envysparkler

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Hi! I just Podficced "Purr", and it’s up on Ao3! I think that Ao3 sends you an email when someone links their work as "inspired" by yours, but I wanted to make sure you knew :)

Thank you for blanket permission to podfic its always a delight to see that in an authors bio, and I love purr and its batcellenea scenes alot :DD

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Take care of yourself! No pressure, hope writing can be fun for you again when you're ready -fukdepression

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What was your PhD in?? Purely out of curiosity, feel free to ignore!

Psychology-adjacent, broadly.

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Hi!

I love your fics, they're such a comfort to read, when I'm stressed or feeling overwhelmed I just tend to go back and re-read them, and they always help settle me. So thank you for not just writing them, but also releasing them to the world.

Can I ask you a kind of a personal question? Obviously you don't need to answer! I saw you defended your PhD thesis a bit ago (congratulations!!! That's such an amazing achievement!) and you were also still publishing stories. How did you manage to not burn out on writing? I'm in the last weeks of writing the thesis, and it's becoming harder and harder to write anything, even when I know what I should write.

Anyway, thanks for all your work, take care, and hope that this year will be joyful and kind to you!

Thank you, I'm glad you're enjoying them!

How did I manage not to burn out on writing? *looks at the past several months of no writing* I am definitely the wrong person to ask. 😅. I have absolutely burned myself out and the recovery is slow.

As for my dissertation, honestly, I forced myself to write. I sat down, determined to write an outline if words wouldn't come, then a shitty paragraph, then a slightly better paragraph, and so on. The Comic Sans trick absolutely works (but it does inflate your page count, btw, if you need to hit a hundred). It's a marathon, not a sprint! So don't get discouraged when the words don't come, but also don't give up when the words don't come.

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THIS.

I dunno feel like your type of monkeys

🤣🤣 Poor Jason. He didn't even get the coolest resurrection.

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I'm soooo happy I found you on Tumblr, I reread your fics so often, I just love your portrayal of everyone!

Maybe you can help me find a specific fic? A building or parking garage collapsed and the majority of the robins were involved. I specifically remember that Nightwing was impaled by some rebar but insisted he was fine on the comms so the others would get rescued first? I'm beginning to think I imagined it!

So many permutations of 'collapse' and 'trapped' and 'explosion' before I could find it. 😭

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25675462

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I’ve been working my way through your batfam fics (and all the rabbit holes of inspired fics) for the past three weeks so far and am having the time of my life, and Ive only made it through page 3 of 8. Thank you so much for sharing your writing and reminding me of how much I love these characters<3

💖💖💖 I'm glad you're enjoying them!

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hey Envy, hope you're doing well !! I was trying to find a fic but I'm having trouble, I think it was you who wrote it but do correct me if I'm wrong— in it, the whole 'oh he's not sleeping let's drug his tea haha' thing is taken much more seriously, and Tim runs (into ? can't remember if it's an accident or if he seeks him out on purpose) Jason, who upon finding out about this is very very mad and is like. c'mon what is my BIGGEST RULE here. and is very much ready to kick some ass.

if this isn't your fic have you read it and perhaps remember who did write it ? ty for your time and I hope you have a good day :)

Here it is:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/54796876

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Hello! First, love your fics.

Second, I’m looking for a fic that I’ve been struggling to find. I searched for it on ao3 but couldn’t, and I don’t really know how to look for it on ffn because that website is abysmal.

It’s about Tim being sent to the young justice universe, eventually Bart shows up and knows Tim. Which makes him realize that he never finds a way home. And then later Tim, Bart, and Kon mess with(?) or steal from(?) Lex.

It's the Liminal Spaces series!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/19016809/chapters/45161134

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Merry Christmas!! (And happy holidays if you don’t celebrate!) 💕♥️💕

Thank you!

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Hey envy, looking for a fic in which Tim keeps getting into street fights and I think Jason finds him?

I swear I've read this but I can't find it.

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Hi Envy! I've been a fan of your Batfam fics for a while (you have fed my Jason & Tim brotherly bonding need extremely well)

And I was wondering if you had any advice for first time fic writers?

I'm thinking about writing my own fic for the first time ever, and looking at the posting options is kinda of overwhelming, but my main question is where do you write your fics? Do you go straight for the box on ao3? Do you write it up in a Google doc and copy paste? Or do you use Mircosoft? I wanna get my first attempt done well, but I'm at a bit of a loss.

Anyhow, thanks for taking the time to read this and the consideration that you put in, should you choose to respond. You're awesome, and your fics have been a pleasure to read! Thanks!

My main advice to new writers is to write the fic you want to write and don't let other people put you off of it. Don't self-censor. You can always decide whether or not to publish it later, but the story has to be written first.

My word processor of choice is Microsoft Word. (LibreOffice is a decent facsimile of Microsoft Office that's free.) Things I share with other people or are written collaboratively I do in Google Docs. I have at times used the actual Ao3 posting box, but it's not meant as a word processor, it will not save, and the whole point of writing it like that was to force myself to finish it in one session without self-editing. I will also throw up random snippets in Discord any time I need to jolt out of a rut.

Honestly, it doesn't matter where you write something so long as it gets written. Words are the start. You can type it up and make it look pretty later.

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hi envy 💜 i’m looking for a fic that i think is probably a “tim joins the batfam early” one. i think tim gets hurt/sick somehow and it’s jason’s first time grappling with that as an older brother or something. i specifically remember the last scene is jason asking dick if it’s always like that when a little sibling is hurt/if dick ever worried about him that way?

sorry i don’t have more details 🥲 thanks if you find it!!!

Is it maybe this one?

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Hello, Envy! Hope you don't mind a fic-finding request. I'm trying to find (most likely) your fic. I remember it has pre-slash Sladick and Dick taking care of a kid(s?) (I think it's one of Slade's kids, but I couldn't recall) and there's a line where Slade's alpha self tells him he wants Dick as his omega, due to how Dick takes care of his(?) kids, but he tells his alpha side that it's not the time because the kids are the priority. But it's just a line. I couldn't for the life of me remember which fic it was, or if such a fic really ever existed. Maybe you remembered? Thank you so much!

Is it this one?

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Hi envy, I hope you're doing well!

If you're still doing lost fics, I'm looking for one where Jason as Red Hood is fighting Hyena, Captain Nazi, and Count Vertigo. Either Batman or Dick-as-Batman is also there and Jason has to convince Batman to trust him and work together, which requires one of them to fight blind against Count Vertigo while the other calls out moves. I mostly remember it being really well-written and a fun balance of 'can't believe I'm fighting alongside Batman again' and 'can't let Batman realize my identity and that I'm used to working together with him'. Any help is appreciated, thank you!

I swear I've read this, but I can't find it.

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Envy, do you know this fic? No one told Dick that Jason was alive and the Red Hood, so he thinks Jason is a hallucination that he treats friendly while alone, and he's really aggressive and angry with Red Hood. Jason is confused, Tim is pouting at Dick. It all comes out when Dick has a panic attack over not able to discern between reality and not when Jason gives Tim a piggyback ride. There is a follow up where Damian attacks a benched Dick, and Dick doesn't realize it's not just remnants of fear toxin till Dami cuts him.

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Hope you're doing alright and having fun!

💖💖 Fun is debatable, but I'm alright!