#writeblr wips

People get busy. Life happens, and we can’t always be super active on our blogs in the ways we want to be (this is where I am currently). These are some things I like to do after I feel like I’ve been away from my blog for a while that also help the community and other writeblrs out. ♡

♡ Look through the latest writeblr introduction/active writeblrs/looking for active writeblrs/creative writing/etc. tags and make it a priority to  r e b l o g  everyone's intros and latest wips and such. This helps introduce yourself to others as well as helping everyone else out in the community by giving active blogs more attention and interaction.

♡ Follow and interact with the people you see in the tags! We are the lifeblood that keeps this community alive and without us the writeblr community wouldn’t exist on Tumblr. Use that to your advantage!

♡ Write a writeblr reintroduction! Let people know you’re still alive and kicking and looking to be more involved in the community. Make posts that reintroduce your WIPs, characters, and more.

♡ Don’t be afraid to message writers and ask them about their WIPs and characters, as well as asking for others to look over your WIPs and see what they think of them. I can’t speak for others but my inbox is always open and I love chatting with other writers and hyping each other up! It’s the best.

♡  Participate in writeblr tag games and get to know the fellow writers in your community and what kind of genres they like to write in, what their writing styles are like, how often they like to write, what their favorite tropes are, etc.

♡ Reblog. Reblog. REBLOG. It’s great to receive a like on your writeblr posts but reblogging is what keeps our community thriving and helps others get more eyes on their work. It’s a great way for writers to support other writers, and really, that’s what the community is for. :)

Hello! At the moment I have three stories I work on!

My main wip is The Knights of the Alder. It is a (ya) fantasy story about a boy named Aiden, who goes to the world of the fae to find his missing brother and gets dragged into a fight that isn't even his own. A group of rebels wants to reawaken the evil Alderking that once tried to overthrow the other fae kingdoms and Aiden and his friends have to stop them before they can succeed.

Another wip of mine is Project: Secret Warriors, a sci-fi/distopian story about a group of teenagers that are part of a secret government project that turns street kids into super soldiers. The main characters, the siblings Nalia and Xander, uncover this true purpose of the program and together with their friend Charlie try to escape - and stop the project before it harms people.

And the newest wip I have, A Summer at Cotton Bay, is a mlm love story taking place in Australia, 1903. Young British lord William Ainsworth gets send to Australia as a "time out" and falls in love with Arthur, the stable hand of his aunt's summer estate.

WIP INTRO - THE SHADOWS OF REBELLION.

A story of rebellion carried out by five pretentious individuals, who are obsessed with art, but unfortunately trapped in a system which opposes art.

CHARACTER INTRODUCTIONS // ALL’S WELL AT THE FAIR!

PLAYLIST

name: gillian andires gender: female (she/her/hers) sexuality: asexual age: 22 birthday: euphorbia 20th, 1881 height: 5′6″ weight: 117 lbs. species: elf

excerpt:

If there’s one thing predictable about summer in St. Mona, it’s the unpredictability.

At least that’s what Gillian has come to believe—that’s her, that girl in the threadbare, stained green dress picking her way through the sun-warmed cobblestone. Her with the snub nose and freckle-dotted cheeks, those pointed ears that mark her status as an elf, thick red hair piled into a now-falling-out twist atop her head since she tried copying the hairstyles she’s seen the ladies on the street wearing.

Gillian Andires has lived in St. Mona all her life. Her mother hasn’t but in the end she has learned many things from her: Sit up straight in your chair so your back doesn’t curve and ache so like mine, her mother tells her. Always tell people “please” and “thank you”—you’re a sweet girl, Gillian, and it’s important that you go about showing it. Always keep your wand on you, I know we only have a few spells on us to make the housework easier but it’s important that you keep easy access to magic with you everywhere you go.

Sylvia took stock of what she still had left. It didn’t take long - her puffy white shirt that cut low down the front in stereotypical pirate fashion, the jeans that went up to her belly button and had previously been light brown until the murky water darkened them, her underclothes, and a single gold pendant that she’d been gifted by one of the humans.

That was it.

There was a spot of blood on her shirt that she frantically tried to scrub out with her hand in a moment of distress. Her face was getting wet - it took her a few seconds to realize why until it finally clicked. She was crying.

And then she was screaming. Voice cracked and horse from pleading with Alessandro, she screamed until her throat ached and all that came out was broken squeaks. When she couldn’t scream anymore she yanked at her hair and silently sobbed. The sky was getting lighter by the minute but Sylvia’s world was getting darker.

“Ma’am, excuse me? Are you alright?”

Sylvia looked up from her place in the alley. A man in a faded black suit approached her slowly, eyes cautious as he scanned the alley.

“Go away,” she choked out. It came out as a whisper and she wished more than anything that she could lash out, pounce, rip this innocent stranger’s throat out. Anything to relieve the tight feeling in her chest.

His speed picked up when he saw the blood on her shirt, the state of her face and hair.

“You’re hurt - let me hel-“

“GO AWAY!”

To Sylvia’s satisfaction her sudden roar, bruised as it was, shocked the man. He jumped back, eyes wide, and made a quick escape. She smiled before it quickly turned into a scowl. Having scared off the one person willing to help her, she was once more alone.

They’re essentially mages and are capable of performing magic in my universe. If you’ve been following any of my posts lately you’ll see that I’ve been obsessively working out the magic system for one of my WIPs. It’s been a super fun but somewhat frustrating journey! This WIP has honestly changed from a fantasy story set in modern times but has evolved into a science fantasy (which I LOVE reading and writing about. I call it Scifantasy or SciFantasy, hehe).

Anyways, I went from calling my mages ‘mages’ to calling them espers, then auramancers (my favorite term), and now that there’s a huge technology aspect with my magic I’m thinking I can conjure up other name ideas that flow with the theme/setting/overall aesthetic of the story. Magic in this universe is formally called aurana, and the only people who can interact and manipulate aurana are, of course, auramancers.

I love the Auramancers idea and it sounds SO COOL but realistically, I gotta call a spade a spade when I see it. Regardless of what they’re called, they function as the mages in my universe and the name I call them is purely a stylistic choice.

Here are the name ideas, can you please tell me which one you like best? :)

Auramancer (gender neutral)

Auron (male) & Auroness OR Aurora (female)

Aion (male) & Aioness (female)

Aurather (male) & Aurathess (female)

Archon (male) & Archoness (female)

All the love,

~ toribookworm ❤️

Thank you so much for the ask, I've been meaning to hop back into my writing (I've been so busy with school lately ugh) and this ask made me go back to my docs and get back into it again! I've been working on my modern fantasy WIP for a while now but I'm so excited to share it with everyone on here. It's going to be a series set in an entirely made up world with lots of adventure, action, romance, mages, magic & technology, magic systems, corrupt governments, exploration of human nature, and a lot of dark (and fluffy) themes. Hurt/Comfort lovers, I welcome you to check out this series because I had that specific trope in mind when creating this series and its characters.

I'm having a lot of fun designing the world and all the different countries, cultures, landscapes, and lots of other interesting details. I feel like there's not a lot of secondary world modern fantasy novels out there (when it's a completely made up universe it's usually fantasy set in the past or the future), so it will appeal to people who are looking for that. It's inspired by Greek/Roman mythology, astrology, astrological signs, tarot cards, the zodiac, and mythology in general. Here is a list of tropes & themes that are going to be present:

Rivals to Lovers to Enemies to Lovers

Identity, Character Growth, Mental Health, and Found Family

Hurt/Comfort (Experiencing, Overcoming, and Healing from Trauma)

A Focus on Human Relationships (Romantic, Platonic, & Familial)