#ngl if i finish my book + get it published

[ang3l0fde4th4ndd0gs]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/67563766

Here's the whole short story. I forgot to reblog with a link to the 3rd chapter after I published it but at least I got a little bit about Azzy's actual career down.

But now I'mma make this man deal with his shit. So probably oneshots, ngl for like days between the filming of the first season of his show to the second.

Which will absolutely make me reach my goal of making it a longer book count than the series before it because there's 6 months between filming. Makes it harder for me to write Keiko's series though even though his starts at the very beginning of his turnover instead of sort of where Azrael will leave off.

But I am getting there. I want Shattered Gold to be 150k. Probably going to go up to 200k for Infamous though. I'm determined to finish Azrael's series before I write chapter three of The Beginning Of The Black Rose.

Everything's becoming a lot tho. I have a friend to go chill with tomorrow so obviously I won't be writing all day. Love my best friend so much tho she's a lotta fun. Then I have a garage sale this weekend and probably will be in and out of food pantries throughout the week next week because I make no money lol.

My husband and I might go thrifting after he gets paid and hit up a few places so I can actually do my job.

Definitely need to work a bit today though. I have like 3 things to list and 1 thing to ship so I'm gonna do that for sure. Just so that we have a little bit taken care of.

Got a rice cooker too. I'm very excited about that. Cause DUDE ya bitch consumes so much rice it's not even funny.

Obviously I'll repost more later but for now I'm gonna eat and write the first oneshot of like... 27.

Hopefully those oneshots add up to like the 130 I need but if not I'm good with writing some of the love scenes for The Tower.

So I posted this wrong. However I did realize something while I was fixing it.

I hit my fuckin goal. Sooooo. That's awesome. Definitely 1.5 million is the next goal just to keep myself from stressing so much lmfao.

But once I hit that, you already KNOW I'mma be working on the 2 million mark.

I'm just proud of myself for actually doing it. Glad this book kinda pushed me over the mark too.

Doing my best to keep up with writing but legitimately made a deal with my mother that I'd keep trying to make like 600-700 a week to support my own lifestyle while paying rent so it is becoming 100% harder. So if you keep up with my ao3 at all, you might have to expect slower updates because dude, that much is like 15 hours of work a day. Not that I sleep much but STILL.

[delimeful]

Omg im sorry ppl r being rude. Can i offer some glazing in these trying times?

Ur writing is so amazing the fact that i get to read it for free (regardless of update schedule) is so fabulous

Ur incredible at building suspense and making the characters feel colorful and theyre always so well written. Im never left unsatisfied with any of your chapters. If u published a book id be all over it and showing up to ur bedroom window like a vampire to get it autographed

I am in so much pain and writhing on the floor in agony when i read your angst but isnt that what lifes all about? 😌

Plz never stop putting characters in situations i will give you my first born

wahhh thank you dove you are too sweet :') i've been having some doubts about my own writing lately because of the chronic illness brainfog™, so i'm happy to hear that people are still enjoy my stuff despite it all 💚

*upon receiving your firstborn* oh sick a baby. i shall dub thee marquis strawberry fruitrollup the first. okay you can have it back now.

[chaoticfvckingdisaster]

No normal way to say you want someone to scroll through the pinterest boards you put your blood sweat and tears into making for your own characters. Like I need you to understand my love for this little guy. What do you mean a picture of a tree doesn't convey his thoughts and ambitions. It does to me

[thoughtfulseason]

the golden potato post (and months of manifesting) didn’t help guys. i didn’t win the contest :/

[revelboo]

I'm asking for more Jazz or Ironhide crumbs... I will consume any content you throw at me at this point.

I'm a huge Jazz and Ironhide fan, ngl....

Hides the rest of my favorites in the closet

I just live those two

How about scenarios with both? 18+ Mass displaced mechs 🌶️

I may be a bit scarce today- one of my friends has lovingly hounded the unholy crap out of me to suck it up and actually publish a manuscript instead of just saving them to my computer and starting the next book- she even mocked up a cover for me, but I think she’s mostly invested in me continuing the series since she has a thing for the twins in the next book…

All I ever really do with finished manuscripts is enter them into Romance Writers of America national chapter contests to try and win certificates to hang on my wall 😅 So I’ll be editing a sci-fi romance manuscript today at work between, well, actual work.

Jazz and Ironhide Scenarios

Jazz x Reader

• Groaning, you hang onto the pillow when Jazz tries to tug it away, the mattress dipping slightly as he cages you. Sprawled on your belly, you hear him chuckle before his mouth brushes the back of your shoulder. “Come on, kitten. Share a meal with me,” he whispers, venting to stir your hair. Feel his chassis bump your back as he shifts against you and a big hand braces near your head. And there’s not much point in pretending to be asleep. Not when he bites your earlobe just hard enough to sting.

• Primus, you’re so sweet. Head turning to shoot him a sleepy, disgruntled look. Laughing he presses another soft bite against the back of your shoulder and you reach back to swat at him, whining his name and it goes straight to his spike. Head lifting, he grins at the faint mark his denta left on your skin. And the urge to leave more lifts through him. Mark you as his. Leave those little mementos all over you. Feels you suck in a deep breath, but you don’t bother to get up. So he scoots back and bites the curve of your hip, laughing when you nearly roll off the mattress, kicking out a leg, little foot landing on his shoulder. “Don’t,” you growl.

• Shifting against you, he catches your leg and keeps it up. Hears your breath hitch when he leans over you, carefully pinning you. Distracted from refueling by the sight of you naked, sprawled inelegantly under him. “Don’t what?” He teases, servos flexing against your calf as he reaches with his other hand to touch you. And those eyes he loves flare with heat and need, lips parting. Freeing his spike, he grips himself and slides the head against you. Teasing himself as much as you. “Don’t do this?” He asks, voice roughening.

• Body heating at the laughter and need in his voice, he’s grinning crookedly down at you, hips rocking slightly so the head of his spike presses against you before he’s sliding against you again. Visor brightening when you lift your hips as much as you can with one of your legs up. “I thought you were hungry?” You manage, arching on a breathless sound at the next lazy slide. Head tipping as his attention slides from your face down, watching as he rocks himself again, slowly stretching you as his lips part.

Ironhide x Reader

• Letting himself into his habsuite, he swears softly seeing you and hurriedly shuts the door cutting off Red Alert mid sentence before the other bot can see you sprawled on his berth amid your blankets. “Couldn’t even wait for me to get off rotation, darlin’?” He growls, trying to keep the irritation from his tone. Little brat, laying there legs spread on full display from the door. What if someone else had gone into his habsuite? Seen you like that, little fingers playing with yourself? He’d have to offline someone. Of course, as much as you love drama, you’d probably find it entertaining.

• Head lifting to stare at him, you keep pumping your fingers inside yourself. “Took too long,” you manage, flashing him a grin to make him rumble as he secures the door and strides closer. “I have needs, you know. And I was bored.” It’s not like there’s much else to do and baiting the bot? Trying to rile him up? Too much fun when you know what the repercussions are. And he’s grabbing the edge of the berth, expression thunderous as you make a show of it, arching your back on a moan. Taunting him. Not even surprised when he vaults up with you, mass shifting.

• “Bored,” he retorts, optics lazily sliding from your fingers moving urgently up your body to your face and the challenge in those eyes. “You missing me, darlin’?” That sinful mouth of yours twitching into a cocky smile as he kneels between your spread thighs and catches your wrist. Venting when you tug against his grip with a little huff. “Always in a hurry,” he mutters, using his hold on you to move your hand against yourself. Slow and deep.

• Squirming as he watches you, controlling how fast you can go, you’re aware of those optics sliding over you. Seeing everything. Seeing too much. No matter how many times he’s seen your old scars, you hate when he looks at them. When he calls them proof of your strength instead of just ugly reminders of all the bad decisions you’ve made. Eyes closing, you shiver and lose yourself to the feel of him touching you, taking control. Not understanding why he wants you even now knowing how broken you are.

[11queensupreme11]

Yes, I am making a reaction fic....... eventually lol

i know it says i started this back in 2023, but all i really did was make a cover. i didn't start making any chapters until a few months ago hehe

BUT ANYWAYS YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT! i am making a reaction/reading the books/watching the movies fic for arsenic blues!!!! in this case, it will be ror reacting to pjo

for anyone interested to learn more, go under the cut!

(this started off as me just giving you some info about cerulean cyanide, but then i ended up ranting about how much i loved the pjo tv show lol, soooo if you haven't watched it, don't go down)

first off, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME MAKING A REACTION FIC! i've read a lot of them, but i have no experience in actually making one. i'm kinda nervous ngl 😅

secondly, i've already started... somewhat. i've copied all chapters of the lightning thief into a google doc and made necessary edits, but i haven't written any reactions... YET. i want to include the ror gods AND humans as members of the audience, and since i haven't written about the ror humans as thoroughly yet, i won't be writing the reactions until i get to act 2 of arsenic blues, since that's when the ror humans are introduced. this is important for me because i don't have their characterizations down yet, and won't until i actually start writing about them and their dynamics with percy. same goes with cú chulainn, he's a literal love interest, but won't get introduced until act 2!

thirdly, because of what i said up there ^ cerulean cyanide won't be published until act 2 is finished to avoid spoiling what happens during ragnarok and the god's apocalypse.

fourthly, IT WILL BE INTERMIXED WITH THE TV SHOW!!! i fucking LOVED the show and (most of) the changes that were made, so i'm totally going to add them into percy's past that the ror characters will be reacting to.

so what elements of the show should you expect to see? glad you asked!

POSEIDON 💙

poseidon in the books is great, but i loooooove the new stuff they put in the tv show. in the books, we're mostly told that poseidon loves percy and there are times where it's shown, but it's kinda hard to pick up since the books are written in PERCY'S POV, and since poseidon is literally restricted from interacting with him, it's hard to notice how much he actually loves his son when he's not even allowed to be AROUND the dude who's perspective takes up the whole series.

but in the tv show, it's not just percy's perspective that's explored! that little moment poseidon had with sally told us SOOOO MUCH about how he actually felt for the both of them. and when he and percy finally met??? THE ANGST AND LONGING THEY BOTH SHOWED UHDFSIGVSVGD I LOVED IT SO MUCH

AND THE FACT THAT HE NOT ONLY SAVED PERCY FROM ZEUS BUT ALSO SURRENDERED??? HE GAVE UP HIS PRIDE AND PRIDE IS SUCH A HUGE AND IMPORTANT THING FOR GODS BUT HE GAVE IT UP WITH NO HESITATION AHHHHHHH 😭

so yes, expect to see a lot of the poseidon scenes from the tv show

HERMES BEING AT THE LOTUS CASINO

i actually really like the fact that hermes was shown in here instead of the next season. some people were confused as to what the point was for having him in the casino and why he tricked the kids into staying at the casino longer, but i found this post on tumblr that explains why he could've been there:

in the last olympian, we (and percy) find out that hermes knew all along what luke's fate would be; that he would rebel against the olympians, bring forth kronos, become his host, etc. he knew ALL OF THAT. but he was never allowed to tell him (ancient laws), so he tried to CHANGE luke's fate in order to save him even though he knew it was pointless.

we get a bit of that in the tv show. hermes was there because he wanted to change luke's fate. he tricked the kids into staying at the casino longer so they would pass the deadline. war would come, and luke would get away with his thievery and nobody would know it was him because they're all too busy trying to kill each other. but ofc, like always, it didn't work because you can never change fate.

i love how the show showed us that hermes was trying to change his fate in the first season whereas in the books, it only started in the second book where he was introduced for the first time.

THE GODS' CRUELTY AND THEIR LOVE

the gods' cruelty and apathy was much more obvious in the show's first season compared to the first book. in the first book, most of the gods shown were jerks at best but the tv show really showed us how horrible of a family they are (most of them at least) to each other and their kids

like what show!ares said, his family loves to stab each other in the back, they love to hurt each other to get a higher leg up; they're not really a family. the audience and percy becomes VERY aware of that unlike in the books where it's more sugar-coated at the start.

we're shown very early on that they're not good people, but at the same time, we're shown that some of them DO care.

hephaestus was abused and mistreated by his family, but he refuses to be like them which is why he released percy from his trap; because he realizes that he and annabeth are good kids (ending the cycle). hermes loves his son and desperately wants to change his fate despite being told over and over again that its pointless. poseidon loves percy and wishes to be a proper family with him and sally, but isn't allowed to.

there are some good gods out there, which is why percy decided to stand by them instead of taking luke's offer to bring it all down. he's been shown that some gods ARE good. unlike in the first book where you don't really meet any decent gods, so book!percy honestly didn't have much of a reason to defend them, yet he did anyway when luke left camp. the show gave him (and us) a better reason to actually defend them

in the show, he's exposed to the god's cruelty, but he sees that it's not as black and white as he once thought "oh all the gods are bad and none of them care for their kids >:(", he sees the good in some of them and it's enough to make him want to save them instead of letting them crash and burn (like luke, who's blinded by his anger and hatred *cough cough* fatal flaw!!!! *cough cough*).

LUKE AND PERCY'S RELATIONSHIP

SHOW!LUKE WAS SO MUCH BETTER THAN BOOK!LUKE IMO.

book!luke was trying to kill percy very early on and was pretty much pretending to be his friend the whole time. yes his intentions and character get fleshed out as the books go on, but his relationship with percy... didn't offer much.

then there's show!luke who genuinely liked him and wanted to recruit him rather than kill him (that's why there's no scorpion scene). his betrayal was more personal and painful for percy. the fact that annabeth was there to watch it all happen was even better (not for her though LOL).

(and dont even get me started on how show!luke didn't hate grover like in the books. the genuine fear in his eyes when he found out that percy gave the shoes to him and the way his eyes got all misty??? he fully blames thalia's "death" on him and him only THE ANGUISH WAS SO 😭😭😭)

AND I THINK THAT MIGHT BE ALL?

so yes, these are some of the changes you should expect to see!

i wanna really contrast how different things are between the ror and pjo verse. ror gods are very close and tight-knit whereas the pjo gods are... well, "a mess" as percy so eloquently put it.

ror gods aren't forced under the tyrannical rule of zeus, their zeus is chill and just wants to have fun. they have no restrictions to follow and their divine laws aren't as oppressive

whereas pjo gods are under the tyrant rule of zeus and can't even interact with their kids.

ror gods are independent while pjo gods have to rely on the preservation of western civilization to stay alive and use demigods to break rules, etc etc.

pjo gods (some, at least) are kinder and have no issues falling in love with humans and loving their demigod children while ror gods are cruel assholes who commit genocide against humanity despite being the ones to create them

and etc etc.

ANYWAY, I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE AS HYPED UP AS I AM!!!! 🥳🥳🥳 can't wait to start writing reactions for the first time ever 🫨

[just-nc-tea]

I WAS WONDERING if u knew any other authors who writes long fics or similar to you? I JUST FINISHED YOUR HYUNG LINE SERIES AND theres an empty feeling in my heart i dont know what to do now… absolutely amazing your works are. i feel like theres something missing 😔 is there any authors you could recommend while waiting for sunghoons fic??

(no need to answer if this comes across as insensitive.. TT i just cant really find much authors who does really long fics and im super into those, just to keep busy while waiting for more of your works!)

I do!!! I have a whole blog to recommend fanfics and other authors! It's @littlefluu

I try to regurlary update my masterlists and am working on member specific masterlists! If you find any new good works, pleas let me know and send it to me though an anon ask or a dm or sth! I am also always on the hunt for new fics :) I do particularly enjoy these authors:

★ @thatfeelinwhenyou (insane. just. insane. I can't wait for the new chapter of safe & sound, it's so welll written I get so immered it's crazy) ★ @jakesimfromstatefarm (works of art. I am very excited to read addies upcoming work 'fine line') ★ @zreamy (THE WAY ZO WRITES??? AMAZING!!! IT lowkey feels a bit like how I feel when reading Jenny Hans books? I feel like watching a movie with that nice coming of age sound track and the warm yellow filter. I would love to read her stuff as a published book ngl) ★ @whjluv (I was so addicted to 'the love ride' and as soon as I find the time I will endulge myself by reading 'the right thing') ★ @jjunbug (holy shit. just. holy shit. in the best way possible. My poor heart was beating SO fast when I read 'dollmaker') ★ @asahicore (emma has so many bangers that I have to add to my master list. I swear her stuff is so good ugh) ★ @jaylver ( I LOVE the 'no competition' & the 'no brakes' series oh my lord. No competition actually inspired 'the hockey diaries') ★ @gyuuberryy (oh my god the 'royally yours' series? b a n g e r amongst so many other brilliant works) ★ @pprodsuga / @paarksunghoon (she switched accounts but her writing is still as good. Like REALLY good!!) ★ @jaeminvore (omg I've been reading Nics works for a few years now for both nct and enhypen and I cant tell you how often I have reread 'Volleyball for Dummies (In Love Edition)' 'Deuce' and 'My (Accidental) Demon Roommate' )

Please leave feedback on the authors work if you enjoyed them!

Lots of love Patty ♡

[sorryimananti-romantic]

You always write the most out of the box plots and plot twists like I think I'm getting somewhere and bam! Something else happens that I would have seen coming if I wasn't so dumb 🤭 Thank you for writing actual stories and actual plots for Ateez! I'm sure you could take any of your fics and publish it as its own book. All of them have the potential.

(If you have been charmed by my flattery, might I get a hint of what's next in store? Simply cannot wait.)

-🦄

omgg ahhaha thank you :')) no you're not dumb dw lol it happens! thank you for the love!

i hope i can keep writing actual stories/plots for ateez dfghjkfhg that's honestly the highest compliment i can receive so thank you sooo much <33 this brain isn't running out of plots for my eight gay pirates anytime soon hehe (there is honestly such a lack of actual stories and plots lately in general)

since i have been charmed, but not enough to spill the whole tea (kidding i just don't want to spoil anything imp):

Light (oneshot) ??seonghwa x ??reader (try guessing the trope you'll fail) also i've just started this (5k done) and i just hope i can finish it smoothly it's a tough one ngl

The Leaders (series) mafia au, very political, very plot heavt, kinda dark, slow burn, 80k words done and we're like only barely 40% into it oops (i think now is the time to reveal that it is indeed ot8? since i'm spoiling might drop some sort of a teaser soon once i cross that 50% threshold)

[coalitiongirl]

MARI!!!!!! I JUST GOT THE MARKLESS AUDIOBOOK ON AUDIBLE!!! i am so excited it’s finally out!!! 😭 how are you feeling now that it’s published? 💪 also curious about your future plans / projects if you’d like to share!

yesss i'm so happy!! this book is really half out already 😅😭🥰

I have a few other finished manuscripts that I'd like to make books someday!! Hopefully sometime soon 🩵

The first is about a demon girl who lives in a national park. When a Youtuber who hunts demons shows up in the national park, she goes undercover with the humans to try to protect the demons of the park– and has to reckon with her own humanity (or lack thereof).

The second is about a princess who was engaged to a prince– only for him to have a fairytale love story with some other girl and run off with her mid-wedding. The princess tries to make a new life for herself, accidentally dragging the Big Bad Villainess along with her, and gets caught up in rebellion, magic, and bad limericks.

They're two of my favorite things that I've ever written (and two of my favorite sapphic girls ever ngl) and I'm hoping they will make it to you someday!!!

[whimsyfinny]

Hi everyone!

So, ngl, I didn't think I'd be posting this so soon, but I'm going to be taking a bit of a hiatus. Basically I've been working on my own book, and I'm balls deep in this manuscript and if I stop to write anything else at all, it's never going to get finished. I've had amazing support from my closest people, so I really need to see this through.

But have no fear! The fanfics will continue! Once I find an agent and can hand things over to them, I'll take a break and carry on.

So please be patient with me, my brain doesn't sleep at the moment because it's full of fanfic ideas and original ideas and it's essentially just chaotic mush in my skull at this point.

I'm still adding to taglists and responding to messages/comments etc, I just won't be posting for a bit.

I love you all, and tbh the main reason I've gotten so far with my own book is because you guys made me feel good about my writing, and if/when I eventually get published, my thanks will be aimed at everyone here.

I love you all!

Stay wild

-Finny

[inkandarsenic]

https://www.tumblr.com/inkandarsenic/788209197999374336?source=share

1 + 5? 🫶

1 ⧽. if you could sit down and finish any one of your wips without anything stopping you (time, tiredness, etc), which fic would you choose? tell us about it if you want!

Probably my spn/lucifer fic lol. It's one of my first published fics, about a female Gabriel who returns to heaven after s5e8 of supernatural, and is struggling to fit back into the box of Archangel princess that she'd left behind. She gets her wings torn off and kicked out of Heaven a la Lucifer's Fall for bringing Charlie back to life, and she goes and finds Lucifer in LA (the lucifer from the show Lucifer). I stopped writing that one because I wasn't really watching either show anymore, and it was the harder of the two fics I had at the time because it was the one I wasn't writing to closely follow episodes so I got stuck and never really went back. I loved that fic though ngl. I had like. 4 books planned.

5 ⧽. is there a certain kind of fic that feels the most satisfying to finish? any reason why?

I've only finished one fic ever lol. It was very satisfying though. I think it was a little more satisfying to finish the first year of my hp fic though? That one's still ongoing but it was really really nice to finish first year because that's where the fic really starts to diverge from canon and having to follow jk's writing that closely was the worst, and I was very relieved to be able to really start to twist the world to my liking. I should really go back to that fic

[leejenowrld]

Tell us more about speechify!

so i need to talk about speechify for a second, because this app is honestly kind of changing my life. it’s fulfilled my wish of being able to actually listen to my own writing—like, fully experience my fic as a reader, not just the person who bled over the keyboard at 3am—this is it. that’s literally why i got it: i always hated that i couldn’t just consume my stories the way you guys do. i wanted to live in my worlds, let the prose hit me in the chest, and maybe even get swept up in my own drama like an actual reader instead of always picking at words. listening to my own fics through speechify actually awakens something in me. it lets me appreciate the pacing, the tension, even the places i want to fix, but mostly it lets me enjoy my own work for what it is—sometimes i’ll just close my eyes and let the world i built come back alive in my ears, and it’s honestly such a dopamine hit. the voices are also so good !!! you can choose from so many and it’s just amazing.

what i love is that you can literally upload any doc or pdf—i just dump whole drafts of h2h, old one-shots, or wips into the app, hit play, and suddenly i’m “reading” like a real reader. it’s so easy; you can even adjust the voices, accents, speed, and it makes it all feel like an audiobook you didn’t have to beg anyone to record. i use it for published audiobooks and work docs too—i genuinely wish i’d had it in uni because i could’ve just listened to readings on the way to class, or let it read research papers to me while i did my makeup. now i use it for work stuff, emails, even to help me focus when i’m multitasking or need a break from staring at a screen.

okay, but the podcast feature? i am actually obsessed. you can upload your own fic (like, h2h part three, for example) and it will literally generate a podcast-style discussion about the topics and characters and themes in your own writing. i’m not kidding—i just sit there listening to people “discuss” my work, like i’m eavesdropping on the world’s most specific book club, and it makes me want to giggle and scream. it’s honestly wild. you know how much i love hearing feedback and discourse about my fic—like, truly, i’m an absolute whore for attention and meta. it feels like a reward every time i finish a draft.

is it expensive? yeah, ngl, the yearly price is kind of insane (i think it’s like £150), but i managed to get it on a discount for £70 and honestly, it’s already been so worth it. if you write long-form or want to just live in your own or anyone’s fic for a day, it’s a functional, endlessly satisfying investment.

i’ve actually been sharing some of my speechify “listens” and even podcast bits on my discord, which is honestly the most loving and warm little bubble on the internet. if you want to talk to me, hang out, or just find people who love kpop, nct, fic, general chat, nsfw chaos, and actual deep dives into story/life/anything, you should join us. i love hearing what everyone’s thinking, sharing recs, running little events, and just vibing—come through if you want to be surrounded by a soft, supportive community that also happens to be the best place for fic talk and all the things we love.

so yeah, if you’re a reader, writer, or just someone who wants to experience your stories in a new way, speechify is honestly a gamechanger. and if you want a place to scream about it, or about anything else, you know where to find me.

btw send an ask if you want the discord link !!

[ninapedia]

Jan 2025 Books Read

TOTAL: 9

The Wolf and the Woodsman, Ava Reid

This was Ava's first published book, and it shows. I can see the foundation of what I've come to love in Juniper and Thorn and A Study In Drowning there in it's infancy, but not fully developed. Her plotting gets better with each book she's written but the world building, characters, and character VOICE are all incredibly strong. Walked away enjoying the read and what I got out of the book.

Otherworldly, F.T. Lukens

It's F.T. Lukens. It's queer fantasy romance fluff. I knew what I wanted and I got it.

Lady M*cbeth, Ava Reid

Last Ava book I had to read and the most recent one. Ava's at her strongest when she's in her own world and not working within the confines of another. It is a wholly unique story though, and like The Wolf and the Woodsman I walked away satisfied with what I got out of it. I think Ava's incredibly strong at giving her heroines unique voices despite the core of the circumstances being similar. No two protag sounds alike even if they're all the same sort of 'flavour'.

Don't Let The Forest In, C.G. Drews

I am going to chew off my own arm. If someone touched me while I was reading this book I would have bitten them. I'm obsessed. I'm Insane. I want to scream about the ending specifically until my throat is raw. I want to eat the book in an entirely literal sense, like physically bite into it. I won't be able to stop thinking about this book for AT LEAST the rest of the year.

My Throat an Open Grave, Tori Bovalino

Unfortunately I read this book RIGHT AFTER Don't Let The Forest In, so it was in it's shadow. I still very much enjoyed the book and the messaging of it, and it's almost exactly what I look for when seeking out Faerie Romance (even if they don't use that term), but it's not what I wanted in that moment.

Compound Fracture, Andrew Joseph White

I know the tension in this book was written well because I had to keep stopping to brace myself for what was going to happen next. Adding the rest of Andrew's work to my list. Already bought the one that wasn't at my library.

Hell Followed With Us, Andrew Joseph White

See, now I have a problem with Andrew's books. And it's that I've gone through them way too fast. Finished Hell Followed With Us in two days. Love the way he writes body horror and especially as it relates to the trans experience. The Spanish Catholic that still lives inside of me was going feral over all the religious bits. Nothing subtle about the allegories, and the reflection of real world events is very loud and honestly probably too on the nose for me, but the writing was so my cup of tea it was easy to overlook.

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth, Andrew Joseph White

UNHINGES MY JAW AND SCREAMS. I think this was favourite of the three books, which is so funny to me because medical related horror is usually one of the things I cannot handle because I'm deeply terrified of Medical Things. NGL there were some rough moments for me, but I was so invested with Silas that I was determined not to drop it.

Catch all for AJ's writing as a whole:

I think the best written tension is when I see exactly what's going to happen and still flinch when it does. Build up liking blowing a balloon bigger and bigger knowing that it'll eventually pop and knowing exactly WHICH breath will push it over. The eventual cathartic release after the final string snaps is so so good.

Bury Your Gays, Chuck Tingle

This is probably going to be the last book I finish this month but it's a good way to end the month! This is my first time reading Chuck Tingle's work and I'm SO IMPRESSED by the way he used foreshadowing, like I'm hesitating calling it Chekhov's Gun but it does feel very Chekhov's Gun. There were so many little details that felt inane until they weren't. I was able to approximate what was going on but even when the reveals happened there were certain elements I didn't guess but with hindsight I saw that they were foreshadowed perfectly. Very entertaining read, I really want to read Camp Damascus now (his other horror book) but it's not in my library so I gotta wait until I can buy it.

CURRENTLY READING:

Old Wounds, Logan-Ashley Kisner

Where the Dark Stands Still, A.B. Poranek

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, David Grann

BOOK CLUB BOOK:

Inkspell, Cornelia Funke

[theliteraryluggage]

Heyo! I recently read "Vox Populi" and wanted to scream into the void about it. Because man, the consequences of this extremely public court martial are gonna affect Ed and his loved ones for the rest of their lives.

Like, in the main canon, Ed is allowed to just go back to being a regular Joe Shmoe normal guy that isn't famous anymore after the story ends. Same with everyone else in his family (who isn't Mustang, the over ambitious bastard).

But now, not only is his entire life and original sin published countrywide for everyone to read and hear, his arrest and death sentence is causing what could lead up to another civil war. Everyone involved is getting put into the history books after and the only one with any chance at anonymity afterwards is Al, only because everyone only knows him as an armor and not his actual face.

What's even worse is that even if everyone survives this shitshow, Ed's still gonna grow up at some point and some people will still only see him as either the evil heretic who committed blasphemy or the poor little child soldier who only wanted his mommy. There's really no winning for him anymore.

Hi!!!

OMG yes please scream at me all you like!!

ngl this made my brain go brrrr because full disclosure I am too busy trying to figure out mid- and late-canon Vox Populi to think about POST-canon Vox Populi yet but!! it is indeed delicious to think about!

I'm gonna try not to say too much because I don't want to spoil what's coming up, buuut 👀 keep in mind that in between where we are now and post-canon, there are still three full-length fics, in which many things may or may not happen... so by the time we get there, there may be more to the public perception of Ed than either "evil heretic" or "poor little child soldier". Not saying that's gonna make it any better, necessarily, but it may be a little more varied and complex.

you're absolutely right though, much more than in canon Ed in VP is at the centre of public attention and would have a very hard time living an undisturbed normal life after everything. Al might indeed be somewhat lucky in that regard that at least his face won't be recognised everywhere, but people would still know his name of course (and the combination of hair and eye colour might be enough for many people to make the connection anyway).

But yeah, thank you for giving me something new to rotate in my mental microwave for the next few weeks! let's hope it won't distract me too much from writing VP part II lol

and of course thank you for reading and reaching out!! this is my first time receiving this kind of message for Vox Populi (or.. any fic, I think?) and it's SO incredibly cool to know that people keep thinking about my fic after they finish them and it sticks with them. thank you!! 💜💜💜

[lucy-the-cat]

I know I just did a to do list a couple days ago but I've decided to really evaluate my writing priorities in order of how much I want to do them bc I get so many ideas that I get excited over and then get sad I didn't complete. There's a lot of scope creep and scattered focus with me, but I think I've got a solid list of the order of which I genuinely want to do things (overplanned to hell and back but I think writing it helps me lol)

first draft of Daughter of Zeus - I really wanna get traditionally published someday, and I've been dragging my feet on getting originals done, so the goal is to get this one done by the end of the year at all costs

Newblood Queen book one - I know this one is less popular than some of my other works, like God's Cursed, but it's my most creatively fulfilling one, maybe because there's so many moving parts that the challenge speaks to me. Also I just love the character relations lol

Tumblr asks - not really writing but the questions you guys have been asking have gotten more intense and require more detail and attention so I'm putting them on the list, you won't have to wait until the previous two are finished to hear back obvi but they're gonna take a backseat to making progress on them at least

B day presents for my friends - I love you guys, you deserve it

Hera poetry collection (If Only Gold Could Stay) - poetry collections rarely sell but I really wanna do this one

Blood of the Covenant - the plot is so intricate I'm scared to get it wrong

new Lover's Curse draft - shouldn't take long, just gotta neaten up the Iris/Irisare plotline, and maybe streamline some character actions/motivations and thematic implications

Newblood Queen Novellas - less motivation than main NQ, more of a challenge, but fleshing out the world and characters gives me joy

Lethe - original work about the river Styx nymph choosing to drink the Lethe to reincarnate as a mortal . . . I don't know the plot but I like the concept, real Circe by Madeline Miller vibes I think

Daughter of Zeus second draft - I wanna let it sit before I dive back in, generally good practice

Solar Eclipse - I'm sorry this is so low on the list considering it's technically for a gift exchange, I just . . . need to work out more plot

Mareven Week - should be quick to finish, I just need focus

first draft of original work whose premise I won't reveal yet

revise Hera collection if it needs it

Lethe second draft

any aesthetics - I like them a lot, I'll do a little here and there and whatnot

anything smut - Having trouble with it atm sorry

personally binding my own finished fanfictions to keep for myself (vanity projects but. I want them)

Second draft of unnamed original

God's Cursed - Sorry this is so low, I really like it and it's semi-easy to write but other things are just floating above it

new Red Ruse draft - I think the middle is a mess but I think I can fix her (no really I can)

Glass Houses (Newblood Queen book two) - I will finish this series if it kills me

Jon POV(s) - I really love writing his POV, second only to Maven

Red School Redux - simple, short, get it off my chest

Miscellaneous oneshots - these are tricky bc my ideas are so scattershot and can spiral quickly, trying to finish longfics and originals first lol

Lady Haven - Disgrace this is so low on the list, I just don't know where to take it

Taylor Swift Collections - idk why I committed to them but what I have of them kinda slaps ngl, just . . . scope creep

secret project I will not name (fanfic tho)

Stay in the Light - I love them but there's so much to write gah

Scrapped Open Novella Contest idea from two years ago - reread it recently, it kinda slaps

The Groans of Our Bones - gotta work out the kinks . . .

If I plan any more someone's probably gonna shoot me soooooo

(I just like tossing updates into the void lol)

[cypressmoons]

𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 (alhaitham)

summary: you were a new haravatat student eager to learn all that the akademiya has to offer. you were also a hopeless romantic hoping to find your true love match one day. but when you receive a phone call that puts your future in jeopardy, you have to make a choice...hurry, you only have seven days. a/n: i'm ngl this was 100% inspired by a scenario i ran into when playing the sims today lmao i had never come across this random event before so i decided to play it but it's giving story material!! hope u enjoy.also consider this my official "back from hiatus" post! i've decided to stop being a clown and embrace my creative tendencies so drop a request if you want :)

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the doors to the akademiya were heavy and solid in your hands as you pushed them open, for the first time as a student instead of a wandering kid with wide eyes.

ever since you were little, all you dreamed of was one day claiming a seat at the tables where countless have huddled, browsing the tomes in the libraries where countless have spent sleepless nights, and if you're lucky, maybe one day having your name published on a paper.

so you began your journey, eager to learn from the best of the best. even as other students pointed fingers behind your back and called you an ass kisser, teacher's pet, try hard, whatever it is they came up with, you were determined to be nothing less than the top 1% of students. your teachers quickly took a liking to you, contrary to what the other students liked to say, and were always willing to spend a couple extra hours after class to discuss the most recent scholarly journals or new books you've read.

this includes, even to your own surprise, the scribe of the akademiya and haravatat's finest.

there was nothing attached to your purely academic relationship. alhaitham would leave a book or two on your favourite library seat with little slips of paper tucked between the pages, scribbled with his thoughts on why they were a worthy read and your name always printed in neat script at the top. when you were finished with them, you would return the note to the mailbox outside his office, your own interpretations of the book written on the back of the same paper.

it's not how most people conversed about scholarly matters, but it's one that worked best for the two of you.

the scribe has clearly taken a liking to you, and you are not oblivious to the whispers when you tuck yet another note into his mailbox. you hear them speculating what is so special about you, about how they haven't seen the scribe talk nearly as much to anyone else, and it always gave you a brief rush of superiority as you head down the hallway to your next lecture, knowing that a good friendship with the akademiya's brightest mind would surely challenge your understanding of the material, in a good way.

what you did not see coming, was how this "good way" was open to interpretation.

you had just returned to your residence from a frustrating lesson on deciphering king deshret's runes when your phone rang. the voice on the other end was unfamiliar, almost robotic in a way, as they informed you that you were to receive a large, undisclosed sum of money as inheritance from some faraway relative you had never met.

you were suspicious at first, of course, and you had questioned the stranger's identity and how they came to find you, but something told you that this was not just another telemarketing scam, that there was more to it than potential identity theft and murder. you vaguely remember your mother mentioning family living in the rainforests bordering caravan ribat, perhaps it was one of them?

hearing your hesitancy, the voice spoke again, this time with an almost preposterous proposal.

get married within seven days, and the money is yours.

"it's what they mentioned in the will," he added unhelpfully.

you almost started yelling at him. just where were you going to find a partner, let alone a spouse, in seven days? whoever this relative was, they must've been insane - cursed by aranara magic, hit their head on a tree, fallen down four storeys into a rock-

then you started to question if the stranger was a mind reader as he reminded you that you were deeply in debt.

you rolled your eyes but didn't deny it outright. it's true that studying at the akademiya had put a huge dent in your pocket, and if you wanted to further your studies - which you surely did - you would need at least another few years worth of tuition.

you pinched the bridge of your nose for a few moments to gather your thoughts. there's no way your dead relative, or this "lawyer" of theirs, would know if you file for a divorce as soon as you get the inheritance, right? the will only said "marriage", not "staying married". yes - it seems you had found a solution to your worsening financial situation.

"fine. give me seven days."

"you got it, then."

you tried not to think about what sounded like a knowing smile in the man's voice when he hung up. you had seven days, and it was starting now.

it was strange, really, how the first person you thought of was alhaitham.

but, how in the world would you explain your sudden display of affection? it would be the ultimate form of disrespect if you ever disclosed that your liking to him was based out of a desperate attempt to not go broke. alhaitham was not stupid, and neither were you. but the more you think about it, the more he seems like the perfect candidate: smart, kind, caring, with similar academic interests and always catering to your every need.

you rise from your seat, deciding that you would allow yourself one day, not a minute more, to test the waters and see if alhaitham was really the one.

and if he isn't, you still have six days to find a husband. surely there is got to be someone in this vast city ready for marriage no matter the circumstance? you have heard enough parents pressuring their children to get married to know that there are more than one anxious bachelor out there, tired of the constant questions.

there's no time to lose. you check the clock - it's barely past seven - and you know alhaitham is still holed up in his office, working through the mountain of papers that only seem to pile up higher each time you visit him.

the walk to the akademiya feels shorter than normal, frantic, even, as you write three thousand different scripts in your head like the main character of a dating sim game, complete with dialogue options and green (or red) indicators of how much relationship you've gained (or lost) with the male lead. you almost want to laugh at yourself. even in this dire circumstance, you still find a way to make up some scenario of the romance bar instantly shooting to 100 the moment you open your mouth.

reality is often disappointing, and you're about to learn it the hard way.

"just leave them on my- y/n."

you had not given yourself the opportunity to pace in the hallway or debate the practicality of your methods in fear that you would give up altogether. so when you appear in the doorway of his office, still catching your breath from sprinting up the stairs, alhaitham is surprised to say the least.

"alhaitham."

you nod as a greeting and clear your throat, and he pauses his reading to look up at you.

"everything alright? you look rather...flushed."

if you weren't flushed before, his comment is enough to make your skin heat up to an extent where an amurta scholar would be concerned for your health.

you force aside all the noise and doubts in your head, shutting your eyes before blurting out:

"how would you like to get married?"

there's definitely gonna be a part 2 so don't worry hehe i just like leaving you on cliffhangers <3 anyways drop a comment if you'd like me to tag you when i post part 2!

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