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writing? oh, i’m definitely writing. in my head. during the most inconvenient times. like in the shower or when i’m about to fall asleep. actual typing? no, no, we don’t do that here.

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Did you delete cagey tigers?? I just caught up on midori sour and i was like "alrighty time to catch up on the kitty cat story" and then i couldn't freaking find it on ao3, and then i remembered the name, still couldn't find it, so I looked it up and was like I THOUGHT THAT WAS THEM!! NO KITTY CAT STORY??????? Absolutely devastating, but I support your reasons, whatever they may be

I did. I’m kind of sorry and also kind of not? It was a fun fic that I was writing to fuck around and I just didn’t want to fuck around anymore.

I hate having unfinished works out there (and it’s also one of my weaker fics) so… /draws thumb across throat/

Thank you for loving it while it existed though!

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love it when people are like “i think x y z, change my mind”

i don’t want to change your mind, i don’t want to be a part of this at all, i hope you and your delusions have a great day

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1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 14, 15, 21, 23

I read eleventy-million books every year and it's going to take me a long time to answer all these so I'm going to break it into parts. Some caveats: These are the books jumping out to me in this instance, if I were answering this question tomorrow or yesterday, things might have been different. I really do read a metric fuckton of books. I've mostly removed any editorializing from the books but I'm fully prepared to talk about them more if needed. (But who would need it?)

1. Faves of the year

First, a backstory. I’m a solid 3-star kind of guy. Like, if the book was fine it gets 3 stars just bc someone took the time to write it, you know? A book has to be pretty atrocious to get less than 3 stars from me and it has to evoke some capital F feelings to get a 4. 5 are pretty rare. I’ve had a lot of books get close only to fumble the ending but I read several books that were 5 stars for me this year. And, bc I read so many fucking books, I’m only going to list those, not other books that came close.

Maeve Fly - CJ Leede  Several People are Typing - Calvin Kasulke Best Served Cold - HE Edgmon (from The White Guy Dies First) How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying - Django Wexler The Pairing - Casey McQuiston

2. Flops of the year

Again. It’s hard for a book to completely flop for me bc I’m very aware of the effort it takes to write something. However, there were a few:

Till We Become Monsters - Amanda Headlee Death & Dismemberment - A L Brody

And a handful of niche KU books I won’t bother mentioning. These two, though, I’ve seen on book lists so I’m registering my dislike.

6. Dead Dove Do Not Eat: Book you would recommend to a select audience with a mountain of caveats

Dead Inside - Chandler Morrison.

Imagine Holden Caulfield and Patrick Bateman have a child that lives in a splatterpunk novel. A pretentious edgelord protagonist that whines his way through a list of almost every trigger you can imagine.

7. Wasted Potential: Great premise and/or characters but fell down on execution

Ugh. I gotta go back and read my DMs to you bc I know I’ve bitched about a few.

The Eyes are the Best Part - Monika Kim Reception - Kenzie Jennings A Certain Hunger - Chelsea Summers The Least of My Scars - Stephen Graham Jones Your Blood, My Bones - Kelly Andrew

9. Compels Me Though: Okay, maybe not all of it made sense, but you had a great time anyway

The Bus on Thursday - Shirley Barrett Your Shadow Half Remains - Sunny Moraine And Then I Woke Up - Malcolm Devlin

I'm more or less willing to talk/answer questions about these books in the comments so...

Part two will be coming later, I'm sure.

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Please do not archive or share fanfics that I deleted from ao3.

This includes posting my work elsewhere. It also includes sharing personal downloads, Google drives, or ePubs. If I deleted it, I deleted it for a reason. I can't stop you from sharing but I am asking nicely.

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2024 Reads in Review Asks

Faves of the year

Flops of the year

DNF With Prejudice: Book(s) you didn't finish on purpose

DNF With Regrets: Book(s) you didn't finish but want to get back to

Crowd Pleaser: Book you would recommend to almost anyone

Dead Dove Do Not Eat: Book you would recommend to a select audience with a mountain of caveats

Wasted Potential: Great premise and/or characters but fell down on execution

Blorbo Of The Year: Perhaps not your favorite of the year, but contains The Character

Compels Me Though: Okay, maybe not all of it made sense, but you had a great time anyway

Sleeper Hit: Not a book that you have to force into people's hands, but well-executed

Favorite non-fiction of the year

Favorite series of the year

Favorite standalone of the year

Most anticipated—did it live up to the hype?

Biggest disappointment?

Biggest surprise?

New author (either to you, or with a recent debut) you're hoping to read more of?

Favorite recent release you read this year

Favorite old(er) book you read this year

Did you re-read any books? Were they what you expected?

Best recommendation from a friend

Best book you found in the wild

Free space--talk about any book you read in 2024 not otherwise covered

Do you have any goals for your reading in 2025?

What's on the top of your list for 2025?

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reading a (dystopian) book where one of the characters stops to have a spa day in the hot springs at yellowstone

my dude

that will melt the meat right off the bone

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💖 🐌 🌈 🫘 🥳🪩 (prepared questions in advance)

💖 What is your primary writing goal for this year?

Easy. Finish an original work.

🐌 What is one of your smallest writing goals?

Spend less time writing stuff that pisses me off. (Sorry fandom.)

🌈 What research do you plan on doing for your writing?

Knowing what I will be researching ahead of time requires me to know where my writing is going at any given point and I absolutely to not. I don't plan the research, the research plans me. Or something.

(I will say that just today I've researched French daggers and land-based mollusks for original works so things are looking exciting.)

🫘 Spill the beans. What's a new project you're doing this year?

Learning the ins-and-outs of independent publishing. I mean, I've done it before but there are a lot of nuances so I've got to update my knowledge.

🥳 How are you going to celebrate when you achieve one of your writing goals?

Run away to a cabin in the woods alone for a few days. And maybe buy myself some nice indoor arrows.

🪩 Do you have any "good" writing habits you want to cultivate?

I don't know if I have habits at all. Habit implies routine and there are zero routines around my writing. I do it when I can, where I can, usually with people screaming in the background. However, I think I'm pretty organized when it comes to stories, chapters, scenes, etc. and I want to keep that up.

writer asks for the new year

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🛳️✨?

🛳 Are there any new ships you want to write for? (Platonic, romantic, or anything in between.)

No. Not really. I'm honestly barely dragging myself through the ships that I still have open fics for. Like... I'm not sure if I'll even be writing for them next year.

✨ What's one area of your writing that you think needs the least amount of improvement?

The least amount of improvement? Geez. Dialogue, I guess? I spent a lot of time with very specific ships specifically working on dialogue because I felt like it was such a weak part of my writing when I first got into fandom.

I think it worked.

writer asks for the new year

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Writer Goal Ask List for a New Year 🎉

These writer asks are always so fun to both ask and answer. Fanfic or original fiction writers, reblog away! These are asks based in new goals for a new year.

💖 What is your primary writing goal for this year?

🛳 Are there any new ships you want to write for? (Platonic, romantic, or anything in between.)

🤔 Are there any new characters you want to write about?

🥸 Does anyone in IRL know you write fanfic or original fiction? If not, do you plan on telling anyone this year?

🥵 Any plans to write steamy or spicy content this year?

👻 Is there a new genre you'd like to write?

🦄 Is there a new POV you'd like to try writing?

🐌 What is one of your smallest writing goals?

🦖 Are there any fandoms you wrote for in the past that you'd like to return to?

🍄 Are there any fandoms you've never written for but want to try?

🌈 What research do you plan on doing for your writing?

✨What's one area of your writing that you think needs the least amount of improvement?

🥕 What's one area of your writing that you think needs the most amount of improvement?

🫘 Spill the beans. What's a new project you're doing this year?

🥳 How are you going to celebrate when you achieve one of your writing goals?

🎃 Do you plan on writing any seasonal fics?

🐾 Do you plan on writing for any fests or competitions?

✍️ Which stat matters most to you (if at all!): subscriptions, kudos/favorites, comments, bookmarks, word count, or hits?

👾 Do you have any "bad" writing habits you want to break?

🤖 Are you looking to change your current writing setup? (Or establish one, if you don't have one?)

🦷 Is there a chapter, scene, or WIP you're dreading to write (but is necessary to your plot)? Share a snippet or tell us about it!

💥Is there a chapter, scene, or WIP you're most excited to write? Share a snippet or tell us about it!

🍕Will you be making any changes to your posting schedule (if you have one)? (Or do you want to establish a posting schedule?)

🛏 Is there a new trope you'd like to write this year?

🪩 Do you have any "good" writing habits you want to cultivate?

🎉 How are you going to be kind to yourself if you don't meet your goals?

💌 Are you willing to take requests or prompts for writing?

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Fandom/Writers ask game

Got bored and saw a few of these floating around! Wanted to make one of my own! Feel free to send any of these emojis into my asks sweet peas! 💋

Also go ahead and reblog for your own fun too🖤

💫 - How long have you been in the fandom?

🌻 - List three positive things about your fandom right now

🍾 - A character the fandom has helped you appreciate more

🎨 - Compliment someone else in your fandom

🛸 - Advice for taking care of yourself in fandom spaces

📀 - What are your writing go to songs?

🍭 - How did you get into writing?

🔎 - How many WIPs are you currently writing right now?

🕸️ - Do you enjoy editing? Why or why not?

🔗 - Which WIP are you most likely to finish next?

🐲 - An alternative title to one of your fics

🦋 - Describe yourself using 5 emojis

🍿 - Your top three favorite Fics atm

🎱 - A characters POV you are currently exploring

🤍 - What’s the first song that pops in your head when you think of the fandom?

📖 - A story idea you haven’t written yet

💥 - If you wrote a sequel to a fic which one would it be?

🌶️ - A trope you’re loving right now

🌞 - Favorite writing weather

🌈 - Tag your besties

🥀 - If you were a song, which one would you be?

🪩 - What’s the fastest way to become your mutual?

✉️ - What was your Last DM you sent on tumblr and to who?

☄️ - most unpopular opinion about a fandom character

🌸 - Give some advice on writers block

🎥 - Three films you love

🫂 - What’s some good advice you’d like to share?

🍎 - Create a moodboard of yourself

🌊 - How do you feel about ~Insert fandom character~

🐸 - Share your favorite meme

🪽 - What made you choose your username?

🍯 - Share your favorite playlist

🎤 - Whose your favorite artist?

💋 - What’s the first thing you think when you see my blog aesthetic?

🪷 - In what year did you publish your first fic?

🐾 - What is your favorite and least favorite part of the writing process

❤️‍🔥 - Besides writing what are some of your other hobbies?

🏆 - Share a fic you are especially proud of

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trying to write the next Midori Sour chapter and damn these idiots for only flirting when i don't want them to but being all sad and introspective when i'm trying to get them to fuck

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Nicole Dollanganger's song Beautiful and Bad reminds me a lot of "A Particular Set of Skills"

okay yeah yep, i can see that

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i keep a notebook by my bed to write down the story ideas that come to me while i’m trying to sleep in hopes that jotting it down somewhere will help me actually fall asleep (it does not) and last night’s note just says: snail radula

in case anyone was wondering about my writing process

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Just thought to myself "can't women have a bad time in fiction without rape being involved" which really shows you how much you're in the fucking trenches if you are both a horror fan and women fan

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Can I ask what happened to that one fic where spider man dislocates his shoulder?? If that’s alright of course

Ah, man. I can’t believe you remember that fic! It was one of the (many) epilogues of Stop Talking, Keep Talking which I deleted for a lot of reasons. I detailed them all here, if you want to check it out.

I will say, even though STKT is dead and buried, it totally made my day that you remembered the shoulder dislocation fic. That one has a special place in my heart. Thank you!

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til death do us part (threat)