10 Songs Tag

10 Songs Tag

Thanks for tagging me, @dyrewrites!

Rules: Use your WIP playlist and put it on shuffle. Write the first 10 songs that come up and quote your favorite lyrics from each song and/or the lyrics that fit your WIP best (they might be the same lyrics), then tag 10 people.

Tagging gently: @thepitflower @worldsfromhoney @unmellowyellowfellow @iloveanimalsmorethanhumans @enne-uni and any others.

Since I only have a playlist for Cloaked in Dusk, thus that's the WIP I'm working with for this! This is a WIP I haven't mentioned much yet. Some lyrics may link/hint to the story in some way too, but that's another reason why I love them!

Capture the wild things and bring them in line

Ashes - The Longest Johns

And own what was never your right to confine

The lives and the loves and the songs are what matters

I'll tend to the flame, you can worship the ashes

Where I go, will you still follow?

Thus Always to Thryants - The Oh Hellos

Will you leave your shaded hollow?

Will you greet the daylight looming?

Learn to love without consuming?

Rage against the waking dawn

Battle Cry - The Family Crest

Take the seconds of this life

And pull them through your palms

And we'll be drinking through memories, and laughing with enemies

So Close To Magic - Aquilo

We made back when we were so young

Pain is what you desire

Start a War - Klergy

The pen is mightier than the sword

Home to Me - Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

How dare you love me like you never known fear

You've got more troubles than minutes in a year

Never let them take the light behind your eyes

The Light Behind Your Eyes - My Chemical Romance

I failed and lost this fight

Never fade in the dark

Every word I say is kindling

Curses - The Crane Wives

But the smoke clears when you're around

All the living are dead and the dead are living

In Our Bedroom After The War - Stars

The war is over and we are beginning

So why are they pointed at my head?

Liar - The Arcadian Wood

All have been lead astray

We've all fallen short in some way

Brief Musings on Passion & the Passage of Time ⛩️

Original artwork "Torii to an Open Sky"/short prose "Sakura Reflections" Ⓒ Claire Kroening.

10 a.m., original poem Ⓒ Claire Kroening

trick or treat! (if youre doing it!) -@maddstermind

Thank you for the ask, @maddstermind!

Here, have... a treat! 🍬 It comes with spooky decorated cookies and some worldbuilding info from one of my WIPs, Exiled Sanctum!

Qredo's Magic System

Qredo works as a tech needs magic and magic needs tech in order to function. With the nameless kingdom (political ruling) restricting the certain grades of magic to be done by certain groups of people, particularly those with under c-grade being primarily in the lower middle class and downwards.

A Few Examples of the Magic Available:

Mechanical - involves manipulation and enhancement of a range of mechanical elements such as weapon creation, hacking, etc. (More to be added about). Can be made through any means necessary, a powerful and useful magic skill for factory workers but also those in the Sactum of Saigh District. Defenses- coexists with mecha tech but focused on the creation of powerful weaponry through a singular source. Cross-connect - similar to mecha tech, this involves the ability to transfigure and encrypt data such as disrupting hidden files, send information to parties without detection, and cut power grids. Rare but not hard to spot if someone is using.

Thank you again! Have a good rest of your day/evening/night and happy (almost) Halloween! 🎃

Meet the Writer Tag 🔖

Thank you @rickie-the-storyteller for tagging me!

This is me:

(Picrew used found here)

Favorite Season:

Autumn/fall without a doubt. The season in itself gives me ample writing inspiration for paranormal stories, going to pumpkin patches and other festive activities– plus my birthday follows directly after Halloween!

Continent where I live:

I live in the United States.

How do I spend my free time?

Writing

Networking with other writers and authors on a variety of social platforms

Drawing/painting artwork for friends or working on graphic designs

Reading

Visiting state parks and elsewhere

Watching Netflix, YouTube videos, and anime series.

Studying different languages and cultures

Volunteering within my community

Are you published?

Sort of. I haven't had the chance to self-publish my poetry chapbooks or finish my novel drafts yet to start sending queries, but my writing does appear in an magnitude of literary journals as well as from a few publishing company's anthologies! Most recently in Indie Earth Publishing's anthology, The Spell Jar: Book of Shadows vol 2.

Introvert or extrovert?

Introverted completely. I do pretty well on my own, but do enjoy the company of close friends and meeting new people on occurrence who have similiar interests as me.

Favorite meal?

I don't especially have a favorite, however I greatly lean towards Asian and Scandinavian cuisines.

Tagging:

Anyone who'd like to partake in this! I'm still fairly new to the writeblr community and unsure who hasn't done this tag yet. Open to whoever is interested!

Novel Moodboards 📚

Allow me to guide you into my character's worlds, one image at a time.

🔖Edge of Being - YA Realistic Fiction, Coming of Age, LGBTQ+ Romance. (Standalone Novella)

🔖Cloaked in Dusk - Fantasy, Romance with LGBTQ+ Rep. (Standalone)

🔖Lies Beyond the Bluff - Urban Fantasy/Paranormal, Mystery, elements of Platonic Romance. (Standalone)

🔖Exiled Sanctum - Japan-inspired Cyberpunk, Sci-Fi Fantasy, Dystopian, LGBTQ+ Romance implied but not the primary focus. (Duology possible)

I hope you enjoyed the peak into my inspirations for them! Let me know of which ones caught your eye the most!