429 words of Cold Morning written today. Not bad
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Anyone I can pester for an opinion about the Cold Morning framing device?
Any advice on writing short stories? What makes a good one? (And how to make it not spiral into a bigger longer project)
Or any links?
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Re-Pondering my genre retelling of a battle with cancer
two questions
1) Superhero story
2) D&D style TTRPG story
and
A) write it for adults
B) write it for either pre-teens or teens.
They didn't look at me but kept talking with their eyes fixed on the sea. "You told me once, when someone you love is dying you're not dying, you're just waiting to live again. You're still not living Dan, not fully, you're just surviving. You're just waiting to live"
Woo! Finished the first short story. My attempt at the "ISOT" Genre called "the 1015"
the first story is called "Con Artist" for now.
Really chuffed. #Writing #WritingCommunity #Queerwriters
Hmm doing a sapphic romance about pro wrestling
Do I make it YA (18-19 year old Protagonist) and about normal wrestling.
Or
Slightly younger Protagonist (14-16 ish) and about magical beings doing pro wrestling
Just spent ages collating the alternating plots of Cold Morning, what I've written of one and not the other
Also word count.
so far its at 57,612 words!
I'm really pleased with that
Woo! Finished the plan for the 21st century bit of Cold Morning. Actually worked out the ending and everything.
I've been stuck on it for over a year!
Hardly a snippet, more like 2k words but here is a first draft scene from Cold Morninf set at a party
Cw: anxiety, grief, adult references,
https://blunderbolt451.wordpress.com/2025/01/25/cold-morning-extract-nye-2017/
Bolt 451 · Cold Morning extract: NYE 20171st January 2018. A hotel near Paddington Station, London In part I feel bad about only writing to you now but also glad. I could’ve very easily written to you daily like you were just up the…
Woo. Realised an entire new short story/arc for Ward 13!
It always bothered me how quickly Hannah progressed through the story. I'm going to fix that and give a bit more realistic development
For now. Part one of the first Ward 13 story is on my blog. I'd love to see what people think!
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https://blunderbolt451.wordpress.com/2024/11/15/ward-13-hallucinations-pt-1/
Bolt 451 · Ward 13: Hallucinations Pt 1.It’s a little known fact that most people are at least a little bit magical. For example, upon feeling a spot of rain a particularly pessimistic person will look up and think “Oh, it will pro…
Hey folks.
I've uploaded Chapter of Cold Morning if you want a read.
Will is writing a letter to his husband, having not written for 200 years owing to his being dead
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https://blunderbolt451.wordpress.com/2025/01/20/wip-cold-morning-chapter-1/
Bolt 451 · WIP Cold Morning: Chapter 1The current first chapter of Cold Morning, my weird scifi romance thing. CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS CHAPTER: Talk of Death, Cancer, Dysphoria, grief. — 01/07/18 Dear Dan. I’m writing thi…
FOLKS! My pal has a new book coming out! Ever wanted Whip it but they commited to the gay? Or Hearstopper but violent sports?
Learning to Fall by Peach Morris. coming soon!
Barnes and Noble USA and Canada: https://tinyurl.com/ysy5rrrs
Blackwells UK: https://tinyurl.com/mstzzf2k
Barnes & NobleLearning to Fall|Paperback
Wow my faith in this story idea lasted maybe 2 days? Any advice on improving confidence in ideas?
if any of you lovely folks would like to help me out a bunch, i've created a sale on my super short story Olivia on itchio!
it's a wee short sad tale about a queer trans girl, told from the perspective of her girlfriend Tabitha
it's US$2.99 (roughly NZ$5.19) until end of january 2025!
you can pay via debit/credit card or paypal! card payment is my preference bc stripe takes a smaller cut than paypal lol but however you want to pay is fine by me!
also please boost??
itch.ioOlivia: A short story | because i haven't plugged this in a really long time sale by Rebecca L. SwiftA sale by Rebecca L. Swift, 54% off Olivia: A short story
4. The 0815
My attempt at the ISOT Alternate History genre. A train that leaves Bristol in November 2017 arrives in London in July 2016.
A series of short stories what various passengers do next
3. A Young Explorers Guide to Alien Exploration /Terranova
MG book that is Lumberjanes meets Lord of the Flies in space
A group of children crash land on an alien planet and they have to cross it's weird landscape to find other survivors.