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Viv Royce

@vroyce.bsky.social

Lover of folklore, fantasy, creeping moss & ancient forests | Pacific Northwest transplant | Writer fueled by tea & pretty pens

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Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Getting a late start to this month's #NovelGauntlet challenge. (Weekdays continue to be difficult writing days for me.) But! It is a gorgeous sunny day & that means BACKYARD WRITING TIME! Going old school for this zero draft to see if handwriting helps me resist the urge to go back & rework stuff.

An open spiral bound notebook sits on a weathered wood table. The setting is outdoors on a sunny day, and there's long grass and weeds out of focus in the background that could use a good weed whacking. A clear glass teapot is to the right of the notebook near the back corner of the table. It's filled with a bright blue pea flower tea blend. A clear teacup is positioned next to the notebook with the same tea. A green fountain pen with a gold-colored nib sits on top of the notebook in the full sun. There's not much written on the page yet.

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Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I'm vroyce here & on Discord but am relatively quiet (but I'm working on being more social & less hermit-y!)

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Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I like the discovery aspect of uncovering things about my characters & world kicking around in my subconscious until the right "thing" in the story pulls them up to the conscience level. & when I do get to revising I love making it all fit together. #GauntletChat

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Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

A belated hello! I'm Viv & uh, continuously forget I have this penname account outside of fun challenges. 🙃 I'm either working on a cozy(ish) political fantasy of manners or a poly FFM dark academia fantasy romance with at least (1) mermaid(ish) character. #GauntletChat

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Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Did not time my errands right so joining late. How fitting that the late on this question because the answer is time management! Carving out enough time to write, especially during the week when I usually go "ugh, too exhausted for more screen time" & then don't write. #GauntletChat

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Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Taking advantage of the first warm enough & dry enough day this year to get some backyard writing time in! Thanks past!me for scheduling today & tomorrow off work! #amwriting #almostspring

An open laptop sitting on a weather-worn wooden table in a weedy backyard and a cedar fence in the background. There's a blank Scrivener page on the laptop screen itching for some words. To the right of the laptop is a little timer clock, a to-go coffee cup, and a paper notepad.

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Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Today is a cozy #amwriting day, both physically & thematically. Physically, I have decreed today PJ Party Sunday & am all comfy in my jammies with throw blankets & tea for MAXIMUM COZY on this cold day. Thematically, I'm working on a cozy fantasy featuring a hearth witch + detective duo I adore!

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Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Started in on CAN'T SPELL TREASON WITHOUT TEA by Rebecca Thorne yesterday & getting one chapter in before settling in to write my own cozy fantasy featuring magic & tea. Loving it so far! 💙📚 #weekendread #cozyfantasy

Photograph of the book "Can't Spell Treason Without Tea" by Rebecca Thorne on an oak desk with a small blue ceramic mug of black tea. Because you also can't read a cozy fantasy book about a queen's guards and a powerful mage running away together to open a tea slash bookshop without tea.

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Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Had a more productive than expected afternoon yesterday, adding 5K words (!! not normal for me) Hoping for another solid day to build up a buffer for this week! (Also hoping I get to the only one bed scene. 😘) #NovelGauntlet #NotNaNo

A screenshot of my November 2024 goal showing a sharp spike in word count on November 16th that takes me over par for the goal. Will I add another sharp increase? The day will tell.

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Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I am 3,755 words under where I need to be today to stay on track for my #NovelGauntlet goal. Good thing I have the rest of the day (& evening) to myself. Let's see if I can get back up to par!

A screen capture from the Track Bear writing tracking app showing progress towards a sixty thousand word goal for November. The first half of the month looked strong, but progress dipped over the last three days.

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Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Not me setting up this account & immediately forgetting to post & be social & stuff. Anyways, one of my long-standing November writing traditions is to make some project-inspired recipes, so here is my belated thread, which will include photos. #NotNano #NovelGauntlet

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Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

Between #NovelGauntlet & my local @sockmonkeywriters.bsky.social Nov challenge, I'm feeling good about the month! My goal is to write a zero draft of a sapphic second chance at love fantasy romance featuring the surprise inheritance of a poison garden & a series of suspiciously timed poisonings.

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