#ask me about my writing

[adarafaelbarba]

Currently working on what I hope will be my debut novella. Feel free to send some writing-related asks my way 😊

[worlds-tallest-fairy]

What can you tell me about your wip Haints Holler ?

@wyked-ao3 Haints Holler is a paranormal fiction/romance set in Appalachia in a fictive town/county called Puck.

We follow Winnie, a witch sealed to the mountains herself along with the matriarch of her family and all the women before her. In events prior to the story, she found herself bound to the spirit/minor god known as Forest, who had called the woods and mountains around her holler home for centuries.

Winnie, Forest (begrudgingly) and the rest of the Kidd clan attempt to solve a sudden series of murders and missing person/animal cases that are rocking the town and finding a way to fight a not so dead dark entity that has risen again.

The idea itself has been in the works for years but the podcast Old Gods of Appalachia really pushed me to explore the idea of “alternate Appalachia” and the idea of dark things under the mountain.

(It is truly a masterpiece and I would recommend it to any HP lovecraft/cuthullu horror fans as well as people who enjoy paranormal in general.)

The Kidd family is (very loosely) based on my paternal family and some of the stories I grew up hearing as well as superstitions that have been shared with me through the years.

There’s a magic system that is based around knots and quilting and a holler “quilting circle” that often takes care of things around the holler.

Forest is a little shit who lusts for power and a physical body and gets (rightfully) stuck cleaning up human messes.

Anthropomorphic mountain spirit who is in love with granny Kidd.

Southern/Appalachian shade being thrown by old women on porches.

Murder.

All dogs/animals mentioned live.

Accidental life partner to lovers.

Yeah, that pretty much covers it 😂 any other specific questions, I’ll gladly answer.

[uraniumwriting]

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[celestemagnoliathewriter]

hii do u have any new remadora centric projects coming up? Alsoo when do u think u’d get the tonks amnesia story posted? Love ur work btw!!

helloooooooo anon! let me tell you about some of the projects I have that feature Remadora. I have very few Remadora-only longfics on the back burner. Most of my longfics are Remadora + another couple or two. Let me talk about those first and then I'll get to the Tonks amnesia fic. Lots more under the cut.

Most likely to be posted first: longfic, slow burn Tedromeda & Remadora. Slow burn Tedromeda heavy in the first half, slower burn Remadora heavy in the second half.

Most likely to be posted second: longfic, time travel Remadora & Blackbolt. Tonks and Kingsley go back to the late 70s and hijinks ensue.

Most likely to be posted third: longfic, time travel Tedoire & Remadora. Teddy, Victoire, Albus, and Scorpius go back in time to the early 90s and grapple with the past. Teddy accidentally plays wingman for his father.

Those projects each have about 20k words written, so that's why they're likelier to be posted first. Now let's get to more Remadora-centric fics that I don't have a schedule for yet because I've still got to do a LOT of planning, plot-wise.

Tonks amnesia fic: I've got the beginning done but I'm not sure where to go with it just yet.

Remadora meets earlier: I had a thought to introduce Tonks to Remus when he's a professor in PoA, but it's just a thought for now

Finally, the projects that are on hold that I wish I had the mental energy to finish:

Cariad. I am seriously considering wrapping it up with a couple more chapters and calling it done. There was one more subplot I was thinking of putting in, but I need to be realistic with my time.

A Changing Pack. The reason I'm struggling with it is that I've got Remadora in a pretty good place and now it's time to shift focus to Harry and Hinny, and I struggle big time with writing Harry.

In addition to these longfics, I've got a lot of ideas for microfics and one-shots. These are at the very bottom of my priorities, just because I usually write them in one sitting. Inspiration strikes, I get my computer, and type until I'm done.

So anon, I hope this mostly answers your question. I DO have Remadora projects - all my longfics have Remadora in them - but purely Remadora-centric pieces are second on my list.

[deandoesthingstome]

@geralts-yenn girl it's Monday. Lol! Look for my answers Friday if you don't see them this week. Love you!

[something-tofightfor]

I am bored and taking a break from writing for a few hours (I’ve written 11k of a Joel Halloween one shot in the last two days) so:

Ask me questions, specifically about the following:

- Liminality Frankie

- JTGTBG Joel

- Aphelion Oberyn

- Tim Rockford

- Root Pearl Ezra

… or anything else you’re curious about… and as long as it doesn’t spoil anything major, I’ll answer.

[shameless-fujoshi]

A WIP Game

I got tagged by the amazing @missoblaine - thank you so much for tagging me! ❤️

RULES: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

I tend to only work on one story at a time, but I do actually have 3 WIPs open at the moment, so I'll post those, haha.

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I'm tagging @spices28, @fencer-x, and @franticcashew

[goforth-ladymidnight]

2023 Writing Goals

I started off 2022 with two works to my name on AO3, and now I have eight. This year, I’m not as interested in growing the number of works as I am in completing those works. In no particular order:

Finish “ACOFAE” ft. Feycien

My very first fanfic. As of this writing, I am 37 chapters in, and I’d like to finish it by the end of the year. I was averaging about a chapter a week, then got burned out and went to the hospital for pneumonia. (Correlation, not causation.) Anyway, back in 2021, I thought I could write a quick fic in 20 chapters, then thought surely 40 would do it. Welp. Here’s hoping it doesn’t take more than 60!

Finish “A Garden of Thorns” ft. Brilin

I wrote one chapter in a day based on an intriguing prompt, then basically dropped it because I didn’t know how to make it work with an original Beauty and the Beast story I had started writing a couple years ago. I have more experience now, though, and I think I can make it work. 

Finish an as-yet-unpublished fic “Worth Fighting For” ft. Elucien

I have really enjoyed writing Elucien this winter, and I promised a friend I would write an ACOWAR AU in which Lucien goes after Elain when she gets taken by the Cauldron. So that I don’t leave people hanging like I have so many times, I’m writing it before publishing it, and then it will be released on a regular schedule.

Expand on and finish “I Will See You Again” ft. Feylin

I had so many requests to expand on that one-shot, when I thought it was just that: a one-shot. But so many people want to see my unhinged version of Amarantha after Feyre actually breaks the original spell. Which leads me to...

Write an Amarantha backstory and/or a Tamlin backstory

Why did Amarantha become so obsessive over Tamlin? I have some ideas I want to explore, but time constraints have been a factor. I’d like to explore that idea this year. :)

I’m working on some original fiction that I’d like to self-publish in addition to working on fanfiction, but I don’t know if I’ll be promoting it here or not. It’s on the lighter, romantic, fairy tale side of fantasy instead of the darker stuff that attracted me to ACOTAR. I know ACOTAR doesn’t get that dark, but considering that characters bleed on the page, I’m counting it. If anyone is interested in learning more about my fairy tale retellings, feel free to visit my inbox. :) 

I have more ideas I’d like to visit eventually, but these are the big ones for this year. Thanks @isterofimias for the inspiration to write them down!

[silvereyedowl]

I hope this serves as inspiration for me to actually get some writing done.

Hey, can y’all rb this if it’s okay to send you messages asking about your ocs, cause on god I wanna interact with y’all but I am terrified of being annoying lol

[inkskinned]

this is just my opinion but i think any good media needs obsession behind it. it needs passion, the kind of passion that's no longer "gentle scented candle" and is now "oh shit the house caught on fire". it needs a creator that's biting the floorboards and gnawing the story off their skin. creators are supposed to be wild animals. they are supposed to want to tell a story with the ferocity of eating a good stone fruit while standing over the sink. the same protective, strange instinct as being 7 and making mud potions in pink teacups: you gotta get weird with it.

good media needs unhinged, googling-at-midnight kind of energy. it needs "what kind of seams are invented on this planet" energy and "im just gonna trust the audience to roll with me about this" energy. it needs one person (at least) screaming into the void with so much drive and energy that it forces the story to be real.

sometimes people are baffled when fanfic has some stunning jaw-dropping tattoo-it-on-you lines. and i'm like - well, i don't go here, but that makes sense to me. of fucking course people who have this amount of passion are going to create something good. they moved from a place of genuine love and enjoyment.

so yeah, duh! saturday cartoons have banger lines. random street art is sometimes the most precious heart-wrenching shit you've ever seen. someone singing on tiktok ends up creating your next favorite song. youtubers are giving us 5 hours of carefully researched content. all of this is the impossible equation to latestage capitalism. like, you can't force something to be good. AI cannot make it good. no amount of focus-group testing or market research. what makes a story worth listening to is that someone cares so much about telling it - through dance, art, music, whatever it takes - that they are just a little unhinged about it.

one time my friend told me he stayed up all night researching how many ways there are to peel an orange. he wrote me a poem that made me cry on public transportation. the love came through it like pith, you know? the words all came apart in my hands. it tasted like breakfast.

[roblingoblin285]

i love when ppl ask writers questions about their ocs and they're like "uhh i think so?" as if they didn't invent them. like they're just mild acquaintances we have

[just-a-whumping-racoon-with-wifi]

Some small details for a character learning sword fighting for the first time:

- sore wrists

- blisters on hands

- every movement opens you up to be hit

- they will hit the tops of their arm and own sides with the sword while learning

- there is a primal sixth sense when you know you’re being toyed with

And, for your typically nonviolent characters.

You don’t aim for the swords. You aim for the person holding the sword.

It sounds so obvious but needs to be accepted. Actively. When holding a sword you have to understand you’re attacking another person. Even to block you have to aim your blocks at the other person or they won’t be strong enough to actually protect yourself.

[uraniumwriting]

Taking STS Asks!

I’ll be taking STS asks (and returning asks) in between some work I have to do today! >:D

[celestemagnoliathewriter]

Are you gonna post any new remadora projects in the very near future? like maybe a week or so? Absolutely no pressure btw! You can take as much time as you need, (not that you need any justification for what time u’ll finish since its your work anyway) but i just absolutely adore your work and remadora and when u mix your work + remadora it is absolute perfection so i was just wondering if u have any works that would be published soon:)) again no pressure and i love ur work!!

Thanks for the ask, anon, and for your kind words!

New Remadora projects? Yes.

Very near future? No.

I'm going to finish Moonlit Marriage first, Cariad second, and then start on new projects. A Changing Pack is my horcrux. I will get to it when I get to it.

As far as new Remadora projects, which I have beginnings of:

A Remadora soulmate fic

A Remadora and Blackbolt time travel fic

A Tedoire time travel fic (with background Remadora)

A Remadora amnesia fic (from Tonks's POV)

I would say that the Remadora/Blackbolt one is likeliest to come next. No promises though!

[s-n-o-w-p-i-e-r-c-e-r]

ask me anything !

[abstractfrog]

Happy 1 year anniversary to Mr Sherlock Holmes! Here's a litttleee celebratory comic from me