Jax Devora (is writing)

#Octember Mick: Would definitely be a trickster god, perhaps of stories, song, wisdom, and fate. He's practically all of these things already, but spoilers. Honeysuckle: Def goddess of bees and flowers. And also patron of workers, goddess of revolutions and freedom. And [SPOILER].

Walk Update: This may be the best photo of a bee I've ever taken. #beeposting #beesky #invertebrates

#LGBTQWriteAThon Mick: Used to tell spooky stories (complete with violin backing music) when he was still in Southwind, to entertain kids when he wasn't working (and sometimes when he was but it was slow). He prob does the same for the dragons of Sanctuary eventually. (1/3)

Eleanor: Listening to Mick's stories. Barring that, going to see appropriately thrilling plays. (It's 1909 Fantasy France.) Honeysuckle: Autumn foraging! Especially for the fruits, flowers, and nuts used in traditional zizzun autumn baked goods. Also baking said goods. Jo: Scaring Miri. (2/3)

#WIPSnips Spooky -> haunting. Technically from the last draft of TNS: The titular nameless song, divine melody that birthed the universe, only comes to Mick when something important is about to happen. Yet here it is, rearing its head for a stranger in the forest. #amwriting #writingcommunity

#AwesomeCharacters For me, it's about whether or not they're a well-written *character in general*. You can have a hard-ass, an affable asshole, an irredeemable monster, etc, but if there's no depth to them, no motivation, no personality beyond EVIL, it's just . . . eh. (1/5)

And then you have Doc, who you wouldn't think has anything redeeming about him, and that's true. He's a racist and con artist. BUT he's believes what he's doing (carving out his own city in the desert) is necessary for survival in a time of political uncertainty. Mostly his survival, but yk. (5/5)

#AwesomeCharacters For me, it's about whether or not they're a well-written *character in general*. You can have a hard-ass, an affable asshole, an irredeemable monster, etc, but if there's no depth to them, no motivation, no personality beyond EVIL, it's just . . . eh. (1/5)

It's kinda why, even if I start off by saying "this villain is an asshole to the MC," I *also* sit down and say, "But they're also like this because this is what they believe deep down, and this is what they want." And I make an effort to spell that out. (3/5)

#AwesomeCharacters For me, it's about whether or not they're a well-written *character in general*. You can have a hard-ass, an affable asshole, an irredeemable monster, etc, but if there's no depth to them, no motivation, no personality beyond EVIL, it's just . . . eh. (1/5)

I've said it before, but it really is a wonder how much better I've felt in general since deciding to find things to bring me joy. Even just small things. Anything, really, to give you a reason to think there's good in the world. Anyway, look at these bees: youtube.com/shorts/7Q5A4...

There are many problems that honey bees can't fix themselves, and they're not at all cognizant of the ones who can fix those problems. But they do what they can to ensure their hive survives, and that includes sticking bee things wherever their beekeepers leave spaces for them to stick things.

I've said it before, but it really is a wonder how much better I've felt in general since deciding to find things to bring me joy. Even just small things. Anything, really, to give you a reason to think there's good in the world. Anyway, look at these bees: youtube.com/shorts/7Q5A4...

I love this video. I mean, I love all bee videos. I lost count of how many I've saved on various social media platforms. But honey bees have this concept called "bee space." If a space is too small for them to use, they'll fill it with propolis (a sticky resin). If it's too big . . .

I've said it before, but it really is a wonder how much better I've felt in general since deciding to find things to bring me joy. Even just small things. Anything, really, to give you a reason to think there's good in the world. Anyway, look at these bees: youtube.com/shorts/7Q5A4...

#Octember Plushes. The whole gd lot of them. Honeysuckle's easy because if I had the ability to make merch of any of my stories, I'd really want plush zizzun dolls, especially of her. Mick would be a cutesy plush dragon. (1/2)

#AwesomeCharacters The only art I've done (that wasn't just of generic zizzun) was of Honeysuckle, and 99% of the time, it was to do memes. Someday, I'll commission somebody to do someone else. Like Mick or something idk.

#Octember Mick would be a were-dragon but not the hot kind. The 80s/90s rubber suit, body horror, oh-god-what-did-I-do-while-I-was-asleep were-dragon, simultaneously the protag *and* antag. Honeysuckle would be an urban legend supernatural killer who controls bees that infest your nightmares. (1/3)

Jo: An immortal figure who haunts the deserts, gun in-hand. I say "immortal" in the sense that she's neither a vampire nor a zombie, but she *is* a gd truck who you can only put down after all your friends are dead, and you're the only one who can perform the ritual. Arthur: Hannibal Lecter. (2/3)

#WIPSnips From TNS, chapter 2: Lord Albert cannot read a room to save his life. (Lady Eleanor can, but she's trying not to right now. Mick Martin, meanwhile, will present the room on Reading Rainbow if it means these two don't start shit in his family's restaurant.) #amwriting #writingcommunity

Chapter 5 is halfway done. Things we learn so far: 1. That Tabitha, Lord Albert's team healer and the party mom, reads *the spiciest* noble/commoner bodice rippers. This girl would have a booktok account if she could. She'd read Fourth Wing for the plot. 2. How Mick and Eleanor met.