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Libra Winters @librawinters.bsky.social · 3d

I finally finished chapter 5, yay! For some reason this one gave me a lot of trouble, haha

Have a little snippet to celebrate

Andrew and David were still grinning at each other when the instructors called on everyone to get behind their stations. They started off with some simple sides and snacks for in between meals again and Andrew never realized just some cucumber sticks with different dips could be this tasty. His cutting skills were still lackluster, however.
“This one kind of looks like a heart,” David pointed at one of Andrew’s horribly crooked cucumber pieces. Andrew picked it up to take a closer look.
“I think it looks more like a butt.” How he managed to cut something straight like a cucumber into such a weird shape, he couldn’t tell you. David choked on a laugh and Andrew’s face turned beet red. Why did he say that?
“I never realized how similar these two things look, I guess.”

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Libra Winters @librawinters.bsky.social · 6d

Thank youuuuu 😭

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Libra Winters @librawinters.bsky.social · 7d

I just hit 10k in my draft, wohoooo 🥳 I know it might not be a lot to some people, but this feels monumental to me 🥺

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Libra Winters @librawinters.bsky.social · 13d

Help! Can you guys tell me some dishes you think would be easy to cook for a beginner, but still teach them some good basics? I swear this is relevant to my current WIP 😭

a cartoon drawing of a panda wearing a chef 's hat rolling dough

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Vesper Doom 🧡🤍🩷 @vesperdoom.com · 13d

I am tentatively looking for published authors who would be interested in being a part of a second space horror anthology, the sequel, so to speak, to Astrophobia.

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Libra Winters @librawinters.bsky.social · 14d

The funny thing about picking up writing again is that you start reading books with completely new eyes, like HOLY SHIT

All of a sudden I notice all those tiny things where I'm like "Oh, this reads a bit repetitive" and "I would probably rephrase that" 😅

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Libra Winters @librawinters.bsky.social · 17d

I just finished chapter 3 and my draft is now at 7k words, jippie!!

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Libra Winters @librawinters.bsky.social · 18d

I just hit 5k on my first draft, jippie \o/

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Libra Winters @librawinters.bsky.social · 26d

I figured a little introduction would be in order :)

A light orange graphic, featuring a pink-haired person with a colorful sweater on the left and the text "Libra Winters - MM romance author" on the right

A graphic featuring the following text "Who am I? Hey, I'm Libra, I'm a freelance illustrator and aspiring author from Germany. I'm ace and biromantic and use she/they. I used to write Metal Gear Solid fanfiction!"

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Libra Winters @librawinters.bsky.social · 22d

I made a little Trope Map for my WIP called "You Beta Believe It"!

What are we thinking? 👀

A graphic of a trope map for the book "You Beta Believe It" with the following tropes: MM romance, omegaverse, alpha/beta, cute courting rituals, oblivious MC, demi rep, insecurity issues, cooking as a love language, queernormative world

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Libra Winters @librawinters.bsky.social · 22d

Thank youuuu, I gotta admit, I'm really proud of coming up with that title, haha

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Libra Winters @librawinters.bsky.social · 22d

I made a little Trope Map for my WIP called "You Beta Believe It"!

What are we thinking? 👀

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Libra Winters @librawinters.bsky.social · 22d

First draft of chapter 2 is finished, jippie 🥳

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Libra Winters @librawinters.bsky.social · 22d

Me starting any new hobby: "Hello?? Why am I not a master at this right away?"

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Libra Winters @librawinters.bsky.social · 22d

I keep having to tell myself that the first draft is gonna be bad and I can always make it good later 😩

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Vesper Doom 🧡🤍🩷 @vesperdoom.com · 23d

I have 39 requests, can we get it to 50 by end of the month??? 👀👀👀

Vesper Doom 🧡🤍🩷 @vesperdoom.com · 24d

Hey! Who wants an ARC of my gay space horror? Its got eruri-coded boys, autism and ptsd rep, blood/guts/gore, and a rescue mission that goes really bad!!

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Metropolis Down ARC INTEREST FORM

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Libra Winters @librawinters.bsky.social · 24d

I just finished the first chapter, jippie!

That being said, would any of my author friends here be interested in doing an alpha/positivity read of the first 3 chapters when they're done? 🥺

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Libra Winters @librawinters.bsky.social · 24d

Absolutely zero context, but this is now part of my current WIP, enjoy!

A ballpoint pen drawing of a little guy with big black eyes and long floppy ears and a heart on his belly

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Libra Winters @librawinters.bsky.social · 24d

Thank you, I'm doing the thing 🙏🏻

Libra Winters @librawinters.bsky.social · 25d

I finished a very rough outline, jippie! \o/

Now I just have to write the whole damn thing, how hard could that be? 😬

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Libra Winters @librawinters.bsky.social · 26d

I figured a little introduction would be in order :)

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Libra Winters @librawinters.bsky.social · 26d

I'm going to put all the fun romance tropes in my book and no one can stop me!

elmo from sesame street is on fire with his arms outstretched .

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Libra Winters @librawinters.bsky.social · 27d

Not me going smoothly from first to third person without noticing 😅 Guess I'm writing this story in third person after all!

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Libra Winters @librawinters.bsky.social · Sep 14

Not all my stories are going to be A/B/O, but it's kind of what I'm currently interested in 🙏🏻

Libra Winters @librawinters.bsky.social · Sep 14

For anyone curious, my #currentWIP is an A/B/O story about a beta who doesn't think he deserves an alpha and the sweet alpha who wants to convince him otherwise 👀

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