I Brought This Upon Myself - Tumblr Posts
I got a bright idea of writing and binding book for my cousin's birthday in October which I know is ambitious and I may not make it but who cares. Maybe I'll push it to Christmas to get some more time.
Anyway I was talking about it with her to get a grasp on what she would like to get and it went like this:
My cousin: Low fantasy
Me: *internally* I'll have to develop a world in a month or so, alright I can totally do it *sweating*
Me: *over the text* Okay, sure
My cousin: Murder mystery, maybe?
Me: *hasn't read a murder mistery since she was 12* Okay
My cousin: Romance!
Me, a questioning aro, most likely ace: *again, haven't read romance in some time, outside of fanfics* ...Sure
My cousin: Enemies to lovers, but their true, crave the blood type of enemies at the start!
Me: *kinda hates enemies to lovers* Okay
My cousin: First person narrative
Me: I may not be able to do this, actually
My cousin: Sure, don't worry
My cousin: Humour with at most sprinkles of serious
Me: *with exactly one funny fic I managed to finish, and I still put some angst in it (up to four, maybe, if we count my Wattpad era and one-shots people asked me to write)* *flippingthe table* AaAAAaaaA
Me: Okay, though it'll be hard :)
I am not even getting out of my comfort zone, I'm launching myself out with the power of freaking trebuchet and just hope at the end is something a bit softer than a concrete
I am quickly realizing i am running out of characters and i just have to hope my brain remebers more of my ocs before i run into a day i don't have a nugget assigned for