#olivie blake is not writing

[olivieblake]

I, my dagger, and my overflowing Tumblr inbox return to chat in reply to asks/reviews/comments in a series of boldly shameless rambles wherein I, Olivie Blake, am not writing. Today's topics include: podfics (3:02), personalized books (5:07), am I retired from dramione (5:35), THE ATLAS COMPLEX translations (6:06), what even is sacred hospitality (6:27), difference between TAC cover colors (7:38), a note on self publishing (authors mentioned: Kennedy Ryan, Katee Robert, Travis Baldree) (8:07), TWELFTH KNIGHT preorder details (12:15), updates on the ta6 tv show (13:06), approaching revision and characterization when you feel those things are difficult (14:26), practical advice for moving back home (23:06), and breaking up in your mid-twenties (28:05).

( + JANUARIES cover, TWELFTH KNIGHT preorder )

#olivie blake is not writing #big sistering #let's talk about love baby #writing advisements #the atlas series #Youtube

[reverie-quotes]

This was just the world. You trusted people, you loved them, you offered them the dignity of your time and the intimacy of your thoughts and the fraility of your hope and they either accepted it and cared for it or they rejected it and destroyed it and in the end, none of it was up to you. This was just what you got. Heartbreak was inevitable. Disappointment assured.

— Olivie Blake, The Atlas Paradox

#the atlas paradox #olivie blake #quotes #literary quotes #literature #writing #books #spilled ink #thoughts #lit #pretty quotes #quote of the day #reverie #reverie quotes #quote #book quote #book quotes #inspiring quote #inspiring quotes #beautiful quote #beautiful quotes

[isbahstudio]

🌟 The Atlas Six Characters

I put together little mood boards of all the major Atlas Six characters. This is how I personally imagined each one of them. I also included brief descriptions of their respective powers.

Libby Rhodes

A morally righteous, anxious, and intelligent physicist with the tendency to light things on fire when angry. She controls the various forces of physics and loves learning about space and various physical principles. She also wants to research neurodegenerative conditions as her sister died from one. She has a long standing academic rivalry with Nico De Varona, whom she possibly admires. She may also have feelings for Tristan Caine. Ezra is her ex-boyfriend.

Tristan Caine

A venture capitalist working in a major company called Wessex corp. He has the ability to see atomic structures. Tristan has several dormant powers that he later learns to activate with the help of Nico. He has the most powerful and promising powers of the group as his powers edge on both illusionary and physical. He can manipulate quanta itself and in theory can bend the rules of the universe. He used to be friends with Callum and has a budding love for Libby.

Parisa Kamali

Parisa is a seasoned telepath who can both read minds and communicate mentally. She can dive into the depths of people's minds, even their subconscious. She is known to be very seductive, her past, and future motives remain unclear. She has taken interest in Dalton and often challenges Atlas, who is also a fellow telepath. She sees and hears all. But her mind remains a mystery.

Callum Nova

Sneaky, clever, and detached, Callum sticks out of the group. He is the least liked among his members. Callum can alter and manipulate people's emotional states to make them do his bidding. He has a formidable power in which he can end someone's life without even lifting a finger. Callum is arrogant, self-centered, and sly. But, he is dually complexed and shuts out his feelings in an effort to not feel others' emotions. His motives remain unclear. However, he does lend a hand when his friends are in need.

Nico De Varona

Nico is boyish, playful, and ambitious. He likes to be first. He likes to be a winner. He is likeable and friendly. He is a physicist like Libby. He can also control physical forces. However, he has a proclivity for causing earthquakes in emotional duress. He has a long standing academic rivalry with Libby, possibly some feelings too. However, he also seems to harbor feelings for his best friend Gideon. Nico loves competing and learning.

Reina Mori

Reina is the social recluse. She simply wants to learn and expand her powers. She has nature powers. Reina can hear and talk to plants. She can also manipulate nature into doing her bidding. She has a tremendous amount of energy and often gets used as a battery pack for her peers' magic. Reina is fascinated by Gods and the origins of the universe. She is determined to become a God herself. Reina seems to harbor feelings for Nico, though she has a friendly relationship with Callum. She holds a specific resentment for Parisa.

Atlas Blakely

The elusive and mysterious caretake of the Alexandrian Library and it's society. He used to be friends with Ezra and was a former Alexandrian intiate. Atlas is a powerful telepath on a mission to curate a new world. He harbors many secrets and somehow seems to know everything. Atlas's motives remain unclear.

Ezra Fowler

Ezra is a powerful time traveler and former Alexandrian initiate. He used to be friends with Atlas. Ezra began a resistance group against the Alexandrian Society. He is on a mission to stop Atlas's master plan. Ezra loves Libby, but crosses limits in order to protect her and foil Atlas's grand plan. Ezra is secretive, cunning, and unpredictable. His motives also remain unclear.

Gideon Drake

Gideon is Nico's best friend. He also is in love with Nico. Gideon can travel through people's dreams. He can also communicate through dreams. Gideon is a unique species as he was born from a Mermaid. Gideon is kind, compassionate, friendly, and is a gentle ball of sunshine.

Dalton Ellery

Researcher and assistant to Atlas, Dalton is his wing man. He is privy to many of Atlas's secrets but it careful to keep things under wraps. Dalton is quiet, evasive, and secretive. He is an animator. He can create human-like projections with primitive consciousness. He is currently researching how to create life in it's entirety, complete with a full conscious. He is romantically interested in Parisa. Dalton also harbors a second split identity that is ambitious, sinister, and sly, in his subconscious. He is essentially like Mr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Well, that is it! I hope you enjoyed this little run down of the Atlas Six characters! @olivieblake

#writerscommunity #blogger #coquette #self improvement #studyblr #writing #dark academia #the atlas six #olivie blake #the atlas paradox #the secret history #dark acadamia aesthetic #dark aesthetic #bookish #books #booktok

[jeanmoreaux]

OH MY GOD DID YOU ALSO NOT LIKE THE ATLAS COMPLEX

no i really REALLY did not djfjgjghfb i had many issues with it; some of them structural and others personal. it just didn’t do what i wanted it or even expected it to do. and reaching the end felt like “what was that?!?!”. when the only emotions a book evokes are frustration and annoyance there is something majorly wrong with it in my opinion. and don’t even get me started on how bored i was. that’s probably the biggest crime of them all.

how about you??? i would love to hear your thoughts!!

#my goodreads review is also vague but maybe includes a little more of my feelings fjghgh i wrote it pretty annoyed #tac was definitely olivie blake at her worst (for me). #it’s a culmination of her weakness as a writer. or at least her strengths do not get to shine. #and it’s so weird because i know she can write emotionally satisfying endings. she did it in other books. #and for ta6 series i didn’t expect a happy ending but one that has a payoff for the tensions and dynamics built. #and that’s not what the tac delivered in my opinion #there are some things here and there i enjoyed but as a whole experience it was quite bad. i suffered through it fr. #anyway djjjddjd thank you sm for the ask!! #answer

[maliha-lili]

i actually do not support the nicolibbygideon throuple solution

#nicolibby #atlassix #libby rhodes #nico de varona #the atlas six #the atlas paradox #ta6 #the atlas complex #olivie blake you can't just write the best ship in history and not make them endgame #nicolibbytruther

[lillithduskryn]

So, I finished reading Masters of Death by Olivie Blake and was saddened to see that there was only one fanfiction in all of ao3 under the fandom—which led me to thinking; how can a book so incredible not have a bigger fandom? It has everything a queer reader could possibly ask for—inclusivity, a sexually fluid main character, heartbreak, angst, beautifully diverse and colourful side characters, delightfully delicious sexual and romantic tension between characters, an engaging yet simple plot that’s easy to follow and fun to read, and an ending that tied up all loose ends cleanly was SATISFYING. And not to mention the absolute artistry of Olivie Blake’s writing style and the artwork included in the chapters as well as the beginning/end pages. Stunning!

Which kinda leads me to where I’m at now—I had a specific, rated E (NOT for everyone, to clarify; for Explicit), scene stuck in my head after finishing this book, and chose to write it all down! If anyone within the fandom would like to read it, I’m looking for a Beta to read through it and give some critiques and suggestions before I decide to post it to ao3. It’ll be my first fic, and I’m moderately nervous about it if I’m being honest! I only ever write stories and novels about my own characters, and am always nervous about being in character, or maybe a certain scene isn’t how the author envisioned them acting out, or perhaps I got a detail wrong—so on and so forth.

This is, quite honestly, one of the most breathtaking books I have ever read.

#Masters of Death #olivie blake #fanfic #beta #writing #queer #lgbtq #lgbt reads #Fox D’Mora #brandt solberg #Gondor calls for aid

[nepttunnee]

NOOOOOOOOO FUCKFUCKFUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK NOOOOOOOOO GOD WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY FUCKKK GODDAMNIT SHIT FUCK WHY WHY NOOOOOOO NO NO NO NO FUCKKKK FUCK FUCK FUCK WHY WHY WHYYYY NOOOOOOOO

#nicolibby #the atlas complex #the atlas six #the atlas paradox #the atlas trilogy #olivie blake #nico de varona #libby rhodes #olivie blake how dare u write a character exactly like me #and then end it like that #this is my last straw #novacaine #which like i saw coming but fucking fuck fuck

[happygirl2oo2]

#this is his character in a nutshell #guess who never got a drawing so I had to improvise #and also completely write his entire wiki from almost-scratch 'cause I got distracted by a side quest as I went searching for one #ANYWAY #max wolfe #the atlas six #the atlas paradox #the atlas complex #the atlas trilogy #the atlas series #ta6 #olivie blake

[fairyysoup]

treating my goodreads reviews like letterboxd part 2

#some books i'm like ah. yes i know exactly what i will write about this #rose shut up #goodreads #melissa broder #tessa bailey #eric larocca #ruby dixon #olivie blake #tamsyn muir #blythe roberson

[tbookblurbs]

The Atlas Paradox - Olivie Blake

2/5 - better than I remember, no real character arcs to speak of, odd character decisions, weak worldbuilding, major second book syndrome

If I had been reviewing this after I read it the first time, this review would have been more harshly critical than this one is about to be. With that in mind, let's begin!

This book feels like it exists to fill time between the first and the third books of the trilogy. And while, in one sense, that's what all second books do, this is by no means a Catching Fire of second books if you catch my drift. A year goes by over the course of this book with an extremely questionable timeline and essentially nothing of note happening. It's not that there isn't plot happening, it's just that the plot is minimal in comparison to the amount of writing.

Some of this problem is due to the way the characters act. It feels as though every character is making decisions out of left field and none of them undergo any significant character arc, with the exception maybe of Reina, who begins to believe in her own divinity. Each character makes choices with no apparent justification or an incredibly overwrought emotional reaction. Reina storms out of a room or scene at least once every time she has a POV chapter. I also did not appreciate Nico and Parisa's hook-up, which appeared to happen just for the sake of something happening between them.

Each of the characters is in their own heads and not really interacting with each other, despite living in the same house, and, frankly, it makes it seems like six small novellas are taking place, rather than one cohesive plot. Characters are cryptic for the sake of being cryptic and wildly dismissive of everyone's abilities as though the entire first book hadn't been spent establishing that each of them are exceptional.

The biggest point of confusion for me was the worldbuilding. I was under the impression this was a magical realism story - a magic world within and alongside an ignorant mortal world. This idea is disproven in this book, with the knowledge of government contracts, but at no point is this every expanded upon. The sudden presence of characters and institutions beyond the Society also throws into sharp relief how little we actually know about the characters. We know them in a setting that places each of them under duress, emotional or physical, and as anyone who has ever functioned under extreme stress can tell you, that is not an accurate depiction of people's actual personalities and behaviors.

Overall, the novel is just lacking. The one character I did want to see more of was Libby, and we only got the barebones of her self-confidence arc. They also basically sacrificed Belen at the altar of ?? something, which to me was a disservice to her character,

#like i have been known to have crises of self worth while writing essays at 3am during finals but that is not reflective #of the way i usually carry myself #thus i feel that we only know a specific version of these characters which may be the point (that they have changed) but we don't have #a point of reference for those changes #the atlas paradox #olivie blake #nico de varona #parisa kamali #reina mori #libby rhodes #belen jimenez #book review #fantasy #magical realism #dark academia

[olivieblake]

I, my dagger, and my fragile mental state return to chat in reply to asks/reviews/comments in a series of boldly shameless rambles wherein I, Olivie Blake, am not writing. Today's topics include books I read over winter vacation (1:45), my probably achievable (melting emoji) new year's resolutions (10:46), and the most satisfying storylines in The Atlas Complex (18:56), which is on sale January 9.

US tour stops and ticket links: https://us.macmillan.com/tours/olivie-blake-the-atlas-complex/

#olivie blake is not writing #the atlas complex #Youtube

[reverie-quotes]

“Do you think they know what it means to love?" his projection-self mused aloud to him. "That it isn't the simple joy of fondness, I mean. In fact it's violent, destructive. It means to cut the heart out of your chest and give it to someone else.”

— Olivie Blake, The Atlas Paradox

#the atlas paradox #olivie blake #quotes #literary quotes #literature #writing #books #spilled ink #thoughts #lit #pretty quotes #quote of the day #reverie #reverie quotes #quote #book quote #book quotes #inspiring quote #inspiring quotes #beautiful quote #beautiful quotes

[voraciousliterati]

Finished my daily writing exercise. In other news, I'm reading HTWF and it's sooo good. I'm obsessed with how Olivie Blake makes every dialogue exchange snarky af.

#writeblr #writerscommunity #creative writing #fanfic writer #draco malfoy #writersociety #dramione fanfic #writers and poets #writing challenge #dramione #htwf #olivie blake

[ghostlymakercat]

His last words would go unspoken, that although Atlas is angry , although that he does not know what he expected to feel at the loss of a man he once loved and currently hates, he still feels. Feels immensely. ☆

🌙

#writing #books dark academia recommendations #book quotes #books #olivie blake #the atlas six

[deanncastiel]

2024 Book #105

Title: Masters of Death Author: Olivie Blake Genre: Fantasy, LGBTQIA+

Viola Marek is a struggling real estate agent, and a vampire. But her biggest problem currently is that the house she needs to sell is haunted. The ghost haunting the house has been murdered, and until he can solve the mystery of how he died, he refuses to move on. Fox D’Mora is a medium, and though is also most-definitely a shameless fraud, he isn’t entirely without his uses—seeing as he’s actually the godson of Death. When Viola seeks out Fox to help her with her ghost-infested mansion, he becomes inextricably involved in a quest that neither he nor Vi expects (or wants). But with the help of an unruly poltergeist, a demonic personal trainer, a sharp-voiced angel, a love-stricken reaper, and a few high-functioning creatures, Vi and Fox soon discover the difference between a mysterious lost love and an annoying dead body isn’t nearly as distinct as they thought.

Rating: 4.5 ⭐

Quick thoughts: loved the writing, why is Death my favorite character????? Fox and Brandt made me want to sob, Vi and Tom were surprisingly endearing. Last 1/3 of this really brought it up. (Somehow the summary actually tells you nothing about this book 🤔🤔🤔)

#idk how i want to do these tbh but i do want to #yes i already keep track on storygraph and have an independent spreadsheet #this is an extra thing bc I AM EXTRA #gonna experiment a bit i guess #Masters of Death #Olivie Blake #bri's adventures in literature #i want to add a pic of the book but it's SO BIG #2024 reads #also..... valiently trying to ignore that i haven't written the past 104 of these #and now even if i do write those they will forever be published out of order 😩😩😩

[ghost-bonezz]

alright fine. maybe you can't judge a book by it's cover. maybe the book with the really cool dagger and roses on the cover is actually total shit

#disappointing to have gone from yellowface to... this #it even had art pages for the characters I was so hype #but NO. olivie Blake can't write