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Yesterday a colleague asked me how I find the energy for my writing after a working day. I said my issue is more finding the energy for work after a writing night

mona@monadreth.bsky.social · 4w ago

I'VE WIGGED MYSELF OUT AND I'M A WEEK BEHIND

I've finished Part I of my novel! It's a triptych. Writing on Part II starts next week.

deer @boneccrone.bsky.social · 2w ago

Them: So what's your novel about? Me: Yes

Another dinner with the national geographic photographer and his stories of desert tribes that breed pigeons for seven generations until their feathers gleam iridescent white; tiered gardens with one hundred and ten peacocks, and partridges fattened with almonds and fruit to win singing competitions

mona @monadreth.bsky.social · 4w ago

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Welcome to the thicket | Mona Dreth

A thicket is simply what grows. Tangled, overrun, wildling and raw. There's no clear path; nothing shaped, curbed or wanted. Every vine and

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I live for these two men and the words that pass between them. I can't wait to see how the reader views their relationship...

"Worn out already?" he asks, a smirk playing at his lips.

"My years weigh on me."

"And so soon."

I study him, sidelong. A soft wine flush spans his cheeks. He's loosened his collar, his legs stretched out as he looks out over the grounds. A lock of hair has slipped out from its fastening, and now keeps sliding from behind his ear, yet the shape of him reads only as elegance and ease."

mona @monadreth.bsky.social · 4w ago

I've finished Part I of my novel! It's a triptych. Writing on Part II starts next week.

If my characters were perfumes: The Stranger is a mossy, ancient journey into the woods. It opens green - wild and heady, slowed then, by a strange comfort at the heart. The dry-down stretches into mineralic, sensual earth.

The characters of PATRON, distilled into scent. The Stranger: A candle lit in another room. The clink of silver bangles. Things steeped, prepared, known.

Researching for my book lands me in some fabulous places. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

A 1777 satirical print entitled ‘Coup de Bouton’, which shows a dashing young gentleman’s buttons blinding an unlucky young lady passing by.

In other news, my ACOTAR homebrew D&D campaign is reaching uncharted waters* *courts #DnD #TTRPG #ACOTAR

Screenshot of a Google Doc titled "Act II – The Autumn Court". The sidebar displays tabs for different sections of the campaign, including: Leaving for Autumn, Suriel, Magnus, The Weaver, Autumn Court, Lucien's Room, Succession Ceremony, and Beron's Killer.

Should I spend the last few good hours of the week developing sun/moon/risings for my characters?

Have I spent the last few good hours of the week developing fragrance profiles for my characters? The answer is yes.

cxndyfloss_jpg@cxndyfloss.bsky.social · last mo.

Text snippet: "This is all wrong. It's all wrong, and the contract is binding. My ears roar, consuming my every sense, pierced over and over by the ringing spike of my pulse. A surging wave and a baying hound, flooding me, the room, the whole house, and I grasp at the only anchor I can. Rue Preben."

Hey, WRITERS!✨ It's Sunday, which means it's the End of the Line. Share the last line, sentence or phrase you wrote without adding context 🤐 I'll go first 💕 #writesky #cxllectiveprompts #writingprompts

Dark writing on a white background: The tension in his body feels like a gordian knot, too tangled to be undone until the right hands come along, soothing over his shoulders and across the painted wings until he can melt into the embrace with a content sigh.

mona@monadreth.bsky.social · last mo.

A one-way ticket to writers block!

I am never writing a Petrarchan sonnet ever again

A merchant has spent years building a beautiful life. The thing he built it over is beginning to stir.

Promotional graphic for PATRON. The book cover, featuring a dark still life with blue title text, is centred over a shadowy, candlelit classical painting. Hand-drawn blue arrows surround it, highlighting themes including supernatural dark literary fiction, bargains, deception, candlewax and gilded aesthetics, and the line: “terrified of being known; starving for it anyway.”

deer @boneccrone.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I am never writing a Petrarchan sonnet ever again

Give me a bas-relief that ISN'T a squid for once

If my characters were perfumes, Luci is uncomplicated, sweet, hopeful.

The characters of PATRON, distilled into scent. The Obstacle: Luminous. Like an open window, like saying yes.

The middle of my book is none of my business

How do I stop editing and writing at the same time I stg

IF MY CHARACTERS WERE PERFUMES, i.e. I can't stop thinking about this so humour me: Opening on a the green snap of a twig, the heart nuzzles into something soft and earthy, elegant in its simplicity. It dries down to a skin-like scent - just a little warmer, a little richer.

The characters of PATRON, distilled into scent. The Best Friend: Like your finest gelding. Chestnut, loyal, beautiful.

FYI to my followers: AI is theft and I will never use it in my creative process. All featured artwork is from classical antiquity and in the public domain. All compilation images are painstakingly grouped in Microsoft PowerPoint during a period of intense hyperfixation that gave me dry eye.

Is my story set in late 1700's Europe? Yes. Is my imagined soundtrack entirely romantic black metal? Also yes

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My main character. A sumptuous, golden opening followed by a creamy, elegant core - and left lingering, the grit of damp stone underfoot.

The characters of PATRON, distilled into scent. The Merchant: A gilded mirror on the mantle. A crushed fig. Incense trodden into soil.