On The Curse Side, It Can Take Me A Month To Finish A Chapter That's A Little Too Sad. On The Blessed

On the curse side, It can take me a month to finish a chapter that's A Little Too Sad. On the blessed side I can crank out a 3k word sex scene in a couple of hours.

This is my work-life balance as a writer.

WIP Wednesday: Confession Tag! ✨️

Thanks for the tag @tragedycoded~

I'm posting a confession-vibe clip from my WIP 🌐7 Circles🌐, and there's spoilers and 🌶sexual content🌶 ahead

From Chapter 5: The Pent-Up House

Kazimier barely gives a grunt in response as his finger gently traces a pattern in the plush fabric of the sofa, mind elsewhere. Klaus moves closer, studying his charge, looking at more than just what the shock did to his system- the flush not linked to the burns, the way his hips shift in discomfort under the blanket.

“..So how often are you supposed to feed, then?”

Kazimier’s jaw tightens and he pauses his idle occupation of creating a criss-cross design in the couch's soft upholstery. "Ya' feed me once a week- just what a 'Cubi needs." he offers smoothly, rubbing his design into nothingness.

Two can play at that game. "So, every day then." Klaus says deliberately.

"Pfft." Kazimier rolls his eyes hard enough that his head follows the movement before tipping back to look at Klaus. "Seems like a lot," Klaus says, keeping his voice and face suspiciously innocent. His hands fall to his belt, undoing the buckles. "But what kind of incubus would I be if I couldn't keep up?" 

The implication is clear. And Klaus has every intention of sticking to this ridiculous schedule unless Kazimier answers. Something behind Kazimier’s eyes flashes with the temptation, the hunger. The rest of him lashes out, unable to grit his teeth another time.

"Now Sir," Kazimier grinds out, muscles protesting as he heaves himself into a seated position, "I'm a domesticated mongrel these days, not usin' as much energy as I did in 'the wild'. I don' know why in tha’ four districts you'd wanna screw yourself feedin' me higher than my former rate- three days durrin' workin’ weeks for your damn information, but it ain't needed." he spits out, lip curling. He leans forward, eyes full of defiance and desire in a way that sent a shiver down Klaus’ spine "I can keep on with you slidin’ your cock past my fangs on the weekly for a loong while yet. Sir." He purrs loathingly. They had taken the man out of Du’Preve, but he was definitely 4th class, even here in Nexis.

Klaus should be outraged. He should hit the anadem and send another charge through Kazimier for his insolence. He should beat him. Or starve him. Or something. 

Three days. 

Klaus smiles wide and warm as he delights in the fire he’s uncovered in the hybrid. "Three days then. Easy enough." He responds, fixing his belt. Kazimier licks his teeth, mismatched eyes squinting in contempt as his temper cools and gravity sets in. "So you’re a moxie thing.. ain't ya?" he says, mouth stuck between a snarl and a smirk.  "So I've been told," Klaus says smugly.

7 Circles stuffs taglist: @gioiaalbanoart @biblicallyaccuratefruitbat @katenewmanwrites @pencilpusher1000 @lychhiker-writes @autism-purgatory @wyked-ao3 @cowboybrunch @zackprincebooks @smellyrottentrees @aalinaaaaaa @the-golden-comet @urbiggestfan-01 @quillswriting @nbkuhn @ddgraywrites @desastreus @nbkuhn @theglitchywriterboi @shanakin-skywalker @honeybewrites @sincerelydorky

A Musing Monday 🎐

Today I'm musing about extradimensional spaces! Like Mary Poppin's bag, or 'eatery that connects to an isekai' anime, or your mind, even.

I do think the mind is a type of extradimensional space. We fit the essence of so many places and moments and people into the folds of our memory, contained in the little box that is our skulls. We imagine worlds, we dream entirely separate lifetimes. It's wild, and amazing, and a little terrifying.

Occasionally I think about how the entire world around me is MY world- in that my only access to reality is through my own interpretations, experiences, and the senses that link to my brain, all of which may or may not be close to the truth of reality. When I die one day, my world dies too- not one creature on earth will live in the same world that I knew due to my relationship with everything perceivable to me.

Before I get TOO existential here though (or maybe I'm getting more existential)- think of what that means for writers! We are masons crafting gateways to extradimensional spaces. Through what we do, people can visit the pocket dimensions of OUR minds, dimensions that have the possibility to continue existing long after the mind/wold that created it expires. And because everyone perceives things through their own lens, writing one story and sharing it creates the potential for countless alternate dimensions; every soul that reads your work will carry their own personal version of it in their mind. If you have a hit count or something similar on your work, THAT'S how many dimensions you've created, at least.

Not only that, but when someone reads what you've written, THEIR world alters. It may be slight, your work or your post might provide a momentary reprieve from the part of their world they're avoiding or decompressing from (which is still a very important thing), or it may give them an idea of their own, it may motivate them to make one choice over another choice, it may alter the very way they think and interact with their family, their partners, themselves. You very well may alter the fabric of what a person is, the dimension of their mind warping with the way it interacts with your dimension.

Never forget that as a writer, or any creator of art for that matter, you are a world-builder, a world-shatterer, a world-repairer; a powerful and magical being that may alter the course of history. Writing is magic, and it's sorcery, and I desperately hope even the small unconfident blogs on here recognize that power.

Tagging a bunch of cool writers: @cowboybrunch @the-golden-comet @lychhiker-writes @wyked-ao3 @rotting-moon-writes

@saturnine-saturneight @asablehart @tragedycoded @autism-purgatory @marlowethelibrarian

If I didn't tag you you're still super cool! The world of my brain is just made of swiss cheese and glitches a lot 🫠💕

@dragoninatrenchcoat @words-after-midnight @sableglass @gioiaalbanoart @illarian-rambling

@badscientist @officialauthorofanotherworld

Last line/WIP Wednesday tag ✨️

Thank you to @the-golden-comet @cowboybrunch and @tragedycoded for the tag! 💕

Here's the last line I wrote for 🌐7 Circles🌐, in Chapter 8: Response Ability (Seeker POV)

They shine the bangles as promised, their eyes dry like a receding tide sure to surge back later, chuckling to the empty room as they recall the gruff man who had taught them so much.

Someone give this sweet bean a hug 🫂 🌠

7C taglist: @gioiaalbanoart @biblicallyaccuratefruitbat @katenewmanwrites @lychhiker-writes @honeybewrites

@autism-purgatory @wyked-ao3 @zackprincebooks @smellyrottentrees @aalinaaaaaa

@quillswriting @sincerelydorky

@nbkuhn @ddgraywrites @desastreus @theglitchywriterboi @shanakin-skywalker (hmu to be +/- from my list✨️)

Val is so real for just trying to survive and Klaus is hot

Need more info on these two pretty please (especially fanart for Klaus if you have it 🤭)

You get it anon. I will absolutely hook you up.👍✨️

Valian info 🐁⛓️

Every world has it's criminals, and Valian knows a lot about what happens to the ones who get caught. Val has a collar around his neck and is at the beck and call of whatever demon is contracted to 'reform' him. It's exactly what society expects of a lowly ifrit like him.

Klaus info 🌻🥂

Klaus Calvaire is a man with a secret. Although he seems just as demonic as the other inhabitants of the capitol, he shares blood with their greatest enemy- The Fae. He will tear the demons' oppressive system down by infiltrating their glamorous society... if he can avoid getting caught.

Klaus Simpzone👅💦

Welcome to the Klaus simp club 🙏 please enjoy the following gifts.

He's pretty similar to Ben Barnes, who is the black-haired man in the pictures above.

Bonus thirst: he's well dressed and fastidious, is trained as a healer, muscles are built for climbing, 6'2", onyx eyes, loves gardening, and charming enough to fool a whole country.

Thanks for the ask! If you hunger for more you can search 7c_val or 7c_klaus on my profile✌️ also check out my 🌐7 Circles intro🌐!

OC Interview 🐁✨️

Thanks for the tag @tragedycoded

I'm going to be answering as Valian from my WIP 🌐7 Circles🌐

What is the worst insult you can give?

You're less qualified than I am.

(Why is that the worst insult?)

I'm a fuckin' ifrit, an' a collared one to boot. You do the maths.

What is the nicest thing someone could say to you?

Hey Valian, I gave you all my money an' a lifetime supply of good eatin'.

(Couldn't you just get money and buy food with it?)

I'm just coverin' me tail, here.

Are you a jealous person?

I'm practical. If I have somthin' another bloke wants I figure they're like to take it from me 'n vise versa.

Have you ever committed a crime?

-Laughs- 'Oo, me?

Are you neat or messy?

You've gottu 'ave things to be messy.

How do you feel about crying?

Oh, cryin' is great when you're a lad but at some point you get old enough that they stop believin' the waterworks.

Let it out or hold it in?

We talkin' about words or unmentionables here? Ain't healthy to put off goin' to piss.

Who has betrayed you most?

Ripley..

(Who is Ripley?)

Flea-ridden backstabbin' lycan bastard.

What style of accessories do you wear? Is it willingly?

-He grips his collar with a dead expression- Sure, I willingly got this hunk of metal trackin' me at all hours.

(Fair enough. Anything else?)

-He sticks out his tongue, which also reveals a tongue piercing- I didn't choose that neither if you're wonderin'.

What is the most sublime thing you have ever eaten and why?

It was the crust o' some pie one of my owners tossed me. I had a gluttony mark at the time, makin' any food not given to me by his hand tast like ash. He hadn't given me food from his hand for o'er a month an' that crust was good enough I near wept.

Tag games!: @katenewmanwrites @smellyrottentrees @wyked-ao3 @lychhiker-writes @the-golden-comet @cowboybrunch @zackprincebooks @urbiggestfan-01 @quillswriting +Open tag!