Cr0ftisprocrastinating

Mainly dramione and avoiding work https://archiveofourown.org/works/42831693/chapters/107599440

[cr0ftisprocrastinating]

Policies

Hi! I’ve had a few qs around binding, goodreads etc so I thought I’d put them all in one place. 

Binding: Thank you so much for wanting to bind my work. I have no issue with this, providing that it is not for profit in any way. This includes, unfortunately, binding works to raise money for charity, commissions, or other worthy endeavours. 

If you are binding for personal use, please tag me! I would love to squeal with joy. 

AI: Please do not use my work in any kind of AI programme. If you are using AI to generate images for my work, please do not input extracts of my fics into them. If you want to read more about AI, language and meaning then I highly recommend this New York Magazine article, ‘You are not a parrot’. 

Goodreads: This is controversial for many authors and I am absolutely only speaking for myself here, so if you want to do the same with another writer’s work please check in with them first. 

I currently don’t have an issue with my work being on Goodreads. I’m not personally on there, but I appreciate that many people like to keep track of their reads this way. Please be mindful that other creators do not feel the same. And please also be mindful when ‘rating’ that this is fanfic. I don’t really have beta readers (a friend will occasionally pick up a typo, but they absolutely sneak through), I write for free, and I also never have any assistance with plot, pacing, or character arcs. The quality of work does reflect this! 

Downloading: Thank you for wanting to read my work even when you don’t have access to ao3. I also don’t have a problem with fic downloads. However, my favourite thing about fanfic is the community. If you do decide to read ‘off-grid’, please come back when you can and say hi. I’d love to chat!! (I love to chat, generally). If you read my work off ao3 (zip file, or reddit, or wherever), please come say hi/give it a shout out wherever you found it.

Fics of the fics: If you would like to write something based off of one of my fanfics, YAY! Please just tag me when it’s up, so I can again, squeal with joy. 

Questions: If you have ANY questions about ANYTHING, writing processes, moodboards, playlists, thoughts, feelings, what my favourite anything is, please ask away! I try to answer all DM’s, and I love to chat. Did I mention that already? Come chat to me. I don’t want to do my work. I want to talk about fanfic. You can find me on ao3, tiktok and tumblr as @cr0ftisprocrastinating <3

[starsoforionwrites]

OK lets crank out some fuckin WORDS tonight

[starsoforionwrites]

+1500 words, and I've managed to reference the Earl of Orkney, the Duke of Warwick and Boyzone.

I also only just discovered I've been spelling McGonagall with a random number of n's across all my chapters so fuck me I guess

[cr0ftisprocrastinating]

However you spell McGonagrjdhwkdblll is noneeee of my business!!

[realityofmine]

Excalibur - 1981

[ariesrin]

I love characters who would die for each other but will not, under any circumstances, communicate a single honest feeling.

[thebemoon]

I‘ve been seeing more posts by Dramione readers who are sad because they didn't finish a free story, which apparently disappointed them in some way. Apparently they feel ”let down.”

Or they are in a reading slump with the free stories and nothing satisfies them and they need a perfect recommendation to make them happy again.

And so others toss out their favorite free stories in the hopes that something might possibly appeal to these poor, jaded souls.

This makes no sense to me. In fact, I humbly submit that in such cases, the problem is not the free stories.

[cr0ftisprocrastinating]

I’ve seen a real uptick in the number of comments I’ve been getting on my fics along these lines. Interesting!

Have complicated feelings because of course I want to write stories that elicit powerful responses from people but also…please don’t come and tell me what you ‘hate’ about my fics…I am a person too…

[stuckinapril]

life is so hard when you’re a very lazy girl by nature but you also want to do a lot of things in your one wild and precious life

[midnightinshadow]

[enchantedbook]

'The Little Mermaid' by Hiroaki Ikeda, 1971

[cr0ftisprocrastinating]

Baby’s first fest!!!

Body chains! Sex prisoners! The Seven Seas!

I had the honourrrr of taking part in show_and_tell_fests where I was paired with the magnificent @omniluci-estumbra

The prompts were all anonymous but as soon as I saw the pirate one I practically screeched. When I found out Jamie would be doing the art for it I definitely did screech.

Had the most fun ever doing this - huge thanks to @landbeorht for inviting me 😭. Two more chapters to come too, because how am I supposed to just write one?

You can read the story that accompanies this stunning set of drawings on ao3 now, you can enjoy some sexy BONUS ART there too (because we are all so spoiled everyone say thank you Jamie) and you can find all the other stories via show_and_tell_fests on Instagram!!!! (Should I make a fan fic Instagram?)

[cr0ftisprocrastinating]

My number one writing hack is actually whenever you hit a plot roadblock, open a book on alchemy or herbs. I swear these three books always have some kind of symbolism that just smooooothes everything out 🔮

Anyway the ao3 curse feels slightly like it’s coming for me but I promise both AVIUS and a secret little project thing are coming along even if that is SLOWER than I LIKE.

[cr0ftisprocrastinating]

I have a new fan fic! It is called Avius, (another Latin title, pretentious much???) and it answers the fundamental question: what if Twilight was at Hogwarts, and instead of vampires, it was Veelas?

The first four chapters are uploaded here

[cr0ftisprocrastinating]

hello crofty! i hope this doesn't bother you but i do love using this feature for life advice; please forgive me if i've overstepped. I am so curious -- have you ever encountered any of these 'my only personality is my research' types in academia? i'm kind of intrigued by the thought of dating one such specimen who happens to be a friend of mine (or at least bringing him as my date to a gala), but i struggle to get him to talk to me about things that aren't our respective research projects! do you have any ideas for bringing someone out of his (slightly adorable) little shell? any funny anecdotes if you don't got any tips? tysvm! you rock and congrats on the doctorate and wedding!

Hi!!! Oh, I love the idea of this being an anonymous life advice hotline haha. Sorry for seeing this so late! And sorry, too, if my advice is bad. It might be! I've made loads of bad decisions :)

I absolutely have met these people - I think my answer to this comes in two parts. Part one is that often, the people who can only talk about their research tend to do so because that is the one thing they feel confident about. They might freeze up in conversations normally, suffer from crippling shyness, feel embarrassed about their taste or opinions for whatever reason. But the thing that they are a world expert in? This might be, for them, an essential conversation shorthand because they haven't quite figured out how to do other conversations. Giving them grace, patience, and enthusiastically greeting their reluctantly offered answers on other topics can help thaw this. As can offering up information outside of your own research, too. Show them how to do it! Share an anecdote or two, then ask if they've ever been in a similar situation/what they feel about it. Silent academic types can be easily intimidated by confidence in social situations - share yours, and use yours to bring them in.

Part two of my answer is going to be mumsy. Please allow me to fuss a little, and please feel free to disregard this as you would a 'are you not wearing a jacket!' shouted after you as you leave the house, in nothing but a vest top in December. Sometimes, the silent academic types who only know how to talk about their research, do so because it is the only thing they are interested in. They might not be as brilliant and curious and generous as you are. While you are trying to bring them out of their shell, make sure that the shine you are seeing is truly them, and not just a reflection of your sparkle.

I don't know enough about your situation to think this is true, and I am certain it isn't - I think you probably have a lot more sense than me. I say this purely because before I met my husband I suffered from the debilitating disease of being attracted to the shy, retiring type. I stayed in pretty much all of those relationships far too long, in part because I was *sure* that they were into me, and I was *sure* I saw something special in them that other people didn't understand. They weren't special, but you know what? I was. I'm married to someone now who literally could not be more vocal about how brilliant he thinks I am. It is okay to go where they cheer your name the loudest <3

I hope the gala is fabulous, I hope you knock him absolutely dead with your outfit, and I hope his nervous hands find yours under the lights and you both yap on and on and on about everything under the sun <3

Good luck!

[fleurizel]

From the library of Hermione Granger

(A close-crop of a WIP. All titles and authors that aren't real or from HP come from various of my fics and WIPs, except the couple Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell easter eggs. (And my debt to Mervyn Peake for some names should be acknowledged.))

[artbypontpilat]

Aaah! I'm almost out of Discworld characters! I'd love to draw only them, but I have work to do... And by the way, are you interested in other drawings? Or are you just here for the Terry Pratchett art?

[cr0ftisprocrastinating]

hands in phd. immediately returns to academia through fiction to cope

Chapter one of AVIUS, an eighth year, Dramione, Veela fic, is live now.

[dramionestills]

I also did a tiny animated version of the gift from the Secret Santa exchange!

[cr0ftisprocrastinating]

Can’t believe you have to put yourself out of your comfort zone to Make Things Happen, instead of getting to be cosy and safe at home :(

(This is my little bitch way of whining about being scared because I am going to a conference in Madrid and I don’t speak any Spanish) (I also didn’t blow dry my hair which was stupid and I regret it and it looks so bad!!! If I have to make friends in another language I need good hair why did I do this to myself!!!) (honestly the amount of time I spend doing things that make me uncomfortable you’d think I’d be better at it. Nope! Having a crisis at baggage claim!)