zelzenik · 4 years ago
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hi i’ve returned with another short avatar song (zutara this time). it’s smth i recorded really quickly today (i’m still working on those character req songs, but big bang and school deadlines have been been dominating my time lately, lol).
sorry for any uke/vocal mistakes; one take recordings are wack sometimes, lol. lyrics are under the cut if you wanna see them
flame by elsie (1/19/21) you cradle the flame in your hand and i forget to breathe oxygen and time will pass away but it'll keep on burning oh so brightly
how can i see without your light how can you feel without my love each day will drag along and i i will stay by your side i'll always remain i'll stay by your flame
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exquisitliltart · 7 years ago
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SQ Author interview with @LexTenou
Author interview with @lextenou on story “How to Choose” 
What inspired your Supernova story? 
One night, I had a dream. I dreamed I was a cow named Elsie. Wait, that's not the right dream. The original plotline for the story played out in a dream and I woke up and was a grunting wordless zombie until I was able to get it down. The original draft took me about a month of weekends to work on. The second draft took three days. I cut out some things. It wasn't feasible to have a scene where Robin is punched in the face, no matter how much he deserved it. I also had to cut out a Swan Queen kiss in the original release which has been put back in. 
Tell us about your writing history for fandom/general, and have you participated in SQ big bang or writing challenges prior?
I've been writing for over twenty years, both fanfiction and original works. I've a number of unfinished stories that I go back and revisit to get up to par and sometimes finish. I've participated in a few SQ Big Bangs and various challenges over the years, and have enjoyed every single one of them.
What is an interesting fact about you personally or related to your writing process? 
I have to have music playing. The first step to being able to write something out, for me, is to have the right playlist curated. For this story, the soundtrack was heavy on artists like Nightwish, Delerium, and Nena and Kim Wilde's "Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime".
What other stories have you written? 
I've written a few stories! Of them, its hard to pick a favorite. The reason I write is because I want these stories to exist so I can go back later and read them. Of my own works for Swan Queen, I think my current favorite is probably "Emma, Protector of the Realm". I have a huge backstory and world in my head surrounding it, which will hopefully be explored in future installments. My current favorite author is ShinjiShazaki. I've been reading her work for over ten years and I've had the chance to see her writing grow and change. My current favorite story from her is an original one called "Debtor Knight", which has a feel that hearkens back to when there'd be a new epic uber Xena fic out every other week. Her other works, like "Wolves of the North" (Shingeki no Kyojin) and "Chigai" (Avatar: The Last Airbender) are available online.
What is your favorite type of fanfiction?
Enchanted Forest AUs
Is there anything else you'd like people to know about you?
I read about 50,000 words of fanfiction every day.
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zelzenik · 4 years ago
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!!!! MY SONG BASED ON THE ZKDD 2020 (@zkdrabbledecember) PROMPT LIST IS FINALLY OUT LOL!!
you can listen to it on youtube via the link up above, and you can stream it using this link. it’s available on spotify/apple/amazon/etc kjhgkhdfg <33
the beautiful art was made by Grace, who’s @marcusflexxx on Tumblr and @/bookworm_draws6310 on Instagram. (she’s very, very talented and has commissions open as well 👀)
gosh, when i was coming up with the ZKDD2020 prompt list, i had no intentions of writing a song based on them, but... here we are, lol. this song is definitely meant to be inseparable, perfect-for-each-other ZK vibes, and, yes, there is also an @antarcticasx fic ref in the lyrics, lol.
this is def more subtle on the direct ZK refs, but i’m also working on a track called “Moonlight” that’s a bit more overt, lol. honestly, i have so much ZK-inspired music in the works that it’s mildly worrisome xD either way, i hope you enjoy!! and if not... uhhh, lol ;-; it be like that sometimes
bro this is the first track i’ve ever engineered entirely by myself (i usually just topline songs and send vocals in) so this was actually a huge step for me musically, and it’s quite fitting that it was for zutara, lol.
anyways, imma go work on school stuff now (and then hopefully have time to write? i have an unfinished holiday fic that was supposed to be out days ago, lol). have a lovely rest of your night/day, n thanks for listening to me ramble!! <33
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zelzenik · 4 years ago
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the cover art for my new song “Lock n Key” just got finished by my wonderful friend @marcusflexxx, and i’m hopefully gonna have a pre-download link really soon. it’ll be my first Avatar/Zutara (and first self produced) track kjdfghfkjdgjkf.
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zelzenik · 4 years ago
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so like... i haven’t had as much time to write for zkdd since i’ve been running the blog and it’s been finals season and stuff, but... i really wanted to do something in celebration of it anyways.
that something ended up being a new tune with lyrics based on the prompt list. here’s a snippet of the unmixed demo. it should be out by the end of december if all goes according to plan. it’ll be my first zutara song out kjfdhgkjfhg.
i’m so exciteddddd.
thanks to everyone who’s been participating in zkdd. it’s been so nice reading everyone’s drabbles/oneshots <333
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zelzenik · 4 years ago
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ok ok ok... so like... hear me out.
my Avatar ep may turn into like... a whole album? this may take me a very long time (maybe more than i was anticipating before), but like...
i have to do it.
i already have like ~8 tracks in progress, and i’m... i think it’s gotta be an album, lol, because there are even more stories i want to write about.
i’m kind of excited though?!?! everything i’ve written/recorded/produced i can genuinely bop to, and it’s been so much fun working on my own music-wise.
so far i’m looking at:
1. Kataang breakup  2. Zutara loveeee 3. Sokka/Yue (like a sad trap ballad ;-;) 4. Toph (this one goes hard) 5. Azula bein a queen (there are bars for this one) 6. Ursa/Steambaby lullaby 7-8 are still being decided upon
but i’ve also been reading a lot of Zutara fanfiction recently so i can’t promise that there won’t be at least like... 4 more Zutara love songs LOL ;-; i may write something on Ty Lee because why not. probably a Katara centric track. there are so many POSSIBILITIES.
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zelzenik · 4 years ago
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SOOOOO. this is one of my bajillion musical wips. i’m working really hard on my Avatar EP, and this is a rough snip of a rap i’ve written for my Azula track. i’m new to rapping lol, and most of my musical background is definitely singing, but... attempting to spit bars has been fun lol (especially when they’re Azula’s).
Azula is such a fascinating character, and writing from her perspective, both in my writing and for this track, has been very interesting. let me know what you think if you wannaaaa. i know this is very left field, but... yes. this is what i do. anyways, back to my Zutara track now, LOLOLOL.
(i also gotta record this bc the cadence is off in some parts yike ;-;)
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zelzenik · 4 years ago
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...omg...avatar has overtaken my life
oh my... so i’ve been working on my zutara longfic, and i’m looking at a good 100k words (holyyyy cowww). BUT. NOT ONLY THAT.
i’ve been working on a new track (i’d been planning on it being zutara), but now it’s like... a boss as hell azula song. i can’t wait to finish up recording because it’s actually epic.
i’ve also been consuming so much zutara literature, LOLOLOL. like an insane amount of zutara fics.
again, i wouldn’t have it any other wayyyyy.
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zelzenik · 4 years ago
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i’ve been working on my avatar EP, and out of the two tracks i have in progress, i have a boss-azula track and an ursa/zutara/steambaby lullaby. any ideas for any other tracks?? 👀 let me know in my ask box or something 👀 i suck at tumblr, but i’d love to hear ideas kjfhgkjdhjgkhdfg
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zelzenik · 4 years ago
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thank u so much again, anon <333 here’s a little snippet of a zutara song i’m working on!! 👀
hopefully my producer partner won’t fite me for teasing this tiny snippet lolol, and it’s just a demo so the vocals are rough, but i hope you like itttt!!! <333
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