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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

And that, my friends, is what we call a first draft.

marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

70,000. Still a little more drafting to do to wrap up the final chapter(s), but this month's goal has been achieved! I never posted exactly what the word count was at the start of the month, but I'm pretty sure it was like 37k or 38k. Definitely a significant effort. Excited to tie things up soon!

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Reading this article has provoked quite the interesting reaction in me. The author's retiring not because of burnout because he's financially independent enough to retire early. Being an LN author is a real grind, but I wonder if he's going to continue writing or going to give it up entirely.

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

60,000 (or 61,000, to be precise) and fully back on track for 1,000 words a day to take us to the end of the story. Assuming, of course, that 9,000 words is all that's need to wrap things up, which isn't a bet I'd make against myself. Still, we remain very much on track. The end is in sight!

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

50,000. That's +15,000 (approximately) since the start of the month with a several day break; and less than 1000 words off the pace to complete the draft by the end of the month. Tsundere project continues apace!

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Been a while since I posted one of these. We're well and truly back in drafting life.

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"After all," he thought. "Why shouldn't I manage to reach 40,000 words on the second day of the month?"

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

◤SHORT STORY RELEASE◢ Excited to announce that a new short story of mine is out today! It's titled: 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑰𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆 A story of royalty, loyalty, and a little bit of mecha action, it's the reflective tale of a certain princess. Read it on Honeyfeed☀️❇️➡️: tinyurl.com/EvSuPa

Image of a white-haired anime woman with her right hand in front of her face, ringed fingers splayed. The title reads: "This is the Everlasting Sunlight Parade: A Short Story."

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The first half of the tsundere project is now re-written. For the first time in what feels like forever, it's time to draft new stuff. Scary!

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Sometimes you find a spot of terrific writing is the most unexpected place, like a 12-year-old blog post written by a tea-loving presumed retiree from Wisconsin. I have not been able to stop thinking about this delightful piece since I read it earlier today. deathbytea.blogspot.com/2014/08/firs...

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First, and Last Thoughts

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

In unrelated news, I've been on a short vacation the last couple days, going to museums and so, and I feel like I've suddenly understood the value of small notebooks. Typing stuff into the phone notes app is just not the right fit.

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The art I commissioned for the cover image for the short story I'm putting out this month is so good that I'm feeling guilty about not having given the story more editing attention... I feel like I have a responsibility to make the story even better having seen the art WIP.

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

So, what's next? First, later this month I'll have a new short story coming out for a different Honeyfeed contest. And, meanwhile, I'll be thrashing away at the tsundere project with an eye toward having a first draft done in another month or two.

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Sad to report that 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘔𝘺 𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘔𝘦! did not manage to win the MAL x Honeyfeed NOVELOUS Worlds contest. Without being too self-deprecating, this really was not a shock. 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 was a 3-month side project that surprised me with its success.

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

A friend recently sent me this quote from Vladamir Nabokov to one of his editors. Have to confess, although I won't claim to be as good a writer as Nabokov, as a long-sentence enjoyer, this resonated. 😅 (To Katharine A. White, 10th November 1947; V. N., Selected Letters 1940-1977, p. 77.)

Quote from Vladamir Nabokov: "I shall be very grateful to you if you help me to weed out bad grammar but I do not think I would like my longish sentences clipped too close, or those drawbridges lowered which I have taken such pains to lift. In other words, I would like to discriminate between awkward construction (which is bad) and a certain special - how shall I put it - sinuosity, which is my own and which only at first glance may seem awkward or obscure. Why not have the reader re-read a sentence now and then? It won't hurt him."

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Today was a 3500 word re-write day. A shame that an out-of-town work trip that will inevitably wreck my flow is bearing down on me later this week. 😔

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 01/08/2026

The August issue of Clarkesworld is now online and features stories by Ravn J. Silver, Eilis O’Neal, Jordan Alexander, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, E.N. Auslender, Y.M. Pang, and H.H. Pak. clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_239 Subscribe today at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

The August issue of Clarkesworld features cover art by Thomas Brissot. A young woman flanked by two robots with large swords aimed straight down appear to be conversing with a tall water bird on the edge of a leafy area. The title is "A Visit To The Oracle" and the bird's beak is open as if speaking. The background fades shows a palace of sorts behind the bird but only whiteness behind the other figures.

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Maybe I'm the one who's wrong for this, but amateur authors switching between tenses willy-nilly—either from chapter to chapter or, worse, paragraph to paragraph—is one of the things that I just can't tolerate.

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Thanks to Prufock on Honeyfeed (www.honeyfeed.fm/u/27458/novels), I now have a shiny new slide deck for promoting 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘔𝘺 𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘔𝘦! You can still vote for one more week! Voting link➡️: novelous.go.link/cyPPT Read the web novel ➡️: tinyurl.com/spacepri

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

If you'd like to help 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘔𝘺 𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘔𝘦! advance to finalist to winner, you can still vote for it on Novelous for 9 more days! You get a new vote daily until July 27! 🌏💖 Voting link➡️: novelous.go.link/cyPPT Read the web novel ➡️: tinyurl.com/spacepri

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

First day back at the cafe since returning to the tsundere project and, lo and behold, the vibes were immaculate and the writing successful.

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Not me wondering why finding the narrative voice for this new project is so hard and then realizing it's because the last two I've gone have been first-person and extremely verbose third-person, neither of which fit what I'm doing now.

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

It's been too long. It's time I got back to writing about tsunderes.

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Hi, everyone! I'm excited to announce that 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘔𝘺 𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘔𝘦! is a finalist in the MAL x Honeyfeed Writing Contest 2026 in the romcom category! To celebrate, here's an alt cover feat. art from the amazing @/mikkamenoyoru. myanimelist.net/featured/2416

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Third draft of this novellete I started back in 2024 is now complete. Looking forward to editing the hell out of it (much needed when the average sentence length looks like... that).

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 01/06/2026

The June issue of Clarkesworld is now online and features stories by Carrie Vaughn, Claire Jia-Wen, Rebecca Campbell, Pan Haitian, Anne Wilkins, Samantha Murray, and Damián Neri. clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_237 Subscriptions available at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Cover art for issue 237 is a mostly yellow water scene. The water itself is blue-green, but it's teeming with yellow plant life and golden brown and yellow fish swim by. The fish have many fins that resemble feathered wings. Their main bodies are covered with lidded eyes.

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I've been pondering a bit this week, as I've been in the weeds of heavy second/third draft editing of a novelette I hope to submit to a spec fic mag, whether I actually want to be the type of writer who revises and edits stories in an attempt to adequately polish them for publishers/readers.

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Too many story ideas, not enough writing time.

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

After a finished project, a short break, and a website update, at last I return to short fiction!

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I uploaded a short-ish (or longish, depending on your criteria) post-writing reflection/log to my website about what I learned about inspiration and influence while writing 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘔𝘺 𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘔𝘦! Check it out if you like! bluespheres.moe/content/logs...

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

It's been exactly two months since I announced that I was starting publication of short web novel titled 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘔𝘺 𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘔𝘦! Today, I'm excited to share that the story is complete and available for reading! 🥳🥳🥳 Read💖🌏➡️: www.honeyfeed.fm/novels/29364

Book cover for the web novel, Despite My Fear of Heights, the Space Princess Still Loves Me! by marble. On it, a blue-haired anime girl in a mint green jacket holds a striped planet with rings toward the viewer.

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

"My mother tended to the springs of conception and abortion for a thousand years. Then she passed them to me." 🌬️🕷️⛲ New fiction today by @clairejiawen.bsky.social: "The Bathhouse for Long Life" Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

"The Bathhouse for Long Life" By Claire Jia-Wen. Apex Magazine, Issue 153.

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Some days when I'm writing, I genuinely wonder if things would be going as well if I wasn't using Scrivener instead of Word like I used to. The way it works fits my brain and the way I write SO WELL. (Note: This is not an ad, I'm literally just having a good morning of writing lol)

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Thaliarchus @thaliarchus.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Someone asked me how they could be more creative. I don't know that I'm the right person to answer, but I had a shot: thaliarchus.mataroa.blog/blog/how-can...

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'How can I be more creative?' — thaliarchus

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I'm excited to announce that today I'm starting publication of a silly little web novel project called— "Despite My Fear of Heights, the Space Princess Still Loves Me!" You can read the first chapter now on Honeyfeed 🐝➡️: www.honeyfeed.fm/novels/29364

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I would love to know what in my psychology gives me such a strong desire to work from my standing desk when I'm really plugging away at a writing project.

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I don't think writers should be allowed to have their characters taking "steadying breaths" anymore. If your characters would be drunk by the end of the book if they were taking a steadying swig of whiskey instead of steadying breaths, they're breathing too much.

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

REPORT: Anime-Aligned Writer Who Has Literary Fiction Prosaic Tendencies Can't Hold It Back Anymore and Ends Up Writing the End of a Light Novel Chapter Like It's a Hibike! Euphonium Episode, Bemoans Fate

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

The thrill of ditching the first draft of a chapter, starting the second draft and immediately knowing you made the right decision by throwing out the first is incredible.

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Author who is already working on one story for an unannounced contest: what if I wrote a romcom for another contest that starts in two weeks.

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Sometimes you get an idea for a space cyberpunk soccer story and spend an afternoon writing a couple scenes so you have something to remind you what the idea was all about when you finally have time to come back to it in 7 years.

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Slowly working my way back into writing form after the vacation into holiday's combo. It's very silly that finally solidifying the first antagonist's magic is what's given me the jump start I was looking for.

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

My Momoi x Kuroko fanfic still making people happy 🥲

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Confessions of love in chapter 10.

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

They're saying Protagonist #1 needs to get with the program.

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

OH BABY This is the what you live for when you're doing a first draft. Sure, drugs are great, but have you ever hit a 2k words in a single writing session?

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marble〇 @marblemystar.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Congratulations to Protagonist #1 for getting to hug Love Interest before Protagonist #2.

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