#happy writer

[writingwife-83]

I let my AO3 comments build up for a few weeks like a terrible writer but seeing this one today definitely forced me to get back in there and respond. I’m incredibly grateful that ten years later I Told You So is still a fic that people are actually genuinely enjoying. 🥲💓

(Romanticblossom I’m not sure if your user name is the same on her but thanks again!)

[bengals-barnesbabe]

Damn now that ‘Players’ has gotten a seal of approval from basically all of my best friends, imma edit my heart out and get it to yall by the morning🥰😋

[zombie-eats-world]

This made me so happy guys. Like I know not everyone knows what to comment, they aren’t sure what to say. Well this is perfect!

[lustandrot]

Go find yourself a ... GOOD writing partner (or several.) Not just someone good. Someone brilliant. Someone who lights your muse on FIRE without it necessarily being provoked. Without question or doubt. Someone who GETS YOU as another creative being. When you find them -- you'll know it.

[toseehowthestoryends]

Best words your editor can say to you when you mention this is your longest book yet? "Sounds like you're threatening me with a good time."

[chicaotaku-fanfics]

These are the kind of comments that make me happy about posting my story.

Thank you for your kind words! 🥰

[starfayy]

Behold my christian fantasy multiverse trilogy

Eden Fables, big one, book, big book, Tolkien-esque fantasy, not writing it alone haha, best thing i ever wrote ever, its a BEEG series, big stronk

Reliquary of the Stars, amazing, beautiful, yes yes my most silly one, i love it, funky worldbuilding....tbf friend's helping brainstorm this one too

And Darthrima, PIRATES, OCEAN, MONSTERS, ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS, MAGIC SO MANY MAGIC WOOOOOO i have close to nothing abt it yet

[mochalottie]

Oh my days...you guys are going to like this next chapter so much.

The healing that's happening, the squealing I'm doing whilst I type just...

I pat myself on the back. New chapter will hopefully be up tomorrow, Imma disappear back into the depths of my own imagination now okay bye~

[unknownwritersblog]

Hello!

I found one of your fics while searching a tag (I think it was Edwin and Night Nurse? Which brought me to the courting one) and then promptly sat down and spent a whole afternoon reading through your whole collection

Absolutely fabulous job I am excited to read whatever you have cooking up next 👻🔎❤️

Thank you so much for reading :) I have several things I am working on, hopefully I get them done soon :)

[kate04us]

You know what makes me incredibly happy? When my mailbox is full of AO3 notifications because someone is currently working their way through old fic and is leaving kudos in their path. 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[graygiantess]

This is the best kind of kudos email to get and honestly makes me so happy! This is all one person who read one of my fics, liked it so much they clicked my profile because they wanted more, and then they wanted even more! 🥹

[emberfaye]

You know what?

I love you, fics that take months to update. I click on the newest chapter and have no memory of this place and get to go back some chapters and rediscover how much i love everything about this story.

I love you, fics that take years to update. I think of you fondly, and know your names, go search for you and see an update from this year and scream, diving in uncaring of any missed details (i will finish the update and read you in reverse because this is a treat you have bestowed)

I love you, fics that probably will never update again. Thank you for being a roman empire for my mind, thank you for teaching me about the ephemeral fandom experience, for inspiring a thousand million what if-s, for being a comfort read and a nostalgia read and a reread.

I love you fic writers, who jump into projects and stories with enthusiasm. I love you when you succeed in pumping out those chapters and that love doesn't go away when you stop.

I love you fic writers who post and then get in your own head and never feel confident enough to update, whether it's at all or whether it's just that one story.

I love you fic writers, who have a fandom or media hurt you to the point of abandoning or having a hard time with their WIPs.

I love you fic writers, who lose interest or have life changes or illness or bad memory. Thank you for being part of the fandom, a core part of the fandom. Thank you for the time spent in the fandom.

I love you, fic writers who try out something new and then stop. You're so valid.

I love you, WIP fics that may or may not ever get finished. Thank you for brightening my day in the way only you could have.

[creativepromptsforwriting]

I wish all my writers a happy new year. May all your stories finally be written, sentences be completed, emotions be evoked with beautifully crafted words, readers be moved to tears, the urge to create be satisfied.

[bixels]

The final TF2 issue really got to me. Spoilers, but it’s the reveal that all of this suffering and murder and war over gravel and shitty land was for nothing but senseless, bottomless hatred. That the administrator can’t even remember where this revenge plot started as she flashes through different false memories of her parents’ deaths. There was never a tragic backstory or justification, only terrible people doing despicable things. And despite how crass and stupid and unserious TF2 is, the story subverts every expectation by showing the survivors and inheritors willingly breaking the cycle. Ms. Pauling lies to the administrator and chooses not to save her, and finally lets her die. (Hurts even more if you read into the subtext that Ms. Pauling is in love with the administrator.) She lets the final cache of Australium go and walks away from the burden and legacy of a century-old bloodfeud. Hale lets Gray’s daughter go and live her life freely. Spy is the first to arrive at Scout’s house and meet his big family, finally takes off his mask, and helps with the kids. Even Merasmus exhaustedly makes peace with himself and Soldier and chooses not to curse him or something. There’s nothing to finish, no promises to keep, and no one to avenge. The only thing to do is break the cycle and walk away.

It feels odd how happy and warm everything is, but it feels so right and earned. These bloodthirsty, awful, violent men were expendable cogs in a machine of endless violence, and they found a way out. It’s a genuinely great message about letting go the past that burdens you and finding the will and a way to hit the bricks, change, and be happy. Maybe they don’t technically deserve happiness, but they’ve got it nonetheless, and they’re not gonna let it go to waste. They’re still all crazy and violent, but on their own terms now and with people who love them! Smiles.

[hypersis84]

Welp!! Back to the writing notebooks as well as the drawing board to work on both art and story of “Peace Keepers”©️

[star-struck09]

Slowly, I will learn what it means to be kind to myself.