Dreamy Faerie Words

Hi! I’m Mina, an aspiring author. This blog will dedicated to writing fantasy, and specially to my novel Echoes and Deceit and many other enchanting and whimsical stories.

Fantasy, Romantasy, Gothic Fantasy, Cozy Fantasy lover 🌱✨💖

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🗂️ What You'll Find Here

This blog is where I:

- Share WIP snippets. ✍️ - Introduce characters & lore. - Post aesthetic moodboards and inspirations. - Ramble about the writing process and experiences. - Discuss about books I have read.

Feel free to send questions, writing prompts, share your thoughts or just say hi!

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📖 About the Book Echoes & Deceit

Welcome to a world where whispers of treason, Veiled truths and falling courts dance together in a kingdom that is tearing itself apart. ✨️ Magic, folklore, secrets and much more awaits for you.

Expect cozy forests, courtly secrets, found family, and a touch of mystery.

💌 Thanks for stopping by!

Dreamy Faerie Words🌙

Trying digital coloring book for the first time. I loved the result and it was really relaxing and enjoyable + it's a nice way to practice lighting and shading 💫✨️

Coloring book from: @cocowyocoloring in instagram

Every time I sit down to "just quickly research something for my story" it’s over for me, even if its just aesthetic names, what is the name of a specific part in a sword, or simply how to light up a fire.

I can start with: what flowers bloom in March? Five minutes later I'm reading reading a 20-page PDF of witchcraft on flower meanings and uses. Ten minutes after that, Victorian funeral traditions.

I keep trying to avoid the word "say" because it feels too flat and generic…

But then suddenly every single character in my story is:

whispering

muttering

sighing

snapping

growling

and occasionally… hissing?? like who even talks like that (no they are not snakes 😭).

At this point, my dialogue doesn’t sound like a conversation anymore, it sounds like an over dramatic audio book.

And the worst part? I’ll notice I’ve used the same one three times in the same page, JUST TO AVOID THE WORD "SAID". Everyone is suddenly whispering like we’re all trapped in the world’s longest library scene, or growling like a pack of wolves...

Every writer knows that one damned sentence.

You write it. You delete it. You rewrite it. You stare at it for ten minutes. You delete and write it again.

It’s either never good enough or just doesn't help on the flow of the paragraph.

I find a name that sounds nice, I hate the meaning. If the meaning is perfect, I can’t stand how the name looks on the page. And if finally I love both? suddenly it just doesn’t fit the vibe.

I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one. Are writers cursed with struggling to find nice fitting character names?

I sit down to write and instead I spend hours scrolling Pinterest like:

"Gothic baby names"

"Cottagecore aesthetic names"

"Victorian names no one uses anymore"

Me: I want to be an author and write many books.. Also me: *can’t spell Wednesday correctly on the first try*

I can spend hours weaving sentences together, crafting worlds, and building complex characters… and still stare at the word "necessary" like it personally wronged me.

Yes, I know the difference between "your" and "you’re." Yes, I still type “definately” on the first try every single time. *silent sob*

Well i tell myself that writing is about ideas, not perfect spelling (yes it is). That’s what spellcheck is for. (And sometimes even spellcheck just looks at me like, girl, I have no idea what you meant here.)

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The Reverie Realm, specifically in a kingdom called Thalor, home to all kind of beings, fae folk, elves, nymphs, orcs, fauns and much more live together in harmony. But not quite in harmony, because this kingdom is fractured into 7 courts:

Feral Field Court 🛡

Silver Peak Court 🗻

Tidal Court 🌊

Mirth Court 🥀

Starborn Court ✨️

Satin Court 🎀

And the last that used to rule over the others:

Black Feather Court 🪶

But one morning, the people of the kingdom woke up to find their high court reduced to a ravaged landscape scattered with ruins, and no hint of what could have brought the great capital "Nivalkaa" to its knees.

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It's been a long time since I wrote this. I hope you like it ✨️🌙

A question formed in Dimitry's mind. "Why did Zyran call it War Hammer?"

Odessa looked at them then pointed at the book. "See the logo?"

"The hammer and the sword?" Esme observed "Some diaries in the cottage had it in the cover."

"That's it," Odessa said with solemn expression.

"It represents what we do. The role we are trying to play. We are here constantly fighting against whatever tries to break us down, and at the same time we are trying to restore what was lost long ago in Thalor. Fix what has been broken. We fight and we build. A sword and a hammer."