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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

I've noticed tropes are often negatively associated with fan-fiction when in actuality they're simply tools which can be utilized in all forms of fiction writing. Romance, in particular, thrives on tropes, being necessary to distinguish themselves in a pool of stories with the same theme of "love conquers all". So, let's spread the love around.

Writeblr Re-intro

Hello! My name is Bird, I've been active on writeblr for about a year so I figured a re-intro was in order. :3

About me!

Bisexual, She/her

Fantasy romance writer

Also an artist!

Former D&D player. (current dice hoarder.)

I have a corn snake named Calypso. :3

Fav video games: Hollow Knight, Superliminal, Journey, Ori and the Blind Forest...

Asks and Tag games are always open!!

My main blog is @/silverbird.

What's Thraeia?

Thraeia is a medieval fantasy world that I created when I was 16, in 2021 I started overhauling the world into what it is now. I'm ever expanding and adding to it with each new story I tell. I'll leave some links to stuff if you want to learn more! :3

The Deities

The Races/Species

The Continents & Kingdoms

Or search the tag #thraeiabuilding on my blog for all the worldbuilding!

Current WIPs

Though I have 8 wips total I'm just working on these 3 at the moment!

It really shouldn’t have been any surprise he’d left. The sands were home, but they weren’t what his heart craved. This soap bubble moment of fragile tenderness was the star he always seemed to follow. He wanted someone who wanted to be soft, not the hardened thorns of most desert folk. He wanted to be someone’s thorns, so they were protected and safe enough to remain a delicate rose.

Roses didn’t grow in the desert.

Shale found his head dipping low to meet hers, his cheek resting against her fragrant crown of indigo curls. Her hair had been a glory in the firelight, the dark sheen reflecting back the oranges and reds like a radiant sunset. He’d fallen in love with her curls right then and there--and had been projecting onto the girl ever since. Honestly, it was kind of a small mercy that she’d been so difficult. It had kept him from forgetting who and what they were to each other. This wasn’t one of her romance books, where the heroine discovered the true treasure of her hero along the way. This was her life upended, and he was simply a tool to facilitate it. He would deliver her to Liminalia and receive his next assignment.

hello hello and happy Tender Tuesday y’all!

i’m currently on vacation so this open ask idea seemed the best way to still participate feel free to choose one or more. also feel free to send me an ask with a number of these because i chose questions i’d like to answer as well :)

for any asks sent to me: i’ll get to them this evening so please be patient with me

#1 — What was the couple’s first impression of each other?

#2 — What is your OC’s idea of a perfect date?

#3 — What is the couple’s greatest strength together?

#4 — How did the couple’s first kiss go? What do the OCs remember most about it?

#5 — What’s the couple’s favorite way to spend time together?

tagging: @raevenlywrites @justahufflepuffnerd @pheita @adventuresofmeghatron @aelenko @reininginthefirewriting @ literally anyone who sees this and feels like doing it!!

The man standing on her stoop was undoubtedly the one she’d seen from her window. Tall, handsome, with pale skin and dark hair… a look that practically screamed ‘vampire.’ He smiled, and his unnervingly-sharp eyeteeth confirmed her suspicions.

“You can’t come in,” she said immediately. “I’m explicitly refusing you entry into my house. So, you can just get lost.”

He slowly looked her up and down, then tapped his foot against her solid black doormat. “You know,” he said, “most people have a welcome mat outside their homes.”

“Most people probably think that vampires and fairies aren’t going to show up on their doorsteps, too.”

Boys Will Be Boys: WIP INTRODUCTION

(pics taken from unsplash)

Genre: Drama/Romance

Type of WIP: Screenplay

Current Stage (6/20): First Draft

As children, Noah and “Juliette” created fantasy worlds together. They fought dragons, built kingdoms, practiced magic. But Juliette wasn’t a princess, and Noah wasn’t a prince. They were more like knights, even brothers in arms. Though Noah sometimes wondered what it would be like to be something other than friends, he wouldn’t give that up to play out some silly fairytale.

When Juliette comes out as transgender and changes his name to Evan, Noah knows it’s just another adventure for the two of them to embark upon together. But with their newest adventure, perhaps their most exciting one yet, Noah might begin to find some familiar feelings coming to the surface.

From fighting their imagined monsters with sticks as swords, getting mud on their clothes, and chasing girls, to jumping chain-link fences, smoking in back alleys, and disappointing their parents.

Welcome to the first world-building post for JAMBR (WIP title) !

JAMBR is lovingly labeled “Jane Austen Meets the Bolshevik Revolution”. It is a romantic comedy and tragedy set in a fiction pseudo-Russian country. Set at the end of winter, the country’s capital is celebrating the coming of spring (which really only means slightly less snow than before and some green grass). The court is structured like a Russian court with a reigning Tsar and a royal family with an emphasis on the male heir and a focus on creating allies through marriage and trading agreements.

Below I’ve broken down the various titles that the characters will be called through the novel. Vlarov etc is a royal title that everyone is expected to refer to the royal family as but those close to the family or in a similar caste can refer to them as the second line of titles. 

Vlarov - leader        Also called: Emperor, My Superior, Lord Ruler Vlarovitsa - leader’s wife       Also called: High Consort, Your Highness, My Superior Vlarovich - leader’s son and Heir       Also called: My Baron, Your Highness Vlarovena - Leader’s Daughter and Heiress       Also called: Duchess, Your Highness

All of the daughters of the Vlarov are called Vlarovena and all of the sons are called Vlarovich. There is no word for Queen but Vlarovitsa means “King’s hand”. Below are the current members of the ruling family in their birth order. 

Vlarov - Kazimir Voronin Vlarovitsa - Anfisa Paelov-Voronin (POV) Vlarovena - Irinushka “Irina” Voronin (POV) Vlarovena - Katya “Iya” Voronin (POV) Vlarovich - Ioann (Pronounced Ian) Voronin