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It’s been months but I’m back

You know how when you get to the end of your book and then start wondering if you’re actually full of crap and your book isn’t needed or good 😌

I have to put my cats in a kennel each time I write bc one of them has discovered the thrill of launching himself across the room and landing squarely only laptop

Hi to bsky #writingcommunity!

I’m Aleu, a queer Fantasy & Horror Writer! I mostly write for Young Adult and Adult but I’m dabbling into MG. My current projects consist of a southern gothic (Mexican Gothic meets The Last Tale of the Flower Bride) and an Afro-Fantasy (a la Howls Moving Castle)

Realizing that I’m two chapters from completion and I haven’t shared my current WIP:

a Southern Gothic about a young Black woman who inherits an opera house full of musical spirits

It’s spooky, it’s romantic and there’s something lurking within the walls.

Can I share my persimmons, leaves and water droplets ?

ended up with writers and art block at the end of the year 😭

By the time I finish a book, go through multiple edits and get ready for sub I legit hate it and don’t want to look at it or even think about it

✨2025 GOALS✨

writing:
- go on sub/sell southern gothic
- finish BirdboisWIP
- draft sapphic horror

non-writing:
- rebuild platform on blue sky
- no more ordering out
- therapy 😭

It’s 2025 and I promise to actually be active here now so prepare for a bombardment of posts

I have a queer magical realism idea with the vibes of addie la rue and the night circus that I really want to work on

First snippet post bc I’m two chapters from sending this behemoth to my agent 🥹
#writing #writingcommunity #southerngothic

I’m really yearning to write a sapphic horror next

Vesuvius The clock is ticking. The gods are watching. This thril…

if you haven’t watched the phenomenal & so very sweet cass biehn go unbox their VESUVIUS arcs…

go watch on instagram. bc it fr brought tears to my eyes. do not miss out on this so very special book 💖🌋

do NOT forget to add VESUVIUS to your goodreads shelf! www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

I had surgery, lost feeling in my legs for weeks, then had to get stitches on my lip bc my cat got spooked and then I ate recalled food and got e coli 😭

I’m finally getting into ateez?!!

Yes I do!

So I’m thinking…

🐦‍⬛The Raven Cycle x Dead Boy Detectives💀

Discovering blue fungi…very useful for my book

I’m sick with the flu and woke up feverish with the answer to this plot hole that’s been frustrating me for months

I’m listeningggg 👀

Omg I forgot I had this account! Hi!!!