Avinash L. S. Paul is writing!
@avinashlspaul.bsky.social
NA/Adult Sci-Fi and Fantasy writer ~
Aspiring author ~
Looking to connect with fellow writers, authors, editors, and publishers! ✍️
Happy to promote others!
Aspiring author ~
Looking to connect with fellow writers, authors, editors, and publishers! ✍️
Happy to promote others!
Pinned
Five impossible murders.
Fantasy "Whodunit"
The Earldom is on the brink of war when the Successor is butchered.
Magic-type is tied to bloodlines.
A Knight cursed with no magic and a Rogue carrying her sister's dying memory seek to catch the killer before the next Conclave.
#YouDeservepIt #A #WIP
Fantasy "Whodunit"
The Earldom is on the brink of war when the Successor is butchered.
Magic-type is tied to bloodlines.
A Knight cursed with no magic and a Rogue carrying her sister's dying memory seek to catch the killer before the next Conclave.
#YouDeservepIt #A #WIP
I think conflicting motivations would ramp up the tension at the climax if the character is faced with an ultimatum:
- Both decisions would satisfy the respective motivations.
- Both decisions would come with some kind of repercussion.
#WritingCommunity
I made a meme:
- Both decisions would satisfy the respective motivations.
- Both decisions would come with some kind of repercussion.
#WritingCommunity
I made a meme:
February 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I think conflicting motivations would ramp up the tension at the climax if the character is faced with an ultimatum:
- Both decisions would satisfy the respective motivations.
- Both decisions would come with some kind of repercussion.
#WritingCommunity
I made a meme:
- Both decisions would satisfy the respective motivations.
- Both decisions would come with some kind of repercussion.
#WritingCommunity
I made a meme:
I need some help!
What are your favourite mysteries? Film or books, please!
Trying to research plot and character archetypes. I'm compiling a list!
#WritingCommunity #WritingQ #WriterSky
What are your favourite mysteries? Film or books, please!
Trying to research plot and character archetypes. I'm compiling a list!
#WritingCommunity #WritingQ #WriterSky
February 16, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I need some help!
What are your favourite mysteries? Film or books, please!
Trying to research plot and character archetypes. I'm compiling a list!
#WritingCommunity #WritingQ #WriterSky
What are your favourite mysteries? Film or books, please!
Trying to research plot and character archetypes. I'm compiling a list!
#WritingCommunity #WritingQ #WriterSky
Finally going to have a bit of time to do some writing tonight! So excited!
What's your favourite thing to have on-hand while you write? I'll copy the best answer! #WritingCommunity #WriterSky
What's your favourite thing to have on-hand while you write? I'll copy the best answer! #WritingCommunity #WriterSky
February 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Finally going to have a bit of time to do some writing tonight! So excited!
What's your favourite thing to have on-hand while you write? I'll copy the best answer! #WritingCommunity #WriterSky
What's your favourite thing to have on-hand while you write? I'll copy the best answer! #WritingCommunity #WriterSky
Alright settle a debate for me please.
If a vampire's curse is broken, do they,
a. Revert to the age they were when they were first bitten or,
b. Rapidly age by however many years they've been alive? #WritingCommunity #WritingQ
If a vampire's curse is broken, do they,
a. Revert to the age they were when they were first bitten or,
b. Rapidly age by however many years they've been alive? #WritingCommunity #WritingQ
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January 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Alright settle a debate for me please.
If a vampire's curse is broken, do they,
a. Revert to the age they were when they were first bitten or,
b. Rapidly age by however many years they've been alive? #WritingCommunity #WritingQ
If a vampire's curse is broken, do they,
a. Revert to the age they were when they were first bitten or,
b. Rapidly age by however many years they've been alive? #WritingCommunity #WritingQ
LMAOOOOO
Genres of books and their music genre equivalents:
🎵 General Fiction = POP
🎵 Literary Fiction = COUNTRY
🎵 Historical Fiction = ROCK
🎵 Horror = METAL
🎵 Mystery = JAZZ
🎵 Romance = R&B
🎵 Science Fiction = ELECTRONICA
🎵 Fantasy = FOLK
🎵 Poetry = RAP
🎵 Paranormal = ALTERNATIVE
🎵 Memoir = TAYLOR SWIFT
🎵 General Fiction = POP
🎵 Literary Fiction = COUNTRY
🎵 Historical Fiction = ROCK
🎵 Horror = METAL
🎵 Mystery = JAZZ
🎵 Romance = R&B
🎵 Science Fiction = ELECTRONICA
🎵 Fantasy = FOLK
🎵 Poetry = RAP
🎵 Paranormal = ALTERNATIVE
🎵 Memoir = TAYLOR SWIFT
January 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
LMAOOOOO
Alright, how long does it usually take you to do an outline and don't you dare ask me about that bloody piece of string 😩 #WritingCommunity #WritingQ
January 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Alright, how long does it usually take you to do an outline and don't you dare ask me about that bloody piece of string 😩 #WritingCommunity #WritingQ
Do you also name every character in your #WIP '____' until you finish outlining or are you normal? #WritingCommunity #Writingq #Writersky
January 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Do you also name every character in your #WIP '____' until you finish outlining or are you normal? #WritingCommunity #Writingq #Writersky
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I figured I'd make a 🧵for my three #YouDeservepIt pitches! #litagents, if you're interested, you can click here to see each pitch 😚
January 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I figured I'd make a 🧵for my three #YouDeservepIt pitches! #litagents, if you're interested, you can click here to see each pitch 😚
Hello new friends! Please tell me your favourite genre tropes!
I'm an absolute sucker for a twist ending. #WritingCommunity
I'm an absolute sucker for a twist ending. #WritingCommunity
January 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Hello new friends! Please tell me your favourite genre tropes!
I'm an absolute sucker for a twist ending. #WritingCommunity
I'm an absolute sucker for a twist ending. #WritingCommunity
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aight y'all we're a week out and since february is SHORT, let's kick things off early 💜 BLACK HISTORY MONTH QUERIES FOR BLACK AUTHORS ARE OPEN!!
submit here! link will also be on my linktree, featured in my bio
#writingcommunity #blacksky #blackwriters #blackhistorymonth
submit here! link will also be on my linktree, featured in my bio
#writingcommunity #blacksky #blackwriters #blackhistorymonth
Query Tasneem Motala at The Rights Factory
QueryTracker.net
January 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
aight y'all we're a week out and since february is SHORT, let's kick things off early 💜 BLACK HISTORY MONTH QUERIES FOR BLACK AUTHORS ARE OPEN!!
submit here! link will also be on my linktree, featured in my bio
#writingcommunity #blacksky #blackwriters #blackhistorymonth
submit here! link will also be on my linktree, featured in my bio
#writingcommunity #blacksky #blackwriters #blackhistorymonth
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After ages of destruction, a god approaches a jaded soldier and her team on the frontlines for help, bringing with him a revelation that could return peace between the gods and humans, but only if they can trust each other to work together and see this new mission through.
#YouDeservepIt #WIP #A
#YouDeservepIt #WIP #A
January 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
After ages of destruction, a god approaches a jaded soldier and her team on the frontlines for help, bringing with him a revelation that could return peace between the gods and humans, but only if they can trust each other to work together and see this new mission through.
#YouDeservepIt #WIP #A
#YouDeservepIt #WIP #A
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A grieving, pansexual teen girl comes back to her haunted home & steals a second chance with the bi boy she’s cursed to kill *if* she kisses him again💀
& is desperate to hold on to her murdered cousin’s traumatized spirit, who’s threatening to end him before the hex can. 👻
#h #ya #YouDeservepIt
& is desperate to hold on to her murdered cousin’s traumatized spirit, who’s threatening to end him before the hex can. 👻
#h #ya #YouDeservepIt
January 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A grieving, pansexual teen girl comes back to her haunted home & steals a second chance with the bi boy she’s cursed to kill *if* she kisses him again💀
& is desperate to hold on to her murdered cousin’s traumatized spirit, who’s threatening to end him before the hex can. 👻
#h #ya #YouDeservepIt
& is desperate to hold on to her murdered cousin’s traumatized spirit, who’s threatening to end him before the hex can. 👻
#h #ya #YouDeservepIt
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The literary feel & longing angst of DON’T LET THE FOREST IN
X SHE IS A HAUNTING
17 yo Simone is Haunted & Hexed
But she’s desperate to hold on to the bi boy she’s cursed to be the death of & won’t let go of Cousin Nina’s increasingly malevolent spirit.
🖤THE TRUTH OF FEAR🖤
#YA #H #R #Q #P2Ppit
X SHE IS A HAUNTING
17 yo Simone is Haunted & Hexed
But she’s desperate to hold on to the bi boy she’s cursed to be the death of & won’t let go of Cousin Nina’s increasingly malevolent spirit.
🖤THE TRUTH OF FEAR🖤
#YA #H #R #Q #P2Ppit
January 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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THE LAST BOOKSTORE ON EARTH X DUSTBORN
Pure reds are expected in the labs and this pure red has a secret biological sex that could save all of humanity from the sun. But can’t a girl just fall in love with her new cannibal friend first?
#YouDeservePit #Q #YA #SF
Pure reds are expected in the labs and this pure red has a secret biological sex that could save all of humanity from the sun. But can’t a girl just fall in love with her new cannibal friend first?
#YouDeservePit #Q #YA #SF
January 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
THE LAST BOOKSTORE ON EARTH X DUSTBORN
Pure reds are expected in the labs and this pure red has a secret biological sex that could save all of humanity from the sun. But can’t a girl just fall in love with her new cannibal friend first?
#YouDeservePit #Q #YA #SF
Pure reds are expected in the labs and this pure red has a secret biological sex that could save all of humanity from the sun. But can’t a girl just fall in love with her new cannibal friend first?
#YouDeservePit #Q #YA #SF
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TERMINAL CAFE + THE WIZARD OF OZ
Four misfits flee a half-dead future Boston, following the call of a long-lost voice to a desert city no one can seem to remember. In its heart they will find out what "alive" really means. But first they have to save humanity. #YouDeservePit #A #WIP #SF #hopepunk
Four misfits flee a half-dead future Boston, following the call of a long-lost voice to a desert city no one can seem to remember. In its heart they will find out what "alive" really means. But first they have to save humanity. #YouDeservePit #A #WIP #SF #hopepunk
January 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
TERMINAL CAFE + THE WIZARD OF OZ
Four misfits flee a half-dead future Boston, following the call of a long-lost voice to a desert city no one can seem to remember. In its heart they will find out what "alive" really means. But first they have to save humanity. #YouDeservePit #A #WIP #SF #hopepunk
Four misfits flee a half-dead future Boston, following the call of a long-lost voice to a desert city no one can seem to remember. In its heart they will find out what "alive" really means. But first they have to save humanity. #YouDeservePit #A #WIP #SF #hopepunk
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In 18th century Slovakia, a young widow murdered and turned to vampirism by a herbalist sect must confront their elusive leader to reclaim her humanity.
THE HISTORIAN X A DOWRY OF BLOOD
🖤🦇🖤
Agent's guide included 📖
#YouDeservepIt #A #H #Q
#gothic #literary #vampire #writesky #folkhorror #LGBT 🏳️🌈
THE HISTORIAN X A DOWRY OF BLOOD
🖤🦇🖤
Agent's guide included 📖
#YouDeservepIt #A #H #Q
#gothic #literary #vampire #writesky #folkhorror #LGBT 🏳️🌈
January 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
In 18th century Slovakia, a young widow murdered and turned to vampirism by a herbalist sect must confront their elusive leader to reclaim her humanity.
THE HISTORIAN X A DOWRY OF BLOOD
🖤🦇🖤
Agent's guide included 📖
#YouDeservepIt #A #H #Q
#gothic #literary #vampire #writesky #folkhorror #LGBT 🏳️🌈
THE HISTORIAN X A DOWRY OF BLOOD
🖤🦇🖤
Agent's guide included 📖
#YouDeservepIt #A #H #Q
#gothic #literary #vampire #writesky #folkhorror #LGBT 🏳️🌈
One last push for our Writer's Group!
We're six-strong at the moment and we're looking to form long-lasting, trusted relationships!
Please see below a bit of what we have to offer!
If you're interested, please join here! Lurker-friendly! discord.gg/2HY42fDA
#YouDeservepIt #WritingCommunity
We're six-strong at the moment and we're looking to form long-lasting, trusted relationships!
Please see below a bit of what we have to offer!
If you're interested, please join here! Lurker-friendly! discord.gg/2HY42fDA
#YouDeservepIt #WritingCommunity
January 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
One last push for our Writer's Group!
We're six-strong at the moment and we're looking to form long-lasting, trusted relationships!
Please see below a bit of what we have to offer!
If you're interested, please join here! Lurker-friendly! discord.gg/2HY42fDA
#YouDeservepIt #WritingCommunity
We're six-strong at the moment and we're looking to form long-lasting, trusted relationships!
Please see below a bit of what we have to offer!
If you're interested, please join here! Lurker-friendly! discord.gg/2HY42fDA
#YouDeservepIt #WritingCommunity
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After his two best friends break up, 17yo comic nerd Zach gets stuck in the middle–just like with his parents. So he dresses up as his favorite superhero to patch their relationship incognito. His plan was foolproof. Though catching feelings wasn’t part of the plan.
#YouDeservepIt #YA #R #WIP
#YouDeservepIt #YA #R #WIP
January 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
After his two best friends break up, 17yo comic nerd Zach gets stuck in the middle–just like with his parents. So he dresses up as his favorite superhero to patch their relationship incognito. His plan was foolproof. Though catching feelings wasn’t part of the plan.
#YouDeservepIt #YA #R #WIP
#YouDeservepIt #YA #R #WIP
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When her marriage hits the rocks, an Ivy League professor, her playwright husband, and her Broadway legend mother-in-law/best friend set out to rescue their imploding family by trying to make a hit musical despite the spectacular failure of their latest collaboration.
#YouDeservepIt #Q #S #WF #A
#YouDeservepIt #Q #S #WF #A
January 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
When her marriage hits the rocks, an Ivy League professor, her playwright husband, and her Broadway legend mother-in-law/best friend set out to rescue their imploding family by trying to make a hit musical despite the spectacular failure of their latest collaboration.
#YouDeservepIt #Q #S #WF #A
#YouDeservepIt #Q #S #WF #A
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Find my #YouDeservepIt posts here! ✨🧵
January 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Find my #YouDeservepIt posts here! ✨🧵
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ON SUB
A failed restaurateur must rescue her hometown holiday feast, but there’s more at stake than food when her college fling’s vengeful ex arrives.
With a bullseye on her back, she must save the feast, herself, & the man she's desperate not to lose again.
#YouDeservepIt #OS #A #R
A failed restaurateur must rescue her hometown holiday feast, but there’s more at stake than food when her college fling’s vengeful ex arrives.
With a bullseye on her back, she must save the feast, herself, & the man she's desperate not to lose again.
#YouDeservepIt #OS #A #R
January 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
ON SUB
A failed restaurateur must rescue her hometown holiday feast, but there’s more at stake than food when her college fling’s vengeful ex arrives.
With a bullseye on her back, she must save the feast, herself, & the man she's desperate not to lose again.
#YouDeservepIt #OS #A #R
A failed restaurateur must rescue her hometown holiday feast, but there’s more at stake than food when her college fling’s vengeful ex arrives.
With a bullseye on her back, she must save the feast, herself, & the man she's desperate not to lose again.
#YouDeservepIt #OS #A #R
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🖤 Imperialistic religion vs displaced nomads
🖤 Dragons misused as weapons of war
🖤 Healing from personal & political trauma
🖤 Written from MMC's POV
🖤 Agonisingly slow burn enemies-to-lovers romance
"𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴, 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘶𝘴;
𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘚𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘶𝘴, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘶𝘴."
#youdeservepit #a #wip #f
🖤 Dragons misused as weapons of war
🖤 Healing from personal & political trauma
🖤 Written from MMC's POV
🖤 Agonisingly slow burn enemies-to-lovers romance
"𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴, 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘶𝘴;
𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘚𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘶𝘴, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘶𝘴."
#youdeservepit #a #wip #f
January 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
🖤 Imperialistic religion vs displaced nomads
🖤 Dragons misused as weapons of war
🖤 Healing from personal & political trauma
🖤 Written from MMC's POV
🖤 Agonisingly slow burn enemies-to-lovers romance
"𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴, 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘶𝘴;
𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘚𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘶𝘴, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘶𝘴."
#youdeservepit #a #wip #f
🖤 Dragons misused as weapons of war
🖤 Healing from personal & political trauma
🖤 Written from MMC's POV
🖤 Agonisingly slow burn enemies-to-lovers romance
"𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴, 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘶𝘴;
𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘚𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘶𝘴, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘶𝘴."
#youdeservepit #a #wip #f
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#YouDeservePit
LOVE, SIMON x LIFE IS STRANGE
❤️ Opposites Attract
🎆 D-Day is Coming?
🏳️🌈 Openly Bi LI x Closeted MC
🎸 Musician LI
❤️🩹 Anxiety + Dyscalculia Rep
📺 Nostalgic Vibes
📚 Prestigious Private School
#WIP #LGBT #YA #R
LOVE, SIMON x LIFE IS STRANGE
❤️ Opposites Attract
🎆 D-Day is Coming?
🏳️🌈 Openly Bi LI x Closeted MC
🎸 Musician LI
❤️🩹 Anxiety + Dyscalculia Rep
📺 Nostalgic Vibes
📚 Prestigious Private School
#WIP #LGBT #YA #R
January 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
#YouDeservePit
LOVE, SIMON x LIFE IS STRANGE
❤️ Opposites Attract
🎆 D-Day is Coming?
🏳️🌈 Openly Bi LI x Closeted MC
🎸 Musician LI
❤️🩹 Anxiety + Dyscalculia Rep
📺 Nostalgic Vibes
📚 Prestigious Private School
#WIP #LGBT #YA #R
LOVE, SIMON x LIFE IS STRANGE
❤️ Opposites Attract
🎆 D-Day is Coming?
🏳️🌈 Openly Bi LI x Closeted MC
🎸 Musician LI
❤️🩹 Anxiety + Dyscalculia Rep
📺 Nostalgic Vibes
📚 Prestigious Private School
#WIP #LGBT #YA #R
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GIDEON THE NINTH x THIS BODY'S NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF US
A demihuman private eye and her zombie frenemy must track a magical artifact past a shape-shifting millionaire, around a drunken necromancer, and through alligator cops...unless they want to watch the world burn.
#YouDeservepIt #Q #A #F
A demihuman private eye and her zombie frenemy must track a magical artifact past a shape-shifting millionaire, around a drunken necromancer, and through alligator cops...unless they want to watch the world burn.
#YouDeservepIt #Q #A #F
January 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
GIDEON THE NINTH x THIS BODY'S NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF US
A demihuman private eye and her zombie frenemy must track a magical artifact past a shape-shifting millionaire, around a drunken necromancer, and through alligator cops...unless they want to watch the world burn.
#YouDeservepIt #Q #A #F
A demihuman private eye and her zombie frenemy must track a magical artifact past a shape-shifting millionaire, around a drunken necromancer, and through alligator cops...unless they want to watch the world burn.
#YouDeservepIt #Q #A #F
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#YouDeservepIt is done for me! It's bedtime in the NL. I'll leave you with this from book 3 in the series I pitched today:
“You've become an animal,” the Admiral noted.
“Close,” Melina said. She raised her blade. “I'm a beast.”
Good luck pitching and thank you all!
#WIP #A #F #musclemommy
“You've become an animal,” the Admiral noted.
“Close,” Melina said. She raised her blade. “I'm a beast.”
Good luck pitching and thank you all!
#WIP #A #F #musclemommy
January 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
#YouDeservepIt is done for me! It's bedtime in the NL. I'll leave you with this from book 3 in the series I pitched today:
“You've become an animal,” the Admiral noted.
“Close,” Melina said. She raised her blade. “I'm a beast.”
Good luck pitching and thank you all!
#WIP #A #F #musclemommy
“You've become an animal,” the Admiral noted.
“Close,” Melina said. She raised her blade. “I'm a beast.”
Good luck pitching and thank you all!
#WIP #A #F #musclemommy