Garnet Seren

The dreaded fear of selling yourself and your content in a short summary! Former journalist in her mid-thirties. Legal secretary, games blogger, psychology student and freelance writer who's an unrepentant geek and outdoor lover. This page will likely contain links to any fan-based work I create, board game reviews and possibly slice of married life with a hurricane that masquerades as a child with ASD.

[afemalesebastian]

"Sewing is a gateway drug to thinking through complex problems. It seems really simple; culturally, we make it women's work. Let me tell you: real sewing at any kind of level of proficiency is a bloody magic trick. Sewing, like mold making, involves mental frames that require one to think inside out and backwards. It requires one to work on an order of operations that is often taking into account the reverse. It's a really, really important skill, and if you learn how to sew, you're mostly on your way to carpentry and welding and sheet metal work. I'm not kidding: these are planar forms meeting under rules and conditions. And if you can make a sleeve work, I swear to God, you could build a house."

--Adam Savage

[littlemissstel]

Age verification has never been and never will be for "the safety of children." It is to collect personal data, that could be used in nefarious ways, and mass surveil.

Please research and resist your countries bills to pass similar legislation. This isn't fear mongering but if you take a look at what is happening in the world right now-- with AI, palantir, and ICE databases, you'll understand why this is a terrible idea.

[purr-in-ink]

[garnetseren]

Hey! Big fan of your work! I do have a question though.

Do you plan on re uploading Black and Blue? I went to reread it a couple days ago but saw it was no longer on ao3.

Hi, thanks so much for reaching out.

Yes, Black and Blue will be making a comeback; I never meant to take so long to get everything updated.

I am actually currently off work on sick leave, so I've managed to chip away at some fics that readers have previously requested.

Now I know Black and Blue is one at least one person is waiting for, I'll put it to the top of my priority list. All being well, I'll hopefully get it edited and reuploaded this week.

[garnetseren]

Random question, I saw that there was a couple of questions similar. I remember a bunch of different stories in a series called Mass Mayhem. Are all of those coming back? I had the series saved cause I loved all the stories but it was a Shep/Vega one that was one of my faves. I was just curious. I know AO3 is a pain when it comes to doing any kind of edits. Best of luck! :3

Hi, sorry for my delay in replying.

Yes, I am planning to re-upload all my previous work, especially my 'Mass Mayhem' collection.

I didn't realise how popular my works were, or that readers liked how I set up collections in the same fandom. But I'll look into reintroducing collections once I have more works re-uploaded.

In case you haven't seen, Vega's fic is already up, under the new name 'Baila Conmigo'. Hope that helps, and thanks for reading my works. It's very appreciated.

Edit:

Since my original answer, I've worked on/re-uploaded several more fics that can be found under 'The Mass Mosaic' and there's also a dedicated Vega collection of shorts under 'Rhythm of Life - Mass Effect'. Hope they include some of the stories you were wanting to read.

[garnetseren]

Will you ever make this one’s heart is pure available in its original story again - I know you said nothing will be lost but I loved the old version without Saren and that added. No pressure just wondering.

The exact original will not be re-uploaded, but if you want to avoid the ME1 storyline, skip to the second story "I'm Not Dead", which covers ME2. There are two further fics upcoming to cover the remaining plot from my original "This One's Heart is Pure".

[garnetseren]

Are you going to be reposting A Girl Like You on AO3?

Yes, hopefully soon.

Life through a curve ball with two close family members becoming terminally ill and I'm only just getting back to my writing.

A Girl Like You has been a popular request, so it's become a priority to work on. So hopefully, I'll have it re-uploaded in the next few weeks.

[garnetseren]

I want to read a girl like you with Fred and Hermione. Is it still up somewhere ?

Not currently, though hopefully soon. We has two close family deaths last year and my writing/editing moved down the priority list unfortunately. Now I know its a fic that's being looked for, I'll move it up my to-do list. Hopefully, I'll have it edited/re-uploaded in the next few weeks.

[garnetseren]

Hi, lovely! I've noticed it's been a while since a lot of your Marvel works have been taken down from Ao3. Do you think they'll be back up at some point in the future? Or not? I check back every once in a while to see if they're there, was just curious. No pressure either way, best wishes to you! :)

Hi, Anon.

Honestly? They were supposed to be re-uploaded by now.

We had two close family members die last year within two weeks of each other, after terminal illnesses, so my writing fell to the back burner. I am slowly getting back to it though.

Was there any fics in particular you were looking to read? If you can let me know, I'll look into bumping it/them up my editing list.

[garnetseren]

Hi Garnet! I'm Natalia. I've noticed that most of your stories have disappeared and I really enjoy reading them, especially the Avengers section. When I was having a bad day, I usually read them to cheer myself up. Will you ever bring them back?Best wishes 🙂

Hi Natalia, thank you for the message and the lovely compliment. I will definitely be bringing them back. As much as I love AO3, its not always the friendliest site when you want to edit a large work. With how little time I currently have between work, studies and our very energetic daughter, it's simply proven easier/quicker to wipe my fics and re-upload completely from scratch. So edited versions will be back up asap, though I can't give you a specfic date. I hope that helps. 😊

[garnetseren]

Hi Garnet!

I just saw that your works on Ao3 have been taken down when I got on to keep re-reading This One's Heart again. So I panicked a little and started looking around your profile around and saw where you said you're going to be re-writing and such!

I'm so so excited to see and read all the new and updated work you'll put out! I'll likely start in on reading Just like Fire that's on your Ao3 tonight!

I completely understand if not, but I was wondering if you happen to have a pdf file or such of This One's Heart? I absolutely Adore it and have read it many times since I discovered it a little while back. And I would love to have a copy of it just so I can continue to read it more, it's a wonderful comfort story for me.

Thank you so much for sharing your creativity and writing with us all! I can't wait to see what you do going forward!

Thank you so much Anon, for such a lovely message.

Unfortunately I don't keep my works in pdf format, however nothing of This One's Heart will be lost. Things are being added to the start of the story (and Nihlus finally gets to survive this edit), as I'm sure you'll notice when you get to "I'm Not Dead", which is where the original start of This One's Heart will be included.

I will be breaking up the story into sections (mostly by game), as having a single fic with over 270 chapters made editing a little frustrating at times! But they'll all be linked under the series title of "This One's Heart is Pure".

I hope that helps. You've absolutely made my day by letting me know you're looking forward to my updated works.

[garnetseren]

Hello Garnet; this is MoonShadow from AO3. Was wondering why you took all your old works down today. I love rereading a lot of them and was in the middle of rereading This One's Heart again. Are you doing a massive rewrite of most or all of your works? I'm reading what you have now, and am liking it so far. Keep up the awesome work my friend, be safe and be well.

Hi,

Yes. I'm planning a large overhaul of many of my works and AO3 doesn't make it particular easy. I've found it less time consuming to have a completely blank slate when re-working stories. It's a gamble, as some if my work had nearly 100k hits, but I wasn't happy with my content. With working full time and studying, wiping my works to start from scratch is the easiest way for me to quickly re-post my new/edited fics.

Thanks for reaching out to ask.