Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 06/04/2025I, uh, have accidentally done that before with water color paint water. (And looking at the photo, it does look like diluted blue ink. Luckily I use pens with black and green ink for my fiction/creative writing, so no confusion with the blue tea.) 000
Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Oooh, yeah I've seen some pretty pea flower gins! One year, it was an easy gift for my mom who loves all things purple & was excited to try purple gin. 010
Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 06/04/2025That is a very specific Internet era (pour one out for LJ!) & yes! 75% cringe! 000
Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Thank you! I like the eternal date header in the notebook & am having fun with fountain pens & the tea is an herbal blend with pea flower (which brews that beautiful blue in hot water), lemongrass & a few other herbs that give it a mellow flavor that's like drinking summertime! 130
Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Getting 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. 251
Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 15/03/2025I am not consistently active here, either! Still trying to find my right threshold of being social on social media... 000
Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 15/03/2025I'm vroyce here & on Discord but am relatively quiet (but I'm working on being more social & less hermit-y!) 041
Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Crashing characters together is such fun! I also love playing with character dynamics & getting them to crack (emotionally) at key moments to get that satisfying arc arcing! 010
Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 15/03/2025I 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 051
Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 15/03/2025I hear you! I get to a point where I need to smooth. (I also want to count the so-called "wasted" words, so I either strikethrough, cut & paste them to a RIP section, or just start a new draft depending on the stage & length of the project.) 010
Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 15/03/2025A 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 061
Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Did 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 052
Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Taking 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 020
Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Today's goal is to outline each of their character arcs & the arc of a plot catalyst character who's threatening to make the duo a trio. (I am weak to the particular "threat" they present.) 000
Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Today 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! 100
Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Started 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 020
Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Had 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 010
Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 16/11/2024I 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! 010
Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 15/11/2024CW: Food My current project is a fantasy romance set in a location that's loosely based on WA state's Olympic Peninsula. My first week's project-inspired recipe was portobello mushrooms stuffed with sautéed spinach, walnut & roasted garlic ricotta, & caremelized onions. #NotNano #NovelGauntlet 010
Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Not 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 110
Viv Royce @vroyce.bsky.social · 02/11/2024Between #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. 070