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Ithel Lovik @ The Quiet
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they/them | mid-20s | author of the web serial Red Sodom & upcoming novel Twilight's Edge | mainly into SFF 🏳️‍⚧️♿️🏳️‍🌈 art: sardonicdoll.bsky.social
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Ithel Lovik @ The Quiet @ithel-lovik.bsky.social · Jul 28
📌 intro post

autistic/disabled + queer author in my mid-20s working on a post-apocalyptic horror web serial and a dark romantasy tale that i plan to publish one way or another, i'm not consistent with social media but i shall try my best!

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130k word draft done, the first book i've ever finished writing in my 10+ years of trying to write one. time to see if i can get it down to 100k for submission 🙏🏻

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August 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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TE vs. Romantasy Tropes (1/4)

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August 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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the problem with TE is it contains a lot of tropes that i didn't even know were overdone in the fantasy romance genre until it was too late, but that also made me more committed to attempting to explore these tropes in a more interesting way/with more depth

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August 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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more excerpts 🫣🫣

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Two Ellipsus excerpts. The first reads: She follows it through with her hand on his chest, ignoring the viscerally unpleasant buzzing sensation she gets from his shadows making contact with her body, and uses her foot planted into the ground for enough leverage to shove him off of his feet entirely. She topples forward with him as the shadows waft off of his body, revealing the man-like appearance underneath. While his back hits the dirt of the training yard, she stops herself with her knees to remain kneeling above him while he lies splayed on the ground. The blunt wooden blade of her sword whips around to press firmly against his throat. A tense silence fills the air as her chest heaves with gasping breath. "Got you," she says between gasps of air. The aching in her joints and muscles sap any actual satisfaction out of her words. The second continues from the last, reading: Luthias stares up at her from his vulnerable position on the ground. At first, the empty expression on his face has her half-convinced that this is the moment the switch flips and he reveals himself for what he truly is, and proves the 'I can't harm you' thing is a lie. Instead, the blackness drains out of his eyes and a smile spreads across his lips. What shines in the reflections across his eyes is something different than smugness or delight in her fear. ...hope? That notion puzzles her. "Well done." He doesn't sound exasperated in the slightest when he says it, but something else in his voice makes her heart flutter for just a moment.
August 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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some quick aesthetic boards for TE, partially for my own inspiration ✨

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August 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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ellipsus excerpt tool is neat 🖤

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August 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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when i say "i'm trying to do something different" and someone replies this "you're trying to be too different, like a pick-me (sic)" i think that comes from a misunderstanding of fiction writing as a craft 🪡

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August 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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made an intro post for IG 🖤

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August 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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as of a few days ago TE (faerie subversive-ish dark romantasy WIP) officially reached over 100k words, which is the most i've ever done for a writing project without "restarting" 🎉

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August 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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very annoying thing about being an author with chronic illness that results in fatigue and brain fog is the foggy days making my writing skills so inconsistent, especially when i'm so close to having this draft finished 😔

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August 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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🩸 Red Sodom: 2-2 is now up to read on wordpress & elsewhere: redsodom.wordpress.com

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Screenshot of an excerpt that reads as follows: "Mikael," the woman says, her voice becoming firm again. "Lower it." The man with the gun jerks his head sideways to look at her. "Are you serious?" "They're likely in shock and that's not going to make it any better. If they were going to turn, it would've happened long before now." Turn? Mikael returns his attention to Sira, wordlessly observing them for a few more seconds. Then, he takes a step back and does as he's told, rather reluctantly, but keeps his firearm ready in his hands. Most of his face might be hidden, but Sira feels his glare on their skin like a nasty burn. A book cover with a red and white color scheme. The title "Red Sodom" is at the top in an embossed serif font with a red gradient and white border. The author name "Ithel Lovik" is at the bottom in an embossed sans serif font with red gradient and a white border. The central image is a drawing of a moth in a red-and-black gradient against a red-stained backdrop.
August 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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🩸 Red Sodom: 2-1 is now up to read on wordpress & elsewhere: redsodom.wordpress.com

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A screenshot of an excerpt that reads as follows: "If they were entirely still, he could've mistaken the person sitting atop the pile of dusty store products for a corpse. Androgynous. Skin drained of almost all color. Pale eyes, gaunt features, and a short, disheveled head of hair that is somehow even lighter in shade than the rest of them. Twig-like arms and legs that likely shake not only from the terror of what just happened, but from difficulty supporting the weight of their body. The person stares back at him with wide eyes that are full of panic, mixed with only a small hint of relief, and bordered by deep purple rings. They don't speak or move a muscle, other than their chest heaving for air and the persistent tremble of their limbs. With so much of them smeared in dirt and dust, it wouldn't surprise him if it turns out they just dug themself out of their own grave. It's a miracle how someone in this state managed to evade the phantoms at all." A book cover with a red and white color scheme. The title "Red Sodom" is at the top in an embossed serif font with a red gradient and white border. The author name "Ithel Lovik" is at the bottom in an embossed sans serif font with red gradient and a white border. The central image is a drawing of a moth in a red-and-black gradient against a red-stained backdrop.
August 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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🩸 Red Sodom: 1-2 is now up to read on wordpress & elsewhere: redsodom.wordpress.com/2025/06/25/c...

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Chapter excerpt that reads as follows: She snaps herself out of it with a shake of her head. The gaze of everyone in the room follows her as she straightens, her chin held high. "Technically, we have standing orders to help any survivors, so that's what we're going to do." Lionel's eyes widen even more behind his helmet's visor, so much so that Mikael pictures them popping out of their sockets. "Since when have 'survivors' been a thing in like, the past decade at most? We should contact the captain first." This grates more on Mikael's ears than anything else that has rolled out of his colleague's mouth in the past couple of months, but he takes the strong desire to sock Lionel in the face and tightly locks it away. Better to direct that energy toward the task at hand. A book cover with a red and white color scheme. The title "Red Sodom" is at the top in an embossed serif font with a red gradient and white border. The author name "Ithel Lovik" is at the bottom in an embossed sans serif font with red gradient and a white border. The central image is a drawing of a moth in a red-and-black gradient against a red-stained backdrop.
July 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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🩸 over 75k words drafted
💉 post-apocalyptic horror
🩸 nb (they/them) protagonist
💉 eldritch monsters
🩸 themes of trauma, identity, & relationships
💉 slow-burn romantic subplot
🩸 "came back wrong"

updates are currently on a bi-weekly schedule: redsodom.wordpress.com

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A book cover with a red and white color scheme. The title "Red Sodom" is at the top in an embossed serif font with a red gradient and white border. The author name "Ithel Lovik" is at the bottom in an embossed sans serif font with red gradient and a white border. The central image is a drawing of a moth in a red-and-black gradient against a red-stained backdrop.
July 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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🩸 Red Sodom: 1-1 is now up to read on wordpress & elsewhere: redsodom.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/c...

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A screenshot of a chapter snippet that reads as follows: All around Sira are high walls of dark stone and a cavernous ceiling that stretches above. The floor is several feet beneath them, their body lying across a raised platform in the center of the room. None of that is what bothers them. What does, are the things that stretch across the floor and crawl up towards the ceiling. They’re shaped almost like vines – or veins. Veins might be more fitting. They’re a dark shade of red, lack any leaves, and are otherwise lacking traits that indicate a place in the natural world. The growths twist and weave their way through the cracks and curves in the stonework like an infection. Looking at them for too long makes the pain in Sira’s head much, much worse. A book cover with a red and white color scheme. The title "Red Sodom" is at the top in an embossed serif font with a red gradient and white border. The author name "Ithel Lovik" is at the bottom in an embossed sans serif font with red gradient and a white border. The central image is a drawing of a moth in a red-and-black gradient against a red-stained backdrop.
July 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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my self-made cover for Red Sodom is one i'm honestly a little proud of but i think i would still want a cover artist to take a crack at it at some point 🩸

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A book cover with a red and whire color scheme. The title "Red Sodom" is at the top in an embossed serif font with a red gradient and white border. The author name "Ithel Lovik" is at the bottom in an embossed sans serif font with red gradient and a white border. The central image is a drawing of a moth in a red-and-black gradient against a red-stained backdrop.
July 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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very simple cover that i put together for Twilight's Edge so it can go on Wattpad and elsewhere, i can't wait to be able to commission an artist (other than myself) to do nice covers for me 🤞🏻

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A rudimentary book cover featuring a close-up of black bird feathers. The title text in a fancy font in the center reads "Twilight's Edge." The author's name at the top is "Ithel Lovik" in serif font and the tagline at the bottom is "A Dark Romantasy," also in serif font.
July 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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📌 intro post

autistic/disabled + queer author in my mid-20s working on a post-apocalyptic horror web serial and a dark romantasy tale that i plan to publish one way or another, i'm not consistent with social media but i shall try my best!

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July 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM