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kittensartswriting · 9 months

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Writing Update

I haven't written, but I have finally come up with a new title for Golden Maiden, Silver Bride! I didn't like the original title from the beginning, but it's easier to talk about it when it has a name, so I used it as a working title. The new title is The Song Of A Golden Ghost. In Kalevala Väinämöinen calls the Golden Maiden a ghost of gold, when he is explaining to Ilmarinen, why she's not a good bride. I thought that sounded nice and i think it captures a lot of thematic meaning. It can be interpreted as meant in a dismissive way and as a contrast to humanity, so as a title referring to the hero of the story it's kinda reclaiming it. And it can be also interpreted as spirit of gold, which does fit Miävi.

I'm planning for this being a trilogy and while Miävi will be staying as the main character, the first book focuses on her story, which loosely adapts the Forging of the Golden Maiden myth, while the two other books will focus on stories of other characters. The second book will focus on Vaan, who is loosely based on Kullervo, and will loosely adapt Kullervo's myth. The last book focuses on Eio (Vaan's sister), who is loosely based on Lemminkäinen (gender swapped though), and adapts parts of that mythology.

I haven't decided on the names of the two other books yet, but they will follow "The Song Of..." formula. I'm planning for the narrator to be omniscient and a sort of storyteller/bard in-universe who much later relates the story, though I don't think I'll ever make that explicit. Because the story is based on Baltic-Finnic mythology, stories are passed down by basically bards (the Finnish term is "poem singer") and are therefore songs. It also refers to the magic system being based on songs. I have decided on the series name though, which is Songs of Veerelings. Veerelings are sort of elves/demigods, based on Kalevanpojat (Kalevapoeg in Estonian) from Baltic-Finnic mythology, and Vaan, Eio and kinda Miävi too are veerelings. (Though Miävi is also other things because she's a robot.)

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kittensartswriting · 2 years

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Writeblr Re-Introduction

I have been here for a long time now, but I've been very inconsistent through the panini, but especially this year. My studies have been very demanding and my mental health has been not great, which is why I've been writing barely at all during this year. But the uni semester is basically over and I finally got ADHD medication (yey!!!), so I feel like I can handle more things at a time now!

All that said, hello, hi, I'm Karkki (she/her)!

I write queer fantasy in different forms for adult audiences. I like to write dark, a little twisted and bittersweet stories with historical and mythological inspirations. I love doing meticulous worldbuilding and genre combinations. Outside of writing I do art (more on my art side blog), sew, obsess over dress history (more on my other side blog) and study architecture and architectural history. I miss doing tag games, it was so much fun, and I'm very happy to be tagged to them (do people still do them?) though as a warning I've always been bad at answering them in timely manner (I blame ADHD). My blog (and art blog too) is in dire need of some updating. Only WIP page I have up is for BCC and it's very out of date.

I know a lot of other writeblrs became inactive or less active during the panini, so I would love to hear who of my mutuals are still here or here again posting about writing, and find other active writeblrs too! So please let me know if you post about your writing, even if not very actively, and show me your WIPs! I want to check them out!

I've acquired some new WIPs even if I haven't been writing really so here's a quick little intro to my ongoing WIPs some of which I have talked about here before, some of which I haven't. I also have WIPs that are currently shelved but I might get to back to at some point.

In The Name Of Violence

status: outlining, on hiatus

Living in the poor side of the great port city Mearemin isn't ever easy, but more so, if you are an ex-assassin hunted by your former comrades of the crime organization you once called family, hiding in a forgotten and very sentient library, which doesn't want to let you go, working as a private detective to survive and watching by as the dead body of your father figure turns into something very monstrous while terrorizing the city. So Ainur isn't doing great. Things change though, and not necessary for the better, as a noble knight comes for their help to figure out who murdered her husband, son of the most notorious crime leaders of Maeremin, their former boss.

Bear Castle Chronicles

status: drafting, re-outlining

Thirteen years after a civil war the four surviving children of the disposed duke are living in hiding. Valeri and Fiolev, the two youngest, live have finally gotten out of poverty to a middle class life under a pseudonym, thanks to Valeri's military career. But that same military career separates them as the empire is heading into a continental war. Cassia, the second oldest, acts as an opera singer and courtesan to spy for the enemy of the empire. Faerathos, the oldest, is hostage in the imperial court trying to uncover the secrets behind the civil war while dipping into politics as much has he is allowed under the empress' watchful eye. Industrialization and war on horizon means big changes and maybe a possibility for revenge or justice.

WIP page | Masterpost | Maps

Cast: Faerathos

Songs of Veerelings - The Song Of A Golden Ghost

status: development

A mechanical maiden forged from silver and gold, Miävi, travels the foreign northern lands with her human protector, Tiera. She is on the run from a veere (demigod race) ruled empire, after her creator tried to dispose of her, when she didn't live up to his vision of a perfect bride. A curse that will slowly crumble Tiera's body starts spreading and the only thing that can stop it is releasing a god imprisoned in the imperial palace. To save Tiera in return, Miävi will have to face her creator again.

Be All My Sins

status: research and development

Mary falls into depression following her friend's untimely death. She's institutionalized for a short while after she thinks she sees her friend alive and has a mental breakdown. Her friend's family then invites her to their country manor in Scotland's cost to recover and share their grief. There she's drawn to a mysterious group of Spiritists, who believe her friend was a victim of vampires.

Aune is a young peasant living in late 16th century Swedish Finland, where military dictatorship is rousing a spirit of rebellion among the desperate peasantry. She meets a fascinating foreigner, who teaches her how to read and write and many other things in exchange for her blood. Knowledge is power, but as the tensions explode, it's still not enough to prevent the bloodbath.

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