#COaP WIP

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Half asleep writers will see a blank page and say "is anybody going to write on that?" And not wait for an answer.

It's me, half asleep writers. I've written the first chapter of an entirely new bruabba fic and started outlining the first few chapters of the follow-up fic to Rhapsody in Reverie, after spending a few hours typing and editing two 5,000 word chapters of RiR...

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Come Out and Play ch3 progress: 3166 words

You know a class is stressful when it’s easier to edit cringey smut than it is to do the homework. It’s fine, this is fine. The assignment is due at midnight, and I’ve gotten through half the readings in between perspective shifts. Thankfully they’re short this week, even if there’s a lot of them. Political Anthropology is kicking my ass.

But yes, 7/12 pages are typed up now! The bruabba smut comes easier when I don’t have to think about politics apparently...

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RiR Chapter 18 (My Time has Come) is at 5826 words, and has been sent to my beta reader!

I’ve got 556 words of COaP ch3 (It’s Already Too Late) typed so far, and that’s next on my to-do list. (It’s definitely mostly smut, so I’ve been having a hard time editing it when I’m clear-headed, it makes me cringe really hard. Write horny, edit sober has been a ride.)

I’m so sorry it’s been over a month since an update, but school has been kicking my ass. Hopefully I’ll have this chapter of RiR posted in the next few hours.

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Where in the World is Bookwyrm214? (8/18 Progress Report)

I got through typing the first 688 words of Rhapsody in Reverie chapter 16: Caught in a Landslide today, and I wanted to let y’all know what’s going on in Book-land, since I know it's been over two weeks since my last fic update.

Rest assured, now that I’ve started the typing phase for 16 it’ll be fully typed tonight, beta-read ASAP, and hopefully posted tomorrow. If all goes according to plan, 17 won’t be too far behind, and 18 will be up on Sunday according to the original schedule.

I’m going to try and put the rest of this under a read more bc it’s pretty long, but this is what’s up with my life and my planned content moving forward!

I’ve been working through the stress of going back to long distance with the honeybee (he moved back to college last week), my job finished off for the season last Friday (I spent the afternoon sleeping the length of a shift), I was dungeon master for about half of Friday’s session (though I gave the reigns back to the honeybee pretty quick, I have the writing part down, but the execution isn’t there yet), I played for myself and a friend who couldn’t make it in my Saturday dnd session and helped my other friend through her first session, gave my best friend shit about cancelling his Sunday dnd session to prep for his not-yet-girlfriend to visit while being supportive and encouraging about meeting her, and prepping to move back to college myself at the end of the month.

I’ve been trying to get used to the new laptop’s keyboard, which is a big one for why ch16 is so late. I had to finish transferring everything to my new laptop so my little sister could use the old one for online elementary school, which was a bear to do and tool for-flipping-ever (I ended up having to get an external hard drive for my photos, since I’m really bad about deleting the blurry ones after birding trips and they wouldn’t fit on my flash drives to move them off)

I have, however, had a very productive couple weeks! It’s just mostly offline and draft work, so it’s not visible progress.

Writing-wise I’ve made great progress! I’ve got:

• 688 words typed of RiR chapter 16 (1.5 pages of the 11-page rough draft)

• Brainstorming for chapters 17 and 18 of RiR, so that when I get 16 up I can jump right into the last couple chapters.

•My Fugo-centric post-RiR work (Deep in the Dark) got a lot of attention last night and this morning, with most of the beginning outlined.

•15.5 of RiR, aka the sexy chapter (Body's Aching all the Time) is handwritten, but typing/editing is going to take awhile since I'm not quite happy with it & the honeybee doesn't want to beta-read smut, so I’m just going to be extra careful with a fine-tooth comb on that one.

•Post RiR giomis (Here Comes the Rain Again) has a rough summary of the first few chapters.

•A fairytale AU Sheila E/Trish work (A Girl in Trouble is a Temporary Thing) now has a very detailed outline & will likely be my next typed/posted work, since it’s a cut and dry one-off and wont spiral into chaos like the RiR universe has.

•My pre-canon Bruabba fic (Come Out and Play) has a chapter typed and three handwritten with a possible fifth in planning, and its follow up fic (No Light, No Light) has four chapters outlined, and for those I have a couple pages of OC stand/user planning done too. (It was supposed to be a one chapter smut and now it’s become a sprawling edgy feelings two-part fiasco, and I need to rework a lot of the timeline/planning for it I think. I retroactively decided to have it set in the RiR-verse and I need to edit it so it’s compliant)

•My fix-it post-canon everyone lives Bruabba AU (Red Wine, Mistakes, Mythology) has gotten some love by running it by the honeybee and fleshing out parts of the rough outline.

•Fugio fantasy AU which doesn’t have a working title yet is also in the mix, while it was technically the second concept I came up with for Jojo’s fanfiction it’s been shelved for no particular reason.

And that's just my writing!

When it comes to my art I have a lot of ideas and goals:

•Mermaid Bucci gang series:

--> To go with Mer-Mista and Mer-Narancia, I did Mer-Bucciarati which I may redraw the head/face of since I don’t feel like it meets my quality standards.

--> I want to finish up the Sticky Fingers jellyfish to go with mer-bucci + the Sex Pistols fish + Aerosmith (i think I concept-ed that as a shark?)

--> I want to continue that series to include Abba, Trish, Fugo, and Giorno, plus their stands!

• I want to ink and color my PHD redesign, getting it out of my planning notebook and onto actual art paper.

• I want to draw Deep Sea & Fandango, I have reference images but I want to make true concept art since I’ve gotten a lot of feedback interested in Georgia.

• I want to draw Scaramouche & Margaritaville, for similar reasons to Fandango and Deep Sea, since I’ve pulled reference art already and I want to finalize their designs/ possibly make a stand-stats sheet.

• I want to draw my original stands from DitD, one of which (K.Y.E.) I have sketches in my notebook, plus pulling reference art/making a concept sheet for my COaP/NLNL stands. (I can’t really name any of these bc spoilers, but I’m really excited for K.Y.E. and it’s user, the honeybee really loves that one!)

If you’ve stuck through reading this so far, thank you! This is a fairly comprehensive summary of my fan-works right now, so hopefully all of these see the light of day sooner rather than later! I appreciate the support I’ve received thus far, and I look forward to sharing all this stuff with y’all in the future!

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In case people were wondering what I meant by "writtten" in my progress reports, that's these drafts, the front and back walls of cursive that I later decode into the nice typed text you see on my AO3 account :)

This is the first drafts of RiR ch1-12:

(Ft the notepad I write on, rip the first one that I murdered, number two doesnt have much longer :P)

I love pentel energel pens, they're the best gel pen I've ever had. Smoother writing, doesn't smear. I have smearing problems since I write mostly in cursive, but these dry so fast its fever been a problem except for on shiny paper. And The Colors! I've started buying the ink refills I'm bulk bc I killed every single one of my pens writing RiR (and reading pencil cursive SUCKS)

If you can decode it the first chapter of Come Out and Play is shown in the first pic in between my Here Comes the Rain Again outline and my RiR notes, but I imagine that it'll be more enjoyable to read it once its posted soon :)

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Chapters: 3/5 Fandom: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Leone Abbacchio/Bruno Buccellati Characters: Leone Abbacchio, Bruno Buccellati, Pannacotta Fugo, Guido Mista, Narancia Ghirga Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Bruno Buccellati is Spelled Bruno Bucciarati, Canon-Typical Violence, Angst and Fluff and Smut Series: Part 3 of Prism

Excerpt from chapter 3: It’s Already Too Late

“I’m not exactly boyfriend material, Bruno. I don’t want to get my hopes up only to have to step away once you’re satisfied. I’m not… my heart can’t take that.”

“Oh,” Bruno breathed, understanding clicking into place in his mind.

Leone thought this was a one-night stand. That was why he’d been taking his time, moving slowly. He thought he was going to be pushed away once they were done, and that wouldn’t do at all.

“Well, I happen to think you’re boyfriend material, Leone. I’m not trying to lead you on, when I say I want you I mean it in every sense of the word. Definitely not just a quick fuck.”

Leone blinked up at him, furrowed brows framing the confusion in his eyes.

“You have as many chances as you want, Leone, as many as you need. I’m not going anywhere.” Bruno spoke gently, lovingly as he watched Leone take a shaky breath.

“I don’t deserve your patience. Or you.”

“Well tough shit. You’re my boyfriend now, so you’re getting my love and support whether you think you deserve it or not.”

Bruno squeezed his hand, and Leone squeezed back, laughing shakily with a small smile ghosting over his lips.

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Oop just realized I never made a post for chapter 2 of Come Out and Play! I meant to post on Bruno’s birthday, oh well.

An excerpt from chapter 2 By the Time You Hear the Siren:

Bruno hated these sorts of missions. The whole thing was just enacting justice on behalf of Passione’s finances. It was pointless, in Bruno’s mind. It didn’t help anyone but the higher-up’s pockets, and it put his team in danger. He didn’t like making them killers either, though he’d never expected to be able to protect them from the violence inherent to being a part of the gang.

“You ready?” he asked Abbacchio.

“Yep, just say the word.”

Abbacchio was focused, in his element, and Bruno couldn’t help but notice the shift in his posture, a little more proud, a little more confident. It was a good look for him.

“If shit hits the fan, stop the replay and fall back.”

Abbacchio made a non-committal noise, and Bruno narrowed his eyes in annoyance. Repeating this argument was the last thing he needed right now. He lowered his voice and fixed Abbacchio with a stern glare as he spoke.

“I only want to carry one body out of here today. I can’t keep an eye on those three if I’m busy making sure you’re not getting holes ripped into you. I’d like to be able to trust you to take care of yourself in a fight, Abbacchio.”

Abbacchio’s eyes widened slightly, and he nodded. Satisfied with the response, he turned to the others.

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Chapters: 4/5 Fandom: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Leone Abbacchio/Bruno Buccellati Characters: Leone Abbacchio, Bruno Buccellati, Pannacotta Fugo, Guido Mista, Narancia Ghirga Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Bruno Buccellati is Spelled Bruno Bucciarati, Canon-Typical Violence, Angst and Fluff and Smut Series: Part 1 of PRISM

Excerpt from Ch.4 Tie Your Own Rope:

Leone cut him off with a kiss, afraid of the end of the sentence. Their lips melded together, and he made a small, satisfied noise. He reveled in the feeling of warm skin against his own, stealing back some of the heat he’d lost to the cool air.

Bruno huffed lightly against his mouth but didn’t pull away. Their kiss deepened, and he rubbed his thumbs against the small of Bruno’s back.

The moment was broken by the sound of the doorbell.

They pulled apart, startled. Bruno sighed, biting his lip as he looked up into Leone’s face.

“I’ve got to throw on some clothes and get that. Will you be alright?”

“Of course, go take care of business. I’ll be here when you’re done.”

Bruno looked relieved, flashing him a smile as he reluctantly pulled away. He hesitated at the doorway, looking back at him. Leone smiled at him, and he chuckled as Bruno darted back to give him a quick peck on the lips before rushing out of the bathroom.

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Chapters: 1/5 Fandom: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Leone Abbacchio/Bruno Buccellati Characters: Leone Abbacchio, Bruno Buccellati, Pannacotta Fugo, Guido Mista, Narancia Ghirga Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Bruno Buccellati is Spelled Bruno Bucciarati, Canon-Typical Violence, Angst and Fluff and Smut Series: Part 3 of Prism

I’m proud to present the first of my Bruabba works, Come Out and Play! This first chapter is called Gotta Keep ‘Em Separated. I’ll reblog this with an excerpt and some commentary.

Summary:

Bruno Bucciarati has been leading his ragtag bunch of stand-user teenagers for a couple years now, and they’ve almost fallen into a rhythm. Finances are tight, tensions are high, and mafia business is, well, mafia business. Bruno has enough on his mind without getting caught up in any sort of romance, not that he’d ever really considered that a viable possibility. He has bills to pay, shitty used appliances to replace, and a body to get out of the trunk of their car. Even if he wanted to fall in love, he wouldn’t have time, but he still can’t get the smallest glimmer of hope out of his mind. Leone Abbacchio has resigned himself to a less miserable existence than anticipated. Spending his days collecting dues from restaurant owners, pining after his boss, and occasionally acting like an actual adult in front of the younger team members isn’t the worst way to live out the rest of his life. It’s not where he saw himself at age 19, but if there was a chance to turn back it was a long time ago. He doesn’t deserve happiness, especially not happiness with Bucciarati, but the last living piece of his heart hasn’t given up hope yet.