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[dedgewood]

MASTERLIST

(Ao3 account: dedgewood)

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COMPLETED:

The Subtle Art of Sinking Ships - wolfstar Pirate AU, enemies to lovers. Remus is a notorious pirate who hides his identity. Sirius hates pirates, but doesn’t realise who Remus is when they run into each other and feelings arise. (209k)

honey honey - Marlene McKinnon PoV, she survives the war and becomes a muggle primary school teacher, and 11 year old Harry is moved into her class. (323k)

the funny tricks of time - combined prequel & sequel for honey honey, including PoVs from Harry, Remus, Dean and Dudley. (59k)

good old-fashioned lover boy - Oliver Wood x Percy Weasley, slow burn 1st through 7th year, roommates, grumpy/sunshine. (203k)

ONE-SHOTS:

Just In Case - What if Peter went with Voldemort to Godric’s Hollow on Halloween night? (2k)

Another Bloody Mary - An exploration of Mary Macdonald’s grief throughout the first and second war. (3.7k)

Footnotes - The aftermath of the McKinnon family murders; two excerpts from the Daily Prophet and a letter lost to time. (Dorlene, 3.6k)

seven dials (pointing at you) - Remus gifts a rose to a stranger playing piano, not expecting to see them again. Certainly not when crammed together on a busy tube in London. (Wolfstar, 6.5k)

The Waning Hours - a series of Remus’ journal entries after a full moon, spanning 1971 - 1982. (Wolfstar, 4.9k)

[dedgewood]

Since The subtle art of sinking ships became my Roman Empire: have you considered making a sequel in the future ? I mean, I loved the end but I just keep thinking about them hahahaha I feel like the meme ‘when the fanfic is so good you make fanfic about it in your head’

I’m sorry if it sounds disrespectful, I don’t mean it, it’s just pure curiosity

Thank you so much for the ask! You’re so polite too this doesn’t come across disrespectful at all, I’m actually quite flattered :)

I’m so glad to hear you enjoyed the fic! As for a sequel I have definitely toyed with the idea. You can probably tell there are a lot of places I could go with a sequel since it did end on a bit of a vague note. The only thing stopping me at the moment is that I’m working on another long ish fic which will probably take me as long as this one did to write lol

So who knows! Maybe in the future I’ll play with the ideas I have again but it probably won’t be anytime soon, either way I appreciate the message <33

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Fic crush : seven dials (pointing at you) by @dedgewood

When Remus decides to gift a rose to a stranger, he doesn't expect to see them again. Certainly not crammed together on a busy tube.

This is 6,4k words of perfection : from grumpy Remus roped into a London day out with his best friend Lily, to a meet cute with punk pianist Sirius.

[dedgewood]

This is so cute, thank you!!

[dedgewood]

Hi, I just finished The subtle art of sinking ships and I wanted to thank you for this masterpiece!! I enjoyed so much! You’re very talented and I’m looking forward to read all your works. I could write a lot of paragraphs about all the things that I loved!!!

Really, thank you so much for sharing your work 🩶

Hi! I'm so glad you enjoyed the fic!! Thank you so much for sending this lovely message, it really means a lot to me <33

All the best to you!

[tumblerislovetumblerislife]

an ao3 author is never late, nor are they early; they post precisely when they mean to

[dedgewood]

I just finished the subtle art of sinking ships and goodness gracious, it's so good?? Like, I haven't enjoyed a fic this thoroughly in a veeeery long time I was about to cry multiple times :') congrats on finishing it tho, it's absolutely amazing!!! My question is, did you take inspiration form anything? It all felt very easy to read and I liked both the dynamics and the plot, and I'm wondering what inspired this whole fic (like, either media or book or anything)

Congrats again 👏👏

Aww I really appreciate the support and thank you so much for the question!!

Going into it I just had in mind PIRATES and went front there lol but there are definitely a lot of inspirations woven in, even subconsciously. Any pirate related film or show (Pirates of the Caribbean, Black Sails, etc.) definitely contributed to the vibe.

For the dynamic of Remus and Sirius, I'd say that was more inspired by fanfics I love. Disintegration by moonymoment was a big one, an enemies-to-lovers classic. I also love hidden identities - Locke Lamora is one of the best characters i've ever read (Scott Lynch series). There's definitely a bit of Locke in tsaoss remus.

There's probably more that aren't coming to mind but this was really fun to think about, thank you! <33

[dedgewood]

I'TS FINALLY COMPLETE!! 🎉

The last chapter of The Subtle Art of Sinking Ships is up now!

This is a Wolfstar Pirate AU, enemies to lovers, slowburn, 200K+ words and it's finally done after a year of updates. I hope you all enjoy it!! Thanks so much for all the love and support <33

[dedgewood]

New chapter update!!

One more to go…

Enjoy <3

[dedgewood]

The next chapter of The Subtle Art of Sinking Ships will be posted later today!

After that, there's only one more left... I can't thank you all enough for your kind words and patience, I couldn't have finished this story without you <33

[dedgewood]

Bot scam 👎

I’ve had this comment multiple times now from different accounts — if you receive this, it’s not real, don’t message them! They’ll probably try to refer you to some dodgy link

[dedgewood]

I JUST FINISHED GOOD OLD FASHIONED LOVER BOY.

I LOVE IT IT'S AMAZING I WANT TO READ FANFIC FOR IT.

IT ENDED WELL BUT I'M SAD THAT IT'S OVER ANYWAY

Aww thank you so much!! So glad you enjoyed it, I really appreciate the love! <33

[dedgewood]

How do yoy plan your fanfics?? they're all written so well, i'm curious how you structure them. (outline, brainstorm, ect.)

Thanks for the question!! Sorry you're going to get a long rambling answer XD

I've taken different approaches with them all, but I'm really big on planning! Its how I procrastinate actually writing lol

Usually when I think of an idea, I'll already have a list of scenes in my head. Using those scenes, I'll make a rough list of chapters and briefly summarise what I want to happen in each one. This forms my overall outline, and I try to follow the classic three act structure (a personal preference).

Then I start working through the chapters. I break each one down into multiple scenes (usually 1-2 big scenes, or 4-5 shorter ones), then I'll start writing. Sometimes when I get stuck, I'll write all the dialogue first then fill the prose in between

My earlier fics were a lot looser about this as I was still figuring out my process. I also have a habit of going back to heavily edit old chapters without telling anyone... so whatever seems like good planning is probably what I went back and changed with hindsight lol. A lot of stuff I figure out as I go, then make it seem like I knew what I was doing all along :)

I try to make every detail significant, but that's not to say pure crack or self-indulgent fics can't be equally as good! Especially with fanfic, pantsing is also a great method and can even make for better stories. Over-planning is sometimes my pitfall, and I have to learn to step back and go with the flow of the story

I hope that helped! Many thanks once again <3

[pentapoda]

Every time someone comments on my old fic, i feel like I'm an old actor getting paid residuals. Appreciate you, old-fic-commenters. Key source of emotional income, tbh.

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THE SUBTLE ART OF SINKING SHIPS COVER!!!

yet another cover of an @dedgewood fic!! while i haven't personally read this one, the lovely @electrifiedvoidvoyage kindly asked me to make this <3. (if it's too low of quality, blame tumblr.)

details under cut

this is modeled after the cover of the poetic old world by l.h. humphrey, designed by bertha stuart <3

[dedgewood]

oh my god. you've struck again

This is so beautiful, I am once more in awe of your work! What a lovely choice of art and detailing to capture the essence of the story, I absolutely love the colour choices too!

I'm so honoured both by the request and the cover art, thank you so much! <3

[dedgewood]

I just finished your fic Good Old Fashioned Lover-boy. I am obsessed!1 ask anyone in my family, I have been giggling non-stop for the past three days. It was amazing. I love your writing. It was actually so good.

Aww thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed it, I really appreciate the support <33

[dedgewood]

Hellooooooo I've come here to say that out of the hundreds of fics I've read, yours is MY FAVOURITEST EVERRR

So I've come here to say pls take your time on your break, drink some water, have a snack, and pls make sure to rest!!

This is a reminder that while we may act as if tsaoss is our lifeline, it ain't. We aren't malnourished cuz you haven't updated in a few weeks, and you deserve long ass breaks if you need or want them.

Idk if I put this in the best way but just know that we love you and we're willing to wait decades for you!<3

Hellooo!! So sorry for the late reply but I suppose this is still relevant, so thank you so much for the kind words and support! It really means a lot to receive messages like this, and is still very encouraging for me to finish the last two chapters <3

I'm so glad that you've been enjoying the fic and I really appreciate the lovely message! Thanks once again <33

[dedgewood]

Finally, an update!! Chapter 40 of 42, we're nearly there!!

Hope you enjoy <3