Shoe Shop In The Shire

She/Her I write OCs mostly, but I'll do requests.

[tikiniki]

HOW TO POST ANONYMOUSLY ON AO3, mini tutorial

Follow the instructions above. I tried it out, and will show you what it looks like.

When you post your fic, you go to associations and write anonymous, pick the Anonumous (Anonymous_Collection)

It will appear like this on AO3.

And you can find it in your profile under works in Challenges/Collections.

I hope that was helpful!

[lyralit]

valentines "I love you" prompts 💐

notes tucked beneath your morning coffee

a confession under the glow of a streetlight

tangled hands in the same pocket

a long bus ride sharing a pair of earphones

a box of cookies delivered in the early morning

falling asleep to the glow of the television and waking to a blanket pulled over your shoulders

a text from someone you haven't spoken to in too long

shoulders hunched over a chopping board, carefully dissecting fruit to deliver it to you in a bowl

a shared meal

sitting together in the glow of the fireplace and losing track of time

poems

eyes locking across a room

a wordless text with a link to a song

buying yourself a new book or special drink

dressing up because you feel like it

clearing the table without asking

falling into a familiar pattern

lingering a second longer in the comfort of inside jokes

being overly lavish with honest compliments

the dip of a chin as you pass each other in the hallway

communication without truly speaking

[faelanvance]

if you see this random post appear on your dash and you’re feeling down or unsure of your writing, this is a sign to try and finish whatever it is you are working on, in whatever pace you find comfortable. one day this particular story you’re working so hard on, struggling with, loving and hating as you try to make the very best of this particular project, could one day be someone’s favourite story they return to, time and time again <3

[urfriendlywriter]

25 delicate things lovers do that i adore:

(feel free to use!! 8, 10, 11, 18, 20, AND 21 PLSS???? *crying* yall better tag me when u write any of these?? got it??)

gazes lingering on each other

glancing away quickly when you catch them staring

finding excuses to hold your hand

delicate, slow and soft soft kisses >\\<

smiling excessively, naturally and so easily around you :`>

hands cupping your face before a kiss

the feeling they're left with after the kiss

the giddy feeling you're left with after the kiss. (yall's toaster waterproof??? :) )

picking you up and twirling you when they're excited

somebody taking an off-guard picture of you staring at each other, completely-in-love

glowing in their presence. ( im so sad )

feeling comfortable together in silence

smiling, listening keenly whenever the other rants

their eyes try to find yours whenever they hear you in crowded areas

"you're staring" "you're glowing, my love, of course i will." :)

giving small thoughtful compliments

dancing in the rain together [CRYING]

a third person saying, "no matter where they are, they're always together and in their own world."

resting their forehead against yours

shoulder kisses!!! kisses on the nape [ㅜㅜ in tears rn lmao]

the shy person initiating to kiss first!!!

touching your lips where they kissed you hard. (CAN SOMEONE KISS ME UNTIL IM A PUDDLE-)

hugs in the dark, hugs under a tree, hugs in the rain, running into their open arms and hugging them tight>>>>

placing kisses on their scars :(

waking up to a small breakfast and a note written by them before they left for the day <333

[end-o-the-line]

A Captain America: the First Avenger Timeline for Fic Writers

(I’m so sorry I erased the original post I’M SO SORRY! You can read this without the visual aids on AO3.)

March 10, 1917 - James Buchanan Barnes is born, and we were all officially fucked.

July 4, 1918 - Steven Grant Rogers is born, and somewhere in Brooklyn Bucky’s mother wept …

June, 1924 - Steve’s mother is bedridden from illness associated with Tuberculosis.

September, 1930 - 12-year old Steve and 13-year old Bucky meet for the first time in Hell’s Kitchen, where Bucky scares off bullies trying to steal Steve’s money. What were they doing in Hell’s Kitchen? No one knows. Steve tells Bucky he’s been living in the orphanage ‘on 8th’ since his mother’s death. Which is odd since Bucky was apparently at her funeral when they’re both legal adults in a flashback scene from the Winter Soldier. For the purpose of this timeline, info from the movies will take precedent over info from the various tie-ins. Meaning Sarah Rogers is basically Schrödinger’s Ma for the next 6 years.

Keep reading

[dear-ao3]

[theprophetsaid]

 THE UNSUNG WRITING ‘PARTNERSHIP’ OF MERCURY-MAY

I think what you’ve got with Queen is the Lennon-McCartney, the Buckingham-Nicks, the Townsend-Daltrey… You’ve got the two people in Freddie Mercury and Brian May who actually couldn’t really have done it on their own and needed each other — Trevor Dann

[50-item-writing-prompts]

50 Wordless Ways to Say “I Love You”

Holding their hands when they are shaking.

Tucking the sheets around them when they stir during the night.

Traveling long distances just to see them.

Making their favorite meal when they are having a hard day.

Giving them a kiss before going to work and they are still in bed.

Tucking your head into their neck during a hug.

Lightly kissing on top of a freshly formed bruise.

Buying them something unrequested because it made you think of them.

Participating in their hobby even if it doesn’t personally interest you.

Sitting in comfortable silence while eating a meal.

Telling them a dumb joke just to see their smile.

Following their family traditions that they enjoy.

Playing your fingers through their hair while sitting next to them on the couch.

Singing and dancing to their favorite song.

Calming them down when they have a bad dream.

Having a tickle fight until you’re breathless.

Folding their clean laundry and putting it away.

Sharing a soft smile across a crowded room.

Bringing them a plate of their favorite sliced fruit.

Washing their back/hair in the shower.

Sharing your umbrella with them in the rain.

Listening to them while they vent.

Taking a picture together to print and hang later.

Tracing your names together in the sand.

Wearing clothes in their favorite color.

Doing a chore for them that you know they aren’t fond of.

Leaving a plate of food in the microwave for when they have a late shift.

Sharing a drink with them from the same straw.

Tucking their hair behind their ear to help them get it out of their face.

Helping scratch that itch on their back they can’t reach.

Pulling a chair out for them to sit down at the table.

Wrapping a blanket around them when they are sitting on the couch and watching a show.

Throwing away their piles of tissues when they have a cold.

Mending an item of their clothing that was ripped.

Running out in the middle of the night to get a food item they’re craving.

Helping brush their hair after a shower.

Making sure to be quiet while they’re taking a nap.

Letting them warm their cold hands under your shirt.

Giving them your dessert when you eat out because it’s their favorite.

Making a goofy face until they notice and laugh.

Giving them space when they express wanting to have some time alone.

Holding their hand while walking, even if there isn’t a crowd.

Holding shopping bags that are too heavy for them.

Standing between them and a busy road.

Rubbing the back of their hand with a thumb.

Giving them a back massage when they flop on the couch or bed.

Staying up half the night to finish a game with them.

Getting them a coffee just the way they like it.

Giving them a tight hug that makes them lose their breath.

Buying them a special treat when you go out shopping.

[youneedsomeprompts]

~ CUDDLE & SNUGGLE ~ PROMPTS

requested by: anonymous

Feel free to use and reblog!

limbs intertwined on the sofa

getting the greatest feeling of safety from cuddling

desperate hugs

lazy cuddles in the morning

burying face in their chest

trying to crawl under their shirt

falling asleep in each other's arms

mumbling unintelligibly into the embrace

caressing their back when holding each other

revelling in their body warmth

switching roles of big & little spoon

cuddles accompanied by little kisses

cuddles of consolation

cuddles after being touch-starved

squeezing them tightly

needing their cuddles even though they have something else to do

resting head in their lap

leaning against them

hugging them from behind

clinging to them

cuddles to make up for a loss of words

cuddles in bed

snuggling up to them when they're cold

cuddles of reassurance

pulling them closer into their arms

sitting on their lap & cuddling

tucking head into the crook of her neck while cuddling

feeling the rumble of their chest when they talk while cuddling

putting ear over their heart

exchanging soft looks while cuddling

[olderthannetfic]

Unpopular Opinion but I think AO3 should try going a year with all Comments and Kudos disabled, if that's what it takes to teach this generation of writers that (fandom) writing shouldn't be able Making Number Go Up

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[prismatic-bell]

And then you’d have no more writers.

Because nobody likes screaming into a void.

What an assholish thing to suggest.

[futureevilscientist]

The writers who are supposedly obsessed with having “number go up”, btw, are almost invariably people with a median of zero comments on their fic.

Nobody bathing in feedback because they write popular fics for a juggernaut fandom talks that way.

[attackfish]

Writing, scratch that, telling stories, is an attempt to communicate, to connect with our fellow human beings. It’s a fundemental need, to connect, to be heard, to not only have a story, but to tell it to others. And writing a story out is hard fucking work. It’s draining. It is psychologically, emotionally, and intellectually hard fucking work. And in the end, we post our stories so that they will be heard, so that other people will read them, so that the connection will be made. Posting a story is reaching your hand out into the dark, hoping someone will take it.

Getting a kudo, or even better, a comment, tells a writer they’ve been seen. Someone has heard their story, and liked it, liked it enough to respond, to reach out from the dark and take their hand. And when that doesn’t happen, when your fic you worked hard on gets nothing, it hurts. It hurts really bad. Acting like people are selfish or entitled because they tried to make a connection, and they worked really really hard to do it, and nobody reached back, just means you have no idea what’s really going on. No one’s entitled to a connection with you, but you’re not entitled to people continuing to reach out to you if you keep slapping their hands back.

Fanfic writers aren’t trying to be influencers. We aren’t obsessed with the line going up, or numerics, or whatever it is people who make their living vying for our attention need to be obsessed with. We are people telling stories who just want to know that somebody heard it and enjoyed it.

[aces-to-apples]

Anon, in an extremely snotty and annoying voice: “i think writers should continue doing all of this unpaid labor and give me free artistic works to revel in but i think they should be explicitly punished for making me feel kind of shitty about the fact that i do nothing in fandom to make the creating of all this art worthwhile hurr durr i am very intelligent”

[eirian-houpe]

I have little to add to this argument that others have not already said, except to express my own sense of “OMFG” at the audacity of /anyone/ suggesting such a thing, and in knowing that sadly, there are many people, (too many), out there consuming writers’ and artists’ and other creators’ works essentially ‘for free’ and espousing their entitlement to do so.

If you have taken the time to give kudos or to comment on something our talented fic writers and other creators have made… THANK YOU.

[scandalsavagefanfic]

The difference between the way fandom treats artists and the way it treats writers is so fucking astounding. Imagine if, instead of all the “Make sure you like/comment/reblog/retweet/etc. artists’ work! That’s how they get seen and grow audiences and how some of them make money!” what we got was “Artists are not entitled to likes/comments/reblogs/etc! Why are they so greedy and attention seeking??? They should just be happy creating for the sake of it.” 

I’ve said this before and I’ll keep saying it. When I started posting on AO3 I didn’t expect anything. My first couple fics were fucking rare pairs. But I was incredibly lucky and had one or two commentors who left long, amazing comments that were so engaged with the story and so invested in it, so excited to see what came next, that I wrote 50k of one story in a month. I updated that fic three times in two days. 

Stop assuming writers want comments because they’re obsessed with their numbers. Some people filter AO3 by comments/kudos. Not leaving those can absolutely affect a creator’s exposure. Despite this, I’ve never seen anyone beg on Tumblr for people to reblog writers’ fic links the way they do artists’ works, even though that’s one of the best way for writers to get exposure too. Comments are Red Bull. Comments are muses. Comments inspire and motivate. Comments are the best way to tell a writer you appreciate the hard work and immense effort that went into creating something you enjoyed.

It’s really fucking simple. It costs you nothing to tap the kudo button. It costs you maybe a couple minutes of time to write a comment. It is literally the best and only way to keep getting content you like! I may have started writing in fandom with no expectations but I wouldn’t still be here if I’d received zero response. And if I hadn’t gotten commentors who were excited about my work, I wouldn’t have joined tumblr, I wouldn’t have found Discord, I wouldn’t have started any of my events or made the friends I have now. Fandom isn’t the publishing industry, it’s not a transaction. This is a community with creators and readers participating in a mutually beneficial social contract. If you don’t tell the creators you like that you appreciate them, they will reasonably assume that no one likes what they’re creating and stop. 

This “unpopular opinion” is fucking cruel, it’s incredibly mean-spirited and utterly shitty. What a fucking dick.

[sadiebwrites]

“It costs you nothing to tap the kudo button. It costs you maybe a couple minutes of time to write a comment.”

Seriously, at least take a moment to appreciate the writer. Even if all you’re saying is, “I loved this, and I can’t wait to read more!” Share your favorite part/line, do a keyboard smash, leave a bunch of heart emojis.

Even taking 30 seconds will help that writer feel like they’re not wasting their time.

[kosmo-mckogane]

rereading my own writing is just a constant fluctuation between "damn, girl, you wrote this? (affectionate)" and "damn, girl, you wrote this? (derogatory)"

[aurevoirblog-deactivated2023082]

I am also “damn, girl, you wrote this? (forgetful)”

[copperbadge]

Damn girl, you wrote this?

Damn girl, you wrote this?

Damn girl, you wrote this?

[avaantares]

Fanfiction Authors: HEADS UP

(Non-authors, please RB to signal boost to your author friends!)

An astute reader informed me this morning that one of my fics (Children of the Future Age) had been pirated and was being sold as a novel on Amazon:

(And they weren't even creative with their cover design. If you're going to pirate something that I spent a full year of my life writing, at least give me a pretty screenshot to brag about later. Seriously.)

I promptly filed a DMCA complaint to have it removed, but I checked out the company that put it up -- Plush Books -- and it looks like A LOT of their books are pirated fic. They are by no means the only ones doing this, either -- the fact that """publishers""" can download stories from AO3 in ebook format and then reupload them to Amazon in just a few clicks makes fic piracy a common problem. There are a whole host of reasons why letting this continue is bad -- including actual legal risk to fanfiction archives -- but basically:

IF YOU ARE A FANFIC AUTHOR WITH LONG AND/OR POPULAR WORKS, PLEASE CHECK AMAZON TO SEE IF YOUR STORIES HAVE BEEN PIRATED.

You can search for your fics by title, or by text from the description (which is often just copied wholesale from AO3 as well). If you find that someone has stolen your work and is selling it as their own, you can lodge a DMCA complaint (Amazon.com/USA site; other countries have different systems). If you haven't done this before, it's easy! Here's a tutorial:

HOW TO FILE A COPYRIGHT COMPLAINT FOR STOLEN WORK ON AMAZON.COM:

First, go to this form. You'll need to be signed into your Amazon account.

Select the radio buttons/dropdown options (shown below) to indicate that you are the legal Rights Owner, you have a copyright concern, and it is about a pirated product.

Enter the name of your story in the Name of Brand field.

In the Link to the Copyrighted Work box, enter a link to the story on AO3 or whatever site your work is posted on.

In the Additional Information box, explain that you are the author of the work and it is being sold without your permission. That's all you really need. If you want, you can include additional information that might be helpful in establishing the validity of your claim, but you don't have to go into great detail. You can simply write something like this:

I am the author of this work, which is being sold by [publisher] without my permission. I originally published this story in [date/year] on [name of site], and have provided a link to the original above. On request, I can provide documentation proving that I am the owner of the account that originally posted this story.

In the ASIN/ISBN-10 field, copy and paste the ID number from the pirated copy's URL. You'll find this ten-digit number in the Amazon URL after the word "product," as in the screenshot below. (If the URL extends beyond this number, you can ignore everything from the question mark on.) Once this number has been added, Amazon will pull the product information automatically and add it to the complaint form, so you can check the listing title and make sure it's correct.

Finally, add your contact information to the relevant fields, check the "I have read and accept the statements" box, and then click Submit. You should receive an email confirmation that Amazon has received the form.

Please share this information with your writer friends, keep an eye out for/report pirated works, and help us keep fanfiction free and legally protected!

NOTE: All of the above also applies to Amazon products featuring stolen artwork, etc., so fan artists should check too!

[rylandsgrace]

Ok that's the one

[diana-fortyseven]

Quick PSA, if you get one of those "Work scanned, AI use detected" comments on AO3, just mark them as spam.

Some moron apparently built a bot to annoy or prank hundreds of authors.

There is no scanning process, your work doesn't actually resemble AI writing, it's all bullshit. Mark the comment as spam (on AO3, not the email notification you got about the comment!) and don't let it get to you.

[creativepromptsforwriting]

Kisses Masterpost

All the kisses we deserve.

Kisses

A list of 50 types of different kisses for you to write about and for your characters to experience.

How to write a fluffy kiss scene

In a fluffy, non-sexual kiss scene I would make the kisses shorter, but more frequent, everything is a bit slower and calmer. There is no need for urgency. It’s almost a bit lazy. Instead of deepening the kiss they would give each other a short kiss on the lips and then another one and another one, but they would also focus on other things in the scene:

soft smiles

innocent touches, like neck and shoulders

forehead touches and kisses

hushed conversation

eyelid kisses

gentle stroking of cheeks

soft laughs

tucking hair behind ears

First Kiss Prompts

“I would very much like to kiss you right now.” “Please.”

“I’m not sure how to…” “Just follow my lead.”

“Is it ok if I kiss you?” “I would like that very much.”

“I knew I would love kissing you, but this was…” “Even better than the dream?” “Yes.”

“This would probably be the perfect moment for a kiss…” “And we probably shouldn’t waste it.”

“I would like to show you how I good I feel when I’m with you.”

“I’ve never done this before. I’m probably not going to be great at it.” “Neither have I. But we could figure it out together.”

The first kiss was not like the movies. It was a bit too stiff and at an awkward angle. But the second one was already better. Later that evening they had already become masters.

It was always exciting to kiss someone new. The first shy touches of yet to be claimed lips, leading to soft sighs and deepening feelings.

The feather-light touch on her lips made her feel warm and safe.

It was the first time their lips were meeting, but they immediately knew that it wouldn’t be the last.

Accidental Kisses

in a moment of celebration they get overwhelmed with emotions and basically without a conscious decision to do it

they fall into or onto each other and their lips meet

they have to share a very tight space and one of them tries to turn around which makes their lips meet

one gives the other a kiss on the cheek and the other one suddenly turns their head

Random assortment of prompts about kissing

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[justqueenthoughts]

Brian songs: “We’re all crippled by internal existentialist dread-” (guitar solo) “Can you feel the weight of the cosmos pressing down on you? Can you feel the universe’s expectations?” (Choral interlude)

Freddie songs: (piano riff) “All I want is love. Why is that so difficult?” Or, alternatively: (piano riff) “Thou who hast wronged me shall perish by sword”

John songs: (sassy riff) (bongos) “Fuck you”

Roger Songs: “Down with the government.” (Bass slap) “Burn this oppressive regime.” (drum machine interlude) “Better to die standing-” (skkrrt) “-than live on your knees.” (keyboard explosion effect)

[twostepsnearer]

A friendly addition:

Brian songs: “Can I put my dick in it? I kind of want to put my dick in it.” (guitar solo) (Roger singing “sorry Chrissy” in falsetto in the background)

Freddie songs: (piano riff) “I want my listeners to live as grandly as I do, so do it vicariously through music!” (chaotic overdubs) “Also, I’m literally unstoppable.”

John songs: “I” (strum) “LOVE” (strum) “MY” (strum) “WIFE”

Roger songs: “It’s okay to like the simple things in life-” (cymbal roll) “but you have to be PUNK WHILE YOU DO IT” (drum solo, kicks over kit, screams)

[sarahtheferret]

queen vs their equipment

Brian: [builds a guitar from old worm-eaten furniture (filled in with matchsticks), pilfered sewing supplies, various electronics.]

Roger: [tunes his entire drum kit piece by piece by carefully adjusting the tension rods and test drumming until it’s perfect.]

Deaky: [builds an amplifier out of a circuit board (ferreted out of someone’s dumpster), a speaker cabinet, entirely new wiring, and a nine-volt battery.]

Freddie: [tries to adjust a mic stand. it snaps in half.]

Freddie: this is fine. i’m fine.