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It’s already over…I can’t believe this…

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Hi! I've read your story ages ago, in fact I sent an ask four years ago about it saying how it was one of the best stories I've ever read. I'd like to tell you that still stands, I've been keeping my eyes open for any news about it, and one way or another I'm overexcited to be able to read, once again, a story as incredible as yours. Hope it all goes well and cannot wait to see the final result!

I appreciate it, dude!!!

The story is defo going to have the same heart as the original fic, but I'm planning a lot of structural plot changes.

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Bestie when's the book

Hey there!

For everyone who followed me & T3S back in 2017 (and is, for some reason, still around), here's my long-overdue update on the status of T3S!

Some background: I wrote a moderately popular Max/Preston camp camp fic several years ago called "The Sparrow Still Sings." T3S followed a 24-year-old Max as he returns to Camp Campbell to be a counselor.

About a year after I finished the fic, I decided that it was a good enough story to potentially publish. I wanted to go the traditional route--which meant querying agents and hoping to find a print publisher. This also meant that the story could no longer exist on AO3. For that reason, I deleted it. It was a difficult decision to make--especially since I knew that quite a few people in the fandom really enjoyed it.

But being a published author was something that I'd wanted since I was a kid, so I decided to go through with it. I revised the entirety of T3S, taking care to change any copyrighted material within it. Then, I went off to query.

While I did get one full manuscript request (which, let's be real, is probably more than I deserved) I mostly received rejections. Automated rejections.

I tried rewriting T3S several times, but despite my best efforts, I never really managed to fix the things that were fundamentally wrong with the story and the writing. Turns out, I wasn't good enough writer at 18 to be published (shocker, I know).

So what now?

Recently, spurred on by a kind DM, I decided to take one last crack at T3S. The story needs some fundamental reworking--which means it's going to take some time to write up a new draft. BUT the good news is this: I'm no longer considering a traditional publishing route. Once the story is finished, it WILL be indie published. And, as a thank-you to everyone who read it back when it was a fic, I'm going to provide a tumblr-exclusive code for y'all to access a digital version of the published work for FREE.

In the meantime, I'll be active on this blog again with updates about how the story's progressing + the revision process + posting teasers of my favorite new lines and scenes. & of course, I'll probably end up watching the seasons of Camp Camp that I've missed. Feel free to ask me any questions; I'd be happy to answer them :)

Thank you to everybody for your patience! I know it sucks when an author takes down a fic, so I hope that with this post, I can begin to make it up to y'all!

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I’ve had this stupid thing planned out for three years

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Had the most vivid dream that I animated a moderately popular Camp Camp fan series.

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!!!!! Bro I cannot WAIT to reread that fic again!! Especially touched up?? G O L D

I’m crying in the club y’all!!!!!

Thank you!!!!!

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JUST FOUND OUT YOU PLAN TO PUBLISH YOUR FIC AND IM SO EXCITED AAAA

It’s going to take much longer than expected, that’s for sure! I hope you’ll be able to keep up the hype for that long. 

In any case, I did my first round of agent queries (basically when an author pitches their book in hopes that someone will be willing to sell it to a publisher) and got...so many rejections! But wounded ego aside, it taught me a lot about selling my story, and I even managed to get a partial request. 

Anyways, I realized after my first 30 or so rejections that I needed to fix so many parts of the story. T3S was a really unstructured novel with themes that go all over the place, and so for it to be publishable (even self-published, which may be the route I eventually take) I need to re-write it yet again. 

Thank you though!! I can’t believe people still know about my dinky little fanfiction.

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Ah, Married Roommate Life.

Max is still a short, short man.

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,,,them,,,

Them!!!

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IT’S THE MAXPRES ROOMMATE AU, NEWLY REMODELED FOR 2020!

Max, 24

- Works at Wal-Mart - Fucks with Hamburger Helper - Probably asexual - Lowkey in love with Preston (won’t admit it)

Preston, 26

- Getting his master’s in creative writing - Works at Starbucks, volunteers with the local theater troupe - Diet consists of nothing but soda - Very convinced that he and Max are in a commited relationship (they aren’t) 

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its summer and you know what that means!!!

oh my god they were roommates.

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i have no words to describe my love for this show 

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What are your main ships (preferably camp camp ships but still curious for other fandoms)

Camp Camp

Max/Preston

Max/Nikki

Nikki/Nerris

Max/Nikki/Neil

Other

Tweek/Craig (SP)

Tweek/Wendyl (SP)

Marco/Star (SVtFoE)

Lapis/Peridot (SU)

Adult!Varian/Cassandra (TTS)

Rapunzel/Cassandra (TTS)

But Most Importantly...

Me/Luigi

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WE BEEN BLESSED Y’ALL 

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this looks fun

1.) Give me a pairing. 2.) Give me an AU setting. 3.) I will write you a three-sentence fic.

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Summary: Nerris' world threatens to collapse after Nikki, her girlfriend of two years and the drummer of her up-and-coming punk band, decides to leave both Nerris and the band behind. But when a brush with amnesia leaves Nikki with virtually no memory of anything, Nerris decides to take the opportunity as a chance to try again with her...

Punk music? Check. Overly detailed descriptions of college house concerts? Check. Post-High School shenanigans? Check. An AU where Nerris makes Really Bad Life Choices? Check. Wholesome Nerris/Nikki content? ...Questionable.

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I have already written, re-written, and deleted the first chapter of this fic 4 times. It’s been one day.