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Nel is querying!
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39 ~ Wasphole (NA) and Hartwood (YA) ~ profile pic by vicc ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Open to beta reading requests!
Romantasy is too speedy for me. I need SLOWMANTASY. Similar to romantasy but there's no kissing until at least 4 books in.

#booksky #writersky #writingcommunity #wip #readersky #romantasy #slowmantasy
November 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Bandit doesn't like fireworks so he's hiding amongst my knickers.

#cat #cats #sadkitty #waspholebandit #bonfirenight
November 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Hang on... that's not a sock!
November 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Sleepy boy Bandit! So cozy ❤️

#waspholebandit #catlady
October 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🍾 UNDER 120,000 WORDS!! 💐

This gets all the happy emojis because getting it down from 160,000 without losing content meant going through condensing line by line 🌈🎉🎊

Proofread, back to my betas (❤️🧡💚💙💜) and then querying resumes!
October 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Must you #WaspholeBandit ?
October 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Editing Day 24: 122653 words

So close! Ten more chapters left to shrink, mostly set in Serpentis.

#wasphole #fantasylit #fantasysky #amwriting #writingcommunity #authorsky #writingsky #booksky #writersky #readersky
October 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
My spooky baby boy 🎃🐈‍⬛️

#WaspholeBandit
October 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Editing Day 22: 124535 words

Sitting DVPit out this year (had fun with #DVParty tho!)

I want characters representing me and mine; for whom ND is not their whole personality or storyline, but at the same time the impact is deeper than a few quirks. I feel like I achieved this with Tharron.
October 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Editing Day 19: 128915 words

My coauthor has decided to rework the final battle 😬😭😨 ARGGGHH!! AGAIN?!? Comfortably in the double digits for full rewrites!

But... his ideas for the choreography are an upgrade.
October 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
When you have 2 cats but they're the same cat.

#WaspholeBandit
October 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Heavy night Bandit?

#WaspholeBandit
October 1, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Post you from a different era!

Me at 18 vs 38!
September 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Editing Day 14: 136103 words

Things that can go:
✅️ geographical rational behind Midra's weather patterns
✅️ minor characters backstories
✅️ half the words in any action sequence

Things I will not part with:
❌️ Robin, Ethan and Aubrei arguing about whether slowworms count as snakes.

Image @smolbus
September 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Using a hair dryer to keep the kids' teddies fluffy is the most useful life hack the internet taught me.
September 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Editing Day 13: 139459 words

Horses are so useful in fantasy writing for the whole "show don't tell" aspect. How people treat animals tells you all about their character, especially if they think nobody is watching.

#wasphole #fantasylit #fantasysky #shownottell #showdonttell #writersky
September 29, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Haha all the cat research that's like; "cats don't love you, its just because you feed, cuddle, and are nice to them!"

On a side note the cat who doesn't love me brought me another live bird. I guess #WaspholeBandit thinks I prefer them that way since I spent so long with his last present.
September 29, 2025 at 5:45 AM
You forgot to feed me. Get out of the car. Now!

#WaspholeBandit
September 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Editing Day 11: 142276 words

I just love how much you can communicate through food in a story! Having survived starvation, food occupies so much of Robin's headspace that if there is any around, it always has at least half his attention, no matter what else is going on. 🍖🥖🍏

#wasphole #writersky
September 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I stepped out the room for 30 seconds! Bandit doesn't even try to eat noodles, he just shoves his furry face in them and smooshes them around.

#WaspholeBandit #Cats #noodles

Starting to think stimming is not a uniquely human trait.
September 27, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Editing Day 10: 143079 words

Colour version! Art by @smolbus.bsky.social

#wasphole #fantasylit #fantasysky #amwriting #writingcommunity #authorsky #writingsky #booksky #writersky

(Reposted from yesterday because I accidentally put it on the Hartwood thread)
September 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Editing Day 9: 144963 words

Cut >10,000 words 🥵 Target is under 120k and ideally under 110k, so still a long way off but getting there!

#wasphole #fantasylit #fantasysky #amwriting #writingcommunity #authorsky #writingsky #booksky #writersky

Sketch by @smolbus.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Take the remote human, I dare you.

#WaspholeBandit
September 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Editing Day 8: 147015 words

Since I didn't make the cut for being raptured yesterday I'm still here cutting words instead.

Foody chapter today! I've been looking forward to this one, I love writing about food. 🍗🍞🧀

#writersky #writingcommunity #wip #amwriting
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Editing Day 7: 148112 words

One of the central themes of Wasphole is the problems that arise from gerontocracy. What themes do you like to explore through fiction?

#fantasylit #fantasysky #amwriting #writingcommunity #authorsky #writingsky #booksky #writersky
September 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM