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My name is Miss Sugar-Pink. I also go by Circ, Sonnet, or like a million other names. I'm a 6th grade ELA teacher, and at a young age, I was cursed by a witch to never be able to stop thinking of new WIPs. I am impossibly queer, impossibly autistic, impossibly OCD, and largely working on recovery from my various disorders. They/Them pronouns work for me, but my actual pronouns shift regularly (DID will do that to you).
What do you like to write?
Just about everything. My favorite narrative perspective is second person, and I write almost exclusively in past tense (though I struggle greatly with staying in the correct tense). I find that slice of life/fantasy mix is kind of my one true love. I'm told I'm good at smut and romance, though.
Any book reqs?
I read primarily YA lit since I'm a 6th grade teacher, so forgive me if my book reqs are kinda shit. If you want to know more about a specific book or series, send an ask, I love to ramble!
LINK TO POST ABOUT BOOK RECS
Other blogs?
I recently purged a lot of blogs and started anew. You can find my main blog at @alittlemorethanasonnet. Iâll share more one day, maybe, but just know I really, really love making blogs.
Where else can I find you?
Asleep in bed with my beautiful kitty. She's adorable. But genuinely, I don't use other social medias much. I'm on Discord, but would prefer to keep that to myself unless I eventually make a server for my writing. I'm on Tumblr, but you, too, are currently witnessing the Devil's Sacrament. I used to use DeviantArt and FiMFiction, but I've abandoned both of those, particularly since they used an old username that I don't really want to be associated with any longer.
Are you actually commonly asked these questions?
Mostly by myself.
Do you have commissions?
Yes, though please be patient with me. It takes me awhile to get my writing in gear. I try to aim for one month for commissions, but Iâll try my best. Commission info is linked above.
Will you write XYZ?
See above! If an idea really interests me, I might, and I've done free requests in the past. I just don't want to make it seem like I'll just do whatever people ask -- I sort of am strapped for free time.
Do you have a posting schedule?
Long. Long? Long. It takes me a long time to update. I try, but between work, therapy, disability, my spouse's disability, and all the drama in my life, it's hard to find the time to make high quality writing. At the very least, I aim to update once a month, and I don't usually go beyond a year's wait on active projects anymore. And when I do post, it's usually 10k chapters. Hopefully that makes up for it some. <3
If any other frequent questions pop up, they'll be added to the pinned post! See you folks later.
Some of you on this site are so scared of writing fairly conventional anatomy-based sex porn because of the cringe-words and general discomfort with sex. It helps to have had sex, but that's not necessary. After the break, as it is somewhat explicit, here is all you need to do, and it is not a list of euphemisms for penis or vagina or xenoapparatus:
Choreograph it in the same respect that you would any scene. If you can do this, you can have some confidence that your porn is exactly as good as your fights, your key gambling maneuvers, your political oneupsmanship, whatever. The key to writing any scene is to know where everyone is and what they are doing and impart this from the lens of the point of view character. If something feels "off" or weird, check in with yourself: what is the point of view character doing? Say it. She has her nails digging into her lover's shoulders. Was that, what she's doing, the last sentence? Let her react to it instead: the thrill of hot blood against her fingertips is intoxicating.
Many of the "porn mistakes" are just writing mistakes, and writing is an unending dialogue between the material (what is physically happening) and the ideal (how a perspective processes the material, with human and personal limitations but also human and personal additions). When you've firmly established the material, you move back to the ideal, the thought-space, the recollection-space, the processing. Then back to the material. Each action spins out and away from the earth, into the ether, where it is reintegrated, leveraged, subverted, and then returns, changed, to collide with the earth again, changing it in turn.
You do not have to say words for penis over and over any more than you need to keep clarifying proper names in a dialogue, and in fact, even less than this. Remember, unless your character is specifically having sex with the penis, she is in fact having sex with a woman, and her feelings and reactions and ideal likely center that woman more than her penis. Put her in dialogue with the woman rather than the penis and you have your answer: you only need to say cock as many times as you would say "rapier" in a swordfight. Once you know what sword it is, you move to sensation, movement, "large scale choreography", and processing.
The unique thing when talking about genitals is that most people don't think much about genitals when they are having sex. They think about sensations: what feels good, unexpected, painful, pleasant, intimate, jarring, etc. Saying "her cock" over and over is not just a little offputting because it's excessively repetitive; it's like putting "gauntlet" in five subsequent paragraphs. We get that there's a gauntlet and a penis. It feels wrong because the gauntlet is an extension of the striking-appendage and the penis is an extension of a character.
To avoid saying gauntlet over and over, as in any writing, you either get vaguer or get specificer. You describe the interaction with the wrist-plate, where the rapier rebounds from the shape of the steel, or the fingertip sliced-through by the superior blade, just barely shallow enough to spare the digit beneath (specific). Alternately, you get vaguer and describe the strike itself - the reader knows there's a gauntlet there! - a fist thrown in desperation after losing hold of a dagger, the weight both pulling down the blow and putting momentum behind it until it meets the enemy's helmet with more of a thud than a clang as the cheap steel crumples into the leather padding beneath, dented skull-deep.
Neither of those used "gauntlet". Both used the concept of the gauntlet. This can be done with anything that you establish - once it's on the stage, it's not off until you take it off.
Of course it helps, to an extent, to have had the kind of sex you are describing. It helps more to have been thoughtful about your own sensation and reaction and action during sex in general; few people really do this, but doing it is extremely useful for writing, the same way riding a horse and not thinking about it will lead you to over-describe the tack you're familiar with vs. riding a horse and thinking about it will help you develop a coherent material dialogue with the content of your own narrative. To an extent, to write about sex, you need to have some level of comfort thinking and reading about sex. Anyone can do those two things, and allow themself to think: at the moment of being penetrated, is her shaft sliding into my fragrant blossom? Or is the sensation more like pressure, more like pain, more like an insistent heat, more like an awareness of her and her shape or an awareness of myself and my limits or my pleasure?
As in sword fights, it helps to imagine yourself in the scene rather than only observing it, when it comes to blocking out a scene like something other than stage directions or a video game novelization.
The last thread this leads me to is pussy. No one wants to write pussy, unless they do. So they write entrance, which you can only really write once before it sounds goofy. Or cunt, which not every character would say. There is not really a cock of pussy, at least in my literary opinion. So how do you say this stuff? How do you say "into her pussy" if it causes you physical pain to write pussy?
You may not need to specify at all. When penetrating someone, you are penetrating a person, not just an organ. Depending on the nature of the sex, you may want to get into more or less detail, but I'm not talking to the people who are already writing about the color of the labia and the specific tactile sensation of a blood-flushed clit, okay? I'm speaking to you if you have stopped and made a terrible face at the thought of "pussy" and then deleted it and written "cunt" and cringed again.
My hot tip, as connects to all the rest of this, is that if there is not a word for the place you are stabbing her, you are just stabbing her. You are dragging your fingers over her until she yields. You are lining yourself up with her, pressing in, adjusting cautiously until she wriggles her hips, urging you to get on with it already. You are drawing your hips back against the friction of her trembling body. Could any of these be her asshole? Her neovagina? Her alien hole where she excretes salt waste? Of course! If it's important to specify, specify! If what's hot about fucking someone is the logistics of the hole, then by God, logistics the shit out of that hole without shame. But what makes porn hot is not the hole itself. It's the interaction with the hole, gone warm and molten as her desperate breaths come quicker. It's how the hole makes you feel. Fuck you.
Word choices for describing sex organs are an expression of how the perspective character feels about them. A heavily euphemistic description may either reveal something important about the character and her misgivings or set the narrative itself up for subversion - the girl who winces and thinks of her penis as "her manhood" is going to have something to unpack later or even during sex. The dispassionate "shaft" could either reflect disinvestment, to be dramatized later on, or set up that disinvestment to be subverted, as the humble shaft becomes the instrument of orgasm.
Think of how anime often has internal-monologue turning points to explain where a character's last reserve of energy comes from - the setup, the dead parent, the tragic past, the loss of a friend, it comes from somewhere, and the payoff to winning the duel is catharsis. It's just a more straightforward way of illustrating the point of most building-to-a-climax, which porn often deliberately does: you can only pay off on what you set up. Otherwise you revert to tropes and the underdog-hero wins for no reason and the girl-hero cums and it doesn't even matter because ten thousand she/hers have cum exactly that way in ten thousand prior okay scenes. The difference in payoff is all in a setup that the payoff can reintegrate: a material and an ideal that unite in a moment of pure emotional release.
I can't make you better at writing sex scenes than you are at writing fight scenes, but if you follow this advice you can be just as good.
[Freeze Frame] Yep. That's me. I bet you're wondering how I got in this position!
Siiiigh. Good to see y'all! Thank you for your patience. I know I've been away for a bit.
The very brief version: I lost someone I considered a kind-of friend who meant a lot to me. The discrimination at work wrapped up with my pronouns being respected, but the stress has made me hate my job, and there's definitely a lot of pain there now. I have a new diagnosis, some new meds, and some new goals in life. Biggest of all, I got rid of a lot of things, including most of my online presence -- but I'm back now. And it's good to see y'all again.
The long, must more in depth version under the cut.
So, to start off... I actually don't clearly remember most of the last few months. Since just prior to February, honestly.
Prior to February, there was a lot of drama in the discourse circles I was entrenched in. Someone mentally ill did some mentally ill things that were horrible, as usual. I already had that person blocked and blocked most of the drama, so it didn't really hit me as much? This upset a lot of people, though, and some took it to some extreme levels. Bot spam, accusations, wishing trauma on people -- and, kind of the worst one for my mental health, an ex-friend posting my private server messages and then supporting the posting of messages from friends of mine, uncensored, to discourse tumblr.
Yeah. That. Was really fucked up. And on top of that, and previous experiences with that ex-friend, I just... I was absolutely terrified that they* would doxx me. This was, in retrospect, hopefully just a trauma thing, an unfounded fear... but I still don't trust, I'll be real. [*Note: This individual I think might be using new pronouns now? But. To just keep things vague out of safety, I'm gonna just go neutral with they/them].
So, due to the fear, I decided I just needed to cut off everything they had any access to. I privated every single blog I had beyond my main, made a new Discord account, and abandoned a lot I loved. I got... really invested in mobile games because I lost a lot of interaction and ability to motivate myself. I stopped writing entirely. And, from what I heard, the drama continued for about four months without me. Jesus.
In the meantime, I still had a job on top of all... that. Work was hellish this year. Parents were up my ass the entire year, admin actively discriminated against me constantly, and I had to just pretend it wasn't all happening. But... eventually, the year came to an end. In mid-to-late February, I finally got the meeting with administration and the ADA, since they tried to make my pronouns an ADA issue. Not sure if I mentioned, but here's some of the ADA bullshit I dealt with:
They could not give me the accommodation for "Less non-essential meetings" because the meetings I have are mandatory. You know, like that meeting I had to have that I was "surrounding kids with rainbows" or that I "told kids I identified as a fire truck." Those very mandatory meetings that took up 30 minutes of my day. Each time. Yeah. BUT! They compromised by removing my afternoon duty, so I had less work -- you know, that 15 minute duty at the end of the day where I stand and wave. Definitely decreased my workload a lot.
They could not give me the accommodation for "Expecting me to grade every single assignment within a week of giving it, when I have 130 assignments and sometimes 3 assignments in one week, and I'm an ENGLISH TEACHER so they sometimes write 5 pages of worK WTF, is insanity, please give me an extension on the deadline" because... But it's my job to give timely feedback, and clearly that can only happen if I grade. I finally got them to compromise on this by saying larger assignments can take two weeks.
They could not give me the accommodation for "I need to be referred to by either they/them or my preferred pronouns" because pronouns aren't a reasonable accommodation because it causes too much anxiety. Yes, that is the reason, they said it so many times. I'll get back to this one.
And, probably the silliest one to laugh at here... They couldn't give me my accommodation for noise cancelling headphones -- you know, the most common autism accommodation probably in the world? -- because "It's too much of a safety risk if you cannot hear." Chat. Chat. They thought noise cancelling headphones cancel all noise. FOR FUCKS SAKE. I got this one once I explained to the ADA rep that, no, noise cancelling headphones do not suddenly erase all noise.
Y'all, disabled people really are out here fighting for their lives.
But, back to the pronouns: I gottem. I got my pronouns respected at work. I looked them dead in the eyes and said, almost verbatim, "I expect I will need to allow myself to be deadnamed and misgendered in this building, and I have made peace with that with the knowledge that I've shown every other gender diverse teacher in this county that they are not safe here."
So... that was pretty damn cool! I'm genuinely proud of myself.
But things were really fucking hard. We managed to survive low budget, especially with the generosity of friends and family. We just... allowed the house to fall apart, because it would just have to be surviveable until summer. The window is still broken, the toilet is leaking, the dishes are growing forms of bacteria scientists can only dream of -- but I'm alive, my spouse is alive, and our cat got surgery!
Now that it's the summer, things have finally slowed down. I spent the first two weeks of summer just... resting. Trying to recover. Moved onto health this week, and turns out, it was desperately needed. I've now been diagnosed with PMDD and I'll be starting SSRIs literally today, which should hopefully also help the OCD. I made some new friends and bolstered my connections with old ones. I joined new communities -- the Puffs is where it's at -- and I've grown a lot more creative in the last month.
So... now I'm just. Picking up my pieces and moving on. I'll be reopening my commissions soon for the summer, and genuinely, I think I want to just dedicate all my free-time to art, writing, and games. I want to finish WKYH in the next 2-3 years, ideally, and then fully plan out Close To Me (yes, that is a new title for the fic Close To You, it will be changing if it hasn't yet) and Is Being before I dive back in. I want to make more art, which I've really been enjoying lately. I want to play fucking Deltarune, lol, no spoilers please.
And... yeah. I've rambled enough. This got so long, haha -- it has been awhile, and there was a lot to vent. But I'm back now. Hopefully for a long while.
Don't be surprised if there's a few changes around the blog or to my posting schedule.
Oh, AND... my keyboard is broken. I wrote all of this over the course of like 4 hours hitting every key really hard, or using the on screen keyboard. Uuuugh.
OH LAST THING!
Fucking thank you to those who reached out, either via comments on my fic, or though DMs, or Kofi, or my new Discord or new main blog, whatever. Thank you for supporting me though this hell. I appreciate everyone who has been sticking with me for so long, and especially to those who've gone back to read this long-ass fanfic. You all have no idea how much it means to me.
ppl on ao3 should use the "this work was inspired by" option more. so many fics out there that put links to other fics in the a/n but theres a better option.....
important addition i forgot that not everyone might know. similar to how ao3 bookmarks work, you can also link to non-ao3 fanworks using this format. so, for instance, if theres some fanart on tumblr that inspired you to write the fic? you can link that fanart to your fic!
I feel like thereâs needs to be, like, handbook for authors who post on Ao3 for effective metatext.
By metatext I mean like tagging, summary, and authors notes (especially initial authors notes at the beginning of a fic). The means by which we communicate to our readers what theyâre getting into.
Because we kind of all have to learn it by osmosis and there are conventions but nobodyâs really taught them at the start, so thereâs inconsistencies and misunderstandings or people just not knowing things through no fault of their own.
This ends up breeding frustration and confusion and in the worst cases resentment, hurt, and aggression.
Iâm severely tempted to make such a handbook and get it circulating.
If you're writing 18th century dialogue, this website lets you search words and phrases to double-check whether they were in use & meant what you intend. It doesn't include every period-accurate use of a word/phrase, but it certainly helped me separate genuine 18th century grammar from the vague tangle of đŹold-fashioned fancy-speakđŹ I've internalized from TV and video games.
Let this post be inspiration then!!! You can still finish it :)
It doesnât have to be the same kind of masterpiece you envisioned. Itâll still be beautiful, regardless of what form.
No longer have the ability to write the fic as prose? Try poetry. Try bullet points. Try an authors note ramble explaining the major plot points. Hell, try uploading a link to a Google Slides Presentation about it!!!
You can still do this. If I can go back and finish fics I started in 2016, I know you can do it!!!
I wrote⌠a lot this past week! I had a quest to do on 4TheWords and I discovered the magic that is speech to text. While I donât think itâs going to be the most helpful for fics like WKYH, where each word is carefully thought out, it will definitely work with Remembrance. I added a lot to that fic last week!
Itâs been hard to write. I ended up having an allergic reaction to the anesthesia they used in my cavity filling on Friday, so my âyes I finally have energyâ weekend has turned into me sniffing and crying all weekend due to pain and frustration. Itâs like Iâve got a really bad cold.
Still, Iâm feeling energized to write. All my friends have been working hard on fics. Itâs really inspiring! Shoutout to Purple, Cambrian, and Angel, all of whom have been a straight up godsend for inspiration lately. You know who you are if you see this!
"i mean. yeah. i'm⌠still freaked out and all." He glanced at you and you caught that hint of a flush again. "not even sure why. but. i don't want to lose you. i've worked that much out, at least."
You grinned back. "And that you're jealous of Nick."
âyeah, well, don't hold it against me." He turned back to his pancakes, shaking his head, still beaming.
Remembrance:
He turned, and as you watched, his eyes narrowed immediately. You took him in a little bit more. Around his neck was wrapped a stylish purple scarf which topped a dark brown sweater. His expression could best be described as one of disdain. And of course, again, was the fact that he was a fucking bird.
Siiiigh. I always want more!!! I will definitely be celebrating when total wordcunt reaches one million. Side note that What's Keeping You Here takes up half of that total wordcount.
đ ⢠how did you get into writing fanfiction?Â
My friend in high school was writing a novel in her notebook. I got interested in writing and tried my hand at it, but god was it hard. Then, I was watching my little pony and was disappointed about how little we knew about a certain character, and I thought, "Wait, I could write that though." So I did and never looked back.
đľ ⢠share the link to a playlist you love
Here's a link to a playlist for Book 2 of WKYH. Here's a link for Book 3. I am so fucking incredibly passionate about music and would LOVE asks about music and songs and everything.
đŻď¸ ⢠on a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you enjoy editing? why is that?
Ugh, 1 being the worst, it's like a 4. Like, it's not horrible, it's bearable, and I love rereading what I wrote. Especially with my memory problems, it's nice to remember! But then I get torn out of what I'm reading by typos and then I have to think about it from an analytical lens and uuuuugh.
đź ⢠describe your latest wip with five emojis
Letâs seeâŚ
WKYH: đđިđąđťđĽ
Remembrance: đđŞâ§ď¸đžđ
𼤠⢠recommend an author or fanfic you love
Bewarethepurpleone on Ao3! They write In Which John Egbert is Allowed to Feel Rage for Once in his Life, a fantastic Homestuck fanfic where John gets to be mad. It is genuinely so good that my brain has entirely accepted it as canon at this point. I love the rarepair ships and I love how just... natural it all feels.
Another option is Wyverness on Ao3, with her Gifts of the Valley series. This is a Stardew fic on a multiplayer farm, and genuinely it is fascinating what she's come up with!!! Well worth the read, with twice weekly updates to boot!
đ˛ ⢠what stops you from writing more in your free time?Â
A lot of the time it's energy levels. I'm a highly disabled individual; POTS, OCD, DID, ASD, a thousand and one other things that make shit hard...
When I come home from work, I'm exhausted. I still have to make dinner, and by the time I have actual time for writing, I often don't have the energy to think about the complex ideas I want to be writing -- so I end up writing meh stuff that doesn't spark as much joy.
It's also a lot easier to want to play games instead. Games give a lot more instant dopamine. I'm also big on games, so it really pulls my free time!
đ ⢠share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings
Hmm... Undyne and Alphys, if they have a kid, would absolutely adopt. Neither of them are wanting to physically have a child, with Undyne saying she wouldn't have the patience and Alphys having a fear of childbirth.
đ ⢠what's the last thing you wrote down in your notes app?Â
...... a list of every Pokemon you can catch/evolve below Level 20 before the S.S. Anne in FireRed... because I was fact checking a video about the line Blue says in FireRed about how he's caught 40 Pokemon by that point (and yeah if he's following the rules and isn't benching powerful Pokemon for no reason, then yes, he's lying).
... I'm not autistic you are.
đŞ â˘ what's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?
Weirdest? Definitely kink shit. I'm not into every kink I've written, but I try to do my research to make sure that I know what I'm writing. The weirdest has probably been the egg stuff.
đż ⢠give some advice on writer's block and low creativity
Gosh, I'll be real. I don't know. What I've been doing for myself is actually these cute and silly ask games, since it gives me a hit of dopamine and silliness. It helps some. I also highly recommend joining writing communities and sharing your work with friends. Nothing has gotten me more hyped than someone I care about saying they're interested in the next chapter.
đď¸ â˘ what's your favourite type of comment to receive on your work?
ANY. I am SUCH a slut for comments -- I need them to survive. I love keysmashes, I love huge personal connections, I love quotes from the fic that they laughed at. I think that the only comments I dislike are the ones who point out the flaws. Like. Yeah, fair, but you're getting this for free <3
𦴠⢠is there a piece of media that inspires your writing?Â
I mean... Yeah, I write fanfiction! But beyond that, I have really been inspired by the writing of David Eddings, Diana Wynn Jones, and Drew Hayes.
... Apparently I have a thing for D-name writers?
But their writing styles have really influenced my own writing. After reading The Belgariad with me, my spouse suddenly realized just how much of my humor and description came from him. I love DWJ's humor, and Hayes' ability to foreshadow is straight up godlike.
In terms of media beyond writing, I find myself inspired by things I like!! Like, Steven Universe was really inspiring for me in discussing trauma responses, encouraging me to make that a crucial part of WKYH. Because at the end of the day, that is what that story is about!
đ ⢠give yourself some constructive criticism on your own writing
I could really use some consistent chapter lengths -- preferably shorter than what I do now -- with at most three perspective shifts in one chapter. The chapters get so lengthy that it's easy to forget where you're at in the story!
𪲠⢠add 50 words to your current wip and share the paragraph here
He found himself inexplicably drawn to the mountain. It was like... like something was pulling him there, pulling him back in.
He growled to himself, shaking his head and rattling himself. "Grrrrrr- Get AHOLD of yourself!" What on earth was wrong with him? Why was he acting so stupid?
He shouldn't be caring like this. He hadn't cared like this.
Not since...
âď¸ â˘ what made you choose your username?
My parents followed my everything online. My Facebook, Tumblr, DeviantArt, FiMFiction, Ao3 -- my mother would regularly google my usernames and bio name to find out what information about me was online. My dad frequently told me the story of him infiltrating my sister's groupchat.
It was fucking terrifying, especially as a closeted bisexual disaster.
So, when I chose my username, it was for a sideblog and for fanfic accounts I knew my parents would not be getting access to. And, in an effort to make them distinct from myself, I thought, "What's something my parents wouldn't assume is me?"
I went with Miss Sugar-Pink because I knew my parents thought of me as a Very Innocent Straight Cis Christian Girl, and I also knew they didn't know the full extent of my music tastes, I figured that Bubblegum Bitch was not a song they would normally associate with me -- which made it all the better to hide with.
Now it just feels like home <3
đ ⢠tag your biggest supporter(s) and say one nice thing about them
I won't tag, just in case, but:
Purple. You have become SUCH a good friend over these few years. I really appreciate how you've stood by me and how you support my passions.
Cambrian. I never once anticipated you would become one of my biggest supporters, but you literally sat there and just up and drew a character that hasn't even shown up yet?! I still rotate the fact that you read my Littlewood fic too.
My spouse. God, I love you bunny, and thank you for constantly being by my side. Fuck PA <3
đ¨ ⢠link your favourite piece of fanart and explain why you like it
Speaking of Cambrian drawing a character -- all of my WKYH readers can enjoy a preview of Zire!
For those that can't see: Ze's a bird with bright red wings that mimic flames, with a snake-like body. Ze wears colorful fun glasses and a tube-sock sort of sweater. Zes snake body is purple, but it fades into red feathers from the scales. Ze also has a book of puzzles -- ze loves sudoku. I love zem.
(I've also been so stuck on pronouns. I think Ze/Zem/Zes? I had been thinking it/its but... that just feels too basic for zem?)
𧊠⢠what will make you click away from a fanfiction immediately?
Very little honestly. It basically just has to have formatting issues that impact my ability to read it. Beyond that, I'll only click off if I'm genuinely not enjoying the experience.
30 questions in a row, under the cut so that my yapping doesn't destroy anyone's dashboards.
What is the last sentence you wrote?
WKYH: And nowhere was there air that smelled and felt like this.
Remembrance: You stepped out of your front door, glanced around, and immediately blinked at the overflowing mailbox.
Who is a character whose POV youâre currently exploring?
WKYH: The next chapter is going to go into Flowey's perspective on everything. There's a lot of good angst around Flowey's feelings about Chara.
Remembrance: The latest chapters I'm working on are about Lilith! I'm not in depth with characters yet, so right now it's primarily the OC Reader!
How do you feel about your current WIP?
I love all of my WIPs so much, but there are so many. WKYH and Remembrance are the biggest ones and the ones that I love the most at the moment. I do feel like WKYH is sometimes a bit insurmountable -- that's a lot of words to write, you know? -- but it's still really satisfying.
What's a story idea you havenât written yet?
I have a Stardew Valley fic in the planning stages. I've promised myself I'm not going to be starting it until I am at least done WKYH, but possibly awhile after that too. The main premise is, essentially, what would happen if you stayed with Joja for a few years longer? What happens in the Valley if you don't show up?
I've also got a Fnaf DCA x Reader fic planned, but that one is very very bare bones, and I have no idea when I'm going to get into it.
What is the first sentence of the fifth paragraph of an unpublished WIP?
Let me... see if I can find an unpublished WIP. I have a lot of WIPs, but most are published. I guess I'll do one that's still on Google Docs (since I'm making the move to Ellipsus). Hmm... The only really is the only WIP of mine that has anything interesting with it:
But It Refused: Of course the body did not respond.
the word that appears the most in your current draft (wordcounter.net can tell you)
... Uuuuh. I don't think I can copy WKYH into Word Counter...
But I can try.
Okay, nevermind, I'm only 24 chapters in and I am already bored. BUT! Through those first chapters, the most common word is............
Sans.
Which, genuinely, I expected either "The" or "You," so that's impressive in my opinion!
As for Remembrance, apparently it's the word Just. Who knew!
What are your preferred writing fonts?
Unfortunately, I really don't get a choice of font in my main writing app (4TheWords). On Ellipsus, I end up just using the default (Literata) but I don't tend to actually write on Ellipsus much. When I was on GoogleDocs, I mostly used Calbri, but if I'm making shit for work, it'll be in Bree Serif, Alice, or Verdana.
If you had to write a sequel to a fic, youâd write one forâŚ
[Stares in 2 sequels planned for WKYH, as well as many of my fics already having sequels or planned sequels beyond that]
I guess, beyond the already planned/being written ones... It would be for my fic Skeleton's Song. I really love Chara's characterization here, and I would love to write a fic where they finally get to move on.
It's funny, because I wrote in the author's note that this fic was "the halfassed completed version written late at night on a burn-out session!" But it... really feels like so much is going on here, and I love what I wrote. The ending more than everything else, honestly.
Start to finish, how long did it take you to write the last fic you posted?
This is such a crap-shot, honestly. My writing is always all over the place.... I'm going to use my AO3 fics for this, and skip all the ones I had posted elsewhere previously, and obviously just the completed ones...
So that would be the Pokemon GO Fic! Posted January 6 of last year. And I started that fic...
oh fucking christ.
I started that fic in August 2016. So, nearly 10 years on that fic.
Welcome to, "I don't update often enough" xD
What is the longest amount of time youâve let a draft rest before you finished it?
No idea. See above. Amnesia also makes this one hard! I started writing fanfiction sometime in I think 2013 or so? And I still have fics from that time that I'm working on. I have a very hard time finishing fics.
What's a WIP youâd like to finish someday?
All of them!! At this moment in time, I only have one truly abandoned fic that I know of, that being a collab I was doing with a friend of mine. I just have 0 interest anymore, and we drifted apart as friends do. Primarily I'm focused on WKYH and Remembrance at the moment though. My other wips all are simmering over on the backburners of my enormous 25 million stove kitchen.
What's a trope youâre really into right now?
Oh gosh... Not sure of a proper name for the trope, beyond power imbalance? Essentially, "Person A forms a deal with Person B, where Person B has magic powers of some kind, and is the main antagonist, but A and B fall for one another." I LOVE power imbalance. Very much so the concept of, 'I know I shouldn't love you, I know I can't beat you, but goddamn it I'm going to do both anyways."
What's a fandom youâre thinking about writing for?
Stardew is the most brain-consuming one at the moment! I've also planned to do Steven Universe, Miraculous Ladybug, A:TLA... If we're talking about one I haven't written for yet but could see myself doing one day, R.E.P.O is my latest obsession and I could see myself diving into the lore of that.
Where do you get your inspiration?
Engagement. 100%. I love comments, I love kudos, I love scrolling through the bookmarks and seeing what people have said in their blurbs. It's really hard for me to write without reminding myself that people other than just me find my stories fascinating. It's honestly why I struggle to write so often.
And I know, I know, "Write for yourself!!!" But the thing is, I have been writing for myself. It's just... boring to put it all to words for myself. I have the movie version in my head already -- I don't need to write it for me. But if I write it out, that means I can show others the movie. THAT is what I like.
What's your favorite weather for writing?
Warmer than this! But seriously, I need a not-too-cold, not-too-hot day. Preferably, windows open for a slight breeze, bright but not shining sun, and my headphones on.
What's your favorite place to write?
At the moment, I do almost all of my writing on my couch. This is... not my favorite place to write. However, the two spots that I have planned for writing spaces -- the craft room and the attic -- are currently not in a usable state. That's a goal for this spring and summer though! And the attic will become a bit more accessible after winter.
Talk about your writing and editing process.
I'm not sure exactly what to write about here, since there's so many options! I guess...
For my writing process, I literally just sit down and write. I have a scene in my head, and I write what I see in the scene. I edit while I go, "Oh, no, that doesn't describe what I'm seeing quite right-"
Then, when I've got the chapter written, I'll usually read it through after a few hours. Maybe send it to a beta. This is where I clean up typos, rearrange, clarify, etc. If I'm on a roll and feeling great about editing, I try to read it through until I no longer make any edits. This... very very rarely happens. It's a miracle if it gets edited at all. No Beta, we die like side characters in the Battle of Thull Mardu.
If you keep them, share a deleted sentence or paragraph from a published fic.
Not only do I keep them -- I publish them on AO3 as bonus content! That way, I never get discouraged about the idea of "wasted words." But... that does mean that I don't really have any to share here, lol. You can check out my deleted scenes fics on AO3 if you're interested!
What's the most interesting topic youâve researched for a fic?
I'll be real, I have no idea. Maybe the one that stands out to me the most is the meaning of the terms Absentia and Revocare, since those are the names of two of my fanfics. Absentia was based on the MLP Rainbow Factory fan song "Pegasus Device," where the lyrics said, "I only know one simple thing, The name they gave me: Absentia."
So, I looked it up, and it ended up being primarily a legal term for actions that took place without a person's participation/involvement; a "trial in absentia," for instance, is a trial where the trialed individual is not present for the trial. So, I wrote the entire fic with this concept in mind of Rainbow Dash being "on trial," with Absentia being the executioner. I didn't put that literally into the fic, but the entire idea is that the crimes she has committed have haunted her, like Scootaloo does, and she is constantly trying to bury that haunting -- to make it go away, to "be absent." Only by following the same path as her crime against Scootaloo -- no longer being absent from the story -- does the story become resolved; this is also a bit of a judgement of the source fic, Rainbow Factory, and how they mischaracterized Rainbow.
Then, when researching the sequel, I wanted a term that could replicate the legal formality of Absentia. I stumbled upon Revocation, the idea of returning something and the cancelling of/rejection of power, goods, services... The entire fic is the idea of Rainbow finally letting go, as well as Absentia finally moving on; a dismissal of power on both their parts. I made it Revocare based on the Latin root -- and because I thought having the center of the word be "Care" rather than allowing the -tion suffix really made the word pop as a title.
In what year did you publish your first fic?
Oh golly. The very first fic I ever posted online was Equestrian Darkness. I wrote this fic in a notebook in high school and worked on digitizing it. The first chapter of the fic was posted to FiMFiction on June 22nd, 2013. It was concluded on the 26th. It is... such bad writing LMAO.
When did you publish your most recent fic?
That would be Remembrance, my Littlewood fic! I posted it last year in August. It only has 3 chapters thus far but I'm excited for it! It'll be a long one.
Do you ever worry about public reaction to what youâre writing? How do you get past that?
Moral OCD is no joke. I often think about the public reaction to what I write, particularly the smut aspect. Itâs genuinely incredibly hard to get past the idea that Iâm accidentally doing something in my writing thatâll get me called out.
In the past, I combatted this by going back and changing things I felt I would get yelled at. I straight up deleted some old fics of mine because I was so scared of being cancelled for their content.
Now, I realize that my writing is just⌠playing dolls. Itâs just words. I can make the words say what I want for the moment, and not mean a single ounce of it.
I still really struggle with this. But moving to a, âItâs just wordsâ mentality has helped a lot.
Pick three keywords that describe your writing.
Slow, detailed, and long. That last one in particular I struggle with. Itâs sooo hard to write short fic.
How do you recharge when youâre not feeling creative?
Gaming! I love playing games and have toyed with the idea of being a Twitch streamer â with a V-Model and all. I particularly am in love with Stardew Valley and have over 1k hours in the game.
Besides writing, what are your other hobbies?
Really mostly just gaming. I also enjoy reading and I find art fascinating, but itâs hard for me to maintain the energy for those two. I also enjoy cooking, but it depends on the day.
Are you able to write with other people around?
Almost definitely!âŚ. Except. If theyâre reading over my shoulder. Big no no!!! Do not!!!
Whatâs your favorite part of the writing process?
Entering the flow state. Those moments when the words just⌠appear in the page? Where you donât even process them as words, moreso like subtitles on your mind movie while you watch? Then you blink and youâve written a thousand words. Thatâs always so, so satisfying.
Whatâs your least favorite part of the writing process?
Writerâs block. Iâve tried so, so many of the tricks I hear about, and they just never seem to work for me. When I canât write, I just⌠canât. It typically boils down to a confidence thing for me. Like, whatâs the point of itâs all garbage? Depression suuuucks.
How easy is it for you to come up with titles?
Honestly, fairly easy! I think title crafting is fun.
Share a fic youâre especially proud of.
Well. How about a link to every single fic of mine instead? Okay? Okay!
Yknow what? Brace yourselves for long word spam posts today. Iâm going to go ahead and just answer the ask game questions for random ask games I find. I want to spark my creativity and write a lot of words.
Zoom In, Donât Glaze Over: How to Describe Appearance Without Losing the Plot
Youâve met her before. The girl with âflowing ebony hair,â âemerald eyes,â and âlips like rose petals.â Or him, with âchiseled jawlines,â âstormy gray eyes,â and âshoulders like a Greek statue.â
We donât know them.
Weâve just met their tropes.
Describing physical appearance is one of the trickiest â and most overdone â parts of character writing. Itâs tempting to reach for shorthand: hair color, eye color, maybe a quick body scan. But if we want a reader to see someone â to feel the charge in the air when they enter a room â we need to stop writing mannequins and start writing people.
So letâs get granular. Hereâs how to write physical appearance in a way thatâs textured, meaningful, and deeply character-driven.
1. Hair: Itâs About Story, Texture, and Care
Hair says a lot â not just about genetics, but about choices. Does your character tame it? Let it run wild? Is it dyed, greying, braided, buzzed, or piled on top of her head in a hurry?
Good hair description considers:
Texture (fine, coiled, wiry, limp, soft)
Context (windblown, sweat-damp, scorched by bleach)
Emotion (does she twist it when nervous? Is he ashamed of losing it?)
Flat: âHer long brown hair framed her face.â
Better: âHer ponytail was too tight, the kind that whispered of control issues and caffeine-fueled 4 a.m. library shifts.â
You donât need to romanticise it. You need to make it feel real.
2. Eyes: Less Color, More Connection
We get it: her eyes are violet. Cool. But that doesnât tell us much.
Instead of focusing solely on eye color, think about:
What the eyes do (do they dart, linger, harden?)
What others feel under them (seen, judged, safe?)
The surrounding features (dark circles, crowâs feet, smudged mascara)
Flat: âHis piercing blue eyes locked on hers.â
Better: âHis gaze was the kind that looked through you â like it had already weighed your worth and moved on.â
Youâre not describing a passport photo. Youâre describing what it feels like to be seen by them.
3. Facial Features: Use Contrast and Texture
Faces are not symmetrical ovals with random features. Theyâre full of tension, softness, age, emotion, and life.
Things to look for:
Asymmetry and character (a crooked nose, a scar)
Expression patterns (smiling without the eyes, habitual frowns)
Evidence of lifestyle (laugh lines, sun spots, stress acne)
Flat: âShe had a delicate face.â
Better: âThere was something unfinished about her face â as if her cheekbones hadnât quite agreed on where to settle, and her mouth always seemed on the verge of disagreement.â
Let the face be a map of experience.
4. Bodies: Movement > Measurement
Forget dress sizes and six packs. Think about how bodies occupy space. How do they move? What are they hiding or showing? How do they wear their clothes â or how do the clothes wear them?
Ask:
What do others notice first? (a presence, a posture, a sound?)
How does their body express emotion? (do they go rigid, fold inwards, puff up?)
Flat: âHe was tall and muscular.â
Better: âHe had the kind of height that made ceilings nervous â but he moved like he was trying not to take up too much space.â
Describing someoneâs body isnât about cataloguing. Itâs about showing how they exist in the world.
5. Let Emotion Tint the Lens
Whoâs doing the describing? A lover? An enemy? A tired narrator? The emotional lens will shape whatâs noticed and how itâs described.
In love: The chipped tooth becomes charming.
In rivalry: The smirk becomes smug.
In mourning: The face becomes blurred with memory.
Same person. Different lens. Different description.
6. Specificity is Your Superpower
Generic description = generic character. One well-chosen detail creates intimacy. Let us feel the scratch of their scarf, the clink of her earrings, the smudge of ink on their fingertips.
Examples:
âHe had a habit of adjusting his collar when he lied â always clockwise, always twice.â
âHer nail polish was always chipped, but never accidentally.â
Make the reader feel like theyâre the only one close enough to notice.
Describing appearance isnât just about what your character looks like. Itâs about what their appearance says â about how they move through the world, how others see them, and how they see themselves.
Zoom in on the details that matter. Skip the clichĂŠs. Let each description carry weight, story, and emotion. Because youâre not building paper dolls. Youâre building people.
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