Totally not the R18+ pseudonym of @hiriadunning.com I swear!
Queer and indigenous author and poet from Aotearoa NZ
Member of @hookandquillpress.com
I've posted so much about my adult spicy fiction here, so it's about time I change this account to rep for my pseudonym, and make a clean account for my mainstream persona. If you'd rather follow her and drop me, check out @hiriadunning.com
Or follow both, if you're into that 😉
Both kinda well and kinda terribly?
Like, when forced to work as colleagues, Kallista and Geni argue over ethics but come to a working compromise in time. Over personal emotions, they will talk things out and get on really well.
It's just that there's this _damn subtext_ in the way!!!
How well do your characters communicate? This could be verbally or non-verbally, and it could be outside of, before, after, or during intimate encounters.
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Both kinda well and kinda terribly?
Like, when forced to work as colleagues, Kallista and Geni argue over ethics but come to a working compromise in time. Over personal emotions, they will talk things out and get on really well.
It's just that there's this _damn subtext_ in the way!!!
The whole relationship between Jenna and Tarek in The Stars Will Be Our Ocean is built around how they connect through communication, so it's very important they do it well. Jenna in particular can't help but lay out everything on her mind in her desire to be understood.
How well do your characters communicate? This could be verbally or non-verbally, and it could be outside of, before, after, or during intimate encounters.
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The whole relationship between Jenna and Tarek in The Stars Will Be Our Ocean is built around how they connect through communication, so it's very important they do it well. Jenna in particular can't help but lay out everything on her mind in her desire to be understood.
I could stand to celebrate more. Getting away for a few writers' festivals was probably the nicest treat I had this year. I know what I'll do for certain big milestones, if/when they come. And I might buy myself a nice new dress for the upcoming anthology launch 😁
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I could stand to celebrate more. Getting away for a few writers' festivals was probably the nicest treat I had this year. I know what I'll do for certain big milestones, if/when they come. And I might buy myself a nice new dress for the upcoming anthology launch 😁
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My Hanged Man is 'One of Psistos. He's the Bosun of the Zakynthos on Kallista's final deployment before her promotion to captain. He gives her a new perspective, and his actions and sacrifice push her out of her own uncertainty and stagnation.
We're matching up our work to the Major Arcana Tarot Cards. Tell us how your characters (or places, things, or events) match up!
Today's card is: THE HANGED MAN
Ironic for Dec 25th.
Who or what from your writing would go on it and how does it fit?
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My Hanged Man is 'One of Psistos. He's the Bosun of the Zakynthos on Kallista's final deployment before her promotion to captain. He gives her a new perspective, and his actions and sacrifice push her out of her own uncertainty and stagnation.
My Hanged Man is Rei Matsuba.
The youngest of my problem three, he was a man that adored his friends and did what he could with increasing status to take care of them.
He went as far as to take in their surviving son when he thought they were both gone and his reward was 🔪.
🧵1/2
My Hanged Man is Rei Matsuba.
The youngest of my problem three, he was a man that adored his friends and did what he could with increasing status to take care of them.
He went as far as to take in their surviving son when he thought they were both gone and his reward was 🔪.
🧵1/2
Do you plan your characters with specific kinks, or do they arise organically?
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My inexperience is showing here. I haven't written very many couples yet, and I, personally, am pretty vanilla, so I haven't explored this territory much. I am doing lots of reading and taking notes, though. For science.😉
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Do you plan your characters with specific kinks, or do they arise organically?
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My inexperience is showing here. I haven't written very many couples yet, and I, personally, am pretty vanilla, so I haven't explored this territory much. I am doing lots of reading and taking notes, though. For science.😉
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Bekah is a vampire, so their senses of taste and smell are hyperactive and the desires of feeding and sex get mixed up. It’s just so happens that their girlfriend Annie is +
#Smutcember
Do you plan your characters with specific kinks, or do they arise organically?
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Bekah is a vampire, so their senses of taste and smell are hyperactive and the desires of feeding and sex get mixed up. It’s just so happens that their girlfriend Annie is +
#Smutcember
Character kinks come from their personality, but sometimes that works in reverse; I wanted Luke to be most into Isabelle when she's going full badass mode, so I developed him to be more of a ""alpha"" personality in the beginning so the reveal/flip feels more satisfying.
Do you plan your characters with specific kinks, or do they arise organically?
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Character kinks come from their personality, but sometimes that works in reverse; I wanted Luke to be most into Isabelle when she's going full badass mode, so I developed him to be more of a ""alpha"" personality in the beginning so the reveal/flip feels more satisfying.
100% organic, babyyyyyyyyyy
I generally get to know the characters first before I have any idea what they're like in bed.
(except Katrine, they were horny on main right out the gate, but they're the exception so far)
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100% organic, babyyyyyyyyyy
I generally get to know the characters first before I have any idea what they're like in bed.
(except Katrine, they were horny on main right out the gate, but they're the exception so far)
Y'know, I was all ready to say I don't plan them, but I think I actually do? Just not in the way I'd expect. Since I like to write human/non-human pairings, I think the kinks come in as I'm planning the physiology of the non-human partner. (1/2)
Do you plan your characters with specific kinks, or do they arise organically?
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Y'know, I was all ready to say I don't plan them, but I think I actually do? Just not in the way I'd expect. Since I like to write human/non-human pairings, I think the kinks come in as I'm planning the physiology of the non-human partner. (1/2)
Don't sleep on writing smut as a great way to learn things about yourself, too!
Does it ever feel like your characters do things of their own volition and you're just here to record it? Let them, and they'll press buttons of yours of which you may have only had a vague awareness.
What advice would you give others about writing smut? Alternatively, if you're newer to writing smut, what advice would you like to get from your fellow participants?
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Don't sleep on writing smut as a great way to learn things about yourself, too!
Does it ever feel like your characters do things of their own volition and you're just here to record it? Let them, and they'll press buttons of yours of which you may have only had a vague awareness.
So many people, but in particular my private discord friends who have been there for me basically every day, and with whom I engage in mutual feralness over our WIPs, such a good feeling 🫶
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So many people, but in particular my private discord friends who have been there for me basically every day, and with whom I engage in mutual feralness over our WIPs, such a good feeling 🫶
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ok I guess here's my contribution, a starter pack of folks whose content makes me like coming to this app.
ok I guess here's my contribution, a starter pack of folks whose content makes me like coming to this app.
My Hermit is fan favourite, Sister Adelpha. She lights the way for Geni to enter the nunnery, which is a place where Geni feels all of those things in the upright and reversed meanings. But Del has found peace and purpose in this state, and she mentors Geni with humour and compassion.
We're matching up our work to the Major Arcana Tarot Cards. Tell us how your characters (or places, things, or events) match up!
Today's card is: THE HERMIT
Who or what from your writing would go on it and how does it fit?
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My Hermit is fan favourite, Sister Adelpha. She lights the way for Geni to enter the nunnery, which is a place where Geni feels all of those things in the upright and reversed meanings. But Del has found peace and purpose in this state, and she mentors Geni with humour and compassion.
How your characters approach sex should be as unique as your characters themselves. There's no rigid formula for how people are "supposed" to have sex; who your character is doesn't change.
However, DO keep in mind that a smutty scene is a great way to reveal character.
What advice would you give others about writing smut? Alternatively, if you're newer to writing smut, what advice would you like to get from your fellow participants?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
How your characters approach sex should be as unique as your characters themselves. There's no rigid formula for how people are "supposed" to have sex; who your character is doesn't change.
However, DO keep in mind that a smutty scene is a great way to reveal character.
No but seriously. Write your heart’s desires, freaky encounters, silly boinking, whatever you want! Without fear! The first time always feels weird and awkward (haha) but you get better at it the more you do it and make notes of what worked well and what didn’t. Practice!
#Smutcember
What advice would you give others about writing smut? Alternatively, if you're newer to writing smut, what advice would you like to get from your fellow participants?
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No but seriously. Write your heart’s desires, freaky encounters, silly boinking, whatever you want! Without fear! The first time always feels weird and awkward (haha) but you get better at it the more you do it and make notes of what worked well and what didn’t. Practice!
#Smutcember
He lives in self-imposed solitude, which gives him plenty of time for meditation and introspection, but also does (1/2)
We're matching up our work to the Major Arcana Tarot Cards. Tell us how your characters (or places, things, or events) match up!
Today's card is: THE HERMIT
Who or what from your writing would go on it and how does it fit?
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He lives in self-imposed solitude, which gives him plenty of time for meditation and introspection, but also does (1/2)
Our second episode drops 12.30.25 🎉
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Featuring @annawwrites.bsky.social , @sgledoyt.bsky.social , and @eliwoodsgheist.com !
Our second episode drops 12.30.25 🎉
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Featuring @annawwrites.bsky.social , @sgledoyt.bsky.social , and @eliwoodsgheist.com !