#monthly housekeeping

[vipetriol]

« I need to do more, for my own sake... »

« January Housekeeping » 

Waiting on me

» Trey; Ask prompt

» Ember; Ask mini

» Luciano; Midnight snack wrap-up

Waiting on partner

» None

Monthly Goal

» My main January goal is to earn at least 5 points for Scarabia before the end of the month. It may seem unlikely, but I am determined! I want to become more active and involved ic in the coming months.

» That, of course, ties in with my long-term 546-step plan to get Snake Whisper for Jamil before Chanel gets It’s a Deal for Azul. Step 254 obviously involves convincing Chanel to forfeit all of her points to Chade, but I won’t get ahead of myself. We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it. :chade: 

[not-poignant]

August 2024 Writing Round-Up

Here’s the monthly round-up of everything written and posted in August 2024!

Here’s the chapters that were released:

Underline the Black 93

Underline the Black 94

Underline the Black 95

Underline the Blue 18

Underline the Blue 19

Constellations 09

Constellations 12 (Gary+Efnisien Tier+)

Underline the Blue 20 (Gwyn+Augus Tier+)

Underline the Blue 21 (Gwyn+Augus Tier+)

Chapter Commentary - Underline the Blue - 18 (Mosk+Eran Tier)

Chapter Commentary - Underline the Blue - 19 (Mosk+Eran Tier)

FANFICTION

A Stain that Won't Dissolve 41

A Stain that Won't Dissolve 42

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All Patreon early access chapters are mirrored at Ream, which is anti-censorship, author-friendly, and supports diverse fictional writing.

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Behind the scenes I wrote 30,204 words in August across Underline the Black, Constellations, and Underline the Blue. In reality, I only wrote one chapter of the last two, and seven chapters of Underline the Black. The most I've written in any month this year. This is why there was no Palmarosa update! I'm so sorry!

The burnout is real, folks. This month (September) I'm also starting back into my tumour/cancer surveillance (I have 3 head/neck tumours, 2 have been treated with radiotherapy but never shrunk, and 1 hasn't been treated at all, so they all need regular monitoring for the rest of my life). This stuff tires me out, the scanxiety is real.

I feel like one day I'll look back on 2024 as a really hard year, and I know I'm not the only one. If you're reading this now, and you're going through a hard year, I'm sending you love and solidarity, because there just seems to be a lot of shit going on for mostly everyone. Please hang in there, we all deserve better years.

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[himbohotel]

TODAY IS NOT MY DAY

and it's not even over. between the bus strikes and having to go into work this morning to make up a day and europe having daylight savings time a WHOLE ASS WEEK earlier than the rest of the world (read: USA and Canada) (which infers with my tutoring because I LOST an HOUR of travel time so i'm currently tutoring my virtual kiddos in A PARK for FUCK'S SAKE--my allergies are KILLING ME) and me being not sure if I'll make it to this room viewing at 8 because all I want to do is curl up and die with my sore throat, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

also bugs can fuck right the fuck off omg.

[wizardsaur]

Monthly (Or YEARLY) Hearth Magick Ideas

Start 2024, and the subsequent months off with a little magickal help!

As the calendar months end and begin, it feels like a natural time to freshen up your personal life and environment. At my house, on a mundane level – we wash all our bedding and vaccum the whole house. I start a new section in my bullet journal. We start to plan the budget for the month. At a magickal level though, what else is there to be done? Infinite magick lives in the last and the first…

[miralines]

btw the next chapter of the rose red book is going to be delayed-- I'm reassessing my (aimed-at) posting schedule for it and briar fic, since. two longfic chapters a month on top of grad school is a lot.

current tentative plan is to keep the monthly schedule for rose red book and adjust briar fic, but I need to figure that out + finish revisions on this chapter. I'm not sure exactly when it'll come out, but it is coming, and I'll let y'all know when I have a date!

[christmassavestheyear]

tags ✮

#txt !! → my text posts #img !! → my image posts #reblogs !! → rb'd posts #queue !! → queued posts #mp3 !! → music posts #ask answered → asks #anon → anon asks #saved by a stranger → saved posts #mutuals → posts with/about my mutuals<33 #ask bait → ask games #polls → any polls #nova's monthly start up !! → the goals post i make each month #mecore !! → me posts #free palestine → any posts about palestine conflict #my fics -> any fanworks i write #fic recs -> any fanworks i read

[rexsoka-monthly]

Update to Submission Process

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[anneimaginesundertale]

January Blog Plans

I am officially back to work today, which means we are back to our regularly scheduled program. Well, hopefully anyways. I've answered all the asks I had in the inbox and queued them up for the week. Feel free to send more. I'm going to try to be better about answering things this year. (Key word being "try", since I don't know how busy school is going to keep me.)

I think I'm going to try to have a question of the month. This month's question is "What's new?" You can send that to any of the characters here and get a story ask in return. (Check out the post HERE for more info.) I'm also going to look into a prompt list of some sort, which I will post later today.

Have a great Monday, everybody!

[authorstalker]

My July, August, & September Reads

Quietly Hostile, Samantha Irby - These essays reminded me of Irby's first book, Meaty, which happens to be one of my favorite collections—hallelujah! Quietly Hostile is so so funny and occasionally disgusting; it's perfect.

Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson - Some beautiful sentences, but overall it is too much of a bummer. It messed me up for a few days.

Scattered Showers, Rainbow Rowell - Words can't express how thrilled I am that Rainbow Rowell has a multi-book deal for brand new adult novels. I enjoy her YA as much as everyone else, but Attachments and Landline—her two adult novels—are so cozy/funny/wonderful. Also, I'm old! I want to read about fellow olds. This collection is a mix of YA and adult stories; she revisits characters from past books and introduces us to new characters as well. The standouts for me were the Covid lockdown love story, the Attachments story, and the mermaid fairy tale at the end.

Less Is Lost, Andrew Sean Greer - I'm not generally a fan of road trip novels, but I'm a huge fan of this author and his character, Arthur Less, so I gave it a chance and thank goodness for that! I laughed out loud over and over again. Fingers crossed for a third Less novel.

This Story Will Change: After the Happily Ever After, Elizabeth Crane - I took this with me on a milestone birthday/anniversary trip to Mexico, and it was the ideal vacation read—I was riveted by the drama. Whew!

The Last Picture Show, Larry McMurtry - My first Larry McMurtry book and now I have to read all of them, because this one is a masterpiece. It's devastating but it also has some laughs, and by the end I fully believed the characters were real. If you read this based on my recommendation and don't like it......I simply don't care and you don't need to tell me!

Because of Winn-Dixie, Kate DiCamillo - This was on the shelves at my Airbnb in Guanajuato, and I couldn't resist the opportunity to re-read it on what must be one of the world's most beautiful balconies. Kate DiCamillo, thank you, you goddess.

[nomaishuttle]

update on ME and my life btw. as it turns out i am not having my first ever plane ride next month -_- were gonna do a carride instead Since ill be taking stuff with me u see. but also i dont have rhat nuch.. but im sorr of.relieved bc it means i dont have to update my lciense until i get there :]

[mostrum]

º ✧ 。–– HOUSEKEEPING: MARCH EDITION!

another housekeeping post from chanel! as i’ve stated on ruggie’s blog, i will currently be on hiatus in the month of march in order to fulfill irl obligations and to focus event organization for the directory. i will try to have azul make an appearance on the dash periodically. if i do pick up interactions, i’d prefer if they were minis rather than fully plotted threads, due to time constraints rn. 

monthly goal. i will be prioritizing azul’s birthday interactions (turn thine eyes away when i drop a bday drabble days after his bday has since passed LMFAO) since they’re somewhat time limited. i was hoping to make it clear through the drabble i was writing, but i didn’t have time to finish it before his bday appeared, but as a reminder: azul canonically doesn’t accept birthday gifts, unless you’re a future prospect for his entrepreneurial endeavors aka unless you’re wealthy and/or influential (ie kalim). (source: birthday boy log-in greeting, bloom bouquet log-in greeting, bloom bouquet voice line) please don’t be mad when he turns away your gift-- he appreciates the greetings though! 

goal #2. obtain it’s a deal before jamil gets snake whisper. #2csweep

thank you for reading my housekeeping post! have fun roleplaying, everyone. also note: if there’s a thread, mini, or interaction not listed on my thread tracker, please message me as i may have forgotten to list it! if there’s any threads that you want to drop, i’d appreciate it if you notify me about it.  thanks!

CLICK HERE TO VIEW AZUL’S THREAD TRACKER. 

[hyaina]

º ✧ 。–– HOUSEKEEPING: MARCH EDITION!

happy march, everyone! both of my blogs are currently on hiatus for the month, more for an ease of mind since i’m in the thick of midterms + would like to prioritize event planning for the directory. that being said, ruggie (and azul by extension) will still pop up on the dash occasionally. 

monthly goal! i’m not going to prioritize the # of replies or word count that i can bust out this month due to the hiatus, so the goal is going to be very simple: complete ruggie’s stamp card this month. 

edit: i just remembered that i had a drabble outlined higlighting ruggie’s independent pursuit in fostering his magic pre-nru, and an insatiable desire to seize control of a gift not meant for ‘people like him.’ idk if i can finish it this month, but it’s coming.

this housekeeping post is going to end on a short note. nevertheless, happy march everyone and have fun roleplaying! see you again on the dash soon! ✌️ (also sidenote: i did not know you could type in emojis on gdocs omg.) 

also note: if there’s a thread, mini, or interaction not listed on my thread tracker, please message me as i may have forgotten to list it! if there’s any threads that you want to drop, i’d appreciate it if you notify me about it.  thanks! 

CLICK HERE TO VIEW RUGGIE’S THREAD TRACKER. 

[not-poignant]

October 2024 Writing Round-Up

Here’s the monthly round-up of everything written and posted in October 2024!

Here’s the chapters that were released:

Underline the Black 98

Underline the Black 99

Underline the Black 100

Smoke in Autumn 08

Underline the Blue 20

Underline the Blue 21

Constellations 11

Constellations 14 (Gary+Efnisien Tier+)

Underline the Blue 22 (Gwyn+Augus Tier+)

Underline the Blue 23 (Gwyn+Augus Tier+)

Chapter Commentary - The Nascent Diplomat - 27 (Mosk+Eran Tier)

Chapter Commentary - The Nascent Diplomat - 28 (Mosk+Eran Tier)

FANFICTION

A Stain that Won't Dissolve 45

A Stain that Won't Dissolve 46

Palmarosa 29

Palmarosa 30

Palmarosa 31

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All Patreon early access chapters are mirrored at Ream for those who prefer Stripe / other payment options.

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Behind the scenes I wrote 31,851 words (9 chapters) in October across A Stain that Won't Dissolve, Palmarosa and Smoke in Autumn. It was definitely fanfiction month!

The appointments for health stuff will continue into November, where I need a doppler ultrasound of my carotid arteries (well, artery, I only have the one) and need a liver MRI. Our puppy Tobermory (now a year old!) also needs some appointments too. Keep an eye out for a lighter schedule for that reason, though I'm hoping to end the year with a bang in December. :D

I'll be sending merch out in the merch tier around mid November!

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[askladyrhea]

Monthly Summary [June]

˖ ࣪ . ࿐ ♡ ˚ . ) Asks —

Received: [8] Answered: [8] (5 old)

˖ ࣪ . ࿐ ♡ ˚ . ) Threads —

✧ Waiting for reply: (No rush! Take your time! ♡)

N/A

✧ In drafts:

thread — w/ @/fodlansbestmom

thread — w/ @/fodlansbestmom

ask — x1

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

AITA for poisoning a child over mountain dew?

For context, I (17) have a developed a slight addiction to mountain dew over quarantine. it's one of my favorite soft drinks. Every month I buy a case of it with my own money when my parents do their monthly grocery shopping and that is my allotted stashe for the month. However, I've noticed for about two years now that my stashe is running out sooner than I expected, the first few times I've simply thought I miss calculated but later I suspected it was being stolen after I kept rigorous track of how much I drank. I told my parents but they said I shouldn't get so worked up over it, and if I really wanted to keep it safe I should keep it locked up somewhere. So I did. Afterwards, almost weekly I've had our maid/housekeeper(a distant cousin of my mom's- we do pay her) ask me for my soda. I suspected that she might've been the soda stealer so out of spite I refused to give her from "my" stashe, instead offering to buy some/give her the money and she refused. Even after that, a couple months later I've noticed it running out sooner again. I pointed it out to my parents and they did nothing still. I hid my keys. It stopped the stealing for a few weeks but then it started again. I've confronted her about it but she denies it and blames me for for suspecting her when she does so much for us. And my mom refuses to discuss it with her either, saying I'm making such a big deal out of something like soda and that I probably miscalculated anyways. I've taken photographic evidence of my shit going missing (taking a photo before going to school and coming home with a bottle missing) and still she say to "let it go". At this point, it's not even about the soda for me. It's about the fact I brought this shit with my own money and it's being stolen EVEN AFTER I TRIED EVERYTHING TO PREVENT IT and its been going on for TWO YEARS. And I can't help but feel paranoid and suspect her whenever any of my other possessions start disappearing.

Here comes the poisoning part. I've recently developed some gastrointestinal issues, so I have to take prescribed laxatives. I've had enough of my shit being stolen and I've decided whoever steals it needs to shit themselves and maybe then they'll stop. I marked out a few bottles and carefully opened them and mixed in the laxative(About half dose per bottle) before resealing them thoroughly. I put them in front of all the other non-laced drinks so they're the easiest ones to grab. Sure enough, they've been stolen. And a few days later she comes to my mom complaining that her grandson keeps getting diarrhea and she has no idea why. I told her maybe she shouldn't feed a <10 yr old mountain dew and she was like, "How do you know it was the dew that caused it?" I just shrugged and told her I had a hunch, but with the way she stared at me I think she understood what I had did. Later on my mom yelled at me for pulling that stunt, and I was honestly sick of her shit and told her next time I'm mixing in rat poison and I wont even be labeling the laced ones. like. stop taking my shit without asking. especially shit i brought with my own money.

What are these acronyms?

[ghostsandmermaids]

Podcasts To Listen To If You Like OFMD

Today is the anniversary of the finale of Our Flag Means Death season 2. One whole year without our favorite pirates :( But if you miss OFMD as much as I do, I have some podcast recommendations I think you'd enjoy!

If you want more queer pirates:

Trice Forgotten

Trice Forgotten is a found-family, pirating adventure. Alestes puts her head down working as a merchant, couriering deliveries and carrying travelers to destinations across the seas. Only, her travelers gradually become permanent crewmates, until she realises her ship has become a floating museum, laboratory, vault of repatriated ‘treasures’ and chef’s kitchen. After spending most of her life with the understanding that nothing changes, no matter how hard you fight, Alestes is faced with a choice: Will she use her new network of allies to build safe harbour and potentially a future for her new community, or will she once again put her head down and drown in her sea of excuses…

Queer neurodivergent pirates of color! Found family! Homoerotic sword fights! What else do you want? (And they even talk about OFMD in one of the Below Decks episodes!)

The Ballad of Anne & Mary

It's 1721, and London is abuzz with news of notorious pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read, currently languishing in Newgate Prison. It’s the perfect time for debt-ridden journalist Nathaniel Mist to exploit the public appetite and ghost-write a sensational (and hopefully best-selling) history of pirates. But as the balladeers and gossips on the streets of London build myths around the blood-thirsty, perverse lady pirates, Mist is forced to reckon with the real Bonny & Read… Featuring musical sensation Christina Bianco, actress and comedian Sooz Kempner, Hamilton star Karl Queensborough, drag legend Le Gateau Chocolat, and more.

If you can't get enough of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, listen to this podcast musical about them!

If you want more queer comedies:

Welcome To Night Vale

Welcome To Night Vale is a twice-monthly podcast in the style of community updates for the small desert town of Night Vale, featuring local weather, news, announcements from the Sheriff's Secret Police, mysterious lights in the night sky, dark hooded figures with unknowable powers, and cultural events. Turn on your radio and hide.

Okay, it's a horror comedy and can be creepy at times, but it's also one of the few shows that have made me laugh as much as OFMD.

Starship Q Star

When a space agency sends the “first all woman and non-binary crew” on a blatant PR mission to Mars, they inadvertently end up the last six humans in the universe. Lead by Co-Captains (and exes) Aurelia and Sim, Starship Q Star follows this madcap crew on their quest across the galaxy in search of a new home… which is basically one hilarious mishap after the other.

I suppose if you found the absolutely two perfect ex-girlfriends and sent them to Mars, then they could potentially… co-captain?

If you want more queer historical comedies:

Fawx & Stallion

London, 1889. When the residents of 221B Baker Street leave town for the weekend to solve one of their most famous cases, no one is left to clear a poor housekeeper’s name of a crime she didn’t commit. Well, no one except for their neighbors at 224B…

Tonally, this is probably the closest to OFMD. I started this podcast yesterday and fell in love with it immediately. If you like OFMD and Sherlock Holmes, please check out Fawx & Stallion!

The Kingmaker Histories

On the 19th of February, 1911, in the Valorian Socialist Republic, an assistant tailor named Colette Geise experienced a migraine that ruined her life. This is a historical account of what happened next. THE KINGMAKER HISTORIES is a steampunk weird fiction podcast about being gay and doing crime, brought to you by the freaks who brought you Less Is Morgue.

Alternate history + magic + comedy + queerness. Do I need to say more?

If you want more (queer) rom-coms:

Me and AU

When Kate “ACunningPlan” Cunningham sparks up an online friendship with a fellow fanfiction writer it seems like the perfect distraction from a summer stuck in her hometown of Kamloops, B.C., not to mention the coming terrors of her final year of university and the Real Adult Future beyond. (Seriously, please don’t mention them.) After all, Hella--Enchanted is funny, smart and writes canon-divergent werewolf fic like no one else. She’s everything a fandom could ask for. But… what if she’s everything Kate could ask for, too?

Me and AU is not only an adorable sapphic rom-com, but also a love letter to fandom! Go listen to this, it's so cute!

Life With LEO(h)

A sci-fi(ish) romantic comedy podcast starring a repressed lawyer, a criminal client, a pesky sister and her fiance, an infuriatingly sexy coworker, and an android in the mood for love. Jeanine Bell​ is a robotics intelligence lawyer whose laser focus on her career has come at the expense of her romantic and social lives. After successfully keeping AI genius Penelope Lane out of prison, Jeanine receives the gift of LEO(h),​ an android with Synthetic Sentience. LEO(h) is Loving, Empathetic, Optimistic, and (only sorta) helpful. He's programmed to love Jeanine. He’s also very, very illegal.

I'm only two episodes in and already so invested in this story! Jeanine and LEO(h) are absolutely adorable.

(Note: as far as I know, the main romance isn't queer, but there are other queer characters in the show.)

If you want more queer found families:

Hello From The Hallowoods

Darker than your dreams, and farther North than you remember, there is a forest where life and death meet… Come walk between the black pines! In this award-winning queer fiction podcast, a cosmic narrator follows the increasingly connected residents of the forest at the end of the world. It's a bittersweet story that explores queer identity, horror genre tropes, and finding hope in humanity's last moments.

Did I only add HFTH to the list because it's my all-time favorite podcast and I want more people to listen to it? Maybe. But I also genuinely think that if you like OFMD, you are going to love some of these characters. Check out my fandom manifesto if you want to learn more!

Starfall

Starfall is a fantasy audio drama about the adventures of the Carouvel Traveling Acting Troupe - a theatre troupe that uses magical items to create illusions for their shows as they move around the Falstenian Empire. The story begins as the troupe is joined by Leona, a young warrior with a mysterious past and even more mysterious powers. With their new guardian in tow, the troupe traverses the continent, encountering the dangers of humans, fae, and greater forces alike, all while still trying to put on a good show.

Remember Stede's fuckery play in S1E6? Now you can listen to a fantasy theatre troupe put on magical plays! How cool is that?

If you want more of the cast:

Kisses in the Dark

Against the bright lights of Blackpool, a supernatural killer is at work and a dark and dangerous love affair begins… A sinister, disturbingly romantic seven part podcast drama written by Marty Ross (BBC’s Catch My Breath & Ghost Zone and Audible’s The Darkwater Bride) and starring Con O’Neill (Chernobyl, The Batman) and Rhiannon Clements. A contemporary Gothic horror tale set against a background of life on the narrow edge between Pleasure Beach and wild cold sea, between secret desire and a deadly evil. Also starring, Kyle Rowe, Pamela Mayoss, Steven Gidwaney, Patrick Price & Ryan Clayton.

Con O'Neill plays one of the main characters!

What Will Be Here?

In What Will Be Here?, five friends send a rocket to space with a collection of recordings on it that document the world’s decline, the stories they want to tell, and their efforts in building this rocket to get their message to the stars. They wonder what their world will have become by the time their message is listened to. At its core, this show is about living and creating when things feel pointless. It's a story that came out of the pandemic, and the landscape in which this story was written and produced greatly influenced how it turned out. What Will Be Here? is set on earth 200 years in the future, where large-scale crises are fully normalized. But despite the bleak backdrop, this story is one of hope - of overcoming challenges, of making things that might be temporary, but also things that might be launched into space and continue on forever.

Vico Ortiz plays one of the main characters!

Dungeon Masters

Dungeon Masters takes a behind-the-curtain look into the world of Dungeons & Dragons, told through the lenses of the creator of the game, Gary Gygax, played by Wil Wheaton and of private investigator, William Dear, played by Jon Hamm, a swashbuckling tough guy in 1979. Gygax guides the audience through this incredible true story as our Dungeon Master, as we follow Dear on his quest to find Dallas Egbert, a Michigan State student, who supposedly disappeared in the steam tunnels under his university while enacting a real-life version of D&D. What Dear encounters on this journey and ultimately discovers, defies all expectations, and changes the culture as we know it.

Kristian Nairn plays one of the main characters!

The Diaries of Netovicius the Vampire

Neto is an artist first, an immortal vampire second, but for now he's being kicked out of his Beacon Hill apartment in Boston Mass. That's where we begin, but more than a year into this audio-series I can't believe the journey Neto, and me, the creator have been on. But that's a longer story than I can get into here. For now, I hope there is something in this audio-series for you. It's about vampires, but ultimately it's about recovery, from trauma, from alcoholism, even from cults. It asks: Does time really heal all wounds? Featuring VAs known for Valorant, Diablo IV & Overwatch

Written and performed by Hugo Pierre Martin!

The Cryptid Factor

Three best buddies - Rhys Darby, Dan Schreiber, and Leon 'Buttons' Kirkbeck bring you The Cryptid Factor - a podcast dedicated to all things weird that are yet to be defined by science. Since 2008 they have passionately (and often awkwardly) been discussing 'cryptids' and monsters like Yeti, Chupacabra, Bigfoot and Nessie - as well as weird news of the world, UFO's, Time travellers, robots and space stuff. Though they take these pseudosciences as seriously as they can, they struggle to take themselves seriously at all. Hosted by comedian and actor Rhys Darby, star of top rating podcast 'No Such Thing as a Fish' Dan Schreiber - and Pulling it all together is their best friend, 'Buttons'. If anything goes wrong, it is probably his fault.

Rhys Darby is one of the hosts!

Date My Abuelita, First!

From Executive Producer Wilmer Valderrama comes a dating show that proves abuelita knows best! Host Vico Ortiz alongside our resident abuelita, Liliana are ready to meet their match! Three single contestants will compete for a date with one lucky guest. Through speed-dating rounds, hilarious games, wildly silly and genuinely heartfelt introspections, and grandmotherly love, one contestant will either be a step closer to love or be sent back to the apps. Abuelita holds all the cupid power, so let the chispas fly!

Vico Ortiz is one of the hosts!