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Ezra the service dog gets a well deserved break to go to meet her favorite character Stitch

Erza

important for AO3 writers

So a while ago I asked staff at AO3 why it was that I could post a work, update it with chapters, and have it appear no higher than tenth, ever, even with new chapters, on a busy fandom. I finally got an explanation.

“If, however, your work is appearing below works that were already visible, it’s possible you’re running into an issue that occurs when a work is posted between 12:00 AM and 5 AM UTC - works posted during this time frame cause the system to believe the work has had a posting date set manually. (Normally you would do this by ticking “Set a different publication date” in the posting form.) This also applies to works that were initially saved as a draft on a date previous to the day they are posted. Works that have been backdated are assigned a default time of day, which may be earlier than the actual time you posted the work.”

So don’t post during that time. It just HAPPENS to be between 5 pm and 10 pm Pacific time so posting things after dinner is RIGHT OUT if you happen to live on the west coast of the US. That’s between 8 pm and 1 am east coast time.

So until they fix this (and it’s been going on a LONG time, they’re working on it but it’s a massive code overhaul, apparently) I’ll be posting fics OTHER times. This means if you’re posting a long, multichapter work, posting the first chapter in the evening can screw up the entire rest of your posting. Posting a draft before posting for reals will also keep you from being at the top of the list. And this probably explains why some of my fics have done better than others. What does this look like? Someone posts at, say, 4 in the afternoon my time. I come along and post around 8 pm, which is pretty typical for me, but it gets marked as “set manually” and given a time much earlier in the day, and thus appears behind everything posted that day. So it’s never on top, people start reading down the list, think they’ve seen everything that’s at the top, and don’t poke any farther. So for writers, DO NOT POST BETWEEN 12:00 AM and 5 AM UTC. Google will translate, just plug in 12 am UTC and it will pop up your local time in most places. For readers, realize this exists and that you’re probably missing something. Scroll back if it’s between those hours, and after those hours.

And at some point they’ll fix this to something less arcane.

abnosome1

Did I do this right?

kris-creations

I dunno, you tell me?

spongehole

When taller people help you get stuff off the shelf

spongehole

When your friend helps you stretch in yoga class

spongehole

When you think about how lucky you are to have people who help you

ugotchi

dnmmies

@giogiostar

loubuttons

actually @ every fanfiction writer whether you wrote something that got thousands of reblogs and comments and became a staple in your fandom, or you wrote one fic and deleted it, or you write mutilchaptered fics that never get a final update, or write short fics, or long fics, or used to write and now you don’t, or you deleted/orphaned your works, or you only share with friends:

thank you.

sharing your writing is hard. and sometimes it’s thankless. sometimes it’s such a negative experience that I wonder how anyone does it at all. but you are needed; you are wanted. whether or not we properly acknowledge it, you are a vital part of fandom culture. thanks for sharing.

bleep0bleep

i’ve put together fun fic prompt generator with thousands of possible combinations! each prompt combines different settings, genres, tropes, and a prompt idea to get you started in a direction. you can use one or more of the ideas or the entire combination if it works out, or just refresh until you’re inspired.

two versions! the safe for work version includes all pg-13 prompts, and the nsfw version includes a kink category as well as many more sexytime prompts.

sfw prompt generator

nsfw prompt generator

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writing-eros

Cute lil witch

Because I’ve been secretly going crazy over Yuuri being mashed up with the Hello Kitty franchise.

#yoi #my art

writing-eros

Faux Hanahaki AU

Sooooo, been reading/researching Hanahaki stuff for a bit and think it’s cool, so I’m going to be doing a spin-off fic of Viktor and Yuuri. I got the world-building pretty much done. Soul Mates is a rare thing… It’s even rarer for them to end up together. The emotions of the Soul Mate’s decorates the other’s skin in an array of flowers. The flowers represent emotions. If somebody feels hopelessness, their Soul Mate may have on their skin tassel flowers, foxtails on their skin. When a Soul Mate experiences heartbreak, the other will vomit the flowers that represent the one in pain.

This fic will be about loss, betrayal, moving on, blending families, and mending broken hearts. Your standard hurt/comfort fic. Once I have the greater part done, I’ll be posting it. Side note, I am planning to do a few collabs with some fellow writers. Won’t go into too many details yet but look forward to at least one of them after the new year.