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Virgil James @virgiljames.bsky.social · 15h

I honestly don't really have one, as I write on circumstance, not routine unfortunately. However, I try to grab a drink or something. Sometimes I'll set a timer with a writing sprint bot on Discord to really get the juices flowing.

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GhostPit @ghostpit.bsky.social · 3d

#GhostPit is only 10 days away! Are you ready for some fun and frights? 👻

Q1: What is your go-to writing routine?

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Virgil James @virgiljames.bsky.social · 15h

That's a good question. God she'd probably kick it idk she sucks 😭

HOWEVER, given her background, she probably wouldn't know what it is and would try to figure it out.

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WIPPIT @wippit.bsky.social · 1d

We are a month out, which means it is time for #WIPPITStickyNoteQuestions to help you deep dive into your wip(s).

Day 1

#WIPPIT Sticky Note Questions

Day 1:
Your MC encounters a penguin, how do they react. If your book already contains penguins, your penguin encounters a dragon, how does it react.

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Virgil James @virgiljames.bsky.social · 9d

First one from The Vigilante Wheel in a while.

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Hunter crossed the street without looking for approaching cars, or even using the crosswalk, even though it was right there. Then, he turned around and saw Harper still standing on the other side of the street, looking stunned.
“Why did you just jaywalk?!” Harper called out, having to cup his hands and yell over the cars that came down the street at this time.
Hunter slapped his forehead and beckoned him to follow after the cars passed. After looking both ways, Harper ran across the street the same way.
“You do realize that I am not the only person who jaywalks, right?” Hunter asked.
“Yeah, but you coulda died doin’ that dumb ass shit on this street, the cars comin’ down here are ruthless.”
“Awh, we just met, and you already care about whether or not I die? That’s so sweet of you.” Hunter’s tone was dripping in sarcasm, which Harper noticed.
Harper sucked his teeth again. “Man, aight. My bad I ain’t wanna see you get ran over.”

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Virgil James @virgiljames.bsky.social · 9d

First one from The Vigilante Wheel in a while.

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Virgil James @virgiljames.bsky.social · 10d

Lol it's kinda 50-50 because Linda has a reason for disliking these three as they are the youngest three (chronologically Vladimir and Viktor are older than Linda though). However, they don't really know the reason, so she just comes off as bitchy.

Madigan is only laughing because he's an asshole.

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Virgil James @virgiljames.bsky.social · 10d

Think I've shared part of this snippet before, but it has changed a bit since and I do like it anyway.

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Alice sips her tea slowly, and everyone sits in silence, waiting for Linda to show up. Eventually she does, looking visibly disheveled and worn out.
“Linda, you’re here at last.” Madigan says, staring at her curiously, obviously trying not to laugh. “Oh my… what happened to you?”
Vladimir, Viktor, and Alice try to cover their mouths and stifle laughter, but are ultimately unsuccessful, as their laughter comes out involuntarily through their hands, and all it took was them all making eye contact for them to burst out laughing at Linda. It was a weird moment for Alice, because it was the closest they’ve been since she was a kid.

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Virgil James @virgiljames.bsky.social · 10d

Think I've shared part of this snippet before, but it has changed a bit since and I do like it anyway.

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Virgil James @virgiljames.bsky.social · 11d

This one is quite foreboding (Alice's eyes ofc are blue for context. It's deeper than that but that's all I will say).

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When Alice got close enough to see, she realized that Vladimir and Viktor were pushing their cages together, and when they collided, she could just barely see Rani grab Rezina’s hands through the cages. She certainly looked less rough than before, and her mind seemed more sound now that her entire family was there. They seemed to have made up with Vladimir and Viktor as well.
As Alice approached them, she heard Rani ask, “Hey, I just noticed… Vladimir, Viktor, why are your eyes blue?”
“What?” Rezina asked.
“Their eyes are blue. They’re usually red, right?”
Rezina shook her head frantically, and Alice giggled when she realized that Rezina was thinking of her. “No… Vladimir, Viktor, where is Alice?”
“She went to take her rightful place as the ruler of Wonderland.” They answered together.

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Virgil James @virgiljames.bsky.social · 11d

This one is quite foreboding (Alice's eyes ofc are blue for context. It's deeper than that but that's all I will say).

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Sage like the Pumpkin Spice @sagecollins.bsky.social · 12d

Blake returns from another world, fixed after days of not being able to see Ren as anything but a horror.

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From A Paranormal Bromance 3 👻💙

Black text, green background, “hope” highlighted blue

"Mm hmm." He gives me a sleepy smile as his hand practically floats up to my cheek. Every movement is more fluid than normal, less full of the tension he normally holds himself up with.

"You're intoxicated. Or you've been hit by some occulty whammy."

These are statement of facts, but he doesn't respond to either of them. All he says is, "I need you."

Joy finishes cleaning up the spilt candle. She sniffles and turns away. I can almost hear her heart break a second time in as many minutes. "Are you fixed, Blake?" she asks, her voice shaking.

He obviously is. His eyes take me in as if he might have forgotten what I looked like. But he doesn't seem to hear her. "I want you to choose me," he says.

I put my hand on top of his and squeeze my eyes shut. "Then fight for me. When you're not occulted or drunk. Fight for me."

"I will." I open my eyes at his words and allow myself to HOPE. "I will."

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Virgil James @virgiljames.bsky.social · 12d

Had plenty of "hope", but went for "hopefully" instead because I liked this snippet more than the "hope" ones.

Slight TW for blood, but honestly I imagine it's more gross than triggering.

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[REDACTED] approached her nervously, and Alice handed her one of the bottles. “Drink this.”

“What? What is this?”

“I’m not sure. Let’s find out together.”

“Will — will I die if I drink this?”

“Maybe, but hopefully not. I haven’t had my fun wit’chu yet.” Alice grinned.

[REDACTED] stared for a bit, then shakily took a swig of the bottle and immediately spit it out. Blood started running down her chin as Alice burst out laughing.

“Oh! I knew that one was blood, but I wasn’t sure. I was stuck between two of ‘em.” She continued laughing, as [REDACTED] started hyperventilating again.

“Wha — you just made me drink blood?!”

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Jim Already a Vampire @jimthevampire.bsky.social · 12d

Black box retrieval service: Great rates. Instant quotes. Tight spaces are our speciality. Awkwardness is free of charge.

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Virgil James @virgiljames.bsky.social · 12d

Had plenty of "hope", but went for "hopefully" instead because I liked this snippet more than the "hope" ones.

Slight TW for blood, but honestly I imagine it's more gross than triggering.

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Virgil James @virgiljames.bsky.social · 12d

I really haven't been having these words, nor the energy to find synonyms lol. But I knew I would have this one.

Small TW for attempted rape btw

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Alice and Priscilla sit down on the bed, and Priscilla takes out the rest of Alice’s hair, frowning as she realizes how easy it was.
“I shoulda known you were lyin’.” Priscilla scoffed. “You’ve never braided tightly in yo’ life, that’s why Mary always did yo’ hair for you. What do you want, Alice?”
Alice stood up, went back to her vanity table, and paused for a second. She heard Hattie and Edward’s room door close, and then said, “Nothin’. You can go.” She started brushing out her hair again.
“I’m sorry?”
“Are you deaf? I said, you can go. Ion want you in here.”
“Then why —”
“I’m sorry, were you okay wit’ Edward tryna fuck you? Did you wanna fuck him?” Alice said, spinning around sharply.
Priscilla said nothing.
“It was goin’ too far, so I interrupted him.” Alice finished, turning back around and continuing to brush her hair. “You’re welcome. Get out.”

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Virgil James @virgiljames.bsky.social · 12d

I really haven't been having these words, nor the energy to find synonyms lol. But I knew I would have this one.

Small TW for attempted rape btw

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Virgil James @virgiljames.bsky.social · 18d

Haven't posted one of these in a while, hi y'all.

Btw, The Vigilante Wheel (where this snippet is from) is mostly from Hunter's perspective. However, for narrative reasons, the POV is currently Zhaire's.

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“Why don’t you come back and say hi to Simone? You must miss her.”
“I do miss her, but I can’t. I can’t risk puttin’ her in danger again. I’m only here now ‘cuz I come by every now and then to watch her… and make sure she aight. Man, I prolly sound like a creep…”
“No, you don’t. That’s your grandma, of course you wanna make sure she’s okay. Should I tell her you stopped by?”
“No. I don’t want her to know I’m here, ‘cuz she’ll want me to come back… even though she knows damn well why I can’t. But if y’all gon’ be spendin’ time wit’ her, I need you to make sure she’ll be aight, especially if he gon’ be here.” Zhaire nodded their head towards where Hunter was still angrily pacing and muttering to himself. “Make sure he don’t get her hurt.”

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Virgil James @virgiljames.bsky.social · 18d

Haven't posted one of these in a while, hi y'all.

Btw, The Vigilante Wheel (where this snippet is from) is mostly from Hunter's perspective. However, for narrative reasons, the POV is currently Zhaire's.

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Virgil James @virgiljames.bsky.social · 23d

Haven't posted one of these in a while- and my motivation to work on The Vigilante Wheel has been fleeting, so here's TDOA since I'm editing anyway.

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Alice heard the rifle go off again, and this time the bullet hit her calf. She fell to the ground near a large river, and rolled over on her back as Edward caught up and stood over her.
He held still for a second, catching his breath. Then, he said, “I caught you, you little bitch.”
He cocked the rifle, and Alice felt her life flash before her eyes. She couldn’t believe it was going to end here, couldn’t believe that her life was about to be cut short by the man she wanted to kill first. Her brain could barely process the rifle being pointed at her head, and she couldn’t process that she was powerless to stop it. So, she plastered a wide smirk on her face, so Edward wouldn’t see her fear. Is this how she would die?

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Virgil James @virgiljames.bsky.social · 23d

Haven't posted one of these in a while- and my motivation to work on The Vigilante Wheel has been fleeting, so here's TDOA since I'm editing anyway.

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Virgil James @virgiljames.bsky.social · Sep 24

TW for violence

And for context, the man was trying to rape the narrator before Alice stopped. It's not explicitly said here, but TW for that anyway.

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“Still resortin’ to slut-shamin’, huh? Ohhhhkayyyy…” She pressed the shard into his forearm deeper, and started slowly dragging it down, making the man scream, and Alice punched him.

“Shut up.” She hissed. “You don’t have any right to scream like we did. Call me or her another ‘whore’ or ‘bitch’, I dare you for the last time.”

The man whimpered again and fell silent, and Alice sighed.

“Go back inside, [Narrator].” She told me gently without looking at me.

“What? No, I don’t wanna leave you out here by yourself — what if someone comes by?”

“I’ll be okay. I’m not worried about me, and Ion want you to see this.”

“I can take it —”

“No, you can’t.”

No, I couldn’t. Because now that I know what she did to him, I can barely get a good night’s sleep. Even if he did deserve it.

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Virgil James @virgiljames.bsky.social · Sep 24

TW for violence

And for context, the man was trying to rape the narrator before Alice stopped. It's not explicitly said here, but TW for that anyway.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · Sep 23

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

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Theo Transcendragons @theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social · Sep 24

This is terrifying, and it’s the kind of thing we need to talk about and bring attention to.

Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · Sep 23

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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Virgil James @virgiljames.bsky.social · Sep 23

THE DESCENT OF ALICE LIDDELL: HER FALL NEVERENDING (3/3)

TIL that Alice does not need access to social media.

(TW for graphic description of murder)

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Thinkin bout this one time this girl thought I was so crazy that she suggested that I get lobotomized...
So I lobotomized her
Wit a machete thrown from afar
I aint want her to feel left out! Doin activities wit friends is so much more fun 🥰

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Virgil James @virgiljames.bsky.social · Sep 23

THE DESCENT OF ALICE LIDDELL: HER FALL NEVERENDING (2/3)

⚠️ WARNING ⚠️

The Alice in Wonderland retelling associated with this post will leave you with severe emotional scarring from start to finish. If you value your sanity and happiness, do not read this book.

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