Depends on how literal I’m being…
Baw, lay ofta black peppah, it gives you da 'chits. White peppah ain’t gotstah 'chell.
Or.
Let dem word pas’ya tic ear, baw, dig down deep deep in dat dark dark an’ suck dat heart oudda yo’ soul.
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I hate how I am constantly trying to force myself to write daily when I don’t have to.
I can do other things besides write 24/7 like nothing else matters than lose my shit when I don’t.
So, relax Qualeshia, take a breather and watch some anime or read some manga or webtoon or better yet JUST GO TAKE A DAMN NAP!
Later folks!
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Umm…I just thought of something guilty pleasure related far as title wise.
Remember when titles like these were so popular:
A Song of Ice and Fire.
A Court of Thorns.
The Children of Blood and Bone.
I mean these titles are somewhat popular in a sense.
I was just thinking about pulling a title like that for a story. The only thing is that I am NOT and WILL NOT reveal this story to anyone because like my other fiction, it’s a gulity pleasure thing.
I just wanted to share! Didn’t really ask for feedback, unless you want to do that!
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Also it will not be YA, but rather adult Science-Fantasy.
On a side note: I am on Pinterest looking at eldritch/cosmic horror pics and the urge to do such a thing of my very own is getting stronger.
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What are people’s thoughts on writing dialogue like:
“Aaaand I was wrong.”
Or
“Noooo, don’t touch that!”
I know it’s not grammatically correct, but for some reason, I feel like it’s hard to emulate the same sentiment when just writing the word normally? Or maybe I just suck at writing haha. 
I like caps too. I use them in fanfics especially where comedy is involved. I feel like it definitely gets the point across better then just saying “someone shouted.”
Like how do you get that kind of emotion into dialogue without playing with the words that way? Or is that just me? Maybe it’s me…
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I do that myself, and I’ve seen it done in Big 5 books. Some famous authors have even invented words in their books, and those words have entered our lexicon. I say go for it! ( ˆ◡ˆ)۶ ٩(˘◡˘ )
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I do it sparsely.
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Yay! I have permission! Okay, I don’t feel as guilty doing this now lol.
Same. I don’t want it to end up looking like a 90’s chat. 
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i don’t love it and much prefer when an author can make me ‘hear’ it using dialogue tags and context, ex
“No!” she gasped, shrill and long like a harried bird, “don’t touch that!”
but it’s not horrible if it’s used very sparesly (or i could see it as a character quirk, maybe).
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I would’ve never thought of that description. A harried bird lol
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lol the product of putting too much caffeine in my brain probably
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Going to get some writing done.
Then I shall go and make something to eat.
Then go back to writing some more if I am feeling up to it.
I shall listen to an audiobook from my stash.
Have to do a little of The Breakers, a little of The Scarlet of Crowns and Gods, and a little of A Child of a Red Blizzard.
But before I get to those stories, there is a Alagossia short story that I actually want to try and complete in a whole day or two…if my ADHD will allow it.
Probably not, but there is no harm in trying.
Honestly, I need a serious writing schedule/routine that I can personally stick to. Because even though I love focusing on The Breakers, I really want to do other stories too.
It’s hard so I am not going to sweat it if I don’t get to some stories today or tomorrow or some other day. It will happen/I will make it happen.
Over and out, cool peep!
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Okay.
So, to clarify (mainly to keep record of what I’m working on for myself), I have two active works in progress and one passively waiting on the backburner for whenever I decide to get around to it.
Active work #1: Saint Love (Romance - specifically gay, specifically Black)
Saint Love is the story I took a break from because I didn’t know how to transition smoothly from one scene to the next in the latest chapter I was rewriting. Have yet to go back due to active work #2.
Active work #2: Wonderland (I'mma just say Fantasy to keep it general. I'd say Sci-fantasy, but it has more fantasy elements now that I think about it)
Wonderland is a story broken up into five parts. Each part is it’s own mostly self-contained story that connect to each other through reoccurring characters. This is what I’m currently working on. I finished this story in 2021 (maybe early 2022? Idk, 2020 to 2022 is honestly just a blur 
), but I recently decided to go back and do some editing. What I thought was done, wasn’t. I just finished rewriting Part 1, the first short story, and I think I’ve made some legit improvements. Now, I’m obviously bias here, but it reads much better. The writing is stronger; it flows really well. But again… I am biased.
I’m aiming to publish Part 1 on Wattpad sometime in March.
Passive work #3: Good Men (Crime Thriller-esque)
Good Men… oh, lord, where do I start with this. This story is the Bane to my Batman, I swear I’ve been working on this story for at least a decade it feels like. This is the story I want to try my hand at traditionally publishing. I’m going back to the drawing board with this one. Again. But I hope I can get the outline done sometime this year so I can start writing it.
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- Figured out the transition yet?
- Looks good.
- Sounds like it’s at the sounding board stage.
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Not yet. Havent gotten back to the story yet. But i feel thst once i do l, ill figure it out since its been a well deserved break
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Thanks!
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And yeah… but it’s better than abandoning it. I still have passion for thst story.
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Off-topic: Normally, romance isn’t my thing, but I don’t mind it sometimes.
Yet, I love an anime romance that is uber cute and sweet with some sublet realism.
I’ve found a cute romance anime that I didn’t give a chance the first time, but now that I am watching it again, it’s so sweet and cute.
The anime is called The Icy Guy and His Cool Female Colleague.
Pretty much the anime is about a man and woman who start slowly falling for each other at their job and trying to get through each other’s icy defenses.
The man is an actual descendant of a Yuki Onna or Snow woman while the woman is a human who has a Sugar and Ice personality where she comes off as emotionless and stoic, but is really sweet and kind.
I am only on episode two and it is so adorable.
On Topic: I shall get to writing soon enough when I am able to. LOL!
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I am going to write, but I need to log out of this site.
I am not making promises, because it is either I write or get distracted and procrastinate.
So, it will happen, it is just a matter of when.
Nothing else to report. Good day, cool peeps.
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Didn’t write do to making phone calls and texting and getting exhausted from it and of course the distraction overall.
Yeah…it happens. I can’t even get mad at myself for it anymore.
Oh my god! I am just going through The Breakers and writing down names of the characters and their roles on paper!
WHY DOES THAT GIVE ME ANXIETY AND MAKES ME UNMOTIVATED?!
I love writing, but there are some things pertaining to it that is like “nah, I don’t have the energy to do that” or “I physically can not”.
Since I am changing things with The Breakers, I just need to jot things down and make a list, but holy hell, I have the energy and will to do that.
Is it because I am scrolling to find names and then I got to write EACH one down then make changes from what I gathered?
Like I am not in the headspace to do it and I am starting to get overwhelm by the idea of doing the damn thing.
@J.L.O, have you ever felt like that sometimes or is this just my ADHD thing?
This is something I want to do, but don’t need to do.
It’s important, but now I am wondering if it truly is that important because I just can’t find a way to get started.
Right now, the word count is at 33,928 and that is long and I have a lot of characters.
Ugh! Much Frustration!
No that’s normal.
You want to know why I do so well on the ONC stuff and not so good on the NaNo?
NaNo is self-motivated. ONC is deadline motivated. I’m answering to someone else, and I can get that done well before deadline (doing 7 of those is a minimum of 140K words. NaNo is just 1 50K project.
So unless I’m very passionate about a story, I need an outside push to get it done. And I find some parts of this to be a chore, and I drag my feet, but I get it done with a deadline. I expect to get all 7 done in time, then bupkis for NaNo.
Not that I won’t try. I did ok the 1st time. Just legit I don’t wanna clouds everything.
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