“How the heartaches come and they go and the scars they’re leavin’, you’ll be dancing once again and the pain will end. You will have no time for grieving.” ❤️🩹❤️🎂🥳🎈🎁
Happy Birthday 29th, Simon Snow.
I’ll always be grateful for meeting him and growing older with him. I already turned 30, and my last tweeties were the best. I felt so good in my skin and loved. I wish the same for my boy.
If I ever do write another Simon Snow book, I'm doing it for the 50 or so people on Tumblr who have been cracking me up and making me feel heard for the last ten years.
Like, other people can read it, sure. But they will be extraneous.
I wanted to do my own take on the cheesecake Baz eats in Wayward Son. I originally thought it was made up since it's just called Extreme, but much to my surprise, it's real! It's the Oreo Dream Extreme Cheesecake
I've been real emotional thinking about this anniversary. Sometimes you can't appreciate the SCOPE of something until you're through it.
The Simon Snow Trilogy followed my two most popular books (from a sales perspective). But THESE three books, and THESE readers, and THIS experience ... It was all completely different.
I'm going to try to share some memories and artifacts all week. But one thing that I've been thinking a lot about is -- Simon Snow readers are special because they have a great sense of humor.
Like, the whole experience of these books for me was really FUN. Even during some truly UN-fun years. Sure, some people were jerks. And some people didn't get it. But, by and large, Simon Snow readers tell the best jokes and laugh at the best jokes. As I was assembling memories for this video, the memes were as important as the art.
Sometimes I'll cross paths with another book fandom, and I'll be struck by how serious and literal and ... weird ... everyone is being.
Thank you for mostly not being weird! Thank you for being funny!
I think funny people are smart people. People who can see absurdity and nuance. Whose brains are nimble enough to really rotate and shake an idea.
You guys were so smart and funny, it allowed me to make the books smarter and funnier and weirder (in a good way!).
After Carry On, I felt like I could really push the characters and push the concept and take narrative risks. I always knew you would get it.
It's October 2025! Know what that means? Another Inktober? No, fuck that!! It means this month is the TENTH anniversary of Carry On by @rainbowrowell ! 🤯
To celebrate, I've been working on a little personal project for the past several weeks, exploring the idea of "what if Carry On had an animated series?" On the 31st, I'll post the culmination of this idea, so stay tuned! 👀 (It's not an animation, don't get too excited.)
Every day until then, I'll be sharing many of the thoughts, concepts, and WIPs that went into this silly idea of mine. I hope you enjoy the peek into my madness~
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For today, here's a quick flip-through of the sketchbook devoted to my brainstorming!
While other people are out here dropping Kinktober prompt lists with 9000 stipulations, I bring you this.
It's not a real October event, but it could be if you believe. The prompts are here for anyone to enjoy anyway.
Why "schlock"?
It means trash/junk, and that's the quality of content I'm striving for with these prompts. It's also fun to say.
But, y'know, if you want to take a prompt and turn it into a masterpiece of a whumpy longfic, go for it.
What fandom is this for?
Whatever fandom you want.
What ships can I write/draw?
Any of them.
Even [my fandom's most despised ship]?
Especially [your fandom's most despised ship].
What if I want to combine prompts? What if I want to write or draw things out of order? What if...
Go for it.
Are crossovers okay?
Do. Whatever. You. Want.
What if I want to create something problematic?
Send me the fucking link.
What does [prompt] mean?
You tell me. It's all open to interpretation.
Are there any rules at all?
Sure.
No AI use. If you need an LLM to write your schlock for you, consider a long walk off a short pier. If you need it to do your editing for you, use a beta reader instead. A stick figure drawn on the back of a napkin is better than soulless AI art.
Tag appropriately. 'Creator Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings' means anything goes. 'No Archive Warnings Apply' means your work is guaranteed not to contain any of the major archive warnings (non-con, major character death, graphic violence, or underage sex).
No irl bigotry. Your characters can be problematic as all get out, but if you try to post a weird pro-JK Rowling essay or something you're not going in the collection, bud. Don't kill the vibes.
What are the vibes?
Just have fun.
But other people are having fun wrong!
Shut the fuck up.
Are you going to be doing this?
Probably not.
How do I participate?
There's an ao3 collection right here:
Schlocktober on ao3
Otherwise, just hashtag #schlocktober or something, idk. I don't expect anyone to actually do this.
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