Okay so I know I haven't been active in about a Century. Unfortunately, life do be life.

However

I have an EXTREMELY exciting announcement.

I AM OFFICIALLY BEING PUBLISHED

Creative Reading and Writing in Autism, First Edition, a book I've co-authored with my University mentor about the projects we've both run recently with fellow autistic folks, exploring and expressing through shared reading, creative writing and performance, releases in February next year. With contributions from my Fantabulous participants and all sorts of wonderful creative contributions, we aim to show how important creativity is to neurodivergent folks, and challenge the perception of us all as logical robots.

We ONLY get money from the proceeds on this; there is no advance because it's a very small publishers and it's a research book, so if you Can grab yourself a copy, it would be appreciated SO much. You can pre-order right now! (Amazon I know but it's the only link I have rn)

Title: The Paper Round the Worlds

Word count: 71k

Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, New Adult, Comedy, Adventure

Tropes: Expectation subversion, breaking the fourth wall, going for literally the Wildest thing at All times, Heist, episodic storylines

Pitch: Jennifer Angelica Mary Kate Adams does a paper round...which coincidentally saves the world. But when important magical artifacts start going missing and arguments break out, she suddenly finds herself on a path to save the multiverse.

Ramble: So essentially, this is a highly episodic novel covering the story of Jennifer Angelica Mary Kate Adams as she attempts to perform a Paper Round which goes across multiple dimensions, featuring a variety of weird, wonderful and fantastical residents. Also basically all of them are genderqueer (ft. neopronoun users plural). Also ft. neurodiverse rep and other forms of queerness (including a platonic relationship)

The Beginning: Jennifer takes the first day of her paper round, and is shown around by Michael. He guides her through the rough rules and guidelines for each house and introduces her to the more fantastical residents -- faeries, dinosaur centaurs, twin dwarfs, air spirits, vampires and hellbeasts (who knit with the essence of dying worlds)

The Tea, Sis: After drama at the art therapy group run by the Dinotaurs, twins Felicia and Lucinda start causing trouble, and Jennifer must attempt to keep the peace or run the risk of both their worlds and her own being caught up in the tension. .

The Bluster: A storm hits, increasing the powers of Ron and Bonnie, and Jennifer has to help deal with the minor fallout

The Heist: Jennifer undertakes a dangerous mission to aid the Vamps in retrieving an old medieval textbook from the British Museum.

The Apocalypse: Beryl and Ethel the Hellbeasts accidentally start knitting with the essence of our world after something important goes missing.

The Collection: Everything comes together in the final challenge to save the multiverse

Triggers: body horror (immediately revealed to be non-scary and not sure I'd call it horror? But body fuckery regardless); vampirism and mentions of blood; theft; road accidents (nothing happens beyond a scraped knee and minor shock, victim is on a pushbike and protected); threatened apocalypse; alcohol (not overconsumption or misuse); minor references to bullying

Playlist | Beta Reader Applications (apply by June 12th, Read by August 31st)

Alright, we're trying this again and seeing how it goes!

Hi there, I'm Harper, or Via or Low depending on how and where you know me. Pronouns are they/he/she I'm a writer, theatre maker, artist and D&D nerd. Autistic, Christian, non-binary, greysexual, panromantic, freelancer, built of sunshine and yellow.

I'm not very good at managing my dash, so specifically I am looking for TAGLISTS TO JOIN and WIPS TO FOLLOW. If you're a Writeblr, please say hi! And please link me your WIP intro so I can Peruse.

I have a variety of WIPs on the go which will be intro-ed as we go, but the best way to find out more about me and what I'm working on (especially as I'm regularly MIA) is to head over to

Alright folks I've been meaning to try and make a comeback. We'll see how well this goes, HOWEVER.

Need the dopamine flow/accountability for writing today, so I figured I may as well make the comeback a writing liveblog!

I have roughly 7 hours of travel today, some of which will be spent on a plane, timings all dependant on things running on time. I'm hoping to spend quite a bit of those writing!

Right now I'm posted up in the airport waiting for bag check to be available. I do not have snacks yet but plan to obtain them shortly. I'm gonna be sprinting, and working on The Paper Round the Worlds.

Starting WC: 50,800/75,000

Hey folks! I'm proud to announce that I am putting Grey Blinds and Sunflowers out for its third round of beta reading!

Basics

Word count: 85k (estimated) | WIP Introduction | Playlist | Genre(s): crime fic, dystopian, new adult, sci fi, fantasy

Trigger warnings: homophobia/transphobia, minor ableism hints, systemic violence/injustice/antagonism to one group of people, unjust imprisonment, violence (guns, fist fights, bomb mentions, knives), brainwashing/hypnotism, depiction of sensory overload, slightly creepy Eldritch entities, terrorism mentions, scarring, mild excess of alcohol mention, mild sexual themes (all consensual), references to death, funerals and grief (none explicitly depicted)

Expectations

The document will go out on the 7th of August. The deadline for reading would be the 31st of October.

If you have the spoons to comment as you read, I'd love that so much! But there will be a feedback form afterwards

I need to know if this is good enough to send to query. I'm hoping that the last two rounds caught my major structural issues, but the number of sideplots may still be a problem. I'm looking for people willing to pick me up on grammar, sentence structure, and the nitty gritty of how I'm writing, as well as people to check over the overall plot!

If you feel like volunteering and want something to read over the latter part of summer, apply here!

Applications open until the 20th of August

Taglist: @thelaughingstag, @naps-tries-writing​

Even if you can’t read, PLEASE boost !!!!

But Low, I don't want to click on the WIP intro! Gimme a summary here! (Of course, check below the cut)

Grey Blinds and Sunflowers: Beta Reading Call

I am officially putting out a call for beta-readers for my recently finished novel, Grey Blinds and Sunflowers! This is a project I worked on for NaNoWriMo 2020. It went through a first round of beta-reading over summer 2021, and I am now putting out for a second round for the second draft, recently finished!

Basic Stats

Word Count: 75k | WIP Introduction | Playlist | Genre: crime fic, new adult, sci fi, fantasy, dystopian

Trigger Warnings: homophobia/transphobia, very, very minor racism/ableism, very mild implied suicide reference, unjust imprisonment, capitalist control, mild violence (guns, fist fights, bomb mentions, knives, brief combat involving fire), brainwashing/hypnotism in a very Winter Soldier manner, depiction of sensory overload, slightly creepy eldritch entities (but they’re actually nice), mental ill health references, terrorism mentions, scarring, mild excess of alcohol mention, mild sexual themes (all consensual), depiction of sensory overload, parental death references

So what is it even about?

I’m glad you asked! Grey Blinds and Sunflowers is about a group of detectives, initially set on a missing persons case, who gradually begin to uncover deeper and deeper corruption within the society they live in. They all have different reactions to this, according to their own life experiences. 

One of their biggest aims is to keep the team together, but this is hard when: Liesl is a Dustie (someone who can see colour without having to look at a screen), and can’t tell Darren because he hates all Dusties; Faith wants to go and be the team’s person on the inside, while Liesl is desperate to protect her sister; Darren might be applying to join the very group they’re fighting against; and Jacob is going a little Feral. Throw in a Brainwashed Buddy, a creature that seems to be able to turn people into Dusties, and a bounty on their heads, and tensions quickly begin to rise!

In the end, the question is this: Will they, and will you, choose to see the beauty in the sunflowers? Or will they keep looking at the world through the grey blinds?

Sounds interesting? Apply to read it Here

Doc will go out on the 15th of February, but there will still be applications open until the 20th! Get those forms in!!

Deadline for finishing reading would be April 30th

[Image Description: two images edited together with text over the top. On the left are bright yellow sunflower petals, laid over the top of each other in a line. On the right is a semicircle of skyscrapers extending up to the sky, seen from the ground and tinted grey. In the centre, a patch of darker yellow blends the two pictures. In the top left corner is the words “GREY BLINDS” in grey writing, and in the bottom right is the words “AND SUNFLOWERS” in a yellowish brown, both written in hard block capitals. In the centre, in curly black calligraphy, is the words “A Novel By Low’s Lore”]

Title: Grey Blinds and Sunflowers

Current Word Count: 59k     Intended Word Count: 75k

Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Adult (Contemporary vibes I think), New Adult, Dystopian, Crime Fiction

Status: Editing to create draft 2

Tropes: Found Family, romance/relationships, capitalist villains, tough guy expectation subversion, reluctant heroes, Object Of Power (but it’s a creature?? Of some sort?? Very eldritch and mysterious), Orphans, redemption arcs, convoluted plans, fake capture, stake outs, prophetic dreams, ordinary lives made extraordinary, detectives/spies,

Synopsis: In a world in which most people only see in grey (except when staring at a screen), Liesl stands out. She’s a Dustie (or, to some, a Blindie), someone who can see in multiple colours, and this could put her in danger - Blindies are labelled with inherent criminality at best, and Liesl feels she has to hide it. She tries her best not to stand out in any way. But when developments occur in her Missing Persons case which might reveal the reason Dusties exist, Liesl can’t help but continue to pursue it - even as, gradually, her normal life is taken away from her; her home, her family, and maybe her freedom. With the help of her team, Liesl must find out what is really happening behind the society she lives in, while trying to keep everyone together - even when one person is determined that only they can be the team’s person on the inside, despite the danger, and there’s one person on the team who doesn’t know she’s a Dustie because he hates them.

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