#i haven't found an error yet in all the time this blog has been up

[polter-heist]

Please use a separate tag for DPxDC. I’m begging you I literally don’t give a flying fuck about dc I just want Danny Phantom content and I don’t want to wade through a bunch of DPxDC to find the occasional non-crossover post I’m fucking dying at the point

hey, anon, there's a simple fix, actually. block the #dp x dc tag I have and the #dc tag. because those are the tags I use. I make sure to tag things appropriately all the time on this page. you can use the search bar at the top of my page if you're on mobile like me and type in #dp. you will find all of my Danny Phantom posts. I have no prompts for just dp, so you're not gonna find anything from me, but you will find some thing's I've reblogged

now, if you're referring to the fact that I've tagged a few posts as "Danny Phantom", then once again, I bring to you my favourite function on tumblr. the fact that you can block tags. you'll see a lot of blocked out posts, sure, but it keeps like everyone happy.

I understand the dying part too it gets very frustrating looking through the dp tag sometimes and seeing Batman's face when I want to see Jazz. it gets annoying very quickly.

[blucifer08]

So I haven't done a "propaganda post" for the @woltourney in a while, so I figured I'd make another! I struggled to think of what I wanted to put for this one, but I finally decided on something. The thing that is most striking to me about Naru is the way she fights, and I'd like to share a little about the inspiration for how I write about her prowess on the battlefield.

As such, I will be putting this under a readmore, as it does contain descriptions of violence; all wols have to face danger on the battlefield after all!

You can vote here!

(also woltourney i'm not actually sure if descriptions of violence are against the rules for propaganda; if so just lmk and i will remove ;v; i couldn't find anything on the blog but i may have missed it)

!!!!!! so cw for gore and violence under the readmore, and here's a photo of Naru to go with it :) !!!!!!

Naru grew up as a toddler mostly alone. She was eventually picked up by Magnai when he found her out on the Steppe and he took her in as a younger sister. Naru's family had all been killed. As such, she had needed to manage on her own for a long time. This involved learning to hunt and kill animals on her own.

This wasn't easy. She had only a dull knife and needed to learn to carve out the right parts of the animal to eat, and a lot of it was trial and error. As such, she became pretty good at dismembering things.

So for Naru's fighting style, I took a lot of inspiration from a passage from the Zhuangzi. The Zhuangzi is a Daoist text (and a philosopher) full of short passages from which you can derive certain lessons about the world and about Daoism. It's a very complicated text and I spent a lot of time in classes in University going over it. (Funnily enough I feel like every professor had different ideas about what the texts inside meant.._

But there's one passage in particular that has always been my favorite.

Cook Ding laid down his knife and replied, "What I care about is the Way, which goes beyond skill. When I first began cutting up oxen, all I could see was the ox itself. After three years I no longer saw the whole ox. And now I go _ at it by spirit and don't look with my eyes. Perception and understanding have come to a stop and spirit moves where it wants. I go along with the natural makeup, strike in the big hollows, guide the knife through the big openings, and follow things as they are. So I never touch the smallest ligament or tendon, much less a main joint. "A good cook changes his knife once a year because he cuts. A mediocre cook changes his knife once a month because he hacks. I've had this knife of mine for nineteen years and I've cut up thousands of oxen with it, and yet the blade is as good as though it had just come from the grindstone. There are spaces between the joints, and the blade of the knife has really no thickness. If you insert what has no thickness into such spaces, then there's plenty of room more than enough for the blade to play about in. That's why after nineteen years the blade of my knife is still as good as when it first came from the grindstone.

This is from the Burtson Watson translation, I believe!

So yeah, it's this short little story about a butcher not needing to change his knife. The effort you will have to expend to do something is easier if you follow along the natural way. If you cut through the joins, you need not hack through bone. And this is how I've pictured Naru managing to get through her childhood--she had one shitty dull knife, but figured out that it would work as long as she cut correctly. And this gives her an edge in battle-- a horribly terrifying one, but an edge nonetheless. She is able to size people up and figure out the best places to cut. Here's a section from a fic I'm working on as comparison.

Slipping in and around the footmen is not that hard, really. They’re not prepared for someone as fast as her. Her eyes gravitate immediately to their weak points. Gaps in armor, gaps in clothing. Her blade slices through the elbow of an arm holding a weapon. She drags her knife through the back of a knee, sending someone to the ground. Every movement of her shoulder, every step she takes, every pressure of her joints while she swiftly and lightly wields her knife, all of this was as carefully planned and prepared as the routine of a dancer.

Every man is divided into parts. 

A good carver may change her knife once a year, but Naru has used the same knife all these years. One needs only to insert the thin blade in those places with space, cut through what need be cut and preserve what is left of your blade. 

Every man is divided into parts.

Naru makes it to the giant machine upon which rides the man she has been tasked with killing. She cannot divide the machine into the parts from which it was created; she knows not how it was built and from where it came. Instead she climbs the metal beast. Soldiers reach up to try and grab hold of her, drag her down. Others shoot wildly at her and by the tiniest stroke of luck, the bullets miss. The man at the control starts to throw the machine into a frenzy.

She grabs hold of some gap in the metal and hoists herself up to the top of the machine. She carefully keeps her balance, tilting her weight this way and that in order to keep herself at an equilibrium. Her tail swishes wildly for this effort. Every man is divided into parts. 

She takes a breath and leaps upon him. He unsheathes a sword but he doesn’t have time to harm her with it. Her blade makes it under his chin and slices that vein that gives life, releases his blood unto the world and all over her body. He sputters, grunts, groans. Blood drips from under his mask, choking on his own ichor. 

She has sliced a part that gives life, divided him from life and into death.

So, yeah! That's where Naru's fighting style really takes inspiration from. She is one of those fighters who kinda shuts off her mind a little and acts on natural instinct--it's just her instinct is good. She's calculated. It makes me happy, it's a point of pride for me. I did a lot of studying Chinese religion in school and I took many classes that went over the origins of Daoism and they always go over the Zhuangzi and make you read some of it, and I just always love to get to this passage. There are many other great passages too, though! But that's a conversation of it's own haha

That's my "propaganda post" this time around, I really just wanted an excuse to share one of my favorite things about Naru. I know it's long so if you ended up reading this far: thank you! and consider giving Naru your vote :D

[christronomy]

ੈ✩‧₊˚ . . . lovemaking with skz

⋆·˚ ༘ * hcs on what i think making love with each skz member would be like

pairing: ot8 x fem reader

cw: literally nothing else except smut but it's disgustingly soft and mushy. not 100% proofread, excuse any errors.

an: ik ik. everybody has already made hcs like this thousands of times. i js felt like writing my own cause i needa beat this writer's block. haven't really been in the best mental state. just so unmotivated and bleh. needed some extra comfort/emotional support. plus i never have actually written any ot8 content so i figured it's about time i should. anyways, enjoy. muah. 🫶🏻

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chan - he's definitely a protective lover, of course, especially in this scenario. wraps his arms around you and holds you as close as possible, makes sure that no one can reach you in this little space he's created for you in his embrace. his lips stay glued to yours the entire time cause he loves taking in your little whines and pants. will smile and chuckle softly against your lips whenever you make a sound or jolt a little cause he finds it so endearing that you're so sensitive and responsive. it's always slow, yet rough strokes, his cock reaching the deepest parts of you and making you shiver and clench every few thrusts, cause he's pressed against your body, legs entangled with yours in a way that keeps you spread open for him. there's also a lot of intense eye contact, soft whispers and moaning into each other's mouths while you make out. he's always gonna make sure no one can hurt you when you're like this. you're always safe with him.

minho - very sensual, although very quiet, but that doesn't mean he isn't enjoying it. he's all about facial expressions, body language, and eye contact. he studies your expression intently, the way your face contorts in pleasure when he thrusts into you at a particular angle, engraves that into his memory for next time. he's always gonna put you in several positions—gently, of course—to figure out what feels best. once he's found the best one, he's going at it super slow, swiveling his hips and angling them just right, eliciting the prettiest sounds from your lips that he just can't get enough of. they're so addicting to him. rarely ever moans or talks but will definitely purposely pant heavily in your ear so you'll know he's really loving this. super gentle with you, his touches are extremely delicate, as if you'll break if he's not careful enough, and the way he drops that cold demeanor, paying attention to your every want and need just makes you fall even more in love with him, if that's even possible.

changbin - you want extremely passionate, emotional lovemaking? he's the one. it's common knowledge that although he's all big and bad looking for the most part, he's actually a huge teddy bear and doesn't mind being vulnerable from time to time. might actually end up crying most sometimes, cause he just loves you so much he doesn't know what to do with himself, so he'll just burst into tears when he's about to cum, rutting into you desperately and whining out the sweetest yet softest "i love you's" in that cute little soft voice of his. he's more of a whiner than a moaner, but god does he sound so pretty. you're already swimming in pleasure as soon as he pushes his cock in, cause it stretches you out so nice (cccc™ iykyk), and that paired with his slow, soft thrusts, and the way he swivels his hips so deliciously, is literal heaven. sometimes he gets a little carried away and ends up rutting into you roughly, nonetheless he still makes sure to keep it at a pace that's comfortable for you. constantly touching you everywhere his hands can reach, his big, strong arms wrapping around you to hold you close against him cause he doesn't wanna be away from you for a second. looks at you with the biggest heart eyes like you're the only girl that exists in this world, cause if he's honest, in his mind, you kinda definitely are.

hyunjin - he gives me such a poetic lover vibes it makes me sick. in a good way though. when he makes love it's like when he's making art, in the sense that he pays attention to every detail. everything needs to be perfect to a T, he can't go wrong at all. he knows how to please you just right and constantly praises you, cause he needs you to understand how beautiful and amazing you are to him like he needs air to breathe. never stops whispering nice things that make you feel like you're literally on top of the world. "my muse, my precious, sweetest love. let me take care of you." begs to cum inside you so he can show you how much he really wants this, wants you, cause in his mind, that makes things a lot more intimate between you. also the constant hand holding. he can't function properly if he's not holding your hand. he loves watching your facial expressions and hearing your little sounds cause he thinks you're just soooo cute when you're feeling good. :( he's also one for intense eye contact, needs to see your face when you cum and isn't satisfied until you are first. his thrusts are slow, almost lazy, if he's not looking at you then he's got his face buried in your neck or collarbone, marking you up all for him. he doesn't care if anyone sees those marks, cause to him, they represent his love for you and you shouldn't be ashamed to show that.

jisung - so good with his words in a way that, if you could physically melt into a puddle whenever he praises you, you definitely would. gets super sappy and emotional and mushy cause he's just so pussy and love drunk for you that he doesn't know what to do with himself. doesn't care if he's overstimulated, he's gonna keep loving you until it hurts. cries but only sometimes, especially if it's been a while since you've last been together cause he misses you all the time. his mind is just always clouded with thoughts of you. dorky lover asf, doesn't hesitate to crack a joke or two but it doesn't necessarily ruin the mood, cause it's jisung and he's always like that, which is something that you've always loved so much about him. "damn, baby i missed you, craved you. so much so that... i swear... even when i wasn't sleeping i still dreamt of this moment every second i was away," he whispers softly, trailing soft kisses down your chest and abdomen, then coming back up to place a soft kiss onto your lips. "waitwaitwait... that might be good lyric for a song or something. hold on, lemme write that down," he says suddenly, reaching for his phone on the nightstand, but you quickly grab his wrist gently as you break into a fit of giggles. "later," you say, and he chuckles, nodding and lining his cock up with your entrance. his thrusts are super lazy, barely any friction but just enough to make you both sigh in relief. he's finally back home with you, back where he belongs, between your legs, and you best believe he's gonna make the most of it.

felix - definitely a crier. not full on sobbing or anything like that, but it's almost unusual for him to not shed at least one tear when he makes love to you. it's just that he spends a lot of time away from you cause he's so busy, but he wants you to know that you're the only one on his mind all the time, and he loves you so much, and just so many other things... it just gets overwhelming sometimes. so when he's finally got you in bed, spreading your legs gently and slipping inside your warmth, he's already on cloud nine, and the realization hits him like waves. "god, baby..." he starts, tears brimming his eyes, and you reach up to wipe them off his freckled cheeks tenderly, your brows furrowing as a concerned look crosses your features. "it's just been so long... i missed you so much... missed being so close to you like this," he whispers, short huffs escaping his lips at the first thrust, and he chuckles softly at the way you moan and sigh in relief. the sound is sweet like honey, music to his ears. if it were up to him, he'd make love to you like this all day, every day.

seungmin - fuck mean dom seungmin, i like whipped pussy drunk lover seungmin too much to see him like that tbh. he's so into intimacy it's like a second language or something. idk how to explain it. when he makes love to you, you truly feel connected. he's the type to make you forget that there's even a whole world with other people and things outside of the confines of the bed that you're sharing. he speaks to you so softly, touches you so gently, featherlight, but it feels like being hit with a ton of bricks at the same time. he's just so tender and gentle with you it's so gross. *squeals into pillow.* his thrusts and his cock are otherworldly. he'll pull out until it's just the tip inside you, then slowly thrust back in, cause lovemaking or not, he's still gonna tease you just a little bit. loves finding ways to make you squeal and call out his name, especially when you look up at him like he hung the stars for you while you do so. he adores you, and he loves being able to see that you adore him just as much.

jeongin - he even said himself he's not the type to say "i love you" very often, cause he doesn't want that phrase to be taken lightly when he says it. so of course, when he makes love to you, he makes sure it's meaningful, puts his all into it. it's just so sweet and intimate *sigh.* he's a relentless lover, doesn't stop til you're both spent, cause he just wants to make it known to you that you're his only one. he'll only ever love you like this. will literally look at you like you made the universe or something, idk it's just the way he'll give you puppy dog eyes, so full of pure love and adoration for you. loves holding your hands cause his are much larger than yours and he thinks that size difference is cute and teases you about how sensitive you get, especially during moments like these. but he only does it bc he likes to see your cheeks flush and the way you look away shyly. he just thinks you're so cute when you're whining and squirming under him, begging him to make you cum and babbling about how good he's making you feel and how you love him so much. "you love me? hmm? i love you too, pretty baby. now cum for me again. i wanna love you some more."

[mdhwrites]

Have you read The Raven & The Owlet? Very good very long Lilith & Luz fic by Soulfyre, Lumischa endgame

So I'm going to make this a sad one. I don't have to. My response could just be "Yay, Lumischa! But I haven't read it, sorry and it being long means I'm unlikely to get to it." But... I haven't properly finished a story in six years that wasn't my own. At least. And if that sounds insane to you, well... Have you ever read one of my blogs and just gone "Turn your brain off, Michael. Why can't you just sit back and enjoy?" And that's a fair response. Problem is my brain NEVER turns off. It never shuts up. It never has for my entire life and is probably something attributed to me being autistic. When I was young, books were actually somewhat of an escape from this. I could picture the worlds, get deeply invested and love what I read. I read so much that I often got told by teachers not to read and walk before proving that I was more aware of my surroundings than my peers because I learned how to read and walk. I did pretty well in Battle of the Books and acrewed a knowledge of writing from those years. Then when I was almost 18, I began writing and realized I loved it. It was my passion. At the same time, I was finally getting into fandom and enjoying the analyses videos put out by the brony community (MLP was my first and only other fandom I've truly been a part of besides TOH, take that as you will) and that fed my analytical side. Worse yet, reading takes time and I found I wanted to put that energy more into writing. And then came the coup de gra. I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety. So now I had a brain that couldn't shut up, hated myself, worried about everything, and could never stop considering things from a partially analytical viewpoint. And writing was my passion and what I was honing my craft with. I don't watch much media. I watch streamers and let's players. I can't criticize unscripted content that is just a person. I hate media, I don't hate people. That's because I can't HANDLE media all the time. I tried getting into Wednesday and had to take multiple breaks because the show made me so upset. My lack of much to say critically about Amphibia besides it being very good is probably part of why I fail to connect to it as I did with TOH. And in general, it's just hard for me to enjoy most things and if that sounds miserable, I AGREE. And writing is where I'm most severe, especially now that I'm at a level where fan editors don't usually have anything useful to say about my works unless it's a blatant error that comes from my hands going too fast. I tried helping someone recently and took ten minutes getting through the first paragraph because I had so much to say about why I suggested minor shifts. I will find every little thing needling into my brain while reading something and while I can tell I've relaxed, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to work with another author on a project, that side of me is still there. And that amount of time and focus is deeply triggering for me. It's part of why I don't do self edits. I literally can't spare the time if I ever want to write. And none of this is happy. I don't like using this as an excuse. I want to be a part of writer communities. I want to help people take the same route I did in learning to write. To give back like others gave to me. I just... can't. Not without getting into a really bad mood or just having a complete mental breakdown. And I'm sorry about that because I'd love to be able to discuss and highlight fandom ideas and works here. It just isn't something that's going to happen until I have more peace in my own mind.

[howtosurvivebeingsingle]

I Do, Do I?

If you follow my regular blog that I rarely post on, you'll know that my heterosexual roomie proposed to me. The thing is, we're both hetero females that decided that instead of getting married by 50 at the rate we're going, we may as well. The amount of benefits married couples get while they're still in college is ridiculous. We have friends that live a town away that are both married since they graduated high school and the amount of money they were able to save landed them a cozy four-bedroom house. Sounds too good to be true, and believe me I wish it were. I am still attending my local university myself trying to double major, as is my roommate. We both have multiple jobs to support our apartment but with expenses, we're borderline broke. There's enough to get by, that being said when classes start is where the trouble begins. Marriage is looking pretty tempting right now. Is it really all it's cracked out to be? Here are the details I've heard so far; You get generous financial aid meaning starving is less likely, Married life is less expensive which is less cost of living in an apartment or house, Mutual motivation from your spouse (depends but mine's fine), and it prepares you for what marriage is actually like.

In Short, my maybe wife and I will pay less for college, less for housing, have that emotional support most people lack, and get a taste of what being married to a man is like (sort of). The bargain is that if we actually go through with this, we'll still date men as we please and if we're in an actual relationship and the guy proposes we get a divorce. Imagine your maid of honor is your ex-wife? There's more humor to it. He picks you up for a date and she's watching tv. Before you go, "Bye Honey!", or she gets the door for you and introduces herself as your actual married wife. The situation is so complex that I'm actually near writing a book about it. Here's where I advertise my Finding Mr. Darcy book trilogy that's in the works. If there's one thing I know about, it's being single. I'm the Carrie Bradshaw of singles instead of sex, that is if I can even claim that title. I asked my friend if he thought being married had all the perks and he said this; "It's a pipedream trying to trap singles into thinking life is better with someone else. True as that last statement maybe, the rest is not. The idea is that after marriage it's time to settle down. You move into a cottage in the plains, wide-open spaces where all the little kids can run around. Your husband comes back from work and the two of you snuggle in bed without a care, it's bullshit. Girls and I mean girls are too high maintenance now that you've got to give them everything they want or it's no deal. Hell, you're even lucky to find a woman who actually wants to care for you as much as herself. Total pipedream, and waste in this century."

That was the first time I had ever heard him speak so hopelessly about love. I expected an answer like "No, true love is out there somewhere." as he often said, but this was not the case at all. Either he was in a really bad mood that day, or I don't know my best friend like I thought I did. The next day, I decided to take a look at married couples in the workplace, by workplace, I mean my job in digital services. From what I was seeing was a lot of arguing. Either the man would be on the computer and the woman was nagging on him the whole time or the woman was on the computer and the man was making her feel like she was stupid. If both parties were separate, the wife would call every ten minutes to ask meaningless questions, or the wife was present with two or more hyper kids. It was hard for them to get anything done with or without their spouse present. I also decided to take a look at single parents and the closest one was my sister. In 2019, she got pregnant with my nephew by her boyfriend Will. She had him in march of 2020, so he's about a year old and beginning to get used to his legs. When she's home, she's stressed from being home from work, and on her off days, she's stressed with her son's rambunctious behavior. Our mother watches him when she's working her ten-hour shifts and leaves the rest to her when she gets back. Pretty soon it'll just be my sister and her kid when mom moves down south of the US. Both can verify that he's quite the handful and with my experience, he is. That doesn't mean I love him any less, but my share of babysitting isn't any easier.

The situation is mutual whether you're married or not with kids. Stress with a side of stress and exhaustion. Putting kids aside, I've seen couples without kids like my maybe wife's other best friend. Things seem all prim and proper when they come to visit, but according to her, they still manage to argue almost on a daily. My coworkers feel the same way about marriage life even when I had explained my situation. They continued to urge me to take things into careful consideration before jumping head into marriage. I kept getting negative answers from people despite my search to find some hope for the situation. Then the question crossed my mind; despite the fairytale images given to us in childhood, is it really worth the trouble of getting married?

Julie: "It always ends in tears. Someone leaves, someone dies, or you get a divorce."

Varsha: "So long as they compliment you. You need support from both parties for it to work."

Denny: "It depends. You don't need a man or woman to support you all the way, you can do fine just being single. My wife and I are great, but I'd be just as fine alone."

Enzo: "No. All odds are against you in the long run. The woman finds someone else to bug and takes half of everything."

Annie: "It's more of a want than a need. The best thing is not to be pressured into it if you're not 100% into it."

Vinny: "Only if you're ready and trust each other all the way."

Marcus: "The question you should be asking is if friendship is worth it. That's what it really comes down to."

Lori: "It can be fulfilling despite the fear of failure."

The answers kept leading me in circles and in the end, I wound up back where I started. It was a total toss-up of whether you got heads or tails, but I wasn't about to give in that easily. I decided to take my venture to a baseball game on Friday and what I saw there nearly startled me. A couple of 65 years renewed their vows at the stadium. I started to think that maybe all it did take was a bit of compromise and despite half the negativity from my interview and friends there really is someone for everyone. Perhaps the divorced people just haven't found the right person just yet. Like my grandmother on my mother's side, she married four men before she met my grandfather and they've been together almost fifty years. I guess you could say it was a task of trial and error, but it worked out in the long run. Neither of them has ever had a reason to want to divorce. Before I leave questions unanswered, yes my grandfather too also had his share of divorces. The numbers don't seem to matter, only the fact that there really could be someone out there for everyone. A glimmer of hope to end this rather late and brief update. I wonder if there really is hope, is there still time for we singles of every shade and orientation. Is there truly that soulmate we all long for somewhere besides where we are? Until next time and Much Love Your Way Darlings!

[gogoichirin]

I just found out about Vitya Diaries and from there Never Look Away and I'm... speechless. I haven't started because I don't have the time now to read that much content but I'm flabbergasted. I've read YOI fanfics but this is different. I have to know if you're a published writer. I mean, it's really a YA novel isn't it? I'm SUPER EXCITED!!!! WOW. Like really, I can't imagine the effort you must've put. Thank you so much for creating something like that. I almost mistook it for official info.

Ha! Your enthusiasm is so heartwarming! Thank you so much for your question. :)

To set the record straight, though, no. I’m not published. Not yet. I’ve written three original young adult novels, and started several others, but left them on the in my drawer. My current work in progress, though, is a manuscript that I’m rewriting as a middle grade novel that I have had workshopped and queried to agents. At one point, it was a finished 105k, then 75k finished YA novel… But y'know, you gotta do what’s best for the story. :’) I ended up scrapping ALL of the prose, basically, to rewrite… And while the new 15k is so, so much better- and the agents I showed in December were REALLY excited by it - have so much more to go…

Which, actually, is kind of why I’m working on NLA (and Vitya Diaries) in the first place. I was getting so burnt out on writing and never getting to share my work with anyone but a couple of agents and my very, very close friends, when I really wanted to reach my readers and have fun. So Krista (@mamodewberry) asked me to take a break and write another fanfic with her after my last workshop was done.

It was the best idea. I totally pulled a Viktor and ran away from Yakov/my novel.

But since I don’t usually write 3rd person adult fiction, I started to miss the YA scene… so Krista indulged me in writing Vitya Diaries as a side project. By the time it’s done, it will be a (slightly longer than an agent would prefer) completed YA novel, yes. Lol lol lol. ;)))

I hope this very long response answers your question! Thanks again for your interest, and I hope you enjoy when you read! It’s been a LOT of fun to write!

…Especially since I still don’t have to do the hours and hours and hours of proof reading and editing that I normally do with my real novels credit reading to agents, just some. Buwahaha >:)

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OKAY, I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS FOR LIKE… FIVE MORE MINUTES and I have some additional thoughts:

Krista has also written books. Like, a huge 3-novel series that she’s had queried but not published, either. That’s part of the whole publishing deal. No one gets published on the first try. She’s worked in a publishing house doing administration work, too. 

Neither of us really come from a traditional fic-writing background. I was an illustration/english major at my university, and part of that included my Writing for Children & Adolescents professor asking me to start a weekly critique group for class… which just sort of never stopped? By and by, people from other classes joined, and then people who didn’t go to our school joined, too. I invited Krista, too. So we’ve been workshopping each other’s writing “to get ready for publication” for well over 10 years now. 

Clearly, the stuff we post for the fic isn’t… uhhh… nearly as strict as what we would send for an agent. There are way more typos and adverbs than either of us would EVER let go out, and wow there are way too many themes and the word count is RIDICULOUSLY off target. But what is fanfic if not a little indulgent? :);;; 

Still, though… we have story sessions, we have outlines, we always go through several iterations for each scene to debate concepts and make sure that our themes are being reinforced… Each character has been assigned to one of us to make sure that background details and characterization is consistent, that we don’t contradict previous scenes… We do research on locations, events, cultural tidbits, language and food, consult with locals when we can, read blog articles and travel posts when we can’t. We rewatch episodes before each chapter, both sub and dub, often multiple times, and we beta each other’s work (often two or three times over). There are still TONS of errors, but we’re trying not to stress too much. It’s still a fun project but we’re doing our best for the time we have.

Once NLA is done, I’ll get back to work on my MG manuscript and send it out to my top three agents list. If it gets picked up, they’ll send it to editors to sell it. Once it gets under contract, then it’ll be on shelves in… like.. two more years! HURRAY~!!!  

lol publishing :’) 

this is how yoi saved my life