#inkedstarlightnet

hi everyone!! we haven’t been very active this past month & we apologise for that. we are back to issue a christmas writing challenge for all of our members. non-members are also welcome to join! 

what to do:

optional but it’d be nice if you followed the network itself, or the admins lyvea, and julienne.

reblog this post (likes are bookmarks)

choose one of the following writing prompts: 

write a story based on the word “petrichor”

write a story in the form of a crossword 

write a story based on the seven deadly sins

write a poem based on the seven contrary virtues

write a one-act play that takes place during christmastime

tag it with #inkedstarlightnet, or #inkedchristmas

here is a list. i will return all these items, but some of them may not be in the same condition as when you left them. i am willing to provide compensation for any damage or loss. 

i. a brown envelope, unsealed and containing nothing. on it is written nothing. (i remember you gave it to me and told me i could send you anything, whenever.)

ii. a single petal fallen from a violet. it was found between the pages of my dictionary, under ‘L’ for ‘loss.’ (or maybe it was under ‘L’ for ‘love.’)

iii. your smell. tuberose, and something lighter. it reminds me of spring, and that summer we spent trying to hold on to all the flowers before they faded. (in fact, i think that’s where the violets came from. we put all of them in baskets, and some in vases, you put some in my hair. i told you it was useless: we could never put them everywhere.) 

iv. your smile. i cut open a blood orange yesterday, and every slice looked like it. (it even dripped red, just like yours. i always told you you looked like a girl who springtime fell in love with, and she loved you and burned you until you emerged full of light.)

v. a note stuck on the wall. it tells me to return the library books. (the funny thing is, the moment i met you, i forgot everything about borrowing. i just wanted to have.)

hey everyone!! after receiving many applications this past month, we have finally decided to go through them & choose the members who will be joining the network. thank you so much to everyone who applied, and we are sorry we could not accept all of you into this network!! the applications are currently closed, but we may open them again for a second batch of members!! 

the members are:

@mthowell​

@hums​

@niqhtswings​

@noahsweetwne​

@agronaa​

@clairefury​

@eitienne​

@shoegayse

@myaestheticisrain​

@remusrjlupin​

@howlingremus​

@midvriyas​

we will be messaging all of you in the next forty-eight hours & sending you the link to our discord chat if you choose to join. don’t worry if you don’t have a discord account, you are welcome to join the chat later if you want to, just tell us!! you will still have plenty of ways to share your works and creations and additionally receive advice, self-care tips, positivity, and support. 

once accepted:

follow the network blog (this should already be done)

let the admins know if you change your url or go on a hiatus

track the tag #inkedstarlightnet for further updates

send me your name and your favourite quote (ex: olivia, i was the more deceived.)

2. i told myself i would stay like this forever—young, hopeful, so full of dreams that i don’t know which to pursue first. but the sun rises each morning, sets every night, and what do i have to show for it? this stagnant existence of mine is an act of defiance, one i’ll no doubt be punished for when time catches up to me.

3. hours and days slip through my outstretched hands like grains of sand. i spend too long trying to collect the ones that have fallen, only to drown in the ones still descending.