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Thanks so much for tagging me, @authorisada! I've been gaining a lot of new followers lately (yay!), so this is a good moment to talk some more about my WIP ^^. 1. Tell me something you love about your current WIP(s). I enjoy the sense of discovery I feel when writing this story. It had been a while since I had written any fantasy, and only now I notice how much I have missed it. The adventure, the magic, the feeling that everything is possible... Plus I really love the 1800's, so doing all kind of research on that period is very inspiring.
2. Three of your characters are coming with you on a road trip. Who are they and why did you pick them? If I'm picking characters from Elementary, I'd choose Bismuth, Zinc and Mercury. Bismuth is a general sweetheart ánd very responsible, so he would take great care of us travelers. Zinc is an explorer from his toes to his fingertips. He would somehow feel exactly which road to take to find the prettiest and most lonesome places. And Mercury is just the kind of guy you need when you are lying on a car in the middle of the night, having eaten nothing but old sandwiches, looking at the stars, thinking about life.
3. How do you name your characters? I either spend four weeks scrolling through every single page of behindthename.com without ever finding the right name and settling for the one I started with, or I know the name of my character immidiatly and without doubt. There's no in between.
4. Which relationship do you write more of—romantic or platonic? Platonic. You can prey the misfits-to-family-trope from my cold, dead hands.
5. Has your main character(s) gone through any major changes through the course of your WIP? I think Tungsten has become a lot stronger and more secure. Though he is and always will be introverted and shy, I think he and I both discovered with quite a bit of surprise that he has a core made of iron.
6. Which tropes, if you’re aware of any, are in your WIP? Well, there is the misfits-to-family trope that I mentioned earlier. There is also a pretty and dangerous women (more than one, actually), a main character with extraordinairy strong magic (though he seldomly uses it) and probably some real bad romance cliches (because I can't write love but I also feel the need to write gay stuff). And I'm sure there are a thousend more, but I'm trying.
7. Favorite hero from any book/movie/etc.? That's impossible! I've always loved Maggie, from Heart of Inkt, and Liesel (and Rudy, and Max, and I just really love this book) from The Bookthief. Cormoran Strike from The Cormoran Strike mysteries is also lovely.
8. Favorite villain from any book/movie/etc.? Littlefinger from Game of Thrones is an absolutely horrifying and genius bad guy.
9. What’s your favorite part of the writing process? Editing, honestly. I love going over my work seventeen times, changes sentences over and over till they sound just right.
10. What makes your story different and compelling for readers? The characters, I think. I try to bring interesting, lovable characters with good intentions and many flaws. A friend once told me she could feel how much I cared in anything I wrote, and because of that, my work always felt warm. I thought that was very sweet and exactly what I am aiming for. I believe in mankind, as fucked up as it might be, and I hope I can make people fall in love with living and with humans just a little bit.
I don’t know who to tag, but the questions are great, so just fill them in if you feel like it!
More taggames! I was tagged by the lovely @andtheotherwriter to share the first three lines of my WIP, while the wonderful @merigreenleaf tagged me to the share the last line (at least, the last I’ve written so far). This is for Elementary: He had been repeating the name in his mind for weeks. Tungsten. He muttered it when he was standing behind the counter of his father's shop, wrote it in inkt on his lower arm, whispered it into Miltons ears. Slowly, the sound had wrapped itself around him, comfortable like an old jacket.
And the last one: Tungsten sat down and cried. He's going to be okay, I promise! I’m not tagging anyone because this has been going around for a while now and I’m not sure who’s already done it, but if you haven’t, feel free to take this note as a tag!
The wonderful @andtheotherwriter tagged me to explain my WIP in memes. Thanks! So, here goes:
I think I’m gonna send this as a summary to a publisher one day.
I’ll tag @anightravensecho, @dreamsofbooksandmonsters, @whatdoyoumeantheresonly3episodes, @whatevertotesyourgoat and whoever else thinks this is fun! (Please don’t do it if you don’t feel like it).
Title Game Both the lovely @knightedwriter and @panticwritten tagged my to scroll through my WIP at random and use the sentences I land on as titles. Thanks so much! I’m using Elementary: 1. Are You Hungry? 2. Sunrise at the Graveyard 3. Like Looking at a Map 4. Enter the City like a Scarecrow 5. First Answers, Then Facts 6. You Expected a Man 7. He Blushed 8. A Fleeting Image
If I’m being honest, I could use some of these ;). I’m not tagging anyone because I don’t know that many people here and I don’t want to spam you all, but if anyone feels like doing this (come on, it’s funny), consider yourself tagged!
Tag Game Rules: Tag 10 people you would like to learn more about!
I was tagged by @andtheotherstars, thanks so much!
Age: 19
Birthplace: A tiny town in the Netherlands
Current Time: 11:26
Drink you last had: A cup of tea. At this point, I think I'm 90% tea.
Favorite Song: I can hardly choose one since it changes all the time, but Saturn by Sleeping at Last and Starman by David Bowie must be two favorites.
Grossest Memory: Probably a friend throwing up in the bed we were sharing, while we were in it.
Horror, Yes or No: Hell no. I'm really no good with ghosts and all that stuff. Gore is okay, but not much fun.
In Love: Nope. And honestly never have been.
Jealous of People: Quite often, but I try not to let it show.
Love at first sight? Or should I walk by again?: I believe people can fall for each other at first sight, but to me, you can hardly call that 'love'. I think love needs a little more time.
Middle Name: Maria
Number of Siblings: Two brothers; a younger and an older one.
One Wish: To know what I want to do with my future.
Question you’re always asked: You are studying arts and culture? What are you going to dó with that?
Reasons to Smile: Oh, lots! I got an extra day off today. I spent last night with my family and thinking back of that is nice. I am going to stay over at a friend's the upcoming weekend and we'll be going to a LGTBQ+ party (which I've never done before). I got concerts and a musical and a trip planned for the upcoming months. My first draft is going well. My cat just came in and is now sleeping in my lap.
Song that I last sang: Well, we are celebrating Carnaval over here, so it's a horrible Dutch song I belted out surrounded my happy drunk people.
Time I woke up: Eight o'clock.
Underwear Colour: Blue. Quality information.
Vacation Destination: I'll be visiting Copenhagen in a few months, and I got two vacations yet to plan! (Wow, it sounds like I'm quite a traveler when said like this).
Worst Habit: Procastinating, I think. And hypocrisy (like, I'll give all my friends tons of advise and tell them to take care of themselves, and here I am, a goblin, eating nothing but an apple till five in the afternoon).
Favorite Food: Homemade soup and pancakes!
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
I'm tagging @teacups-and-tealeaves, @writinginthetwilight, @andtheotherwriter and @merigreenleaf. Don’t do it if you don’t feel like it!
Last Sentence Tag Rules: Post the last sentence you wrote and then tag as many people as there are words.
Thanks so much for tagging me, @concealeddarkness13! From Elementary: “ 'If you promise not to yell, I'll let go of your throat, and we can have a talk.' “
Little bit of a cliche, but at least there is a cliffhanger to the ending of part 1!
That quite a long sentence, so I’ll just tag some people: @anightravensecho, @dreamsofbooksandmonsters, @ladyliliana, @andtheotherstars, @mj-writes, @lethalblizzard, @whatdoyoumeantheresonly3episodes, @knightedwriter, @panticwritten. No pressure, though!
I just got randomly tagged into a post about Ray Bens and a sale on them or whatever...and I dunno how to feel
I was tagged by @spooklock to name ten songs I'm currently into
1. Carnival of Rust- Poets of the fall
2. Venom- Eminem
3. Whisper- Burn down the Ballroom
4. Numb- Linkin Park
5. Angel in Disguise- Cinema Bizarre
6. A Hero can Save Us- Nickelblack
7. Ashes- Celine Dion
8. Fight as One- Downstait
9. Everybody Knows- Sigrid
10. I Am Machine- Three Days Grace
I tag @clawedstarlight, @frenchpa-da and @bitterjellydraws
Enjoy !
I was tagged by @castlesbyrs to name ten songs I’m currently into!
No More Tears- Ozzy Osbourne
Nothing Else Matters- Metallica
Personal Jesus- Depeche Mode
What’s Goin On- Four Non Blondes
Black Velvet- Alanah Myles
Purple Rain- Prince
Born This Way- Lady Gaga
Sisters of the Moon- Fleetwood Mac
Carolina in My Mind- James Taylor
Thank u, next- Ariana Grande
Tagging @sherlocksmolmes @ask-weather-report
@rosepearl @the-moon-loves-the-sea @redvanillabee and anyone else who wants to play! Tag me if you do so I can see! 💚
i do wanna talk about it if you dont mind /nf
can i dm you
Go ahead ^-^
Of course you can <3
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