#WordWeavers 1 Jun. Let your MC introduce themselves.

Call me Rook. Or Alana, if I trust you. I don't trust you. House de Riva, Antivan Crows. You know what we do. If I told you any more I'd have to - well, let's leave it at that, hey?

Oh, and apparently it's Pride Month in your world, why isn't that every month? Anyway, support trans rights, or expect a visit from the Crows. 🗡️

#AlanaDeRiva

Reading an agenda for a work meeting, and it refers to people shadowing other teaching sessions, so far so normal. But what does it choose to call them? Fkn "Shadow People".

There's a bullet point called "updates on the Shadow People".

Folks, am I about to get pulled into the shadow realm?

Throwback to Whitby Abbey for a Sunday photo, because why not? It's pretty and gothy and I kinda wish I was there today!

New Chapter Alert!

We're finally getting some vampires in this vampire story, and Alana gets their slayer vibe on. Enjoy chapter three of The Scarlet Thread over on AO3:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/83046491/chapters/226632866

#AlanaDeRiva #NeveGallus #VeilguardFanfic #DragonAge #WritingCommunity

So, my "sex" is now legally male according to the EHRC but female on my NHS record??

Trans women are women and no scientifically illiterate bigoted legal document is going to change that.

But for now, here's a link to getting a radar key to use disabled toilets, which remain gender neutral.

https://shop.disabilityrightsuk.org/products/radar-key

Being trans in the uk: a short tale of two cultures.

Go to shop for snax, notice horrific transphobia on the newspaper front pages.

Buy snax, go to till. Older cashier lady gives a big smile and calls me "love" and "sweetheart" the whole time we're chatting as she's pricing my stuffs.

The media wants to make it look like everyone hates us. The truth is most ppl are actually just fine with trans ppl existing and getting on with our lives.

Don't believe the lies.

#WordWeavers 16 May: Would your WIP still work if you changed the gender of your MC?

Autocorrect tried that once, swapping Alana for Alan.

Alan the assassin doesn't have quite the same vibe.

And Alana was deeply unimpressed.

Chapter 2 of my Veilguard fic, The Scarlet Thread, is up on AO3!

Neve investigates a similarity between this case and a story she heard at the docks, and finds a chilling message:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/83046491/chapters/224118086

#VeilguardFanfic #DragonAge #AlanaDeRiva #NeveGallus

Neve Gallus and Alana de Riva are settling into their new life together after the events of Veilguard. When a Venatori informant turns up dead, completely drained of blood, Rana Savas calls on the pair to investigate.

Read chapter one of my new fanfic The Scarlet Thread on AO3!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/83046491/chapters/218685771

#AlanaDeRiva #DragonAge #VeilguardFanfic #DragonAgeFanfiction #FanficFriday #WritingCommunity