literally anything by @kentuckybarnes, though my favorite she’s written is Say Yes To Life
@lokimostly‘s James Conrad fic Rainy Days and the sequel Home From War
And I recommend Twenty/Twenty, Three Hearts and Wanderlust by @brooklyn-boy
@scribeofmorpheus has a really well-written series called Counterpart and one called Himmeløyne
There’s a bunch more to recommend. Social media aus are super great @geosaurusrrex has a bunch that I love, so does @sunmoonandbucky.
if you check out my sideblog @ladybugsficarchive you might find something. Everything’s tagged with the title, the pairing and the character. Hope this helps ^_^
1. I will stop with the scheduled updates for Shut Up And Kiss Me because... I suck at deadlines I guess. Idk, but I promise you I’ll try to update once a week on some story and hopefully it’ll be both SUaKM and another story but I can’t promise that. Anyways, I hope you all have had a lovely week even though I am sorry to say there won’t be an update today.
2. I reached 500 followers. I don’t know when, I don’t know how, but holy fuck, I reached 500 followers. And this, my peeps, is something I would very much like to celebrate with you.
How? you ask. Simple; we’re having a sleepover!
Blurb requests
Top 5 of anything
Make me choose between A or B
I’ll tell you one thing I love
FMK
Ask me some questions and get to know me or my wips
give me some tv/movie/book recs or ask for some!
send me a fic rec or I’ll give you one
Just come and talk to me about your day or a story you have!
Anything else you can think of ^_^
The celebration will last until Friday (18.10) so you have a lot of time and I hope to be able to talk to some of you guys and have fun. Thank you so much! Also, everything will be tagged with #ladybugs500sleepover
Tagging some mutual for a sb: @adefectivedetective @yespolkadotkitty @just-the-hiddles @satanskatze @gamillian @scribeofmorpheus
As for a fic rec I'm gonna be an idiot and recommend my own story wicked game since you probably like yourself a little prof!Hiddles 😁😄 but what I'm actually here for is a FMK with: our one and only Tom, Loki and Jonathan Pine (you can also do another of Tom's characters if that's easier) 😁💗✨ congrats on 500 followers, that's amazing 🥰
Don’t worry about recommending your own stories, i love being able to read you work, too. And yeah, I do like some prof!hiddles and I just read the first part and as soon as i get more time i’m going to catch up on the rest ^_^
As for the FMK i have to say I really hate this. Tom, Loki and Jonathan Pine, really? But, okay, I think we’re gonna say marry Tom as I can get everyone with him, fuck Jonathan because honestly why would you do anything else? and stow Loki away in a closet and tell you I killed him but i can’t because he’s precious and deserves better than what the world can give him.
Congrats on the 500 followers! That's awesome! So, I just wanted to ask your advice-I just finished my first Hiddleston fanfic! :) I've been a longtime fanfiction writer but am new to sharing my work. What advice do you have? Thank you so much! I love your work!
Thank you!
Oh, and that’s so cool. Please let me know when you’ve posted it so I can read it ^_^
Now, for the advice. (this got longer than expected so i put the advice under a read more
So, I’ve only recently posted on tumblr and started on wattpad in like 2012 or smth. But I’ll keep this tumblr related and also some AO3 because that’s a great site for fanfics.
if you have someone you trust (and that you know won’t make fun of you for writing fanfics and such) share the work with them first and get some feedback.
Honestly, this is the one thing that’s helped me the most. I have my friend read over my work so that I know there’s a minimum of errors and also to get a feel of reaction. Make sure the person is honest and also that maybe you can take constructive criticism. Of course, it’s totally optional because you might not be comfortable with it, but I highly recommend it. After all, my friend was the one who made me realize i wanted to post my work and not just let it stow away on my laptop.
interact with you readers (and other writers)
reply to comments, write an author’s note, have some updates (I’m bad at this, I know). Make it a community and you’ll get friends along the way, too. Ask questions, try to get to know them, have celebrations like the one I have now where your followers know they can reach out, and try to make sure they know you’re there (i wish I was better at this tbh).
interacting with other writers may help a lot, too. They can help you reach out to readers, they can help with ideas and with so much, and they can become great friends. don’t hesitate to reach out to me, either ^_^
multiple platforms
here I’ll take ao3 into concideration, because honestly, having multiple places may get you more readers. At least you can link between them. A lot of people on AO3 uses tumblr as their way of interacting because it’s easier to talk to people here and the site has a way better sharing possibilty, after all, that is what the site is for. But, there’s also one thing I’ve noticed, which is why I currently post more here than over there. x reader have a lot bigger following scale on tumblr than on ao3 (of course you can post both places) and sticking to characters and pairing is bigger on ao3 (which again, you can post both places).
of course, I totally recommend both sites (even if i use tumblr more).
tagging
if you’re sharing your work, i guess you want it to reach others. the best way to do this is tagging. tag it with anything relevant. the character(s), the pairing, whether it’s fluff or smut (always tag smut, it’s really annoying if you don’t want it yet it comes up, some want to avoid this after all), i’ve read that tumblr only counts the first 20 tags and that the rest can be nice information but you won’t get the story on search results, so be sure that you’re tagging it with relevant tags first, at least.
summary, pairing, style, warnings
before the story, give a slight idea as to what’s to come. make sure to warn people of eventual things they want to avoid; violence, smut, anything that can trigger people (if there is smth and you can’t think of it then, it’s okay, hopefully someone will let you know and then you can add the warning). the warnings are probably the things that’s most important, but hooking people with a summary is more than recommended
read more
use a read more! i cannot stress this enough, and you probably know it, but if you’re story is longer than 500 words, use a read more! honestly, one of the most annoying things is scrolling down your dash and not getting to the end because the story is so long. give it two-three paragraphs to let the readers get a taste of the story and your writing and then put the read more.
honestly, this got longer than i expected and im not sure if this is exactly what you had in mind, but i hope it works and i hope you have a ton of fun posting your stories. don’t hesitate to let me know when you’ve posted it ^_^
What is your name? (if you don't mind answering, ofc)
I have been wondering about this ask for the better part of the day and I’ve decided that I don’t mind answering that, and I’ll give you a little anecdote to go with.
My name is Mari (a really typical Norwegian name that I’m seeing more and more often outside of Norway). Anyways, in Norwegian Ladybug is Marihøne (my name and the norwegian word for hen), and my friend started to use it as a nickname for me and when I made this blog I decided that Ladybug is my name.
so there you go, my name is Mari and my nickname is Ladybug. Feel free to use either one ^_^
Hey, a blurb is kind of like a drabble. Just something small and easy, often cute and fluffy. Just a little something instead of smth longer that needs more work ^_^
This is a hard question one. I love AUs for all they're worth, but Canon divergent can be super fun to explore. Think I have to go with AUs. There are so many more opportunities!
