Okay, so when I saw @yourocsbackstory‘s post about Friends’ OC Celebration Weekend, I knew I had to talk to you about @madmoonink‘s OCs from Sonnenzorn, because I love them. So much???? (I don’t remember you doing an official intro post, so I just did my own post :D)

Sonnenzorn blurb copied straight from it’s WIP page: “Unnoticed by the inhabitants of the continent of Eridan the balance of power is shifting at the dawn of a new era.A soldier and two exiled shapeshifters are fighting for their place in an increasingly hostile world while a young noble realizes that there is more to myths and legends than one might hope.The borders between good and evil are fading as he takes his destiny into his own hands triggering an avalanche of events that can’t be contained, tinting the new age crimson.In other words: They all fuck up horrendously, wander about the continent, try to get their life sorted and fuck up even more :D”

Now let me badly explain the main characters (who all I love unconditionally):

Cyrillion (or more familiarly: Murder Baby Cy): He is a mysterious (and pretty ancient??) shapeshifter, who are enemies of humans, imprisoned by one of the human rulers into a pretty horrible prison, where he is put trough a hell. He is very dysfunctional, a bit twisted and thirsty for revenge. I love him. Though he doesn't always make it easy for me.

Lauri: Protect him!!!!!! He is a Soft Boi, a shapeshifter raised in human community and also shunned by those humans. He was also imprisoned into the same dungeons as Cy. Unlike Cy, he remains kind and empathetic. But he has also gone through a lot and is traumatized and anxious. Give him a hug!!! Another!!!

Jacobi: This one is a dumb boi. He is the son of the same human ruler that imprisoned Cy. He is young, idealistic and is more interested in science than violence and power. However, don't let that fool you!!!! He is Dumb!!! But he means well and doesn't mean to mess up every other time. He needs a hug too. He has made his life pretty tough. It doesn't help when you live in a conspiring court and have a pretty disturbing father.

I’ve sort of been hoarding tag games so uh... I was tagged by @feathered-quill @eternalwritingstudent @thewingwriter @emmaephemeral @el-norawrites, thanks lovelies for all the tags! 💖

This is from a short story, Viral, that I’ve been working on 💖 Since I got tagged so many times, I figured I should share more than one line, lol

I am a disease.  

I am known by many names, but nonetheless I fester and replicate just beneath the surface. I am living and yet inanimate: biologists make futile attempts to shove my corners through round holes; philosophers ponder on my methods. I surpass all attempts at confinement, unseen and impossible to grasp. 

“It's a virus,” they moan, cursing my name when the scans pop up pus-boil red.  I am a virus: deception incarnate. 

#1 Summarize your WIP in 10 words or less: Necromancer gets life turned upside down by a hot witch 

#10 How would you describe your WIP’s narrative style?: Currently trying to write in first person, which I have actually never done before! My narrator, Nicolette, is very sarcastic and more than a bit nihilistic, which is super fun for first person.

#16 What would your characters be for Halloween?: Well, one of them is an actual witch, but I feel like that’s a bit unimaginative. Probably hot policewoman? My main character, Nicolette, wouldn’t want to go out, but she would totally be a zombie with fake blood, the whole nine yards. Daisy would be a cat, like every year. 

#20 Post a brief excerpt: 

I tugged lightly on Mr. Govery’s arm. His footsteps shuffled along a half step behind mine, scraping on the concrete of the torn sidewalk. My house was the last on the street, at the very edge of town, with a grove of sickly trees beyond that. The streetlights were gone by now, but the moon was more than bright enough to see by. I pulled Mr. Govery off the road and onto a dirt path through the trees. A wrought iron fence stood before us on the other side of the trees, the gate hanging ajar. 

“How in the world did you get out this time, Mr. Govery?” I asked softly, searching for the padlock that usually kept the gate closed. It lay in the dusty grass like a coiled black snake, wound over upon itself. 

There went another fifteen bucks I didn’t have.

But something was odd about it. I turned it over in my hands. This chain hadn’t been broken like the others, but rather it had been cut. The sharp edges of the metal pricked my fingers, the cut clean and sharp under the moonlight. I tucked the chain inside my pocket and led Mr. Govery through the door. 

I could tell I had a busy night ahead of me. Mr. Govery’s grave was in the new cemetery, but only I came around anymore. I had stopped bothering to refill the graves months ago, and they pockmarked the cemetery like a minefield. As I led Mr. Govery through the rows of headstones, I counted the number of caskets broken open. Too many.

Mr. Govery himself, of course, had made a wreck of his grave. He had burst through the recently repaired lid of his casket, leaving jagged strips of wood poking upward. I sighed, and nudged him onto the edge of the grave. He tottered there for a moment, and then gently slid down the slope to land feet first in his dusty casket. 

“Lay down, now, and stay.” I told him. He looked at me blankly, and laid down on top of the wood. 

Thank you <3 My last days were shitty und your writing helps, as always :)

I was tagged by the lovely @doctor-q, thanks hon! <3

1: What’s your preferred written genre?  Probably fantasy?  I really enjoy the process of world-building, and since I grew up reading mostly fantasy it’s all the genre that I’m most familiar with.  But considering the WIPs I’ve had over the years (1 adventure, 1 scifi, 2 contemporary thrillers, 2 fantasy) the only actual consistency in genre I have is that they all have romantic subplots at some point.  I don’t consider myself a romance writer, but the facts say I’m just in denial 😂

I was tagged by @madmooninc and @gettingitwrite, thanks lovelies! <3

1. Tell me something you love about your current WIP(s). 

I love the settings of my WIPs!!  Alight in Ashes takes place in Phygaret, a fantasy world based (roughly) between the real-world Balkans and India; I love using it to explore a darker version of the typical fantasy European architecture (think less castles and more “slums meets Tolkien’s Laketown/Esgaroth”) before the story moves towards the eastern edge of the region.  Eosophobia takes place in the Pacific Northwest (mostly Oregon), but being post-apocalyptic the region is half reclaimed by the region’s already stunning nature--forests, mountains, rivers, woods stretching right into the ocean, “the city” (Portland) choked out by invasive ivy.  In my head it’s stunning (and there’s no way I will ever do it justice on paper).  Even God is Entertained by My Sins takes place in a Polish forest and derelict castle, so it’s equally picturesque and chilling. 

2. Three of your characters are coming with you on a road trip. Who are they and why did you pick them?

Assuming I could pick from across WIPs, I’d take Viktor, Xyla, and Cass!  They’re probably the only trio of characters that I would enjoy spending time with as a group, and we’d all get along in the “we cope with our various traumas in the same entirely stupid ways” sense.  It’s probably a terrible idea to take all of them because there would be a lot of tequila between the four of us and that’s... not really a road trip appropriate drink, but that aside it would be the most amazing and hilarious trip.  We’d be a wreck.  Cass would refuse to stop for the night and insist on driving straight through, Xyla would demand pancakes at 3am, I would play rock music until the speakers give out (or until I was deaf, whichever came first), and Viktor would ensure the car would be completely ruined by coffee stains and fast food crumbs and cigarette ash. 

They need a trio name, but I haven’t come up with one yet.  I think Hangover Trio is the most apt but I think it’s missing the charm factor.

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

Rules: Tag 20 people you’d like to get to know better! 

Name: Veronica 

Nicknames:  I used to go by as “Ronnie” or “Vero” but it’s been a while since I’ve been called either of those  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Star Sign: Aquarius sun, Taurus moon, Aries rising

Hogwarts House: Slytherin

Favorite Color: Purple/lavender, but I adore all cold colors 💙

Favorite Animal: Pandas!!  But snakes make for a pretty close second

Average Hours of Sleep: 4 or 13.  No in-between. 

Cats or Dogs? More of a dog person, but I’m cursed unfortunately allergic to both dogs and cats D:

Favorite Fictional Character: Erik from Phantom of the Opera. 

Number of Blankets I Sleep With: I sleep with just a comforter :P

Favorite Singer/Band: Seether, Shinedown, Evans Blue, Three Days Grace, Alice Cooper...

Dream Trip: I’ve always wanted to go to the Philippines and see where my mom grew up 💖

When Was This Blog Made? Two and a half months ago-ish?  Early December 2017

How Many Followers? 203!!! Which is amazing, since I don’t really do anything but yell in people’s tags 😂

What Made You Decide to Make a Tumblr?  Um, I’ve been on this hellsite forever (you... you don’t understand.  I went to DashCon.  I’ve been here forever).  I wanted to start contacting other writers and even though I’d deleted my last blogs I ended up coming back here out of habit.  It’s been a surprisingly great decision though, writeblr is easily the most supportive and pleasant -blr I’ve ever been apart of!