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I was tagged by the lovely @oheoo, thanks hon! <3

Rules: Go to page 7 of your WIP, share 7 sentences, then pass along to 7 people!

From Eosophobia...

A smile blossoms across her face, dark freckles leaning in conspiratorially. “You’ll be needing better company than that sniper,” Nadege insists.  “Men like him are always more than they seem, and there ain’t no telling if it’ll be good or bad for ya in the end.”

“Bad for my purse in either case,” Jackal sighs, and startles--lightning rod jerking snapping burning down his spine--at the gushing giggles that burst out of her.  He takes a long drink from the stained glass in his hands, watching as she steadies herself with a deep breath, before leaning closer.  “I can’t keep you safe.”

“I can take care of myself, kiddo.  It’s the would that oughta be afraid of me.” 

I can’t count, don’t worry about it.

I was tagged by the lovely @lady-redshield-writes, thanks hon! <3

Rules: Reply with 5 things that make you happy and send to the last 10 people in your notifications.

1. Loud music

2. Playing video games with my brother

3. Sleepy mornings with nowhere to be

4. Inspired writing sessions

5. Phone calls with my friends

I was tagged by @silverbird-scrive and @lady-redshield-writes, thanks lovelies! <3

I’m going to do this for the minor characters of Eosophobia, since I did the main cast here :)

Peni: Alamort (half dead)

Amaryllis: Efflorescence (a period of flowering; the result of growth; a rash or eruption of skin)

Iris: Ephemeral (lasting or enjoyed for only a very short time)

Ajax: Kalopsia (an illusion of things being more beautiful than they are)

Aardwolf: Alew (a cry of despair)

Tagged by the lovely @cofffeeshopp and the wonderful @pheita. Thank you both so much! I’ve done this tag once before, so I’ll try not to repeat any facts.

Rules: Write ten facts about yourself and then tag ten followers you want to get to know better.

1. My viola’s name is Vaughan Williams, after the composer.

2. I named my viola that because one of my favorite orchestral compositions ever is Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, written by - you guessed it - Vaughan Williams.

3. I have a small collection of polyhedral dice.

4. It is very easy to make me blush.

5. When I’m writing or working on something, I often forget to eat.

6. I’ve always wanted a pet fish, but never had one. Maybe someday.

7. I hug a blanket when I sleep because I have no one to actually cuddle because it’s comfy.

8. My favorite kind of weather is when there’s a layer of snow on the ground, and flurries are still fluttering down to earth, just slow enough to watch them turn loops as they fall.

9. One of my life goals is to wear a suit of armor. Just to see what it feels like.

10. I would love to take a ride in a submarine someday, too.

I was tagged by the lovely @cofffeeshopp, thanks hon!

Here are the first (really rough) three lines for Even God is Entertained by My Sins...

The branch snapped in his face, outstretched leaves slapping him for his trespass.  Cheeks stinging, fingers tingling at the cold, he kept running.  The ground blurred beneath him, twisting around fallen logs that couldn't be seen in the dark, relying on memory alone. 

The first lines for my other WIPs can be found here :)

Tagged by the amazing @cofffeeshopp. Thank you so much!

1. What inspires you to write?

I have so many stories in my head, and I want to share them.

2. What is the worst advice you have ever gotten about writing? (or life, if you want)

When I first started writing Armored Soul, I did a ton of research on how armored combat works. I watched so many videos and read so many articles about “what fantasy does wrong about longsword/armored combat.” Sure, I learned a lot, but it also put a voice in the back of my head that constantly screamed at me, “YOU CAN’T HAVE THAT HAPPEN. IT’S NOT REALISTIC.”

So uh, I guess the bad advice would be, research everything until you’re scared to write because you don’t want to do it wrong?

3. Do you remember your first real attempt at writing a story? How did it go?

Oh yes! My first attempt at a story was back in elementary school. I wrote a 10-or-so-page story about a girl in the future who went into space. She repaired a satellite. It was pretty cool. :D

4. Do you tend to overshare about your WIP or keep it all to yourself?

I’m very shy about sharing WIP details. It’s taken a lot to get me to the point of making this blog and sharing as much as I do.

5. If you got to meet your characters, who would you talk to first?

Any character from anything I’ve ever written? I’d pick a character who’s showed up in four of my WIPs, one of the very first characters I ever created: Vaposen Arena. He’s the kindest soul I’ve ever written about. I would love to just hang out with him for a day and chat.

Thank you to @cofffeeshopp and @raiswanson for tagging me in this! Since two people tagged me, I’ll include the first lines from two of my WIPs: Armored Soul and Resonant Frequency.

Armored Soul:

Thanks to his armored helm, Isidor von Brandt smelled his own breath when he exhaled. He dearly wished he couldn’t. Apples and jerky of questionable origin tasted even worse the second time around.

Resonant Frequency:

Lightning flared, just long enough for the Gestori to see the footprints their subject had left behind. He was headed southwest, away from Caldera Lake. Through rough gorse and tangled bushes, crushing thorns and berries alike in his wake.