Zhilan Ridge is a pseudonym for two siblings who love writing and drawing fantasy and realistic fiction stories. We are Chinese adoptees and we post our collaborative creative pieces on Wattpad as @zhi_ridge. You may find us separately as Darcy Ridge and Hunter Fawkes.
Darcy is genderfluid and Darcy's pronouns are they/them while Hunter Fawkes is female and uses she/her pronouns.
What do we write?
We write novellas, short stories, poems, screenplays, and comics. We also draw digital and traditional art pieces. Our storytelling usually revolves around family.
Our stories tend to take place in one of three different places. The first place is Tranquila, which is a planet inhabited by ren (fictional humanoid beings) and dragons. The second place is Keldar, which is a planet that ferfs and derfs call home. Finally, our stories can take place on Earth in a town created by Darcy called Buchtton.
Where do we post our writing?
We post our writing on Wattpad, on Tumblr/Cohost, and under the "Stories" tab on our website. Our novellas will only be posted on Wattpad. Due to storage management, we can only post a limited amount of stories on our website. To read all of our stories, check out our Wattpad profile.
When do we post our writing?
We post our stories sporadically throughout the year. You can follow us on Tumblr/Cohost to find out when we have a new story available.
Why do we write together?
We write together in order to explore ideas and concepts that we wouldn't have normally come up with on our own. For instance, the story "Mary's Box," was the brainchild of Hunter Fawkes, but Darcy wrote the story even though it's a story that Darcy would not have considered writing without Hunter's influence.
How do we collaborate on stories?
There are three ways that Darcy and Hunter collaborate on stories. The first way is that they brainstorm the story together and then one of them writes it. The second way is that Darcy simply writes a story that takes place on Keldar or Tranquila. Finally, the third way is that Darcy writes a story inspired by a drawing that Hunter created. Currently, the second way is the main way we share stories as Hunter is not active anymore leaving Darcy to manage all of the Zhilan Ridge accounts.