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[recurring-polynya]

Writing/Art Update 2.20.2024

Well, I had another very solid week. I hesitate to call it good, because I didn't actually enjoy it very much, but I did grind out 8,642 words last week. I finished Chapter 8 and made a solid dent in Chapter 9a. Basically, I just tried to write at least a thousand words a day, which I accomplished almost every day. Yesterday, I only did 800, but I did 2000 on Sunday, plus the 800 was the ending scene for the chapter, so I deserve a little grace there. And it was a three-day weekend for my kids!

I am at the stage of the fanfic where most of the ambiguity is gone--I know what scenes are left and I just gotta write them. It doesn't matter if I want to or not, the fanfic isn't going to be done until I write them, so I just do it. I always worry that writing in this mindset is going to produce bad, unlovable writing--like, if I don't love writing this, how is anyone going to love reading it? Historically, though, that doesn't bear out--big chunks of Call Me Back and What We Do with Our Hearts were written in this exact fugue state, and I often end up loving them after the fact, and they still contain parts that are really funny or insightful or heartfelt or whatever. I literally do not know how this is possible, it just is. Also, like: there is going to be editing. It is truly astonishing how hard it is to slap anything at all down on a page and then how easy it is to shape it up into something good later on. It is a lot like throwing flat colors down on a piece of art and then adding a little texture and shading later.

The other thing I don't like about writing in this mode is that it makes me actually insane, which I don't like. I just roll word counts and percentages around in my head 24 hours a day and I'm not really able to relax and do things that are not grinding away at my writing. I can do it for short periods of time, but I think I have too much of this story left to tough it through, plus, like, what's the point? This is the thing I allegedly do for fun, and even though I really really really want to be finished, I feel like I should actually try to enjoy the process a little, at least.

So anyway! My first goal for this week is to be less insane about my fanfic. My second goal is to finish Chapter 9a (I think I have about 3-4k to go). My third goal is to edit Chapters 7 and 8 and send them to the beta.

After that, I'll just have 9b (of which I've already written about 4k) and the epilogue to do. After that, of course, there's still more editing, a beta pass for chapters 8->the end, and then I may try to read the whole thing through again from the beginning. So, 3 weeks, maybe, give or take a little?

In the interest of trying to have a little fun, I think I'm gonna try to post some previews for the next couple weeks? In the past, people have enjoyed previews. Today's is a little long, but it's the opening to the whole thing. It's below a cut for those who'd rather wait until the whole thing comes out.

“I don’t know if they’re trying to capitalize on Boy’s Day, or what,” Rukia said, idly inching her hand toward the plate of hot, steaming gyoza sitting on the countertop next to Renji’s stove, “but they’re having some sort of Seafood Festival out in East Sixth.”

A dish towel appeared out of nowhere, the tip whipping painfully against Rukia’s hand.

“Ow!” Rukia howled.

“They’re hot! It’ll hurt worse if you jam one of those in your mouth whole like I know you were gonna,” Renji replied, stuffing the dish towel back into his obi, and juggling the pan of gyoza he was currently frying. “What about a Seafood Festival? Why the Hell is the East Sixth having a Seafood Festival?”

“It’s being put on by the Train Museum, I hear,” Rukia continued grumpily, rubbing at her hand. “I guess they’re hauling a bunch of spring fish up from the Shiranui Sea at the other end of the line. It only takes a few hours to get out to Six. There’s probably carts making the run that we could take, but I would honestly just flash-step, at least on the way out. I want to eat my own body weight in katsuo. Possibly your body weight in katsuo.”

“Mmm,” Renji replied noncommittally, dumping the rest of his gyoza onto the plate and turning off the stovetop.

“I was thinking of asking Hisagi if he wanted us to take some pictures and do a little write-up for the Bulletin,” Rukia went on. “Get us a little walking-around money.” Not that Rukia lacked for pocket money, but it was a little more expensive than their usual weekend activities, and Renji got a little cagey when she tried to treat him to things.

“That’s a bad idea.”

“Why? We had fun the last time we played reporter!”

“Grab the bowl of sauce, would you?” Renji gestured with his chin as he picked up the plate of dumplings and the teapot to carry them to the table. “Don’t you remember when they built that damn train line? Took ‘em over over thirty years, and there were three to four articles every single Bulletin about the delays, the graft, the politics, the environmental impact, whatever. People got so mad about the idea of a train inside the Seireitei that it doesn’t even go anywhere useful. I didn’t even know they used it for anything aside from twee holidays for bored nobles.”

“I heard a story from my friend, Lady Akizuki, that the old head of the Seshimo clan actually lives on the train! He hasn’t set foot outside it in fifteen years!”

Renji cocked an eyebrow at her. He looked like he desperately wanted to hear about the Train Noble, but also did not want to be a guy who cared about Train Nobles. “Anyway, don’t mention the train to Hisagi unless you got six or seven hours to kill. Preferably when I’m not there.”

Rukia picked up the big, fragrant bowl of ginger dipping sauce with both hands. “It was just an idea. So what do you think? Do you want to go?”

“When is it again?” Renji asked, frowning.

“It’s running for all of May, but the weather has been so nice lately, I thought maybe we could go next weekend,” Rukia suggested. 

Renji was quiet for a moment, but Rukia figured that maybe he was just focused on serving her dumplings, which was, in her opinion, very important. 

“Ru,” he finally said slowly, as he poured her a cup of tea. “There’s something I need to tell you.”

“Is it that you want to go to the Seafood Festival with me?”

Renji took a big breath through his nose and let it out again. “If things work out, I’d love to go later in the month. Next weekend’s not gonna work, though.”

“Oh.” Rukia frowned. “That’s fine. That’s no big deal.” She looked down lovingly at her gyoza and then up at Renji hopefully. “Itadakimasu?” she asked hopefully.

Renji blinked. “Huh? Oh, yeah, please help yourself. That… that wasn’t the thing I had to say.”

“Well, spit it out, already,” Rukia groused, her mouth already crammed with gyoza. “Why are you being weird?”

Renji still hadn’t touched his own food. He had circled his right wrist with the thumb and middle finger of his left hand and was rotating it back and forth. He used to make that gesture a lot when he was young, and Rukia realized that she hadn’t seen him do it in years.

“I’m having some surgery,” Renji finally said. 

Rukia froze. After a long moment, she slowly finished chewing her dumpling and swallowed it. “Are you okay? What’s going on?”

“I’m getting my arm fixed.”

Rukia watched him rub his wrist for another few seconds. “Did it not heal correctly after the, um, accident?” “The accident” was when Byakuya had stabbed him through the forearm during a demonstration fight the week prior. Everyone was being very polite about it.

“Wellll…” Renji drew out. “I mean, no, that healed up fine. Very clean cut, Senbonzakura, as always. But, uh, while I was at the Fourth, the topic of my burnt-out kidou ducts came up. Captain Unohana thinks she can fix ‘em. And I’ve decided to, um, let her try.” “Oh,” said Rukia. Her chest was filling up with a lot of strange feelings. “Oh.”

[gh0stlyscooter]

Fanart for Neopetskid fic Two Birds

t/cest Do Not Interact :)

[waveoftheocean]

vashwood cd charms and prints are finally here!! for those of you who preordered these, orders will be shipped out starting next week!

i only have a couple of discounted b-grade charms left from this round but i'm excited to announce that i'll be able to open a second round of preorders for the charms!! b-grades and preorders pt 2 will be available starting nov 11, 3pm PST ✨

shop link here!

[ebi-noodle-doodles]

To my fellow sisters and brothers, my cat says Ramadhan Mubarak ✨⭐️🌙

[lavenoon]

It's not like they dislike getting their teeth brushed, the opposite, really! Having their little hunter get so close without being scared, being cared for - that's why they drag it all out, and get more time with their hunter! <3

@naffeclipse and I were talking about brushing the cryptid boys' teeth after @themeeplord's jaw anatomy, and turns out I can draw non spoilery fluff!

[echofive-draws]

woo 6 characters! i love these guys <3

[ask-the-creative-crew]

📏✂️✏️ U H - O H ! 🍎📚🖍

UPDATE BELOW:

[mod: hello, hello friends ! :) what a long time it's been. i hope you all have been well. i have quite a few things to cover so i will try and cut this to be as short as possible.

first, i want to start off with a very big "🎉 thank you ! 🎉" to every single one of you for being so patient over these past few months. i still get notifications from here daily and the ask-box has been (surprisingly) lively even with the blog's inactivity, which makes me happy beyond belief to see that no one's forgotten about it yet. (also we hit 500 followers even while i was gone ? wild !)

the reason for the slow updates is that i started school not too long ago. my classes are pretty arduous and keep me busy 24/7 so i unfortunately don't have as much free time on my hands as i did before.

secondly, the big question that may be on some of your minds – is this blog still going to continue ? to that i say: yes, absolutely ! this blog is one of the biggest highlights of my life and not a day goes by where i don't think about it. nothing brings me greater happiness than to create the things i enjoy and have others enjoy it with me.

now that the past has been addressed, let's talk about the future. updates are still likely to be very slow, and there is a possibility for some re-designs and tweaking of characters once the new series releases, so do keep that in mind. but rest assured, this blog is going to live on for as long as my hands and heart desire.

so once again, thank you all for your patience. now let's get ready for the big, BIG DAY ! 👀🎉🥚]

[chiquilines]

Guys if you have to read one hotwings fic in your life By Any Other Name by @satelliteblue is,,, something else

[applepiyaa]

revamping an old houseki no kuni oc from years ago…fluorite my baby

[shirogane-oushirou]

more new hairstyle practice that i decided to color bc... he angy... :3 cute....... 💕

[idkwhatimdoingbutslay]

Ok so fun fact: I paint. Sometimes clothes. And sometimes said clothes is my very own custom merch

I’ve been putting off this one for like……. a year and it still needs A LOT of work

This is what happens when Riot won’t give us anything

[ask-imaginary-dreamers]

Flicker, Fade, Casey, and Begonia sit under a tree, a picnic basket just out of view. They’re all chatting happily.

Ask them something?

[shinonart]

Giving up on Redbubble

Redbubble recently rolled out an update that introduces tiers for its creators. Based on your tier you may or may not have to pay an account fee. Redbubble already has a very low revenue to begin with so these additional will significantly impact the revenue of small creators.

You can read more about the update in this blog post.

I was, for some reason, given a fee-free tier but I still decided to go and make my entrie gallery private. The reason I’m not entirely closing right away it is that I still have some earnings I haven’t received because I haven’t met the payout treshold (20 usd) so I’m just waiting to get my pennies first. It’s a matter of principle. I have been on Redbubble since 2017 and during all these years I made a few dozen bucks so closing my shop is honestly not a big loss.

I liked having the shop because it made it possible for people to get products of my art that I don’t have resources to produce and sell in my own shop, such as canvas prints, but given that I haven’t really had time or interest to update or advertise my Redbubble I decided that it’s time to let this one go and focus my attention more on INPRNT and my own Etsy shop.

I will be updating more of my works on INPRNT when I have the time. If there is a specific piece you want as a print/some other merch and you can’t find it on my Etsy or INPRNT let me know and I will see what I can do!

If you want to support me or my work you can do so via

INPRNT for gallery quality prints and fair payments to the artist

ETSY where I sell a larger variety of my works and you buy directly from me

Thanks for reading and thank you for everyone who has been supporting my work and showing love!

[thegoldenherd]

Okay I had the funny thought of Little Garm licking his bite out of curiosity, so I needed to create this ASAP.

It tastes like evil and battery acid.

[kyngsnake]

updated ref sheet for @hotwifeluigi’s Wes 🐎

[triruntu]

Some small updates for Zina!

Her design hasn't been changed since she got her re-haul a few years back and needed this. She was the first bipedal dragon to come around so there were of course some things that I've gotten figured out not that I didn't then.

She no longer has a hood! Instead Zina wears a golden moon themed helmet styled liked Dia's. The light can fade and the accessories can be removed. Two rings on her right horn and her crest is now four tines instead of three because it never felt right to me. The inside of the veil and coat is a shifting, varying opacity space texture. Her pupils are now white.

Her wings over time gained a solid black stripe, with the arm like one just under the actual arm of the wing. I don't know what was going on with her ref, but after going through everyone else her wings looked very plain.

There's a pair of ankle pads too, but the rest of her outfit is the same.