I haven't updated here in a while! Between college work and beginning a new draft of my gothic romantasy, it's completely slipped my mind. But I wanted to post the full prologue I wrote a couple weeks ago. It hasn't undergone editing yet - editing is my own personal seventh hell - but hopefully some time away from it will give me a fresh perspective on what needs to be changed. That being said, I did edit while writing, so hopefully it isn't wholly untamed. If anyone has any feedback, I'd love to hear it - I'm always aiming to improve! Esme 🩷 Prologue For the first time in an eon, I wasn’t being torn to death by the triad of crows. Dreams within dreams were common knowledge. Supposedly you were meant to pinch the inside of your wrist, hard, and wait three seconds to determine which layer of dreams you inhabited. If you were thrust back into reality, yes, you had freefell into the vacuum of eternal, starry dreaming. But if you stood in your dreamscape waiti...
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This piece of work is the beginning of Death's Children, a short historical story. Obviously, it relies heavily on the theme of death along with morality and religion...I'm enjoying the process of adapting my writing voice to fit the genre. I never cease to find it interesting how much it can shift ; even with a single character! Again, any feedback would be appreciated as this is my first draft (and possibly my last if I can't dredge up the motivation to edit). Like I've been expanding my reading from primarily romantasy, I've attempted to do the same in my work and try a new sort of story. It's very much been written on the spur of the moment, so who knows what I'll think of it in a few months! Anyways, I blabber. Here's part of the beginning... Death - 1665 Unlike the last time Death had found it in himself to enter the repugnant streets of London, music not of the fiddle and pipe filled the streets, but rather the screams and cries of the dying. D...
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As promised, I'm sharing some more writing surrounding my gothic romantasy world! 'Nedine's Night' is a short story that I wrote almost a year ago. I'd like to think that I've improved since then! While this doesn't directly tie into the main plot, Nedine becomes important further down the line. And writing in her perspective helped me to understand her character better for when she is introduced. Esme 🩷 The night was still. Too still. Like the attack earlier that year, an ocean breeze entwined with salt and brine seemed to nip at Nedine’s ear, a faint whisper of Sleep. Sleep . But she’d obeyed its urge last time, sinking into a nightmare-ridden sleep that became too true - too vivid when she awoke to Sirens screams and the slice of claws against scales and skin. Never again. So that brine scented wind moved on into the pale dawn, one last cold caress into her ear before she wrapped her nightgown tighter around her lithe form. Sleep rarely found her these...
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It's crazy how much writing can change in a couple of years! The first two paragraphs were written around October 2023, before I'd truly begun to delve into the craft of writing and paying attention to the words I was putting down on the page. I've learnt a lot since then, and it shows in the following extract, which I wrote in October 2025. Of course, there's plenty of room to improve and I encourage any sort of feedback. These two extracts are the beginnings of the same scene, though it's evolved greatly. It marks the near beginning of an ongoing story idea I've been working on for a couple of years now, and since it's popped into my head, so many plotlines and characters and kingdoms have sprung to life in my head that it's gone from one book to a potential four book series! I would love to share more of its lore - and some of my recent writing, soon. Esme 🩷 2023 Reyna Aldine had been travelling through Valbara for four days and five hours. Her...
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Hey, I'm Esme Rose , an aspiring romantasy writer. I'm starting up this blog in order to document my writing journey. It'll definitely be interesting to look back and see what's changed! My current project - while I won't disclose too much - is one I've been working on for a couple of years now. Creating the worldbuilding, characters, and plot has been an effort at times, but one that I've enjoyed every second of - and still am. There's always more to do, more to learn, more to discover. This idea has a place very close to my heart, and I fully intend to keep working on it until its book worthy, whether that be in five or ten years from now. While nervous, I'm equally excited for when it's ready, and I can share it with the world. I may be posting extracts of that project, or other pieces, both ongoing and finished. Along with writing, it must come as no surprise that I'm also an avid reader. A Court of Thorns and Roses, and Throne of Glas...