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Denken, personification of Thought
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Denken won the character poll, so here he is! He looks quite put-together, so I suppose this is him in The Winding, more than in The Ticking haha!
Looking for some queer fantasy action-adventure?
I wrote some books, hooray! Let me tell you a little about them.
The Epitome of Science trilogy is an urban fantasy series set in an alternate world, where clockwork technology reigns supreme and magic lurks in unexpected places. Our main protagonist is Mikalai Gloucester, a former bodyguard arrested for a crime he doesn't remember committing. He's released in exchange for helping the very man who destroyed his life, and soon finds himself caught up in a whirlwind of magic, colourful characters, kidnapping and mysterious demigods. And that's just in The Winding!
I wanted to write the sort of books I really wanted to read, with loads of queer characters who have lives and storylines beyond coming out and romance, where their queerness is undeniable but also not always the focus of the plot, since that was a really rare thing when I was growing up (let's be real, books with ANY queerness in them were rare in the 90s).
Here are some things you'll find within The Winding and The Ticking:
If they sound like something you'd be interested in, please check them out!
Where to find them:
They're published through an indie publishing house called Literary Wanderlust, and the ebook is available through their online bookshop. Since tumblr tends to bury posts with links to other sites, I'm not including any, in hopes that this might reach more people, but you can find their site with a quick internet search. The paperback copies are only available from LWL's site if you're in the US, but us non-Americans can order them through other sources, such as local indie bookshops!
Book 2, The Ticking, just came out in January and Book 3 is officially in the works!
Oh my gosh, uh. HARD SAME in terms of missing having a writing community. I've been trying to find it again, but the lack of interaction here makes it pretty challenging. :/
I'm not an indie author, mainly because I self-published TTRPGs for 14 years and am Over It, and am currently slogging through querying agents for my first queer romance novel.
However:
I'm Real Fuckin' Gay (trans nb + ace demi + bi)
The novel I'm querying is queer af
Elevator pitch: "Community Witch is an unapologetically trope-y, cozy, and relationship-driven romance story about the healing from trauma, found family, and joyful queer relationships."
Also two of the 3 romantic leads have anxiety
Also also one of the romantic leads is demisexual
It's cozy contemporary fantasy with all kinds of mythological creatures
Currently I'm pretty active posting about WIPs, writing exercises, and side projects, including the sequel to the first book, which I'm currently editing, and has two Big Neurodivergent Big Gay protagonists who are complete dumbasses and I'm having so much fun with the characters, if not the actual editing
Book 1 characters (my art):
Book 2 dumbasses (also mine):
writers, listen up...
i've fallen out of touch with the writeblr community a lot in the past few years, and i want to rectify that. the community aspect was what made me fall in love with tumblr, and what improved my writing for the better.
the golden days of my writing were when i was highly active and engaged in this wonderful community, but life and work and the horrors of self publishing have overtaken my energy in the past year. however, i have been really struggling with original writing, and i want to get back into the community here.
that said...
you write fantasy with queer characters
are an indie author
post frequently about your wips (taglists are a bonus!)
are queer
are a very active and friendly writer
if any of these apply
please, please reblog and tell me about your wip. gush over it. infodump. characters and ships and worldbuilding and plot, i want it all! this is your invitation to be as selfishly indulgent as possible. let's make some new friends and restore some community!!
boosts appreciated!
Which was worse? To feel nothing, or to grieve for something you no longer remembered? Surely when you forgot, you'd forget to be sad, or what was the point?
Bridget Collins - The Binding