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And ending the day off good with an old tag game we kept for way too long - sorry our dear, we didn't mean to hoard ya for so long - but here we are anyways!

Thanks to the wonderful @stanrendipity for tagging us! You can find their response right here! :D

Rules: Post 7 lines (or paragraphs, or whatever!) of your WIP, then tag 7 people!

Tagging with no pressure: @gothamxwattpad | @wildswrites | @autumnalwalker

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Thanks for stopping by, Enchant! We are actually answering this on the right Saturday, so yay for us! :D

Anyways! For Grayland's Shadow, we think our favorite location is Grayland's garden. We think there are a few more scenes within the garden in our second draft of the novel, but it is definitely our favorite if only bc it is the one place where things are settled down and content during the story.

Grayland takes his gardening seriously and he does hold a love for plants like any Anderson! He grows roses and hybrids of all shades and styles, and his garden is actually one of the few places where you can find Grayland, wholly himself and without the degradation that the Blight and Shades bring.

He also meets Mitch in his garden! c:

Happy Storyteller Saturday!

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Happy Storyteller Saturday Everyone! c:

We are always open to asks, and want to just give everyone a small post, if you want to ask about any of our WIPs! We have five main ones, that are more vibrant than the others, and we have a whole World that gives us more trouble and whump than anything else! Or feel free to ask general questions! [^o^]/

The Main WIPs!

Grayland's Shadow

The Plague Begins With Me

Marathon Runners

Mitch's Journals

The Vagabond Child

The Rapunzel Witch

The List of Other Works

The Worlds! (more to be added)

Navamora, the World of Witches

The Characters! (more to be added)

Thank you for the wonderful tag, our beloved @bardic-tales! We are so sorry that it took us absolutely forever to get to this, we are hoping to get through our hoard of tag games this month! c:

Check out her response to this event!

Rules: List as many fun facts about your OCs, writing process, or WIPs as you want

We think, starting out for now, we will be focusing on one WIP and doing three facts about the Work itself, the characters, and then the writing process! c:

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This week, the spotlight is on Grayland's Shadow!

The Work In Progress:

This is the first book of any solidity that we completed a draft for! It holds 37 chapters, including a Prologue and Epilogue, and told a story of Insanity, and the aftermath of its claim.

This is the first story that held actual details of murder and horror, and starting out, it was easily the worst thing we have ever written, and it sat by itself for a long time bc we didn't know if anyone wanted to read about murders and demons.

This is one of the only stories featuring a second person point of view, and the first time that we wrote in present tense with that point of view in play! We found that neither of those were as daunting as we had originally thought!

The Characters:

Grayland actually was inspired by an anime character, and yes, we know how terrible that thought is! But the character was wonderful and filled with such intrigue and interest that we immediately got hooked on them and developed the early versions of Grayland from that!

Mitch and Grayland's relationship got overhauled along with the first draft of the story, and now, they are very much different than the first thoughts we had about them. They went from strangers with a weird responsibility to one another, to actual members to the same Family, and things got a bit more interesting with that thought.

Grayland, canonically, wears full suits during almost every occasion. He is a fancy man who enjoys the more luxurious items of clothing, and he does think that everyone is more than noticed with how they present themselves. His attire normally also includes cuffs, gloves, a hat, pocket watch or wrist watch depending on his designs for the day, along with a cane, normally birch or mahogany, and more for the accessory than necessity, so it is more than likely that his cane also holds a weapon. Along with the rest of his person; Grayland hides a plethora of knives, daggers, collapsible staffs, scissors, among other things.

The Writing Process:

We normally write this second draft as if Grayland himself is going over the account, like a bad diary entry that is being judged. Grayland kind of hates the first writings of his person; he has grown as a character since the first draft, and it does show through with a lot of the actions and responses.

While writing this story, we tend to have the murders happen in the second person point of view, pretense tense. This kind of helps a little bit with our own immersion, bc instead of going through the eyes of the murderer, Grayland, you end holding onto the last breaths of the victim who comes and goes within one chapter.

This story was first written in 2016, along with one of our first actual attempts at NaNoWriMo! We ended up putting this on hiatus after that, developing our worlds and our writings for a long time before we finally decided to come back and do the second draft this year!

Photo by Jilbert Ebrahimi on Unsplash

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Introducing Grayland's Shadow,

Initial Concept:

This is the story of the black sheep of the Anderson Immortal Family. It holds onto the perspective of the Observer Mitch, the murderer Grayland, and the soft child that changes the Balance, Molly. ~ horror (insanity), murder, low fantasy ~ first, second, third point of view, present tense ~ poorly ignored feelings, not-so-happy ending, everything given is taken, charismatic killer

Thank you to the beloved @fearofahumanplanet for tagging us! This is also a really old one, we are sorry everyone, we are getting through the games and all, we promise! (≧∇≦)ﾉ

Check out her response here! c:

Rules: Share the last line of your work in progress, then tag as many people as there are words in it.

Here are the newest last lines for our writings with Grayland's Shadow! We have been doing it in bits and pieces and we think the vibes are getting better with this one!

Aiden, for all of his mischief, laziness, and relaxed wit, always knew when things were not meant for that nature of his. He frowns more, the wrinkles shifting his face into something unbefitting of the laughing King, but I keep my mouth closed, let the Knowledge whisper throughout everything as I wait for his words.

Anyway, happy Storyteller Saturday to you!

"Are there any things that you think people should know about Molly Connors from Grayland's Shadows?"

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OH THE GODS, CONGRATULATIONS AND HAPPY DAY MIDNIGHT! We hope today is wonderful for you and filled with little sparks of happiness! Two months on the Writeblr is so exciting! You have come so far too, happy anniversary! ٩(๑❛ワ❛๑)و

And Happy Storyteller Saturday!

Thank you for the question! We are happy to see that you are interested in Molly! We don't normally talk about her a lot, so this was a pleasant surprise! c:

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But let's see, some things to note about Molly Conners!

Molly is a child of curiosity entirely, and as such, she is instantly enamored with the very idea of the soft socialite that is Grayland Shade Anderson. This leads to so many things, and counts for a good narrative that hangs around in the story.

Molly is aromantic, so a lot her thoughts and considerations come from a different realm of intrigue and interest than some might seem.

Molly likes to think of herself as openminded and nonjudgmental, and she tries to see things from all of the perspectives available. She is a little more than confident in this thought of herself though, and she sometimes finds herself in the evidence that would be absolutely contrary to her little self-centered belief.

Molly takes her coffee with creamer and nothing else, and prefers that her coffee hold more of the bitter liquid than the light sweetener. This leads to a very unattractive color of her cup, in Grayland's opinion.

Molly favorite phrase to use when things evoke reactions from her is, "F-ck that." Which, again in Grayland's opinion, is very crass and somewhat unbefitting of her.

This Ask Led To 214 Words! (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و

Oh goodness, thank you for the ask NL! An extra long snippet for you! :D

In Reference To This! c:

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cw: mentions of blood, and vague thoughts of darker thoughts at the first few lines Keep yourselves safe. Please let us know if anything needs to be added/removed

Snippet From Grayland's Shadow (Draft One)