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Lingering Glance

A little snippet of a conversation I was editing...

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Your palm tickles. Faintly, almost gently. But it tickles.

"I can imagine," you whisper, s...

Progress Report

4k Words!

I know I recently made a post yelling about word count, but I'm as exc...

Sneak Peek

Going off the last post 👀:

But Hadrian doesn't agree with you. "Well, I was alone," he says with a light frown. He looks at you for a second, his eyes almost hard. "I kno...

Well, well, well...

I love writing a Romanus who is just... perpetually astonished when what they say and do actually has consequences. 

They just stand there going:

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A Single Bed — Part 2

The floor sways up and down, but it has been so long since it bothered him. Nowadays, it's the steady ground that unsettles him — the rocks are too still, the walls too stationary, and the tensio...

3k Words!

It's been a while since I managed to write this many words in a day. I know that progress can't — and...

Art Vote

Which character should I commission next? 🌹

Crawling Out of the Grave

I dug myself out of the hole! 

Or, in less dramatic terms, I wrote the difficult scene I was...

Progress Report

The sun has long set in my corner of the world, and night covers the sky like a warm blanket.

We meet once again, not under any shade but beneath the glint of a thousand stars. And how delaye...

Eve of Hallows — Alessa

It's not a dark, stormy night.

The sky is clear, not blue but not black either. Stars shine from far above, countless candles flickering gently, while a half-moon fills the east with its pale...

Alessa

The wonderful Alessa by SBeep (Tumblr | Twitter...

A Single Bed — Part 1

Hadrian tenses, shoulders stiff as he stands frozen by the doorway. The rain outside is pouring, slamming against the glass of the only dusty window in the bedchamber. Its echoes r...

Progress Report

A week has come and a week has gone in what seems to me the blink of an eye.

Or, better yet, two eyes.

I've been getting back into the swing of things, both writing-wise and in my job (...

Lingering Glance

*choice: You smirk at Alessa. "Quite different from before," you say, gesturing to your surroundings.

It doesn't seem as if you gaze upon the same place. Where before the Market was ...

A little query

I've decided that, once I'm done with this chapter, I'll be posting the Prologue and Chapter One on Patreon. I think it's been enough time since the first's book publication.

Plus, I want tha...

Progress Report

The ground rumbles as the cobblestones shift and grind back into their proper place.

My vacation is over! All of my family has flown back home, and alas, my house feels emptier but never empt...

Warm Waters — Alessa (Mature)

Water ripples with every wave of your hand. 

Your fingers move without a hurry, lazy as they rise and fall from the bathtub. Water clings to your skin, little droplets shining clear with...

Sneak Peek

Cynthia cocks her head. "Ah, the street rat," she says as if you'd believe she had forgotten. You see the flash of fury in the guard's eyes. She still takes it personally, how Beka managed to run a...

Art Vote

Which character should I commission next? 🌹

Hug — Part 2

The rocking ship is like a moving beast beneath you. You stagger in your step, almost flying as the ground drops and then rises up in a mad pattern that leaves you breathless. The sea is angry, wav...

Hadrian

Here is Hadrian by the fantastic Bisouette (Tumblr). I am in love with this piece!!!! I hope you enjoy it too ♡

Scenario Vote

August Bonus Contents are written — Part One is out, and Part Two will be published on the 17th! — so the time comes for yet another vote.

What scenario should I write fo...

Warmth — Hadrian

The stained window rattles against the wooden frame as if the glass is loose and tries its hardest to escape its confinement. You can hear the wind howling outside, with a voice so loud, that it sl...

Hit the ground runnin'

... or, well, maybe rolling. 😆

I'm back home! And although I'm still in my vacation free time, I did sneak a little bit of writing this morning because I have nothing scheduled for today a...

Hug — Part 1

As your arms come to circle around him, you feel more than hear his sharp intake of breath. A slow smile spreads on your lips as you rest your forehead between his shoulder blades. Hadrian ...