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Life/Writing Update

So it's no secret that I've massively slowed down on fanfiction writing over the past year or so, and there are two reasons for that. The first reason is that I haven't gotten as massively, one-track-mind obsessed with a fandom since The Magnus Archives. I've gone down some short-term rabbit holes since then, but nothing that had me churning stories out the way TMA and My Hero Academia did.

The being said! I still have long-running fics in the works. Heaven help me, I will finish Interviews from Somewhere Else if it kills me. I've been working on Manslaughter Machines lately and hope to have another chapter out in the foreseeable future. The latest fandom to grab my brain has been Danny Phantom/Batman crossovers, and I've fully outlined and started writing one of my own. Working title is THERE'S A FIELD WITH THIRTY GHOST BOYS but it's not likely to stick.

And yes, a sequel to Yesterday Upon the Stairs (much shorter, basically my version of the MHA finale) is in the works! The first chapter is fully written, and I want to at least get further into the second and hopefully get a good rhythm going before I start posting.

The second reason I've slowed down, really the biggest reason, is that I've gone all-in on original writing.

First off: my finished fantasy novel is on track for publication! I don't want to say too much because I haven't been shown the social media policy yet, but it got picked up by a small indie publisher and things are moving. It should be out later this year, and I'll be posting updates here on Tumblr if it's still around by then (hey ngl that outage scared the shit out of me) as well as on Bluesky.

Second off: I've been trying to post more about my main original project, Sacred Darkness (SDverse tag here) because I'm hard at work writing it! And, good news, I'm about two and a half drafts into the first installment and recently started what will most likely be the final big rewrite. I plan on posting it online as a webnovel series, and I'm still debating between Wordpress and Substack for what the best platform would be. Leaning toward Wordpress; if it's good enough for Worm, it's good enough for me. That or I can just post the thing on AO3! I plan on breaking up later books into more manageable chunks so I don't have to take months-to-years long hiatuses between them.

And lastly, I've been trying to build up a backlog of shorter stories so I can feel a little less terrified to launch a Patreon about it. Recently I was reminded that waiting for ideal conditions is futile because ideal conditions will never exist, so I set myself a solid deadline: there are two more stories I want to finish, one taking place in the world from this story and one rewrite/expansion of a story I submitted to an anthology and didn't get in. Once I finish those, I'm going live. Some stories will be posted publicly, some will be Patreon-exclusive. If all goes well, I will make this happen by the end of this month.

And... that's what's been going on. Thanks everyone who's stuck with me over this dry spell! I'm excited to show you all what I've been working on!

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Underrated character motivation: completely unreasonable or irrational revenge quest. No, not when a character thinks another character was the cause of their suffering through a misunderstanding. I mean the worst day of their life happened and they swear vengeance on Chad, who was also there.

#give me characters who twist themselves through whatever logical gymnastics will let them continue to justify themselves #pitviper writes #trope things i like

From Claudie Arseneault - Get Ready for Common Bonds 3 - An Anthology of Aromantic SFF

I'm in an aromantic speculative fiction anthology!

So a while ago, I submitted a short story to the Common Bonds 2 anthology, and while I didn't get into that one, they received so many good submissions that they decided to make another anthology out of them. I'm so excited to be participating in this project. My story, "Fair Friend, You Never Can Be Old", features none other than Caleb, who you can read more about in my undead bros tag.

The crowdfunding campaign is launching in June; I'll have more updates for you as things progress.

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Fantasy fiction

It's finally happened!

I've uploaded all my previous Tumblr short stories, as well as a brand-new Patreon-exclusive piece of flash fiction, "The Mountain-Makers". Much more to follow.

Thanks to everyone for all your kind words and support! I can't wait to share so much more of my writing with you.

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As painful as it can be to kill your darlings, there's no relief quite like working on a second or third or perhaps even final draft and realizing you can completely axe an entire scene and move on quickly to the next.

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Common Bonds 3 is an anthology of 18 SFFH short stories and poetry with aromantic main characters and a central platonic bond.

Hey everybody! I have a story in this anthology! You know that Caleb guy I talk about every now and then? Well he's aroace, and I wrote a little story from his past.

There's 22 days left on the backerkit and they're getting pretty close to the goal.

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Sometimes I look back on where I used to be as a writer and the kinds of (original) stories I used to come up with and while I've come a long way in understanding like, complexity and moral nuance and unconscious stereotypes in certain tropes and how to do characterization good, sometimes I feel like in trying to leave behind cliches and create more original and complex stories, I left behind some of the most treasured and beloved fictional things of my formative years.

Like. When's the last time I put talking animals my worldbuilding. When's the last time I gave my characters a Really Cool Sword.

#pitviper writes #a big part of it may be #that my main original project for the past several years is urban fantasy #and part of me is like 'why would these 21st century people be using swords'#my characters deserve swords

I have to pity the writers who think fiction is for modeling good moral behavior because you get the most fun out of character writing when you get your character traits from toxic reddit compilations.

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