Lyra Is Writing

I would not survive such a curse. The accumulated vitriol would inevitably result in spontaneous human combustion.

Hello, I'm Lyra, currently finishing up the first draft of my near-future sci-fi romance about smooching an android. In my spare time I like playing games, making art, and sometimes teaching math to teenagers.

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I've finally got a beginning I really like for this one (fourth attempt!), but I'm currently weighing 2-3 different endings and driving myself nuts over it. Maybe I'll write all three, who knows. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I sure hope so! 😅

Me trying to write an ending to this book: “But what if we just abandoned this entirely and wrote a dozen more beginnings instead?”

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WE CAN DO THIS!!

The holidays kicked my ass productivity-wise, but I swear I'm going to get back to it.

...tomorrow. ._.

Wishing the neighbors whose half hour of fireworks woke my very angry toddler last night a very miserable New Year. 🖤

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Dear Santa:

All I want for Christmas is for the Oxford comma to be cherished, loved, and respected.

Today in toddler life, I am grateful to have the type of neurodivergence that makes me well-prepared for listening to the same song over and over forever.

Another evening, another load-bearing placeholder for my future self to deal with.

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HELL YEAH WE ARE

Don’t worry, you’re on the list. 😘

Finish the ending of my AndroidWIP, then go back and rewrite everything that needs to be changed in the zero draft (which is… most of it. ._.). Then, MAYBE, show it to some people!

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Hazel meets Jen, head of the robotics company interviewing her for a ~*mysterious*~ summer research position. (What would a robotics manufacturer want an anthropology grad student for? 👀)

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oh my god

He’s a human-passing android, so I like to imagine him loving on this golden retriever in awe while the owner looks on in bemusement.

I really love the idea of Zeke meeting a dog for the first time and being completely smitten. Plus since this draft probably won’t include his POV it would be fun to do that.

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Nothing even close to "clay" in current WIP, so went looking in the drive again today. This is from my first attempt at writing a fantasy romance.

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#fuckyougreg!!!!!!

Oop, my bad. 🤣

"Soggy" was the closest I got, from a scene that will probably end up cut. I like it, but it doesn't really fit the plot, and also feels out-of-voice for Hazel. But you get to enjoy it anyway. 😜

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It just feels like I’m on a leash. 😩

Yeah, I’m really only expecting one of those things to hang around. ☠️

Me sowing: Man, it’s so great having a toddler who will eat stuff like chickpea tikka masala!
Me reaping: OH MY GOD, WHAT IS THAT SMELL???!

Losing a hyperfixation and leaving a fandom feels both like being dumped in a very embarrassing "why was I ever with them" way AND breaking up with someone you loved and losing half your friends in the divorce

Me trying to write a scene I dont want to