year:
🎻Query #ViolinHeist
🌹Work on #BeautyWIP
🔥Revise #BrewingWIP (again)
📖Do some more reading!
#QueerWriters #WritingCommunity
Whoo boy, I'm still somewhat refining these but...
🎻Query #ViolinHeist
🌹Actually start working on #BeautyWIP
🔥Probably another round of #BrewingWIP revisions
📚Read more, including beta reads
#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity
For #BrewingWIP, Rinnie likes romance novels. Nathaniel and Riela both like adventure-type novels. Killian likes historical fiction. Mica likes big fantasies. Taryn's not that big of a reader.
Here's something from #BrewingWIP that I did some research on: making bullets! (One of Rinnie's many professions is gunsmithing.) But also, let's add magic!
“Emergency power!” he ordered and smiled as he saw the gauges fill as the remaining mages threw everything they had left into the engine.
Killian used the power available and brought the vertical speed indicator under control, leveling out a bare ten feet over the water.
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