So, recently I’ve been thinking about The Immortal Cup, the TMI rewrite I’ve been babbling about a lot but have yet to even start delivering-aside, maybe, from a couple of extract here and there.

Part of the reason why I haven’t started delivering was that a lot of things happened one after the other-I had to write my master’s thesis, then I had to ( Read more... )

Soooooo…Jace. I mentioned in my latest Clary Post that Jace was the character who changed the most in this rewrite and tbh, I still think it’s right. There will be other changes among the characters, but Jace is the only one I’m rebuilding from the ground up tbh-which, yes, comprises making him Clary’s actual blood brother. Not that it’s going to ( Read more... )

So I’ve been thinking further on Clary’s origins, her ancestry and how she felt about it.

I’ve decided to make her mixed race with Jocelyn being black and Valentine white purely because, as I mentioned in my previous Clary post, I really feel way to iffy about writing a black dude with a blood supremacy-like mindset, no matter how many twists I’ll ( Read more... )

Alright, I’m cheating a liiiiittle bit for this one because I have an entire tag dedicated to Nephilim culture on my personal blog (most of which will probably be canon in TIC, and also I should probably reblog some of them here. Ahem.) but this is still something I’d like to develop a little because, wel, that’s what gives flavor to the whole ( Read more... )

Note: Posts grouped under this category will mostly concern the New York Institute in itself, but they may also refer to the New York downworlders and their community (as well as their relationship to the Lightwoods and the local Institute)

One of the things I’m looking forward to writing the most about Clary’s early days in the Institute is what ( Read more... )

So I’ve been thinking about possibly making Clary black or mixed race in the The Immortal Cup for a while now and honestly I can’t make my mind.

On the one hand, having Clary be black or part black would add a layer of personal connection with her arc over the trilogy (aka discovering the shadow world-> trying to fit in it despite the prejudice it ( Read more... )

Okay so I finally figured out how I want Alec’s prosthetic fingers to work

Because the system I have in mind, of runes acting like magical stitchings between flesh and wood works, but the hand is a small part of the body and there’s bound to be a space problem

So the obvious solution to that is: straps! Kind of like a partial glove that attaches to ( Read more... )

So one thing I’d like to do with the Immortal Cup is to at least hint at the diversity and syncretism present in the Nephilim culture (as well as showcase their Nephilim-specific traditions but that part is a bit easier).
One of the ways I’m doing this is having the Lightwoods be a secular muslim family (secular because thanks to @writingwithcolor​ ( Read more... )

I almost forgot the @snarktheater​ challenge! Then again, it is the third day in a row where I don’t write anything. Between the news and my personal issues I’ve kind of been too busy for it tbh.
Does your story deal with themes of race or racism? Or does it feature a racially diverse cast without discussing race in detail?

Yes and no. The story ( Read more... )

Are you currently working (or procrastinating) on other writing projects? Can you describe them to us?

The real question, @snarktheater, is when am I not procrastinating on a project?

But more particularly, aside from my Nano and a couple reviews I’ve been meaning to type for over a month, these days I’m procrastinating on my PJO prompts and projects ( Read more... )