The Sea Is History is officially on hiatus. I decided I could do better than half-baked chapters I post immediately after writing, so I’ll be conducting a massive rewrite.
Normally, I’m very much a ‘No Beta We Die Like [insert character here]’ kind of entity, but I’ve realized my writing will be a lot better if I have some beta readers. Different people have different expectations about what beta readers should do, and in my case, I’d like someone to point out typos/grammatical errors, brainstorm, and keep the story on track. For example: “I think Percy is a little out of character,” “Apollo needs to be more unhinged,” etc. And if anyone wants to help with my Greek mythology research sessions, I wouldn’t say no.
Beta readers will be most helpful for The Sea Is History, but I’ll probably ask a beta for feedback on my other fics. If you’re interested, send me a DM and we’ll see if we work well together!
a lot of people have requested many characters however, no one has provided me with any blueprint to work with here and im occupied with a lot of other fics so, to those of you who see this post, if you have any suggestions/storylines/scenarios/fantasies with the following characters, make sure to "hit me baby one more time":
idw ambulon
idw preceptor
idw senator shockwave (nsfw fic)
i really wanna write for more underrated characters cause i know the pain of it first hand during my experience in other fandoms.
i'm currently working on:
idw impactor
idw kup
tfp predaking x reader x tfp starscream
tfp arcee
a shitton of tarn and overlord
trying to construct a very angsty series with idw megsy
I am finally working on the next chapter of Compromise. Gotta love Luce silently roasting hungover!Aemond. Such lovebirds, these two.
This chapter is also making me realize that Gwayne is the anti-Daemon. If the Targbros have one uncle who’s staunchly against them getting together with the Velargirls, it’s only fair for them to have another uncle who’s determined to smush them together like kissing dolls. Nature in balance. 😌
Other things to look forward to in this chapter:
Joff! So much Joff!
Sisterly shenanigans
The return of a ~strong~ former sworn shield.
🦀❤️🙅🏾♀️…👁️👄💎
A big Lucemond development that has never been seen before in AHFOD! So it hasn’t shown up in Daemon’s Handbook or The Golds. 👀
As always, I enjoy hearing speculation about what you guys think is gonna happen. I can’t confirm/deny guesses, but I’ll probably reply with vague emojis. 🤐
TRIBULATIONS | Alfred Nott x Hermione. AU Was meant to be a one-shot set in the Trials Universe where Tom sends Alfie to deal with Hermione, instead of himself. But, it's turned into something massive, and I assume it's going to be around the same length as the original, but slow and unusual updates, seeing as I'm just writing when other obligations are fulfilled. It's turned into one chapter per ritual. | 5/9
TRUE BLUE | Draco x Hermione, Cinderella AU. One-shot | October 2026?
THE INFANTA | Black Family Focused, Hermione is Bellatrix and Rodolphus's daughter. Long Multi-Chapter | 2026, October Time Frame
ARMS FULL OF LULLABIES | Theo x Hermione. A little epistolary story that I am mostly mentioning because I miss the pairing | 2026, September Time Frame
CRUEL, TENDERLY | Rodolphus x Hermione, Multi-chapter. A dark story, whose plot has been clanging around in the back of my mind for ages, wondering if I will ever get the guts to write it. Not sure if anyone would actually want to read it. Spying with Polyjuice has it's consequences. 40 chapters-ish. | Winter 2026/2027?
HERE I DREAMT I WAS A ROSIER REWRITE | Tom x Hermione, Multi-chapter. How I would write the plot of Here I Dreamt I Was A Rosier if I was writing it now. Time Travel AU. Hermione at Hogwarts in the 40s with the Rosiers as her siblings. | 2026?
I’d love to hear if you have any of these you are really looking forward to 💕
With this being the third such yearly plan post, i think its officially a tradition lol. my standard disclaimer is this is my high level plan right now, subject to change and likely overly optimistic, but still worthwhile to make and try to layout. posting about writing plans gets me excited for the new year.
here's what i'm thinking:
Nothing's Wrong With Dale: Borrowing some of my plan from last year, i need to finish my own edit of Dale, hire an editor, commission cover art, and then self-publish. I'd love to get all that done in time for december publishing, but given how long everything was taking last year, i'd settle for just pushing it over to editors by the end of the year.
Short Stories: I want to finish off Courtship Confusion and Free Piano: Haunted this year, along with at least one other new story, but i am not trying to predict what that might be lol. maybe one that's been on my shelf for a while,maybe the one i started a couple days ago, maybe a new idea I havn't even had yet, like Voluntary Sacrifice. Nothing's gonna get posted until May at the earliest.
Novella(s): I'd like to kick off work self-publishing two other Novellas: a combo naga novella (Finally Woken and Selfish) and Sacrifice. No idea how far I can get between my edits and revisions, scrounging up the money to pay for editor/publishing/cover art, and pulling together some sort of timeline for all that, but I want to get it all going so i have more self-published work out there (it'd b really cool to go to a con or something in 2026 and have a set of books to promo and not just 2 lol - not to get too ahead of myself).
Series: I want to make Sacrifice the first novella in a 6 book series, each focusing on a different deity returning to the temple with the final book about all of them coming together against a common enemy, likely focusing back on the MC from Sacrifice. I have some note sand outlines for the different stories (although they all need better titles). Currently, I was considering them being a published exclusive, but I might still post abridged version on here, especially as I work through my ideas. So for 2025, in addition to getting Sacrifice further on it's own publish journey, i want to complete all the outlines and notes, solidify the characters, etc - everything i need to start writing these stories.
Longer stories: I still want to work on planning them out and making a decision on one to start posting next, like with Dale, but I don't think that actually posting anything longer like that will happen in 2025 (see everything else i want to do above lol). Still, getting organized is important and i'm looking forward to fleshing them all out and knowing which one i'll be diving into next.
So lots of stuff i want to get into and multiple things I want to try to finish off lol Definitely overly ambitious, but its getting me excited to get to writing.
As always, my day job is extremely busy January - April and this year is no exception so new stories until that time passes.
Feel free to send in any asks about upcoming/current stories! I'm looking forward to all the exciting writing and publishing to come in 2025!
You can really see my "be more self indulgent with my creations" new years resolution at work here. I'd like to thank My Noise for the very useful background sounds
Hi, my name is Cara Lamb and this is my very messy blog! I write fanfics and post them on occasion but mainly I just shitpost on here about the things I'm writing instead of actually writing them.
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