#event: wotm

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Writeblr of the Month: an event

kindly inspired on @authoralexharvey 's "Interview With A Writer" event <3

WHAT IS THIS?

An event to promote writers in this site! On the 15th of each month, I will upload a post with a different writeblr, linked to their work, as well as reblogging their post and providing feedback (or simply just gushing about their writing)

HOW TO PARTICIPATE?

Just fill the google forms linked below and reblog this to spread the word!

WHAT WILL IT FEATURE?

Basics! such as name or pen name, the name of the blog and where else you might find them

WIPS! a little intro to their wips as well as links to their intro posts. Basic info like genre, and warnings will be displayed.

Excerpts (if applied)

Cool graphics or other thematic posts (if apply)

"I WANT TO SUPPORT TOO!"

Wonderful!! Just reblog everything you want/feel like, and most importantly, leave comments! Honestly, everyone loves to receive comments on their work, let's be kind to each other.

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PLEASE CONSIDER REBLOGGING THIS TO SPREAD THE INFO AROUND. FIRST WRITEBLR OF THE MONTH WILL START ON MARCH 15TH

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finally time to read the comic with the funniest abbreviated name: DN:DM:TL52:WotM*

*Full name: Dark Nights: Death Metal: the Last 52: War of the Multiversers

[choicesficwriterscreations]

September 2023 WOTM: lilyoffandoms

Each month CFWC highlights one of our talented fanfic writers, and this month’s writer of the month is @lilyoffandoms. We hope you will enjoy learning more about them and their work below! The writer is selected at random. More info can be found on the navigation page.

This month's Writer of the Month was selected a little differently than normal. We announced that we would be selecting the WOTM from the participants in last month's Writer Appreciation Event. But the eleven writers involved all agreed the honor belonged to Lily. Lily has been a staple in the Choices community for so long, and they continuously go out of their way to support creators and spread positivity while continuing to inspire and create themselves. We couldn't think of anyone better suited for the honor, so please join us in congratulating Lily... September's Writer of the Month!

Quick Links:

Tumblr Blog Name: lilyoffandoms Blog Masterlist

How do you want to be known on Tumblr? Lily is fine (they/them preferred)

1- When did you start playing Choices? What was the first book you played? 

Best guess would be back in January of 2018. It was a joke at first since a friend saw one of their god-awful ads and said we should both try it. Next thing you know, we were both arguing over which books were better and regretting our decision to start. Though their opinions on what constitutes good books are almost as bad as the Choices ad that got us to jokingly play (and I say this most lovingly because they are awesome and I love them). I started with Most Wanted, and my friend started with The Freshman. 

2- When and why did you join Choices fandom?

Oh gods! I joined back in March 2019. I know I’m a Tumblr baby by most everyone’s standards, but that feels like a really long time. I joined when Open Heart book one was released. I had lurked, reading fanfics, for a few months before biting the bullet and creating a blog and actually posting. Only joined because I was taking my editor’s advice and writing something entirely outside my norm to break a particularly bad case of writer’s block. Thought I might as well share those silly things if I was taking the time to write them. Maybe someone would enjoy them. Never did plan on sticking around, but found so many lovely people that I’ve come to call friends.

3- How did you pick your blog name? 

It was lilyofchoices. My name + Choices because I am super creative like that with those sorts of naming things 😅 I changed it to lilyoffandoms when I left the Choices fandom for a bit. I’ve thought about changing it more times than I can count but I can’t bring myself to actually follow through on it. How do y’all’s change your blog name with each new book release? You are a crazy different breed of tumblr and you fascinate me.

4- Pull up the first post in your archive, and tell us about it!  

I deleted the first one years ago. It was my first drabble. Currently, as it stands, the first thing in my archive is this post about Desire and Decorum, and it still makes me giggle.

5- How long have you been writing fanfiction?

I’ve only been writing fanfic since I joined Tumblr. I never really tried writing fanfic before that. Some nonfiction personal things before that but never anything like this world. It's been an adventure, to say the least haha

6- What is your favorite Choices book, and what is your favorite Choices book to write about?

My favorite book is probably Blades of Light and Shadow, book one, but there are plenty that are really close behind. This is also the book I’d say I enjoy writing for the most because it is my favorite book, contains my favorite LI, and has one of my favorite OCs (Maiele) in it.

Though recently, I’ve been writing more for Crimes of Passion because it's more of a challenge for me. It's a different vibe between the MC and the LI and it's one I don’t often explore so I’m here for that right now. But I have a sneaky suspicion once Blades 2 drops I’ll be back on my bullshit with that again.

7- Share the first fanfic you wrote with us. Do you still like it, or would you change it if you were writing it today?

I don’t think it exists on this site anymore. Maybe in someone’s reblog? I still have it in my files. It was an Ethan x MC drabble featuring my MC, Merida. I still like it. I’d not change it cuz I’m a firm believer in writing it and don’t look back haha.

This is it:

He swallowed the lump forming in his throat, trying to hold back the tears that were threatening to form in his eyes. There it was. He had told her. Dr. Banerji was dying and Ethan was at a loss as to what was ailing his mentor and friend. Ethan stared at the young woman in front of him and then to the floor. He cleared his throat and made a small motion to turn back into Naveen’s room but froze instantly the moment he noticed her take a step towards him.

She threw her arms around him and hugged him, wishing to take away all of his pain, all of his loneliness. Silently willing him to understand that she cared for him. Cared deeply for him and much more than she should. “Ethan. I’m so sorry,” she whispered, one hand stroked through his hair while the other grasped his neck and slowly bent his head toward her shoulders as she raised herself to her tiptoes to meet him halfway.

He tensed upon feeling her arms around him. Arms, he thought to himself, that he had imagined holding him for a number of weeks now. Ever since that night spent sitting up with her watching little baby Ethan. “Merida,” he sighed as he gradually relaxed into the embrace.

She didn’t let up on the hug, squeezing him to her just a bit more tightly. God, she had wanted to comfort him when Dolores died but she didn’t know how he would respond. Now, he was facing the possibility of another friend dying and she couldn’t help herself.

He responded to the increased pressure of her hug and tightened his own hold upon her. Finding himself tracing circles up her spine and imagining what it would feel like to move his hands to tease along the skin of her back where her pants met her shirt.

Her breath caught when she felt his hands move lower. No longer making gentle movements along her spine but increasing their pressure upon her body, nearly massaging their way lower. She brought one of her own hands around to his chest, lightly bunching his white coat in her fist to try and pull him closer to her.

A loud crash echoed down the hall. “Shit!” a construction worker cursed. The two doctors jumped back from each other both staring into each other’s eyes seeming to question if they had both felt the same in the other’s arms. She blushed slightly. “I should see to my other patients. Dr. Banerji’s condition stays between us. Understand, Rookie?” he stated, his eyes narrowing. She nodded and he turned and marched down the hall.

8- What is your favorite fic that you’ve written?

I love asking this question of others but don’t like it asked of me. I’m so bad at self-rep and advertising my wares 😂 But if I had to pick one, I’d say this one. It was so far outside my comfort zone when it came to writing that I almost abandoned it two paragraphs in. But I’m a stubborn person, and I refused to let it beat me. Plus, I had been wanting to write a noir fic for this book since it was released. Furthermore, I adore Hayden’s work too much not to gift a little something back for all the art he shares with us, so I knew I just had to make it work.

9- Do you have a fic that you didn’t expect to be well received, but it was? What about one you expected to be but found could use a little more love?

I didn’t expect last year’s Luck of the Draw fic to garner much love. Attention? Maybe. But not love and definitely not the response I got. I really enjoyed writing that one. 

10- If you could write only angst, fluff, or smut for the rest of your writing life, which would it be and why? 

Fluff. I’m a sucker for happy-ever-afters and an endless hopeless romantic. Give me the fluff. All the fluff. 

I pull a lot of what I toss into my silly drabbles from real life. Always been a believer in writing, most often what you know, and sprinkle that all with a dash of the stuff you don’t as a treat. And my life is pretty fluffy thanks to my incredible partner. 

However, I do so adore angst I’m just not able to write it often because it hurts more to write. But I’ll always always read it. That pain is *chef’s kisses*

11- Do you ever recognize yourself in any of your MCs or in your writing?

Maiele, my Blades MC, is most definitely me coded. His whole personality, his choice of partner when it comes to personality, his constant flirting with said partner, his sense of humor, his lack of a filter most times, it’s all pretty much me. Gabriel, my CoP MC, is me when it comes to romantic gestures and Valentine’s Day. I may be a romantic, but I get weird when it’s aimed at me 😂 

12- What element of writing do you struggle with most?

Editing. I refuse to do it. I hate it with the burning light of a thousand suns. Those of you that manage to edit your fics have all my admiration. I honestly don’t know how y’all do it. Doesn’t it just bore you to no end? 

13- Do you have any neglected work you really want to finish?

I have more drafts than I care to admit. I would like to complete a series I started long ago for Ethan x Merida, but I don’t know if I’ll ever do that. I’d settle for finishing one of my drafts 😅

14- If someone you know in real life (who isn’t involved in fandoms) asked to read your work, would you let them? If yes, what would you recommend they read first? 

Nope, haha, I’d not be able to do that. If I were that brave, I’d recommend this one maybe. I do so love Flynn. Or this one, mostly because I do so love the idea of Gabriel just pouting on the couch.

15 - Are there any writers (published authors and/or fanfic writers) who influenced your writing?

Not really. I mean all of em probably. I read a lot of books in a lot of genres. Mostly I use my drabbles as morning warm ups for my day job. 

There are definitely fanfic writers I admire around here that encourage me to share my silly things everyday. Especially all those queer writers out there that have a rather thankless existence sometimes around here but keep sharing their stories! They are all my heroes!!

16- Which one of your stories would you most like to see as a movie/series? 

Any and all of my Maiele and Tyril stories. I just love them sooooo much!!

17- Do you write original fiction? 

Yes, but until recently, I wrote mostly nonfiction.

I do have a fic I began a few years back when I was still teaching. I had a student who hated their writing class, so I promised to write a short story alongside them and read it to the class like all the students had to if they gave it an honest go. 

They did and so I did too, and I was asked the following year to do it again by more students and so I continued the same story. I’ve since continued that same fic, and maybe someday I’ll actually go looking to publish it. 

18 -  What other hobbies do you have?

I love the outdoors. Hiking, spelunking, kayaking, gardening, camping, anything and everything outdoors. My other favorite hobby, which I've done for years and years, is fencing. I still am part of a club and teach a few levels. 

19 - What’s your favorite emoji? 

😅 because it’s legit my state of existence at this point in life. 

20: BONUS - tell us anything you’d like (if you want to).

I want to send a special shout-out to all the absolutely lovely participants of August’s writer appreciation event I hosted. I still cannot believe y’all did this for me. 😘 These are each of my favorite fics you’ve written. Thank you for making our fandom a little brighter each and every day!

@aallotarenunelma Bathed in Sunlight @coffeeheartaddict2 Moths to a Flame @karahalloway A Leviathan Surprise @jerzwriter A Mother's Journal @ladylamrian Ma Cherie @mydemonsdrivealimo Run, Run @peonyblossom We're Gonna Get Married @petiteboheme Familia @storyofmychoices Passing Shower @tessa-liam All is Fair in Love and War @trappedinfanfiction What's In a Name? Lily's Top Three Commissions can be found here:

Crimes of Passion by @javsarts

A Year of Kisses by various artists: @lethendralis-paints @cashweasel @kundool @deheerkonijn @javsarts @weetlebeetle @kollapsar @mooreaux @rosefuckinggenius @/ArtbyAinna (IG) @littlestpersimmon @callmebeem

Trystan x Noel by @rosefuckinggenius

[jerzwriter]

You are so fucking disgusting Elsa. Using your bland ass straight white bitch MC to be the MC of the Month for Pride Month.

You’ve gone really low

Good morning, Nonny.

I'd like to say hope you're having a good day, but clearly, you're not.

I was 50/50 on putting this in my "delete because Nonny is a bitter troll who doesn't deserve the attention/exposure they desperately crave" file. But this anon goes beyond the usual "I'm a pathetic human who hates someone on the internet who has zero impact on my life so much because of (insert stupid/insane reason here), so I'm going to be a vile bully and send them anonymous hate because - IDK - I can't find a good therapist? I'm off my meds? I'm just a vile piece of shit?" See, I no longer waste my time or energy on those.

But I decided to answer this because a) you're wrong, and b) you're engaging in bi-erasure - something that happens in the fandom and in real life every day, and I'm not going to pass up a chance to educate your ignorance and address your bigotry.

Casey was picked at random - the same way all MCOTMs and WOTMs are. I grappled with the decision to highlight her bisexuality... because of people like you. In the end, I decided to be true to the character. I've been dealing with people like you my entire life - in my personal life - never mind fandom. So let's educate.

Bisexuality is real - people.

Your ignorance in understanding it doesn't make it any less real. I am proudly bi, but trust me, it feels like a pretty shitty thing to be at times. You're never queer enough for many in the queer community, but you're too queer for those who aren't. There is no real safe space outside of a precious few who get it. And I mean few.

Your straight friends talk shit about you "doing this" to be "cool/get attention" or whatever... and they're "relieved" when you're in a hetero-presenting relationship. Your queer friends are happiest when you're with a same-sex partner, and if you're not, they accuse you of lying about who you are or "hiding." It's awesome. You know, instead of just having friends that are fucking happy if you're happy. People CAN BE and ARE attracted to more than one gender and the feelings/love we have toward both are real, valid and do not have to be explained to anyone.

Anyone who follows my MC (and I don't believe Nonny has) knows that Casey has been presented as bisexual from the day I entered this fandom. If some choose to ignore that, that's on them, not me. The fact that she is half of a pairing that is hetero-presenting does not make her any less bisexual. How ignorant are you?

Her profile clearly states she's bi. I've written about her being an activist for LGBTQ rights and about her reluctance about coming out to her parents (because she doesn't believe she should have to "come out," why is straight the default?). I've introduced her ex-girlfriend, Jessica, in fics and text fics, and discussed Casey's identity at length in numerous asks over the years.

So, yes, her current partner is a man, and he ends up being the love of her life. GUESS WHAT! THAT HAPPENS TO BI PEOPLE! And, TRUST, we know the privilege that comes with being in a hetero-presenting relationship. I've never once had someone throw something at me or hurl slurs when I've held a male partner's hand in public, but I've had it happen when my partner is a woman. But no one bi is "suddenly straight" because of it! And asking us to parade as hetero just because we're with an opposite-sex partner is pushing us into a closet - and I'm sorry, but fuck you - because no one belongs there.

Last June, I deliberately avoided all pride-related events in the fandom (NOT in real life). I did so because I was coping with the guilt that is tantamount to being bisexual. The "Should I put it out there. I mean, there are others who are more queer, right? I have no right to do this? Their characters are more important than mine, right?" And yeah, I've felt that way in real life, too. THIS is what it's like being bi. I'm out for decades, I'm comfortable and proud of who I am, I counsel younger people in the community that they are valid - and I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes right now because with all of that, THIS SHIT STILL CREEPS IN - largely because of s-bags like this Nonny.

So you know what, I'm not grappling with it anymore. It's pride month, and in real life, I'm celebrating to the fucking max. And you know what - I'm doing it in the fandom too. Casey is going to be as out and fucking proud as I want her to be, and if it makes your ass uncomfortable, well, that's not my fucking problem.

Re-read your ask, Nonny. The only disgusting person in this exchange is you. Do fucking better.

[starfall-spirit]

💾What is your document of your wip/ a wip called? (not the stories actual title but what you’ve saved it as)

I don't really have silly names for fics. I plan titles pretty early and if it's for an event give it an umbrella term

AtMotS/WotM

Poly ACOTAR

Ruthless Beauty

BitS

Feysand x Ruhn

HLCC

[lilyoffandoms]

Thx lilyoffandom for havin the idea to spread appreciation towards writers and celebrating choices writer appreciation. @jerzwriter is right, you deserve to be WOTM because this event wouldn't have been started if it wasn't you.

@ladylamrian also deserves credit for this event. Without her initial ask and lovely idea, I’d never have thought of it on my own. (I’m not an ideas person but I’m definitely a ‘how do I make this a reality’ person 😅).

But thank you so so much for this ask. I am truly honored to be the September writer of the month. It was completely unexpected and the best of surprises!!

[twinklecupcake]

Hi twinklecupcake, just want to write this to say thank you for putting out fanfics for Dragonfruit. I have read To the West of the Moon, to the East the Sun like three times already and I love every bits about it. That and the fanfic Morning Light, which is absolutely adorable btw, fantastic work so far! These last few weeks has been hard on me mentally and reading them gave me joy and inspiration i need to get through. So thank you for doing what you’re doing 💚💚💚 I do have a couple of questions regarding both of those Dragonfruit fanfics. First of, in the WotM, EotS where n when do you think the event takes place? Is it in older era of China, or some other countries? Like what’s the overall world settings here? (I’m asking this and for your permission to use your story as concept to practice my skill with, if you would allow me to /:3) Second, in Morning light, is the baby gonna be a boy or a girl? I’m biased towards them having a girl because i made an OC who is their oldest daughter, whom i named Min XD. Just curious is all, my imagination runs wild whenever i read a sth good. Again, thank you for your great work and keep at it!!!

Thank you so much for your kind words! It means a lot to me when people enjoy my writing, it really does, and I'm glad I was able to make your days a bit better.

To answer your questions:

In the WotM, EotS where in when do you think the event takes place? Is it in older era of China, or some other countries? Like what’s the overall world settings here?

Overall, it's an older (but fairy tale) version of China. I did have to double-check some research details, such as when exactly bound books as we know them were made, and the structure of palaces. But it's past!China. The sea and the mountains in the second act though are so isolated that I didn't base that area off anything in particular. (And the original fairy tale the AU is based off of was from Norway, with the heroine's instructions to go 'east of the sun and west of the moon' usually being interpreted as a general 'impossible place where it's long and difficult to go.' She may very well be in a fairy land at that point. In the fairy tale her travels to get there took her clear out of the country, but for time purposes I didn't make Mei go that far.)

And of course you can use my fic as a concept!

In Morning light, is the baby gonna be a boy or a girl?

I'm keeping that a secret until the birth chapter. ;) But I've already decided on that, the baby's name, and some cute things for afterwards + drew up a toddler design somewhere. Min looks adorable, btw! Love how you can see traits of both parents in her design.

Once again, thank you for your message!

[entropyeverywhere]

Going to state this before I begin:

I am in no way a professional, nor have I done any other research other than Google searches, a book about DID (dont rember its name or who its by, it was a couple years ago bear with me), and had a few conversations about it with a childhood trauma therapist (whos picking up psychosis n shit [I think?]), and Wikipedia (did a health assignment on DID lmfao), I am still learning new things about it every day, so do not quote me exactly with what I say and take everything with a grain of salt.

Thank you

Text below about endos and how systems are formed.

(Lots of words because its a silly day)

An Endogenic System is a type of DID/OSDD (wotm be refering to osdd as much as that so many peices for anothee conversation) system that has no memories or doesn't have any truama to begin with.

Now I add the "no memories" bit because there may be a chance that an endo system just, can't remember any of it, but i don't want to deal with any of that and just want them to stay away from me.

But the whole gist, is that they are a full fledge system, alters, headspace, ect, they just don't have the actual foundation of what causes DID, or Dissociative Identity Disorder, that being truama.

When you're a very young person, like a toddler I think, your personality isn't very cohesive to begin with, and as you age those pieces fit together, and create, well, you.

Now when you add something to that like abuse or neglect, or anything traumatic, to that young child, those peices can end up straying away from eachother, creating what we know as DID.

It is a trauma-based disorder, it requires trauma to make those pieces divide further to the point where they become their own people, and the brain does this as a coping mechanism to keep the body safe. Being neglected? Person to help you and take care of you, their also a part of your brain my bad; type shit.

Endos claim to not have trauma, they lack the foundation, the sole reason to have DID. Their brain at a young age never had to deal with a heavily traumatic event that made the brain have to decide between hiding behind a cover (disassociation/splitting) or try to bear through it, if that makes sense?

Now again with the no memory thing, a part of DID is, well, the disassociation. It is a Disassociation Disorder more of than identity i believe (again don't quote me), and dissociation can fuck with the memory, hence the dissociative amnesia, and if the shit a system has been through is shitty enough, all forms of it will be blocked out by the brain to protect itself (and in result, you), so the system can still form, they just won't remember it, and I think about that sometimes about Endos, but if they really are a system, they need to talk to their professional about that and receive the proper help for it, if they really are a system.

So yeah, thank you for comming to my Ted talk, sorry it's so long

If there's any misinformation please correct me.

I also don't want to start any fights /srs, and sorry if any of this came off as rude

This is just my knowledge on it all, and if new shit comes out about it and if I remember, I'll update this too.

wait what does endogenic mean?

Uhhh idk I've heard different definitions and I don't want to misphrase it nor do I want to word it in a way that seems super rude because I have a tendency to not realize when something sounds mean.

I do not like interacting with endogenic personally and would prefer if you didn't, but I'm not going to be mean about it. I will be as polite as possible when it comes to it. Entropy, dearest friend could you explain? Visa reblog or something??

@entropyeverywhere

[ren-c-leyn]

Hello! Sorry I haven't participated in the last couple of SNSs I've been really out of it lately and mentally errywhere, but today I come with gifts of amazing writer goodness!

So I have officially started a Writer of the Month thing and the person that is this month's WotM (dontcrywrite) has an AMAZING story!

Her story is about a female knight that's a member of the LGBTQ+ community, that is inspired by Lord of the Rings and other epic fantasy stories. She goes on an epic quest in which she faces many foes - both physical and inner foes. She comes to terms with things and faces many creatures while doing so.

It is a great story that I am so excited to dig more into at a later date! I am so, so excited about this WIP :D

You don't need to apologize, Hannah, this isn't an obligation or anything. Just a fun, optional event for people to sing their writer friends' praises in. I totally understand people not having the spoons or time to join in ^^

It sounds like there's an amazing story cooking over at @dontcrywrite =D An epic fantasy with a female knight as the main character? Physical and inner foes? Inspired by other awesome stories? Sounds like the makings of a great story right there ^^ I know have a lot fantasy fans, and specifically lgbt+ fantasy fans, who've been looking for some good stories following me. If this sounds like it's up your alley, please go check it out! ^^

Thanks for stopping in, Hannah, I hope you have a day/evening as lovely as you are ^^

[explosive-voidlock]

Destiny Raid Headcanons

Thought i'd throw my hat in the ring, heregoes.

- Every subsequent replay of a Raid is completely canon.

-1. VoG has you crushing a Forest Simulation of the rebuilding of Atheon

-2. CE and KF have you reprogramming the Ascendant Realms of Crota and Oryx respectively (which are yours now, lul thx worm) to replay the events of the original Raid, everything fought is a psychomutable shadow created by the collective will of 6 bored to death god-slayers.

-3. WoTM just happens again every so often, rogue fragments of Rasputin take control of the corpses of Vosik, Meksis, and Aksis, and rerun the whole thing. Shiro enlists the help of a random 6 guardians to stop the threat once again. Perhaps Rasputin is intentionally doing this?

-4. I'm assuming you've all seen the end of Leviathan. I'd imagine something like that happens with EoW and SoS as well, Calus challenges you with the old threats that his Guardian Shadows have already done away with.

-5. Each subsequent run of Last Wish just happens because time loop (thanks quria)

-6. The survivors of the Kells Scourge after the first SoTP band together to attempt control over the Botza District, to disappointing effect.

-6.1. Siviks convulses in his grave every single time.

-6.2. The Spider used to be overjoyed every time a ragtag group of Guardians (usually hunters because "Fallen silk makes the best cloak material") arrived and mentioned that Botza was freed again, but now it irritates him that the resolve of the Kells Scourge is that strong.

-6.3. Both Misraaks and Variks are disappointed by this. Misraaks because he dislikes the Eliksni/Guardian war and he feels like this routine only bolsters the mutual hatred. Variks because the Fallen are starting to grow ever further from Old Eliksni ways. From trust between houses, to drama, to all out war, and then to uniting because of numbers alone, and now crime syndicates? Oh how they have... fallen :(

[ink-fireplace-coffee]

Writeblr of the Month: March 2023

@talesofsorrowandofruin

Basics

Nerissa McCormick (she/her) is a 24 year old British writer that has been on Tumblr since 2018, but has been writing since she was 10 years old.

Aside from Tumblr, you can find her in:

Fiction Press

Wattpad

AO3

RoyalRoad

Her work

Her WIPs are the following:

a. The Power and The Glory: [intro] a steampunk high-ish fantasy story about an unknown necromancer and how they are a threat to the kingdom. Books 1-4 available on Wattpad.

Content and Trigger Warnings: violence, zombies, major and minor character death, offscreen rape and child abuse, abusive relationships.

b. Tontentanz: [intro] a young adult science-fantasy story about an arrogant teacher, an unwanted pupil, a time-loop and an impeding alien invasion. Books 1 and 2 available in the sites linked above.

Content and Trigger Warnings: violence, major character death.

c. Like Snow on Hungry Graves: [intro] a fantasy horror steampunk YA story about arranged weddings, deceptions of an illegitimate son forced to take the place of his step-brother and a stranger with the mission to hunt a sea-monster. Book 1 available in the sites linked above.

Content and Trigger Warnings: emotional and psychological abuse, an adult preying on a minor.

d. The Unfortunate Moth: [intro] a Poirot-inspired murder mystery setted in an alternate 1915 about a detective trying to find the assasin of Rachael Patton-Langdale on an ocean-liner before two days, or they will take Phil, the number once suspect, innocent or not.

Content and Trigger Warnings: violence, major character death, period-typical racism.

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Her favorite thing about her WIPs is: The world-building for the fantasy WIPs, and the historical research for the mystery one.

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Nerissa is okay with receiving both asks and being tagged in tag games.

She is also okay with receiving feedback and comments on her work. Specially in the posts that comform her tag games and the intros of the WIPs, posted above.

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Thank you so much for participating! If you want to participate in this event, click HERE. if you want to be tagged on this monthly posts, please send an ask saying so!

[choicesficwriterscreations]

Announcement: Changes in November

Hey Fandom,

CFWC was created to support and uplift fandom writers. In 2023, we expanded to include fandom artists as well. Based on this change, we are making an adjustment to one of our regular events.

Beginning in November 2023, we will be transitioning from Writer of the Month to Creator of the Month.

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WOTM UPDATE

For those of you with any interest in AtMotS and the fics the myths/ships will follow, @elucienweekofficial has given me some inspiration.

After polyweek closes tomorrow I will be putting all of my fic focus into finishing the last couple of chapters of AtMotS so that this can, hopefully be ready by July.

I've always admired those of you who can handle doing multichaptered stuff within an event week. Let's hope I'm as talented as the rest of you.

Ancient Myths Retold Series Masterlist

~Perseus and Andromeda~

AtMotS Playlist

Read on AO3

Chapter I: The Damsel & the Serpent

Chapter II: New Beginnings

Chapter III: What I Claim

Chapter IV: Caught Up in Your Spell 🌶️

Chapter V: Waiting for a Sign

Chapter VI: An Eye for an Eye 💧

Chapter VII: Take Me to the Stars 💧

~Odysseus and Penelope~

Chapter I: Buying You Time~Fated

Chapter II: The Best of You~Golden 🌶️

Chapter III: Full Speed Ahead~Adventurers

Chapter IV: They Think They've Won~High Society

Chapter V: Let the Arrow Fly~Masks

Chapter VI: If I Became the Monster~Fearlessness

Chapter VII: I Know You've Been Waiting~Tension/Healing 🌶️

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It's time to play chess (why the current situation in the post-Soviet economy resembles the Chernobyl accident)

December 2018

People who caught up with the spring events of 1986 in the Soviet Union remember very well the strange atmosphere of the April days, when the Voice of America radio station had long told in detail about the explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, and the official Soviet media were either stubbornly silent about what had happened, or had being informing about it very poorly, either they didn`t even know nothing or even didn`t want to hear, hastily making up pages of May Day issues with reports about the next labor victories in the fields, poultry and fishing farms, foundry and assembly plants, design bureaus and research institutes.

There was tension in the air, generated by uncertainty, a vague awareness of the great magnitude of the impending consequences of the accident and, it seems, the universal significance of what had happened somewhere in the depths of the Kiev region. After some time, the Soviet press and television nevertheless began, as if reluctantly, to squeeze out in small portions messages telling that the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was being tested, and during that test, the planned reactor operation was disrupted, which led to the release of radiation.

Since then, more than three decades have passed, during which widely reported by the press major accidents at the Fukushima and at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam took place. However, even against their background, the perception of the Chernobyl catastrophe, which was nothing else than a "dirty" nuclear explosion, the most tangible consequence of which was radioactive contamination, did not change in any way either in strength or in the degree of drama.

It was the conspiracy of silence imposed immediately after the accident upon Soviet newspapers and television that made events at the Chernobyl NPP which were well understood even to the schoolchildren studying the civil defense terrible and mysterious, thus elevating them to the level of myth and legend, which are passed on from person to person but do not reach the consciousness of the inhabitant through the channels of official propaganda. Perhaps that is why folklore was filled with stories about mutants and scary monsters who inhabited the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, so gullible and avid on sensations adventurers rushed towards the station to meet and consider all these "mutants".

Something similar can be observed today in the sphere of economics in the former USSR: over a quarter of a century after the collapse of the Soviet Union, its former economy generally turned into ruins, but this fact is hardly covered in any way by either television or newspapers. True, they now have a most powerful competitor in the form of the Internet, which has long been filled with information about how unemployment and poverty are spreading in some former Soviet republics. It is worth watching several channels in YouTube (Новости СВЕРХДЕРЖАВЫ, БАРМАЛЕЙКА, Суть времени, Sasha Sotnik , Александр Балу, Д’ Робот Скрепоносный Бузотёр, Волхонский ЛАЙВ) or read the channels in Yandex Zen (Тезис, Uchaev blog, Буркина Фасо ЖЖ, Ермаков Игорь, Общество и политика, Академика, PRO РОССИЮ), as the picture of reality begins to coincide with this very reality.

Shabby housing, deceived shareholders in shared construction, low pensions and salaries, the inability to find work in a speciality or any kind of work at all, the need to save on food and clothing, the huge debt load of the broad masses of the population, high prices for utilities that eat up the lion`s share of pensions and wages, the need to work 10-14 hours a day is what the residents of once-prosperous or non-distressed cities and regions today say about in their blogs and comments.

But this is also not a complete list of social problems brought by the current economic era, which can be called "post-privatization devastation". Recently there were reports that in 2019 in Russia a mortgage crisis could begin, which would lead to a massive eviction of debtors from unpaid apartments and the further placement of their former housing for sale. In this regard, it would not be superfluous to recall that one of the reasons for the sensational global financial crisis of 2007-2008 was the fact that recipients of American housing mortgage loans from the subprime category began to make overdue loan payments and defaults, which ultimately forced them to leave houses not bought from banks.

That same mortgage crisis of a decade ago led to the ruin of a number of companies, including the Bear Sterns and Lehman Brothers. As a result, the American authorities had to develop the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, also called the Paulson Plan, which provided for the allocation of loans to banks in the amount of seven hundred billion dollars and a number of other health measures.

It is important to take into account that these troubles have fallen on an economically stable America, which, due to its financial status, has considerable freedom of action for dangerous monetary experiments. But where the housing mortgage crisis in Russia, which has long been imposed by various kinds of sanctions, will lead to, so far it remains only to guess.

However, it is already possible to draw the simplest conclusion that, for bank balance sheets, mass defaults on mortgages, figuratively speaking, will not be a positive factor. Accordingly, for those debtors forced to urgently take out the property and furniture from unpaid apartments, the troubles of finding an apartment for rent will not be a means of improving living conditions. Banks will begin to feel the shortage of money, and their bankrupt customers will be faced with a shortage of square meters and grounds for confidence in the future. In fact, the simplified system of approving mortgage loans laid the same time bomb under the economy of the Russian Federation, which the US financial institutions laid out for the US economy on the eve of 2007, handing out mortgage loans left and right.

These phenomena make it possible to call a considerable part of the former Soviet social and cultural space as a territory of an emergency economic situation, which is characterized by the absence of many social institutions that were common in the Soviet Union. There is no former mass distribution of apartments from the housing funds of enterprises, as there are not many of those enterprises still exist. There is no former large-scale agricultural production, as there are not many villages on the basis of which it functioned.

There is also no modern free health care, an ideology of economic development and scientific progress. The system of higher education is in many ways fragments of the Soviet higher education, which almost do not teach and do not give students the profession in demand, while deeply immersed in formalism, useless paperwork and creating visibility of activity. This is not at all the goal that was drawn in the minds of people who wanted to leave in the past the Soviet ineffective socialist economy.

Like the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, created to give light and warmth, but ultimately pushed off the rails the well-established life of many people, the territory of economic emergency appeared as a result of good intentions to do away with the administrative-command system and entrust the care of the further development of the economy to the invisible hand of the market. In order to return life on this territory to normal, it is necessary to develop its Paulson Plan on emergency economic stabilization.

The struggle of two approaches to managing economy, leading to its revival and decline, can be thus called a struggle of emergency economic stabilization with an emergency economic situation, that is EES against EES (sounds like "chess" in Russian), which, given the English word "chess", can be considered one of the tensest chess games of the near future. Judging by the number of recent rallies against pension reform, it has already struck an hour to start this fight, and the opening combinations have already been played.

First posted on Media collection “Driving Idea“ at http://www.drivingidea.ru/WOTM/WOTM-5.html

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Jumping back into Destiny (random fun recount)

After playing through ROI, jumping levels like made in Iron Banner, then playing in my 2nd ever raid with WotM I felt accomplished in Destiny and put it down and moved onto other games (Pokemon and FF15).

And funny enough, two friends of mine upgraded to Ps4 and are scoping out games to play, one of them already leveling up in Destiny. So I thought “EH! I’ll boot it up and shake the dust off.” Ya know? I only ever used a Titan and I could level up another character and play through the game anew with one or both of my friends. Good plan, eh?

So I booted up Destiny and lo and behold, this weekend and for 1 more day is Iron Banner! An event where you play PvP and the likelihood of getting high level gear is much higher than ANYWHERE else in the game (best of my knowledge). I was gonna level up my other char, but I HAVE TO use this opportunity to get gear for my titan. So I switched chars and booted up PvP. 

Of my 6 games I played, I definitely had some rust to shake off. My first 4 matches ended in my team losing. I could NOT for the life of me solo anyone I came across. K/D ratios 4-12, 6-15, 7-13. ugh! Bragging my team done! X_x My choppy internet did not help either. 

But I was still getting some decent loot after the matches and I was adjusting to the speed of the game I hadn’t played in 2 months. =p So I started my next match. And I had a different strategy. 1. Follow a buddy. It’s easier to focus fire an enemy and both come out alive then it is for my to solo someone. And given my past 4 matches of experience, buddying up was a good idea. 2. If I get hit outta nowhere. RUN AND FIND COVER! One of my favorites exotic armor items is the dunetreaders (i believe that’s right). It increases my sprint speed, my strafing speed when I aim and my turn radius when I run. Combined with another ability that removes the sprint cooldown, I can run, pause to aim, and continuing running. So I play to my strengths. 

It’s also something that, ya know, just makes sense. If I get hit outta nowhere, take a second to find my enemy, in that time I get hit again, I can survive at most 1-2 more hits before I die. There is no way I’m gonna defeat them before I drop. So. RUN AND HIDE! If I live, I can recharge my shields and most importantly. NOT give the other team points for my death. 

And speaking of points! Taking a k/d ratio from earlier. 6-15. You get 100 points for a kill, +50 for an assist. So I got 600 points for my team, but I essentially gave the other team 1500+ points for my deaths. Sticking with a buddy is also advantageous point-wse because in an 2-1 exchange, the best scenario is we beat the solo enemy and someone gets 100 and the ally gets 50. 150 total! If we take out 1 person each. Sure the enemy gets 100 points from one of our deaths but my team still gets 150, 100 for the kill and 50 for the assist. So buddy up! Stay alive! Don’t feel that you need to find the enemy and deal as much damage as possible before you go down. Then only points you get are from kills, assists and variations on killing dudes. And postmortem sticky grenades. But you don’t get that chance if you’re dead! So! Run and hide, recharge if you’re caught out in the open. 

when that situation does happen, I swap to my shotgun. I”m in my hidy spot. Close quarters. If I’m likely, the person who spotted me is chasing after me. This is my chance to get the jump on them and get some points a.k.a live longer a.k.a not die! =p My best chance to turn the ‘got caught in open, runhidecover, notdie” into “I know where you are, my weapon is close-range, here’s my best shot”. 

So from there games 5 and 6 were much better. I actually had the highest K/d ratio of my team in those matches, of which we won both. Some like 17-6 and 14-8. The maps probably helped because I knew them better than the previous 4. but :shrug: There’s also the notion that I lost my previous 4 matches and the system said “let’s... try to match Brian up with people his skill level”. And they granted me this boon to boost my confidence. Uh. I’ll take what I can get. 

As an added bonus. At the end of match 6, I got just the item I needed to boost my Light level up 1. My gauntlets were 5 levels lower than anything else and I received a piece that was one level higher than my avg. So I had fun and advanced my character. =) 

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Brenda Ladun’s Husband Doug Bell Is A Sportscaster

Born in 1962 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Brenda Ladun is the evening face for ABC 33/40. Previously working in WBRC 6, Ladun is a five-time winner of the Alabama Associated Press Awards for Best Investigative Reporter and Best Specialized Reporter. Brenda Ladun husband Doug Bell, worked in CBS Sports as a sportscaster, mostly covering football and golf. A veteran in the game, Doug was also part of Sports Radio 690 WJOX-AM, where he gave his sports reports. He is also the former sports director for WIAT, a CBS affiliate, and worked as the weeknight host of College Sports Central. Born in 1961, the sportscaster has also worked for ESPN in The Tee Time Golf Show on WOTM and WVUA. Furthermore, Ladun’s husband, in addition, covered a couple of events for FOX as well.

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