SweetSorcery @sweetsorcery - Tumblr Blog

Reblog and put in the tags the best fictional mother.

#i'm trying but nope... i've got nothing #now and then i make one up because hey - it's fiction

there will never be anything as funny as the mutual disbelief between long form and short form fic writers about each other's style.

short form writers look at people writing 100k+ fics as though this is some sort of talent given as part of a fae bargain, that the commitment required shows some sort of ungodly mental fortitude.

meanwhile long form writers look at people writing 1000 word one shots like god I would cut off my left nipple to be able to say anything concisely. i would love to play with multiple ideas. free me from the shackles of this child I have birthed. i love them but I now must take them to t-ball and doctor's appointments and they're going to destroy everything I own.

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cosmonaut-observer

If you live in the UK you need to see this

Protect Internet Freedom from now until forever. It's important existentially! Americans stand with UK citizens in our struggle against government censorship

russettrush

We are consulting on further measures to prepare children for the future in an age of rapid technological change. This includes potential ag

Got the link via @finalducc

If you live in the UK, please be sure to take part in this!

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@daysleftofsecondterm

starlightshadowsworld

You guys have my whole heart for sharing this I had no idea will be filling this out and encourage all my fellow brits to do soo too. If you’re not from the UK please keep sharing this around we have till the 26th May to submit these in.

This whole thing was set up without our say we all need to make sure we’re heard.

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With all the anti AI stuff, which I do support, are writers really not doing any spell check through whatever they use to write?

Is using spell check okay , or will people cancel you if you use it , like several writing groups tell me?

Is there any spell/grammar check that's not AI or will not get you canceled or harassed about it?

Are writers now doing it all by hand with dicunary and beta readers

Maybe I'm just old but... spell check is Ai???

I mean, I've heard that services like Grammerly are incorporating AI features, but Word has had spellcheck incorporated since the 90s and Google Docs has had it since its inception.

I tend to turn off spell check just because I'm Canadian and it always insists I adopt US spelling for things that Canadians use the British English spelling for. But then, I really *am* ancient. I memorized spelling in school because we hand wrote assignments, and there is no spell check when you're handwriting - except looking things up in the dictionary. I didn't start typing assignments until university, but we got marks off for spelling errors in elementary and high school.

Anyone who is harassing someone for using fucking spellcheck needs to take several seats and touch an entire field of grass. There are stands to take against AI, but that just seems like a fundamental misunderstanding of what AI even is.

I got a little hot under the collar on this one folks, so forgive my temper here. If I'm wrong, I'm open to being corrected! This is just such a foreign concept to me that I'm completely gobsmacked by the whole idea.

fibro-memes

#this is so true it hurts - just like everything else

sexygrammaticalerrors

#with the right height difference one of them fits inside the other #which is why enemies to lovers is such a thing

sexygrammaticalerrors

#an oldie but a goodie

au-roulette

AU Roulette 2026 Sign-ups are officially open!

And with that, we are getting things started! As a brief reminder for those new to the event -- AU Roulette is a casual fic-writing challenge encouraging fanfic authors to play around with different types of alternate universe stories, which will be randomly assigned to each participant regardless of the fandom they sign up with.

Writers will be able to sign up from May 10th-31st with a fandom of their choice. At the start of June, each participant will be assigned three AUs from a masterlist using a random number generator. Each author will then have the choice of completing the challenge one, two, or all three of the AUs. Any fic exceeding a 500-word minimum will be considered a completion, so long as it employs the AU premise. Fics can then be posted at any point during the month of June.

As a reminder: The fandom you signed up with is used to filter AU assignments, in order to minimize re-rolls! (For example, someone signing up with "The Lord of the Rings" will not be assigned a High Fantasy AU). Please only sign-up with one fandom.

The sign-up link can be found here. Please feel free to spread it around and get the word out about this year's event!

#could this finally get me back into writing?

fibro-memes

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theworldatwar

A British RAF Short Stirling at an airfield in England, date unknown

#world war ii

inthetags

Reblog and say in the tags whether your blorbo and you would have the same favourite genre in fiction

#most definitely

akiragatr

Happy Paprika Day, to all who celebrate!

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I'm loving the discussions about the role and purpose of fandom, as well and what activities are needed to keep fandoms alive and flourishing!

However... as a fandom creator (writer and artist), I sometimes feel like too much pressure is concentrated on creators. I don't know if this is a frustration others share? Not only should we keep making things, but somehow we also end up becoming these central fandom figures who can feel pressured into responding to comments (or else we're called arrogant or ungrateful), making friends (or else we're rude for ignoring well-meaning people who reach out), and being the drivers and pillars of that community (running events, responding to memes, etc. – and everything falls silent if we stop). It's a lot of work!! I don't always have the time and energy to make things for fun and then also engage in all the ways people might sometimes feel entitled to because they enjoy my works.

I really wish that more "non-creating" fans in the community would discover their fandom power!! and not just rely on the visible "producing" creators to be the only people worth engaging with. It takes nothing more than passion to write a meta-post about a character or a plot point, or to create an ask game, or to DM someone else who you see posting funny tags – not just the creator! Maybe your followers have other tips for evening out the balance a little more?

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this, anon. This is an observation I've seen in many parts of life, not just fandom.

A lot of people feel as though they need permission or an invitation of some sort in order to contribute. That's why I always end my answers by asking people to share their thoughts. I want to make it explicitly clear that I want people to add things into the reblogs (which I can then share out for more people to see) and the replies (which people can at least read even if I can't reblog).

I have heard fans who are readers but don't write fic say that they think they can't get an AO3 account unless they plan to post something. This is incorrect, of course, but a lot of people make that assumption.

I think at least some people (I don't know what kind of percentage) assume that someone who is writing fic or posting art or making podfics and video edits etc. has some sort of expertise that "allows" them to post.

People with less confidence or with less practice etc. sometimes need an extra nudge before they realize that they're welcome to contribute too. If that's the case for you, please allow me to say:

You are welcome to post in your fandom, even if no one invites you to. Even if you think you're not good enough. Even if your idea isn't "popular."

Start a conversation. Share a thought. Talk to folks who reblog cool shit. Be a folk who reblogs cool shit. You don't have to do everything in order to do something.

As mentioned above, please do share your thoughts in the reblogs and replies to keep the conversation going.