#i'll update soonish i promise

[xjunjox]

I'm still here.

Hello. I've been leaving you all waiting for a long time, haven't I? Over a year since the last story update. I never thought it would ever get this bad. I could give you all a very long story about what has happened and how it all affected my mental health. But I'll just give you a short version. Back when I first said I would be on hiatus my job was causing me a lot of stress. There were many reasons for this. But I just tried to tough it out. But the next summer after that I lost my job. This sent me down deeper into the trenches. I was able to find another job and it's been good to me so far. I ended up having to move out of my home to something much smaller. And I thought that after I moved and had fewer bills and stresses I would be able to get back into creating. But I just... couldn't. I would have random bursts but nothing that was enough to finish much of anything. I had been denying it. I was being strong for my family. I'm the strong one. I'm the one who pays the bills. But I'm finally accepting it. I'm depressed. And I have been for a long time.

I want to keep creating. It's what makes me the most happy. But it's been a real struggle. The only reason I've drawn anything lately is because of commissions. I cannot promise when I'll be able to post more stories. But please know that I'm trying my best. I'll get some help and get through this. I just felt really bad about being so silent and not saying anything to you wonderful people who like my work. Anyway. I've talked enough. I hope you all have a good rest of your day. And hopefully I'll have something to post soonish. Thank you.

[taciturnpoet]

so, in case anybody is curious, i am expanding a few of my (now almost two year old) anderperry april oneshots into full-fledged fics!

hate to ask but what's it like to leave me behind?, my angst fic from the "last kiss" prompt, is getting expanded into a six-part fanfic titled "it feels an awful lot like love" (naming help much appreciated from @73647e <3)

and then, the bigger project, i am combining caffeine, small talk, bite my tongue, and luctor et emergo into a large—i still don't have a chapter count for—college au fic currently titled "falling (without caution)" but i still don't know if i'll keep that fic title

i have no promises for when these will come out, but i can tell you "it feels an awful lot like love" will come out all around the same time, twice a week is my current plan

"falling (without caution)" is still in its absolute beginning drafting stages, but i was too excited not to share it lmao

i've been plotting for a little while now on all of these, so hopefully, i can come up with something soonish? but we all know how that's been going for me so it could still be. awhile. i am also working on a lot of personal creative work—my novel and dnd stuff—as well as fics for other fandoms, but i haven't talked about those as much so i thought i'd update on these that people already know about lol

that's all! just wanted to share!

[dxncingwithastrxnger]

Hi, sorry for the inconvenience, I just wanted to ask if you will continue your TriLance fanfictions?

I'm your fan.

Hello!!! And no worries, you haven't inconvenienced at all, I promise!!

And the answer is yes, I definitely will!!! I will not be abandoning any of my trislance fics anytime soon, I promise, and despite not updating any of them in awhile, I do think about them/plan out things for them quite often, lmao

But trislance holds a special place in my heart and therefore so do all of my fics for them, so I'll get those updated at some point, hopefully soonish-ly. Besides, @alwaysamor might murder1ze me if I stopped writing for trislance /jk

And thank you so much for being a fan of my fics!! I appreciate it sm!!!

[vecnokriv-nikolicel]

I promise that I'll be able to update TAMSAU soonish ☠️ I've just been discharged from hospital and I feel ROUGH as fuck + this chapter was a last minute idea to avoid a multiple year time skip lol

[dumb-hat]

This should probably be on my other blog (@justlikethefish for anyone who's curious) but I'm not sure how many people follow from there or look at it or whatever, so, sure, yeah, okay, I'll post it here.

That makes it sound like this is important, but it super isn't. It's just another "Where the heck has @dumb-hat (or at list the idiot who plays him) been?" post.

I haven't been around much since September. Work was really busy and rough at the beginning of the month, and at the end of the month @luck-and-larceny and I went on a vacation, which was much needed, and very rare, and very nice. The middle of the month kinda just got swallowed up in that.

We ended up with the best souvenir you can hope for: COVID. Early October kinda sucked thanks to that, but luckily, things were pretty mild for both of us, and other than some general cruddiness, there currently doesn't seem to be any huge lingering effects. Yay!

Mid-to-late October was more work stress, pre-election stress, and...yeah, a bit of Dragon Age: The Veilguard. (Male human warrior Lord of Fortune; undecided on Romance yet, just past the first act!)

And then more pre-election stress. And then election stress. And now we're in the post-election stress phase of things, plus work sucks and is busy and I'm still trying to run my Exalted game and still trying to play Dragon Age.

I haven't done much with FFXIV in a while. I liked Dawntrail, and I had a really good time playing it, but where the story left off, I personally don't feel an urgency to rush back to it, you know? I mean, I will. I'll come back and do the patches to keep up with stuff. I'll probably update (or let's be honest, just repost) my masterpost, LFRP, Carrd, all that stuff sometime soonish. I might even try to scrounge up some RP (though that could just be my mid-day Adderall making me feel motivated and invincible). I see that I've been tagged in a few things and have a couple asks, so I'll try and get to those soon too, I promise.

And that's it, really. I haven't been doing much here lately, but I'm still here. I'm glad you're still here, too.

[itsmajel]

Hey there, Tumblr folks!

First things first, I'm sorry for being MIA for so long. But hey, I have a pretty good excuse, I'm having a baby in May! Yes, you read that right. Yours truly is going to be a mom. It's been a wild ride so far, but I'm so excited to meet my little bundle of joy.

Now, I know some of you might be wondering what happened to all the finished Buddie fanart that I promised to post last year. Well, fear not my friends, I have plenty of it saved up and ready to share with the world. From Buck and Christopher's adventure at a fair with a giant shark plushie, to baby Bee's adorable baby picture (she's the daughter I imagine Buck accidentally ending up with and raising with Eddie, by the way), and even a Buckley-Diaz family beach day (baby Bee included, of course), I've got it all.

And if that's not enough, I also have a super cool Buddie t-shirt design that I made. I can't wait for you all to see it!

But that's not all, folks. I'm also working on an online shop with my friend @thefriendlypigeon (yes, that's her real name of course), and we're hoping to have it up and running soon. So, if you're in the market for some sweet stickers or prints, stay tuned for updates.

So, there you have it. I promise to post all this amazing content soonish, but my energy levels are pretty low at the moment (thanks, pregnancy), so bear with me. In the meantime, feel free to ask me anything about my headcanons for baby Bee or just say hi.

I also wanted to let you all know that my inbox is always open for anything, especially Buddie related content. I love hearing from you guys and seeing what kind of creative ideas you come up with. So, don't be shy to drop in and say hi, or even send me a prompt. I can't promise I'll be able to draw them all (again pregnancy does have a way of sapping your energy, after all), but I always love to see what kind of ideas you come up with. Who knows, maybe your prompt will be the spark that inspires my next piece! It's time for some 2023 art I guess.

I've missed you all! Sending love and virtual hugs ❤️

[dracowars]

a little update

hi! uhm.. i don't even know how or where to start this after basically just disappearing without a word so i'll just start with: hey, i'm still here! i didn't want to leave, it just happened..

so much was and still is going in my life that i just didn't have the time to be active on here. unfortunately, that hasn't really changed and i feel incredibly sorry about that. this blog was my safe space for a long time, but life just got too overwhelming at some point and i couldn't enjoy anything anymore. either way, i couldn't be more grateful for everyone who is still reading my fics on a daily basis and leaving all the love on my blog in general - i love you all 🫶🏻

this post is supposed to update you on what will happen with this blog in the future and what has been going on in my life. the latter will be at the end so i don't force you to read it!

most importantly: this blog is very dear to my heart and i want to start writing again soon. i really missed the daily routine of writing a few words and i want to get back into it but i genuinely can't promise anything. there are still a few requests in my inbox but i don't even know if these people still want me to write their requests since it's been ages and they probably don't even remember. i don't really know what to do about that :( i also have a lot of unfinished drafts with my own ideas and it just got really overwhelming ngl

another reason i didn't enjoy writing as much anymore is also the liking/reblogging/commenting system of tumblr. as a writer, it simply sucks to 'only' get likes when we all know that reblogs are what pushes fics. as a reader, i usually don't reblog every single thing i read either or i just forget so i'm torn between those two sides and genuinely don't know what to do. i don't write and have never written to get the most likes/reblogs, i write because i want people to feel safe, to escape reality for at least a few minutes and because i enjoy it. but in the end, appreciation for what i write is also important in some way..

either way, i'll try to figure this out soonish and hopefully post a new fic in the foreseeable future 🥺 i missed it so so much

so, what has been going on in my life since i stopped writing? well, i'm almost done with my studies (which is fun but also scary) and i literally have only been breathing and living for university. it was a lot. it still is a lot to be honest but at least i can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel! yayy

when i did have time to myself and allowed myself a break, i grabbed a book or watched a movie/show. i finally got to read some of the books i wanted to read for ages (a court of thorns and roses, king of scars, etc) and i reached my goal of reading 50 books last year and currently i'm at 18 books for 2024!

i also watched a few new shows and movies like dune 2, damsel, challengers or the hunger games and the one piece and atla live action, derry girls, and - what probably took in my whole life at this point - house of the dragon and game of thrones!!! i can't believe i finally watched game of thrones after all these years, it still feels surreal. and listen, i'm OBSESSED. i watched it with my best friend who has seen it 10+ times and we started with house of the dragon (can't wait for season two!!!) and then went on with game of thrones and OH MY GOD. it's just so so good, i love it so much and can't believe i missed out on it for all these years. i know it's unbelievable but i went into it with basically 0 knowledge and only minor spoilers i have seen over the years so the impact was incredible. the whole experience was absolutely amazing and i will definitely rewatch it! my favourite characters are jon (what a surprise), sansa and tyrion <3 oh, and i love alicent and criston in hotd, i'm 100% team green~ who would have thought that now i of course want to write something for jon snow and maybe even some other characters from got/hotd, we'll see!

also, i can't believe the european championship is starting on friday and what do you mean it's happening in my country??? i'm so excited, can't wait to watch all the matches!!

i think this is enough for the little update. i genuinely hope that i will be able to write & post something soon and that i can finally turn this blog into my safe space again 🫶🏻 ily

[mynameisnotsoda]

Haii im ngl ive been so busy doing chores and working and taking care of my siblings i havent had the energy to acknowledge tumblr mb guys

I think im gonna get back to asks a little later or tomorrow but no promises blehh and I'll update the playlist explination. At some point in time.

Ty for being patient and uhh im working on an analog horror series too so im busy with that LMAO more sodapoppy content soonish

[reina-petrova]

for anybody who might be following me here and waiting for any fic updates here or on ao3, I promise the next one is coming soonish, it's just life kinda blew up in my face for the last month ;___;

we pray to the fic gods i'll be able to come up with something half decent soon, in the mean time - ttyl lovelies ❤️🥀

[rebellionevoked]

ayyyy so i finally updated my oc masterlist!! if at any time you see a character on there or even on dash that you'd like to write/thread with pls just let me know. i'm down i promise.

i'll be diving back into replies soonish!

[independentzaun]

Random mun is random I dunno

Me: I need to do more stuff with Silco. I do love him, and still want to write him! Also me: Gets more icons for Jinx ...look in my defense I did ask about Silco icons, but they didn't think they could do more icons from episodes 1-3 which is all I want more icons from currently for reasons.

Anyways. Some random updates. Blog theme will be getting updated tomorrow. Will fix up my pinned post/promo as well. Going to have more icons for Jinx relatively soonish.

Also, Diablo 4 is in early access release (I am seriously considering spending the extra money to play it right now) and I'll be lowkey obsessing over that starting either tonight or this weekend. I will try not to fall behind on threads, and all however I make no promises at all. I should probably use my queue to be honest.

Otherwise... all of you are awesome, and I'm loving being here and writing with all of you. Silco, Sevika, and Jinx are all 100% on the table for RP and stories. Asks, and messages are always open. I'm doing as well as I ever am, and hope you all are doing good.

Drink some water, take your meds, take a breath and look at the sky.

It'll be okay.

[readythefanons]

desk dispatch (early May 2023)

writing desk updates from your pal reddy

desk status: under control (patches of the desk's surface are visible, and the stacks do not exceed 3 inches in height = manageable but in the middle of some things)

General notes from April:

I used April's camp NaNo (NaNoWriMo=national novel writing month, which is in November. Camp NaNo is for self-set goals and is held in April and July) to work on an outline! I outlined the Petra/Sylvain fic, and I wrote about 10k >_> the outline is mostly there, but there are a few sections in the middle that could use some more attention

I finally succeeded in winning the "write every day" achievement for (camp) NaNo!!!!!

I posted "Place" in April which is an Adopted!Hilda AU. If you're reading this post, you probably saw at least one of the eleventybillion promos I scheduled for the fic. (five. It was five.) I started that fic in 2020, so it feels great to post it

What's in the can: NOTHING. I have nothing lined up to post. But...

The Leonie fan anthology (AKA Sunflower: A Leonie Fanzine) is shipping/has shipped! I have a fic in that one, and I hope that soonish I'll be able to post that fic to AO3 :) That piece is titled "not a circle, but a spiral"

I am poking the Leonie/Lorenz SciFi AU again. In a fit of productivity, I re-outlined the thing and I hope to poke the draft itself soon.

I wrote and edited 3k of thoughts on pronouns and personhood in the book Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. When I finally hit post on that, you'll see it on my book blog @reddy-reads but I might also bump it over here because why not. embarrassment is for other people. (disclaimer: not every blog on tumblr with "reddy" in the name is connected to me, i promise)

Miscellaneous thoughts: outlining

I might... love... outlining? To be determined. But it felt so good to work on the Petra/Sylvain outline, and it felt good to work on the SciFi AU outline. So IF these fics actually get written, then I might never go back to my no-outline ways.

What I liked about it: it was so satisfying to think about all the parts of the story and how they were supposed to fit together. It was useful to be able to plan out which characters would show up when and where. It was useful (but often felt bad) to realize that certain scene ideas I had weren't working (usually because there wasn't enough concept there). It was SO much easier to go "wait this isn't working" after only writing a few sentences instead of pages and pages. It was much easier to go "oh I need to introduce X earlier" in an outline than after writing (and posting!!!) whole chapters. It feels good to have a plan about where the story goes and how it reaches the ending.

Outlining (it's new to me): My other multichapter fics ("all things considered could be worse" in Netflix!Daredevil fandom, and of course the "Pull It Together" duology) were written without an outline! I knew generally what I wanted to happen and how the ending should feel, but I didn't know how I was going to get from A to Z.

(Actually... those fics BOTH started as oneshot responses to prompts on kinkmemes... and... the Petra/Sylvain fic was inspired by a post on a kinkmeme, and it was originally conceived as a oneshot. So, uh, credit for finally recognizing a pattern!)

Why I'm finally trying outlining: I've become increasingly aware that I have limited time and energy. I wish I didn't. I wish I felt limitless, but the last few year-or-so has just taught me that I only have so much bandwidth. (Which is a good lesson, even/especially if it's not really welcome.) So since I'm admitting that I have limited time and energy, why shouldn't I help myself spend more time doing what I enjoy (writing!) and less time doing what I dislike (not writing because I'm stuck). So that's part of why I have this fresh interest in outlining.

The other thing about outlining is that--well Leonie and Lorenz's stories were fundamentally pretty simple. The Matt & Foggy (Daredevil again) story was even simpler because it was a slice of life. It was hard to get truly lost there. The Petra/Sylvain story needs to fit together a little more precisely, and that means prewriting. AKA writing the whole thing, then editing and posting. I'm not looking forward to giving up my post-as-you-go ways, but maybe I'll end up loving it.

The last part of the "why suddenly outline and prewrite" puzzle is a little... uh... it's a little sensitive. I have ideas about Petra and Brigid that I want to express, but the themes involved (colonialism/imperialism) are delicate. I want to give myself the option of really thinking it through & maybe even getting an extra set of eyes on it before putting it out on the whole internet to see.

So that's why I haven't been posting as much. I'm cooking up something big, I hope people will like it.

Final goodies

Fic rec: Ruu has written a Leonie/Lorenz fic called "Of Conduct, Of Manners." The Jane Austen influence wafts off the page. It updates regularly, and the whole thing is already written :D :D :D

Writing podcasts: I like the writing podcast "Writing Excuses" and "Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo."

Media podcasts: I still adore "Be the Serpent." It's on hiatus but they have an extensive back catalogue. I got so many great media recommendations from them.

Writing essays: I enjoyed Diane Duane's blog post about her outlining style and approach. I used her "grocery shopping list" and it really helped me build my outline's backbone.

Writing essay 2: A discord pal shared this post with me, which helped me get past an outlining block. The bit about "stop writing scenes you don't want to write" was the magic ingredient for me.

Meal Idea: Vegetarian sushi bowl. Make some rice, season it into sushi rice. Add all the yummy veggies you want. Eat and enjoy. (I made the sushi rice, but then I mixed some riced cauliflower into it for extra bonus veggies. For topping I did avocado w a sprinkle of soy sauce, finely cut carrot, Japanese pickles [cucumber and ginger], and edamame. I also had nori to wrap it as I ate because I loooove seaweed.)

[thelightsabcr]

// A small update!

As long as I sit completely still and doesn't move too much, I'm fine, but as soon as I move my head pounds like the seven hells.

I'll try to get to some asks soonish, but I cannot promise anything just yet.

[claire-de-macarune]

I really liked your hustlers fic! 10/10

*gasssssppp* thank you 😢

[writtenonreceipts]

A Memory Undone update is coming soonish!! And I know it's been a while since the last update, I'm sorry about that. But I promise I do have the rest mostly outlined, there may be a surprise chapter whittling her way in.

SO! While I finish edits and do some rewrites and to hopefully get y’all hyped-- send me a word and I'll share the sentence that the word appears in (if it does at all)!

[help-im-a-gay-fish]

Small update on round and round.

It might take be alittle...

I took a break over Christmas and I wanna get back to writing it now, but at the moment I'm struggling alittle with words, so it might take me abit.

I should have some other writing coming soonish though!

I promise I'll finish this as soon as! Thank you all for your patience.