Sometimes writing is like panning for gold. You sift through dirt, trying to figure out where to start, how, and why, until -- finally -- something glitters.

Tonight I did not find the glitter, per se, but I've done some sifting at least. 🤷

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From the first draft of a currently untitled time travel thing

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Book cover. (Mostly) white text on dark blue background. “The Last Lady of Lună” with “Lună” in red overlaying the image of a crescent moon. “Jess Mahler” at the bottom. Image is framed on two sides by decorative scrollwork.

My novella, The Last Lady of Lună, is part of a the Autistic SFF (+ a 'lil romance & more) Bundle

Now available on Itchio

34 books by autistic authors, with autistic characters, for $30
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I’ve shared this before, but god, it’s one of my favorite uses of this word

on Eloy’s lack of self-preservation. . .
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from A Prayer for the Pirate Queen 🏴‍☠️ 💜 ⚓️ currently in third draft revisions

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"But having spoken with him now, Santosh could see cracks in the young Called's confidence. Getting to know Iberto, he decided, would be one of his priorities in the next weeks."

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From my upcoming novella, The Witch of the Wood!
I shared this snippet earlier this week, but it has "cracked" in it and I really like it! Spooky forest time!

Content Warning: Description of a Dead Animal

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Below is the end of chapter-2. Eve stares at a mirror and starts asking self-reflecting questions
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At the height of the Peasants Revolt, Tom and Richard hide out in Richard's town house. Tom, whose family all sleep in one room, is unprepared for how wealthy Richard is.

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Here's an excerpt to go with today's theme, "cracks".

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I don’t think it was right, you know? Leaving her alone like that. Letting Birdy take all their attention and just ... hoping Ollie didn’t slip through the cracks.

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Both a variation and a vibe. Poor Mícheil doesn't want to give up after his superiors force him to call off the search for his dearest friend, Declan. He loves him too much to give up.
cw grief

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This is great because I get to share one of my favorite lines from the book describing Jenna's unwitting accomplice Martin. 😆

How is it that finishing the first draft of the blurb feels more monumental than writing the damn story?

In related news: I've got a first draft of the blurb for my WIP 🎉

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For the theme "cracks", from my YA contemporary novel, THE WEIGHT OF THE IMPOSSIBLE, which I'm currently querying.

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Yet another snippet from, you guessed it, my Destiel longfic #SPNLove! :D
This one is from episode/chapter 15!

Two young men in a photograph. One sits on the other's lap, arms around each other. Perhaps they're family, though they don't look alike. Perhaps this was taken as a joke, but it appears to be a formal portrait of the two of them in their best suits.

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Stumbled over this lovely picture.

Can't be certain they're lovers, but it looks like an official photo of them in their best suits as a couple.

Hope they were happy.

Credit “FI0003347,” Fairmont, 1914 by McCllough, Connie/Fortepan MN, CC-BY-SA 4.0

"He bit his lip where it'd cracked; he wasn't as diligent recently about the lip balm as he should have been, and the tiny taste of fresh blood gave him a small measure of control."

(from the hockey and disability novel I just reread)

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#QueerWriters This is from Saccharine Silence, a short story in the Tales From The Night Garden universe.

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This Easter, I invite us all to celebrate the old fashioned way: by reading my debut so filled with religious trauma, you won't even feel bad skipping church to read it. 😌

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"He at least had a license--one that had expired years ago, but it would pass muster if no one looked at it too closely, and these days, on this rock, nobody looked too close at anything. If you did, you'd see the cracks, the fissures in society, in people."

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A majority of the Hunter Pack is redeemable as they are also as beholden and scared of Ahroun as Vola was.

Mara is definitely redeemable and has her own past and redemption arc (1/?)

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So for Licorice and Mint, the main antagonists do a lot of the main work but the characters are the ones that spur them to act. Vola's small acts of rebellion and obvious sobriety (1/?)

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The major exports of Eidos is purified and mundane minerals, soil, freshly grown unique fruits and vegetables, along with some arcane designed but not enhanced electronics and (1/?)

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So let's shift from Edios back to New Darpana Bay. This is very relevant to something we experienced yesterday.

We haven't really discussed the Eastern Side of New Darpana Bay (1/?)

Chronically Creative: making art when you're in pain | Substack Living the creative life while dealing with chronic illness(s) and how I use creativity as medicine. Including some personal essays and poetry. Click to read Chronically Creative: making art when you're in pain, by K Raffa, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

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Yes! For Songs: I wanna be your girlfriend, She wolf, and Impacto help me write.

Movies that I took horror inspiration from: The fly and An American werewolf in London. Specifically the body horror scenes! :D

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Nat would let herself be spoiled with a "practice day at the spa". And Vola would go to a farmers market and make Orcish Chili from fresh ingredients, as hot as she wants..

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Plenty!! Mara/Aofie/Denise get their own story for Truth to Trauma. Ceres/Trista have their stories told for And Then We Were. Finally Jessalyn has a small Novella following One Bad Tuesday.

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On a hunt, Vola is bitten by a minor Basilisk, her arm begins to turn to stone. Rather than lose it, she takes her chances at a new Free Clinic in the Silks (1/?)