First of, thank you for everyone who took the time to to provide The questions for the Q&A!

Sorry it took me so long. December had a turbulent start 😫

ANYWAY

1+2#

Since those questions cover the same thing. I will put them together.

What inspired me to write this story? SPITE AND THE NEED FOR INDULGENCE!!!

I have a personal connection with reincarnation due to my personal experience as an infant/child and my interest in spiritualism. I see that the Isekai genre has great potential, but I'm so tired of this genre with the same themes. Over. And over. So I decided to write Ars Nova to subvert this genre by inverting some typical themes. Like the fact, the fantasy setting is almost always Medieval Europe in Design or Area. Main Characters in general. Elements. Cultures. Races. Love. Genders and the like.

My Valkyrie on the other hand came from my love for the Valkyries in Norse Mythology and my burnout in 2023. I had the desire to write something heartwarming and try to be bolder in writing and evolve in my skills. This story is a great experience field for me WHICH I LOVE SO SO MUCH. The ideas and lore I'm cooking up 😳

The ideas I get for my stories are always inspired by media or what my head is currently spinning for the available genres. Like how Ars Nova was inspired by what I wish to see in fantasy while My Valkyrie has a lot about diving into slow and spicier scenes and research of Norse Mythology.

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My advice for writers is, well, from my own experience, write out your first ideas and don’t despair about how bad they first sound or feel like. My first story idea had Sci-Fi and romance tropes where I was at the end like “WHY DID I WRITE THIS!?”

I once gave up on writing but came back stronger than ever. It’s always an up and down. You sit on a ship and have sometimes exciting waves, calm winds with not much happening, or just storms that try to sink you, but it’s all possible to weather them and find port. To me, trying to stick to your ship, would be the best advice. It might not always work out how you want. Others might find the treasures you seek, but you can or might find awards of your own. Persistence here really is key… something I still have to learn. We all struggle with this craft. Some people more and some less, or some just differently.

3#

I did some research on how I should name this race in my story. They have animal features that make them either less or more human-like. The word derives from therianthropy. So I formed the word therianthrope, which apparently is a commonly used one too for this race, oops 🤣

4# ASKED FOR ARS NOVA.

This, well, ehhhhhhh

Maybe?

Fun fact, originally I planned a much faster end for the Lotte and Liara chapters, but chickened out because I wanted to give them more story room for indulgence sake. So yeah, a decisive Maybe.

5#

Oh boi, here we go. I'm terrible with celebrities, so I have NO CLUE for many of my characters.

But I have at least for two.

Cylia from Ars Nova should be portrayed by Valkyrae. If you have seen the hair redesign I commissioned for Cylia, you will see that I kinda used her as a reference. (Especially for the hair) I'm weak.

Maya from My Valkyrie. I have an idea for this. Leah Jeffries who will play Annabeth for the Percy Jackson Series. Still a teen, I know. But maybe as an adult! My hopes are high and up. (And I'm a PJO Fan. SUE ME D: )

If any of you have any suggestions. Please lemme know!