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Rauni Reivonen - swords and mages and gays, oh my!
@takatalvi.bsky.social
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Writer of queer fantasy romance with all the angst, no fade to black 😈
🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 they/them. Autistic & other ND/MH stuff. Translator (Zh,Fi,Sv,Fr>En), library minion. Metalhead, trail runner.
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Rauni Reivonen - swords and mages and gays, oh my! @takatalvi.bsky.social · Jun 5
Links to things! 🧵
1) IN THY NAME - m/m dark fantasy romance - read for free on Wattpad!
Two men from opposite ends of a brutal caste system powered by dark magic - to be together, they will have to change the world.
#amwriting #LGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈
www.wattpad.com/story/371417...
In Thy Name - Rauni Reivonen - WattpadWpReadWpRead
An mxm dark fantasy romance. Two men separated by magic and caste--can they cross the line? (And save the world while they're at it?) The slowest of slow burns...
www.wattpad.com
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I may or may not have written a 1200 word scene that doesn’t actually happen 😙😈😁 But it was fun and it helped me make a lot of words quickly! 😄
#amwriting #DarkDreams #NovemberWriting #writingcommunity
The last thing he remembered before he fell asleep was Kiran tenderly kissing his nose and saying, “I’ve got you, Your Highness.”
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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You know your minor characters are coming to life when you start thinking about what they’re doing/thinking/feeling after they leave the scene 😄
#amwriting #DarkDreams #NovemberWriting #writesky
(And poor Kiran goes back to his room and curls up thinking, what am I doing, I almost made a move on His Highness, what an idiot I am)
November 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
takatalvi.bsky.social
I'm so behind on my "Patreon post every day in November" challenge, but I did post a few free snips since the last chat. These are from #Nomads:
Making up from the fight www.patreon.com/posts/30-day...
The turning point (NSFW!) www.patreon.com/posts/novemb...
#QueerWritersChat #amwriting #LGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈⚔️💘
November 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Not so far in #DarkDreams 😄 But the part I previously drafted spans about a week (in great detail. It's inteeense) & I guess it just happens to be a week with no holidays 😄 The mood is very dark & heavy & "something bad is going to happen," so.. a holiday would ruin the vibe.
#QueerWritersChat
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
takatalvi.bsky.social
My family's root vegetable casserole (shredded potatoes, turnip, carrot, rutabaga, etc..). Lots of cream is what makes it delicious. Finnish food at its finest 😄🤪
#QueerWritersChat
November 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
takatalvi.bsky.social
Hi! I'm Rauni (they/them). I finished drafting #Nomads on Monday, so now I'm working on rewriting my very dark, gay Little Mermaid retelling #DarkDreams.
Rewriting a handwritten book is..interesting, and not recommended for making a lot of words during #NovemberWriting.
#QueerWritersChat #amwriting
Two open notebooks next to each other, top to bottom; the pages visible are almost completely full of handwriting, the bottom notebook full of notes referencing the top notebook. A BIC pen, a blue highlighter, an orange Post-it pad with writing on it and the corner of a tablet keyboard are also in the frame, as well as some clutter
November 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
takatalvi.bsky.social
And now, it's time to change tracks completely & switch to working on #DarkDreams. Unfortunately I have to force my one-track mind onto that new track today, very soon, cause I still need to make about 1300 words today 🫤

#amwriting #NovemberWriting #writesky #writingcommunity
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Oh yeah, and yesterday I was 300 words short when I thought I was done- so I had to charge ahead with the Castle Caran scene, wrote 2633 words & made the 2nd side peak on my #NovemberWriting mountain 😆
#amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity
Nomads, and hopefully rewriting Dark Dreams Daily work My word count graph, which is supposed to rise steadily until the middle of the month, then go down again; but now there are two spikes on the left (ascending) side Overall progress Current state: 11,486 words
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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I will be looking for #betareaders eventually, so anyone interested in reading a #queer #fantasyromance story w/ a lot of wilderness survival, a little bit of fighting & 2 very broken ppl trying to find their way in a broken world, feel free to throw your hat in the ring
#amwriting #writesky
takatalvi.bsky.social Rauni Reivonen - swords and mages and gays, oh my! @takatalvi.bsky.social · 5d
The draft of #Nomads is DOOOONE!
29,967 words. Not all during #NovemberWriting. Includes some scenes that won't be used.*
I can't give you the last line, cause it's spoilers, but here's a bit near the end that's suitably cryptic 😈
#amwriting #writesky #queerbooksky #fantasy #romance #LGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💘⚔️❤️‍🔥
A glowing flush crept up Ubet’s face, a mirror of Mongke’s swell of pleasure earlier, and Mongke realized he was still holding Ubet’s hand, the one that held the string of beads. “Would you make one for me? Can you?” “I can. It’s not the sword demons’ magic. It’s an older art.” They finally raised their gaze to him, aurulent eyes glinting with a mischievous gleam. “And why do you want one?”
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
takatalvi.bsky.social
I am gonna keep the songs about "adventure" and "freedom" at the end of the #Nomads soundtrack, but the actual ending is more like this 😁
#amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity

youtu.be/kWHPPMcHoLk?...
VOLBEAT "I Only Wanna Be With You" (Official Video)
YouTube video by Mascot Records
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November 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
takatalvi.bsky.social
The draft of #Nomads is DOOOONE!
29,967 words. Not all during #NovemberWriting. Includes some scenes that won't be used.*
I can't give you the last line, cause it's spoilers, but here's a bit near the end that's suitably cryptic 😈
#amwriting #writesky #queerbooksky #fantasy #romance #LGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💘⚔️❤️‍🔥
A glowing flush crept up Ubet’s face, a mirror of Mongke’s swell of pleasure earlier, and Mongke realized he was still holding Ubet’s hand, the one that held the string of beads. “Would you make one for me? Can you?” “I can. It’s not the sword demons’ magic. It’s an older art.” They finally raised their gaze to him, aurulent eyes glinting with a mischievous gleam. “And why do you want one?”
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
takatalvi.bsky.social
So, at about 28k… #Nomads might be almost done 😲

#amwriting #NovemberWriting #writesky #queerbooksky
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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And my fave line(s) from today:

#amwriting #Nomads #NovemberWriting #fantasy #romance #LGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️⚔️💘❤️‍🔥
And Mongke didn’t want to ask, didn’t want to know. If Ubet was leading him into some sort of trap, he would ride into it with his head held high, and if Ubet’s kisses and caresses were lies, he would believe them until the end, would drink them up, would drown in them. He knew he could not escape from Ubet even if he tried.
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Last line from today's writing:

As he neared Ubet, however, he slowed. Ubet wasn’t going anywhere—they were slightly crouched so that the water covered most of their chest, only head and shoulders above the water, their dark hair billowing around them.

#amwriting #Nomads #NovemberWriting 💘❤️‍🔥🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
November 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
takatalvi.bsky.social
This part of #Nomads is so self-indulgent 😆 The 1st half was 20k words of slogging thru the wilderness with some subtexty stuff that slowly came closer to the surface - and now it’s like, let’s have all the fun scenes! 😆
#amwriting #romance 💘🏳️‍🌈❤️‍🔥 #writesky #queerbooksky
November 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
takatalvi.bsky.social
I have been making this wordcount thing way too complicated 😄 All I have to do is compare today's file with yesterday's, and the diff is today's wc.
(I'm writing in my email, but every day I copy the whole thing to a Word doc & save it to my computer & the cloud)
#amwriting #NovemberWriting #Nomads
November 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
takatalvi.bsky.social
This dark night of the soul really isn't that dark - which I kind of figured once I wrote the scene that happens at Castle Caran. Of which I'm glad, bc M&U have suffered so much, I didn't want to put them thru the kind of pain I originally envisioned. I just want them to be happy.
#amwriting #Nomads
November 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
takatalvi.bsky.social
So, um...there's a lot of sex in this story. Like way more than I expected. (And getting a little kinky too 😈)
These two need to stop doing it so we can move ahead with whatever the plot is supposed to be.

#amwriting #Nomads #writesky #queerbooksy #romance 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💘❤️‍🔥🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 AM
takatalvi.bsky.social
1) I finally got to my favorite line of the whole story 😈

*Crack!* A pebble landed on the stone beside him. He turned.

Ubet stood there naked and dripping, dark as shadow, one side glistening with starlight, the other burnished by the last light of the sun.

#amwriting #Nomads #writesky #LGBTQ 💘
takatalvi.bsky.social Rauni Reivonen - swords and mages and gays, oh my! @takatalvi.bsky.social · 9d
Today is a fun one 😄 Yes, I reached the midpoint, the turning pt, yesterday, but today I'm working on a much more extended scene once M&U reach the first oasis 😈

#amwriting #Nomads #NovemberWriting #writesky #queerbooksky #LGBTQ #fantasy #romance 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💘🌴🏊‍♂️❤️‍🔥😈🌶️🌶️🌶️
The whole time he could feel Ubet's gaze, not quite watching and not quite not watching. It set his whole body abuzz. By the time he left the water, the western cliffs aflame with the just-set sun, he was fully ready.
November 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Kicking off tonight's writing music. I love this song so much 🥰🥰🥰
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLfC...

#amwriting #Nomads #powermetal #writesky #romance 💘
Little Flower
YouTube video by Dawn Of Destiny - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:17 AM
takatalvi.bsky.social
Today is a fun one 😄 Yes, I reached the midpoint, the turning pt, yesterday, but today I'm working on a much more extended scene once M&U reach the first oasis 😈

#amwriting #Nomads #NovemberWriting #writesky #queerbooksky #LGBTQ #fantasy #romance 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💘🌴🏊‍♂️❤️‍🔥😈🌶️🌶️🌶️
The whole time he could feel Ubet's gaze, not quite watching and not quite not watching. It set his whole body abuzz. By the time he left the water, the western cliffs aflame with the just-set sun, he was fully ready.
November 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Yesterday #Nomads surpassed 20K AND reached the midpoint 😮
To celebrate, here's a free snip, of the midpoint scene no less 😈 www.patreon.com/posts/142995...
Some hints: a small tent, a cold night, huddling together for warmth.. 😈 NSFW!

#amwriting #writesky #queerbooksky #LGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈💘❤️‍🔥
November Writing - Nov. 5 (Nomads, 1059 words) - The midpoint!!! (FREE snip) | Rauni Reivonen
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November 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Ah, right! #NovemberWriting update time! Started up the mtn & surpassed my goal yesterday & today 😀

Last line from today:
He lay with his head pillowed on a cushion—what luxury—and bathed in the words that Ubet had said earlier.
(Ok, it’s sappy, so sue me!)

#amwriting #Nomads #writingcommunity
My word count graph on Pacemaker Nomads, and hopefully rewriting Dark Dreams Daily work Graph of the plan, which starts out low, climbs to just over 3,000 words per day, and then falls again toward the end of the month 11/2/25 Work you logged on this day: 524 Target quota for this day: 524 Overall progress Current state: 847 words Pacemaker.press
November 3, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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I posted the snip where they make up from this: www.patreon.com/posts/142683... (FREE!)

And I plan to post something on Patreon every day in November. That's the plan - I really hope I can do it!

#amwriting #Nomads #NovemberWriting #writesky #LGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💘⚔️
November 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Finally found this again at the end of the month, and ok, I'll bite (heheh) 😁😈
I have an obvious one for today's.. the Wolf from #BeauAndTheWolf certainly isn't human 😈🐺

#amwriting #Caulktober #queerbooksky #romance 🏳️‍🌈💘🐺🩸
The wolf - an anthropomorphic beast with wolf-like features - has his arm draped possessively over the shoulder of Beau, a young man with very curly hair, and stares at the viewer with a slight glare, as if to say, "MINE"
November 1, 2025 at 3:20 AM