Intro Post!

[kittkestra]

About me:
Hi there! I’m Kitt. (They/them.)

I’ve been a writer for years, though primarily of fanfiction. I’ve decided that I’d really like to finally try and devote some time and energy to my original works. For too long my original work has been something I’ll “get around to working on someday.” I’ve realized that I really don’t want it to be relegated to “someday” forever!

I love genre fiction, and that’s primarily what I write. Most of my work falls under fantasy or sci-fi, often combined with romance. Horror is also one of my favorite genres, but I don’t have many horror WIPs… yet, at least. Most of my work focuses on queer characters and relationships. Much of it also features poly relationships. None of my work will ever be or include any AI-generated material.



Having spent decades entertaining various story ideas, poking at them on and off, I definitely have collected far too many WIPs. (More accurately, potential WIPs.) I’m trying to rein it in and not split my focus too badly for now!

I plan to get proper WIP intros put together for things eventually, at which point I’ll link them here. Until then…

Working title: Cave
A fantasy omegaverse featuring a mutually-resented arranged marriage and a very uncomfortable cultural clash between an alpha who feels he has everything to prove and an omega who has nothing left to lose.
Genre: fantasy/romance (male Alpha/male Omega)

Working title: Gold and Silver
A fantasy omegaverse featuring an arranged marriage between an alpha with more status than money and an omega whose family has money but longs for status… the catch being that the omega is functionally an invalid. The alpha and his long-standing omega lover discover a deeper plot behind the alpha’s new wife’s condition. Very loose retelling of the fairy tale “Gold Tree and Silver Tree.”
Genre: fantasy/romance (male Alpha/male Omega/female Alpha (with a subby male Alpha))

Working title: Off the Path
A fantasy poly romance featuring wolf shifters, a disabled human protagonist, and an unasked-for sacrifice-turned-romance, and different opinions on what constitutes “monstrous.”
Genre: fantasy/romance (M/F/F)

[Untitled Omegaverse Series]
A contemporary omegaverse series; individual stories are standalone, though set in the same universe with characters who occasionally cross over between them.
Note: many of my omegaverse works feature poly relationships between various genders and dynamics. They do feature a lot of classic omegaverse tropes, like bonding and heat cycles. They basically never include pregnancy.
Genre: romance
- Working title: Rescue
A poly romance between a sheltered omega escaping a controlling institution, and the pack that decides to give her the life she’s been denied. (male Alpha/male Beta/female Omega + queerplatonic female Beta)
- Working title: Unexpected
A poly romance between an omega who always thought she was a beta, and the alpha/beta couple that give her shelter. (female Alpha/male Beta/female Omega)
- Working title: Field Project
A romance between an omega grad student and an alpha ranger who never thought she’d fall for someone again. (female Alpha/female Omega)

[Untitled Werewolf Series]
A series of contemporary werewolf stories, set in the same universe, but standing alone.
Most of the werewolf stories feature poly relationships.
Genre: romance
- Working title: Cult
A poly romance between the last surviving werewolf from a pack, and the human couple who rescue him, then give him something to live for. (M/M/F)
- Working title: Thesis
A poly romance between a human college student studying local folklore, her secretly-a-werewolf TA, and the pack leader who will protect the secret of his pack’s existence at any cost. (M/M/F)
- Working title: Trapped
A romance between a werewolf trapped in her wolf form, and the woman who has offered to foster the “stray wolfdog.” (F/F)



From intro image:
Fox: Federico Di Dio Photography via Unsplash
Key: Michael Dziedzic via Unsplash
Mushroom: Annie Spratt via Unsplash

Divider: by saradika on tumblr

Comments

Welcome!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> Intro Post! <<

newcomers has lots of resources about how to use Dreamwidth and where to find things you'll enjoy here. If you're coming from Tumblr, soc_puppet is posting tutorials for that angle. Find your Tumblr friends here.

The Follow Friday Master Post has lists of active communities by topic where you can look for some based on your interests. Many bloggers use recurring posts to pin down their key interests and maintain activity, which is also a good source of inspiration if you aren't sure what you want to post yet.


>> Most of my work falls under fantasy or sci-fi, often combined with romance. <<

Check out lists of some Fantasy and Science Fiction communities.

If you like troll romance, there is 100quadrantedships.

>>Horror is also one of my favorite genres, but I don’t have many horror WIPs… yet, at least. <<

See thefreaksclub and terrorsffa.

>>Most of my work focuses on queer characters and relationships. <<

ladiesbingo and fffc are worth a look.

>> Much of it also features poly relationships. <<

openhearts_openminds is worth a look although not very active yet.


>> Working title: Cave
A fantasy omegaverse featuring a mutually-resented arranged marriage and a very uncomfortable cultural clash between an alpha who feels he has everything to prove and an omega who has nothing left to lose.
Genre: fantasy/romance (male Alpha/male Omega) <<

That's so cool! I'm intrigued by original A/O. I haven't done one yet but have done soulbonds in Eloquent Souls.

>>Note: many of my omegaverse works feature poly relationships between various genders and dynamics. They do feature a lot of classic omegaverse tropes, like bonding and heat cycles. They basically never include pregnancy.<<

When I started Eloquent Souls based on a prompt I got, I first sat down and gathered lists of soulbond tropes. Then I picked which ones did and didn't apply to my setting, and used that to build a lot of the framework. You might consider doing that with omegaverse tropes. It helps make a setting distinctive.

>>[Untitled Werewolf Series]
A series of contemporary werewolf stories, set in the same universe, but standing alone.<<

I've got a couple of werewolf series. Frankenstein's Family is historic and The Moon Door is contemporary.

Re: Welcome!

[kittkestra]

Lots of comm recs, thank you!

I've used DW fairly consistently in the past, but I also know there's always ways I could be using it better, I'm sure!

Recurring posts is definitely a good idea, though... as is clear from a reply almost a month after the fact, I'm not great at keeping to a consistent schedule for things, which is part of what I'm trying to figure out.

And I'll definitely need to check out some of the stories you linked me to. :)

Re: Welcome!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> Lots of comm recs, thank you! <<

*bow, flourish* Happy to be of service.

>> I've used DW fairly consistently in the past, but I also know there's always ways I could be using it better, I'm sure! <<

Oops. When someone does a "first post" or "hello world" I send the general info and add anything extra if they mention hobbies or whatever. I can't tell if they've used the site before.

>> Recurring posts is definitely a good idea, though... as is clear from a reply almost a month after the fact, I'm not great at keeping to a consistent schedule for things, which is part of what I'm trying to figure out.<<

I write my posting schedule in my desktop calendar or I'd never keep it straight. Some folks prefer an online reminder app for theirs.

>>And I'll definitely need to check out some of the stories you linked me to. :)

Yay!