If I wrote a series with a romantic subplot, I would 100% be the kind of author that doesn't allow the OTP to kiss until the very last half of the last book. Slow burn all the way.
WIP Intro: Below These Wicked Waves
A sapphic retelling of The Little Mermaid
“What the fuck is that?” demands Khris.
“A tsunami?” suggests Tephen.
“A storm?” inquires Stewart.
Worse, I think, grinning. It’s her.
Category/Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Romance (15+)
Status: Outlining (*This is a side WIP; most of my writing time is going towards my main project*)
Project Type: Stand alone
Writing style: First person, present tense (Dual POV)
Tropes: Arranged marriage, "touch-her-and-I'll-kill-you", mermaids, HEA (Sorry, Hans Christian Andersen), villain pov, slow burn romance, morally grey characters
Synopsis: Echo, the youngest daughter of King Aquarius has been betrothed to the Sea Witch: a terrifying necromancer with tentacles in place of a mermaid tail. As an engagement gift, Echo is offered the opportunity to dance on land — temporarily exchanging her tail for legs to fulfil her childhood dream.
Yet all spells come at a cost; on land, mermaids cannot speak and must return to the sea before the next moon phase, unless they wish to forget their merfolk lives forever.
After an argument with her fiancée, Echo uses the spell alone and ends up trapped on land, having forgotten the reversal spell. Now in the hands of a freak-show owner, a man who believes Echo is the key to his dying company's future, she must fight to find her way home or risk losing more than her memories.
Taglist (Just putting this here so I don't forget): @quilloftheclouds @mel-writes-with-her-dragons @ashen-crest
Ya girl was supposed to be editing TSDS this week, but nope, the dopamine demanded sea witches and mermaids and now I have a side WIP which is a sapphic retelling of The Little Mermaid.
My bisexual brain 24/7 is like: OH GOSH, THAT'S A COOL FAIRYTALE/MYTH, LET'S MAKE IT SAPPHIC!!
Would it be bad to work on two WIPs at the same time? I really want to make a WIP intro post rn. You know what? Fuck it, I'm gonna do it. (Maybe I should make an anthology series of sapphic retellings.)
"Shadows creep along his cheekbones; the boy before me is carved from the night, born from starlight and dusk. All memories of flesh and blood have abandoned his lean frame. Mediator."
- That one WIP I sometimes ramble about which I should probably work on instead of continually making memes/mood boards for.
Me: writes draft in present tense
*Later*
Me: reads another book that's in past tense
: proceeds to change WIP to past tense :
*and thus the cycle continues*
A Short Story
"I told the stars about you," croaked the ancient constellation as he took in his first breath.
"I don't want you to worry about me."
Her gaze falls on the bottle. For a moment I’m unsure whose company she’d prefer, that of the pomegranate wine or mine.
Snippet from a scene between my characters, Reyna and Isabeau. I've never written a forbidden romance before so I hope this quote isn't too cheesy.
Easiest Way to Name Kingdoms
(Though of course you can also use this trick on other places too.)
1) Get a random word (Example, "Journey")
2) Chop off the first letter ("ourney")
3) Slap on a different letter ("Vourney")
4. Now spice it up a little (or not) and voila! You now have an awesome name for your fictional realm that’s probably super easy to pronunciate.