“—and then she just said ‘I have to go’ and ran off!”
“That's… almost exactly what happened on our date. She didn't say anything else?”
“Nothing!” Amara collapsed onto her couch, her tail grabbing the water bottle from the floor. “I've been texting her, and I a...
We're so close to the end of the first book I've ever written! AHH! It's crazy how one day I was just like "I'm gonna write this little silly story thing" and now I'm like... doing it and I've written so much about her.
One thing I thought a lot about when writing these last few chap...
Amara stumbled through her front door, her body weak from the trek home. Even with Tessa helping her walk, she could feel the lingering radiant energy sapping her strength. Its sting came in waves, and a particularly nasty shock ran through her system just as she collapsed on the couch. She gestu...
2024-03-17 14:26:44 +0000 UTC View PostReaching Chapter 10 was really exciting as a milestone, mostly because it's a nice round number. After this, the milestone get a little more abstract - first book, 100k wordcount, things like that. Still, as someone that's churned through a lot of hobbies in the past, it was really nice to hit 10...
2024-03-17 03:19:08 +0000 UTC View Post(Very briefly edited for Patreon compliance reasons.)
"The blue or the red?"
"Are you serious? The blue!"
"You sure? I kinda like the pattern on the red."
"You have green eyes, Nick. When she's staring longingly into them, do you want her thinking of Christmas?"
This chapter was really important as a way to start setting the stakes for the rest of the book. By introducing both the series of assumptions Vee is making, but also showing what she's preparing for, I'm hoping I did a good job in building some tension. There are a lot of assumptions being made,...
2024-03-16 17:01:33 +0000 UTC View PostAs Vee walked out of the store, she shrugged to reposition the heavy water jugs on her shoulders. The cashier had given her some funny looks when she'd left, but quickly turned his attention elsewhere, no doubt he'd seen weirder things at five in the morning. A few bags of other miscellaneous pur...
2024-03-16 16:46:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe start of this chapter was one reason that I reworked the end of the last chapter. Had I gone with my original draft, the slightly more light-hearted shenanigans of "Help I'm on fire I guess would need to fuck" would have felt a little jarring.
Unrelated to that, this does mark the firs...
When Nick finally arrived, Amara was standing perfectly still in the middle of the living room, her hands held high. Fire surrounded her fingers and palms, and she was pretty sure she could feel heat emanating from her horns as well. Her phone lay on the floor next to her, its case blackened and ...
2024-03-16 02:55:14 +0000 UTC View PostThis whole opening stretch is, surprise surprise, another bit of self indulgence on my part. I really wanted to stress that Amara's wings are impressively large, and introducing them before she figured out shapeshifting was very exciting, narratively.
In my mind, this is really where the f...
Amara kicked off her covers as she yawned, stretching her arms over her head. Before she could finish, a loud thud caught her attention, and she groaned with frustration. Looking at her nightstand, she saw that her left wing now sat where her phone had previously been charging.
She pocketed...
2024-03-15 14:52:17 +0000 UTC View PostOh boy! Chapter 6! This one was a lot of— blah blah you know the line.
This is, by far, the longest Chapter I'd written by this point. It's almost 10,000 words! I won't lie, I was really tempted to add another paragraph or two somewhere, just to hit 10k, but I decided against it. The stor...
2024-03-15 02:11:51 +0000 UTC View PostThe sleepover had mostly been a practical solution; Everyone was already out late, in the same place, and no one felt like walking home. Regardless, it proved to be a great idea, and they all stayed up much later than intended as they enjoyed each other's company.
The morning was close to ...
I should really stop saying "This chapter was fun to write!" because I'm gonna say that for every chapter so it kinda loses its punch. Anyways. This chapter was fun to write!
We start on our mystery angel, who's ready to reveal more about what she's doing. Last time we saw her, I kept thing...
2024-03-14 15:39:46 +0000 UTC View PostSulfur infiltrated her senses, and she turned as her feet hit the pavement. The clouds darkened, circling the quad as flames consumed the trees. She ran faster, weaving between students as she raced towards the demon responsible for this. Her blade appeared, dispersing the flames, and she lea...
2024-03-14 15:01:26 +0000 UTC View PostAh, Chapter 4. I've thought about this one a lot ever since it went live on Literotica. It's my lowest rated chapter, by a considerable amount, and while I'm happy with how it turned out, I understand why.
There is, of course, the obvious reason - it's the first chapter without any sex in i...
2024-03-14 01:39:06 +0000 UTC View PostNick’s eyes ran over the grocery list again, just for good measure. His grandparents lived alone, but had a habit of inviting friends over pretty frequently, so the list was extensive. Sure he hadn’t missed anything, he moved into a checkout lane.
The elderly cashier was extra chatty, a...
2024-03-14 01:05:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 3 was a pretty intimidating chapter to write. A LOT happens here, and the scope of the story expands considerably. This chapter has our first scenes from a POV other than Amara, the first scenes from our mysterious angel, the first scenes with Tessa and Chloé, and just a whole bunch of o...
2024-03-13 14:15:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe smell of sulfur filled her senses, her hair catching the wind as she turned to find the source. Grasping her necklace, she muttered a prayer and felt her senses heighten; It seemed to be coming from the center of campus. Excusing herself from the group, she moved quickly as the smell grew...
2024-03-13 13:42:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis Chapter continued giving me new things to think about as an amateur writer. Originally, the plan was to start immediately after Chapter 1, and have a bulk of the chapter be Amara panicking before testing what her tail could do. In the end, that felt a little slow, and I didn't want to write ...
2024-03-12 14:21:00 +0000 UTC View PostAt the front of the classroom, the chemistry professor was droning on about the different steps of today's lab, and Amara was having difficulty paying attention. Every few minutes she found herself scanning the classroom, trying to catch if any of the other students were looking at her. Thankfull...
2024-03-12 13:55:34 +0000 UTC View PostThis is, unsurprisingly, where everything started. However, I mean that in a few different ways. Not only is this the start of Amara's journey, but it's also the start of mine. Before SaS, I'd never written anything before, other than the occasional recap of D&D sessions. For years, I'd tosse...
2024-03-11 22:52:37 +0000 UTC View PostAmara paced back and forth in her room, her hands repeatedly clenching as she tried to steady her breathing. Thoughts raced through her head, each one trying to find meaning before another pushed it away. Her long brown hair, so perfectly curled the night before, now sat in a tangled mess. It bou...
2024-03-11 21:25:21 +0000 UTC View PostI know, I know, you're already here, so it's silly to announce it again, but I'm very excited about it nonetheless. I've always felt like a creator at heart, but it's been a heck of a journey discovering what it is I actually want to create. As a writer, I've found something special, something th...
2024-03-11 21:05:25 +0000 UTC View Post