Hi, back after a small mental hiatus. More writing. Added another day into the story, decided we didn’t need to rush into the First Big Thing™️ so fast. May as well luxuriate in our time in the peace while we can. #amwriting #fantasyauthor #workinprogress #historicalfantasy

Terrible weather in my neck of the woods this weekend means settling in to do some writing. I believe in the weekend edition of #RuthieRWrites I’m going to try to finish out Ch 2 and then add in some additional ideas I came up with over this week to round out the lore. #amwriting #fantasyauthor

A good blitz of #writing this morning. Knocked out a couple thousand words and fleshed out some later chapters. #amwriting #fantasyauthor #fantasyfiction #historicalfantasy

Hooray! Today in #RuthieRWrites I finished the main outline for the 1st novel. I’m thrilled w/how many chapters I ended up with and amazed at where things are. I see a vague skeleton of a novel now! #amwriting #fantasynovel #fantasyauthor #writingcommunity

#RuthieRWrites but I wrote far less today. A ticked off mermaid and now a spy? 👀
Looking forward to more headspace tomorrow to continue my #novel and outline.
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Today I got up to currently-ch9 outlined& a little over 2k words on the start of ch1 plus some character bios& a surprise spy. I say “surprise” because in the 10 years I’ve carried this story, there’s never been a spy at this particular part. I love it! #amwriting #fantasy #writingcommunity

The problem with this #novelinprogress is that because it’s been living in me for nearly 10 years, there’s so many details, terms, moments, etc. that I’m trying to sort. My brain keeps jumping to things many chapters from now as I outline. Slow and steady!
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On today’s episode of #RuthieRWrites I’m juggling the outline and some character bios with a sick kiddo. Luckily she’s building her own world with dragons thanks to #TuiTSutherland. #amwriting #NovelInProgress #historicalfantasy #writingcommunity #mermaids

Deciding to use parts of my holiday break to fully outline my #novel via @scrivenerapp.bsky.social. It’s crazy to me that all these details that have pinged around in my head are finally getting organized. I finally named the 3 types of magic that exist in this world, and that feels very exciting!

I’ve decided to have a dedicated profile for my writing. I’m Ruthie! I’ve carried this story in my heart and mind for almost a decade and have decided to finally take the plunge and write it. #authors, #writers, what is the one thing you wish you had done differently when you began to write?