Hello, and Welcome to The Queen’s Crown! ~ A Blog Intro
Hello, I’m Ren C. Leyn (I pronounce Leyn as lee-en, for the curious). My pronouns are she/her. I’m an adult who writes high and dark fantasy, poetry, and occasionally other random genres when the mood strikes me. It’s nice to meet you!
Some random things about me and my blog.
~ Love flowers and animals.
~ All of my writing is shamelessly self indulgent.
~ Am more known around here for my flood of positivity posts than said writing, but that’s fine with me. Folks around here really seem to need it.
~ Am an old one of the writeblr scene, have been here for several years. (If you’ve got questions about how writeblr works, feel free to ask.)
~ Have been obsessed with dragons, elves, and monsters since my mother introduced me to mythology when I was a little girl. (I am still a huge mythology nerd. Old myths, legends, and the like were wild.)
~ I participate in World Building Wednesday and Storyteller Saturday every week and run a weekly event called Something Neat Sunday. Feel free to stop by for any of them, even if we haven’t interacted much/at all.
~ I am not around on Thursdays or Fridays, so don’t expect answers to anything during that time until Saturday.
~ I run Something Neat Sunday, a weekly event where people stop by my ask box to scream about their talents writer and artist friends. If you’d like to learn more, here’s the link to the introduction post:
~ I love video games, particularly old school or open world rpgs, visual novels with multiple endings, and management games. But my taste can be pretty random, I play everything from match 3 to the occasional platformer.
~ Am firmly against pirating, especially writing. I’m also not a fan of bullies, people who think threats against real people are an appropriate response to not liking how a piece of fiction was done, people who think death threats and suicide-baiting in general are okay, and anything of that sort. If you do these things I will probably just block and/or report you, so don’t. ^^
~ I’d prefer people who follow be 15 or older, because while my blog is safe for work I do work with a lot of darker themes, such as death, violence, war, and so on in my writing. I also reblog a lot of writing with those themes from other writers as well.
~ Please do not add me to taglists unless I’ve explicitly said I’d like to be added.
About my WIPs -
I have several, several projects in the works at any given time. So, I’ll be putting this under a read more for convince sake. I do work with some darker themes, such as death, violence, and so on, so tread lightly.
If you want to know more about a specific project or character, most of them have their own tags in my blog and you can search for them, or you can ask me questions about them anytime you feel like it. The ask box is always open, after all :D I have taglists for all projects, so feel free to ask to be added to them anytime you wish.
Actively Writing -
The Plight of a Sparrow. Progress: Currently prepping book 1 for querying, editing book 2′s forth draft, and starting book 3. Estimated to be at least a 5 book series.
A high fantasy isekai story with a twist. Sparrow used to be a quiet girl with a love of video games under a different name. Then, she died in an impossible way right after unlocking the last achievement in her favorite game. Reborn in the beautiful fantasy world of that game as a literal baby, she quickly realizes life here is anything but a game and the stakes couldn’t be higher now that her beloved characters are her friends and family and on routes that lead to doom. Cursed, burdened with a rare sought-after magic, and surrounded by dark secrets and plots she couldn’t even dream of, how can she survive, little alone make a difference, when she isn’t even the chosen hero of this world?
1st person, past tense, narrated from Sparrow’s point of view.
Characters - Sparrow, Raina, Hugh, Jalen, Claude, Hunter, Aaron, Mist, Erinus, and probably more that have yet to make an appearance.
The Shackles of Time - Progress: Hard to gauge as it’s a continuous story being posted chapter by chapter here on tumblr.
A high fantasy story following three rookie adventurers on their quests to become legends, as well as their fellow guildmates.
In a world littered with the bones of ancient monsters of old, the ruins of civilizations risen and fallen, there are legendary halls where heroes gather to seek their fame and glory. Perhaps one of the most famous among their illustrious ranks is the Dawn Isle Guild, whose legendary, albeit mysterious, guild master has overcome many ruinous challenges before suddenly retiring.
But these are different times than the ones the previous generation faced. Quieter times. Gone are the ancient dragons that razed cities, and felled are the giants that collapsed mountains, banished is the Mad God. Yet, that does not stop brave souls from seeking new challenges to face. New foes to overcome. New adventures to be had. Three such hopefuls seek this path. While they come from different region, walked different roads, and all carry different reasons, their fates all collide beneath the ruins of a floating golden city at the gates of the Dawn Isle Guild.
What adventures await these three would be heroes, and are they prepared to face them? Only the Gods know….
Here is the post where I’ll be cataloging all of the chapters as I write them.
Characters: Night, Merle, Arlen, Cherrenth, Glenn, Zephyr, Bramble, Wyndulin, Cassandra, Emlyn, Myria, Irryn, Nor, Drusilla, Eldrin, Lucien, Azalea, Riya, and likely many more that will be introduced as I go along.
Forgotten Gods - Progress: Starting the second draft! :D
A fantasy novel set in a world where multiple pantheons of gods are not only real, but always vying for power and the attentions of the mortals. Silver left everything behind on a dark and uncertain night. Unable to return home, she scrambles desperately for a way forward when a strange being she doesn’t recognize offers her something she cannot refuse: the power to change her own fate. Kitan is a chosen champion of a popular sun goddess, but can’t figure out why. Why she saw a champion in him when no one else can seem to see any worth in him whatsoever. Why she won’t give him the guidance other Gods give their champions, only power and slivers of emotions to light his way. Reuven, an exiled elven hunter, is on a quest to find himself out in the wide world before he returns home. While retracing his mother’s steps, he finds so much more than he expected in the northern forests when he runs into two champions of the Gods: one with something to hide, and one who doesn’t know what they’re doing. What tangled webs have the Gods woven for these three unlikely friends? Can they survive the coming storm? Or will their fates consume them?
Third person, past tense. Written in alternating chapters that follow each of the three main characters.
Characters: Silver, Reuven, Kitan, Eternity, Corona, Cordial, and probably others that haven’t appeared yet.
On Hiatus -
My Ancestor, My Enemy - Progress: Somewhere between a third and half way through the first draft. Currently on hiatus while I work on other projects and continue my ongoing struggle to finally pick an ending for it.
A dark fantasy novel as told by the field journal of Lierin, a high-ranking elven Hunter tasked with finding one of her missing comrades, and eliminating the monsters he had been tasked with killing. Battling with her own identity, rage, and the strange creatures her ancestors created, Lierin must descend into more than one kind of darkness as she explores a ‘cursed’ cavern system. What horrors will she find in the depths of the caverns? What secrets did her ancestors leave behind? Can she save herself, little alone the other Hunter? Or will everything be lost to darkness?
First person, past/present tense, told through the writings of Lierin’s journal.
Characters - Lierin.
Orion’s Oblivion - 1/3 to 1/2 way through first draft.
A Sci-fi/fantasy story. Orion was on a routine job, an easy one even. All he had to do was grab the guy, bring him back, collect his bounty, and that’d be the end of it. It would have been the end of it, except the small-fry criminal wasn’t the only one he picked up on that asteroid. He comes face to face with Jinx, an ancient vampire from a time all but forgotten, and she’s got unfinished business to settle. Business that she’s decided to drag him into, whether he wants to be or not. Business that she’s dragging the whole, damn universe into whether it likes it or not, because saving it is her business... no matter what the cost is.
Will be written in first person from Orion’s point of view, not sure if I’ll be doing past or present tense yet.
Characters: Jinx, Spark, Orion, Luck, Silence, and probably others who will make themselves known as I go along.
The Dragon’s Crown - Progress: rewriting the first draft of the script, planning/plotting, and practicing digital art so I can eventually be good enough to start working on the art assets.
A fantasy visual novel following the misadventures of Ophelia the thief, a notorious criminal, after her latest job goes wrong. A pair of mercenaries help her out of it, but repaying her debt to them brings her past crashing back into her life. There’s just somethings she can’t seem to outrun, no matter how hard she tries. Some skeletons will never stay buried, some secrets will never stay secret. All the dark things are coming back to haunt her. Now she has to decide what to do about it. Face the sins of her family? Keep running? Save the kingdom her ancestors built? Condemn it? Try to become a better person, or sink deeper into the darkness? What of the people around her? Can she trust any of them? Should she trust any of them? And can they trust her?
First person, present tense, with some third person scenes, mostly narrated from Ophelia’s point of view.
Characters - Ophelia, Henrietta, Cyrus, Sky, Karma, Crow, and Reason.
Somewhere In between -
The Firewalker - Progress: First draft completed! Letting it sit before beginning draft 2.
A fantasy story following the after math of a holy war between two pantheons of gods. Two of the children of the mortals who fought it are now faced with their own struggles, trying to find a place in this new world and who they are. She’s an assassin, a killer, the exact opposite of what she ever wanted to become. In too deep to wash her hands of the blood, she decides to add to her list of sins for a chance at freedom and to follow in her father’s footsteps. He’s a mage, a descendant of the priests of the old gods, hunted and feared by all. Angry with his lot in life, he lashes out at the hunters, earning his title as a monster. Though, he secretly longs to reclaim a sense of belonging, of home and family, something he lost so long ago.... Both wish for something more, even if they don’t deserve it, even if getting it will cost them everything. When their paths cross, will they pull each other out of the darkness, or push each other further over the edge? Can they survive their combined enemies long enough to even find out?
Multiple POV first person, past tense, narrated in alternating chapters from both Thistle and Valerian’s point of views.
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So, since I was asked about how storyteller saturday works a few times this year by newer writeblrs, I thought I’d go ahead and make this handy-dandy guide on how it works and how you join in on the fun. ^^
What is storyteller saturday?
It’s a weekly ask game style event that happens every saturday where writers send each other questions. I don’t remember who started it, but it was started on an individual writeblr and then spread throughout the community until it became a writeblr-wide event. It was a very popular way to get to know other writeblrs’ work and meet new writeblrs when I was still newish to the community myself.
How does it work?
Well, you announce that you’re participating by either reblogging an sts announcement post or making your own, and then go find other writers who are participating and send them any writing related question you think of. Questions about the writing process, projects they’re currently working on, and their OCs are all very common. World building questions are usually reserved for world building Wednesdays, a similar event that happens on Wednesdays and is solely focused on world building related questions. That being said, you are more than welcome to send world building asks.
I don’t know what to ask…
Yeah, that’s a common struggle, particularly when trying to interact with new people. You can look at the other questions people are sending or what kind of questions you hope people will ask you for inspiration. When in doubt, I find asking people about their favorite parts of x writing process works great. You can also ask them to just ramble about whatever character/project is on their mind. Writing ask games also make for good inspiration.
Is it okay to send asks to writeblrs I don’t interact a lot with?
Generally, yes, so long as you see that they’re participating. That is the point of the event, to get to know writeblrs and their work! :D
How do I let people know I’m participating?
You can make a post on Saturdays to let people know, or just start stopping by people’s ask boxes and leaving questions. Both is pretty common. You can also add it to your blog’s bio that you’re open to storyteller Saturday asks.
If you can never remember what day of the week it is, you can schedule your ‘I’m participating in STS this week’ posts in your queue so they post on Saturday.
How do I know if people are participating?
Keep an eye out for posts saying they’re participating in STS, or people who sent your mutuals/writeblrs you follow questions. People who answer sts asks usually are participating as well.
Also, @directoryofwriters has a site where writeblrs can add their writing blogs to a list of participants for STS, and a few other weekly events, so you can check here for a list of people who participate, and add yourself to it if you’d like ^^
A final note.
As of all ask games, it’s considered polite to send an ask back to people who sent you one. That being said, it’s not a hard rule.
Also, not everyone will have the time or spoons to answer all of the questions, little alone send them back, and that’s alright. It’s perfectly fine to not answer the asks you get that day if you get overwhelmed. It’s alright if you space sending an ask back. I’m sure people will understand, so don’t beat yourself up if it happens, alright? ^^
And that’s it, that’s the basics of storyteller Saturday ^^ I hope this helps.
I think I know what you mean! Please bear with me if some of the following is stuff you already know. I just want to cover all the bases!
TL;DR: You can share your chapters by linking to your writing, sharing directly on tumblr, or a mix of the two approaches. You can share your chapters directly on your main tumblr account or a side blog. Using a Keep Reading cut and splitting long chapters into parts will be a huge help if you're going to share your writing directly on tumblr. If you want to get traditionally published, you probably don't want to share your writing anywhere.
To share your writing or chapters here on tumblr, you can use 3 methods:
1. Linking to your writing
Just create a post and insert the link to your chapter. Maybe add a little blurb or summary of what happens in the chapter, or something else to get people's attention and engagement. For example, this is how I shared a chapter of my webnovel ages ago.
To make sure your readers can navigate your story comfortably, you can add another link at the end of each post that takes readers to your fiction's page or the first chapter directly. It could be something like:
Read this story from the beginning here.
2. Sharing directly on tumblr
To do this, just create a text post, like this one that you made. If you're comfortable sharing your writing directly on here, you can just copy-paste it into the text post. For anything longer than a few paragraphs, you probably want to add a "Keep reading" break, like this:
It's a good thing to do so people don't have to scroll for ages to get past your post if they want to. Here's an example of a chapter that was posted directly on tumblr - notice how it is formatted with a Keep Reading break.
It would also be really helpful for readers if you create a master post with a list of all of your chapters so far, linked to the post for each chapter. You can pin this post or reblog it regularly, whenever it is updated. That way, readers - new readers and followers - can keep track of where they are in your story and make sure they are always finding the chapters. A great example of this is @ren-c-leyn's masterlist for her awesome fantasy story, The Shackles of Time.
Just remember to also link your masterlist at the end/start of each chapter post so that readers don't get lost!
3. Mix both 1 and 2!
What I mean by this is that you can share the first few paragraphs of your chapter, like a preview to get readers hooked, and then you can add a link at the end for them to read more. This link will take readers to the website where you are sharing your story. I'm not sure how successful this method is. I know that as a reader, I have clicked through a few times to finish reading, so it has to be at least somewhat successful. ^^
There is one author on writeblr that I have noticed who does this - check out @rehnwriter, who shares scary stories and uses this method! I am sure there are many other writers out there who use this method, but I enjoy these scary stories, so this is the one that comes to mind immediately.
With all of this in mind, you might be asking yourself:
Which method is better?
There is a lot to consider. If you want to post directly to tumblr but your chapters are very long (say, 1k+ words), I would recommend breaking them down into more manageable chunks. I've shared short stories in parts before, and that has gotten a lot more engagement from readers than sharing them as one big whole. The psychology behind that is that not everyone comes to tumblr expecting to spend time reading a short story on one post. Keeping them short and manageable makes it easier for readers to take the time to get engaged in your story!
If you want to link to your writing which is not on tumblr, I would say that you need to find a way to do this that is interesting to readers. Speaking from experience, this gets some engagement, but not a lot. I think it depends on what you're writing. Original fiction is a little harder to get people to leave tumblr for, in my experience - but if it is shared on tumblr, there's a higher chance of engagement and interaction from readers! Otherwise, I recommend that if you want to link to your story, to opt for Option #3. Give readers a little peek into the story/chapter, and then give them a link so they can continue reading it.
Main Blog or Side Blog?
One thing to consider is if you want to share your story on your main blog, where you share everything else, or on a side blog that is specifically for your story. Here's an example of a blog dedicated to a story: @books-of-the-great-leviathan.
@ren-c-leyn, whose chapter posts and masterlist I shared above, is an example of a writer who shares their chapters on their main blog.
There's no right or wrong answer. Do what works for you! And nothing is permanent. If you start out on your main blog but decide later on that it is better to keep things organized on a side blog, you can create one and post all of your chapters there instead.
If you want my opinion, I think having a side blog for your story is probably best if you have a main blog that is dedicated to many other things. You can always reblog your chapter posts from your side blog to your main blog, and you can tell people who follow your main blog to go follow your side blog if they want to read your story.
People who follow your story's side blog are following it specifically for the story, so you know that they will be reading it! But you can also make tag lists for your chapters, so that even if you are sharing them on your main blog, the people who want to read the story are notified. So, again, there's no correct choice - do what you want!
One Final Note
If you would like to share your chapters/stories on tumblr directly, consider what your goal is. Do you want to be traditionally published with that story? If yes, it's probably not a good idea to publish it anywhere, even on tumblr or a webnovel website. But if you're OK with it being online, then that's fine.
Some writers like to put their entire story under a Keep Reading cut. That's because of the way reblogs work on tumblr. If someone reblogs your post, and you change some of the words or delete your post after they reblog it, the post stays visible on their reblog, just like how they first reblogged it. So, if you are sharing a chapter and you notice that you accidentally repeated a line or made a mistake or something like that, even if you edit it, it will still have the same mistakes in the reblogs that people made before you edited it.
To counteract this, some writers put the entire piece of writing under a Keep Reading cut. Consider this microfiction post, for example. If you reblog this post today, and I edit it tomorrow, people who see the reblogged version on your blog will see the old version. My changes would not show up. But if today you reblogged this short story post, where all of my writing is under a Keep Reading cut, and I edit the story tomorrow, the changes do show up for readers from your blog because they will have to press the Keep Reading link, anyway, which takes them to my original post, which has been edited.
Am I explaining this OK? I feel like I'm making it more complicated than it needs to be. Feel free to ask me any other questions you might have. ^^
If you like your story, then that’s a good enough reason to write it. If you like the plot twist, the character, the trope, then that’s more than enough of a reason to write it. It’s your story, your own little world, and what matters most is that it’s a story you love.
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Since I recently learned that the pages aren’t very mobile friendly, I’ve decided to move The Shackles of Time chapter list here. I’ll keep the page up, and maybe I’ll think of something fun, or at least more practical, to do with it later.
I’ll be linking each chapter of it here under the read more for ease of access. Chapters I have written will also be listed along with the dates I have them scheduled to be posted. If you’d like to be on the taglist, please let me know!
Don’t know if this is your thing? On the fence about trying out a random fantasy series? Understandable. Here’s a summary/breakdown of kind of what you can expect:
The Shackles of Time is a twice monthly high fantasy story I’m writing here on tumblr. It’s influenced by various media such as DnD, Final Fantasy, Skyrim, Fable, Record of Grancrest Wars, Record of Lodos Wars, Fairy Tail, and many others.
It features - A recklessly optimistic moon elf mage that wants to be a hero, his cat-sized dragon-like familiar who acts as his sassy voice of reason, A human warrior woman who loves a good battle and wants to carve her name into history, a mysterious Shade-kin woman seeking to save others from Death, and a large cast of colorful side characters with their own arcs, quirks, and personalities; a guild system I spent waaay too much time thinking about, a world with lost ruins, ancient evils, strange technology, like 9 million different magic systems, and a complicated relationship with their religions after a Mad God started a war on mortals.
Each chapter is somewhere between 1,000 and 5,000 words, so they’re a bit of a read. Trigger warnings are listed per chapter, and are always put above the read more. However, the series as a whole does include death, violence, monsters, angst, and so on. I don’t get too descriptive into the gore, but if these things bother you, this may not be a good read for you.
Though the series is far from all doom and gloom, there is plenty of fluffy and comedic moments to keep it from getting too deary. So, if this sounds like something you’d enjoy, then happy reading to you~!
Shackles of Time, my beloved. I didn’t get through much and still hope to finish reading it but this is one series that did something that is so hard to do to me these days: set my soul aflame in the first chapter! 🥰🥰🥰
Hannah, that’s s sweet of you to say T-T I’m glad that you loved Shackles of Time so much <3 I’m not sure if I should say or don’t worry, but you’ll have plenty of time to catch up with it before the next update. Things got super chaotic again, so I still don’t have time to write right now.
I was actually curious about that (responding to the tags about updating), because I haven’t been seeing you post your writing, but with my hectic life and lack of spoons to blog anymore, I’ve been really out of the loop with most people these days, unless we chat socially which is like…… one person on this site.
So I’m glad it isn’t a matter of me missing your stuff. With you not updating so much, it feels more attainable for me to catch up. I’m just so slow at reading, it takes a lot to motivate myself to read, even when it’s something I adore as much as I LOVE this story.
Yeah, I’ve been out of time and spoons myself lately with everything happening all at once and going wrong while it’s at it, so this is the first time I’ve logged into tumblr since the last time you caught me online so you are not missing anything as far as my blog goes ^^; I’m hoping things might chill out a bit sometime in the future, but I guess we’ll see what happens.
So, take your time with Shackles of Time, it’s not going anywhere, and it’s not going to magically expand to a 9,000 chapter monster overnight anytime soon lol. You’re also far from my only friend with the probably motivating themselves to read, even stuff they adore, so I’ve come to expect it. There’s no pressure and I promise you’re not hurting my feelings ^^ Just hearing that you liked what you read is more than enough to make me crazy happy ^^
I just realized how mean and insensitive when I said “I’m glad you’re not updating” sounds and I’m glad you didn’t take it that way. I’m sorry life is happening to you the way it is and I hope things get better for you. 💙
You are a wonderful writer and a fantastical friend and I really hope you know I value you both on a personal level and as a writer. 💙 May life get better and start treating you well. :) much love!
ORDER OF THE SUN, book 1 of The Order Trilogy, is available for preorder right now! Releasing JUNE 18TH!!!! Check back as time goes on for more store links, and for physical copies to become available!!🎉🎉🎉
the blurb once again:
An undercover mission is the worst place to find love.
Lord Cerrick Montef has been many things: an unloved son, a criminal in a powerful gang, and a royal spy for a man who would fire him if he knew of Cerrick’s unsavory past.
When Cerrick’s boss sends him abroad, alone, and undercover on his latest investigative mission, he must adopt a new role: the husband of a foreign prince.
The arranged marriage to Prince Njord is strictly business that will end once Cerrick closes his investigation. Yet Njord is nothing like he expected: kind and genuine and handsome. As Cerrick struggles with deceiving Njord, he uncovers a conspiracy that makes him question his boss, his country, and himself.
Thank you to my friends, my betas, and my entire writeblr community. This one is big for me. I am so beyond excited to see it released into the world.
Sidenote, can we hear some commotion for this cover PLEASE I am so in love with it. thank you thank you thank you!! boost the hell out of this post!!
orderverse taglist (lmk to be added/removed) @willowiswriting @ninazeniks @magic-is-something-we-create @ren-c-leyn @justwriteyoudummy @47crayons @yejidoesthings @ettawritesnstudies @faithfire @a-forgotten-dusk @talesfromaurea @ashen-crest @thelaughingstag@transmasc-wizard
GENERAL TAGLIST: @worldbuildng @muddshadow @nikkywrites @47crayons @directionoftime @chayscribbles @magic-is-something-we-create @rodentwrites
Since I recently learned that the pages aren’t very mobile friendly, I’ve decided to move The Shackles of Time chapter list here. I’ll keep the page up, and maybe I’ll think of something fun, or at least more practical, to do with it later.
I’ll be linking each chapter of it here under the read more for ease of access. Chapters I have written will also be listed along with the dates I have them scheduled to be posted. If you’d like to be on the taglist, please let me know!
Don’t know if this is your thing? On the fence about trying out a random fantasy series? Understandable. Here’s a summary/breakdown of kind of what you can expect:
The Shackles of Time is a twice monthly high fantasy story I’m writing here on tumblr. It’s influenced by various media such as DnD, Final Fantasy, Skyrim, Fable, Record of Grancrest Wars, Record of Lodos Wars, Fairy Tail, and many others.
It features - A recklessly optimistic moon elf mage that wants to be a hero, his cat-sized dragon-like familiar who acts as his sassy voice of reason, A human warrior woman who loves a good battle and wants to carve her name into history, a mysterious Shade-kin woman seeking to save others from Death, and a large cast of colorful side characters with their own arcs, quirks, and personalities; a guild system I spent waaay too much time thinking about, a world with lost ruins, ancient evils, strange technology, like 9 million different magic systems, and a complicated relationship with their religions after a Mad God started a war on mortals.
Each chapter is somewhere between 1,000 and 5,000 words, so they’re a bit of a read. Trigger warnings are listed per chapter, and are always put above the read more. However, the series as a whole does include death, violence, monsters, angst, and so on. I don’t get too descriptive into the gore, but if these things bother you, this may not be a good read for you.
Though the series is far from all doom and gloom, there is plenty of fluffy and comedic moments to keep it from getting too deary. So, if this sounds like something you’d enjoy, then happy reading to you~!
Shackles of Time, my beloved. I didn’t get through much and still hope to finish reading it but this is one series that did something that is so hard to do to me these days: set my soul aflame in the first chapter! 🥰🥰🥰
Hannah, that’s s sweet of you to say T-T I’m glad that you loved Shackles of Time so much <3 I’m not sure if I should say or don’t worry, but you’ll have plenty of time to catch up with it before the next update. Things got super chaotic again, so I still don’t have time to write right now.
I was actually curious about that (responding to the tags about updating), because I haven’t been seeing you post your writing, but with my hectic life and lack of spoons to blog anymore, I’ve been really out of the loop with most people these days, unless we chat socially which is like…… one person on this site.
So I’m glad it isn’t a matter of me missing your stuff. With you not updating so much, it feels more attainable for me to catch up. I’m just so slow at reading, it takes a lot to motivate myself to read, even when it’s something I adore as much as I LOVE this story.
Yeah, I've been out of time and spoons myself lately with everything happening all at once and going wrong while it's at it, so this is the first time I've logged into tumblr since the last time you caught me online so you are not missing anything as far as my blog goes ^^; I'm hoping things might chill out a bit sometime in the future, but I guess we'll see what happens.
So, take your time with Shackles of Time, it's not going anywhere, and it's not going to magically expand to a 9,000 chapter monster overnight anytime soon lol. You're also far from my only friend with the probably motivating themselves to read, even stuff they adore, so I've come to expect it. There's no pressure and I promise you're not hurting my feelings ^^ Just hearing that you liked what you read is more than enough to make me crazy happy ^^
Since I recently learned that the pages aren’t very mobile friendly, I’ve decided to move The Shackles of Time chapter list here. I’ll keep the page up, and maybe I’ll think of something fun, or at least more practical, to do with it later.
I’ll be linking each chapter of it here under the read more for ease of access. Chapters I have written will also be listed along with the dates I have them scheduled to be posted. If you’d like to be on the taglist, please let me know!
Don’t know if this is your thing? On the fence about trying out a random fantasy series? Understandable. Here’s a summary/breakdown of kind of what you can expect:
The Shackles of Time is a twice monthly high fantasy story I’m writing here on tumblr. It’s influenced by various media such as DnD, Final Fantasy, Skyrim, Fable, Record of Grancrest Wars, Record of Lodos Wars, Fairy Tail, and many others.
It features - A recklessly optimistic moon elf mage that wants to be a hero, his cat-sized dragon-like familiar who acts as his sassy voice of reason, A human warrior woman who loves a good battle and wants to carve her name into history, a mysterious Shade-kin woman seeking to save others from Death, and a large cast of colorful side characters with their own arcs, quirks, and personalities; a guild system I spent waaay too much time thinking about, a world with lost ruins, ancient evils, strange technology, like 9 million different magic systems, and a complicated relationship with their religions after a Mad God started a war on mortals.
Each chapter is somewhere between 1,000 and 5,000 words, so they’re a bit of a read. Trigger warnings are listed per chapter, and are always put above the read more. However, the series as a whole does include death, violence, monsters, angst, and so on. I don’t get too descriptive into the gore, but if these things bother you, this may not be a good read for you.
Though the series is far from all doom and gloom, there is plenty of fluffy and comedic moments to keep it from getting too deary. So, if this sounds like something you’d enjoy, then happy reading to you~!
Shackles of Time, my beloved. I didn’t get through much and still hope to finish reading it but this is one series that did something that is so hard to do to me these days: set my soul aflame in the first chapter! 🥰🥰🥰
Hannah, that's s sweet of you to say T-T I'm glad that you loved Shackles of Time so much <3 I'm not sure if I should say or don't worry, but you'll have plenty of time to catch up with it before the next update. Things got super chaotic again, so I still don't have time to write right now.
Ren-rill-ren! Baby! How are you? I think of you often and always hope you're doing well.
Sleepy-friend! It's been a long time, I hope you've been doing well ^^ The colors in your icon are beautiful, btw.
I'm currently in the middle of dealing with some stressful life stuff and haven't had time to really get back into the swing of tumblr or write, but I'm taking everything one step at a time and one day at a time. But it's not all doom and gloom here, I did quite a bit of canning while my computer was broken and even started learning how to do embroidery.
I've been wondering where you've been, Ren! I hope everything works out for the best, and that you're having a lovely new year so far. ^^ (Also: wow! Canning! I was always too scared to try it in case I did something wrong and the result was poisonous or something, haha - so neat that you can do that!)
Canning is a ton of fun! :D I thought it was going to be really hard, but once I got the process down it was actually pretty simple. And thank you so much for the well wishes! I hope you've been doing well too ^^
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Ren-rill-ren! Baby! How are you? I think of you often and always hope you're doing well.
Sleepy-friend! It's been a long time, I hope you've been doing well ^^ The colors in your icon are beautiful, btw.
I'm currently in the middle of dealing with some stressful life stuff and haven't had time to really get back into the swing of tumblr or write, but I'm taking everything one step at a time and one day at a time. But it's not all doom and gloom here, I did quite a bit of canning while my computer was broken and even started learning how to do embroidery.
I've been wondering where you've been, Ren! I hope everything works out for the best, and that you're having a lovely new year so far. ^^ (Also: wow! Canning! I was always too scared to try it in case I did something wrong and the result was poisonous or something, haha - so neat that you can do that!)
I'm so sorry about the delayed reply, Hyba, life keeps throwing me more than I can handle here lately and I only just now got a few minutes of breathing room to check to see how everyone on tumblr have been doing again ^^;
So far, I've only had 1 failed canning, which was a batch of pear fruit butter. I don't think the recipe I was following had enough acidity to properly preserve it. And that's kind of the key to canning, making sure that there's enough acidity to keep what you're canning from spoiling. I think there's an organization that sets canning safety standards somewhere on the internet that goes through proper technique and stuff, but I learned from my grandmother whose done a Ton of canning in her lifetime.
I normally make jams and jellies, which are actually pretty simple. The pectin brand I use has really easy to follow recipes on how to get everything just right. Though, there is quite a bit of multi-tasking while you're actually making the jams. Getting the jars properly prepared, heating up the lids so they'll seal properly, and making the jam/jelly itself. It took a couple of batches for me to get the process down, but it's not as hard or scary once you do. I do advise being very, very careful with peach jams, though. They like to pop and sputter and I got a small burn from doing a batch. (I'm okay, though, I promise ^^)
I did can some fresh peaches with a light sugar syrup, and it turned out wonderful. They didn't last long enough for me to see how well they kept over a long period of time, though. (My housemates really liked them lol)
Ren-rill-ren! Baby! How are you? I think of you often and always hope you're doing well.
Sleepy-friend! It's been a long time, I hope you've been doing well ^^ The colors in your icon are beautiful, btw.
I'm currently in the middle of dealing with some stressful life stuff and haven't had time to really get back into the swing of tumblr or write, but I'm taking everything one step at a time and one day at a time. But it's not all doom and gloom here, I did quite a bit of canning while my computer was broken and even started learning how to do embroidery.
Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
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obsessed with characters being saved against their will. being knocked unconscious and carried away from a danger they won't stop trying to fight. being shoved through a portal somewhere far away and safe right before it closes. trying to self-sacrifice only to have the exact person they're trying to save swap their places at the last second. getting the only cure to the disease or curse bc the person administering it loves them too much to give it to anyone else, including themselves. being thrown to safety right as they had accepted dying. someone else they thought had gotten to safety running back to drag them out of danger. it's so fucking tasty
