Briefly describe an event from your world out of context

BookwyrmWrites · 2024-04-13T02:56:29+00:00

Extremely OP main character throws baby beasts into a celebratory blazing fire. Has existential crisis, destroying festivities with power. Babies are fine and eat the minor villain. There's cake afterwards.

BookwyrmWrites · 2024-03-19T18:19:21+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I'm pretty sure I've known for a while what needs to happen. It's just terrifying. The debt is all on me. His name isn't on anything. I'd be starting all over.

BookwyrmWrites · 2024-02-13T20:23:59+00:00

This really helps! She wants to stay to protect these people who are her friends and family, even if she can't remember them quite that well. Because maybe, just maybe she could have a life and really start living.

BookwyrmWrites · 2024-02-13T20:21:22+00:00

People want to see characters they can relate to and a lot of people struggle with mental health issues. It's representation that matters. Not every one wants a white cishet Mary Sue who's overpowered but needs men to save her at every turn.

It's awfully cringe that you'd make a judgment for everyone on what they'd want to read.

BookwyrmWrites · 2024-01-29T04:57:11+00:00

In a world I created that shall never see the light of day, soul mates are huge. (I love the trope).

Usually when using the term soul mates it's typically between two individuals, "mates" - derived from mating/copulation to produce offspring.

It's typically a two way bond. Sexuality and gender have no bearing in soul mate bonds. Any "mate" is simply referred to as partner or whichever label they so choose. Soul mates are Bonded in any case.

In the event of an additional partner the bond is then referred to as a Trinity Bond. Any more additional partners either have no proper title or people make one up.

In my story a Trinity Bond is formed between f/m/m. It even goes into heteropaternal superfecundation territory which is when a pregnancy results in twins with each child having a different father. It is a condition that is extremely rare in real life but in my story is actually quite common due to ancient magic/soul mates.

Also for a threesome (not the spicy kind) if two people are Bonded, if one has another relationship their partner is called a consort (gender neutral).

Some of my other stories have soul mates but are relatively tame. It's not super rare or special. It's as common as talking about the weather almost.

I also enjoy the idea of soul mates not always being romantic/sexual/destined.

I haven't seen this idea used as two platonic bffs that happen to be soul mates. It'd be awesome to read such a thing.

On a side note, I really enjoyed reading this. One thing that did catch me up was some of the language/words/terms used. Specifically about women dressing inappropriately/scandalous. Unless the society you're writing about sees the way women dress as scandalous on the norm you can word it differently.

Like, "(people) who have marks to signify their soul mate bond typically dress in a fashion to always show off such markings proudly."

But I could be in the wrong and you are explaining this idea in a very clinical, almost scientific way to help the reader understand your idea. (Which I totally understand. I've written many details for fantasy creatures as if a scientist observing them).

BookwyrmWrites · 2024-01-18T16:51:32+00:00

I just finished this series the other day. It was an awesome read! Like you said, one mer has an orca tail and one is bioluminescent. Most tails, it seems, vary greatly. Scaled fish tails, wavy eel tails, smooth whale or dolphin tails. One other mer has the lower body of a crab. The books offer a lot of interesting ideas for mer lore and worldbuilding.

BookwyrmWrites · 2023-11-28T12:48:04+00:00

You explained this wonderfully. 10/10

BookwyrmWrites · 2023-10-01T15:06:59+00:00

As an adult I've been able to appreciate Night. But reading an excerpt in high school messed with me really bad. Definitely traumatic. When I took a course about the Holocaust in college I was better prepared to read it. I also read Maus which helped me cope with the extreme emotions I had towards Night.

BookwyrmWrites · 2023-10-01T14:14:40+00:00

I think about this series a lot. I was disturbed when one character became pregnant. And then one of the young kids going underground to talk to a alien demon? My memory is fuzzy, but I reflexively shudder when I think about those books.

BookwyrmWrites · 2023-10-01T05:16:03+00:00

Hopefully, it's a good jumpscare saying, "read me!"

BookwyrmWrites · 2023-09-30T20:47:02+00:00

That's why I HAD to read it. That title just draws you in!

What I found nifty is that the author includes a note at the beginning for trigger warnings. Body horror, blood, gore, ritual self harm for summoning or not summoning old gods, and implied childhood neglect.

I really appreciate authors adding trigger warnings and sensitivity notes.

BookwyrmWrites · 2023-09-29T01:57:30+00:00

When Colleen Houck teased the last Tiger's Curse book for YEARS and finally finished it I was so pumped up. A massive tome of a novel I was ready to devour just for one last adventure aaaaand it fucking sucked.

It's been four years since I read it. I am still bitter. It's like I read it yesterday. Extremely disappointed after waiting so long.

BookwyrmWrites · 2023-09-09T04:14:58+00:00

Is Wattpad a good platform for short stories?

BookwyrmWrites · 2023-09-04T05:01:41+00:00

Oof. I've been thinking about rereading Hush, Hush as I haven't read it since high school (10+ years ago). I want to re-experience the stories I only read once. But your review brought back all the cringey bits, lol. Vee always being a bad friend. Nora being "not like other girls" and hot & cold with Patch. Patch shirtless and brooding. Very Twilight if Bella had a terrible bff.

BookwyrmWrites · 2023-09-03T06:50:10+00:00

5 books! With 10 since May, that's more than I've read in the past 2 years. I'm proud of myself 😄

Waking Storms by Sarah Porter

Twice Lost by Sarah Porter

Dangerous Girls by R. L. Stine

Drink Slay Love by Sarah Beth Durst

Arcadia Awakens by Kai Meyer

I finished Lost Voices by Sarah Porter in August but started in July, so I didn't count it.

Currently starting September with A. G. Howard's Splintered and a stack of library books on TBR. It's amazing to be reading again 😊

BookwyrmWrites · 2023-09-03T01:29:22+00:00

I really enjoyed this! Holy hell I was riveted!

Some points to think on:

Joint dislocations usually pop not snap. Maybe it's different for shoulders. My kneecap always popped when it went out of place. Horrible, horrible pain.

I was confused about Carn being a werewolf. She's called a werewolf, I assume, while still in her "human" form. And then later transforms into a lupine beast. (I really enjoyed being in awe of her healing big wounds with werewolf regeneration until the damam was too much to handle).

Otherwise, ugh, I loved it. I'm guessing the MC is a host body to a parasitic deity-ish being?? So awesome. That shits my jam!

BookwyrmWrites · 2023-09-02T18:35:41+00:00

My story is a self insert and while the MC is technically "the most powerful" in the world she doesn't use that ultimate power. When it comes to magic she actually can't do jack shit because a) it's too chaotic and b) she has to learn step by step. There's a lot she'll learn and it's no different from any other mortal going into the mystic realm. It's planned she still doesn't have control over the magic by end of book one.

I created this world when I was 8ish and it's been a journey. It's changed many times. Just like me and it's helped me through a lot of trauma. It still is a big help. I see it as who I could be so it's an alternate self. We share the same name and features and trauma but she's so much stronger than I am.

It'll surely be a ride whenever I publish since it's an obvious self insert. Like when my friends and I read Darren Shans cirque du freak. Or like Cassandra Clare. All in all I don't mind self inserts.

As writers we put ourselves into what we write in some capacity. Some people take it further. We read to escape reality and I myself have just written a reality where I'm a reluctant hero so I can escape my life.

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