Tina Writes

#WIPSnips - no “dungeons” today, so need to go with “prison” instead.

#WIPSnips - safe

#WIPSnips - miss

A short one today. Remembering Earth, while stuck in Fae.

#WIPSnips - store

#WIPSnips - Hunt

What do vampires do when there’s a limited amount of magic available to sustain that immortality? They institute a practice to control the population. They call this practice the Hunt.

#WIPSnips - hibernation.

The only incidence of the word anywhere in my WIP.

The creature that haunts Cassie’s dreams might finally get a name, but only if she is able to come up with one that’s acceptable to him.

#WIPSnips - no “salmon” so will have to go with “fish”

Context - his “fishy friends”, as Thomas calls them, are the merfolk.

A lot of my characters are just trying to survive. George was once super ambitious, to the detriment of everyone else, but after facing the consequences he’s been trying to lay low.

#WIPSnips - river

Bit late tonight.

#WIPSnips - paw.

With a black panther as a major side character, there’s quite a lot to choose from today.

#WIPSnips - bear

Cassie has a pretty good memory. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always work in her favour, as she can end up ruminating on traumatic memories. The two immortals don’t have great memories, partly because they have too many, so they’re generally better about letting stuff go.

#WIPSnips - ink

Bit late today, as I’ve been travelling home after an all-day rehearsal and free concert yesterday in Tarland, with Shetland fiddle group Hjaltibonhoga, that ended with a #trad music session until midnight in the local pub. #fiddle

#WIPSnips - swift

The fae witches infusion turns out not to be particularly pleasant

#WIPSnips - absorb

I missed this yesterday, but I don’t have “mire” for today, and it might take me a while to find suitable *vibes* so have this in the meantime.

Little bit spoilery from book 3

#WIPSnips - leave

Somewhat. She at least learns to stop rushing in by herself, and where there’s others, there’s also an increased chance that someone will pick up on the flaws in a plan

Unfortunately, Cassie is quite used to failure at this point. In part because she has a tendency to go all-in without thinking about the bigger picture. Generally, she’ll wallow in misery about it until someone (usually the more level-headed Ben) drags her out of it.

#WIPSnips - skill

#WIPSnips - flurry.

The only instance of the word in my current WIP, and it’s only a few chapters from the end of Book 3. The battle with the King is coming, and old friends, Ben and George, are having a bit of a falling out.

First frost of the autumn on my car this morning.

I think this also impacts the length of books people are willing to read. I had a good discussion on a recent music trip. Almost all of us were put off “popular” books over ~600 pages, because it’s overwhelming when your only available reading time is bus journeys and 15min between rehearsals.

Part 2

#WIPSnips - disagree.

A little snip from the first chapter of The Last Changeling (first book in series). Possibly ready to go out to beta readers after a couple more rounds of edits.

#amwriting

I would be absolutely awful at writing it but I feel like they’d be quite good in a thriller/horror.
Though some of the older immortals would fit into historical fiction quite easily.

#WIPSnips - obvious.

#WIPSnips - no “yard”, so courtyard is as close as I’m going to get.

Late with today’s #WIPSnips - Red

#WIPSnips - difference.

Cassie reflects on loss after a fight.

For context, in fae, the mystic are both ostracised and exploited for their magic. But when they die, their magic dissipates back into the world, taking the physical attributes with it.

Not really. She’s city girl, hasnt spent all that much time in the country, until she winds up accidentally in fae with nothing to her name.

#WIPSnips - practice.

A little snip from the start of the as-yet-unnamed first draft of book 3.

A little interesting fact about the portals between Fae and Earth. Time does not move at the same rate between the two. Days in Fae could be months on Earth.
#amwriting