anyways. alexio be upon you

that gremlin is me. yes, my glasses are very cute, thank you for noticing. the truth is, i do not share my writing lately because it's been under-cooked. please help i have had food poisoning all this time. i was so damn burnt out for so long that i was convinced i wouldn't recover, and honestly, even after a year of writing (semi)regularly again, i'm still getting my footing. but i've learned a lot these past few years, from reading fiction and writing guides, and from trying a lot of different crafts. (it's surprising how similar various art forms are to each other, both in technical aspects and also the endless self-inflicted mental agonies! highly recommended.) i've also learned a lot through editing for others, done as a hobby for friends but some of those works have been published, so i'm taking that as a sign that i might actually know what i'm doing this time around.

all this is to say i do have actual progress¹ on something original, and i'm excited to show how i've grown as a writer and as someone on a lot of prozac. i might even start sharing little morsels.

if you're still here after all this time: you're fucking awesome. i hope you enjoy the bullshit and general tomfuckery i am about to inflict upon the world.

don't worry, i know what you're thinking: yes, of course there will be vampires². and of course they'll have anxiety.

tldr: after a few years of study and practice, i'm finally i'm working on some original stuff. also ilu. here's a morsel for ya

¹ There's at least 40k words. Most of it, admittedly, in the dumpster. There was a lot of fucking around and finding out, all of which very worth it to refine the vision into the shiny rock it is now. I promise I won't eat this rock. Probably.

For #KazeTsuyo2020 day 7, art by @starlity! 

“But when Musa opened his eyes, all he could see was Shindou. This new Shindou, sitting on top of him, face red from both the cold and his laughter, hair a mess, and his smile— Oh, his smile, so genuine it ached, so bright that it would no doubt burn itself into Musa’s memory.”