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Queer ND writer, reader, muso, academic, critic. Different hats, different names. Queer fantasy/romantasy/historical romance/sci-fi. Ask my characters about my gender. No DMs. No AI. https://archiveofourown.org/users/Nat_Lawless/pseuds/Nat_Lawless
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No literal carts, and I could have used β€˜wagon’ but 🀷🏼 πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ’™ πŸͺπŸ“š πŸŒˆπŸš€πŸ’« πŸŒˆβœ’οΈ #booksky #fantasy #authorsky #wip #amwriting #queerwriters #WiPSnips

Elyan wants to be vegetarian but not eating meat made him extremely sick, so he has to pretend it’s another sort of plant to eat it. If he’s stressed out or run down or is reminded he usually can’t stomach it. πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ’™ πŸͺπŸ“š πŸŒˆπŸš€πŸ’« πŸŒˆβœ’οΈ #booksky #fantasy #authorsky #wip #amwriting #queerwriters #queerprompts

πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ’™ πŸͺπŸ“š πŸŒˆπŸš€πŸ’« πŸŒˆβœ’οΈ #booksky #fantasy #authorsky #wip #amwriting #queerwriters #WiPSnips

Elyan, lol. πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ’™ πŸͺπŸ“š πŸŒˆπŸš€πŸ’« πŸŒˆβœ’οΈ #booksky #fantasy #authorsky #wip #amwriting #queerwriters #queerprompts

Some of the signs explicitly referenced are derived from Auslan or the version of signed English I learnt many years ago. πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ’™ πŸͺπŸ“š πŸŒˆπŸš€πŸ’« πŸŒˆβœ’οΈ #booksky #fantasy #authorsky #wip #amwriting #queerwriters #WiPSnips

πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ’™ πŸͺπŸ“š πŸŒˆπŸš€πŸ’« πŸŒˆβœ’οΈ #booksky #fantasy #queeradultSFF #authorsky #wip #amwriting #queerwriters #WiPSnips

Generally series, to write and read. If I like the characters/world/style then I want to spend more time with them. A waste of world-building in fantasy to be stand-alone! πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ’™ πŸͺπŸ“š πŸŒˆπŸš€πŸ’« πŸŒˆβœ’οΈπŸŒˆπŸ’œ πŸ“šπŸŒΆοΈ #booksky #fantasy #queeradultSFF #authorsky #wip #amwriting #queerwriters #WiPSnips #queerprompts

πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ’™ πŸͺπŸ“š πŸŒˆπŸš€πŸ’« πŸŒˆβœ’οΈ #booksky #fantasy #queeradultSFF #authorsky #wip #amwriting #queerwriters #WiPSnips

Elyan is demi and pan - he’s attracted to very few people and gender is irrelevant; it’s about the person. πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ’™ πŸͺπŸ“š πŸŒˆπŸš€πŸ’« πŸŒˆβœ’οΈ #booksky #fantasy #queeradultSFF #authorsky #wip #amwriting #queerwriters #queerprompts

This tatt, in a less painful position, is next on my own body art list. πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ’™ πŸͺπŸ“š πŸŒˆπŸš€πŸ’« πŸŒˆβœ’οΈ #booksky #fantasy #queeradultSFF #authorsky #wip #amwriting #queerwriters #WiPSnips

Given that ship has probably already sailed, the answer has to be no, lol. Like I had 100,000 words at one point where stuff happened in a mostly connected way but I scrapped a lot of it. πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ’™ πŸͺπŸ“š πŸŒˆπŸš€πŸ’« πŸŒˆβœ’οΈ #booksky #fantasy #queeradultSFF #authorsky #wip #amwriting #queerwriters #queerprompts

Already one of my favourite books to read with my eyes, the audiobook is exquisite! I’ve rarely heard such expressive narration. Book Doctor Edwin is recovering from a broken heart when he meets civil engineer Adam as floodwaters rise. πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ’™ πŸŒˆπŸ’œ πŸ“šπŸŒΆοΈ #booksky #romancebook #romancem/m #romancelandia

πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ’™ πŸͺπŸ“š πŸŒˆπŸš€πŸ’« πŸŒˆβœ’οΈ #booksky #fantasy #queeradultSFF #authorsky #wip #amwriting #queerwriters #WiPSnips

β€˜I almost never respond to literary criticism with homicide’… Finally crossed these two off my TBR! I do love books about writers and linguists/linguistics adjacent folk. πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ’™ πŸͺπŸ“š πŸŒˆπŸš€πŸ’« πŸŒˆβœ’οΈπŸŒˆπŸ’œ πŸ“šπŸŒΆοΈ #booksky #fantasy #queeradultSFF #romancebook #romantasy #romancem/m #romancelandia

Niv’s position as storyteller is highly respected in the outlands, though looked down on by her former peers at the Bardic Academy. Everyone respects Rathaliel when she has a blade at their throat! πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ’™ πŸͺπŸ“š πŸŒˆπŸš€πŸ’« πŸŒˆβœ’οΈ #fantasy #queeradultSFF #authorsky #wip #amwriting #queerwriters #queerprompts

Magelight is the closest we get to neon! πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ’™ πŸͺπŸ“š πŸŒˆπŸš€πŸ’« πŸŒˆβœ’οΈ #booksky #fantasy #queeradultSFF #authorsky #wip #amwriting #queerwriters #WiPSnips

Theyβ€˜ve all had significant relationships. Elyan’s been in love twice and burned very badly both times. He’s been very wary of getting close to people since the last one. πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ’™ πŸͺπŸ“š πŸŒˆπŸš€πŸ’« πŸŒˆβœ’οΈπŸŒˆπŸ’œ πŸ“šπŸŒΆοΈ #booksky #fantasy #queeradultSFF #authorsky #wip #amwriting #queerwriters

I thought about using a spicy scene but those are all spoilery! πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ’™ πŸͺπŸ“š πŸŒˆπŸš€πŸ’« πŸŒˆβœ’οΈ #booksky #fantasy #queeradultSFF #authorsky #wip #amwriting #queerwriters #WiPSnips

There’s a genderfluid (or β€˜liquid gender’, in-world) character in book 2, who mostly shifts between agender and the middle of the gender spectrum, and occasionally towards one end or the other. πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ’™ πŸͺπŸ“š πŸŒˆπŸš€πŸ’« πŸŒˆβœ’οΈ #booksky #fantasy #queeradultSFF #authorsky #wip #amwriting #queerwriters #queerprompts

I can enjoy spice anywhere from 2🌢️+, but it’s 100% skill, style and narrative dependent. I’m not interested in smut for smut’s sake & overly mechanical depictions get boring. Give me sensory experiences! And none of my β€˜ick’ words. πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ’™ πŸͺπŸ“š πŸŒˆπŸš€πŸ’« πŸŒˆπŸ’œ πŸ“šπŸŒΆοΈ #booksky #queerwriters #queerprompts #romancebook

πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ’™ πŸͺπŸ“š πŸŒˆπŸš€πŸ’« πŸŒˆβœ’οΈ #booksky #fantasy #queeradultSFF #authorsky #wip #amwriting #queerwriters #WiPSnips

I’ve mostly tried to create a queer-normative world with magic as the source of discrimination, although Niv has some internalised homophobia/transphobia b/c of the two-god religion. πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ’™ πŸͺπŸ“š πŸŒˆπŸš€πŸ’« πŸŒˆβœ’οΈ #booksky #fantasy #queeradultSFF #authorsky #wip #amwriting #queerwriters #WiPSnips #queerprompts