#jimmy novak fanfiction

[castiels-babydoll]

Welcome my loves

This blog is dedicated for my story Divine Devotion, a Castiel fanfic, and for Castiel fics in general. There will be smut so under 17 dni with those posts. This account is primarily for Castiel fanfic and Supernatural but I will probably post the occasional ask games to interact with my followers and moots. Further information will be below the cut, please read.

About Me

My name is Cassius and I'm 18 years old. I am a huge lover of Castiel, Misha Collins in general, and celestial beings. I especially love angels and demons. My stories will contain some extreme topics so if you do not like paraphilias and extreme kink do not interact and do not read my smut. I will divulge into that in the themes for my story and fics in the next paragraph. No hate will be tolerated whatsoever so do not come here on my blog spewing it. I will not respect you if you do not respect me. I do not mind asks and moots, I would love them in fact. I hope to make friends within the Supernatural fandom, if you want to know more about me feel free to ask through asks! ^-^ My Wattpad account is Celestial_Lover which is where my story, Divine Devotion, has been and will be originally uploaded. I could not use the same username since someone else has already taken "Celestial_Lover" here on tumblr. I will probably post more frequently here on tumblr than I will on wattpad.

About My Writing

I, as obviously stated before, will only be writing for Castiel, maybe even Jimmy Novak occasionally. EVERYTHING will be x my OC, if you do not like that then do not read my writing. Due to everything being x my OC I do not know if I'll be taking requests but as of right now I will not be so DO NOT send any requests in. They will be ignored and deleted. Please do not hound me about when I will be releasing the next chapter as I have a job and am unmedicated for adhd, it is hard for me to focus/find the time at times. I have a life outside of tumblr so I will not always be posting chapters or fics regularly. I am fictosexual / a fictophile and have a parasocial relationship with Castiel. I love him deeply, truly and intimately, he means the world to me. He's my Celestial Doll.

As for the themes in my story and fics, anything and everything practically. I will be writing smut, romance, fluff, angst, crack, kink, etc. The kinks will more than likely be on the more taboo side and I will also be writing about paraphilias as well. With this in mind, anyone under the age of 17 DO NOT INTERACT, I know I cannot control what you chose to do but I have stated it here and I will on every post that has smut for anyone under the age of 17 to dni. I can't think of anything else at the moment for my writing or content warnings ahead of time but I will add themes and content/trigger warnings to every chapter and fic I post. They will always be at the beginning of the post so you will not be able to miss it unless you purposely chose to ignore it.

With it in mind that I will be writing about paraphilias, DO NOT INTERACT if you are anti para and anti kink. I will not tolerate it. As I have tons of paraphilias myself.

My Supernatural OC

Her name is Cassius Marie Winchester and she is 19 years old. She is 5'2 with green eyes and dirty blonde hair to the top of her shoulders, with a chubby body build. She has a tom boy style and takes after both Sam and Dean, Sam's smart, book worm, history buff side with Dean's attitude, sass and chaos. She likes reading, 80s rock, history and PIE. Her hyperfixation/obsession/quirk are angels and she loves them as well. She is always snacking on candy, and snacking in general, and reading. She has bad anger issues, Intermittent Explosive Disorder, and her love interest is Castiel. She is Sam and Dean's younger sister, as she is also their half-sister; they all share the same father but have different mothers. She is a very deep, true lover and comes off as "crazy" due to her possessive and obsessive tendencies. Like the two boys she has abandonment and daddy issues, Cassius also has Good Girl Syndrome and BPD, in short she has mental health issues along with self harm and alcohol issues.

To know more about her, stay tuned and read the story and fics

I will not be posting links so if you want to find stuff for my story look up "Divine Devotion Chapter *whatever number you're looking for*" on my blog and it will pop up. For fics it will probably be similar just with the title of the fic instead, I am not sure yet. In short, I will be tagging my story chapter by chapter with the story name in the tags and I will probably be doing the same for fics. If you want to find something just look it up through the search on my blog.

[am3ricanpsycho420]

Cas/reader

Comfort, cuteness and Cas getting the love he deserves

The past couple of weeks have been rough to say the least. Being a Winchester was always like this but this week was particularly hard. This was your first day where you could just relax and sleep all day and eat all the food you wanted. You, Sam and Dean all spent the day lounging around and you loved it, but as much as it was nice there was something missing. That something or rather someone was Castiel. You couldn’t imagine how he felt right now. You knew he felt responsible for the fall and he wasn’t going to take that lightly. For the first time in days you finally sat down, staring at the floor praying to cas for a visit.

“cas I don’t know if you can hear me but please if you can come see me. I know you are hurt and I want to help, I want to be there for you, please just come and see me” you said sighing heavily at the end of your prayer.

Surprisingly you heard that familiar swoosh of wings. Looking up you saw Cas with a bloody lip, scrapes on his face and his hair a mess. Still in his typical trench coat and tie, you smiled softly at him. Without even saying anything you stood up and hugged him.

“I’m so sorry Cas” you mumbled into his neck, your hand going up to his hair to stroke through it. Taking a steph back so you could see his face you put your hands on both sides of his face. “before you can say anything I can’t imagine how you feel and I want to be here for you, please don’t turn me away” you plead with him before he can start.

“I love you y/n”

“I love you too Cas”

Grabbing his hand you lead him over to your bed. Turning him around and helping him take his coat and tie off. “can I take this off” you pointed to his shirt, He nodded, pulling your hand up to the top button. As the buttons came undone you kissed lightly down his chest. Showing him the love he deserves, as you pushed his shirt off his shoulders he seemed uncomfortable.

“Cas what’s wrong? I want to help you”

“My wings are in a lot of pain right now, I dont pull them out a lot and haven’t shown them to many people, I don’t want to make you uncomfortable” he confessed while avoiding eye contact.

“I’m so sorry Cas, if you’re open to it you can show me, I love you and everything about you. If I can help with this I want to”

“Okay just close your eyes while I get them out” doing as he says you adjust away from him and close your eyes.

“Okay you can look now” turning back around you opened your eyes and smiled brightly “Cas, oh my god, they are beautiful” you told him softly. His wings are a beautiful black, and smooth feathers. You had never seen anyone look so beautiful before.

situating yourself so that you are behind him you start massaging his shoulders. Putting your hands on his shoulders, rubbing your thumbs on his upper back. You move your hands to the top of his wings just lightly brushing them, as you do that he tips his head back and groans.

“that feels really good y/n” he said while his breathing got steadily heavier.

“Good, you deserve everything good in the world Cas” you lean forward to kiss his neck lightly while simultaneously moving your hands to rake your hands through his soft wings.

“You are going to get through this, I promise, I will always be here for you my angel” you say before you kiss him softly.

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Hiii, I hope you guys like this and I hope I did it justice. Please let me know what you think and any edits/suggestions you have. @marunene thank you for the suggestion<333

[kneeslappingmosquitoes]

i’m on a spn fanfic phase rn, and i noticed that in a lot of aus they make cas and jimmy siblings or even twins, which is fine and it works for the story

but also who is naming their children like that?? one is castiel, an angel of the lord and thursdays…

and then jimmy?

[carebeardean]

religious trauma sold separately! 💅✨

[rainbowsndshitig]

Castiel and his flowers for dean (fluff / comedy)

quick a/n: this is another that is based on an idea i got from a pin on pintrest (image will be at the bottom) hope you enjoy <3

It's no secret that Castiel takes joy in the smaller things in life, such as bees or for this specific example, flowers.

On the rare chance he isn't busy helping the Winchesters with one of their missions (or some other obscure thing they find to do), he explores and collects things he enjoys, often bringing things back for the boys, mainly Dean.

One example being the time Castiel brought back flowers (and a little bee friend unknowingly) for Dean and decided to try and write a note he would find most humorous.

The note read:

'Dean, ever since I ROSE you from hell I have grown a strong LILAC for you.'

When he came back and gave it to Dean with a huge smile, very obviously proud of himself, he was surprised at deans reaction.

Dean cocked his head to the side and looked at Castiel "whats this?"

"It's for you."

Dean started to read the note, getting halfway before the bee started to harass him.

"What the hell?!" Dean dropped the flowers and started to swat at the bee frantically, backing away, "Castiel, what the hell?! Where did this bee come from?!"

"Oh, I'm not…entirely sure…" Castiel turned his head in thought, there hadn't been any bees on the flowers last he knew…

Dean eventually ended up hitting and killing it, catching his breath, shaking his head in frustration.

"Poor thing…"

"Yeah, I agree, I was a victim of that awful bee!"

"No, not you dean, the bee…" Castiel frowned.

Dean rolled his eyes before picking the flowers back up to finish reading the note.

"…cas what does this even mean?"

"They are roses and lilacs."

"No, the." Dean huffed, " the note."

"Oh. I thought it was very funny. Why? Are you not happy with them?"

Dean put the flowers to the side, and then his face in his hands, to hide his smile. "Oh my god."

"Um dean, I don't see what my father has to do with this..?" Castiel looked at dean confused.

"Cas please you're going to kill me with this, I don't mean your literal father."

"Oh. Right. John damn it, I am always forgetting these things."

"…cas I appreciate the flowers but I think this is where I'm drawing the line." Dean dropped his hands and looked back up at the man in front of him.

"You said we weren't meaning each other's literal fathers."

Dean took a deep, long breath in and closed his eyes, slowly exhaling before calmly explaining, "…Your father is a GOD and what i said was a phrase, what you said was just…weird…"

Castiel glanced from side to side, unamused, "And you humans say we have no sense of humor."

"Okay Listen here, you sonofabitch-" dean pointed a finger at Castiel.

"Uh hey guys? Can you not right now? I'm, you know, kind of busy?" Sam said, side eyeing them. "I'm trying to focus on our next case, so if you guys could stop your make out fest- or at least take it outside, it would be much appreciated, thanks." He finished, pressing his lips together in a line in a unamused (unamoosed.) fashion.

Dean rolled his eyes and muttered "make out fest" in a mocking way. "Yeah right."

"What is a make out fest?"

"Nothing you need to be concerned about right now, why don't you go find some more flowers and play with more bee's buddy." Dean patted Castiel on the shoulder and gently shoved him in the direction of the door. "Sam is right. Cases need to be worked on."

"Oh." Castiel looked down.

"Here, I'll walk you out."

The two walked out of the motel, Dean resting his hand on the angels shoulder.

"And um.. Please dont bring back any bee's this time, at least not inside the motel. I really appreciate the flowers, cas."

(Dean wouldn't put them in water, he'd flatten and dry them out so he could keep them for longer and you can't convince me otherwise. But if anyone ever found out he'd be very "I don't know what you're talking about" about it.)

(He totally did the same for when he and Sam were kids btw.)

A/n: ik it isn't the same but they have similar themes and like I said, it inspired me so I feel like I should still put it here (: ↓

[heliotrope155]

I wonder what Cas makes of ageing. Like he stares into the mirror at some gas station and is like damn. The vessel I never planned on keeping past the mission, that has become me on earth, the one I shared with Lucifer rather than finding another, the one in which Dean knows me, I've learned emotions with this face, it's as mine as my grace is-- almost more than that. This thing is getting old and we've been through so much and my clothes have barely changed but I looked like I've lived. Like I was happy and I will continue to be.

[collarbjt]

I read one of the Destiel legend fic “Broadway musical” from AO3, written by Griftings.

What a wonderful fanfiction!! It’s the best way to describe Dean’s falling-in-love behaviors, in a very subtle but thrilling way. Cas charac description in this fic is similar to my taste, it’s so easy to read and understand about our cute angel. Cas and Jimmy’s chemi is also good, their banter is fun. It’s another delicious point of this fic. If you read, you’ll empathize of Poor Jimmy lol 😂 Jimmy and Jo’s reactions about Destiel is hilarious

Love the author’s description of how putti and angels make the love affection arrows. The precious things of mortals are the ingredients, it’s quiet moving to read this part.

Also the angels, they are soooo interactive audiences, which perfectly matched with the fic’s title “Broadway musical”! Though they are a little bit noisy haha

For me, non-english user, the words variation is quiet broad so I used my apple translator and dictionaries alot during reading, but still worth it.

I strongly recommend this fanfic!

[transfemcastiel]

just posted a banger cas centric fanfic check it out

[casdeans-pie]

I really want to write a fic where some hijinks happen and Jimmy ends up back in his own body for a little while without Cas

Dean is of course madworriedupset because he's always madworriedupset whenever Cas is in trouble. And even though he's Right There, that's Not Him, and that's just not acceptable

It's not like Jimmy wants to be there either.

So research begins.

But Jimmy gets increasingly twitchy whenever Dean speaks to him. can't even look at him. and Dean gets kind of bitchy about it and asks what his deal is

Jimmy closes his eyes, takes a deep breath, and grinds out that he's finding it really weird and confusing to be in what should be his own body but it now clearly belongs to Castiel because even though he barely knows Dean he wants to grab his face and kiss him and it's very distracting.

But look, it's not Jimmy's fault that he assumed they were a couple because the Yearning For Dean Winchester seems baked into his very bones and Dean is Fully Freaking Out over Castiel's unexplained absence.

It's not Jimmy's fault that he can't handle the intensity of the Yearning For Dean Winchester that Castiel is using an angelic amount of self control over 24/7.

It's not Jimmy's fault that Dean knew none of this.

He may have just outed an angel.

The sooner they can swap back the better.

[nym-wibbly]

Love Lies Bleeding by Nym #8

"It's all about those boys, isn't it?" Naomi won't stop talking.

All resistance weakens under sustained attack. As an obedient servant of Heaven, Castiel used that fact without remorse or mercy, a blunt instrument. How many times did these angels who answer to no god have him honed to mindless perfection? Sword. Hammer. Castiel. He's slipping away.

"Those chaotic apes. We thought it was this vessel at first." Naomi lifts his chin as his grip on consciousness weakens, dragging him back to focus on her eyes. Blood pools quickly in her palm before overspilling to mark her crisp, white cuff. "That he changed you somehow, polluted you. The bloodline, some error in the Novak DNA. But everything in your mind is tainted with Winchester." She speaks the name the same way she says corruption and dereliction of duty. Revolted. Insulted. "You haven't even been inside one of them."

On his best days, Castiel struggles with the human art of double entendre. Still, he thinks of Dean immediately, of a wickedly raised eyebrow and smothered smirk behind the neck of a cold beer bottle, of how factually wrong Naomi's statement is on the crudest possible level, and breaks out laughing, laughing, laughing through the spraying blood until Naomi backhands him hard across the face to make it stop.

When his vision stops popping with red-black stars and he focuses again, he can plainly see the naked terror in her snarl of disgust.

[destielkatycat]

Does anyone know any good Jimmy/Cas/Dean ff? My friend is looking for some.

[samanddean76]

Alpha Seeking Omega

By: SamandDean76

Rating: Mature | Ship: Destiel | Word Count: 66,666

Tags: Alternate Universe, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Alpha Castiel (Supernatural), Alpha Jimmy Novak (Supernatural), Omega Dean Winchester, Alpha Lucifer (Supernatural), Canon-Typical Violence, Non-Graphic Violence, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Non-Graphic Rape/Non-Con, Past Abuse (but not really as the treatment is part of the societal structure), Past Malnourishment, Mystery to be solved, Destiel - Freeform, Mating, Knotting, True Mates, Work In Progress, Slow Burn, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester, Non-Consensual Body Modification, Revenge, Or Justice, Castiel and Jimmy Novak are Twins (Supernatural)

Omega Dean has lived a harsh life prior to being selected to be a demonstration model at a party unveiling the latest product that Morningstar Enterprises is set to produce. Alphas Castiel and Jimmy Novak are guests of honor at the event, but when they lay eyes on the Omega that is clearly at the center of something that was not a part of the party, the twins leap into action. Unfortunately, they are separated. Now Jimmy must keep Dean safe until Castiel can be rescued.

But the more that Jimmy learns about this very well-trained Omega, the more he questions what was really going on that night. The problem is will he be able to figure out the puzzle and still rescue his brother?

Excerpt from Chapter 8:

Castiel could see his precious Omega standing before him.  Looking so very vulnerable, so frightfully fragile, so damn delicate, and just so utterly filled with sorrowful sadness.  His beautiful leaf-green eyes were shimmering with unshed tears, and Castiel has to reach out, to tenderly cup his jaw with one warm hand, before he ran his thumb over the cheekbone, drawn sharply in his Omega’s gaunt face.  Castiel draws ever closer, wanting to taste the lips that quiver as his Omega stares up at him, eyes so wide.  Castiel just has to let him know, to ease his pain, so the words flow out of him freely.  “I’m so sorry, little one.  I never wanted to hurt you.” 

Castiel sees the hurt melt a little in those expressive eyes, knows his words are helping.  But then his Omega is pulling Castiel closer, his slight hands having fisted into Castiel’s silk shirt, pulling him nearer as he rises up on his tiptoes.  In the next moment all of their clothes are gone, vanishing as quickly as if a magician had just completed an intricate trick.  And then Castiel is pressed close to every single inch of his now gloriously naked Omega.�� Feels the thrill as their lips meet, sighs as he sinks his tongue past his Omega’s parted lips.  Beginning to explore thoroughly, seeking out the taste and flavor of his future mate, wanting to know everything about his other half.  Not being able to bear the thought that this might be as close as he ever gets.  Castiel slides one hand up, to cup the back of his Omega’s head, helping to hold him still as he continues to plunder his tender mouth, but then his other hand is sliding lower.  Running down a flank, over a hip, before finally coming to rest on one delectable cheek. 

Castiel can feel his Omega’s hands kneading the firm pads of muscle on his chest, fingers digging in and exploring, sliding barely lower and the sound of pleasure that echoes from his throat as they discover the smooth nubs, that quickly harden as fingers run over them in a gentle circular motion.  Castiel moves his muscled thigh, sliding it between his Omega’s own, feeling the quivering tremble as his Omega’s hips surge forward, eager to make use of Castiel.  To help him to ease the ache that is deep inside him.  Castiel pulls back, breaking the kiss, as he whispers, “I’ll never betray you.  I’ll always protect you.  Just don’t lose faith in me.  Please.” 

Castiel draws back even further so that he can gaze into the liquid leaf-green depths of his Omega’s brilliant eyes.  Knowing he could lose himself there and be the happiest Alpha that had ever lived.  But he still needed more.  He needed to let his Omega know how much he was compelled to soothe him, to give him the pleasure that he had surely never known.  The safety and security that would come from being claimed by an Alpha that was willing to die for him.  Castiel slid his hand over, sliding between his Omega’s cheeks, finding the soft pucker hidden there, so tightly furled, yet dripping with slick.  Revealing just how desperately his Omega needed this, just as badly as Castiel desired to give it to him.  “Say you believe me.  Say you trust me.”  The husky command is being whispered into the delicate ear that is pressed so close to his mouth, just as Castiel sinks one thick finger into the exquisitely tight channel of his Omega.  Castiel can feel his Omega nodding, almost frantic in his need to agree, but it’s just not enough.  Castiel needs the words.  Needs to hear it.  Being spoken in that softly shattered voice. 

“Say it, tell me.”  He hears the small whimper as his Omega tries to draw even closer.  Almost as if he wants to meld their bodies together as one single unit.  So that they might never be separated.  Castiel slides a second thick finger into the sleek channel, hears that delicious sigh breaking over his Omega’s barely parted lips, begins to explore, looking for the bundle of nerves that will give his lover the pleasure he truly deserves.  Show him that a true Alpha will always care for his Omega first, will give everything to them, so that they might receive just a fraction in return.  Knowing that Alpha’s are barely deserving of the reward, thus making it so much sweeter when their Omega deigns to grant them their favors.  Castiel can feel his Omega beginning to shake from the force of the pleasure coursing through his fragile frame, every inch of him being consumed in the sweetest fire. 

“Please, little one.  Tell me.”  Castiel pleads one more time, hoping he can convey just how much he needs to hear the words.  To know beyond an absolute certainty that his Omega knew he didn’t mean the hurtful words that he had spoken earlier.  Even though he had said them in an effort to protect his Omega, it had torn a hole right into his very soul as he spewed the hateful bile.  But then, Castiel is suddenly given a gift beyond measure.  His Omega’s lips part once more, his head tilts back, and he locks his amazing leaf-green eyes onto Castiel’s very own blazingly vibrant blue orbs.  A faint smile plays across his lips as his pink tongue darts out to wet them, and then he gives Castiel everything he had been begging to receive. 

“Always.  I know.  Please, Castiel, please.”  His Omega’s gasped plea brings a surge of joy flowing through him.  The confirmation that is a balm to his very soul.  Castiel moves his fingers with more urgency now, trying to give his Omega all that he deserves.  Feeling as his body tenses, as his fingers clutch tighter against the exposed skin, as his breathing becomes harsher, and then as his entire body seems to convulse when his release bursts from him.  Spraying across Castiel’s thighs and belly, the smell of spun sugar almost overwhelmed him. 

 “I love you, little one.  Stay strong until I can come back to you.”  Castiel utters the soft words with a tender reverence into the delicate ear that is so near his lips again.  Both of his hands now rest on his Omega’s delectable backside, and with a single thrust of his hips, forcing his cock to slide through his Omega’s spend, Castiel finds the ending that he so desperately needed.  Mixing their releases together, creating a scent that is uniquely their own.  A smoky fire, chocolate, and citrus, combining to give Castiel one singular thought; that he was finally home.  Castiel can barely focus as he tries to gather himself, but when he looks at his Omega again, he is fading, becoming transparent.  Disappearing right before his very eyes. 

[alltingfinns]

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Supernatural (TV 2005) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester Characters: Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Castiel, Claire Novak, Jimmy Novak (Supernatural), Amelia Novak, Original Supernatural (TV) Character(s) Additional Tags: Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Angst with a Happy Ending, Action/Adventure, Mistaken Identity, The Neverending Story References, Communication Failure, Dialogue Heavy Summary:

Trying to find Claire after she suddenly vanished, the Winchester brothers run into a familiar face. This meeting has some unexpected results, including a surprise reunion, a sudden daughter and actual talking.

(Some liberties are taken with The Never Ending Story, but fewer than the Supernatural writers on average took with any work of literature.)

@coffeeteaitsallfine

[untilpr0ven]

Post Introduction!

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About Me

• I am transgender and Omnisexual !

• I go by Rory, and my pronouns are he/him !

• My age will not be disclosed !

• I am Hellenistic !

• I am NEW to writing, so be easy with me when it comes to requests !

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About my Posts

• Right now I will only write for Supernatural !

• I write oneshots, headcannons, very short fanfiction, answer questions, rate ships, give opinions, etc !

• I will take requests !

• I will probably not be an active poster (I'm sorry 🫣) !

Things I will write

Angst

Fluff

Smut/Lemon (MAYBE)

Hurt/Comfort

Platonic relationships

Romantic relationships

Familial relationships

M4M

F4F

Polyamorous

Rare ships

Things I will not write (non-negotiable)

Inc3st

Abu$e

Ped0philia

M4F (unless platonic)

Cheating

De@th

Dead Dove

Self insert

Any type of proshipping

R@pe

S3xual assault

Characters I will write for

Sam Winchester

Dean Winchester

Adam Winchester

Castiel

Gabriel

Jessica Moore

Bobby Singer

Rufus Turner

Charlie Bradbury

Jody Mills

Claire Novak

Jimmy Novak

Meg Masters

Kevin Tran

Crowley

Rowena

Ellen Harvelle

Jo Harvelle

Jack Kline

Benny Lafitte

Garth Fitzgerald

Gadreel

Characters I will not write for

Lucifer

Ruby

Becky Rosen

Alistair

Azazel

Bela Talbot

Metatron

Gordon Walker

Zachariah

Samuel Campbell

John Winchester

Mary Winchester

Cain

Lilith

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Thank you for reading, and I hope you will be kind enough to send in a request! ♡

[duckprintspress]

Hi there, i'm not sure this is in your wheel house, and I hate to waste your time, but I had a question and wonder if you might be able to offer advice (no worries if you can't or don't want to). i write a lot of fan fiction, but also have lots of idea about non-fan fiction stories. when i've tried to write them, however, I find the idea of getting a whole story out to be sufficiently intimidating that i've never been able to do it (there are probably other reasons for this of course, too). i love the A03 capability of posting one chapter (which can be super short) at a time; it's a real impetus to keep going without having to complete an entire work up front, esp if the feedback along the way is encouraging. what is your take on getting an original fiction story out in a03, but then trying to get it published elsewhere afterwards (taking it down from a03 at that point if necessary)? is that something feasible to try to do?

or perhaps you have other recs? (I don't think my original stories (unlike my fan fic) is likely to be focused on LGBTQIA+ relationships or issues, and i'm straight, so i suspect it's not what your publishing house is focusing on)

thank you so much for even reading this message.

Howdy anon! So there's a few things brought up in this message, and I'll try to answer each.

First: yes, we love offering advice and getting asks! Srsly, you and everyone, don't hesitate to drop stuff like this in our inbox, I love answering them, and if I (hi, I'm @unforth, meatspace name Claire, pen name/editing name Nina, and I own the Press and run our social media accounts) don't know the answer, I can kick 'um to the DPP server and get more folks to weigh in!

Second: yeah, motivation is a constant challenge, and what works is always going to be different for everyone. Those comments each chapter can be all that keeps me going on a long fanfic sometimes (and even they're not enough sometimes, oops, shovels a bunch of unfinished wip under the carpet behind themself)

Specifically, you ask: what is your take on getting an original fiction story out in a03, but then trying to get it published elsewhere afterwards (taking it down from a03 at that point if necessary)?

So, works are absolutely converted from AO3 stories to published stories. I can think of a half-dozen examples off the top of my head (one of the most recent being Even Though I Knew the End by C. L. Polk, which started as a Dean Winchester/Jimmy Novak fic). However, I'd point out that original fiction gets very VERY low engagement on AO3. Most of the conversions I know of are people taking fanfiction and either scrubbing the barcodes (as in, swapping character names and removing/replacing canon references) or completely rewriting it. If the feel you're struggling with is "I want to get fanfic-like engagement but on a completely original work" I think you'd struggle to get that on AO3; virtually no one I know who has posted original works on AO3 has gotten that engagement on those works.

Publishing it as original fiction that you don't substantially change for publication will also weaken your ability to get it published. It'll guarantee that you can only apply with it to places that allow/do reprints, because you've already "used" the First Worldwide Publication Rights that most publishers will want for an original thing - because you already published it. So even if you remove it, the cat is already out of the bag on "first," and that will limit your options - another reason to do it as fanfic that you then rewrite. It's relatively hard to find places that will publish works, especially long works, that the First rights are already off the table (though we're one example of a place that will, we've published things that are up on AO3, and allowed the unedited versions to remain on AO3 when we've done so. For example, several of @tryslora's stories. We've also allowed the opposite; there's at least one original work on AO3 that started as a DPP exclusive for Patreon, and when the rights reverted back to the author, they chose to post it to AO3 with our blessing).

Of course, you can bypass these issues by self-publishing. Then what you keep and what you change, whether you keep it on AO3 or remove it, etc., is up to you, because you're the boss. Self-pubbing puts a lot more of the work on your shoulders tho - editing, cover art, marketing, typesetting, etc., all of it becomes your responsibility.

But: yes, taking works from AO3 to original fic publishing is feasible and is a thing that happens all the time. Depending on how you're publishing it and/or how extensively you rewrite it, you may not even have to take it down, but it would depend. Certainly, for most trad pub/big publishing houses, they would expect you to take it down.

Re: your last point about working with us, we require exactly zero disclosures from our contributors about their sexual or gender orientation. Our only requirement is that authors have posted fanfiction on a public, accessible fanfiction website. To the best of my knowledge, the vast majority of the people we work with are LGBTQIA+, but I also know for sure we've worked with at least one person who was cis and het. There are probably more. It's honestly none of my business. We've also published plenty with no LGBTQIA+ component. The way we work, we accept authors, and once we've got the author, we publish what they want to write, we're not particularly interested in policing that. Things without LGBTQIA+ don't tend to sell as well, because of the interests of our customers, but we'll put it out anyway *shrug*. I'd guess around a quarter of our catalogue has no explicit LGBTQIA+ rep, maybe a bit less.

Anyway! Hi, I'm wordy. TL:DR is: you can absolutely try to motivate yourself to write original fic by publishing it to AO3, but engagement is likely to be low, and doing so will make it harder to publish. If you feel you need the motivation that posting chapter-by-chapter gets you, it'd be better to write it as fanfiction with the intention of rewriting it later, as this will improve engagement without doing as much damage to your ability to publish it later.

and if you wanted to write with us, you'd be welcome; we recruit authors through our anthologies, and I expect our next open call to be sometime over the late spring or summer. We only juuuust started talking potential themes a few days ago.

Hope this helps!

-unforth

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Vessel on a Joyride (No Not That One)

Vessel on a Joyride (No, Not That One) https://ift.tt/Y0odusy by condensating_cats_and_dogs Dean followed after a loud clattering noise, silver knife in hand. That had better be a damn raccoon and not another shifter, because god was he tired. When he finally found the noise, he thought he recognized the person there. Jimmy, obviously. But it moved, and it moved...wrong. Off. A more telltale sign than they usually gave. Shifters weren't good at remembering everything but they usually managed mannerisms to a T. When he brandished the knife, all it did was smile. "Hello, Dean." Dean realized this case might take a little longer than he thought. He mournfully erased ‘hot date with a motel bed’ from his mental itinerary, accepting that tomorrow would be another multi-coffee morning. (In media res and unfinished. Set canon divergent after Dean is pulled out of hell. An angel still saved him and a man still said yes. But which was which?) Words: 4522, Chapters: 3/?, Language: English Series: Part 4 of the adventures of gas n sip steve (various degrees of relevant) Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: Gen, M/M Characters: Castiel (Supernatural), Dean Winchester, Jimmy Novak (Supernatural) Relationships: Castiel & Dean Winchester, Castiel & Jimmy Novak (Supernatural), Jimmy Novak & Dean Winchester, Castiel/Dean Winchester Additional Tags: Gen or Pre-Slash, Angel Jimmy Novak (Supernatural), minor angel vessel consent issues (mentioned like once), Angel & Vessel Interactions (Supernatural), Post-Hell Dean Winchester, Post-Episode: s04e01 Lazarus Rising (Supernatural), Angel Vessel Castiel (Supernatural), that wasn’t a tag somehow, Neurodivergent Castiel (Supernatural), Human Castiel (Supernatural), Always Human Castiel (Supernatural), Newly Human Castiel (Supernatural), Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Attempt at Humor, Role Reversal, Alternate Universe - Role Reversal, Origin Story, POV Dean Winchester, POV Castiel (Supernatural), Mysterious Castiel (Supernatural), Gas-N-Sip Employee Castiel (Supernatural), i might continue this or I might not but I just need to dang well post it first, Hunter Dean Winchester, Determined Castiel (Supernatural), there has got to be someone else out there who made a cas vessel fic. someone please tell me, ok i might edit this if it sucks but i kinda like it so you tell me, Work In Progress, Bee-Lover Castiel (Supernatural), the pacing in my fics is basically, if the flash was chugging five hour energy, between bouts of sleep deprivation, credit to who knows how many fanfictions for inspiring mine., i am merely a conglomerate of my predecessors, plus yknow i read entirely too much ao3 all the time, Not Beta Read, for now, call me castiel for how i drop off the face of the earth, and avoid people because i don't know wtf they want from me, Blood and Injury, it's minor but there, exorcising this from my notes app, one of the longest single things i've written so far, Shifters (Supernatural), Angel Powers (Supernatural), How Do I Tag, Tags Are Fun, Angel Banishing Sigil (Supernatural), so far this is almost all flashback so if you're looking for action uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, yes i like to think i'm funny and hopefully you agree, if not:, Constructive Criticism Welcome, Author is a Big Stupid, Dean Winchester is a Good Listener (Me When I Fucking Lie), Swearing, adhDean because adhME via AO3 works tagged 'Castiel/Dean Winchester' https://ift.tt/NGaTm49 November 06, 2024 at 05:30PM