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CANCER FREE BABES!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

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2022 Writing Review

I've been seeing these crop up so I figured I'd do one myself lol

1. Number of stories posted to AO3: 27

2. Word count posted for the year: 977,499 wowza!

3. Fandoms I wrote for: FMA:B, BBC Merlin, Dragon Prince, Young Justice, DC Comics, Star Wars, Naruto

4. Pairings: Edling, Mercival, Dick GraysonxOC, Sobiwan

5. Story with the most: 

Kudos: The Golden Sun 3,954 Bookmarks: The Golden Sun 2,055 Comment Threads: The Golden Sun 875

6. Work I’m most proud of (and why): I think its a tie between The Golden Sun and Tempest because mostly its my own plot with very little canon involved, TGS more so than T

7. Work I’m least proud of (and why): Looking Beyond is something I wrote back in high school, I was sixteen and had a very different world view. And Harry Potter is very...white and straight.

8. Share or describe a favorite review you received: @heartsalotofstuff always leaves me such lovely reviews even after I've sent her so many spoilers for TGS :D

9. A time when writing was really, really hard: Early into my diagnosis of cancer was difficult to really open my laptop at all.

10. A scene or character you wrote that surprised you: Writing Olivier Mira Armstrong in TGS was a challenge and she's still a struggle that I hope will improve

11. A favorite excerpt of your writing: The Golden Sun, ch. 27

“What is it?” Roy’s heart had already fallen into his stomach. Maybe it was something to do with the Elric brothers, maybe the train back from Dublith had derailed and all of Roy’s broken promises would be burned into his lungs like ash on the winds of Ishval.

“It’s about Ed’s recertification, sir, it seems he’s chosen a battle assessment against the Flame Alchemist.”

The blood drained from Roy’s face and the rug might as well’ve been pulled from under his feet.

His crimes against Ishval…and she’d come knocking in the worst way.

12. How did you grow as a writer this year: I'm getting more into writing more sensual/sexual scenes, which wasn't something I was comfortable with doing before

13. How do you hope to grow next year: I'm not sure, just growth as a writer, in general

14. Who was your greatest positive influence this year as a writer (could be another writer, beta, cheerleader, etc): @heartsalotofstuff

@thenumberonegaylord @iliyad

15. Anything from your real life show up in your writing this year: Ironically, Amy being debilitated from pain in Tempest, because I started writing that before I had cancer and before I developed chronic pain in my shoulder from a surgery (thanks, Dr. K)

16. Any new wisdom you can share with other writers: Always be open to your weaknesses, that's what having a beta is all about. Someone who can check your work and tell you if something makes sense in the story.

17. Any projects you’re looking forward to starting (or finishing) in the new year: I'm looking forward to finally get back to working on Crookedverse lol, that's been on the backburner so long that I've come up with a prequel for the series

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I'm sorry that people are hassling you over your update schedule while you are dealing with freaking CANCER. That is completely unacceptable behavior. I hope that your treatment goes well and that you are able to make a full recovery. Also, I adore your writing, and have followed you in to fandoms that I normally don't read much. It's all amazing.

yeah, its a little exasperating, especially with my hospitalization. Thankfully I'm doing much better now and next week we'll see if I'm in the clear and don't need any more treatment.

Thank you for your kind words and for enjoying my work :)

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tfw you've been dealing with enlarged lymph nodes for more than a month, went the ED, got antibiotics that didn't do shit, and finally went to your ENT dr who was booked solid like 'whadup Dr. K, check this out!' and he was immediately like 'I want to stick a needle in that'

so I've finally had a biopsy, sent the obligatory 'I lived bitch' text to the fam and besties and hopefully in two weeks I'll know what's fucked up with my body :)

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my friend: call me when you get off in the morning

my friend: does not wake up until noon after telling me she'd be awake at 8am

me, leaving a voicemail: BOO YOU WHORE

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THIS IS A FUCKING CALLOUT AND IM HONESTLY SO OFFENDED ABOUT HOW ACCURATE IT IS 👿👿👿

@e-lysium

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tfw when you call up a hotel for an extended stay 13 wk contract and they give you a price over your housing budget but you go online and its $30 less and IN your budget ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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The plague doctor and I made it to the hotel :) the drive was fairly short (1.5hrs) but I'd fucked up my back somehow so I was miserable the entire time 😭😭

And this is how many bags I came with for a 3 mo assignment

😭😭😭

So I've taken some aleve and am using a heating pad, hoping my back is functional by Monday bc that's my first day