Lingering Wanderer | writer on Royal Road & Tapas
@lingeringwanderer.bsky.social
Wannabe writer, cat lover, corporate slave
singaporean 🇸🇬
Author of Garden of Severed Wills
Read on Tapas: https://tapas.io/series/GoSW
Read on Royal Road: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/128131/garden-of-severed-wills
singaporean 🇸🇬
Author of Garden of Severed Wills
Read on Tapas: https://tapas.io/series/GoSW
Read on Royal Road: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/128131/garden-of-severed-wills
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Wanderer’s Lodge is where the Lingering Wanderer rests after publishing on Tapas and Royal Road. Here, you’ll find the hidden side paths: bonus short stories, behind-the-scenes musings, and other curi...
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Hello, I'm a Singaporean hobby writer! My first work, Garden of Severed Wills #GoSW is now on #Tapas and #RoyalRoad
Links to my work are in my bio! You can also check out my personal website: lingeringwanderer.work
This site includes bonus content and reflections I make in my journey!
Links to my work are in my bio! You can also check out my personal website: lingeringwanderer.work
This site includes bonus content and reflections I make in my journey!
Bad News, Have a Good Day is arguably the easiest short story I've written
Easier than the cat short stories
Why? Because I wrote my feelings into it.
I have... very complex feelings towards my parents. It's just... complicated and I probably need years to heal
Easier than the cat short stories
Why? Because I wrote my feelings into it.
I have... very complex feelings towards my parents. It's just... complicated and I probably need years to heal
November 10, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Bad News, Have a Good Day is arguably the easiest short story I've written
Easier than the cat short stories
Why? Because I wrote my feelings into it.
I have... very complex feelings towards my parents. It's just... complicated and I probably need years to heal
Easier than the cat short stories
Why? Because I wrote my feelings into it.
I have... very complex feelings towards my parents. It's just... complicated and I probably need years to heal
Just trying out something new hehe
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Just trying out something new hehe
recently bought a keyboard for my iPad, just something cheap to allow me to write without having to drag my heavy ass macbook pro
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
recently bought a keyboard for my iPad, just something cheap to allow me to write without having to drag my heavy ass macbook pro
I also went for Kim Yideum's talk about Feminism in Korean Literature. I nearly skipped it as there was an almost 2 hour gap between RF Kuang's and her panel discussion
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I also went for Kim Yideum's talk about Feminism in Korean Literature. I nearly skipped it as there was an almost 2 hour gap between RF Kuang's and her panel discussion
so....
I MET RF KUANG YESTERDAY AT SINGAPORE WRITERS FESTIVAL
GOT MY BOOK SIGNED
LISTENED TO HER SPEAK
I MET RF KUANG YESTERDAY AT SINGAPORE WRITERS FESTIVAL
GOT MY BOOK SIGNED
LISTENED TO HER SPEAK
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
so....
I MET RF KUANG YESTERDAY AT SINGAPORE WRITERS FESTIVAL
GOT MY BOOK SIGNED
LISTENED TO HER SPEAK
I MET RF KUANG YESTERDAY AT SINGAPORE WRITERS FESTIVAL
GOT MY BOOK SIGNED
LISTENED TO HER SPEAK
it's so easy to lapse into the rule of three even when it's not Dante's pov...
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 AM
it's so easy to lapse into the rule of three even when it's not Dante's pov...
I budget max for certain chapters HAHA like mental maxxing the action
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I budget max for certain chapters HAHA like mental maxxing the action
I took a certain direction with my story, and this can lead to a spectacular April fool's trick next year HAHAHA
November 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I took a certain direction with my story, and this can lead to a spectacular April fool's trick next year HAHAHA
bad decisions incoming on 7 November~
November 4, 2025 at 4:26 AM
bad decisions incoming on 7 November~
i follow league of legends esports and Chinese fans make me cackle with their roasts about their own teams
November 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
i follow league of legends esports and Chinese fans make me cackle with their roasts about their own teams
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When man is born,
At the root, he is good.
When Dante became a sorcerer, he could never bring himself to alter his father's memories.
At the root, he is good.
When Dante became a sorcerer, he could never bring himself to alter his father's memories.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
When man is born,
At the root, he is good.
When Dante became a sorcerer, he could never bring himself to alter his father's memories.
At the root, he is good.
When Dante became a sorcerer, he could never bring himself to alter his father's memories.
when i want to torture myself, i write a full chapter/short story in markdown on vscode.
it's the closest i can get to writing on a typewriter
but to be fair, i write my blog posts on vscode... hmm...
it's the closest i can get to writing on a typewriter
but to be fair, i write my blog posts on vscode... hmm...
October 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
when i want to torture myself, i write a full chapter/short story in markdown on vscode.
it's the closest i can get to writing on a typewriter
but to be fair, i write my blog posts on vscode... hmm...
it's the closest i can get to writing on a typewriter
but to be fair, i write my blog posts on vscode... hmm...
fark lah I forgot to propagate the edit changes to Tapas for Chapter 40
TYPO ERRORSSS
TYPO ERRORSSS
October 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
fark lah I forgot to propagate the edit changes to Tapas for Chapter 40
TYPO ERRORSSS
TYPO ERRORSSS
"New chapter out! New chapter out!" I screamed into the internet void.
Chapter 40: Masquerade Hotel is out on #RoyalRoad
royalroad.com/fiction/1281...
#writingcommunity #smallauthor #indie #writing
Chapter 40: Masquerade Hotel is out on #RoyalRoad
royalroad.com/fiction/1281...
#writingcommunity #smallauthor #indie #writing
Garden of Severed Wills
(Bad) summary: Boy eats crusty twin in utero, and is chosen to end all sorcery 18 years later
Real synopsis:
“Clothes maketh man, as do memories a lived man. Memories are the companions of man's soul;...
royalroad.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"New chapter out! New chapter out!" I screamed into the internet void.
Chapter 40: Masquerade Hotel is out on #RoyalRoad
royalroad.com/fiction/1281...
#writingcommunity #smallauthor #indie #writing
Chapter 40: Masquerade Hotel is out on #RoyalRoad
royalroad.com/fiction/1281...
#writingcommunity #smallauthor #indie #writing
grey and gray... i mix them up all the damn time
October 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
grey and gray... i mix them up all the damn time
Also dunno if yall noticed, Dante's inner voice (sometimes carries over to how he speaks) tends to speak robotically.
October 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Also dunno if yall noticed, Dante's inner voice (sometimes carries over to how he speaks) tends to speak robotically.
my partner is offline for the next 2 days, so im keeping myself entertained
i hope he doesnt see the excerpt tho oops
"eh what you writing again?" - probably his reaction
i hope he doesnt see the excerpt tho oops
"eh what you writing again?" - probably his reaction
October 26, 2025 at 7:56 AM
my partner is offline for the next 2 days, so im keeping myself entertained
i hope he doesnt see the excerpt tho oops
"eh what you writing again?" - probably his reaction
i hope he doesnt see the excerpt tho oops
"eh what you writing again?" - probably his reaction
Finally finished editing that short story I was meant to put up, had to iron out some timeline kinks and all
October 26, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Finally finished editing that short story I was meant to put up, had to iron out some timeline kinks and all
THE MAGIC NUMBER!!!!!!
October 24, 2025 at 2:19 AM
THE MAGIC NUMBER!!!!!!
I finished reading #Alchemised by Senlinyu
Holy hell, I had to put my phone down and walk around after that ending.
Holy hell, I had to put my phone down and walk around after that ending.
October 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I finished reading #Alchemised by Senlinyu
Holy hell, I had to put my phone down and walk around after that ending.
Holy hell, I had to put my phone down and walk around after that ending.
For the first time in ages, I have scheduled my chapters on both #Tapas and #RoyalRoad waaaay ahead of 27th October
#ihavebeatenprocrastinationfornow
#WritingCommunity #smallauthor
#ihavebeatenprocrastinationfornow
#WritingCommunity #smallauthor
October 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
For the first time in ages, I have scheduled my chapters on both #Tapas and #RoyalRoad waaaay ahead of 27th October
#ihavebeatenprocrastinationfornow
#WritingCommunity #smallauthor
#ihavebeatenprocrastinationfornow
#WritingCommunity #smallauthor
I make random references to art sometimes
For example, Chapter 27.3: The Absinthe Drinker, is a reference to a painting of the same name by Édouard Manet
For example, Chapter 27.3: The Absinthe Drinker, is a reference to a painting of the same name by Édouard Manet
October 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I make random references to art sometimes
For example, Chapter 27.3: The Absinthe Drinker, is a reference to a painting of the same name by Édouard Manet
For example, Chapter 27.3: The Absinthe Drinker, is a reference to a painting of the same name by Édouard Manet
also i don't vet the grammar on my posts here, just let me liveeee and be freeeeee
October 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
also i don't vet the grammar on my posts here, just let me liveeee and be freeeeee
Sometimes I shamelessly like some of my chapters on #Tapas because I genuinely enjoyed writing them
Just one or two, not everything haha
#writing #smallauthor #writingcommunity
Just one or two, not everything haha
#writing #smallauthor #writingcommunity
October 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Sometimes I shamelessly like some of my chapters on #Tapas because I genuinely enjoyed writing them
Just one or two, not everything haha
#writing #smallauthor #writingcommunity
Just one or two, not everything haha
#writing #smallauthor #writingcommunity