Cora | Orchid
@orchidscript
she/her/hers writer, by unpopular demand
It’s happened to all of us at least once, and it’s annoying. This cover I saw was, at least, an illustration. But the book was called “regency” and the illustration is definitively the 1830s, which is NOT regency (the regency ended in 1820). Left is late regency, right is early 1830s:
The Likeness | OrchidScript Turn your back to the forest, and turn your face to me... the Heated Rivalry/Yaga(play) crossover that no one asked for. Updating (hopefully) weekly. #hollanovfic #heatedrivalryfic archiveofourown.org/works/899444...
feeling motivated so, the current two projects on my slate. genuinely excited about both of them, and about the other things I’m working on. writing has been hard this year, and last year, but I’m more comfortable with that these days than I used to be.
I have a lot of things I need to work on and finish, but today my brain is circling the Hollanov horror AU I started at the start of May… So, the opening scene, for your consideration? On this #SnippetSunday ?
See, my problem is I am a Bob’s Burgers fan. So I read “Lance” and outloud went “Lance is a turkey” and haven’t looks back. Sorry Connor. It is what it is.
New book! New book! New book! I’m sure the fact that I have this, of all books, is not surprising to any of you ;)
River of the Gods | OrchidScript When asked by Arthur Fox, to consult on a family matter, Alex hadn’t had a trip to Egypt in mind. Posing as Fox’s assistant, he observes the actor’s family and guests during an idyllic honeymoon aboard a glamorous Nile steamboat… archiveofourown.org/works/83284286
I’ve actually got something #rwrbfic for WIP Wednesday this week! Coming soon too! (Thank you for @redwhiteroyalau.bsky.social for the kick in the butt to start working on this story again. Hopefully, after two years, it gets to go somewhere!) The first chapter of “River of the Gods” :)
A few nice photos of me and my beloved — aka “Regency Wolverine” — from last night 🌸 get someone who does silly batshit things with you
For today’s post-moving Sunday Snippet, from the long lost depths of the FirstPrince archive in my Google Docs… An actually NEW section of the Death on the Nile inspired fic. Imagine that. Never delete anything!
Okay, so I do have some WIP Wednesday going on in my #hollanov corner of ficdom. An excerpt from the 2nd chapter of my chef AU fic, ”Mazeru”
Mazeru | OrchidScript #hollanovfic chef AU now available to read on Ao3. Bon appetit! archiveofourown.org/works/817359...
C’est Nous | OrchidScript trans Shane Hollander AU, extended. Companion stories for C’est Toi. #hollanovfic archiveofourown.org/works/811389...
fuck AI!!! (Also, that’s so lame and annoying, and I’m seeing some of it in drafts for a recent assignment…)
This is only a 3rd of my research, y’all. We’re in this now. #hollanovfic
Amateur spy Ilya has inspired 26 chapters and a soulful bridge. “Our kind of traitor hopefully coming soon to an Ao3 near you #hollanov
Sooo… got a #hollanovfic Cold War AU over here that’s doing things, folks. Aka, Orchid is back to her old tricks 😂
The #hollanov Chef AU tasting menu is giving me a lot of joy y’all.
So… if you like medieval and medieval-adjacent things, as well as a good dash of queer romance… I need you to read this book. I need someone else to read this book because I need to know someone else out there Gets It. (I am obsessed)
trying to figure out where I am in the midst of two fandoms and feeling like Crosby skidding out yesterday… I have no clue, but I’m still here. Just… chasing joy because there’s very little elsewhere right now.
Sneak peak of chapter 6 (Vegas, redo) because I’m really loving word choice right now. (2 different scenes)
Writing chapter titles is usually a fic’s downfall, but I am currently very much enjoying writing them for this chef AU.