Jo Brience
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Jo Brience
@jobrience.bsky.social
SFF writer, artist, dicemaker, cosplayer, mythological creature, social justice viking. WIP. Queer. She/her. Hope is like the sun.
Dice and/or whatever are available at cosmictidestudios.etsy.com
Honestly, I'm usually an enthusiastic outliner (and it ABSOLUTELY counts as work). This one is a challenge because its original form was heavily vibes-based, and getting into the headspace to rewrite it is pushing me back into that discovery place. But it actually requires planning to work, so
November 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The rampage was basically the whole point when I slammed out the zero draft in 2020! But I also thought, back then, that it was a "just for me" sort of project, and now I think it has a lot of potential for an audience. Just needs the front half to work with the back half.
November 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I'm outlining tonight, which makes me feel like a goober compared to all the words I've written this month, but I decided to count it because it's important to maintain forward movement in the first (non-rampage) part of this book
November 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I did it??? this coffee shop is magical??? I can NEVER come here except to write, this is too sacred
November 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
adopted. hashtagged. no notes.
November 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
and i DID
November 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I'm sitting down at the coffee shop across the street with something called a blackberry swirl latte to hammer out some words. I'd like to crack 2k for today's session if I can.
November 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
1200 down, sitting down for the final stretch now. I always over-schedule myself on Nov 1 but I am d o i n g i t
November 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Most often, it's a worldbuilding element that I let stew for months or years before I uncover the story I want to tell in that world. If not that, it's character.

That said, thinking about what I'm working on now, it was a moment when my oppositional reflex kicked in re: a super shitty movie I saw.
October 26, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Unbelievably excited for this! I, too, am rewriting a zero draft
October 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM