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Rory Potter
@roryqpotter.bsky.social
Trying to survive in a world that would rather see me dead than happy.
Writer, Artist, Ax Thrower, Gamer
They/Them
Word Count: 1,689

Chapter 5 complete and the tension is BUILDING in this slow burn.
December 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Holy SHIT!! I wrote 2,366 words for a scene I haven’t even gotten to yet in my book.

People are going to cry when they read it, I just KNOW it!!
November 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Word count: 1,537 for a pre-written scene that will be inserted later.

How is it that I learned more about my characters in a pre-written smut scene than I have writing about them for the past year?
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I feel like the Catholic school to hardcore romance smut author pipeline should be studied.

Source: Went to Catholic school, now I’m writing my first romance book with smut in it.
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
355 words for the main story today, and 512 for a scene I pre-wrote for the climax of the book.
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Word count: 942 words.

Let the misunderstandings commence!!
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Most of my writing today was an outline in the form of a checklist of my plot.
November 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Word count today: 606 words

And I wrote it while dealing with a medication mistake
November 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Total words written: 1,017

Lots of dialogue and observations about patriarchy.
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The feminine urge to own one extravagant tiara that you never wear unless lounging at home and happy.
a woman is wearing a tiara and saying of course i do i 'm a princess and this is my tiara
ALT: a woman is wearing a tiara and saying of course i do i 'm a princess and this is my tiara
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November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Today’s word count: 1,185

I just needed to figure out the direction of the scene I was writing to really get in there. A lot of tomorrow will be reformatting as a result.
November 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Total words today: 870

Somehow, my side-characters keep having rich and 3-dimensional backstories.
November 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Total words written today: 428

I ended up having to say “Okay… we write the character’s panic attack TOMORROW.”
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
What I do desperately want to scream at my friends who don’t keep up with the news:

“YOU ARE AN ADULT!! THE NEWS SUCKS BECAUSE THE WORLD SUCKS!! STAY INFORMED OR BE IN DANGER OF LOSING IT ALL!!”
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Has anyone updated to Windows 11 yet? How bad is it?

I’ve been avoiding updating my computer because of all the horror stories, and now my ONLY options are ‘update & restart’ or ‘update & shut down’
November 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Happy Halloween!!

Make sure to follow the traditions of Samhein Sam will come for you.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Some days you don’t write a single word, you lose yourself in research to better tell the story you have in your mind.

Today, I’ve been binge-watching documentaries about the Regency period to better inform myself of etiquette and political drama of the time.
a man is covering his face with his hands and the words regency high five are visible behind him
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October 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
People don’t tell you that writing a book isn’t just splurging onto a page. A lot of it is sitting in silent contemplation of what direction a scene should take.
October 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Teaser of my next drawing featuring: Farrah Fawcet spray next to a bong on a bookshelf.
October 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Sometimes I have to watch something historical to regain faith in what democracy is supposed to be, how the founding fathers wanted the United States governed, and how we’ve fought since to expand the rights to everyone in our country.

Lately, that something has been John Adams with Paul Giamaty.
a man sitting at a desk with the words good day sir written below him
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October 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Just finished a hand anatomy study
October 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Sometimes you need to go back to the basics and simply do some anatomy studies.
October 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Here, we see my rosemary, my 2 garlic, and my air plant.
October 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Sometimes as a writer, you have to remind yourself that you chose this subject, so you have to follow through INCLUDING the bits you always hate writing.
October 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM