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akindofmagictoo · 5 months

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For the dinosaur ask game:

Iguanodon - share a character introduction scene

~ @tabswrites

hi there!

Iguanodon - share a character introduction scene

here's the introduction of Captain Anvindr Grimmur from Hurricane!

Captain Grimmur was not happy. This came as no surprise. “What is the point of ordering against shore leave if these morons are going to sneak out for drinks anyway?” Laila glanced at the morons in question, Scott and Kane, hoping they’d come up with some kind of excuse beyond their love of alcohol. They said nothing. Laila sighed. Grimmur ignored them anyway. “And now you tell me that Tempest and her little band of second-rate pirates are here? Get out.” He glanced briefly at Laila. “See to it that they’re punished.” “I’ll see to it later, sir.” Scott and Kane shuffled from the room. Laila felt a little bad for them. They were friendly… they just didn’t have much brainpower, even between the two of them. The door shut behind them, and Laila said, “So, the Hurricane is here. Will we do something about it, sir?” “Fighting between crews is frowned on here, of course. Nevertheless… this is my chance to take back what’s mine.” “I thought we were going to sail to Eastport after this. To meet—” “Yes, yes. We can do both.” Laila nodded, still a little confused. “If Scott and Kane were careless, sir, Captain Tempest might have overheard something.” “‘Captain Tempest’,” he mocked. “Like she could ever be a real captain.” He toyed with the ring on a chain around his neck. Laila had heard mixed stories about it. She was trying her hardest to reserve judgement, but among the crew of the Marquess, the general opinion of Tempest wasn’t a polite one. No question she asked now would get her more answers, though. He continued, “We’ll wait for sundown, but no longer. In case my dear Captain Tempest did hear anything.” “Kings Cove isn’t small, sir. What if we can’t find the Hurricane?” “Those idiots would have seen where it is, naturally. Ask them.” They had said they’d seen the girl walking to and from the ship. “I hadn’t thought of that.” “Of course not.” He smirked. “You haven’t my dazzling intellect.”

hopefully you can see why i affectionately (heavy sarcasm) refer to him as "trash can extraordinaire". lovely guy.

thanks for the ask!

dinosaur ask game is here!

#ask game #dinosaur ask game #zoe answers asks #wip hurricane #hurricane excerpt #hurricane anvindr #hurricane anvindr grimmur #hurricane laila #hurricane laila hajjar

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akindofmagictoo · 1 year

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manuscript search tag game

this one comes from @talesofsorrowandofruin :D

my words are care, state, ink, name

care (Hurricane draft 3) (soft theella alert!)

A hand touched hers and she started, ready to scramble up.

“Just me,” said Theo softly. Carefully, he worked his fingers beneath hers—she’d been clutching the edge of her blanket in a death grip. “It’s just me. Are you alright?”

Her first instinct was to lie and say yes. But talking to him earlier, even if she hadn’t said everything… it had made her feel a little better. She took a deep breath. “No. Nightmare.”

Theo sat down beside her, his hand still tucked into hers. His hand was warm. “Do you want to talk about it?”

She reached for the blanket to pull back it up around herself, but the movement was clumsy with her broken wrist. Theo took it with his free hand, tucking it in carefully around her waist. It couldn’t hurt to talk to him, surely. [...]

state (Hurricane draft 3)

“I thought you knew about the kraken.”

Aella frowned. “Kraken? What kraken?”

“I’ve definitely told you about this. There’s a kraken in these oceans. I thought it lived nearer to Kings Cove, but I suppose it moves.”

“Since when?”

“Since forever. I told you years ago. You think I wouldn’t tell you about something like this?”

Aella cast her mind back. Really? “Wait, that—I thought you were joking!” And alright, maybe Tempest had said it on more than one occasion… but had she been paying attention? Probably not.

“Why would I joke about a kraken?” Tempest’s expression was dead serious… much like her previous statements about the kraken, apparently.

ink (Hurricane draft 3) (Theo, once again doing his best)

He’d planned to spend the next couple of hours in the bow writing something, perhaps a journal, with his new pen and paper. Unfortunately, the large part of that time was spent trying not to knock over the inkwell and figuring out how to write neatly without smudging every word. Writing with his left hand was annoying enough normally, but on a moving ship it was quite difficult. He set the latest smeared sheet to one side and glanced at his blue-stained hand.

name (Hurricane draft 3) (woo Laila flashback!)

Despite the heavy load of cargo in her hold, the Nasir flew over the waves like the eagle for which she had been named. The movement of the deck was as familiar to Laila as her own skin and bones, the wheel practically alive beneath her hands.

Her father smiled up at her. “Keep her steady, Laila!”

Laila nodded and adjusted her grip. This was the first time her father had allowed her to take the wheel. Several of his sailors were sceptical about allowing a nineteen-year-old to do the job, but her father trusted her. She wouldn’t let him down. She would do him proud.

Masoud Hajjar had spent his whole life at sea. Even before Laila’s birth, he had been eager to show his children the wonders of this life. But after Laila, her mother had had no more children. She had been anxious about losing her only child to the sea. So Laila had been eleven when she first set foot on the decks of the Nasir. One voyage later, she’d never wanted to leave.

I will tag @ashen-crest @ink-fireplace-coffee @writingbyjillian and anyone else who wants to play! your words are memory, mystery, manner, mutter

#tag game #manuscript search tag #wip hurricane #hurricane excerpt

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akindofmagictoo · 3 years

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first and last line tag game

thank you @zmlorenz!

this is the start and end of Hurricane chapter 24 (”lock and key”)

Aella curled into a ball, her back on fire. Someone had bandaged it while she slept, which was unexpected. It hadn’t done much for the pain, though.

Is Ma coming for me? Can she? She had no idea what had happened on the other paths. Maybe Tempest had been ambushed too. Even if she hadn’t, could she come? Would she know where to find her? She shivered, eyeing the bars on the brig door. A shiver ran down her spine.

She is coming for me, she’ll always come for me—

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“I see.” She turned away, too quickly for Aella to see if she’d really understood, then paused. “What’s your name?”

“Aella. Aella Onyeisi.”

“Laila Hajjar.” Without another word, she put her back to the cell door and crossed her arms once more, like nothing had happened.

But something had happened. Aella knew it.

I wanted to do chapter 19, bc that covers a decent chunk of emotional ground but it starts and ends on the same kind of vibe (theella and romantic tension lol)... so maybe another time

I’ll tag @ellatholmes @writingbyjillian @diphthongsfordays and anyone else who wants to play :D

#tag game #first and last line tag #wip hurricane #hurricane excerpt #hurricane aella #hurricane aella onyeisi #hurricane laila #hurricane laila hajjar

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akindofmagictoo · 3 years

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writing questions tag game

this comes from @sedonawritess :))

sedona asks from most to least, which of your characters is more likely to start a fight?

in Hurricane, the scale ranges from Theo (least) to Aella (most).

Theo - Laila - Tempest - Aella

Theo would quite like to never end up in a fight ever. he’s not very confrontational. Aella, on the other hand, starts one and a half bar fights in canon. both are defending someone else, but still. impulse control and Aella are not always friends.

Laila is not super confrontational but if pushed will fight you. Tempest is perfectly capable and willing to fight, but also has more self-control (and life experience) than Aella. she’s not going to pick an unnecessary fight.

in Dragonsong, the scale goes from Isi (least) to Brendon (most).

Isi - Robin - Holly - Sierra - SB - Brendon

Brendon’s main job in the narrative is antagonising and picking fights with Isi, which is why he gets the top slot. Isi, on the other hand, will choose non-violence wherever possible. she doesn’t start fights. she does finish them sometimes, though. Robin prefers low confrontation but is more easily moved to anger/annoyance than Isi (Isi has very high chill levels). Holly and especially Sierra will absolutely throw down if necessary — like Isi, mostly if someone else is being a jerk, but these two are more willing to go to a physical fight first.

SB is not a physical fighter but he does kind of intentionally antagonise people, especially to begin with. he figures it’ll make it easier when they do decide to leave him later. so he acts like he’s down to fight, though really would rather not.

I shall tag @zmlorenz @ellatholmes @etjwrites and @ardawyn.

my question is (unrepentantly stolen from a question zmlorenz asked me one time) what is the genre, theme or trope in fiction that you absolutely love to death and will never get tired of, no matter how many times you read it?

#tag game #writing questions tag #wip hurricane #hurricane aella #hurricane aella onyeisi #hurricane theo #hurricane theodore grey #hurricane tempest #hurricane tempest onyeisi #hurricane laila #hurricane laila hajjar #wip dragonsong #dragonsong isi #dragonsong robin #dragonsong holly #dragonsong sierra #dragonsong sb #dragonsong brendon

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akindofmagictoo · 3 years

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first spoken lines tag game

this comes from @vellichor-virgo and @teriwrites :))

rules: post the first spoken lines of the main characters of your WIP

I was going to try and describe the first appearances of Dragonsong’s mains, but it’s difficult to do off an outline. I’m gonna do it for Hurricane. and one day I will be able to do it for Dragonsong!!

Aella (the first one is from the prologue, the second is from chapter 1)

“Mama?” Aella stared up at her with round golden eyes.

-

He looked to be hanging onto a ship’s plank. Maybe a deck plank. So he’d probably come from a sunken ship, or at very least the ship had run into trouble. They couldn’t just leave him to drift.

She swung herself over the edge of the crow’s nest and grabbed the ratlines, scrambling down hand over hand towards the rail. “Sequoia!”

Theo (who doesn’t speak for his first two scenes lol. in his defence he’s mostly unconscious in the first one. this is from chapter 1)

“Er, no. Ma’am.” Best to be polite.

Aria and Tempest (from the prologue)

Aria, wrapped in a thick grey cloak, nodded to her. “Got everything?” She adjusted her bag. It was full almost to bursting; presumably, it contained her medical supplies.

Tempest glanced down at Aella, who had fallen asleep with one tiny brown hand clutching Tempest’s collar. “Yes.”

The ship had been left more or less ready to sail, which had actually been Tempest’s idea. She couldn’t have known then how thankful she would be.

Tempest (chapter 1)

“Are you alright?” asked Tempest, leaning over the rail.

“Yeah, I’m fine.” Perhaps [Aella] should have talked to Tempest before doing this… but here she was. “I’m sorry, I—”

Tempest shook her head. “Clear?” When Aella nodded, she leant her weight into the rope to lift the young man. Aella stayed where she was, treading water and watching the loose end of the rope.

Anvindr and Laila (who first appear in chapter 5).

Captain Grimmur was not happy. This came as no surprise. “What is the point of ordering against shore leave if these morons are going to sneak out for drinks anyway?”

Laila glanced at the morons in question, Scott and Kane, hoping they’d come up with some kind of excuse beyond their love of alcohol. They said nothing. Laila sighed.

Grimmur ignored them anyway. “And now you tell me that Tempest and her little band of second-rate pirates are here? Get out.” He glanced briefly at Laila. “See to it that they’re punished.”

“I’ll see to it later, sir.”

Scott and Kane shuffled from the room. Laila felt a little bad for them. They were friendly... they just didn’t have much brainpower, even between the two of them. The door shut behind them, and Laila said, “So, the Hurricane is here. Will we do something about it, sir?”

gonna tag @zmlorenz @isherwoodj @writingbyjillian and @mel-writes-with-her-dragons :))

(edit: sorry Mel, we kind of tagged each other in the same time. you can just pretend you tagged me, if you want)

#tag game #first spoken lines tag #wip hurricane #hurricane aella #hurricane aella onyeisi #hurricane theo #hurricane theodore grey #hurricane tempest #hurricane tempest onyeisi #hurricane aria #hurricane laila #hurricane laila hajjar #hurricane anvindr #hurricane anvindr grimmur #hurricane excerpt

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akindofmagictoo · 3 years

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last line tag

thanks @talesofsorrowandofruin and @wannabeauthorzofija ❤️

this is from chapter 10 (“bilge rat”)

“Sir!” Laila called. “We can’t keep up this pace.” It had been three days since the massive storm had hit them, and the Marquess was desperately in need of repair. [...] Even apart from that, a large part of their crew had been injured. This was probably partly Grimmur’s fault; the thought sent a small shiver of fear through Laila as though he could read her mind, even though he couldn’t. Despite seeing the storm coming several hours in advance, he’d tried to outrun it rather than making proper preparations. The resulting chaos to get the sail and rigging down had injured quite a significant portion of the crew. So now, once the torn sails failed them, they risked not having enough crew to row without exhausting them all.

Grimmur looked down from the wheel, holding it lazily with one hand while he considered her words. “We can,” he said, “and we will. Make it happen, darling.”

Laila may be scared of Anvindr, and working subordinate to him, but she’s a competent sailor. go Laila!

I shall tag @isherwoodj @writingbyjillian @ardawyn @writeremma @ellatholmes @etjwrites and @literary-lavender! no pressure of course!

#tag game #last line tag #wip hurricane #hurricane excerpt #hurricane laila #hurricane laila hajjar #hurricane anvindr #hurricane anvindr grimmur

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akindofmagictoo · 4 years

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HURRICANE: character introduction: Laila Hajjar

When Rob reemerged on deck to say that Grimmur was coming to take the wheel, a very insistent part of Laila wanted to go and hide. Her mouth had gone dry. She’d already started to make some preparations to make landfall; rigging the sail for maximum speed though it wouldn’t last long that way, and angled the ship in the general direction of land. They would be on their way now, though it was still out of sight.

If he was angry at her—and he probably would be—hiding would do her no good. She clung to the wheel even though her heart pounded and her palms had gone clammy. Footsteps sounded somewhere below her. They sounded like his.

name meanings:

Laila: Arabic, “night”

Hajjar: Arabic, “stone”

basic info:

29F; Egyptian

5′2; warm light brown skin; wears a hijab; brown eyes

Laila summed up: submissive and quiet, but has a very good reason to do what she’s told! (spoiler alert). intensely loyal to her family. not the greatest fan of pirates, despite arguably being one. once forced a pirate captain to make a deal on her terms, but feels like she’s lost that aspect of her character. in a sense, waiting to be given ‘permission’ to act on her own (and she just might get it). Hufflepuff, looks like she could kill you but is basically a cinnamon roll.

role: first mate to Anvindr Grimmur aboard the Marquess. fourth POV character (aside from Aella, Tempest and Theo)

non-spoilery fun fact: currently the hijab she wears is grey, but she has some more colourful ones from a previous part of her life.

TAGLIST

@writingbyjillian @oddsandinks @innocentreticent @ahowlinwolf @aziz-writes

#wip hurricane #hurricane laila #hurricane laila hajjar #my writing #character introduction

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akindofmagictoo · 3 years

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HURRICANE: excerpt: chapter 18 (“eastport”)

Grimmur had been talking and she’d missed it. “Pardon, sir?”

“I said, relax,” he said, speaking overly slowly.

I heard that part. Thank you, sir.

“I know how to delay her.” He was still enunciating each word carefully. “Of course we’ll be going through Serpent Run on the way.”

I knew that. I’m not stupid. As soon as she had the thought, she was very glad it hadn’t made it to her mouth.

“If Tempest does figure out where we’ve gone, she’ll follow us through. We make her turn off our trail, and get ourselves some treasure into the bargain.”

Laila opened her mouth to ask him what he meant, but thought better of it. He’d never tell her what she wanted to know, only what he thought she needed to know. If he hadn’t said it, she didn’t need to know. Didn’t she? “Aye, captain.” And yet she longed to know what he was planning. How could she carry out his orders, which he would inevitably give her, without knowing what was going on?

here’s a bit of Anvindr and Laila because I picked a random page

TAGLIST: (send an ask if you want to be added or removed)

@writingbyjillian @oddsandinks @ahowlinwolf @aziz-writes @juls-writes @scribbleknots @lookinpeach @zmlorenz @quilloftheclouds @viawrites-andacts @innocentreticent

#wip hurricane #hurricane laila #hurricane laila hajjar #hurricane anvindr #hurricane anvindr grimmur #lol i love trying to tag him and hitting enter and it just backspacing his name #condescending jerks don't get tags #tumblr has spoken #hurricane excerpt

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akindofmagictoo · 3 years

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last line tag

thanks @harrowingwords for the tag, hello potential new friend :)

here’s a bit from chapter 13 (“silver creek”), a flashback from Laila’s POV

The Nasir was fast, but the other ship gained on her as though she stood still in the water. More cannonballs tore into her freshly painted hull, one after another, throwing the crew off their feet with every hit. Laila dared to glance over her shoulder once. The other ship’s royal purple sails were closer than she’d expected. She turned back to the wheel, her breath ragged and her heart in her throat.

Finally, the other ship’s crew threw grappling lines across to the Nasir, and Laila knew they were lost.

No one else could fight any longer. It was pointless. Their crew was too small, the other crew too large. She let go the wheel, searching for her father in the crowd of panicked sailors. He gave her a sad smile and just nodded. She’d done the right thing.

sad :(

tagging @writingbyjillian @haventriestowrite @zmlorenz @isherwoodj @teroimatai, no pressure!

and anyone else who wants to!!

#tag game #last line tag #wip hurricane #hurricane laila #hurricane laila hajjar #laila's dad doesn't have a tag to himself #sorry #hurricane excerpt

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akindofmagictoo · 3 years

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you said you were up to doing the chapter title ask game again, so how about something from "Silver Creek"? 👀

thanks for the ask! this is a cool chapter — it’s exclusively Laila POV and you get some insight into how she ended up on the Marquess, which is fun!

so below I have given you a bit of that flashback

(Masoud Hajjar is Laila’s father)

“You will show me where your strongbox is. If you waste my time, your men will die. Do I make myself clear?”

Again, Masoud said nothing. The pirate drew a pistol from his belt and fired at random. With a strangled cry, the Nasir’s lookout collapsed.

Laila clapped both hands over her mouth to stifle her scream.

Masoud wouldn’t tell this man where his strongbox was. Laila knew it. He couldn’t watch his crew die, but he would offer up his own life before he said a word. She couldn’t let that happen. An idea hit her as hard as two ships colliding.“Wait!”

The pirate captain’s cold gaze turned to her. “What’s this?”

She lifted her chin and drew herself to her full height. “I am Laila, the captain’s daughter. I offer you a deal.”

“A deal? Interesting. Continue, sweetheart.”

send me a chapter title for a snippet from that chapter!

#ask game #chapter title ask game #wip hurricane #hurricane excerpt #hurricane laila #hurricane laila hajjar #hurricane anvindr #hurricane anvindr grimmur #(in case you weren't sure who that was)#as far as i know laila's father has no tag #sorry masoud

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akindofmagictoo · 3 years

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🃏 + Laila pls

Laila was not originally a pirate; she worked for her father, who was a merchant. Then *spoilers* happened...

(her father’s name, included in this fun fact, is Masoud Hajjar.)

#send me a 🃏 for a random fact!#ask game #wip hurricane #hurricane laila #hurricane laila hajjar

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akindofmagictoo · 3 years

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🖊🖊

I’ve answered for my mains already (under the tag “character gush ask game”) BUT I have not answered for Laila. here we go.

somewhere I posted an extract where Laila is sailing on a ship called the Nasir. it’s her father’s ship (pretty sure that’s in the extract), and Nasir is Arabic for eagle. and I have 100% capitalised on that image to have the Nasir “flying” over the waves!

here be the extract in question

(does two emojis mean you want two characters? let me find a backstory snippet for Tempest. hey @isherwoodj come read this post you get two facts for the price of one)

have an out-of-context bit of flashback in which Tempest is a badass.

She stepped back, just out of his reach. “You want the Hurricane too, don’t you?” It took him a beat to comprehend. She hid her smile. “Well, you’re not getting her. And I’m not coming with you. Pl—Leave.” It wouldn’t be a question. She was a captain and this was her ship beside them. She would be treated as such.

send me a 🖊 with an OC’s name and I’ll tell you something about them!

#ask game #character gush ask game #wip hurricane #hurricane laila #hurricane laila hajjar #hurricane tempest #hurricane tempest onyeisi

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akindofmagictoo · 3 years

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some picrews

at the request of @i-prefer-the-term-antihero, here are some picrews using the same style as the ship meme I did recently.

in order: Laila, Tempest, Aria, Marisa

(Aria and Tempest were hard, this picrew isn’t well set up for older people and both of them are around 50. Marisa and Laila are closer to 30 so that worked a bit better.)

also I am in the process of commissioning an artist to draw my three mains (Aella, Theo and Tempest) which is very exciting!!

#picrew #wip hurricane #hurricane laila #hurricane laila hajjar #hurricane aria #hurricane marisa #hurricane tempest #hurricane tempest onyeisi

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akindofmagictoo · 4 years

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last line tag

thanks @writingbyjillian for the tag :))

full disclosure I used a random number generator to pick a page. this is chapter 25: Food for the Prisoner

Whatever had happened with Tempest, it had happened before Laila had ever boarded the Nasir. It had been a long time. Who knew what had really happened? Besides Tempest, of course.

Did it even matter who was telling the truth?

The answer to the question came more easily than she thought, but it wasn’t the answer she wanted. She folded her arms and fixed her gaze on the wall.

moral crisis time for Laila lol

edit: I’m supposed to tag people in these things aren’t I -_- how did I forget that

open tag! if you see this and want to do it feel free :))

#wip hurricane #hurricane laila #hurricane laila hajjar #hurricane tempest #hurricane tempest onyeisi #last line tag #i never remember to tag these things #oh well #hurricane excerpt

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akindofmagictoo · 4 years

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last line tag

thanks @writingamongthecoloredroses for tagging me ❤️

here’s a bit of Laila’s POV from chapter 10 :)

Part of her believed it too. After all, he’d been quite nice to her thus far; she had quarters of her own, she’d been treated quite well, and promoted with surprising speed when One-Eye Rob lost his eye. She’d never expected to become first mate, let alone within the year of her arrival. And he’d kept his word to her all these ten years. The crew seemed content, so she supposed that as far as pirate captains went, he must be a good one.

Best—and safest—to keep her mouth shut.

tagging: @writingbyjillian @ahowlinwolf @aziz-writes @oddsandinks @ravens-and-rivers @juls-writes @cricketbooks 💞

#tag game #my writing #cat writes #wip hurricane #(lol i just typed rip hurricane)#hurricane laila #hurricane laila hajjar #hurricane anvindr #hurricane anvindr grimmur #one-eye rob doesn't have a tag of his own #sorry #hurricane excerpt

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akindofmagictoo · 4 years

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MEET MY WIP!

TITLE: Hurricane

STATUS: editing/getting feedback on draft 3 (112.4k words; 43 chapters)

GENRE: historical (low) fantasy; adventure; romantic subplot

SYNOPSIS:

Aella Onyeisi has been first mate of the Hurricane since she was fourteen, an all-female pirate crew out to take the world by storm.

Picking up a male passenger wasn’t an adventure she saw coming, but she won’t regret it.

Theodore Grey has read every book about pirates he can get his hands on. On a quest with everything at stake, a pirate crew were the last allies he expected to find.

He definitely didn’t expect to befriend them.

But a rival captain has his eye on the Hurricane—one Aella knows all too well. To make matters worse, he wants her for his crew, whether she likes it or not.

Aella doesn’t want to be caught up in this fight, and it was never Theo’s to begin with. But there’s a twenty-year-old score to be settled, and the women of the Hurricane won’t just give up their ship without a fight.

How high a price is too high?

POV: third person limited, four different viewpoints

You’ll enjoy this if you love...

pirates and nautical shenanigans

powerful women of colour

adventure and high stakes

justice and revenge

fluffy healthy romance

found family!! (and women supporting women)

CHARACTERS

the Hurricane

Aella Onyeisi • Theodore Grey (Theo) • Tempest Onyeisi • the rest of the crew

the Marquess

Anvindr Grimmur • Laila Hajjar • Mateus • One-Eye Rob

other characters

Casimiro Nunez + Franco • the people of Wavemeet