Join me next Friday for our 💖10th💖 week of Nerdology 101, hosted on my website. This week we'll be talking about Thoth (Egyptian God of Wisdom, Writing, Science, and the Moon), my favorite deity of all time. #writingcommunity #mythology #blog #nerd

#Smutcember I decided to share the treaty from HotH. This is halfway done now, btw. #writesky #writingcommunity #amdrafting #booksky 💙📚 #romantasy 💛⚔️📚 #mythology

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#Smutcember Using HotH for this one: Kiala: 9/10. What she means is almost always what she says. God 1: 15/10. Very expressive, but doesn't know when to stop. God 2: Nope. God 3: Only in the worst possible way. God 4: Meh, I guess. #writesky #writingcommunity #booksky 💙📚

#Smutcember Plan? What's that? Ooooh, you mean that thing that I don't listen to whatsoever. *Shrugs* Na, let them do them. I'm curious to see how far they'll take it. *Grabs popcorn* #writesky #writingcommunity #booksky 💙📚

#Smutcember Keep track of body parts and positioning. Weave the sex into the plot/character development wherever possible. Make sure the line between kink and abuse is clear. Listen to your characters, never act or speak for them. #writesky #booksky 💙📚 #writingcommunity

#Smutcember Most of my friends have. They're great. My family has not. One of my aunts tried and didn't even make it to the smut before she accused me of witchcraft and said I should burn all my books. I can't even begin to express the pride I felt at triggering that reaction. Lmao.

#Smutcember Kiala and Persephone in HotH. Kiala knew Seph and Hades before the trials became a thing. She used to hook up with Hades regularly, but then he fell for Seph. Seph and Kiala came to consider each other good friends and now they have this awesome banter 1/2 #writingcommunity #booksky 💙📚

#Smutcember *glares intensely at the one who was supposed to be my MMC in my last book* I honestly just move on, though. I gave up on controlling my characters long ago. My hallucinations require complete autonomy. #writesky #writingcommunity #booksky 💙📚 #romantasy 💛⚔️📚

Let's talk about diversity in the nerdom. From anime and gaming to books, I've got you covered with plenty of stats on what the nerdy community actually looks like and the importance of protecting its diversity. #writingcommunity #anime #gaming #booksky 💙📚 #nerds

#Smutcember 🔞🚨🔞 "Stupid cock-blocking fucking war" had me dying when I wrote it. #Writesky #writingcommunity

The interview with @hookandquillpress.com is up! www.marialevato.com/the-nerdolog... #writingcommunity #indieauthor #interview #blog #nerdology #nerds #booksky 💙📚

#Smutcember No, not surprised. I have disagreed with the decision, but alas, much like me, my FMC's occasionally inherit my poor choice in partners. Lol. #writesky #writingcommunity #booksky 💙📚 #romantasy 💛⚔️📚 #smuttybooks

#Smutcember (had to pull a specific scene for examples. 🚨🔞NSFW WARNING🚨🔞) This is about a different WIP, not HotH. There's this dead priest, right? They're like in the pool of blood. All he can think about is how hot she is with the blood soaking into her metallic 1/3

#Smutcember Oh, this is a good one. There's an understanding with these trials that nothing is over until it's over. The goal is to impress Kiala as much as possible both in and out of the trials. As such, two contestants serve her sexually to help put themselves ahead of the others. 1/2

#Smutcember I mix it up depending on who's having sexy stuff done to them and who is doing the sexy stuff to the other person. Because I write a variety of dynamics, I think it helps readers to understand different roles in a dynamic they may not have been in. #writesky #writingcommunity #booksky 💙📚

#Smutcember 1. How badly do the characters in the scene want to continue it? 2. How much makes sense to have here? 3. If I stop here, do I have somewhere else to go right now? #writingcommunity #writesky #booksky 💙📚 #romantasy 💛⚔️📚

#Smutcember Sorry I was MIA yesterday. Emergency vet visit for one of my cats. She likes one for their sweet nature and authenticity. Another for their intellect and profound respect for women. What do they like about her? Check the thread. #writingcommunity #booksky 💙📚 #romantasy 💛⚔️📚 #writesky

Join me for an interview w/ @hookandquillpress.com, an indie publishing collective, on Nerdology 101 next Friday! #writingcommunity #indieauthor #publishing

New blog post is up! Check it out here: www.marialevato.com/the-nerdolog... #nerds #publishing #writingcommunity #history

#Smutcember Established. Wherever I write kink, I aim to reflect healthy portrayals so as not to compound stigmas the community has been trying to combat for years. This means more intense kinks only get explored once the couple has built up trust and communication. #writingcommunity #booksky 💙📚

#Smutcember Unpopular opinion: Alt/Scene nonbinary x Overpowered woman who dotes on them. #writingcommunity #booksky 💙📚 #romantasy 💛⚔️📚 #amdrafting #writesky #authorsofbluesky #writersofbluesky

#Smutcember Internally, I have no qualms. Most of the time my internal monologue is Mwuahaha-ing about my plan to convert everyone on the planet into smut readers. #writingcommunity #booksky 💙📚 #romantasy 💛⚔️📚 #writesky #authorsofbluesky #smuttybooks #writersofbluesky

#Smutcember The build up. Foreplay is so fun. I let my characters deliver some of their best lines during it. It always gives "Men who yearn" vibes. It's always a full blown worship kink moment. #writingcommunity #writesky #booksky 💙📚 #romantasy 💛⚔️📚

#Smutcember I like contrast. Since I'm doing a reverse harem, my FMC has an immediate spark with some of the gods involved, while it takes some time for her to start vibing with others. Then, I have some hot and cold too. #writingcommunity #writesky #booksky 💙📚 #romantasy 💛⚔️📚 #reverseharem

#Smutcember Kiala is attracted to contestants in very different ways. With one, she likes their unique style and the way they express their gender nonconformity. With the other, he has a nice butt and she wants to poke it, peg it, or both so badly. #writesky #writingcommunity #booksky 💙📚 #amdrafting

#Smutcember You're early, loves. I haven't written the first kiss yet. I haven't even decided which of my smexy ass gods it'll be with. Lol. I can tell you this much, though, it'll def lead to some smutty smut smut. #whychoose #reverseharem #booksky 💙📚 #romantasy 💛⚔️📚 #writingcommunity #writesky

I've been seeing a ton of discourse debating the validity of different publishing methods, so join me next week as we discuss some of the history behind the publishing industry and ultimately explore why both methods are valid. #writingcommunity #booksky 💙📚 #indieauthors #authorsofbluesky #writesky

The new blog post is up! www.marialevato.com/the-nerdolog... #writingcommunity #anime #ror #recordofragnarok #nerds

#Smutcember In HotH, Kiala examines her potential husbands by putting them through trials. In the end, she'll choose 5, but only 1 from each pantheon. To find the right 1, she uses nuanced methods of judging the trials and goes on a date with the winner of each round. #writesky #writingcommunity

#Smutcember Sometimes. I don't think there's a smutty subgenre I haven't read in. Dark romance is one of my favorites and while I ultimately write romantasy, dark romance definitely influences the smutty aspects of my work. #writingcommunity #writesky #booksky 💙📚 #romantasy 💛⚔️📚 #authorsofbluesky

#Smutcember Both, of course. I love smut in any medium. I read it, write it, watch it, and fill my playlist with smutty music. I will absolutely hiss like some sort of feral beast at any one who tries to make me choose. 😂 #writingcommunity #romantasy 💛⚔️📚 #authorsofbluesky #writesky #booksky 💙📚 #smut

First sneak peek at the new character art. #booksky 💙📚 #writingcommunity #romantasy 💛⚔️📚 #smut #spicybooks #writingcommunity #nsfw

#Smutcember I'm comfortable with every level of spice. I've read closed-door, WTF level kink, and everything in between. There is no variation between public and private for me. I'm sex positive and tend to be open about what I like. #writingcommunity #booksky 💙📚 #romantasy 💛⚔️📚 #writesky

#SmutCember I'll be working on Harem of the Heavens. A displaced goddess w/o a pantheon becomes the center of a huge marital alliance gods from each pantheon now have to fight for their pantheon's slot in. #writingcommunity #booksky 💙📚 #romantasy 💛📚⚔️ #writesky #authorsofbluesky #writersofbluesky

I cannot even begin to explain the rage that comes with being a mixed woman in an apartment building with thin walls and racist neighbors. I don't even know what to say right now. Just wow. #fuckracists #mixedpeople #racism

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It's time for our weekly topic reveal! The new season of ROR is coming! Let's talk about it on Nerdology 101. #Writingcommunity #anime #recordofragnarok #ror #nerds

🚨New blog post is up!🚨 www.marialevato.com/the-nerdolog... #mythology #history #blog #booksky 💙📚 #writingcommunity

My character artist is almost done with the NSFW piece I commissioned. It is ❤️‍🔥H❤️‍🔥O❤️‍🔥T❤️‍🔥. #booksky 💙📚 #romantasy 💛⚔️📚 #indieauthor #writingcommunity

Hey everyone! I'm hiring! Details on the application, but in short, I want someone to do content creation. DM's and emails will be ignored. Applications are only accepted via the form. No experience req. form.jotform.com/253095861506... #writingcommunity #booksky 💙📚 #romantasy 💛⚔️📚

My pet demon broke one of my keepsakes from when I went to Scotland. I'm so mad, but she's cute, so I guess I'll get over it. #cats #travel #Scotland #pets

Sometimes, the #writingcommunity is the kindest group of people ever. One thing about me is that I'm extremely nervous. I always ask before mentioning someone in my blog because I never want to be the person who associates someone with something they didn't want to be associated with. 1/3

#WIPPIT Harem of the Heavens: Record of Ragnarok x Bachelorette in a series of trials designed to help one goddess choose one god from each pantheon to join a reverse harem in the hopes of binding them all to a marital treaty after eons of war. 5 book series. 1 book/pantheon. #RF #A

With mythology being a topic often featured in pop culture, we tend to overlook the fact that these were real religions and beliefs that impacted decisions made by leaders at the height of their influence. Interest in exploring some of the ways it impacted history? #writingcommunity #mythology

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Just a few more hours until the panel! This is awesome! #writingcommunity

Last day before the panel! If you haven't RSVP'd yet, make sure you do today.

That one character that doesn't know when to STFU up. Or... The main character, in this case. She's arguing with her mother, so... You know? #writingcommunity #amquerying #romantasy #writesky #complexfamilyrelationships #writing

Chapter 7. Brimstone. #callieheart #booksky 💙📚 #romantasy 💛⚔️📚 #spicybooks #writingcommunity