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Saw one of those animatronic T. rex toys at Target as I was doing errand shopping and brought it home for kicks since it was on sale. Toddler takes to it immediately, faster than anything we’ve ever given him. T. rex has had a healthy diet of small sheep and miniature cows from the fields of his tractor toy box, and some wheaties that had disappeared during snack time.

This thing gets the honorary spot on the toddler pillow, blanket tuck and all. Very cute and makes me feel very privileged to be a parent getting to witness it, and then I wonder why I brought the thing home when it roars bloody murder in the middle of the night and scares us all shitless.

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how it felt posting my latest chapter

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this is why you should research your travel times friends, that way you realize just how fast a vertibird is capable going and don't make a fool of yourself

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Read somewhere that Charon doesn't sleep. Oh well.

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Husband and I make a trip to the antique store. He’s following me around as I flit to and fro looking at everything on the shelves.

We get separated as I huddle in the 1950’s-themed corner (a dangerous spot) and overhear his conversation with another man whose wife had also dragged him there.

“There’s so much shit in here. It’s insane. It’s literally all shit!” this man says to my husband, unaware of me just on the other side. “Who the hell buys this kind of crap anyway?”

I come around, my arms full of old books and a few nifty items I thought were too cool to pass up, and my husband just sighs as he turns to go grab me a basket.

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I wrote this as a response to @dooobs previous ask in consideration to fics. I hope you don’t mind that I went ahead and put it in its own post! The small reply box was killing my eyes, lol

When I first started writing, I was used to reading fics around 50k in general, and I had a pretty loose standard for that. But the longer I wrote and evolved the story, I quickly realized that wasn't my flavor at all. As you've noticed, my fics are pretty long and have multiple sequels. Don’t set limits! If it’s short, it’s short, and if it’s long, it’s long! Do what feels right for the plot, the setting, and the characters development. Giving yourself a lot of elbow room by not having any set restrictions makes the creative flow so much more breathable in my opinion. I used to have goals, make lists, ect., but they really just made me disappointed in my shortcomings for not meeting them and thereby stunted my creative muse. I've found a pretty solid rhythm now when it comes to where I want to end a chapter, a fic, or the entire series in general, and that just comes naturally with writing a ton!

Ah, your second question used to haunt me a lot when I was in the trenches of writing my Middle of the Crossroads series. I had so much I wanted to tell, and so many characters I wanted to have fulfilling arcs for, but I quickly got overwhelmed by it and burned out super fast. Repeatedly. I've found, in my opinion at least, that having a few solid characters to write in-depth for was much more manageable and provided way more insight to the reader since they were so heavily focused. Charon and Evelyn’s relationship is the obvious centerpiece in Testament/Revelations, and it lets me draw out their personal arcs at my own pace since I’m not rushed to develop a handful of other characters at the same time and have them ‘fight’ for the centerstage or readers attention too much. I do sprinkle in other characters here and there with very small side arcs, like James and Dogmeat, but I don’t stress over their development, as they are the development for our protagonists. If you’re worried about the general length of the fic due to all of the things you want to write, then just write it! More is always better in my opinion. Who doesn’t want to keep reading what they already like?! I sometimes tell myself I don’t want to bog down my story by throwing in random events that don’t really contribute to the main plot, but then I tell myself I’m writing this to begin with because I want to know how my characters will handle the situation, and the whole point is to have fun with it!

Having said that, I try to keep in mind where I want the story to go. I don’t do outlines anymore, it’s all completely freeform and essentially made up as I go along, but!!! I do have certain scenes that are kept in my mind that I essentially use as a marker for the direction I need to take the characters in. And then that evolves from there. It’s probably a terrible way to write, especially when you’re publishing chapter by chapter, but it works for me. lol. It doesn’t restrict my plot, though, which is the biggest piece I found helpful for me.

Worrying about what your reader thinks is the biggest creative mind killer. I used to worry everytime I posted. I’ve stopped writing entire fics in general in the past cause I thought no one would care enough for me to keep writing them and I found it pointless. But while it is very nice to have readers, it’s even better when you write something that YOU want to read! I reread my fics all the time (mostly to catch pesky editing/grammar mistakes) but I love my own works! I should! I wrote them! lol. Seriously. Once you start writing from the passion of just having the story being made, it’s an entirely different ballgame. You will write so much it’s almost a curse. I’ve written thousands of words of my characters interacting that don’t belong in any of my fics, but I just wanted to write it for myself. The readers who want to read what you’ve written will read, I promise that, lol. Even if you have just one reader, that’s one whole human being who discovered your works and thought they were special enough to take the time out of their day, sit down, and read what you’ve written. I’ve been writing fics for years, and I mainly had a solid reader or two, and it’s only after those years that I’ve actually gathered a nice little following now. But I would have never written what I have if I personally just didn’t want my character to bang a hot ghoul with a splash of trauma/angst involved. Lol.

Write what you want to read, and read what you want to write!

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Howdy, and Happy Thursday to you! I'm still new to the AO3 scene and getting a feel of how things work/what people are interested in. Is it ok to ask a couple questions? The main one is about longfics in general, but I wanted to ask first before spamming away with questions :)

Howdy and happy Thursday to you as well!!! Spam away, friend! I’m always happy to help! I may just take a few days to answer sometimes cause I’m not always able to respond right away, but I will always make sure to get back to you 😊

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I made some 1/8 scale ghouls as a present to myself. I sculpted the Charon/Harland inspired one on the right, but the other 2 were just downloaded models.

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apologies to anyone who ever thought i was cool and reached out to me only to discover i am just a weird little hermit who can't carry on a conversation to save my life

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Of course AO3 goes down the minute after I upload another chapter. It sensed my fear. I wasn’t downwind enough, I guess.

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The soundtrack to season 2 of Arcane has been on my repeat playlist forever now. It won. It knocked all the other contenders off until it has become the King.

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GUYS I JUST SAW THIS ON TWITTER AND I AM DYING

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love waking up at 5am while it’s still dark outside and navigating the house (avoiding toy landmines from sending me to my death) and having the jump-scare of my life as I hear little feet pitter-pattering in the pitch black empty void from nowhere and everywhere at once before my son runs smack dab into my legs cause he’s just as blind in the dark as me

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tumblr friends!

I’m looking for a dive in your creative minds. I’m currently in the process of refurbishing an antique vanity—it was left for free by a dumpster on fb marketplace and in ghastly condition. Right now I’m in the process of stripping the old paint before the sanding process, and I’m left stumped with the arms that hold the mirror up. There was no mirror that came with it, and I don’t want to necessarily throw it away, but I’m not looking to keep it as a vanity. It’ll be my new writing desk!

If anyone had any suggestions or ideas what could possibly replace the mirror portion, I’m open!

pic from the original ad of the desk I rescued below the cut. The arms attach to the backside of the desk, so I have ample surface space.