Reading my own fanfiction is basically just a rollercoaster of emotional whiplash.
20% of the time: “Hold on. I wrote this? This is fire. This is emotionally devastating in the best way. This scene is dripping with tension. I’m a literary perfectionist. Someone give me a book deal.”
80% of the time: “Straight to jail. Immediate prison. Why is everyone’s breath hitching?. I used the word ‘gaze’ three times in one paragraph like I was possessed. Did I think 'his eyes darkened' was profound? Why is everyone clenching their jaws? Why is someone whispering 'their name like a prayer' again?? No one talks like this. What is this dialogue. Why are there so many weird metaphors and em-dashes…”
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“Across centuries and the void of a world, sleepless, I seek you.”
Rafael Alberti, tr. by Ben Belitt, from An Anthology of Spanish Poetry: From the Beginnings to the Present Day, Including Both Spain and Spanish America; "Paradise Lost"
"Lady Midnight"
From the Winternight series by Katherine Arden <3
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John Galliano autumn/winter 2005
𝔫𝔬𝔫 𝔰𝔢𝔯𝔳𝔦𝔞𝔪 ⛧ she/her ⛧ autotheist, aesthete, art devotee ⛧ a bunch of hyperfixations honestly
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