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Are you working on anything new? I love Creep and HGD - can’t wait to read whatever’s next!

Thank you so much!

So in theory, yes. I have three wips. In reality…

*primal screaming at my google docs*

I’ve been finding it very difficult to find time and brain space to write this year (booooo) for a combination of reasons.

1) I’ve just started the third year of my dphil (eek) so workload is increasing and brain capacity decreasing. I’ve actually seen a decline in the amount of fiction I’ve been reading too which I think is associated, which leads me onto…

2) I went through a stage of reading fiction that wasn’t very well written and therefore wasn’t very inspiring? Wanky/controversial thing to say because I love to read trash and I think it is very important to read trash! But have recently realised I feel like you do when you eat too much crap food and want some vegetables. If you have any recs of *actually well written things* please let me know!

3) I’ve put out a few shorter/one shots that funnily enough I wrote after reading something I really enjoyed (I am really proud of my pansy/daphne one shot On bombs, broken glass and love). My big multi chapter wips are slower to produce and so take longer to share! Normally I try to have at least half of anything written before I start posting.

4) all my ideas are bigger than my talent lol. One of them is set in the Victorian era so I’ve been messing around with historical research. Another is inspired by fucking AI and quantum mechanics, of all things, which I know NOTHING ABOUT. Hehe :) I rly wanna do them justice though because they make my brain feel nice when it’s not stuttering to a halt. The third idea I just can’t get the tone of the thing right.

Anyway please accept these long rambles as hopefully a relatively satisfying answer??

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Literally the COSIEST reading of creep ever ever ever DO YOU WANT TO BE SNUGGLED ON THIS NOVEMBER EVE????

Truly such an honour to have people read my fics, especially so beautifully 🥹🥹🥹 thank you @papercraneaudiobooks ❤️

Creep by @cr0ftisprocrastinating 🎓🍂❤️

Chapter 1 is now available on Spotify! 🎙

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Love this fic love this pic oooeeee

Hermione the Prosecutor inspired by @scullymurphy ‘s “The Prosecutor and the Potioneer: the Case of the Hidden Agent.”

Gah, I just love, love, love detective fics and this one is so much fun to follow!

Also…I drew this outfit, but now I really want it. Struggles…

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Two resources for looking at medieval manuscripts online for free:

medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk - browse by ‘manuscripts’ then filter by ‘digital facsimile online’

Parker.Stanford.edu/parker - explore the collection or page-level details!

Remember that manuscripts that are wrinkled and used and ancient are all the more special because of those things. The same goes for you, too.

rhinoplasty this buccal fat removal that for godssake watch a film produced in a country that isn’t the united states of america read a book read non-fiction learn to sew go to a pottery class go on a walk talk to old people look at medieval manuscripts do something interesting stop looking in the mirror so much someone will fuck you someone will love you and if not it doesn’t even matter that much but do something you don’t need botox you need to build muscle before you’re old and take care of your bones and take max 3 pictures of yourself per year

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Had a drink at that famous wizarding hotel, The Savoy.

Sometimes I am amused by how my life ends up mirroring my fanfics? (Hermione and Draco conduct their sneaky hook ups here in Hermione Granger’s Diary, in an ode to all the fanfics that reference this hotel lol).

I did not have a sneaky hook up but I did have a very nice martini

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whenever i see the moon it’s like ok i want six blurry pictures of that on my phone so bad

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"come here, granger, I’ve mastered that muggle warming charm you showed me"

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Draco: Hey, How's the boyfriend?

Hermione: I've told you a hundred times that Ron and I broke up. Why do you keep asking this?

Draco: Feels incredibly good to hear the news.

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from a wip that may or may never see the light of day

“I’ve thought of a name.”

“Oh, have you Luna?” Granger asked. She spoke in a voice that indicated she didn't spend a lot of time around small children, but certainly considered Luna to be on a similar intellectual level.

“Yes. It’s an acronym. I know you like those.”

“I do.” 

“SPERM,” she announced. Draco coughed. Granger was stopped in her tracks. 

“SPERM,” she replied, through tight lips. Luna was oblivious, or very good at winding Granger up. 

“Suggestions, Prophecies, Eventualities and Revelations Magic,” Luna explained. 

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I cannot believe how lucky I am to have @iggygiraffe record Caput Mortuum. It is truly such an honour <3 <3 <3

When I first started writing fanfic I had 3 unrealistic goals, and one of them was to have someone like it so much they wanted to record it. Feels like such a pinch me moment :') thank you iggy a million times over for literally making a dream come true!

@cr0ftisprocrastinating was the first author to ever reply to a comment of mine and I was SO star struck. I remember getting all flustered when I got that notification. Still happens actually, many comments later. I'm so honoured to be recording her words - that same fic that garnered that first reply, in fact. It's halfway now and I'm having an absolutely amazing time with it (again!) :)

It's on Spotify and AO3 if you want to (re)experience the awesomeness that is Caput Mortuum!

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I know its a bit late but HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! 🥳🎉🎈

Oh BABE !!! Thank you!!! Love you!!!! Being 30 rocks so hard !!!!

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Self care is writing fan fiction that you are the sole target audience for.

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Day 30 - Free Day

I miss drawing Draco and Hermione so much! I’m glad to be able to squeeze this in at the end of Dramione Month 🥹

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Oops it me

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Hermione 📜✨

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do you have any recommendations for someone that absolutely loves academia, would love to be going to school to finish a degree, yet can’t for financial and other reasons? Most free classes online center around math/stem/coding. And it doesn’t much feel like studying without a class, discussion, papers, etc! What’s a girl to do?

I love this question! And also, feel for you. I personally worked and saved for five/six years in order to afford my masters!

However, this is not always an option, in which case some other ideas might be:

(possible costs involved) Depending on where you are in the world, check whatever university is local to you to see if they do weekend/short courses. Oxford's Continuing Education department, for example, run weekend/week-long courses on all *kinds* of things, and local institutions might also offer similar things!

If you do a short course somewhere and make friends, you could then see if people are up for a semi-regular study 'group', which might also help fill the need for scholarly debate!

Do you have a local library? Check out their resources. Even if they don't have formal study groups/things, you could always assign yourself times of the day/week to go and do some independent study. Not great maybe for the sociable aspect of your q, but definitely could fit the vibes!

Similarly, do you have a local archive? If you are looking for historical stuff to do, then see if your local archive runs groups. Lots of people are interested in tracking their ancestry and undertaking local history projects - you could be one of them! Also, they might need volunteers. This could be boring if not the thing you're looking for, but it might appeal (I love to file, personally)

Set yourself a project. What do you want to know more about, and then what is an interesting way to approach this? Do not be constrained by discipline, because you are not constrained by institution. Make a zine about a little-known environmental policy. Write a fiction book set in a specific period and try to get it as accurate as possible. Contact a small, local museum and see if they want to exhibit your genius portraits of town dogs or something.

Volunteer at a local gallery/museum. This may not be great at first for the scholarly aspect of things, but it might put you in contact with other people who love learning and want to do more of it.

Pretend you are going to *teach* on the thing you are interested in. Put together a reading list and a list of essay questions. How would you structure the course? What form would the exam take? What would the mark scheme be?

Take yourself on a little field trip once a month/term/year/however often you want. Go somewhere you haven't been before, but with a specific focus in mind. Something like: 'I am going to try and find out as much as possible about this place's collection of Greco-Roman statues.' 'I am going to go to this gallery and draw all the things I see that are yellow.' 'I am going to see how many different kinds of daisy there are in these famous daisy gardens.'

Idk if any of these are actually useful or if they veer into the impractical but I hope you find something even vaguely inspiring! Also, I would recommend keeping a record of any outings or things you try. The process of recording the things you do to further your own interests would make a fascinating project in itself!