Syl Writes Stuff

I track the tags SylWritesStuff and Syl Writes Stuff I hope you all enjoy your stay on my not so majestic writing blog!! Currently writing: Good Omens

[sylwritesstuff]

My main is @sylreblogsstuff. Any follows/asks/replies/etc will be delivered from that account.

Right now, I'm predominantly writing Good Omens content, a lot of it with @skimmingmilk and @theladydrgn. I'm also slowly but surely working on original content, so stay tuned!

Thanks and enjoy your stay~

[gomens-timeaftertime]

If we had more than 90 minutes, would we have gotten a “warm close” to mimic our Season 1 “cold open” of the Ineffables Through the Ages? Something beyond the cheeky and clever closing title to really give us the Ineffables Through the Universes?

Welcome to A Warm Close: Through the Universes! 

A Good Omens fan event where the only fixing we’re doing is fixing Amazon’s budget and making all the different universes that our beloved Ineffables keep appearing in!

If you’re a Good Omens creator tickled by the tag “All Good Omens Fanfiction is Canon” and excited about the snow globe sitting in Asa and Anthony’s garden, especially when paired with the book quote: “The universe is just something small and round, like those water-filled balls which produce a miniature snowstorm when you shake them.” This event is for you!

Check out the guidelines below the cut!

Guidelines:

You should create a fanfic, fanart, fan edit, or other fanwork that explores Aziraphale/Crowley (or their alter egos: Asa/Anthony) in an Alternate Universe (a Snow Globe, if you will). 

This is a "Continuation of Canon" that celebrates our new “All Good Omens Fanfiction is Canon" tag. Therefore, there are no “Fix-Its”! This event assumes that the finale implies the existence of multiple universes. Works should be made with the idea of being "slice of life" segments that, if we had a full six episodes, would combine with other works to make 30 minutes of lots of versions of the Ineffables together in many different snow globes. 

All ratings are welcome and all participants are welcome. 

Artists should aim for one fully completed piece.

Video Editors should aim for at least a 45 second video featuring MS or DT in other roles to make a new version of the Ineffables together

Writers should aim for at least 1k words. We recommend no more than 5k words to make it to posting – but you do you, boo. No one is going to complain if you write a novel.

A collection will be created on Archive of Our Own for completed pieces. Creators can also use the hashtag #warmclose when posting on social media!

Timeline:

June 1 - June 30 : Creation Period

July 1 - July 31 : Posting Period

Over 18 and want to create with the community? Join Time After Time: A Good Omens Fan Server for Fans of the Series Finale and Beyond. This server is open to folks who loved the series finale and need a safe space to celebrate it! This public invitation will close after one week. 

A Good Omens Server for fans of the Series Finale and Beyond. | 42 members

[theladydrgn]

A challenge to the Good Omens fandom

There are currently just over 76'900 Aziraphale/Crowley fanfictions on AO3

Can we make it at least 77k my May 13? We all know how God likes 7's....

[nikitalance]

Divine Restorations & Repairs by @skimmingmilk and @sylwritesstuff

All credit goes to the authors!

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[sylwritesstuff]

💖🥹💖🥹💖🥹💖🥹💖🥹💖🥹

Thank you! Omggggg

[theladydrgn]

@sylwritesstuff and I have finished our longest fic yet! King's Dearest Knight, a 500k+ word omegaverse royalty au in which swordsman-for-hire Crowley joins a royal tournament meant to give the common folk a chance at knighthood. only to start falling arse over teakettle for the hosting Prince, Aziraphale. Epic quests, magic, and the slowest of slow burns ensues

[snek-panini]

For the first time since April, I've actually finished binding a book. Like finished finished, not just the functional-but-not complete stage. This is Killian by ladydragona and SylWritesStuff, a Good Omens Omegaverse story where our favorite couple are dragon shapeshifters. It's a sexy, sweet, romantic adventure story and if that sounds like your cup of tea you should go read it immediately. I've been coming around on Omegaverse stories in the last couple of years and this is one of the stories that convinced me it was worth it.

So! We've got a legal-sized quarto up there; the story's just shy of 50k so it's the perfect length for it. It's got black faux leather on the spine and blue faux crocodile on the main part of the boards, because dragon scales. Both of them came from Hollander's. I was a bit apprehensive about working with the crocodile; it's a coated paper with a raised, almost rubbery texture that's evident on both sides. It's worth it though. I actually glued a strip of skinny board under the leather, so the croc part is a tiny bit recessed. I was worried about the edges getting caught on things but this fixed it, and it's invisible in the finished product.

More photos under the cut!

The texture of the croc skin doesn't allow for HTV on the cover so we only have a title on the spine. I haven't done a vertical title in ages; most fanfic titles are just too long for it. So I was a little bit of an opportunist doing one here, but I think it fits. It's hard to tell in the photo but that's gold foil HTV. I didn't account very well for pull from the endpapers vs. the cover, and this is thinner board than I normally use, so the boards have a little bit of warping but it's not that noticeable in person.

The endbands are a premade blue and red check. The book's technically long enough to have had custom ones but I already had these and they were the perfect color. The bookmark is a really dark navy ribbon that's also a perfect match.

The endpapers also have dragons on them. They're Italian letterpress and the dragons are slightly raised. I love dragons. It's dragons all the way down.

Excuse the lighting; my phone didn't like all the white so it made everything look darker. We have a scale pattern on the title page (dragons dragons dragons) that I grabbed from the Noun Project and enlarged to be a background. I had a dragon font picked out for the chapter numbers but it didn't look good (heartbreaking) so we've got a different one from DaFont called Beholder. It's a bit old world, a bit fantasy, so I feel like it fits.

And that's that! This was typeset in February, printed in April, and languished half-bound for the entire summer. It's such a pleasure to have finished it at last.

[sylwritesstuff]

so neat!!! Love how patient and talented and creative crafters are 💖

[theladydrgn]

Finding Love at the Orchards Edge

New fic from @sylwritesstuff and I!

Omegaverse, set in the 1990s, low-angst, wolf shenanigans 🫶

Alpha children have plenty of options when it comes to how to spend their summers - Schools and Academies and Programmes all designed around turning them into strong little leaders like they ought to be. Crowley, however, finds the lack of options for omega children to be particularly unfair. Luckily he has the means (and the time, now that he's no longer beholden to a Particular Dead Weight) to change those lack of options on his own. Well, also with help from a good friend. What he doesn't expect is the love he finds along the way.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63959977/chapters/164058118

[ineffableclassics]

Christmas is just the sort of holiday a demon has no business enjoying, even if one particular demon is entirely responsible for just such a holiday. After Armageddon't, he finally has a chance to see what all the fuss is about and one particular angel is very eager to show him. It's been nearly two thousand years of missing him every December, after all, so there's much to do.

There's mulled wine, Christmas markets, a tree to decorate, gifts to give, and secrets to share.

Words: 39,888

Status: Complete

Rating: Teen And Up

@sylwritesstuff @skimmingmilk

Art Credit: London by Jim Mitchell

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[meluiloth]

Since the whole thing with NaNoWriMo has gone down, I've noticed that one of their former sponsors, Ellipsus, has cut contact with NaNoWriMo because they do not support their stance on AI; I didn't know what Ellipsus was, but upon further research I've found that they are a writing platform that works a lot like Google Docs and Microsoft Word, only with a heavier leaning on the story-writing aspect and connecting with other writers - and they also completely denounce any use of AI, both in the writing process itself and in the use of their platform. I really appreciate that.

Since this is the case (and since I've noticed Google has begun implementing more AI into their software), I've decided to give Ellipsus a try to see if it's a good alternative to Google Docs (my main writing platform). It's completely free and so far, I've found it simple to use (although it is pretty minimal in its features), and I really like the look of it.

I figured I'd spread the word about this platform in case any of you writers would want to give it a try, and if you do, let me know how you like it!

[ardentswrites418]

This sounds great, I’ll give a try tonight!!

[fandomchaosposts]

i think they know their demographic to fr

[sylwritesstuff]

It's gotten better and continues to improve, and I love it

[kvetchinglyneurotic]

unstoppable force (desire to write) vs immovable object (tired)

[gr8writingtips]

i want to write!!! i want to write!!!! i want to write!!!!!

[addledmongoose]

Good Omens Fanfic Friday (16 Aug 2024)

The Crawly Chronicles (series) (179K; Rated M/T/E) by @theladydrgn and @sylwritesstuff

Human AU (sorta). It's Venom...but Good Omens, and written by my favorite writing duo, ladydragona and SylWritesStuff. Aziraphale is the intrepid but stepped-upon reporter. Crowley is the alien symbiote (called Crawly) who attaches to him. The M-rating in the first story is due to quite a bit of violence (within the canon of the movies).

"Crawly" is the first of the four-part series and while this particular story is friendship-only, Aziraphale is starting to have some feelings for his symbiote. It stays platonic; it's only when you get to the sequel that things take a turn for the E-rated. You can read the first one as a standalone if you're not interest in the romance/sex angle.

When Aziraphale Fell, reporter for The Daily Messenger, is tasked with a simple story on smuggling, he isn't expecting to find out that Lightbringer, Inc. has been experimenting on something that could be an animal, an oil slick, or something else entirely.

He especially isn't expecting that being to come home with him and change his entire life.

***

The Mind, the Memory, and the Demon (64K; Rated T)

This was so gorgeous and romantic, even as it was wrapped up in a horror story. Their love leaps off the page.

After the Armageddon-that-wasn't, Crowley has found himself a new hobby: scaring ghost hunters, sowing mild discord, harmless fun.

But when an old castle turns out to be an actual demon's lair, and a new Principality seeks Aziraphale for advice on humanity, things start escalating rapidly. An ancient demon is a threat they weren't prepared to face, and eventually the only chance to save a certain former Guard of the Eastern Gate is to literally dive into his mind and traverse his memories from times past...

***

Lost and Found (32K; Rated E) by @southernfriedamy

Human AU. Another quality human AU by MissUnderstoodLyrics. I love how competent and confident Aziraphale is here.

Former FBI agent turned park ranger Aziraphale Eastgate thought he’d found solace in the quiet forest that was once his childhood refuge. But his peace is shattered when his long-lost friend Crowley reappears after fifteen years, dragging him back into a world he thought he’d left behind.

Now a rock star entangled in the dark underworld of the music industry, Crowley seeks Aziraphale’s help to expose the corruption threatening his life. He claims he's being framed, but can he convince his former best friend and one-time lover of his innocence? Their complicated history looms large, casting shadows of doubt on both of them.

Joined by fierce and dedicated journalist Ana, tech-savvy hacker Newt, and junior park ranger Muriel, the group races to uncover the truth before it destroys them all. As they delve deeper into the conspiracy, Crowley and Aziraphale must confront their past and decide if they can ever truly trust each other again.

***

The Voice of the Lion Was Heard in the Land (22K; Rated T)

Human AU. Az and Tony are voice actors on a popular children's show until a homophobic campaign destroys Tony's career. This one made me cry a little, though it does have a happy ending.

[musicnotewirt]

My favorite writer deleted all their pinescone works and i didn’t get to finish them all 🥲 anyone know where i might be able to find it since is not in ao3 anymore??? sylwritesstuff is the author (and their companion who helped!!) please help me 😭😭😭

[sylwritesstuff]

Our fics have been locked to logged in users thanks to all the terrible AI scraping tools right now. If anyone needs a code for an account, I have some 💖

Also my companion who helped is skimmingmilk and she was the driving force behind it. She's why I watched OTGW and she wrote everyone in that universe while I handled the GF folks. She's phenomenal, no matter the fandom she writes for, and I will buy the books she publishes one day even if I have to choose between them and food. 💖😚

[justsomebirdy]

Some fluffy long haired Knight!Crowleys from @theladydrgn & @sylwritesstuff ‘s new fic that I’m losing my whole damn mind over. Nothing more healing than a long story brewing on the horizon, a lovely treat to look forward to each week 😌🧡 (ps this one just started so go hop in now)

I gotta draw the boys together soonnnnn

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[sylwritesstuff]

HE'S SO CUTE

Is it any wonder that Aziraphale immediately started to flirt? 🤣💘

Thank you so much for the lovely art, and for linking the fic 💖

[sylwritesstuff]

[nogitsunbaemoved]

Now that it’s landed safely to its new home with @theladydrgn and @sylwritesstuff I can post pictures of my latest bind 🥰

My first paperbacks! I have another one but these are the author copies, and my personal one was my first attempt so doesn’t look nearly as nice 😮‍💨

I’m so in love with the process, and I have four more I’m working on already.

Killian, by @theladydrgn and @sylwritesstuff is a sweet little aziracrow fic, full of fluff and romance (and dragons) 🐉

I really wanted the cover to look like a classic feel good romance, and I think it fits with the book so nicely. The back is super cute, though hard to read, so I’ll remember that for next time 😅

Typeset by yours truly, not pictured is the cute little dragon breaks.

Killian is available to read for FREE on ao3– keep fanfiction free, peeps. This was bound for personal use and with author(s) permission.

[sylwritesstuff]

Such a lovely book!!!

If anyone's curious, here's the ao3 link if you like dragons and magic and mating cycles 🤣💖

[theladydrgn]

@sylwritesstuff and I are on another omegaverse fic kick. Come check out the first chapter maybe 🥺

[sylwritesstuff]

The first chapter being an outlier as far as length goes 🤣