Christina Loi
@chrisloi.bsky.social
word-tinker, wife, mum. CNP shortlist ‘23. “let me be singing when the evening comes.”
I was today year’s old when I discovered that there is, in fact, a delightful subgenre on spotify called “castlecore” and now you do, too.
May 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I was today year’s old when I discovered that there is, in fact, a delightful subgenre on spotify called “castlecore” and now you do, too.
nothing like submitting to a competition to get you to see a *glaringly obvious* missing word in the opening…
#writingcommunity #why
#writingcommunity #why
March 20, 2025 at 3:39 AM
nothing like submitting to a competition to get you to see a *glaringly obvious* missing word in the opening…
#writingcommunity #why
#writingcommunity #why
am finally typing up a scene I wrote out a couple of weeks ago and rediscovered this note (which I’ve no memory of):“THIS IS HUGE -KEY TO WHOLE BOOK”…so yeah, no pressure as I type and edit the next couple pages. 🤦🏻♀️
#amwriting #amediting #amconfused
#amwriting #amediting #amconfused
February 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
am finally typing up a scene I wrote out a couple of weeks ago and rediscovered this note (which I’ve no memory of):“THIS IS HUGE -KEY TO WHOLE BOOK”…so yeah, no pressure as I type and edit the next couple pages. 🤦🏻♀️
#amwriting #amediting #amconfused
#amwriting #amediting #amconfused
Dearest, darlingest WIP, you know I love you, but is there a reason why you refuse to be written except with pencil and paper… and only in the morning’s pitch-black darkness? I am literally losing sleep over you. (and pencils. so many pencils.)
#writingwoes #wip #coffeetotherescue
#writingwoes #wip #coffeetotherescue
February 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Dearest, darlingest WIP, you know I love you, but is there a reason why you refuse to be written except with pencil and paper… and only in the morning’s pitch-black darkness? I am literally losing sleep over you. (and pencils. so many pencils.)
#writingwoes #wip #coffeetotherescue
#writingwoes #wip #coffeetotherescue
I know there are many situations much more awkward than making eye contact with a stranger while both of you are mid-cavernous-bite, but right now I can’t think of a single one.
February 4, 2025 at 6:57 AM
I know there are many situations much more awkward than making eye contact with a stranger while both of you are mid-cavernous-bite, but right now I can’t think of a single one.
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When a troubled girl falls in love with a gargoyle, and a technicolor hellscape spills into the school, a dark power must be unlocked to stop warring monsters from destroying both worlds.
"Wednesday Addams goes to Oz"
Don't Let the Forest In x Daughter of Smoke and Bone
#2025Pit
#Q #YA #F
"Wednesday Addams goes to Oz"
Don't Let the Forest In x Daughter of Smoke and Bone
#2025Pit
#Q #YA #F
January 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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When struggling artist Charlotte discovers she can control minds, she turns her ability on the woman whose tough love tactics are holding her back: her grandmother. But Grandma Philly has her own gifts and a dark secret she's kept for more than forty years.
#2025pit #A #SPEC #H
#2025pit #A #SPEC #H
January 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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⚔️Fate chose wrong, and Alys won't free her enemies from the queen's compulsion magic⚔️
🌙Night witches vs Day witches
⛓️Captured FMC
❤️Enemies to forbidden lovers
🫱🏼🫲🏼The weak many vs the powerful few
🌿Nature based symbolism
📚Effects of book bans and history erasure
#2025pit #F #A #RF #ownvoice #bipocFMC
🌙Night witches vs Day witches
⛓️Captured FMC
❤️Enemies to forbidden lovers
🫱🏼🫲🏼The weak many vs the powerful few
🌿Nature based symbolism
📚Effects of book bans and history erasure
#2025pit #F #A #RF #ownvoice #bipocFMC
January 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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SHADOW AND BONE x ACOTAR
When Keira's sister is captured by a shape-shifting immortal, her fate intertwines with the God of Light to rescue her; but an ancient darkness grows within Keira, and she must choose between stopping those who seek to harness it or saving those she loves #2025Pit #RM #A #F
When Keira's sister is captured by a shape-shifting immortal, her fate intertwines with the God of Light to rescue her; but an ancient darkness grows within Keira, and she must choose between stopping those who seek to harness it or saving those she loves #2025Pit #RM #A #F
January 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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#2025pit #A #F
*Loose Alice in Wonderland Retelling*
When Brooklyn native Katya's pursuit of her missing twin leads to a dangerous and fantastical city- she enlists a guarded Detective for help, as they both struggle with the only truth they can agree on: loving people is a losing game.
*Loose Alice in Wonderland Retelling*
When Brooklyn native Katya's pursuit of her missing twin leads to a dangerous and fantastical city- she enlists a guarded Detective for help, as they both struggle with the only truth they can agree on: loving people is a losing game.
January 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Reposted by Christina Loi
When Larkin discovers she’s pregnant after a very out-of-character one-night stand with a man who turns out to be the Greek god Apollo, she must face monsters, vengeful gods, & most terrifyingly, her feelings for Apollo to protect herself & her unborn child.
#2025pit #A #R #RM #F #LGBTQIA #ace
#2025pit #A #R #RM #F #LGBTQIA #ace
January 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Reposted by Christina Loi
Reposted by Christina Loi
Candy has hidden her unique ability to shift between male and female her whole life, now she has the government hunting her for the one thing she can’t hide, her skin color. As she dodges the labs, she’s starting to wonder if humanity’s future is more important than her own.
#2025pit #YA #Q #SF #D
#2025pit #YA #Q #SF #D
January 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
THE POPPY WAR X EMILY WILDE’S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAERIES
Can a young woman -aided by her house goblin friend and Chinese guardian amulet- rescue her seven brothers trapped under a spell before her arranged marriage to a complete stranger?
#2025pit #A #NA #F #retelling #groundedfantasy #cosyfantasy
Can a young woman -aided by her house goblin friend and Chinese guardian amulet- rescue her seven brothers trapped under a spell before her arranged marriage to a complete stranger?
#2025pit #A #NA #F #retelling #groundedfantasy #cosyfantasy
January 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
THE POPPY WAR X EMILY WILDE’S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAERIES
Can a young woman -aided by her house goblin friend and Chinese guardian amulet- rescue her seven brothers trapped under a spell before her arranged marriage to a complete stranger?
#2025pit #A #NA #F #retelling #groundedfantasy #cosyfantasy
Can a young woman -aided by her house goblin friend and Chinese guardian amulet- rescue her seven brothers trapped under a spell before her arranged marriage to a complete stranger?
#2025pit #A #NA #F #retelling #groundedfantasy #cosyfantasy
HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE x THORN
Olivet hates her ability to “hear” stories to life almost as much as arrogant Trevethyn, but when his mistold tale wakes wildmagic and toadifies him & her sister, Olivet must use her curse to break theirs before nature itself unravels.
#2025pit #A #F #retelling
Olivet hates her ability to “hear” stories to life almost as much as arrogant Trevethyn, but when his mistold tale wakes wildmagic and toadifies him & her sister, Olivet must use her curse to break theirs before nature itself unravels.
#2025pit #A #F #retelling
January 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE x THORN
Olivet hates her ability to “hear” stories to life almost as much as arrogant Trevethyn, but when his mistold tale wakes wildmagic and toadifies him & her sister, Olivet must use her curse to break theirs before nature itself unravels.
#2025pit #A #F #retelling
Olivet hates her ability to “hear” stories to life almost as much as arrogant Trevethyn, but when his mistold tale wakes wildmagic and toadifies him & her sister, Olivet must use her curse to break theirs before nature itself unravels.
#2025pit #A #F #retelling
sometimes the words come easily, and sometimes you have to coax them out with treats just like you do when potty training a feral two year old. #obligatoryfoodpic #amwriting #whateverittakes
January 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
sometimes the words come easily, and sometimes you have to coax them out with treats just like you do when potty training a feral two year old. #obligatoryfoodpic #amwriting #whateverittakes
I woke up on New Years to my first query rejection of 2025 (“exciting premise/not quite the right fit/etc”) which means the only way to go is up!
#thinkpositive #justkeepswimming #WritingCommunity
#thinkpositive #justkeepswimming #WritingCommunity
January 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I woke up on New Years to my first query rejection of 2025 (“exciting premise/not quite the right fit/etc”) which means the only way to go is up!
#thinkpositive #justkeepswimming #WritingCommunity
#thinkpositive #justkeepswimming #WritingCommunity
3 kids powered up on matcha and milk tea, 2 parents with none… what could possibly go wrong?
#mistakesweremade
#holidaymishaps
#mistakesweremade
#holidaymishaps
December 25, 2024 at 10:44 PM
3 kids powered up on matcha and milk tea, 2 parents with none… what could possibly go wrong?
#mistakesweremade
#holidaymishaps
#mistakesweremade
#holidaymishaps
#queryingreflections 2024:
“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step out onto the road & if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you’ll be swept off to.”
(I’m not yet where I hope to be, but I’m not where I was, & that is an exciting thought.)
“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step out onto the road & if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you’ll be swept off to.”
(I’m not yet where I hope to be, but I’m not where I was, & that is an exciting thought.)
December 18, 2024 at 2:18 AM
#queryingreflections 2024:
“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step out onto the road & if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you’ll be swept off to.”
(I’m not yet where I hope to be, but I’m not where I was, & that is an exciting thought.)
“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step out onto the road & if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you’ll be swept off to.”
(I’m not yet where I hope to be, but I’m not where I was, & that is an exciting thought.)
me: burbling with excitement as I start on the suggestions for the opening pages trickling in from beta readers.
my characters further on in the WIP, dumped mid-argument
my characters further on in the WIP, dumped mid-argument
Travolta Mem GIF
ALT: Travolta Mem GIF
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December 16, 2024 at 12:31 PM
me: burbling with excitement as I start on the suggestions for the opening pages trickling in from beta readers.
my characters further on in the WIP, dumped mid-argument
my characters further on in the WIP, dumped mid-argument
I’m prepping my 1st chapters of my new WIP for some amazing beta reader friends (not all heroes wear capes) so OF COURSE I’m completely rewriting the opening page at the very last minute before hitting send.
#amwriting #amediting #amquestioningmylifechoices
#amwriting #amediting #amquestioningmylifechoices
December 13, 2024 at 12:36 PM
I’m prepping my 1st chapters of my new WIP for some amazing beta reader friends (not all heroes wear capes) so OF COURSE I’m completely rewriting the opening page at the very last minute before hitting send.
#amwriting #amediting #amquestioningmylifechoices
#amwriting #amediting #amquestioningmylifechoices