Charlotte, Beckett, Swanmere lives as her father's untrimmed hedge.
Merlot Rainbaum searches for a miracle cure to heal her mother, who is none other than the Queen of the Mermaids.
Railey Ferntoss, renown across the Western Sector as the Dragon Mas...
Trigger warnings: - death - depression - suicidal thoughts - blood - familial abuse (physical and mental) - animal cruelty (mild; I hate it, too)
What you will see: - characters who don't know themselves - characters who think they know themselves - characters who are not trying their best - elves, nymphs, dwarves, brownies, pixies, mermaids, dragons - magic, high fantasy
What you can expect: - lots of inner turmoil shown through in-the-head moments - too many descriptions...and yet, not enough??? - romance will come later; like, next book later...
What you will not see: - sex scenes on the page - a utopia of characters who all have the same desires, opinions, and goals
Character Aesthetics:
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* Beckett's last name changed to Swanmere after this was made.
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Dedication:
This story came from the humorous experiences I've had raising two pups by myself for the first time. After I finished writing this section, I furthered my animal-rearing with a kitten in need of bottle-feeding. I'm sure the memories will come in handy as I tackle the next part of this story. I will never say raising pups is as hard as having a child, but there are many similarities. I wholeheartedly call myself a dog mom because of these life-changing experiences. The baby blues, the things you do that you never imagined was something you could do, the joys, the inexplicable anger, the wearied exhaustion....
The first spark of this story, however, has to belong to EternalSu's slice-of-life fantasy, Of Spells and Flowers. Without the scene of the dragon in the chimney, my mind never would have rabbit-holed down all of my pet-rearing experiences to start the journey that would become this story.
I have discovered myself as a plantser. I like to have plans like a general plot outline for the entire series, even breaking it into more detailed chapter topics for separate books. But I also like to discover where the story takes me, and while my end designs don't usually change, they can expand as I let the story tell itself. Usually, this comes out in side characters that didn't exist at first but quickly become my dear loves or specific cultural aspects that end up shaping the entire rest of the story.
So, I do have the general idea of this story's plot from start to finish. I do have a more detailed plot base for this first book. Buuuut, I have already added quite a bit, and I've only written Act 1 (of 5).
Covers, banners, and other art are not my original design. For character art, I either use picrew, Pinterest images, or trace over an existing picture and color it in the way I like. I use the regular Sketchbook app for my drawings. With covers, I use Polarr for filters and Phonto for the text.
Thank you for reading!
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