new deadline approaches! logging off for a week or so. till soon

new chapter (finally)! 🧻 archiveofourown.org/works/826830...

I mentally noted the repetitions: V on the menu, vvvv as teeth, v’s as ripples in that sorry pool.

sometimes fic writing looks like this

the days have passed, the fog has lifted, hoping to write fiction today

i rarely think like this anymore but a killing eve / widow’s bay crossover fic would be incredible. e.g., eve and villanelle escape the 12 and hide out on the tiny island, masquerading as tourists. but then the fog rolls in, the storm picks up, and they’re forced to hide in the basement shelter...

soothing my soul by binge rewatching orphan black. i remember that helena had villanelle qualities but i’d completely underestimated how much the characters overlap! and so many sarah/helena scenes are virtual templates for eve/villanelle 🔪🍭🩸

no new insights here but i just want to say that grief is so fucking hard and it lasts forever too 💔

friends and community. there’s tons I enjoy about doing the writing but getting to know people through creativity is the most fun and rewarding part for me

i have watched more TV in the past six months than in the past six years. luckily there’s tons of great TV! my new love is Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed with Tatiana Maslany 🤩 highly recommend

for the record I am SO bad at visual design ☠️

I *just* found out about the deleted fanfic reddit which includes a doc with links to many things I had removed from ao3 and… I’m not sure how I feel about that 🤔

My tribute comic to all ficwriters ❤️ You do god's work! #killingeve #villaneve #villanelle #evepolastri #comic_prianikn

oh the temptation… (i think i say this every year)

If you’re looking for an easy, feel-good, funny TV show, check out Loot! It stars Maya Rudolph who I adore. And as a bonus, Killing Eve fans get to imagine what Eve would've been like if Maya Rudolph had accepted the role. (To be clear, I think Sandra Oh was perfect, but it’s still fun to imagine)

i’m in!

possibly my favorite illustration ever 😇 😈 by @prianikn.bsky.social

This is what novel plot revision feels like

genuine question. is anyone interested in the “behind the scenes” backstory of my upcoming [redacted] nonfiction book? i’m trying to figure a way to share while being mindful of boundaries etc

The necklace traveled like a rumor. At first it was a silver chain. Then it was green. Marlie said it was studded with emeralds. Pearl said it had been eaten by rust. Mei said it was coated with muck from carson's creek but polished up perfectly.

㊙️ If I Gave You a Secret 🆕 new chapter with illustrations 📷 thank you @prianikn.bsky.social 🔗 archiveofourown.org/works/826830...

i want a place to post fan nonfiction

The Beast in Me is so good!! Perhaps not the most original story but the plotting and pacing are top tier. Highly recommend for fans of “psycho killer qu’est-ce que c'est” TV 📺🩸

still figuring out the “how to write a mystery” riddle and realizing the 8 clues in one chapter might be a bit too much

two very good things happened today and one involved @prianikn.bsky.social which means that the next chapter of my fic will include some wonderful new art which will also serve as a clue 🔎

cw: homonormativity & sappiness! i got sick from my kid and even though i hate being sick it’s still kinda sweet to catch germs from him 🤕

I like this thread. I also think some of the “bluesky is dead” sentiment refers to not finding enough strangers to fight with - ones who’ll respond to random insults and attacks

i spoke too soon! ✨✨

I just watched End of the F***ing World for the first time. Wow it’s incredible. And very wild that it came out so close to KE given the style, soundtrack, and psychopath love story 🤔

Can I tell you another secret? I like to snoop. Just a little. I like to peek into forbidden places to see what isn’t mine to see: the mundane, the shameful, whatever is hidden. I pry. Such pleasure, to trespass, to linger. 🔍 from next chapter of "If I Gave You a Secret"

so happy that people are indulging me with this one - even more so that they see its old school KE vibes, even though no KE characters have yet shown up

Chapter 3 is now up 💻🔍🤫 archiveofourown.org/works/826830...

hmm, short sharp chapters that i post (fairly) frequently? or longer richer ones that take some time?

i’m very interested in what my fic and fandom friends think of these shifts, if anyone cares to share👂

I mostly stopped writing or die trying bc I didn’t have the time but also bc I didn’t know how to write the second half in a way that worked for the current political moment. today it came to me

woah pacing a mystery is tricky! what to reveal? when? how? and how long can i string readers along for before they lose interest? all fun stuff

attempting to publish original short stories (not self-publish) is a brutal exercise in perseverance. successful writer friends tell me a 10% acceptance rate is good, which means tolerating 90% rejection. i just got another of those rejections but it was the kindest and most encouraging yet. onward!

chapter 2 is now up 💌

even if i wasn’t a long time massive attack and tom waits fan i’d think this collab was fantastic www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-57...

Fine. I lied. Isabel Crisp is not my true name. But you probably know that already. What kind of idiot uses their true name on the internet? - opening line of next chapter of my new fic

music is best when you have to flip the record

i generally like contradictions but if I’m baffled by people who use twitter/x to call for boycotts of Harry Potter. I should probably move off substack, right?

ran a writers workshop at work today and realized how much I’ve learned from fic communities 🙏

this is one of the silliest things i’ve ever written 🤩

this is one of my favorite parts of short story writing. the bait is set, the hook has dropped… now what?? so many possible pathways

just opened a document titled "the possible lies of isabel crisp"

Three murders. Four lies. Perhaps it’s time to narrow my focus.

If I Gave You a Secret ✍️ inspired by prianikn archiveofourown.org/works/826830...

once again resisting the urge to disagree with strangers online 💪

the post by @ritarepulsa.bsky.social made me curious. what are people reading these days?