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Just Like Andoria

A little fix-it fic for episode 9 of Strange New Worlds where Hemmer decides it’s time to go home, for a little while at least.

Rated T, 2.5k, Focuses on the crew as a family, Chapter 1/3

By JessKo on AO3 Here

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Lukeuary!  Today’s 100 word drabble theme is:

Keepsake

The child stared, wide-eyed and solemn, as Luke held the pendant in his hand.  It had fallen to the ground during training, and his student had earnestly communicated its importance.

“Of course you can keep it,” Luke assured Grogu, manipulating the fine chain, knotting and shortening the length to prevent future loss. “It’s a keepsake—something to remind you of the Mandalorian and his friendship.”

At the question that followed, Luke shook his head.

“Attachment isn’t the same thing as love.  Which reminds me…” 

The Jedi reached into his tunic, pulling out the carefully-wrapped gift. 

“He brought this for you.”

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yes i read my own fanfiction. im Literally the target audience. i wrote this for me, not you

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When Mirror Saru sends out a message to anyone listening, he has no idea who will respond–but anything has to be better than life on Kaminar, right? Find out in today’s Mirror Fest fic, from @ysalamiri-queen:

Saru pushed himself further into the crevice, his breaths echoing off the tight walls and mingling with the panicked shivers of his sister pressed tightly against him.

“I’m scared, father is…” She whispered, and Saru covered her mouth with a leathery hand.

“Shh… He will endure.” He said softly, both for her and for his own sanity. His threat ganglia flared, muscles coiled to the point of pain, and every fiber of his being screamed for him to run, but there was nowhere to go. It was the night of culling, and the Ba’ul had come for what was theirs.

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writing became VERY fun when i realized that i get to cater to my exact tastes and no one can stop me

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Chapters: 1/3 Fandom: Star Wars: Thrawn Series - Timothy Zahn (2017), Star Wars Legends: Thrawn Trilogy - Timothy Zahn, Star Wars Legends: Hand of Thrawn Duology - Timothy Zahn, Star Wars Legends - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Arihnda Pryce/Thrawn | Mitth'raw'nuruodo, Arihnda Pryce/Clone Thrawn | Mitth'raw'nuruodo Characters: Arihnda Pryce, Clone Thrawn | Mitth'raw'nuruodo, Thrawn | Mitth'raw'nuruodo Additional Tags: Clones, Misunderstandings, No Smut, Language Kink, Cheunh Language (Star Wars), Rope Bondage, Tropes, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Fusion of Star Wars Legends and Disney Canon, Sleeping Together, Literal Sleeping Together, Chiss (Star Wars), Frustrated Pryce, Nirauan, thryce Summary:

Governor Arihnda Pryce is not happy about being left alone on Nirauan to babysit Grand Admiral Thrawn’s developing clone. At least it’s easy…and boring…and nothing can go wrong. Right?

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Not the Star Cluster You’re Looking For

A Kalluzeb crossover story for @kalluzebminibang where the characters of Star Wars Rebels are recast into the Star Trek universe, taking place just after the Dominion War, featuring gorgeous art by Buffaluffalo.

Ever since the fall of Lasan, Zeb has searched for his ancestral home by following ancient legends and distant leads. After many years, Zeb has finally found Lira San, but one thing stands between him and his people: a star cluster. With the Empire hot on his tail, Zeb risks it all with nothing but a battered shuttle and broken bo-rifle. Things take a turn for the strange as he finds himself flung into the far reaches of the galaxy where the crew of the USS Ghost and members of the Cardassian Union compete for his trust.

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(via waking up brain)

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✨ help me stop avoiding dialogue because i feel like i suck at it and no matter what i try i feel like it sounds stupid and if people read my books they’ll laugh at it or roll their eyes and give me a scathing critique in which they call my entire novel pure cringe✨

5 Tips for Getting Better at Dialogue

1) Writing Great Dialogue Takes Practice - Just like every other aspect of writing, writing great dialogue isn’t something you can just instantly do. You can educate yourself on how to do it well, but you still need to put it into practice, which means letting yourself write bad dialogue for a while. And, honestly, go back to the first few books of your favorite authors and you’ll see their early dialogue is a bit clunky compared to their later books.

2) Writing Great Dialogue Takes Education - But in order to practice writing great dialogue, you also have to learn what qualifies as great dialogue. Doing that is easier than it sounds. Look up articles with tips for writing great dialogue. Read books about writing dialogue. Read fiction and pay close attention to the dialogue. Watch movies and TV shows and play close attention to the dialogue. Pay more attention to dialogue in real life.

3) Act It Out/Say It Out Loud - If there’s any way you can, try acting out your dialogue scene as you write it. Sometimes, pretending you’re actually in the moment can help you come up with more natural sounding dialogue. Or, once you’ve written it, try reading it out loud. You can even enlist a willing friend to help out. Saying it out loud and actually hearing the words makes it so much easier to know what’s off and figure out how to fix it.

4) Make Sure You’re Not Over-Tagging - One of the biggest culprits of corny dialogue is the over-use of tags. In other words, “he said” or “said Kara.” Have a look at my post Avoiding Repetition with Dialogue Tags.

5) Avoid Other Dialogue Pitfalls - There are a lot of other things that can make dialogue corny, too: overusing slang, rendering out accents or speech impediments, overusing names (people don’t tend to use each other’s names in dialogue unless trying to get their attention), being overly sarcastic or witty, using dialogue without Working in Action Beats & Movement, and characters not having their own Unique Voice.

I hope that helps!

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The Constable’s New Lobes

Relationships: Quark/Odo

Rating: T

Summary: Odo needs to learn how to take the form of a nonhuman species to attend an important event undercover for Commander Sisko. To do this, he’ll need to closely study the form of a member of that species, and Quark has volunteered to be his model.

Quark hummed, situating himself on Odo’s lap. “So how have you been preparing to be a Nausicaan? Don’t tell me you’re just looking at photos.” Odo’s lack of reply answered Quark’s suspicion affirmatively. “Oh no. You need to be able to study them, feel them and experience… I know! You can study me!” Quark exclaimed, taking Odo’s hands and placing them on his cheeks. “Plus, the Sub Nagus probably wouldn’t seriously listen to a Nausicaan, sure they’re scary, but they have no lobes for business.”

“Is that so?” Odo pondered, moulding his hands to fit over the facets of Quark’s face, feeling each wrinkle, jutting cheekbone, and ridge. He shifted the shape of his face to match.

“Yeah. Plus I think you’d make an incredibly sexy Ferengi.”

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hhhhhghhghhghhhhh a lil painty for “so i know you’re alive; in the dim, you’ve arrived” on ao3 :’))))

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My contribution to the Just In Time festival for Star Trek :D

Absolutely fascinating pre-DS9 crossover with TNG from @ysalamiri-queen. Featuring all your favourite Ferengi. (Rom <3)

Noses rubbing together, Rom reached up to stroke Prinadora’s lobe, careful to not tug her earring and eliciting a low hum of pleasure. He knew just how to please her, and she him, and together they formed a union as good as anyone could ask for on Ferenginar, which was a rare thing indeed. Often marriages were born out of profit, and not for love, but Rom had somehow hit the spouse lottery, or at least that is how he felt in this domestic moment as she rose, flashing a toothy smile before plodding down the hall into another part of the house, leaving him to read up on the daily news.

Prinadora was everything Rom could have hoped for in a wife, beautiful, kind, and from a good family. That ‘good family’ bit was a complication, seeing the dense, detailed, and expensive marriage contract it resulted in. However, Rom was confident he had read even the finest of print and signed happily, leading to many joyous years. Prinadora was a fair partner, attentive to Rom’s needs and she had graciously borne him a son, helping to raise him to be how a good Ferengi should. Already Nog was stealing sweets from the cupboard to hoard under his bed and committing other small acts of acquisition. Rom could not be more proud. Nog was set to begin his formal education at the local primary school soon, the same Hopawup Academy for Young Lobelings he and his brother Quark had attended over thirty years ago. He would surely bloom into a savvy businessman, should he take after his granmoogie’s side of the family.

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the jump from “someone should do this” to “I should do this” is scary, but oh so worth it in the end

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Some reader, lightly commenting on my fic: hey i liked this.

me, me eyes enormous: you COMMENT me? you comment on my fic, like the story? oh! oh! love for reader! love for reader for One Thousand Years!!!!

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Tagged by @x-wing-junkie to share the last line I’ve written!

From an upcoming story about DS9 pre-canon:

Nog shook his head, not looking away from the pile. “No, you’re the owner’s brother, that’s different. Be careful, Grimp may be trying to get an inside ear.”

Very excited to share this story, it covers some early life of the Ferengi Fam! If you’d also like to share, feel free to add here or make your own post!

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Maybe some of you have noticed some interesting going ons over on my AO3. I’ve dipped my toes in writing for yet another fandom X”D and with that a new smut series is born... Introducing:

The 113th Rule AKA Always have sex with the boss AKA How is this even canon?

If you know, you know, and you can follow the lovely little link above to my latest endeavor, hope you all agree that perhaps I had the lobes for it. So, join me as our favorite Ferengi bartender bends to my whims, and those of Gul Dukat, Brunt, and many more to come... Cheers!

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Or can it?

*evil laugh*

In other words, Chapter 2 of Dis Manibus, my Halloweenish crackfic featuring the adventures of Arihnda and her second least favorite Jedi is posted.