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art for my fantasy novel THE DAY MY DREAM DIED

in ebook format only!

Do you like vampires and werewolves? Do you like monster hunters and unlikely allies? Then you might enjoy this!

There is fantasy-typical violence, but descriptions of gore are limited. No romance, but friendship, found family, and a friendly ghost.

On Google Play Books, Thalia, Kobo, Barnes & Noble,

it will never be on Amazon, but should be up just about everywhere else in the near future as well, depending on how quick the individual processes are. Happy book birthday to me! Yay! Now back to writing.

FIRE IN THE MOONLIGHT, my summer novel, is about:

Hi hello, and welcome to my little writing corner!

You can call me Flora (she/her), and I’m hoping to carve out a place for myself in the writing community here on tumblr and follow along with new writing projects, as well as hopefully garner some interest in my own!

I hate the idea of creating this thing and asking for interaction without doing so myself; I am a huge believer of the idea of community, of bettering and bolstering other content creators, and participating in something bigger than myself. So, tag games, asks, challenges, and so on and so forth, are all welcomed and encouraged - additionally, I LOVE hearing about other people’s works, with a particular weak spot for high/dark fantasy, as well as urban fantasy.

Thank you for your time in reading this, if you are a writeblr, interact with this post and I’ll check out your blog! In the meantime, if you’re interested in learning about my wips, they’re below the cut - I am a predominantly adventure fantasy writer, taking inspiration from D&D and real world mythos.

ROYAL PECULIAR, or THE RECOVERY OF THE BONES OF SAINT THOMAS COURTENAY - A WIP INTRO

Genre: literary, historical (well, alternate history), speculative

Demographic: adult

Form: novel, third person

Progress: first draft (31k in)

Inspiration: Western Esotericism, the life of Dr John Dee, the religious reformation, Nabokov’s Antiterra (setting of Ada or Ardour), Alasdair Gray’s works, His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman, Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh, the history of London, the Matter of Britain, the Grand Budapest Hotel, Moulin Rouge, and binging listening to various History Hit podcasts.

Aesthetics: Hawksmoor churches, champagne coupes, stained glass windows, gemstones, inkwells, the occult, cigarette smoke, jazz, footnotes, and, above all, severed heads.

SYNOPSIS

In St James’ Palace, King Louis-Phillipe II of Britain lies on his deathbed. The moment he takes his last breath, Perrine, student and granddaughter of the King’s beloved mistress, will lose everything.

Desperate for financial security, she reaches out to her classmate and distant relation, the flâneur Bramwell Sweetland, to find his family wealth squandered, and soon - with Bramwell’s professor and patron arrested for treason, the two devise a plan to secure their fortune: to unearth the centuries-lost remains of their ancestor, famed Occultist Thomas Courtenay, and ally themselves with the magic-obsessed new king.

But Henry IX is not like his father, and the country cannot stay as it was - and as the two manipulate their way into proximity with the crown, the more the implications of their actions are realised, and the closer the nation comes to collapse.

Content warnings: power imbalance in interpersonal relationships is the running thread, decapitation, hard drug use and religious trauma.

TL;DR: What if England never broke from Rome and now it’s the 20th century, the world wars never happened, and the new King of England is into magic and getting scammed big time by his niece who’s trying to develop the cure to syphilis and her cousin who hallucinates talking to the Plantagenets when high.

A QUANDARY OF KINGS: or "Words don't have to mean anything I don't want them to" A Queer Revision of History in which characters redefine words to suit them and the late medieval drama of royal successions.

*While I wait for more feedback for A Woman of No Importance, I wrote something that is definitely not a sequel.

When Royal Historian Annie Dorsey unveils a new exhibit outlining the Kings of Noske from the Early Ages to the Modern Times, her inclusion of one figure causes an unexpected controversy, reigniting a long-dead feud over the laws of succession. The year is 1398, and King Edvard VII has just died. Left behind is the pregnant and disliked Queen Clementia, hidden debts, and a horde of enemies. Noske needs protection, protection that no one expects Clementia and her unborn child can offer. Rivalry and tensions grow among Prince Edmund, the unreliable younger brother of the late king, and their scheming uncle, the Duke of Shipton. None appears as more of a threat to Clementia than the outspoken and strange Princess Magisend, whose supporters threaten to tip the country into a bloody religious feud. With the consequences and dangers of King Edvard's death looming, a choice must be made, and quickly. One that will astound historians for generations to come.

Told through letters, interviews, and Clementia's own narration, A Quandary of Kings tells the story of Clementia's short-lived marriage in a foreign court and the tempestuous three months after her husband's death. It is an excuse to talk more about queer characters in fictional medieval settings, the reality of political marriage, and very pretty clothes.

It's too early to call for readers but I may post excerpts or talk about it in my WIP discord so please message me if interested or learn more below!

Hello to all my fellow writing nerds, new and old! Thank you for checking out my updated writeblr reintroduction post. I've had this blog for five plus years and am long overdue for a post explaining who I am, what I create, and why I write. I'm hoping to interact with more writers on here so we can all make the writeblr community a more welcoming place. If you're an active writing blog, I'd really appreciate it if you could like or reblog this so I can follow you and we can screech into the void together and gush about all our favorite WIPS and characters! 🌱

A Little About Me

Heya, my name is Moon, a queer writer in her early thirties who's dedicated to bringing the stories in her chaotic brain to life. I’m a lover, a dreamer, and a creative writer enthusiast with severe ADHD (parenthesis galore). I love storytelling in all of its mediums, so you can usually find me reading, writing, worldbuilding, character building, or doing an unnecessary amount of research or psychoanalysis for my characters. Being a writer with ADHD has a massive amount of challenges, but one thing I loooooove about it is hyperfixating on certain details that really breathe life into my creations. ༄˖°.🍃.ೃ࿔*:･

Why Do I Write?

I write for many reasons, the biggest one being for myself. I love weaving stories using words because it's fun, challenging, therapeutic, and personally meaningful to me. There's nothing quite like the feeling of sitting at my desk while cackling like a madwoman as I type out some intense, dramatic scene that I know my readers will go nuts over. That feeling is only second to the absolute joy/writer's high I get when people tell me they've connected with my stories or characters. 🌿

How Do I Get Inspired?

I'm inspired by many types of storytelling mediums: art, music, film, literature, mythology, video games, animation, you name it. My writing comes from an intimate place and is motivated by my dreams, passions, and overall life experiences. I want my stories to mean something, and in turn, I want to share that 'something' with the world. For me, writing is about personal fulfillment, creative expression, and connectivity in all its forms. Ultimately, my hope/inner desire is to nurture the same cycle of human to human connection (inspiration) that started my own writing journey in the first place. 🥹

Moon's Favorite Genre(s)

It's difficult to pin down what my favorite genres are (because I genuinely love so many of them) but if I had to narrow it down to two genres, it would definitely be romance and fantasy. I love romance and its many subgenres (dark romance, paranormal romance, fantasy romance), as well as fantasy and its various subgenres (high fantasy, modern fantasy, science fantasy). As a bisexual writer, every story I write has LGBT+ characters, relationships and themes, but I love reading and writing about all kinds of romance stories regardless of sexuality. Love is love, and I love love. 💚

My Absolute Favorite Tropes, Themes, and Content

exploring human relationships: platonic, familial, and romantic

enemies to lovers, rivals to lovers, friends to lovers, strangers to lovers, lovers to enemies, friends to enemies, enemies to friends

sensuality, intimacy, slow burn, dark romance, spicy content

soulmates, souls bonds, magical ties, and mental links usually tied to villains (I love dramatic enemies to lovers w/ complex relationships)

angsty, whumpy, dark content exploring morally gray characters and the duality of man & human nature (inner light vs. inner darkness)

hurt/comfort stories that rip out your heart, chew it up in front of you, then spit it back into your chest cavity (always with HEAPS & HEAPS of satisfying comfort and emotional payoff after) ♡♡♡

identity, self-discovery, personal journeys, and character growth

experiencing, overcoming, and healing from indomitable trauma

defying fate and choosing your own path despite destiny's enigmatic design for the course of your life

very few stories I write have sad, unsatisfying endings (because I am a TOTAL sap and need my characters them to find peace), so expect that there will almost always be a light at the end of the tunnel. <3