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"Good. I’m going to kiss you now,” he whispers, tilting my head until his breath is on my lips. “And I swear to every god who has ever lived, you’re going to feel me everywhere."

The Witch Collector by Charissa Weaks

#romance quotes #book quotes #love quotes #the witch collector #charissa weaks #alexus x raina #romance books #fantasy romance #fantasy romance books #so hot 🔥🔥🔥 #so hot of him #romantic quotes

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"I’d screamed, and the only person to come to my aid was my villain."

A Cursed Heart by Jenny Hickman

#quotes #love quotes #romance quotes #book quotes #villain quotes #villain #a cursed heart #jenny hickman #romance books #romance book #fantasy romance #fantasy romance books #fantasy romance book

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"In another life, I would’ve tried to know her. I would’ve admired her and read her poems written by my own hand. I would’ve walked with her through fields of stardrops, danced with her in the stream."

The Witch Collector by Charissa Weaks

#romance quotes #book quotes #love quotes #romantic quotes #quotes #the witch collector #charissa weaks #romance books #romance book #fantasy romance books #fantasy romance book

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“just checking up on you” means a lot fr

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You have one super power: The ability to know without fail what the truth is to any asked question. You planned to help the world as a super hero. It took you six hours for the government to declare you public enemy number one and the most deadly super villain alive.

#writing prompt

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Adding small moments of existence to your writing 

What I’m talking about is proof of life outside your characters in your world. Not in the sense of ‘talking to the cashier at the checkout’, but things like:

Graffiti etched into a desk your character sits in during an exam

Realising that someone has come along and arranged the cans on the shelf so the labels say something stupid

Dirty vans that have ‘wash me’ written in the dried mud

A coin that has been stuck into a piece of gum on a handrail

Little things that show the world still goes on despite whatever is happening to the characters. 

This helps make the world a world, not just a setting. There are other people with other lives doing stupid, funny, dangerous, things that in no way impact the protagonist. You don’t have to dwell on them, they can only be mentioned briefly in passing during the set up of a scene, but it will help create life within the background of the story and give the characters a chance to briefly think about something other than themselves/their situation.

#writing tips

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Hello! I'd like to share with you a character work game! I call it "Six Secrets" and honestly it's a work in progress but I'm sharing it anyway

List six secrets that your character has.

1 is an open secret

2 is a secret the people close to your character know

3 is a secret that your character wouldn't really care about getting out

4 is a secret exactly one person knows anything about

5 is a secret no one knows about but they sort of want to come out/to tell someone

6 is a secret no one knows and they desperately don't want anyone to know about.

You can also decide who knows and how

The secrets don't have to have anything to do with your actual plot! The secrets can have super low or super high stakes! It doesn't matter! But you will absolutely have a better idea of your character's intentions and state of mind, and you may wind up coming up with some new plot points/obstacles to play with

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Overthinking is no joke. That eats you up on the inside

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In May of 2012, I discovered my first dating sim, Idol Days by Pacthesis. That July, I posted my first blog post here! That led to a lifelong love and a wonderful eight years of otome and tumblr! With so many other otome blogs out there, I’ve sometimes wondered if maybe it was time to throw in the towel, but I truly love sharing stuff here. And a large part of that is because of the love and support I’ve received over the years. I can’t express just how much that has meant and continues to me to me! Thank you to everyone for an amazing eight years here! To show my appreciation, I’m doing a follower giveaway!

Tomey’s 8-year Bloggiversary Giveaway!

When: Tuesday August 18th, 2020 through Wed September 1st, 2020, at 10pm EST

Winners: There will be TWO WINNERS chosen by random list generator!

Prizes:  

$25 iTunes gift card (US store only)

$25 Google Play gift card (US store only)

Any otome game(s) from Steam up to $30

Any otome game(s) from itch.io up to $30

*iTunes cards and itchio games will require your email.

* Steam Games require that you have a steam account and that we friend each other before I’m able to send a game (unless this has changed, but we’ll work it out!).

*For Steam or itch.io, you can ask for multiple games as long as the combined price is $30 or less!

*If you can, consider itch.io. Sellers can choose how much itch.io gets from the sale, and often they offer steam keys too.

****if you are a minor, please no R18 games (ex. Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome or anything by SakuraGame). It’s not that I’m against it, it’s just legal reasons.

Rules:  

You must be FOLLOWING this blog at the time of this posting (it’s a follower appreciation giveaway, but I do plan to do others that aren’t!)

NO GIVEAWAY BLOGS

To enter, like and/or Reblog (one time) this post.

Winners will have 72 hours to respond to Tumblr ask/message or another winner will be chosen

Winners will be chosen September 1st, 2020, at 10pm EST!

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Putting into words what we didn’t know how to say  👏 

i think villains in general provide better, more epic romances because they're allowed to go to extremes. they're allowed to put their love over the greater good. they're allowed to be selfish. the best a hero can offer you is number two, because their duty comes first. villains, though. villains will burn down the world for a last kiss goodbye.

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So I was reading Lord of Shadows and came across:

Is Magnus referencing James burning down Blackthorn Manor in Idris???

Because if he was IJWJAJSKSJSONSMSKX

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I don’t

I don’t try, of fear to fail.

I don’t run, of fear to fall.

I don’t write, of fear to disappoint.

Sometimes, I do things. Sometimes, I manage.

But mostly, I cave. Because I’m just so afraid.

As time moves on, and I grow still, the voice in my heart, the song in my soul, they cry from the pain… of missing it all.

#poem #my poem #poems #poetry #story #am writing #self doubt

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Light & Dark

The water is deep, dragging me underneath.

I can’t see. I can’t hear. I can’t feel. I can’t scream.

There’s nothing but shadows, darkness, and cold.

I flail, and I fight, and I reach for the light.

It’s kind, and it’s warm, and it’s safest from all.

But it’s so far away, and I don’t know the way.

The darkness is terrible, but I know it so well. It’s part of me, and I of it.

The light is like hope, fragile and gentle, yet so unknown.

And it’s funny, it’s sad, but I’m scared of the light.

I can see it, almost reach it, but it’s as far as I can go.

I’m scared, but I want. I fight, but I’m not. I reach, but I draw. I can, but I won’t.

There’s something inside me, something the blocks. Something so deep rooted, it’s like it’s my own.

But I want it gone. I want it out. I want the light. I want to fight.

So I stand there, just out of reach. Waiting… For something to breach.

#poem #poems #my poem #my poetry #poems on tumblr #story

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Little Red

The forest was deep, the shadows were dark, as Little Red jumped up and about.

There was not a soul in the forest, No one at all, Yet the little girl had no care in the world.

Perhaps, it was her hood; Fiery red, That made her so brave. Or perhaps it was her basket, containing goods inside, for her grandmother's bed. But alas, it was the freedom, to roam as she pleased.

At the back of her head, she heard her mother’s voice, and it said: ‘Do not stray from the path. Do not roam about. Do not drop the goods. Do not play in the woods.’

But the voice was small, and the world was vast, and everything was so bright and alive.

So, she roamed about, straying from the path.   And before long, she realized she had lost her way out.

Now the voice grew strong, and she wasn’t alone. There was something prowling in the shadows. Something big. Something dark. Something scary. Something sharp.

As the wolf drew in, and the girl drew back, she realized she should have listened to her mother’s plight. At the same time, the girl regretted it not. Because she had made her own choice, and that was more than she hoped.

So, in a fit of renewed bravery, the girl threw the basket out, drew her red cloak in, turned around… and screamed.

#poem #my poem #poems on tumblr #fairy tales

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When your friends and family ask if you managed to finish that novel you swore you’d finish writing this year:

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The Dragon Prince Episode 1 (currently watching)

“Winter is coming... eventually.” 

Was this a Game of Thrones joke reference? :’D 

#the dragon prince #game of thrones reference #winter is coming #tv shows