#bloomscrolling #flowers #photography: Carnation arrangement taking advantage of the crystal clear vase by having flowers inside the vase as well as above.

#PennedPossibilities 208 — Does your villain actively seek romantic companionship, or cherish the liberties of being single? Rainy Days has always been single, avoiding marriage in her teens—surviving, living, and fighting to eventually make the institution illegal. Though an antagonist, she's not a villain in the typical sense. Despite being the most evil person ever to live, she's actively saving humanity from extinction. She charming and sexy and forever young. She /actively/ seeks out romantic companionship. The male on-stage antagonist of current WiP starring the devil-girl is one of those romantic companions. [Author retains copyright (c)2024 RS.] #BoostingIsSharing and #CommentingIsCool #fiction #fantasy #sf #sff #sciencefiction #writing #writer #writers #author #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #RSdiscussion

#WordWeavers 2401.20 — What things that other people enjoy would be tedious for your MC? Girl talk, salacious gossip, small talk going to parties. As one of her responsibilities growing up, she was trained to plan and host adult formal parties. She can do small talk. There are many reasons why she ran away from home, and that's one. She would have lumped dancing into the same bin; she was trained to do formal dancing, something analogous to waltz and quadrille. Boyfriend 1 (or was it 2, can't tell'em apart?) took her dancing when she tried to embarrass him, calling her bluff. He taught her to love it. [Author retains copyright (c)2024 RS.] #BoostingIsSharing and #CommentingIsCool #fiction #fantasy #sf #sff #sciencefiction #writing #writer #writers #author #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #RSdiscussion