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[writeblrcafe]

Digital interview with @pinespittinink

Catherine Hellens orders a chai latte and sits down in the corner of Writeblrcafé. She writes poetry and a book. Her favourite genres include fantasy, fiction, science-fiction and speculative fiction. We start chatting about her writing.

What got you into writing?

Being exposed to really excellent authors as a child and realizing that writing stories was something I could do! I was filling notebooks and tapping out on my mom’s computer from such an early age. I’ve always had ideas inside me, and as a kid inspiration came to me very easily and frequently.

What inspires you to write?

I get inspired by visuals, music, nature, and dreams, predominantly. Also, reading other excellent writers’ books encourages me to keep going.

Which are recurring themes in your writing?

Oh boy—themes are actually something I never set out to write specifically, but they do crop up in my works. The biggest and most common one is devotion—specifically, how much will you do for love. I’m a romantic at heart, and nearly all of my works have a love story or a variant of one at the heart. Questions of identity also arise from time to time. Who we are, who we’re perceived to be, who we become. But they are always unique to the characters and never intended to be messages.

How would you describe your writing style?

Romantic. Prosey. Lush, as overused as that word is now. I’ve had it described as vivid and cinematic; I like to paint pictures and I love love love details. Setting is incredibly important to me and one of the first things I think of when I begin writing or conceiving ideas, so it has a large feature.

How do you deal with writer's block?

I just have to trudge through it, really. Even if when I sit down to write, I only write a few hundred words or fewer, it’s still something, and eventually I’ll create the groove again. Going on walks and mulling everything over also helps a lot.

Do you have a wip? Tell us about it:

My current wip is a queer standalone adult speculative fiction novel called The Great Glavenisean Theater. It’s about a man named Morgan who comes to the City of Spires and ends up working at the titular theatre as a seamster, where there is an interdimensional portal in the belly of the stage that moves the shows through multiple planes during the performances. But there are weirder things going on in the theatre, and as Morgan investigates them, he begins to suspect the prima donna Ariel of the attempted sabotages of the portal, and suspects that maybe they aren’t like the rest of them. I’m currently doing minor edits on the first draft and will be looking for betas during the month of April!

Tell us more interesting stuff about you:

I live in New England with my queer platonic partner, whose writing I love more than anyone else’s in the universe. We have two stupid rag doll kitties named Eurydice and Napoleon, and I collect crystals and special editions of certain books I love. I have patience with temperamental printers and put up tapestries across ceilings, and I’ll be building a sofa soon when it arrives. I’m also a classically trained mezzo-soprano who misses singing in a choir and contents myself with my car instead. Also, I’m a Capricorn.

Thank you for the good talk and keep writing!

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[gravesaint]

part of my job as archivist for a LGBTQ center involves working with an interviewing elder queers, and the disconnect between our generation and theirs is so upsettingly palpable. so many young queers think that elders aren't up-to-date on identity politics and are "set in their ways" when it comes to understanding the nuances of gender and sexuality, but that is so incredibly far from the truth.

if anything, the real problem is in the reverse. young queers aren't giving the time of day to our elders and its only alienating all of us from our shared history. just about every elder I've spoken to is doing their best to understand how our identity politics have evolved and is actively supportive of our generation adding our language and experiences to our sprawling rainbow tapestry.

there is also this strange idea that elder queers no longer contribute to that tapestry, that their time is gone and its only the youth making progress. but again, that prevailing idea is just alienating our generations from one another. most elders I've spoken to are extremely active in the community and work hard to do what they can to preserve our histories and assist in current activism.

the fact of the matter is that we are losing our elders, both to time and estrangement, and it is critical that we make conscious efforts to bridge the gap before its too late.

TLDR: We have to do better when it comes to including queer elders in our current activism. They are our history, they are our family, and we need to give them the same love they give to us.

#lgbtq #queer #pride #idk what to actually tag this but. yeah #thoughts from the archivist's desk #im digitizing interviews from 2004 and.. ough #ok to rb #my stuff

[finnfrei]

Couldn’t miss on Lestarion for the world✨

#astarion fanart #bg3 astarion #astarion #baldurs gate astarion #baldurs gate 3 #interview with the vampire #lestat de lioncourt #interview with the vampire spawn #illustration #artists on tumblr #digital illustration #character art #artist on tumblr #baldurs gate fanart

[irlplasticlamb]

the vampire bond. there is no human equivalent.

prints + merch + commission info

#vic.txt #my art #louis de pointe du lac #lestat de lioncourt #armand iwtv #loustat #louis x armand #interview with the vampire amc #interview with the vampire #iwtv #lestat x armand #louis x lestat #art #fanart #illustration #artists on tumblr #digital art #character art

[thecaptainjacksparrow]

the creation of louis de pointe du lac 🩸

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[luiuni]

okayyy alucard and richter in interview with a vampire !!

#:3 #art #digital art #artwork #castlevania #lalalala #adrian fahrenheit tepes #alucard #alucard tepes #count dracula #interview with the vampire #lestat de lioncourt #richter belmont #trevor belmont

[killer-laurent]

Armand/Rashid and Daniel - IWTV AMC (Commission)

#art #digital art #fantasy #anne rice #vampire #armand #daniel molloy #rashid #interview with the vampire #iwtv fanart #amc iwtv #commission #armand the vampire #vampire chronicles

[qualitygardengladiator]

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[emilyrosecreatives]

the new season of iwtv seriously can’t come soon enough it looks incredible already

#amc iwtv #iwtv fanart #iwtv s2 #armand #iwtv armand #assad zaman #digital art #procreate #digital illustration #fanart #interview with the vampire #he’s so damn pretty it should be illegal #can’t wait for him to mess everyone’s shit up

[wisesnail]

Yes to Louis, yes to Lestat, but my favourite has always been [redacted] 💖

(Aka clo watches, Clo likes, Clo paints)

Prints and other stuff on my RedBubble and Threadless (I’m Wisesnail on both <; )  

#assad zaman #rashid #interview with the vampire #anne rice #portrait #wisesnail #digital #my art

[auchaczer]

can’t wait to see my beautiful fucked up evil princess soon!!! <3

#he's so pretty #literally like #theatre kid #my darling #he's so fucked up #iwtv #iwtv s2 #amc iwtv #iwtv 2022 #iwtv season 2 #lestat de lioncourt #the vampire lestat #iwtv lestat #the vampire chronicles #artwork #digital art #my art #artists on tumblr #fan art #art #illustration #fanart #drawing #new art tumblr #prince lestat #iwtv fanart #iwtv fandom #interview with the vampire #iwtv art #lestat fanart

[writeblrcafe]

Digital interview with @legiomiam

The doorbell announces the next interview guest entering Writeblrcafé. It's writer J. Lynnell, who orders a chai latte. They write poetry, fanfiction and a book. Their favourite genres include fiction, fantasy, romance, crime, poetry, mystery, science fiction, historical fiction and paranormal.

What got you into writing?

It started when I was about 14 and I started writing Twilight and LoZ fanfiction in a notebook. Then I moved on to anime with Naruto and Inuyasha once I found FanFic (dot) net. For poetry I had my 10th grade English teacher who made us all submit poems into this contest and she told me that I had potential and that my imagery was vivid for poems.

What inspires you to write?

I'd love to say spite. Spite inspires me but so does my over active imagination. I usually write based off emotions and writing got me through some dark times my last two years of high school and the following years, so now I feel that writing is a safe way for my to sort through my emotions and process everything I have going on. I did not actually start writing full on original novels until about ten years ago with an idea that really didn't have an fruition for another five years, taking the leap from fanfiction to original novels came during a bad depressive episode and a bad relationship divorce where I hadn't read in a year and hadn't written for even longer, I just needed something comfortable and familiar. I had already devoured the ACOTAR series and the year after the novella had come out I needed more and read it over while reading ToG. I had read Heir of Fire and reread ACOMAF at the same time, and found myself crying from some of the scenes because it's refreshing to see characters work through their depression. It was at that point I decided that I wanted someone to read my work and think the same thing. That they picked up my book during an emotional time and it became the thing they latched on to. So I sat down and reintroduced myself to characters I hadn't thought of writing about for years.

Which are recurring themes in your writing?

I don't preset any themes but a lot of them show up as I write. Life and death are a big one along with found family. Loyalty and betrayal, good vs evil. Fate vs free will slash destiny are another big ones that I love to incorporate into most of my works. Loneliness was one but as I got older it switched from needing to find someone to now understanding the difference between being alone vs loneliness.

How would you describe your writing style?

I'd like to say it's very descriptive and heavy on narration. I try to evoke the senses to the best of my abilities and make readers feel along with my characters.

How do you deal with writer's block?

I am bad with writer's block, I usually take walks or showers when it impacts me in all areas of creativity. Though when it's just with one project I move to a different WIP that I have floating around. My way of dealing with writer's block is more than likely why I have so many projects.

Have you already published your writing?

I have I have three poems published in a horror zine.

Do you have a wip? Tell us about it:

I have five projects that I am actively working on, one has two parts which go together: This Dark And Divine Place and Children of Ruin. TDADP is about the underlying tension of war between the Fae born Hunters and Vampyres. (read more under the cut)

Rashka who's the younger sister of the empress of the last Vampyre empire and Bahram a merc hired to protect her as all the Vampyre clans are called to gather after the murder of an entire clan. On the way to the summit she is kidnapped and Bahram has to go after her, for his own reasons he would be inclined to leave the Vampyre but with his life tied to her own if harm befalls her then he's doomed too. What was supposed to be an easy mission for the banished Fae ends up a life or death situation between them both. CoR is the sequel series, where as TDADP isn't supposed to be a will they or won't them because Rashka and Bahram's relationship is by design of the Gods. CoR follows their five children who have to deal with the aftermath of not only the Gods cursing their parents but also the oncoming end of the world. CoR was started as the project I had for many years but then along the way I decided that I wanted to tell the parents' story first. Both are Dark Fantasy. Project "Two" is From Ashes and Dust it centers around Alexia a super soldier in hiding who gets mixed up in the investigation of a grisly string of murders from former soldiers, her plans to stay on the downlow and just work for hire as a black market merc are ruined when Leon and his partner Jade catch her breaking into a suppressant bank and question her. FAAD is a wonderful mix of dystopian and cyberpunk. Project "Three" is Laws Of The Songbirds where Savina Starling the sole surviving member of the Starling family forces the 6 other families to gather so she can find why her family was slaughtered. What the other families come to find out is that her family was sacrificed to summon a devil and that devil has grown very attached to the young woman who bound herself to him. LotS is a dark urban fantasy. "Four" is The Vanity Of Ghosts it centers around three characters Evelynn, Reyes, and Hector as a historical paranormal romance thriller. Evie is a clairvoyant detective employed by the local police and she has to investigate a murder at the opera, her new partner Reyes is back from bereavement leave after the death of his younger brother. Both only have Hector as their lead, the costar and on stage love interest of the murdered woman. This work does have a poly relationship (as will CoR). The "fifth" and final project is Wicker Hearts which is an Anastasia inspired retelling with monsters where Brooke Rivers, after living in banishment for a few years when his uncle exiled him after the death of his family, decided that instead of taking over the throne when his uncle dies he's going to convince the heir of the family his own parents overthrew to rule. In order to find this family he employs a little rag tag crew and runs into a young woman, Julian, who has lived all her life outside the city in the forest of the old gods and their monsters. This project is leaning more towards Dark Fantasy too.

You can tell us more interesting stuff about you here:

I am a queer nonbinary writer of color who lives in the middle of nowhere Midwest where we are known for having the largest rail yard in the world. I was a miracle baby born at 27 weeks and spite has kept me going for nearly 3 decades now. I cook and bake in some of my off time but mainly work on digital art, perform one person musicals in my bedroom, and collect pins, pressed leaves, special edition books, and tarot decks. I have a morkie named Feyre who has adopted my mom and her dog Addy. Along with being an Aries and working an ungodly amount of customer service jobs.

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[swedenis-h]

She’s just a girl!! (she’s murdered hundreds)

#I hope they tell us where she is in modern day soon! #I wonder what she’s up to! #art #fanart #digital art #fan art #my art #iwtv #amc iwtv #claudia iwtv #claudia de pointe du lac #claudia de lioncourt #amc interview with the vampire #interview with the vampire

[phoebepheebsphibs]

MOCK INTERVIEW OF THE UNTIL I FOUND YOU SEPARATED AU BOIS!!!

@tmntaucompetition

#until i found you #until i found you au #rottmnt until i found you #rottmnt separated au #separated au #rottmnt #rottmnt fanart #rottmnt mikey #rottmnt raph #rottmnt leo #rottmnt donnie #tmnt au #tmnt au propaganda #tmnt au comic #tmnt au competition #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #tutant meenage neetle teetles #teenage mutant ninja turtles fanart #mock interview #digital art #rottmnt michelangelo #rottmnt raphael #rottmnt leonardo #rottmnt donatello #rottmnt au

[irlplasticlamb]

house of the raising sun.

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[th3finalboy]

the vampire armand

#interview with the vampire #interview with the vampire 2022 #the vampire armand #armand #assad zaman #my art #the vampire chronicles #iwtv #tvc #digital art #this is old but!!