#sparklyhyperbole

[lozpositivityproject]

@sparklyhyperbole deserves a lot more love and followers and readers because her stories are so cute and charming and powerful. They will make you feel all the feels

She's also such a lovely person to interact with, and leaves the most thoughtful and insightful comments on Ao3. Every time I get one I want to put it in a scrap book to look at again and again. 💖

@sparklyhyperbole !!

[embyrinitalics]

EMBYR, I BRING TIDINGS OF GOOD PLANTS AND GREAT CHEER.

I have recently learned of a whimsical and venerable agricultural practice called espalier, and it made me think of you.

What it was in particular about these carefully pruned and nurtured fruit trees growing in planful patterns against a wall... I cannot be sure. 😂

The old world magic of clever science and growing things, maybe?

THEY ARE SO PRETTY and YOU HAVE TO LOOOOOOK.

If anyone knows how to get me to show my face after a long absence it's SPARKLYHYPERBOLE WITH THE ESPALIER COMING IN CLUTCH

Real quick, for the uninitiated: espalier is the ancient practice of pruning and training trees to grow into unique two dimensional shapes, either against a wall or free-standing trellis. It has both decorative and practical value: trees trained on a sun-facing wall that retains heat will have an extended growing season, and horizontally-trained branches can produce higher yields with less space and are easier to harvest.

There's also a particular diamond-shaped method that I just learned is called Belgian Fencing, and I am a fan:

ANYWAY ALL THIS TO SAY THAT SPARKLYHYPERBOLE KNOWS ME SUPER DUPER WELL AND YES I AM GOING TO JUST POP UP OUT OF NOWHERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS 😂🦋

also speaking of horticulture did I mention I got accepted to that extension office program and it starts next month? My focus is going to be native habitat restoration and I am ✨quite jazzed.✨ I've also been writing a lot over the last couple weeks, at least compared to the six months or so prior, but it's split between multiple projects so there's nothing publishable to show for it 🫠 But hey, progress is progress! And that concludes this random life update addendum 😂

[raurusthirdeye]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/62565439

Krümel

My contribution to @zelinktines Day 3: The Bet! Summary: Zelda and Link make a friendly Valentine's Day wager. Link has to bake (he's never baked before) and Zelda has to cook (she can't cook to save her life) Fluff ensues! For @zeldaelmo for putting up with a month of me DMing her pictures of my attempts at baking her Loftwing Nest Rolls recipe from Flour, Water, Salt, Yeast, Love, and all her patient advice along the way. This fic is inspired by and based on the true story of my struggles. Also for @haste-waste, another fellow baking aficionado and foodie whose recipes are next on the docket to master. And finally, @summonerluna, who’s also shared several recipes and a great many tangential interests with me.

What better thing to do with your friends when you’re snowed-in than stoke the woodstove, read some zelink, cook, bake, and plan next year’s garden? Please consider this a combined Loftwing Letter and Zelinktine to the three of you! 😘 (Because the 1500 word limit wasn't gonna be enough)

I also need to thank the lovely @sparklyhyperbole for letting me Shanghai her into being my beta. She's a wonderful writing coach and source of motivation and morale and just an all-around amazing voice of encouragement (read: She stood behind me with a cattle prod and egged me on 😉😆).

Thank you so much for helping this turn out as well as it did and for making writing so much fun! 🥰

[zelinkcommunity]

Zelink Community is highlighting... @sparklyhyperbole!

"I've been a Legend of Zelda fan for more than 20 years, (thank you, Ocarina of Time 🥲) but it was Wind Waker that seized me by the brain. It still lives there. I am perpetually sailing around in Boaty, King of Red Boats in my hind brain."

Check out some of their work:

Charmed Link is careful with precious things. He doesn't have very many of them— well, just her, actually, and ten years as a monster hunter has taught him that Hylians can be just as monstrous as Hinox.

Cherished In which more things than just a ring are forged in fire.

Find Them on Social Media:

@sparklyhyperbole can also be found on AO3 at CrepesnLasagna2.

Have something nice to say about Sparkly Hyperbole and/or their work? Drop a comment or send them an ask!

[embyrinitalics]

How are your hens doing? Did you ever get your salmon faverolles? 🐥😁

First of all, this is the SWEETEST ASK I have EVER RECEIVED.

And second of all, YES I DID!!

Their names are Ducky and Snickerdoodle and they are so ridiculous 🤌✨

THIS IS DOODLE

She is the chillest little bean I’ve ever had. I don’t know if it’s just her nature to be so trusting or if she’s just really stupid. 🤔 She is a ball of fluff and only seems to notice that I’ve picked her up when she takes three steps midair and doesn’t get anywhere.

THIS IS DUCKY

She takes naps like this a lot and I always think she’s dead 🤷🏻‍♀️ She’s at the bottom of the pecking order and is terrified of everything. But sometimes if I hold still for a few seconds she forgets to be scared of me and climbs all over me like I’m an inanimate object, so maybe they’re both idiots. 😂

Aside from their doofy personalities lets discuss more reasons why Salmon Faverolles are THE BEST.

They have FEATHERED FEETS and EXTRA TOES!

They’re ready to STRIKE A POSE at a moment’s notice!

And they make all the big chickens JEALOUS!

But mostly I just love their cute tufted faces and docile demeanor.

Bonus footage of Walter’s first time babysitting:

Thank you for letting me talk about my lil ladies. They bring me a lot of joy.

On an unrelated note, you guys may have noticed that besides the occasional reblog I haven’t had much of an online presence, and I have like 20 comments in my ao3 inbox I haven’t responded to (I am so sorry T_T).

I’ve been feeling REALLY not myself recently. My relationship with things I love and that I feel are a big part of my identity—including writing—had shifted drastically over the last four months from something I enjoyed to something that terrified me. And it happened with too many things at once and too strongly to be a coincidence. So I’ve been doing a mental health check, and am looking into finding a therapist I like to try to figure out what’s going on. Cuz it kind of does feel like components of my identity are deteriorating and I sometimes catch my thoughts turning real dark.

So all that to say that I am enjoying my native plant garden and my chickens and letting things like an online presence fall by the wayside for a bit. But I’m still here and I still see you and appreciate SO MUCH all the nice comments you’ve left, even though it’s taking me a very long time get myself together to get on ao3 and answer them 💚🍃✨

Love you babes 😘 Keep smiling!

[embyrinitalics]

Hi 😍

Hap hap new year!

How is the novel going? Are you enjoying the process?

This is so sweet! Thank you for asking!

Since this is the first original novel I'm actually approaching seriously and my process is totally different from normal, I'm going to use this ask as an excuse to journal about it. So, fair warning, you're probably about to get way more info than you bargained for. 😁 ONWARD!

I think first and foremost the process has been weird because I don't KNOW these characters. I've been writing Link and Zelda for 20+ years and even when I throw them into alternate universes or give them personality transplants I still can just dive right in. Starting this from scratch has been a lot of world building and a lot of taking my characters out on "dates" which aren't so much dates as they are writing excursions into the emotionally tormented unknown to see how they react. 😂

I jot down all the ideas that randomly strike me in this handy dandy notebook that I carry around everywhere just in case:

And that's a bit of a funny story. I love having notebooks to write stuff down in, but I recently discovered thanks to the course I took that I place very low value on my writing (and by extension myself in general I guess oops) so I never bought myself a nice notebook just for story notes because that would've been a waste of 5 dollars.

But between Emma Dhesi's course pushing me to assign appropriate value to myself and Ellen Brock's Intuitive Pantser video assuring me that my urges to compile all my notes into a notebook was good for my brain and not just a waste of time and paper, I eventually went out and spent that 5 bucks (actually $20—three notebooks for future endeavors!). And I LOVE MY NOTEBOOK! 🥰

Another thing I wouldn't have spent the money on in the past but took the plunge on is the Atticus program.

It's a project organizer, word processor, and book formatting software. I'm really enjoying it! It has a toggle window on the side where you can see how your book will look on various devices or in print, and easy buttons for things like writing sprints, word count goals, deadlines, and the like. It also makes me feel fancier than google docs ever did, so there's that. 😎

Emma Dhesi is also a big proponent of Goal Anchors—small things you accomplish and surround yourself with that cyclically trains your brain to believe that your dream is possible, and you are in the process of achieving it. (It also gives you goals you can do that move you closer to finishing your book that isn't actual writing, in case that feels intimidating.)

So I made an image of the title page the background on my phone, to remind myself that it's real and it's happening. I decluttered my writing room and started finding items to make it a comfortable creative space for myself. I went to the store for the express purpose of purchasing a special tea to drink while I write. I spent time making a playlist of songs with just the right vibes.

I also found the best candle scent ever, only wear these super comfy slippers in there, and just got myself this slammin t-shirt from Gideon's Bakehouse to wear. (Her name is Poppy. She's on a new path of self-discovery and adventure, just like me.)

But most of all, Emma insists that confidence comes from doing, and that the best way to write a book is to make a routine of it. She suggested starting with 20 minutes three times a week. I was up to between 1-2 hours a day starting at 7am, 5-6 days a week before I went on vacation and upended everything. 😂

So I guess that means I'm enjoying it! It's still scary and frustrating and directionless sometimes but more than anything it's just happening, which is the coolest thing ever.

[embyrinitalics]

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

PPFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!???!?!

When I tell you I SPIT OUT MY DRINK!!! A gift fic?! For ME?! 😱 I am a mess. I am a puddle on the floor. All of my bones turned to jello and then disintegrated. I have no life force. I am evaporated.

Thank you SO MUCH @sparklyhyperbole for this incredibly cool incredibly awesome gift! 😭 Y'all it's about a Monster Hunter!Link and a Fairy!Zelda and APPARENTLY A VILLAIN WHO GAVE ME THE CREEPS WHAT IN THE WORLD HE WAS SO GOOD??!!

It's my gift but I am a nice person so I am willing to share. 😌 You may all read it. You're welcome, enjoy. ✨

[embyrinitalics]

❌ ✅

❌ What's a trope you will never write?

I feel like nothing really pops into my head, but that might be because of my lack of Trope Knowledge. But my fics are all sfw, so anything outside that sphere would probably qualify.

✅ What's something that appears in your fics over and over and over again, even if you don't mean to?

WOOF this is hard!! I'm not sure. I know I have lines/themes/metaphors that I reuse but I can't think of anything that keeps popping up without my knowledge. I'd love to hear if you guys have noticed anything though! 😆

Thanks for playing! 🥰