#tripwirealarm

[doctorroseficreclists]

Hey I just noticed you don't have The Wind By Night by Tripwire Alarm on your Journey's End list, it's a tentoo x Rose story.

Hi, Nonny! Thanks so much for the suggestion - I couldn’t agree more and we’ve added it! I assumed you were referring to the Journey’s End Survival List (aka how to emotionally process the events of Journey’s End :P) The Wind By Night was crucial for me as well (and how!). 

Our big Tentoo x Rose Classics list is coming soon and will include many, many more of the great ones - stay tuned!

[chiaroscuroverse]

I absolutely agree with you on The Wind by Night! It's like the ultimate step to wholeheartedly accepting Tentoo x Rose. It should be delivered to read to anyone post JE tbh 😂 (including Billie)

YES!! This is what reading The Wind by Night feels like: 

Everything @tripwirealarm writes is mindblowing, and I am forever grateful for this fic that truly gets inside the awesomeness (in the old-fashioned sense of the word) of the Doctor’s perspective.  

Really, though, it’s no surprise that Billie doesn’t understand, because how could she? Who among us understood before reading some Tentoo and Rose fic? (or writing! Imagine having to start to figure it all out in 2008! Bless every single one of you who did it!) And I know all the very good reasons not to give anyone fic about their own characters, but I defy anyone to say Billie wouldn’t finally understand after reading just one chapter: 

It was like a quasar falling in love with a firework. The slow burn of eternity mesmerized by a flash of brilliant, gorgeous light. Trying to find metaphors to accentuate the smallness and the hugeness and the out-of-proportion-ness of it all do nothing to make it any less true. Less incredible or foolhardy. He’d not thought himself even capable of feeling so recklessly smitten, not as old and wise and hardhearted as he’d thought he’d become–as, perhaps, he’d always thought himself.

Well .

His existence is nothing if not increasingly bizarre. Case in point: hotel bar. Norway. Somewhere past two in the morning local time (if he thought very hard about it), the soft crush of carpet under footsoles coming up so slowly behind him.

One frail human life. One chance and only about sixty more Earth-years left, give or take. In a bourbon haze, he can feel the muted clock-tick of his own single heart, counting down the seconds.

[megabadbunny]

Smut-Free Fic!

So in anticipation of Smutless Fanfiction Week (and also because I’ve been considering it for a while anyway), I will be converting all of my fics hosted on Fanfiction.net to smut-free* material, and from here on out, Fanfiction.net will be a safe haven for anyone who is interested in reading my fics without the smut. (Mature/explicit versions, where applicable, will continue to be posted on Tumblr, Teaspoon, and AO3.) I’ll be reblogging all chapters for all of my smut-containing fics on tumblr as I update them to add links to smut-free versions, but I’ll try to stagger them so dashes aren’t swamped with old fic.

* Smut-free= will probably still include descriptions of kissing, and possibly vague overtures to sex if it’s important to the plot or story, but no explicit references or descriptions of the act itself.

A special thanks to @tripwirealarm , @skyler10fic , @chiaroscuroverse , and @studyspacedragons for your super helpful comments on the topic!

[quantumtardis]

Physics-based teen angst seems to be an emerging genre.

[megabadbunny]

I was tagged by the talented @fadewithfury, thank you dahling!

The rules: Go to page 7 of a WIP of yours, go to the seventh line, share seven sentences, and tag 7 more writer-bloggers to continue the challenge 

7 lines is the same thing as 7 sentences, right?  ;)

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“I don’t deserve it,” she says sharply, yelling without actually yelling. “Don’t tell me to feel better, or say that my actions were justified. That it was all for the greater good. I should be better than this, River.”

Closing her eyes, she leans forward until her forehead presses against the door. “She would have stopped me,” the Doctor mutters, and something about the way she says it just makes River’s heart crack open like the planet surface below. “She made me better.” River ignores the small pang of jealousy that the word ‘she’ inspires. “Who?” she asks, careful to keep her voice calm and casual. The Doctor sniffs. She stands back, straightens up. Curtains pulling closed again. River knows she won’t get any more peeks behind the veil today. “I think,” the Doctor says, “that I would like to be alone right now.” She pauses for a moment. “Please,” she adds as an afterthought. “Certainly,” River says, losing patience. “You nearly slaughter a couple hundred people and then start whinging about an old girlfriend right in front of your bloody wife. Seems like you could use some space.”

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Okay. I’ma actually follow the rules and tag ALL THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF PEOPLE today.

::cracks knuckles::

@tiffosan @helplesslynerdy @sequencefairy @tripwirealarm @julibellule @lunaseemoony @lixabiz

I’m sure one or more of you have already filled it out, but if you haven’t and you’d like to--or if you’d like to fill it out for a different WIP!--please feel free!  :3

[megabadbunny]

ficcy ficcy meme meme

I was tagged by the delightful @helplesslynerdy and @allegoricalrose . Thank you, dahlings!

I haven’t posted much, so I suspect the same fics will probably show up over and over...I’ve cross-referenced on all platforms (I have a spreadsheet and everything, @tiffosan would be so proud) to try to diminish that, but we’ll see how it goes! And please keep in mind my stats are VERY modest!

1. Your 3 fanfics with the most comments:

Voice and Shadow: This was a pleasant surprise, if only because I kinda figured this spot would go to a fic with smut in it.

Professional Detachment/Bedside Manner: My first posted smut. I’m so proud. ::gurgle::

Scientific Curiosity: Aww, this one was fun to write. Look, ma--no angst!

2. Your 3 fanfics with the most kudos:

Professional Detachment/Bedside Manner, Scientific Curiosity, and Voice and Shadow. :3

3. Your Oldest Fanfic:

Technically, Defenders of the Altverse, Episode I: Hitchhiker’s Map (and its prologue, Aftermath) is the very first DW fic I ever worked on, but Phoenix got finished and posted first.

4. Your Latest Fanfic:

Demi-Gods and Would-be Gods is the latest fic I posted. The latest fics I’ve worked on are [A Thousand Ways to Say Goodbye I’M SO FUCKING CLOSE TO BEING DONE ARRRRRGH] three as-yet-unnamed prompt-fills, one fluffy, one AU, and one super-smangsty. :D

5. Your Proudest Fanfic:

Voice and Shadow is my all-time favorite, and it probably shows. I’m proud of the tone and the imagery in that one. It is my one and only experience writing horror/thriller and I’m quite pleased with it. But tbh, I’m also proud of what I’ve managed to write for A New Song for River, because it forced me to write in a different voice, for different characters, and I’m pretty pleased with how it’s turning out, too.

6. Your Longest Fanfic:

Hitchhiker’s Map.

7. Your 3 fanfics with the most Bookmarks:

Professional Detachment/Bedside Manner, Things That Need Saying, and Voice and Shadow.

8. Your top 3 crossover fanfics:

Ha ha! Um. Zero. I have written zero of these. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

9. Your favourite character to write in fanfic:

So far, the Doctor, in any incarnation. But if I ever get my Mad Max fic off the ground, or any of my Obidala ideas, he might get a l’il competition. ;)

And now, I shall tag

@lunaseemoony @julibellule @tripwirealarm @endangeredslug @followedmystar

feel free to fill it out if you are so inclined/have not already partaken

:3

[megabadbunny]

Last Year in Fic

I was tagged by the talented @tripwirealarm. Thanks for thinking of me! :3

This is all Doctor Who, all the time, bebbie. And this might be a good time to let know those folks who are still waiting on prompt-fills from me: your prompts, though buried under a mountain of depression-inspired writer’s block, are not forgotten. <3

February 2015

Things That Need Saying

She was, if she was being honest with herself, a little disappointed that he believed her.

(A little what-if exploring a universe in which Rose was lying on Bad Wolf Bay. Rose/Ten & Rose/Tentoo, Teen, 11k words; angst, fluff, and canon divergence)

Phoenix

Lying on her back in a Dalek warship, Donna waits, patient, while her brain explodes in a fiery blaze. Her synapses rearrange, her neural pathways split and re-form, the capacity of her memory centers expand and grow until she thinks the pressure might rupture her skull. Through it all, she waits, because even amidst the overwhelming fear and pain, she knows that something wonderful is about to happen. Oh, something brilliant.

(Donna’s last thoughts before the conclusion of “Journey’s End.” Rose/Ten, implied Tentoo/River, 2k words; introspection and angst and what-ifs)

Prologue: Aftermath

He thinks of energy transference and all of the reassuring quotes that nothing truly ends, and thinks perhaps that the universe can’t really be so cruel as this...maybe there's one crack left, just one small sliver in the universe where he could pull her through.

The white wall stands in front of him, unconcerned. He presses his ear against it.

There is nothing there, of course. It's just a wall.

(Missing scene from "Doomsday", from the Doctor's point of view. Prologue to the "Defenders of the Altverse" series. Rose/Ten & Rose/Tentoo, all ages, 2k words; angst, angst, and more angst)

Defenders of the Altverse, Episode I: Hitchhiker’s Map

“Was that a smile?” he teased.

“Shut up,” she muttered.

(Immediately after "Journey's End", Rose and Tentoo need to solve the mystery behind the invisible threat that's killing off Torchwood staff one by one. Rose/Tentoo, all ages, 30k words; fluff, angst, adventure)

March 2015

Minisode 1.5: Life off the TARDIS

Rose just stood in her kitchen, the biscuit wrapper idle in her hands, her thoughts ambling through her mind at a speed of precisely one mile per hour. This had to be some kind of strange dream, didn’t it?

(The morning after Hitchhiker’s Map, Rose and the metacrisis Doctor ponder the strangeness of their new life together. Rose/Tentoo, pure fluff, teen for mildly suggestive themes, 4k words)

April 2015

A New Song For River (WIP)

River raises an eyebrow at him. “You’re more upset about your dessert than the fact that I killed you?”

The man adjusts his jacket. “I’m sure you had your reasons,” he says.

(An alternate take on River Song's mysterious past. River/Doctor, implied Rose/Doctor, adult for language mostly, 7k words so far; angst, fluff, and adventure)

Voice and Shadow

She reaches the door before the Doctor feels his mouth open again.

“I want life.”

Rose’s hand stills on the doorknob. “You want to live it, or you want to take it?” she asks without turning her head. When the Doctor doesn’t respond for a moment, she chances a look at him.

The Doctor feels his lips turn upward in a smile. A feral grin. Lots of teeth in it.

He whispers.

“Yes.”

(What if the Hostess did not sacrifice herself at the end of Midnight, and the Entity survived? Canon-divergent, Rose/Ten, teen/mature for violence, 17k words; thriller, horror, angst, whump-ish. My personal fave of all the stuff I’ve written!)

Defenders of the Altverse, Episode II: The Saturn Initiative (WIP)

All of his new suits were blue, pinstriped, and nearly identical, and Jackie had heaved a sigh of resignation upon seeing his fabric choices, muttering something about how if he survived "Dar-leks" and the like, then surely a little bit of wardrobe variety wouldn’t kill him?

(At the urging of an old friend, Rose and Tentoo investigate the mysterious circumstances behind the explosion of a Torchwood lab. Rose/Tentoo, all ages, 6k words so far; fluff and fantasy/adventure)

August 2015

Scientific Curiosity

The Doctor shoots her a questioning glance, eyebrow raised. “Not everyone needs gifts and cakes and streamers and funny little hats to celebrate a birthday. That’s a bit earth-centric, don’t you think?”

(Rose’s perfectly innocent question about the Doctor’s birthday leads to a bit of not-quite-so-innocent conversation. Rose/Ten, teen-ish, 4k words; very nearly tooth-rotting fluff)

Professional Detachment/Bedside Manner

Rose freezes. Oh, no. He’s going to figure it out any second. There’s nothing wrong with her. Nothing at all, except that her treacherous body is going to give her away.

(Three doctor’s examinations, two would-be lovebirds, and one long bit o’ fluff with a dab of smut on top. Rose/Ten & Rose/Tentoo, adult, 16k words; fluff and smut and just a smidge of angst)

September 2015

A Thousand Ways to Say Goodbye (WIP)

He thinks about Romeo and Juliet, and all of the assorted clichés and tropes associated with that and other such similar stories, other doomed lovers and tragic romances. He thinks about how much he dislikes all of them. In particular, the phrase "star-crossed lovers" has always irritated him, grating on his nerves like sandpaper rubbing against the grain. Because the truth is, those characters earn their sad endings. They make poor decisions, rush headlong into ridiculous plots, miscommunicate intentions and refuse to tie up loose ends. Writers garner sympathy for young lovers who meet such melodramatic fates, but the fact is, they could have made better choices.

Their stories didn't have to end that way.

(The Doctor finds Rose again after Journey’s End, and he just can’t let her go. Rose/Ten, mentions of Rose/Tentoo, adult, 14k words; smut and fluff and mostly an excuse to write horrendously heart-wrenching angst)

Edge of the World

It wasn’t necessary that he turn back around—she was sitting pretty behind closed doors, couldn’t see his face, wouldn’t ever know—but it was much easier for him to pretend he wasn’t a coward when she wasn’t looking.

(Angsty one-shot with implied Nine/Rose, 600 words)

November 2015

Demi-Gods and Would-be Gods

But no god is flawless, no religion infallible, and if none of it can be truly perfect, he’d much rather turn his attentions elsewhere. The TARDIS is as good a church as any, after all–can’t beat those coral columns or that gentle meditative hum–and he’s hard-pressed to find any religion that inspires the same kind of awe that he feels when he steps out onto a new world for the first time, when he looks up and sees a sky full of unfamiliar stars.

(Rose and Tentoo find out what they believe in. Rose/Tentoo, adult, 6k words; introspection, fluff, angst, religious themes)

Total New Stories: 13 (well, 10 if you take into account the fact that 3 of them were technically written from 2012-2014 and it just took me forever to muster the guts to start posting stuff, lol) Total New WIPs: 3 posted, and...10? languishing away on my computer, yikes Total Words: just short of 120k excluding WIPs. Not too shabby! :3 Finished from Last Year WIPs: 0 Updated from Last Years WIPs: 0

@tiffosan I’ma tag you in an effort to get you to promote yourself (I know your list of stories is short but what can I say, quality over quantity!) and also @helplesslynerdy @abadplanwellexecuted @tenscupcake @wordsintimeandspace @julibellule  you should do this too if you have not already done so/you feel like it!  :3

[scullywolf]

“Get to know the writer” Meme

Thanks @tripwirealarm​ for tagging me :) Putting this under a cut, since it got a little long.

Where do you publish your work? AO3, Tumblr (DW and TXF) & Teaspoon (though I haven’t written any DW fic in kind of a while now, so my most recent thing on Teaspoon is like 8 months old or something.)

What medium/application/etc. do you write in or with? I write almost exclusively in Google Docs. I do have Scrivener, but I rarely use it because it’s on the desktop computer and I do 99% of my writing on my Chromebook.

Do you collaborate with others? I did, once! With @aimtoallonsy​, and it was super fun. Eventually we will do another collab project.

How much editing do you do before you publish? It varies. For my @scenes-in-between​ ficlet project, I’ve been focused on rapid output, trying to stick to a near-daily posting schedule, which I would never be able to do if I edited as much as would be my natural inclination. I edit as I go, and always take a pass or two through at the end to check for typos and such, but I don’t let myself agonize over word choice too much.

For longer stuff, I edit a lot. Unfortunately, I often edit as I go, which can result in me sitting there for an hour trying to figure out how to word the sentence I’m on. It’s not the most efficient way to go. 

Do you listen to music when you write? Only instrumental, and often I can’t even handle instrumental stuff that I know. If it’s too familiar to me, I just start listening and get too distracted. I found this “Provocative Film Scores” channel on Google Play, and it’s just unobtrusive enough (most of the tracks, anyway) to sort of fade into the background. Even better though, a few months ago I discovered Noisli, which is awesome, and I use that almost every time I write (even if I’ve also got the Google Play channel going). 

How do you decide what to write about? For the @scenes-in-between ficlets, I watch the episode (or occasionally just read through the transcript, if it’s one I’ve seen a bajillion times), and try to find a place where there’s room for something interesting to have happened off-screen. It might be as simple as a moment of character introspection or as complicated as trying to justify a plot hole.

Actually, that’s sort of how I approach all fanfic, come to think of it. I want the things that I write to be able to fit neatly within existing canon.

Original fiction... ugh. I don’t know why, but I have a much harder time coming up with stuff to write about. So, basically “how I decide” is some idea pops into my head at random and I don’t decide that it sucks. ;)

When do you write? Whenever I can. As soon as November (and NaNoWriMo) is over, I need to develop some sort of schedule so I actually make the effort to do other things in my free time besides write.  

How often do you write? See above. ;) This month, I’m writing every day. In months that are not November, I don’t write as often as I probably should, which is likely why I get stuck so much. 

Do you take requests? Why/why not? I have written a few things on request (mostly for fic exchanges and stuff), but in all honestly, I just don’t get many of them.  

Is there any genre or type of story you want to write but are hesitant to? Hmm. An AU maybe? Yeah. I enjoy reading them, but I’m not sure I have any real idea how to go about writing one.

Any inspirational quotes, videos, tricks, articles, etc. that help you stay motivated? I like the Writing Excuses podcast, and yeah, like Trip said, feedback and comments are hugely motivating. I’m definitely inspired to keep producing stuff and putting it out there when I know people don’t think it sucks. :)

I don’t know who all’s done this already, so feel free to ignore me, but @aimtoallonsy, @prettyfaroutman, @goingtothetardis, (anyone else who wants to?), have at it! :)