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author-a-holmes · 6 months

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Darkling Sneak Peek

Darkling sneak peek beneath the cut...

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@faelanvance @noirepersonal @queen-kass-the-writer @athenswrites @thelaughingstag @minamoroz @bardic-tales @outpost51 @talesfromaurea @ettawritesnstudies

"You're kidding?" Lizzy asked, finally turning to face him again, frowning at him as he grimaced. "Lizzy—" "Andric," she cut him off, "this is the eighth vampire clan we've visited in the last six weeks, and we have nothing to show for it." "I know it seems that way, but—" "Seems?" Lizzy growled, because no matter how much she felt drawn to Andric, he could still get under her skin faster than anyone else she'd ever met.

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moryann-stolen-stories · 1 year

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Moryann Sailor's Rhyme/Proverb

So, I'm not working on Stolen right now, but as I was falling asleep last night I got a little rhyme pop into my head. Which is how almost all my poetry arrives, and why I'm useless at writing it consistently.

But this one was super cute, and it fit with the coinage I've worldbuilt for Moryann (copper bits, silver strikes, gold coins, platinum pieces). It also helps to explain why beachcombing is a common job, in coastal towns, for the poor of Moryann.

I'd also love to include it in a prequel short story I've been toying with for this series too, so maybe it'll make it's way into a book eventually. For now it's just a worlddbuilding fragment I wanted to share.

Sea travel is common in Moryann, so when Sailors spot stormclouds on the horizon they'll mutter this under their breath, and toss the appropriate 'payment' into the sea.

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Toss a bit toward the beach,

and a strike into the surf.

Give a gold up to the ocean,

lest she come for you herself.

#Writing #Writing Community #Writeblr #Writeblr Community #Moryann #Moryann Worldbuilding #Stolen #Stolen Stories #The Lost Mosswolf Prequel #Rhyme #Poem #Sailors Proverb #Worldbuilding #Ari Writes #Arista Writes

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fey-touched-trilogy · 2 years

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Work In Progress Wednesday - My Most Recent Lines...

The Fey Touched Trilogy

Work In Progress Wednesday; Most Recent Lines

"Lizzy Hail," Andric murmured softly, "the five-foot-three bundle of stubbornness and determination. The young woman who won't back down from anything. Not even a rabid kavian. Not even when I've spent weeks teaching her how to run from one. Whose telekinesis was strong enough to protect herself and her friend."

Carefully Lizzy opened her eyes, and turned to look at Andric. He'd moved even closer, and was now leaning one shoulder against the tree she had her back pressed against, staring down at her with an infinitely gentle expression that made her heart slam against her chest.

"What are you doing?" she asked softly, and the corners of his mouth twitched up into a familiar flash of a smile.

"I'm being honest with you," he answered gently.

- - Changeling by Arista Holmes (Chapter Thirty-Five)

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@jezifster @cedar-west @faelanvance @noirepersonal @queen-kass-the-writer @athenswrites @thelaughingstag @talesfromaurea @authorminamoroz @bardic-tales @writeblrsupport

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faith-of-the-grim · 2 years

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Faith of the Grim (Formerly; A Grim Awakening)

"Faith of the Grim" has been a stand-alone story idea that's been with me for over ten years, since 2012, but it took some time to take shape and form in my mind.

Krysis is a grim reaper. Her entire existence is spent collecting the souls of the recently departed, and herding them along to whichever afterlife they spent their lives believing in the most strongly.

The downside to meing a reaper is that she never gets to experiance the next life herself. She, and all other reapers, are eternal, and Krysis is bored of eternity.

That is until she goes to collect a soul, and discovers a human on the cusp of becoming a minor deity. A paramedic, his medical efforts combined with his budding powers snatches the soul Krysis is there to collect from her grasp, and brings his patient back from the edge of death.

Suddenly, eternity doesn't look quite as boring anymore.

Barring no unforseen circumstances, I hope to release "Faith of the Grim" around Autumn 2025.

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stand-alone-novels · 2 years

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Anthologies

I think Anthology collections can be a great way to display a variety of writing styles, or short pieces that don't always have a complex wide-reaching plot that can span a book series, or even a single novel.

While I only have one Anthology planned right now, I can easily see the potential for additional future projects of this type, so I'll be collecting anything related to Anthologies and Short Stories and Flash Fiction on this side blog, including my occasional 15-minute writing exercises.

A Little Touch of Magic is planned to be a collection of 15 short stories, each one less that 3,000 words long. Each short story will show a brief moment in the life of the witch Lucille Corrobane as she learns about her magic, studies to control her powers, and discovers the secrets her family have been protecting for generations.

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sunevial · 13 days

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Chapter 5: The City of Twilight

#my writing #the harvest changeling child #Arista Mayweather #Tyra

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lyssq · 3 months

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This came to me in a vision… a guide to Riyria/Elan ships

*this is assuming that Gwen/Royce and Esrahaddon/Elinya manage to get into the same afterlives but I believe they could

**also assuming Brin manages to drag Tesh’s ass out of the abyss and they work something out but I mean she literally has eternity to make him do some emotional introspection

***You could say Mawyn and Mak are tragic (afterlife) too but I guess the tragic part is that they don’t go to the afterlife. Also they could have been together but Mawyndulë dedicated 3000 years of his life to vengeance while Makareta spent that time building a thriving community so tbh I don’t feel she’d even want him after all the shit he pulled

#anyway shout out to michael j sullivan for establishing that the afterlife is a cool place #and still managing to write heartbreaking deaths #also am i forgetting anyone #trilos/muriel… they’re not doing great #and ig amilia and breckton are fine #riyria #riyria revelations #legends of the first empire #the rise and the fall #hadrian blackwater #arista essendon #royce melborn #gwen delancy

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mcmorare · 2 months

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i need to make a little timeline of events for katrina's games

#‘ a rambling mess ‘ - ooc.#i have a loose idea in my head... need to actually Write It Out #i also need to make one for arista's games on my sideblog i need to think more about her games in general

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impulsea · 3 months

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can you tell us something about your sister attina?

"Attina loves to read! Crystalla got her hooked. That's the nursemaid my sisters and I shared with our Mother. Oh, she used to tell us the best stories before bedtime. My favorite was about a sailor...but, when I'd press her for more details, she would always retreat. Anyway, Attina's also one of Sebastian's favorite music students! You'd never guess so, because she always gets so quiet when we're not in singing lessons. But Sebastian likes her because she's so hardworking! I try to be like that too, it's just that I...get distracted sometimes. But Attina's a real treasure!"

#- message in a bottle <#ask #anonymous #the little mermaid #the little mermaid 1989 #indie disney rp #pls interact if you'd like to become mutuals or write together!!! or even just talk ariel #hmmm i need an attina tag #i think i only have an arista one

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analviel · 1 year

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Currently still working on this. Hopefully would be able to make it into a series for the seven sisters.

QUEEN ATTINA, PRINCESS OF THE BERING SEA

Taking a break to read gossip from the rest of the seven seas and the human world. Politics sprinkled here and there but nowhere near enough to justify having royal courier deliever the 'really, truly urgent message from your sister her higness Adella of the Mediterranean Sea' who'd been the only one to stay in their childhood home. Queen Attina is as equally surprised to hear of the wedding between two once rival from the royal knights.

Triton didn't die. He's happily exploring his old hobbies he'd had to set aside after taking the crown, he lives in Mediterranean, the Sea being his element, a trait his third daughter inherited. He thinks about his years, his time with Athena, his only and greatest love, and even childhood with Ursula, his bestfriend that was practically his sister until their differences in opinion.

HEADCANONS FOR THR REST OF THE SISTERS

Princess Alana of the Black Sea. Is a sort of green, beauty witch guru, where her father and Attina has the great magic, she's more on the finer details, sort of like Ursula's contrast to Triton but without the thirst for the throne. Savvy with magic in general but is truly fond of the beauty self-care ones.

Princess Adella of the Mediterranean Sea. She's very social, the party planner, if she's not throwing a ball then she's attending someone else's, probably the easiest to get a hold of, of the princesses. Can and will endorse an audience with her majesty for you if she feels like it.

Princess Aquata of the Coral Sea. A Knight. Aiming for the General, obviously. Can be seen in Adella's parties occasionally when she's free from duties, dancing her way through the crowd.

Princess Arista of the White Sea. Musician, had taken to being Sebastian's protégé as a composer but is honestly more comfortable being the star of the show by her musical instruments. Plays at Adella's parties sometimes but also travels around and spreading her music by holding concerts.

Princess Andrina of the Caribbean Sea. Moves around a lot more than any of her sisters, tourist/messenger/explorer, has the official title of Herald but is actually pretty free for the most part. I headcanon it that if Ariel is the one who's fascinated by the above world, Andrina is fascinated by the rest of the ocean and works rather closely with Aquata to expand Atlantica and their knowledge of their own world in its seemingly infinite expanse.

Last but not least I want a piece of Queen Ariel visting her friends Gabriella and Flounder, sharing the land world with them and the new laws her and Eric are looking to pass and why because the why leads to a whole bunch of things about the ecosystem above and the difference in the human societal structures and etc.

#Ariel #little mermaid #Disney #And i write #And i draw #Attina #Mermaids #Alana #Adella #Aquata #Arista #Andrina #Gabriella #the little mermaid

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author-a-holmes · 6 months

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Last Line Tag Game...

Thank you for the tag @talesofsorrowandofruin!

Tagging forward with no pressure to; @blind-the-winds, @duckingwriting, @oh-no-another-idea, @faelanvance, @elliottsbigstrongboyarms, @mr-writes, @authoralexharvey, @sleepyowlwrites, @kaiusvnoir, and @amewinterswriting

Darkling Snippet/Spoilers beneath the cut...

"Do you realise how many times you've saved my life?" he asked her, voice softening, and he had to push back some highly inappropriate laughter at her shellshocked expression.

#Darkling Snippet #Darkling Spoilers #Unannounced Character #Redacted Character #Lizzy Hail #Writeblr #Writeblr Community #Writing #Writing Community #Ari Writes #Arista Writes #Tag Game #Friends #Mutuals

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moryann-stolen-stories · 2 years

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Stolen Stories;

Prequel - The Lost Mosswolf

Book One - Stolen

Book Two - Takeover

Book Three - Origin

Book Four - Loyalty

Book Five - E

Book Six - N

The Stolen Stories are a Romantic Epic Fantasy series. The manuscript for book one, Stolen, is already completed, but I didn't want my first, bumbling, foray into the world of self publishing to be done with this series.

This series, and the characters of Stella and Reilly specifically, are my darlings, and I love them too much to use them as a learning experiance.

A combination of learning, and finances, means that I don't plan to publish Stolen until the first half of 2025. With six books in the series, at two books a year, the Stolen Stories publication should span 2025-2027, with the prequel "The Lost Mosswolf" replacing the Fey Touched Trilogy's free prequel story on my newsletter.

The Lost Mosswolf

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Stolen

It had been a long couple of weeks for Stella Korazon.

When a simple pickpocket job that goes horribly wrong sends her entire life spinning into chaos, Stella must figure out how to navigate the treacherous world of Moryann alone.

Finding herself in the City of Antillune she is quickly pulled into the middle of a brewing war between two thieves guilds when she finds herself coerced into stealing from Guild Master Mosswolf.

Surrounded on all side by rogues, liars, spies and betrayal, it's a constant struggle to know who she should trust, but standing in the heart of it all, can she find somewhere, or someone, to call home?

Takeover

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Origin

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Loyalty

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E- Currently Unnamed

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N- Currently Unnamed

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fey-touched-trilogy · 2 years

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Fey Touched Stories;

Prequel - Whatever Happened To Madeline Hail? (Newsletter Exclusive; Sign Up Here)

Book One - Changeling (Available In All Formats Now!)

Book Two - Darkling

Book Three - Fey Touched

Seasonal Special - Once Upon A Fey Touched Holiday

The Fey Touched Trilogy is a Portal Fantasy and planned to be my debut novel series. Book One, Changeling, was published on March 16th 2023 as a birthday present to my mum, and the second book, Darkling, is also expected to be published later in 2023.

My Newsletter is up and running! Sign up HERE if you'd like to download and read the series prequel, 'Whatever Happened To Madeline Hail?' and keep up to date on my publishing journey.

Keep reading beneath the Read More for currently revealed blurbs & covers...

Whatever Happened to Madeline Hail?

When Madeline Hail makes the journey from the fey realm of Arbaon to the mortal realm, she thinks the greatest danger is to her heart. Instead, she finds herself quickly fighing for her life against rabid kavians intent on claiming her magical fey-blood for themselves.

When she is inevitably outnumbered and overpowered, making an unthinkable bargain might be the only way to save her life, but being alive doesn't mean she's safe.

'Whatever Happened To Madeline Hail?' is Newsletter Exclusive: Sign Up Here

Changeling

Fey go missing in the mortal realm. Everyone knows that. When Lizzy's mother is the next to vanish she is expected to grieve and move on. Instead Lizzy wants to find out what happened, but the answers she seeks can't be found in the fey realm of Arbaon. With the help of her best friend, Booker Reed, Lizzy is determined to retrace her mother's final steps, straight through an illegal portal and into the mortal realm. Whatever leads she expected to find, it wasn't an academy of vampires, and a world stalked by their rabid cousins, the kavians. Forced to rely on the vampires for protection, and secluded away behind the high walls of Speculo School, it quickly becomes clear that not everyone is pleased with Lizzy and Booker's investigation. With danger building the further they dig, the two fey need to decide if the answers they seek are worth risking their lives for. The longer they remain with the vampires, the more Lizzy begins to suspect that her answers instead lie amongst the deadly kavians.

Available In All Formats Now!

WARNING: READING FURTHER YOU MAY ENCOUNTER SPOILERS

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK

Darkling

Fey go missing in the mortal realm. This time, it’s intentional.

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Fey Touched

Fey go missing in the mortal realm. Everyone is about to find out why.

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Seasonal Special: Once Upon A Fey Touched Holiday

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verald-chronicles · 2 years

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Picture by Andrew Neel on Unsplash

15 Minute Writing Exercise

Prompt: Fight

He was so irritating.

She was incredibly frustrating.

If only he would listen to her, instead of demanding that she adhered to his whims!

If only she would be silent on occasion, and realise that he knew best.

Mallory aimed a furious kick at a pile of leaves, and her foot slipped as the wet mud gave way beneath her feet. Her back hit the ground and her head spun as a sharp "Ooof!" was forced from her lungs.

She could hear Nik's own furious steps halt at her fall, and bit her lip with mortification. He'd been ahead of her, leading the way out of the forest she'd gotten herself lost within. Sher words and angry retorts had been spat from both their lips.

He had better things to do than look for her.

She hadn't needed the help of a monster.

She'd still, reluctantly, been following him home. He'd, reluctantly, kept his speed to that of a human, unwilling to let her out of his sight.

She waited for the taunts, the teasing, as she slowly pushed herself onto her elbows, blonde hair falling around her shoulders and clumping together with wet mud. She knew she looked a state, and after their fight it would be in character for Nik to proffer up a fresh taunt.

Instead, she heard him sigh wearily. She didn't hear the furious stomp of his feet against the ground, but a moment later he was crouched beside her.

"Are you alright?" he asked, and when Mallory braved glancing at him, he kept his blue gaze away from hers. Sharp eyes were scanning the forest, as though seeking to hunt down that which had hurt her, despite it being the pile of leaves she'd attacked in a temper.

She considered spitting his concern back in his face, but bit back the acidic words, swallowing them down hard. He was trying. He could kill her with no more effort than it took her to crush a spider, and he hadn't. He wasn't. Despite her pettiness and temper, and their blazing fights, Nik had never hurt her, and he tried very hard not to scare her.

"I could do with a hand up," she offered quietly, eyes on her knees when his head snapped around to stare at her.

It was an offer, an olive branch, and the surprise on his face hurt. He'd continuously reached out to her, but this was the first time she'd returned the offer and slowly Nik stood up.

For a heart-stopping moment she thought he was going to walk away. To stalk off and leave her, tossing her soft words back at her feet as she had done to him countless times already, but he didn't.

His feet didn't move from her side, and when she glanced up, his hand was held out to her. Patiently waiting for her to notice.

And wasn't that just a metaphor for their entire relationship.

Clearing her throat, Mallory lifted her own hand and grasped his arm. His fingers mirrored her own pressing against the skin just below her elbow. Firm, grasping… gentle.

Nik tugged her to her feet with ease, and didn't release her until he was sure she had her feet firmly beneath her. Then he lingered for a heartbeat longer when he met his eyes.

It was his turn to clear his throat nervously, releasing her and stepping back.

"Come on. We should attempt to return to civilization before the moon rises," he said simply, their earlier fight dissipating into the evening air, and Mallory shivered at the reminder of the monsters that resided within the woods.

They turned together, and walked side-by-side and neither commented on the tenuous peace that settled between them.

#Writing #Original #Writing Exercise #Ari Writes #Arista Writes #Ari Speaks #Arista Speaks #Writeblr #Writeblr Community #Writing Community #Chronicles of Verald #Nik Greyson #Nikalas Greyson #Nik/Mallory #Mallory Fobane

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knowstruth · 3 months

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ok i NEED to add her to the car.rd still but. bullet points about arista for now

district 9

9 is comprised of tight-knit but spaced out towns. each town is like a little hub around the grain mill they run

victor of the 53rd games

her arena was a swampy salt marsh type biome

very much "cool older cousin at the family function who you hope thinks you're cool" vibes

is a mentor, she doesn't enjoy it but she tries to help and be of some comfort to all her tributes.

the younger d9 victors are like her little siblings she loves them, and she will be friendly and respectful with victors from other districts as well (especially the younger ones, she has lots of sympathy for them)

does not Like fighting and will try to be diplomatic first but if it comes to it she Will fight

she's not a star like some of the career victors but she's respected and decently well-liked, very down-to-earth

lives with her father and younger brother (her father dies in the rebellion, her brother i'm not sure yet)

was also captured by the capitol at the start of the rebellion

and ofc if you want more of her general vibes. her pinte.rest board

#arista. about.#introducing!! her!!#come write and plot with her pspsps

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adozentothedawn · 2 years

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You know, I still think that women that are actually written in Riyaria are well written, but man this guy has a problem with fridging female characters. The amoun of women who die in these books simply for plot of specifically the male characters is eeeeehhhhhhh. Which is a real shame honestly, because Arista, Amilia, and Thrace are such good characters, I love them. He does unfortunately also have a lack of buff women. So, to remedy these problems I suggest one main fix: make Hadrian a woman. You can even leave the name, I am perfectly happy having a woman called Hadrian run around. You also have to change nothing about his plot or character. Leave it as it is. This would give us a buff female himbo knight, it would mean that for once the male and female protagonist are not in a relationship, and it would make Hadrian’s and Arista’s romance immediatly 10 times more compelling. Give me knight/princess leasbians! And from there you could totally genderflip a few more characters, Esrahaddon would be a prime example. Merrick is another one. Literally the only character that you can’t just genderflip or it would break part of the plot is Royce. Everyone else is fair game.

also give Thrace a half elf bard girlfriend i dare you

just kidding I’ll do it myself

#riyria #also I already decided for my headcanon beacuse it matters exactly not at all is that Hadrian's dad was a trans man #which also explains why the man absoluetly never mentions his mother #and no don't tell me ooooh she died when he was young yeah I know that and I think it's stupid #but also to really upgrade/fix these books you also really have to work on the colonialism #and the racism #but I'm not touching that until I reread the books where that really becomes a problem #for now it's mostly just Gwen and her magical seeing powers which are very heavily roma coded that are a problem #and i mean it is a problem but one that I feel could be pretty easily fixed by untying that from her heritage #it's not like no one else has magic in these books so singeling her out is fucking weird #just make her a normal wizard like Arista who happens to spezialize in prophecy #the general Calis thing is a much more intricate problem that I don't remember well enough to suggest fixes to for now #but oh boy do i remember bad things #anyway #knight princess lesbians when?#i demand #so I guess I have to either go look for a different book or write it myself

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