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WIP Progress Meme

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rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous.

send me an ask with the title that most intrigues you and interests you and i’ll post a little snippet of it or tell you something about it!

The way I write is that even though I have a lot of ideas rolling around in my head, I only put one of them to paper at a time. I so only have one WIP. That’s The Lost Vessel. Although I do have One Month, One Room as an abandoned fic. The Book Lays Open, There Are Tales to be Told is my other outstanding project, but I’m waiting for TMA to wrap up for me to write the last installment. But I have other projects, including a historical sewing project and a set of Dark Souls stained glass window style drawings. So you could ask about those instead.

I don’t know anyone off the top of my head who has WIP who I’d feel comfortable tagging, so anyone who reads this can consider this an invitation.

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I Write!

I write.

I fucking write so much, that I worry that some day,

I'll fill all the pages a person is allotted in their lives,

But my mind will barely be drained of a millionth of what I have to say,

And I'll turn to walls and faces, and continue to write,

Because I'm too far gone to return to sanity, and have too much crap, in beautiful verses, to convey.

I fucking write so much, that I worry that some day,

I'll break the pen I'm writing with, but not stop,

Because the fountain is gushing and but there's so vessel; so it shall drench the grounds.

And, by the time I'm finished with being the oracle to my hoarded mind,

My fingers will be black and blue, my eyes a tired red, and my existence devoid of silence and, also, sounds.

I fucking write so much, that I worry that some day,

Readers will have had enough of my poetry,

And I'll be a writer solely for the benefit of my crazy insides, and me.

I'll be forgotten, but I'll never cease to write; I'm addicted to it.

My mind, fighting to live normal, shall always be a caged soul, and my words, shall always be the only means to set it free.

~~~

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One of the best, most fun things you get to do as a writer when you create any kind of non-canon world (be it fan fiction or original), you get to make up idioms or other sayings to help define the world and the cultures you’re making.

A favorite of mine from years ago was the “by our Lady’s eye” exasperated statement, which is a pretty big reason why I pulled Lady Mond out of that one fic to develop way more thoroughly in Debtor Knight. Now I have two new ones that I absolutely adore as I’m building up the next story, both in relation to the last dragon I hadn’t named or developed.

This dragon’s name is Roikensou, the scarlet dragon, who governs luck and fortune. The first saying is (more or less, barring development wiggle) “he shared his wings in a storm” in relation to people managing to get through a tough time.

The second saying is “I hope your blood runs white,” which is in relation to an old myth in Derathin saying humans’ red blood came from Roikensou, which inherently makes them luckier than anything else. But it’s also in relation to Roisiroh, the white dragon, who governs death.

Essentially, a diplomatic way of saying “get wrecked or go die,” which is perfect for everything Derathin is shaping up to be.

(i still have no clue for a title for this story and i am miffed by that)

#posts about writing #what's a little frustrating in terms of Debtor Knight is that I didn't fully realize what SHOULD go into world building #I thought I did enough and I guess it worked out decently well but man I wanna go back and buff it up #at a later date I probably will #for now I have a decent head of steam and I want to keep moving forward #and I would need to not stop for something else because I have to do at least SOME of this again for the country of Hurend*#*since they play a big part in this next story #onward and upward as the saying goes #also no I did not forget which story I pulled Lady Mond from I just don't want to summon anyone by using its name

Followup from that post I made this morning about making sure I talk about writing projects, cut for some length (nothing bad, I promise):

I will be making an update to Penny for a Tale over this weekend to cap its chapters, relabel the last one, and mark it as completed. I took a break from it because I was having trouble getting the follow through to the next chapter, but after thinking about it for a while I realized I’d gotten to the sequence I’d really planned on (that rainy weekend), but I don’t have a cohesive plot structure to get to any of the vignette-esque scenes I’d thought of.

So since I got to the point I wanted to and I’m satisfied with where Penny and Finley are, I’ll be cleaning up the story on AO3 a little to state it’s completed. I reserve the right to go back to the universe and write smaller pieces like I’ve got reserved with Chigai’s universe, so if something bites me really hard I will freely write it.

In terms of what I’m going to work on now, Debtor Knight is still a massively important thing to me and I have a plan I’m dead set on. The only trouble is that it’s Q4, I’m managing a team of 2 people with 80+ jobs between us, and almost half of those jobs have a (potentially unreachable) 1/1 deadline. I am ungodly levels of stressed out and I made a bad choice in trying to start writing a smut scene when I’m this stressed.

What I’m going to do is essentially work on tidying the sequence up to set the smut off to one side as a bonus interlude piece a little further down the line so I can finish the chapter and move to the next. I’m going to be priming my brain to do this by starting work on a Bloodborne fic, since I managed to get a solid arc that would cover the entire game’s possible events (DLC included) after thinking about something for about 20 minutes. You know, as I do sometimes.

I’m trying very, very hard to manage my stress levels and the depression it and my recent health scare (thanks, anxiety) brought about. Things are very rough for me right now, especially because I’m having so much trouble with the simplest life things like cleaning the house or going for basic exercise like walks. Writing is my first and foremost form of stress relief and personal care, so I’m doing anything and everything I can to keep writing and remember to take breaks and slow down to do that.

I know I’m pinballing around a little with stories and I’m not doing great at keeping storylines going consistently, and I know that’s probably frustrating. I know a Bloodborne fic is probably not to a lot of people’s taste, and I know original fiction like Debtor Knight isn’t why most people followed me. But the fact that you guys still give my writing the time of day despite the fandom and genre changes really helps keep me going on shitty days like I keep having, and I really hope you know how much I appreciate it and all of you as readers.

Please stay patient with me while my brain goes through its normal BS, and I hope you give both this BB fic and Debtor Knight a try for a read (if you haven’t tried Debtor Knight already [and I hope you have]). I really do appreciate it and any comments sent my way, even if it looks like I don’t because I can’t get my shit together to actually reply.

#posts about writing #I haven't necessarily been thinking about how to clean some things up because I've been very preoccupied with trying to continue them #but I'm trying to take measure of what's stressing me out more often so I don't get myself to a health scare point again #I know I write myself into corners a lot and I get really flustered and annoyed by it and that's often what kills something #so I'm doing what I can to be consistent in how often and how much I write #and figuring out how to balance everything alongside it instead of being totally wrecked by executive dysfunction #as always I am very very tired

nanowrimo isn't a thing anymore for understandable reasons but I've been attempting "try and write 50k over the month" for too many years now to let the official org obliterating itself stop me mostly I treat it as a month of "maybe I can attack my ever-increasing pile of WIPs" and see if I can get any of them finished (though naturally I spent a while planning one particular fic I wanted to work on during the month, then got distracted by another, then had two 'shorter' ones it felt like I could get done over the month, and and and...) will I actually get anything finished this month only time will tell. but hey it's only week one, there's still the infinite promise of weeks 2-4, right

#posts about writing #coming up with ideas easy actually sitting down to write them hard #so many ideas but having the energy.......... and the time.......... that's the problem

It's not always glamorous, but at its best, sports writing is an art form.

I'm a former sports writer, and I have opinions about the state of sports journalism today. Still, at its best, sports writing is a masterful and beautiful thing.

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2016 writing + state of fandom meme

Let’s cross-post it over here, why the hell not.

I feel like I wrote next to nothing this year, really, so this is a sad meme. On the other hand, including my Yuletide stories, I posted over 100k of fic, which I know I haven't done since I started actually keeping a spreadsheet of posts.

My best story this year: the unlocking and the lift away (Generation Kill, Brad/Ray) The majority of this was written in 2015, which basically explains why I posted only 40k of fic that year, but I didn't have it ready to post until June of this year. I still can't believe I wrote 60k of Brad/Ray, which is my shOwTP but I just love Nate Fick so much that I usually only want to write fic about him. My favorite story of this year: part-time wonder (Generation Kill, Nate/...everyone? Kind of?) I enjoyed writing this weird mess, most of which was also written in 2015, but I feel like this is lacking in hits compared to the rest of my Generation Kill fic. Not to complain, necessarily, but I wonder what keeps people away. The odd premise? That it's tagged Nate/Mike, or the mildly dubious consent tag? Most fun story to write: one star at a time because I got to watch relaxing ASMR massage videos for research (not that I wouldn't watch them anyway). Sadly, Jack Eichel later proved himself to be a douchebag after the election, so I will not be writing any further fic for this pairing. Story with the single sexiest moment: Personally, I would go with will the universe last forever except now I can't look at Cody Bass when he's playing without wondering if he actually manscapes. Story that got the most unexpected reaction from readers: "will the universe last forever" got a lot of "I don't even know these dudes but I read this anyway!" comments - ah, hockey RPF fandom, always willing to read fic about guys they don't know. Then there was the commenter on Extra Blue Sky who insisted I'd used the wrong words, which - ?????? Most "Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story: None of the things I wrote this year were wrong even for me, LOL. Most "Holy crap, that's weird, even for you" story: "part-time wonder" was probably the weirdest thing I wrote this year but it definitely wasn't weird-for-me-weird. Maybe my goal for 2017 should be to write something definitely weird! Hardest story to write: There were definitely some bits in "the unlocking and the lift away" that I struggled through the rough draft versions of because the story needed them to be complete but I was not excited about writing them. Biggest surprise: YULETIDE! Since it's not reveals yet I won't say the fandom but honestly I'm so excited that this year I got to finally write the post-movie story I've been wanting to write for this fandom for the last sixteen years. And I'm glad I wrote it now, because I never would have written a 21k story sixteen years ago - I think back then I was excited to do more than just a couple thousand. Most unintentionally telling story: Hmm, I'm not sure I wrote one of those this year. 1. Your main fandom of the year? Definitely did not have one. 2. Your favourite film watched this year? I looked through all the 2016 wide release movies and realized that for someone who thinks they go to the movies a lot, I only saw sixteen new release movies this year as of this posting. There were more that I wanted to see that I just didn't get to. So of what I saw, I probably enjoyed Keeping Up with the Joneses and The Accountant the most. [ETA: SAW ROGUE ONE. OH MY GOD BEST. AND SADDEST.] 3. Your favourite book read this year? This year I only finished about five books, because for someone who does enjoy reading, I am terrible at books because I get so distracted by the internet existing. Celeste Ng's Everything I Never Told You took a while to really get into, but the ending was SO GOOD and I'm contemplating getting my own copy so I can re-read it whenever I want. I also read most of the short story collection that Arrival is from - Ted Chiang's "Stories of Your Life" and the stories were all very interesting sci-fi. 4. Your favourite TV show of the year? I don't watch enough television to answer this question and I don't have even basic cable. I did finish the first season of Gotham the other day, and I re-watched the first season of The Killing earlier this year. I bet those were the only full seasons of anything I watched besides the episodes of Columbo I watch to fall asleep. 5. Your favourite online fandom community of the year? Pass. 6. Your best new fandom discovery of the year? Pfft. I tried to find a new fandom and failed miserably and just ended up writing in my old fandoms again. 7. Your biggest fandom disappointment of the year? The "antis" on tumblr are a definite WTF. I saw someone try to say that a large age gap between ADULTS - adults, not 'one of them is maaaaaaybe a minor', actual grown-up adults - was pedophilia. Wow. Please get a dictionary or perhaps the DSM-5. 9. Your TV girlfriend of the year? Pass. 10. Your biggest squee moment of the year? Well, this was supposed to be this YouTube video but I can’t figure out how to embed it so whatever. 11. The most missed of your old fandoms? ALL OF THEM? A lot of my twitter friends are still in hockey, and the rest watched Voltron (if you like your fandom with a main course of drama, that fandom is it) and then Yuri on Ice, and I feel like I'm over here in my corner unable to find anything to really get into. 12. The fandom you haven’t tried yet, but want to? I want to watch Supergirl and probably at least S2 of Gotham (even though I care mostly about Alfred and Bruce, and then Jim, and not about the organized crime stuff at all) - I kind of want to write a S1 story where Alfred has Bruce's name on his wrist and that's basically Alfred's raison d'etre, and that relationship is completely platonic and Alfred bones Jim Gordon instead. (I'm really into Jim/Alfred but there's so little of it that's good!) I have a couple DCEU plotbunnies that I'm messing around with but I feel like there's a big leap there for me to take when it comes to actually writing and finishing them? It's lonely writing in a fandom none of your friends are in, even when they're still willing to read it for you. I also have some in-progress Bond stories I haven't given up on yet. 13. Your biggest fan anticipations for the New Year? Ooooh, I'm sure Justice League is going to be somewhat bad but I'm stoked for that and Wonder Woman. I'm hoping WW is amazing, because so far it looks like it will be amazing. Also excited to cry through all of Logan in March! I have cried through the trailer twice now. Other 2017 releases that might be interesting: Skull Island, the Guy Richie King Arthur, Fast & Furious 8 (what whaaaaaaaaaaat Charlize Theron), The Lost City of Z, maybe The Circle for John Boyega, Alien: Covenant (yes I am going to be so scared to watch it in the theater but I will go anyway), possibly Life (SPACE MOVIE), the new Kingsman, The Beguiled (Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman!!), the Dark Tower movie, The Snowman, the new Thor (yes Tessa Thompson!!), and of course the new Star Wars (Tom? Hardy? Is? There? IS HE BAD?).

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