Orion (he/him)

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Writer of SFF. Currently working on a novel about magic teenage assassins in space. Shopping a novella about a drunken mess of a witch in Ancient Greece who's cursed to fight monsters to the death. You're welcome.

This is my fiction writing account. If you want to follow my general interest account, find me in mas.to.

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Show threadOrion (he/him)14h ago

#PennedPossibilities 973. How do you select the names of your characters? For you, is there a method?

They come to me. And then I do web searches to make sure I'm not naming them after celebrities or geographical features. Which has happened.

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#WritersCoffeeClub Apr. 1: What arrangement of plots do you have? No plot? Only one? A main plot & side plot? Something else?

Just one. My side characters are part of it. I'm not advanced enough in my skills for more than one plot.

(I'm not being cheeky! I literally don't have that skillset yet.)

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#WordWeavers Apr. 1: Your opinion on April fools day & do you incorporate the day into your work?

Nah. It was never part of my life, except for that one BBC video about pasta harvesting.

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Orion (he/him)14h ago

#ScribesAndMakers Apr. 1: How many creative projects do you have going right now?

One.

Now, ask me how many *professional* projects I have going?

Actually, no, don't...

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Orion (he/him)1d ago
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hey y'all. I logged in to find my post about Wendy Carlos for #TransVisibilityDay but thought I'd give an update about what I've been working on.

https://writeout.ink/@joehumphrey/109350071693334918

So far in my life, I've published 4 Bloodletting books, a Bride of Frankenstein inspired erotica story, and I've written two new novellas that are erotic stories about an autistic woman discovering her sexuality in her 30s with her best friend. It's a kind of half erotica, half literary fiction.

The books are called Gut Feeling and Uncontrollable Urge. Freedom of Choice is the third and final book. A cookie to whoever can tell me the significance of those titles!

The main thrust of those two books (which will ultimately be three books) is my intention to portrait Winnie (my Neurodiverse MC) as a well drawn, fully realized character on the spectrum, and show how she sees the world and tries to navigate it. It's raw, and honest, and the most vulnerable thing I've ever written. I'm very proud of it.

I'm working with an editor and audiobook narrator who has agreed to do take it on, and i'm very excited for that. I'm looking forward to getting to work on that. She's already done some editing, and it's going to be an interesting process.

I've got a newsletter that I try and publish at least once a week. It's mostly reviews and life updates and observations, and a bit of sharing what I'm working on. Drawings and things. That's at joehumphrey.com

alright, that's my update! I hope everyone is having a super chill, awesome day!

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Attached: 1 image It's #TransAwarenessWeek so I thought I'd talk about the first trans person I was aware of. When I was around ten, Weird Al put out an album with Wendy Carlos called Peter and the Wolf. This was in 1988. I was a HUGE Weird Al and also a pretty big fan of The Shining. My parents explained to me that Wendy Carlos had arranged the music for The Shining and that she was responsible for a lot of music in movies. They also told me that she had decided, later in life, that she would be happier as a woman, so she changed her appearance and name and now lived life as a woman. And that was okay, because it was her life to do with as she saw fit. That made an impact on me, and I still think about her when trans issues are being discussed. Now I have some very lovely trans people in my life, including family, and my appreciation for them stems, at least in part, from that childhood experience. So thank you mom and dad for that.

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#ScribesAndMakers Mar. 31: Are you satisfied with how your creativity went this month?

No. Thanks for asking. :)

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#WordWeavers Mar. 31: Share or tell us about a fun scene you recently wrote.

"Recently" and "fun" are both relative, but I got to have some fun with one character in the middle of a pretty grim fight. He still wanted to be the big hero, so his inner monologue says something like,

"It was the ultimate dual-weapon combination, rapier and dagger. It was called Florentine. He'd looked it up."

(Dear reader, it is not called Florentine. That is a myth.)

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#WritersCoffeeClub Mar. 31: What are we celebrating regarding your writing this month?

I got back into my draft. I'm finding I'm ready to tinker with it again. I took a *long* time off. Upwards of a year.

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#PennedPossibilities 972: Do you ever have to deal with “trolls” where your writing is concerned?

My mom once grabbed a big blue crayon (I have kids) and started blacking (blueing?) out all the swear words in a story I showed her. My mom loves swearing, so it was offensive *and* confusing.

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Show threadOrion (he/him)2d ago

#PennedPossibilities 971 — Where does your SC feel the safest? Is there a particular person or object that helps them feel safe?

Brant wants to sit with a book and be near people in a large-ish space.

River wants to be on her knees in the dirt, planting and weeding.

Sim, bless him, desperately wants to be the centre of attention, and that's something it's going to take him a long time to get over.

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