Cora | Orchid

Writing chapter titles is usually a fic’s downfall, but I am currently very much enjoying writing them for this chef AU.

Full length view of a bright green satin dress with pleated mid section, long hanging sleeves and a fishtail style hem

The back of the green satin dress showing the expanse of drapery from the shoulders and with a dramatic train at the back

Detail of the pleated section of the green satin dress the drape of the bodice and an Egyptian style gem at the décolletage

A black and white photograph of Claudette Colbert wearing the green dress in a still from the 1934 film Cleopatra

A swish of old Hollywood glamour here with the exuberant costume that was designed by Travis Banton for Claudette Colbert in the 1934 film Cleopatra. Zesty satin in pleats and swags, Collection of Motion Picture Costume Design #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

WIPS YOU SHOULD BE READING 🧵

Nope, nobody asked me -- but I'm so into these that I want everybody to check them out!

Orchid's trans!Shane story, C'est Toi

Sweet, spicy and an absolute fucking joy, already one of my fave @orchidscript.bsky.social stories:

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thank you friend 💜

My sister has dubbed this game “oops all field goals”

Right?? Need more three day weekends honestly

Me too!!!

And Jessica Alba?!?

I like your style. I’m literally grading assignments 😂

not gonna cry, not gonna cry, not gonna cry… but to leave this impossibly kind comment on the fic I’ve felt the worst about might be more than I can handle today.

thank you 💜

Damn, another fic I totally forgot about! Thank you for the reminder friend 💜

💜💜💜

She modeled my pictures after Elisabeth Vigee LeBrun’s portraits, so maybe we could do a reverse heist. Sneak me into the Louvre or something 😂

aw thank you 💜 it’s so funny to me that neither of us remembered this pose AT ALL

when a photographer friend unearths a photo from a photoshoot you did that you both forgot existed… and it feels like finding the Bruges Madonna in an abandoned salt mine.

Crying so so much

Ooooh also very close. They are chefs. And it is inspired by 2 episodes from Bourdain’s No Reservations and Parts Unknown.

You’re very close, especially with that last tidbit. Not quite a vacation, but they are traveling.

I improved the 3rd one. Canva is not my usual medium for moodboards…

Guess the plot and I’ll make a moodboard for a fic of your choosing 😉

Recent moodboards for a couple current and upcoming #hollanov fics :)

chapters 3 and 4 went up this week icymi:) #hollanovfic

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oh my god PREMEE SPY NOVEL I am SO SEATED

I don’t even know what to say. Simply incredible.

Mind if I share some exciting news?

We’ve officially raised over $45 MILLION for local bookstores 🥳

But like… hi, jealousy fic? what’s your deal?

Legit I’ve made mood boards of the ideas I think I’m going to write. Maybe.

Or just daydream about them while I’m driving home from work today…

good daydreams I hope :)

pivoting brain (and yay 💜)

well… those emojis have me vaguely worried

C’est Toi | OrchidScript

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