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Deena Graves

@panicwritten.bsky.social

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Drafting & Dreaming She/her. Flailing through life like no one’s watching. #SFF #Writer Mom of 👦🏻🐶🐱 💖💜💙 Easily distracted by Funko Pops & cookies 🦔🏠 https://www.quillandcup.com

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Deena Graves @panicwritten.bsky.social · Nov 15

Since we’re all here, let me get some things straight from the jump.
Black lives matter
Trans lives matter
Books should not be banned
Also, books ARE political
“We the People” means ALL people
Queerness is beautiful
Abortion is healthcare
If you don’t agree, see yourself off my profile ✌🏼

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Lisandra Vazquez @lisandravcomedy.bsky.social · 21d

Actual footage of Melania Trump last night coordinating a special assignment.

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Deena Graves @panicwritten.bsky.social · Apr 24

Hanging in there! Just did my Positivity Pass for a fellow SF writer. Next up, is a First 5 and query crit!

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Deena Graves @panicwritten.bsky.social · Apr 23

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Deena Graves @panicwritten.bsky.social · Apr 23

Um, excuse my finest effing pardon???
What is this?
I must have.
Like, now.
Respectfully.

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Deena Graves @panicwritten.bsky.social · Apr 23

Ooooooooh! Okay, gotcha. Love this!!

Deena Graves @panicwritten.bsky.social · Apr 23

I'm curious. Would you say you write more literary in style then?

I'm firmly commersial and don't have a literay bone in me, it seems. Explosions, ususally someone dies, banter, lots of running and fighting all a la Marvel Universe-esque.
I'm in awe of literary writers. Such lovely words!!!! 🥹

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Deena Graves @panicwritten.bsky.social · Apr 23

Thank you!!

Deena Graves @panicwritten.bsky.social · Apr 23

For real! 😆 Flawless white teeth are infinitely more disturbing.

Deena Graves @panicwritten.bsky.social · Apr 23

Bonus: I usually get glimpses of a scene. Usually like a still frame, sometimes a quick series of events. All random. Could come from a song, movie, a conversation, someone cutting me off in traffic.. then, boom! Idea.
Wish I remebered my dreams long enough to document them.

#CRPWizardWasps

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Deena Graves @panicwritten.bsky.social · Apr 23

HS was actually inspired by Fourth Wing and my love of cult classics (Pacific Rim / Reign of Fire). Had the whole "what if" thing and wanted to know what would happen if I leaned more into a Sci-Fi world with fighter jets and cool Mech tech, but also dragons.
Et voila!

#CRPWizardWasps

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Deena Graves @panicwritten.bsky.social · Apr 23

I've perished.

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Deena Graves @panicwritten.bsky.social · Apr 23

Well, isn't this the thing of nightmares. LOLLLLL

Here's my take on it. And, I may just have to keep a version of this... 😏

#CRPWizardWasps

snippit of a rough ad-lib scene that reads:
“Uh, Nor?”
“What now?” I grumble as I flick through files on the holo-screen before me. We’d broken into the absurdly secured wing of R&D not ten minutes ago, and Roane immediately found the wall of weird, insisting on pointing out every oddity like we have all the time in the world.
“What the hells is this?”
“For the love of…” I know that file is in here if I could— “Yes! Got it!” Turning away from the screen as the file loads onto my mobile unit, I plant my hands on my hips. “What Lieutenant?”
But my impatience fades and my hands fall slack once I see what has his attention.
“What the hells is that?” I ask, moving to Roane’s side with timid steps.
A single dark brow disappears behind the soft curls brushing his forehead as if to say, “Really?”
Buoyed between several clear cannisters of varying sizes along the backlit wall of weird is probably the most disturbing thing I’ve ever seen. More so than the yellowed talons the length of my forearm, stained dragon molars, fragments of shimmering onyx scales, and organs all stored in preserving liquid.
I lean forward, stretching my neck, but certainly do not get too close. “Is that a rock?”
“It is.”
“And… teeth? Human teeth?”
“Looks like it.”
“And zippers?”
“For lips.” From the wide grin plastered on the Lieutenant’s face, he’s enjoying this a little too much.
“Did you… touch it?”
“Fuck no.” he laughs. “I’ve got enough on my plate without adding an obvious curse from that thing.” His grin widens. “We can bring it back for Dion. As a gift.”
“I’m not giving some cursed, creepy rock thing with teeth to my best friend, Roane.”
“You bet your pasty ass you’re not,” says Dion over the radio earpiece. “And get the hells out of there. You got ‘bout two minutes before we’re all court-martialed.”
I grab my mobile unit with the newly added file while Roane pouts, giving the creepy rock thing one last look.
Then we run.

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Deena Graves @panicwritten.bsky.social · Apr 23

Thank you for your service!!! 💜

Deena Graves @panicwritten.bsky.social · Apr 22

That would be my FMC's bestie, Dion, or her "Sister from another Mister" The gut checker, the living BS meter who will lay it out straight for my MC, even if she doesn't want to hear it. Love that about Dion. And my MC loves/hates it, too. 😆 #CRPWizardWasps

Deena Graves @panicwritten.bsky.social · Apr 22

We (me, myself, and I) are totally in the figuring it out phase. As a solid, Plantser, I need to tell myself the story first with some handy gutter bumpers, and then I go back and make it make sense. LOL It is what it is.

#CampRevPit #CRPWizardWasps

Deena Graves @panicwritten.bsky.social · Apr 21

No feeling dumb!!! Not allowed at camp 😁💜
USAF - US Air Force
More specifically, the badass squads who fly the F-22 Raptors

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Deena Graves @panicwritten.bsky.social · Apr 21

Central time zone here. Weekends are best for me since Day Job Life and Mom Life take over the weekdays, for the most part.

Deena Graves @panicwritten.bsky.social · Apr 21

Hey, y’all! Deena here (or Dee). Will likely be using my WIP (adult HTTYD x USAF x Pacific Rim) as I’m shelving the other for now. Just looking to make new writer pals and hype each other up!
#CRPWizardWasps

jaredchenwynn.bsky.social @jaredchenwynn.bsky.social · Apr 21

INTRODUCTIONS: Quote this tweet to introduce yourself, your project, and your goal for Camp Rev Pit! Make sure to use the cabin hashtag: #CRPWizardWasps
(Bonus: Interact with your fellow campers' intros so we can all get to know each other better!)

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Deena Graves @panicwritten.bsky.social · Apr 20

I’m not a fan of sharing my s’mores. Just sayin.

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Deena Graves @panicwritten.bsky.social · Apr 20

MEEEEEEEEE!!!!

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Deena Graves @panicwritten.bsky.social · Apr 19

Thanks! It's a nice wee bit of validation.

Deena Graves @panicwritten.bsky.social · Apr 19

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Deena Graves @panicwritten.bsky.social · Apr 19

May not have survived the #RevPit trenches, but finding out I'm a semi-finalist for a First Page contest is a pretty good buffer.
When one door closes, another door opens, as they say.

#KeepWriting #WritingCommunity

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Deena Graves @panicwritten.bsky.social · Apr 17

The Teen walks into my office and says, “Hey there.”
To which I respond, 🎶 “Hey there, Delilah…” 🎶 Because I speak in lyrics & movie lines.
He looks at me like I’ve lost my mind (fair) but then tells me, “No, I wouldn’t like to tell you what it’s like in New York City.”

#ParentingWin

Deena Graves @panicwritten.bsky.social · Apr 13

No matter what, this has been fun. Keep writing, keep creating, y'all! And remember this quote I saved from author, Marlon James--
"Trust your own voice...You're not gonna be lacking tough critics; you don't have to be your toughest critic. Be your most sympathetic critic."

#RevPit #RevPitWaiting

A. M. Bucsaru is AGENTED @ambucsaru.bsky.social · Apr 13

#RevPitWaiting T-1

TOMORROW is the day, friends. I am honored to have provided entertainment, or at the very least, distraction for this past month.

Let's not be strangers after this 🤗

4/13 - Encouragement. Results are in TOMORROW! I know it’s daunting, but let’s give each other some much needed kindness! Words of encouragement go a long way!