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WIP Wednesday
Thanks for the tags @thewholelemon and @shrekgogurt. Your stuff looks so good (yes ALL of it Jenny! Stop doubting yourself!) and I cannot wait until it is out in the world. Thanks also to @hushed-chorus -- I already devoured the two fics on your list I had never heard of and they were SOO good! We're very much on the same wavelength with vamp angst.
You know what’s not as fun as everyone's updates? Developing a truly distinct voice for a fic and then trying to break out of it once you are done. I love my narrator for The Eternal Life of Baz Pitch, but flowery prose/omniscient third-person doesn't work for most fics!
I'm trying to ease my transition back into first person POV switching by writing a sequel to my EGF fic, Kill Em With Kindness. It doesn’t need a sequel, but it’s been a fun way to get back to throwing words on the page and seeing what sticks. (I wrote 1k words over the past couple days, which is way more than I have since I finished Eternal Life! Are the words any good? Debatable. But progress is progress...)
In the meantime, here is a bit of current Baz from chapter 5 under the cut. Not technically spoilery if you haven’t started reading, but honestly, you should be forced to wait just as long as everyone who has been reading for this meet-cute…so I forbid you from clicking if you haven’t started yet!!!
“Hey—uh—there’s a long line—” the young man smiles awkwardly, “—so if you aren’t ready, maybe you should step aside?”
Baz regains control of his mind and mouth briefly enough to utter an order. “Pumpkin mocha breve. Small.”
The young man laughs. “Are you a child?”
“What?”
“That drink sounds gross.” He wrinkles his nose. “Certainly much too sweet for a grown man to drink before his morning run.”
Baz is well and truly shocked from his reverie now. He glances at the young man’s name tag. Simon.
“I’m perfectly serious, Simon. Can you not make it?” Baz raises an eyebrow.
“I can.” Simon shrugs. “I’d rather not.”
Hellos and high-fives: @roomwithanopenfire, @cutestkilla, @beastmonstertitan, @bookish-bogwitch, @rbkzz (loving your art! keep it coming!)
@you-remind-me-of-the-babe, @youarenevertooold, @drowninginships, @valeffelees, @skee3000
@aristocratic-otter, @emeryhall, @cattocavo, @raenestee, @iamamythologicalcreature
@best--dress, @brilla-brilla-estrellita, @arthurkko, @noblecorgi, @larkral
@comesitintheclover, @artsyunderstudy, @ic3-que3n, @ivelovedhimthroughworse, @whatevertheweather
#I'm a rebel lol#I read it anyway#Looks like it'll be a good fic!#co/ws/awtwb#work in progress wednesday#monbons
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Welp, guess I'm posting it lol, Here is a sneak peek on the "Pub Scene" as I've been referring to it, for COARTREMIX. I'm hoping to have it done by Friday. Also the windows are supposed to look like stained glass and cross reeded so if anybody has any tips to make them look better then let me know cause I have no idea what I'm doing, though I still have a lot left to do so it might look vastly different when it's done.
Tags under the cut
@valeffelees @cultofsappho @cutestkilla @hushed-chorus @c0nsumemy5oul
@thewholelemon @that-disabled-princess @coartremix @aristocratic-otter @artsyunderstudy
@kianlime @rimeswithpurple
edit: only half of these tags seem to be working so if you get a bunch of notifications while I try to figure out why I apologize.
#omg I love the stained glass!#gorgeous#snowbaz#simon snow trilogy#work in progress wednesday#co/ws/awtwb#cosmicalart
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thank you for tagging me @thewholelemon !
27 passed 4k today so i’m taking that as a win. all this wip stuff is from that chapter.
One Baz POV & one Simon POV:
then some ch27 art in which i try to draw without a reference pose & struggle but ultimately it turns out Pretty Okay, + devereaux
@rainbow-0bsidian @ninemagicks @bookish-bogwitch @artsyunderstudy @noblecorgi @aristocratic-otter @blackberrysummerblog
#Such good snippets!#the drawings are brilliant too#Always good to see new words from you my friend#wip wednesday#snowbaz#thehoneyedhufflepuff
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WIP Wednesday
Thank you for the tags @hushed-chorus (such good fic recs) @shrekgogurt @prettygoododds @larkral!
Remember how Facebook and Livejournal used to encourage you to post your status in terms of how you were feeling? "Jenny Lemon is feeling..." and you had a vocabulary bank of emotions words that you could pick from. I need a daily, at times hourly, "Jenny Lemon is feeling..." about this COBB fic. Right now it would be "Jenny Lemon is second-guessing everything she has already written." Under the cut, tags and the conflicting thoughts I've been processing, often within seconds of each other, with a corresponding snippet:
Me: "I should try to push through writing more and not get distracted by knowing the first couple chapters are the hottest of messes."
Also me: "Sure but I could also just move the same paragraphs in the first 2 pages of chapter 1 around over and over and over until I fall asleep on the keyboard."
Snippet--the first lines I ever wrote on this fic. they've been in chapter 2, in chapter 3, in chapter 1 at the beginning, and now in the middle of chap 1: "Before my head goes back down on my desk, I let my eyes wander out the bank of windows along the wall. The Wavering Wood, dark and ancient, always thrumming with life. The green of the pitch close by. The beautiful old buildings, ancient stones stacked on top of each other, some impossibly tilted, all humming with magic. Some of these buildings I’m sure wouldn’t be upright without it. If anything ever threatened our magic, I think Watford couldn't stand it--literally."
Me: "too much about Fiona's car. this is a distraction and not relevant to the plot."
Also me, seconds later: "I should make a playlist with the theme song Fiona's car would play for every single person who's mentioned in this fic."
Snippet that is entirely irrelevant it's true, and yet why would I write if I couldn't make jokes that entertain myself?: "These days, the car is mostly held together with magic. If a Normal ever managed to steal it and got through the years of wards layered on it, I think it might crumble into a pile of dust. Among its many charming tricks, the passenger door only opens with shotgun, and then only half the time."
Me: "I'm trying to do too much with secondary characters. I should trim the side characters and maybe one of the side plots, focus on the main arc(s)."
Also me, seconds later after @facewithoutheart gave me the very best idea about how to work in a Veronica Mars element I had given up on: "What if I introduced at least 3 more characters and a NEW side plot without removing anything?????"
Snippet: "I’ve just got the door open when a motorcycle roars up beside me. I wince at the sound but [redacted] doesn’t even stir. It pulls up right beside the MG and the rider pulls off its helmet, its double jointed antenna unfurling.
'Pitch,' he snarls. 'I’ve been looking for you, arsehole.'
Fuck."
One extra spoiler for my marshmallows:
Feel free to complain to me about your writing, or you know what, brag to me too. Tell me it gets better:
@raenestee @bookish-bogwitch @mooncello @onepintobean
@martsonmars @technetiumai @brilla-brilla-estrellita @monbons @palimpsessed
@ileadacharmedlife @ivelovedhimthroughworse @youarenevertooold @iamamythologicalcreature @erzbethluna
@alleycat0306 @rimeswithpurple @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @orange-peony @blackberrysummerblog
@artsyunderstudy @cutestkilla @yellobb @run-for-chamo-miles @theearlgreymage
@ic3-que3n @cattocavo @theimpossibledemon @katatsumuli
@emeryhall @dohrnaira @aristocratic-otter @goblindad-emoshit @noblecorgi
@nightimedreamersworld @best--dress @supercutedinosaurs @nausikaaa @valeffelees
@whatevertheweather @roomwithanopenfire @drowninginships
@cosmicalart @thehoneyedhufflepuff @arthurkko
#I wish I could tell you or brag to you anything about writing but as far as I can tell I've got a different process from nearly anyone else#Or at least a different process from everyone who talks about their process#It's so cool to hear about yours! And fascinating to see how you think things through.#wip wednesday#cobb 2024#co/ws/awtwb#thewholelemon
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Thank you @shrekgogurt for the tag!
With the hockey fic finally finished and not looking over my shoulder anymore, I’ve been putting my efforts into my COBB fic and my “for fun” fic. Thank you @aristocratic-otter for betaing my for fun fic. I’ve looked forward to your feedback and it’s motivated me to write.
Having said all that, who’s ready for a little angsty Snobaz knight action?
“Lady Wellbelove, could I be so bold to ask for a token to give me luck today?” Baz asks Lady Wellbelove with a flirty smile.
To my surprise, she not only responds, but looks mildly interested in Baz’s request. A spark of jealousy ignites in my chest and my mind is screaming “why him?!”.
“Do you rely on luck, my Lord? Or skill?” She asks with a coy smile of her own.
“Both. As most men do,” he says.
“You don’t need luck if you have the skill,” I interrupt.
And we’ll stop there as it gets a bit spoilery after that.
Hope everyone has a fabulous Wednesday
Tags: @ic3-que3n @dohrnaira @thewholelemon @facewithoutheart @artsyunderstudy
@imagineacoolusername @shemakesmeforget @ivelovedhimthroughworse @ionlydrinkhotwater @wellbelesbian
@rimeswithpurple @aristocratic-otter @cutestkilla @blackberrysummerblog @nausikaaa
@supercutedinosaurs @nightimedreamersworld @valeffelees @iamamythologicalcreature @ileadacharmedlife
@martsonmars @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @hushed-chorus @roomwithanopenfire @youarenevertooold
@noblecorgi
#lol you're welcome#Ooh I haven't seen this bit yet#work in progresss wednesday#prettygoododdsfic#carry on fandom
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Happy Wednesday y’all! I bring you big pining from the distance makes the heart grow ouchier chapter. (Y’all thought you had already seen the peak pining in IKABIKAM? Oh, dearests, you’ve seen NOTHING yet.)
Baz POV, present:
The loss of a fantasy. That’s all. It’s the loss of an escape that never would’ve been. Not in reality. Not in a way I actually want. And so, instead, the Instagram notification burns a hole in my pocket. A reminder I ignore for the time being. What’s a little longer? A little more? Forever and ever on.
I’m at a party.
I will talk. I will charm. I will have fun. Like muscle memory. Like the tattoos on my arm.
I had a life. I have a life.
Someone asks for my name.
“Basil,” I introduce, stressing the ‘ah’ sound.
It’s the most neutral option. Friendly enough, but not overly so. Basilton is too contrived in the American accent and for all my resoluteness, I still don’t want to be called Baz right now. Not without the ghost of a Celtic lilt. (How the notification burns, indeed.)
I forgot! I get to announce chapter titles in the wipsday posts! So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings of course. It’s only natural.
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Alright I’m tagging! I wish I had a list I just copy and pasted but tumblr actually hates linking tags that way so I just go down the alphabet every week and hope I don’t miss anyone.
@alexalexinii @artsyunderstudy @aristocratic-otter (started reading The Snow Fox this morning btw) @bookish-bogwitch @brilla-brilla-estrellita @captain-aralias @cutestkilla @dani-vc @ebbpettier @emeryhall @erzbethluna @excalisbury @facewithoutheart @fatalfangirl @hagnoart @hushed-chorus @iamamythologicalcreature @ileadacharmedlife @ineffable-grimm-pitch @j-nipper-95 @larkral @letraspal @martsonmars @messofthejess @mitranian @monbons @mooncello @ninemagicks @nightimedreamersworld @onepintobean @palimpsessed @prettygoododds @raenestee @rimeswithpurple @roomwithanopenfire @theearlgreymage @theimpossibledemon @thewholelemon @urban-sith @valeffelees @whogaveyoupermission @wellbelesbian @yellobb @youarenevertooold @you-remind-me-of-the-babe
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Six Sentence Sunday
Hey friends! Long time no post. I feel like time is absolutely slipping away from me recently, but I finally finished a big project I've been working on since last year and I'm both so excited to share it with you soon and also SO glad to just be done so I can focus a bit more on other projects.
Like this one! My fic Apres which I really can't share much about until it's posted. But here's some relatively spoiler free Niamh and Agatha.
I grab some pants from the floor and get them halfway up my legs before realizing they’re Niamh’s. When I turn to face her she’s giving me a quizzical look, and I just keep tugging them up. She raises an eyebrow.
“You can have mine. If you like.”
“You’re strange,” she says, and it sounds (and feels) more like, “You’re deeply attractive.” Which, well, I know. But she never lets me know it, so I’ll bask in it, thanks very much. I find my own lacy knickers and toss them into her lap. She doesn’t comment as she pulls them on.
“Do you wear these all the time? [redacted]? They can’t be comfortable long term,” she grouses, snapping the waistband.
“You’d be surprised.”
And here is a teeny preview from my Big Secret Project (that a handful of people have sussed me out over already ahahaha)
Tags under the cut!
@shemakesmeforget @stitchyqueer @rimeswithpurple @imagineacoolusername @martsonmars @valeffelees @ileadacharmedlife @aristocratic-otter @urban-sith @letraspal @palimpsessed @whatevertheweather @nightimedreamersworld @carryonsimoncarryonbaz @raenestee @moodandmist @shrekgogurt @whogaveyoupermission @onepintobean @ebbpettier @captain-aralias @fatalfangirl @prettygoododds @ivelovedhimthroughworse @mysterioussheep @c0nsumemy5oul @facewithoutheart @j-nipper-95 @alexalexinii @iamamythologicalcreature @supercutedinosaurs @best--dress @messofthejess @mooncello @orange-peony @chen-chen-chen-again-chen @bookish-bogwitch @confused-bi-queer @youarenevertooold @that-disabled-princess @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @theearlgreymage @blackberrysummerblog @nausikaaa @thewholelemon @cutestkilla @emeryhall @hushed-chorus @forabeatofadrum
#I've got no idea on the secret project lol#eyeing that 'redacted' though.#artsyfic#six sentence sunday#snowbaz#brobelove
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Six Sentence Sunday
hello friends! thank you for the tags @wellbelesbian @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @monbons @bookish-bogwitch @cutestkilla @roomwithanopenfire @ic3-que3n @thehoneyedhufflepuff , excited about literally all of these things. so happy to be here enjoying the fruits of your labor.
I switched gears this week and tried to go back and edit what I have for COBB instead of pushing forward with writing future chapters. Whatever works to keep from getting psyched out or overwhelmed, right? I was able to force myself into the right headspace with some really helpful feedback in hand & I think it's coming along. Right now I'm trying to figure out exposition that isn't boring, that has the right foreshadowing, and that doesn't feel forced. Turns out that is...tricky? who would've known? very grateful for betas who will tell me if it's not working. I would really like it to work!
tags, Fiona's car, and 90s music moments under the cut.
And I’m grateful to be able to borrow the car, but I have to brace myself before turning the key. (Yes, it still uses a key; Fiona managed to make it growl if someone parks too close to it but she couldn't figure out keyless entry?) I brace myself because I'm not sure what's going to begin blasting from the radio. Fiona doesn't even remember what spell she used on that; it only plays the music she listened to in the 90s and early 2000s and somehow, it's frequently in tune with her moods. Once, when Nico complained about being the one to pick up takeaway again, it played nothing but No Scrubs by TLC for two straight weeks. We've tried dozens of times to undo it (or at least I have. I don't believe she's really trying. At times I even suspect she enjoys it). I've come around on the musical era but there's limits to any song's repeatability.
I had a work event this weekend, which was not fun and also exhausting, so I'm going to try to sneak in a nap now. I hope you get a nap if that's your thing!
@hushed-chorus @raenestee @facewithoutheart @larkral @mooncello
@onepintobean @martsonmars @brilla-brilla-estrellita @shrekgogurt @palimpsessed
@ileadacharmedlife @ivelovedhimthroughworse @youarenevertooold @iamamythologicalcreature @erzbethluna
@alleycat0306 @rimeswithpurple @orange-peony @prettygoododds @blackberrysummerblog
@artsyunderstudy @yellobb @run-for-chamo-miles @theearlgreymage @cattocavo
@supercutedinosaurs @valeffelees @emeryhall @dohrnaira @whatevertheweather
@theimpossibledemon @melodysmash @katatsumuli @nightimedreamersworld @best--dress
@aristocratic-otter @goblindad-emoshit @noblecorgi @alexalexinii
@drowninginships @cosmicalart @arthurkko
#Fiona managed to make it growl if someone parks too close to it#Lol I love this new Fiona lore#Amazing#cobb 2024#six sentence sunday#co/ws/awtwb#thewholelemon
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Welcome back to slutty Sunday feat Baz.
Thank you for the tags today and wednesday: @cutestkilla @bookish-bogwitch @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @wellbelesbian @prettygoododds @rimeswithpurple
Tagging: @theearlgreymage @noblecorgi @run-for-chamo-miles @angelsfalling16 @thewholelemon @ileadacharmedlife @artsyunderstudy @nausikaaa @aristocratic-otter @youarenevertooold @onepintobean @iamamythologicalcreature @shrekgogurt @confused-bi-queer @palimpsessed @martsonmars @skeedelvee @ivelovedhimthroughworse @whogaveyoupermission @nightimedreamersworld @johnwgrey @mostlymaudlin @raenestee @ionlydrinkhotwater @wolfywordweaver @fatalfangirl @erzbethluna @bazzybelle @kohatenz @foolofabookwyrm-activated @facewithoutheart @moodandmist @chen-chen-chen-again-chen @stardustasincocaine @ileadacharmedlife @j-nipper-95 @larkral @stitchyqueer @imagineacoolusername @brilla-brilla-estrellita @moodandmist @blackberrysummerblog @valeffelees @best--dress @monbuns @roomeithanopenfire and anyone who wants!
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Thanks for the tags today @wellbelesbian @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @bookish-bogwitch and @monbons! I love your WIPs/fics tremendously. And thanks to all my other lovelies who keep tagging me every wipsday even though I only seem to share every 6 weeks or so 😂. Contrary to how it may appear, I am consistently working away on Chapter 5 of Hiding Out in the Open and I'm SO CLOSE to being done.
Anyway, let's catch up with way more than six sentences of Baz in one of my favourite places: mid-spiral.
What would Snow think it meant that I sent this to him?
“Every time I said this reminds me of you, what I really meant was: this reminds me of me,” I’d told him once. Why did I ever say that?
Why did I tell him anything reminded me of him, ever? Why didn’t I stop for a single solitary second to consider the dangerous precedent it would set, or how ridiculously transparent I was being with my secret garden and my cute snacks and my desperate incentives to let me close?
Fuck me, what if he thought this was the reveal I’d idiotically teased to lure him out on a Friday night?
"Surprise, Snow! I fell for you the moment we met, spent half the ensuing years mistaking the intense pain of knowing I could never have you for hatred, and the remainder pining after you in miserable silence and planning to die by your sword. Let’s discuss the psychological implications in painstaking detail! I brought popcorn!"
Tags and hellos under the cut friends!
@artsyunderstudy @shrekgogurt @ivelovedhimthroughworse @hushed-chorus @thewholelemon
@emeryhall @creepyspice @iamamythologicalcreature @whatevertheweather @facewithoutheart
@aristocratic-otter @j-nipper-95 @fatalfangirl @mooncello @forabeatofadrum @raenestee
@onepintobean @martsonmars @prettygoododds @run-for-chamo-miles @blackberrysummerblog
@that-disabled-princess @best--dress @stitchyqueer @brilla-brilla-estrellita @valeffelees
@cosmicalart @urban-sith @captain-aralias @rimeswithpurple @ileadacharmedlife
@nightimedreamersworld @orange-peony @larkral @ic3-que3n @technetiumai
@theearlgreymage @palimpsessed @angelsfalling16 @whogaveyoupermission @youarenevertooold
#Love the Baz mental rant lol#I can't wait for this to be done!#six sentence sunday#co/ws/awtwb#cutestkilla
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Thanks for the tags, @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @monbons and @wellbelesbian. I'm excited to check out your WIPs.
Instead of something in progress, here are a dozen or so sentences from Chapter 7 of Basil Pitch's Diary, which posted yesterday. It's summer holiday, and our young hero is trying out Grindr.
“Hi, I’m Mick.”
Ding-dong. Mick had a thick blond moustache and sat astride a chestnut mare. He’d used some filter for a nostalgic eighties effect. Cliché—but those thighs. He could snap me in half. He could snap the horse in half. He—
Wait.
I knew that horse.
Clara had been my mother’s, and was already a nag by the time I was born. Those thighs belonged to Michael, our groom, and that photo was at least thirty years old.
Swiped left.
Will Baz find summer love? Will Michael find an age-appropriate date? And what's going on with Simon? Find conclusive answers to none of these questions in the latest chapter update!
Tags below the cut.
Hello! Whatcha doin', you reading this and also @facewithoutheart @thewholelemon @comesitintheclover @mooncello @ivelovedhimthroughworse
@artsyunderstudy @raenestee @ileadacharmedlife @skeedelvee @moodandmist
@emeryhall @ic3-que3n @theearlgreymage @thehoneyedhufflepuff @ninemagicks
@cutestkilla @rimeswithpurple @nightimedreamersworld @scone-lover @stardustasincocaine
@fatalfangirl @hushed-chorus @martsonmars @onepintobean @iamamythologicalcreature
@blackberrysummerblog @excalisbury @nausikaaa @youarenevertooold @forabeatofadrum
@carryonsimoncarryonbaz @aristocratic-otter @larkral @alleycat0306 @carryonvisinata
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Six Some Sentences Sunday
Thank you to @you-remind-me-of-the-babe for the tag! Your snippet of Back and Back and Back was lovely. Little baby Baz with a smiling, knowing Simon was adorable.
After the major reveal of Chapter 4, it is going to get harder to do updates without huge spoilers for those of you who have not yet started reading. There are only two solutions to that problem: 1) you can no longer click on my previews at all--I know some of you have been reading them even though you aren't reading the actual fic yet!--or an even better solution, 2) you start reading! You won't regret it, I promise.
With that in mind, the first two paragraphs of Chapter 5 should be safe for everyone, even if you haven't been completely sucked in by The Eternal Life of Baz Pitch yet. (Although seriously, what are you waiting for???)
Hampshire, England
March 8, 1708
Natasha has always insisted that glassworkers are forged in the crucible of heartbreak. After all, to become a master glassblower, the kind that produces tableware worthy of the crown, means years of suffering, of failure and injury, of glass gone wrong in every way imaginable, before finally producing anything of note, anything worth keeping.
Baz may have grown up a glassworker, but his crucible is only just beginning.
Hellos and high fives! @emeryhall, @thewholelemon, @cutestkilla, @bookish-bogwitch, @raenestee
@roomwithanopenfire, @beastmonstertitan, @drowninginships, @valeffelees, @iamamythologicalcreature
@best--dress, @hushed-chorus, @brilla-brilla-estrellita, @shrekgogurt @youarenevertooold
@arthurkko, @noblecorgi, @aristocratic-otter, @comesitintheclover, @ivelovedhimthroughworse
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Happy Sunday everyone! I’m quite shocked we’re 3/4 of the way through April. Where did this month go? On the other hand, it’s getting warmer and summer is around the corner, so bring it on!
I’ve got a snippet from Back and Back and Back, my time travel AU fic. Chapters 1 and 2 are written and half of 3 and 4 as well. It might be a while before I post, though, because I kind of want to have it all or mostly written first. It’s been a long time since I’ve written something not connected to a fest or event, so its nice having the luxury of time for this one. Here’s a bit of six year old Baz with his Dragon Man friend from Chapter 1 again:
“Jammie Dodgers? How’d you know those were my favorites?”
I smile proudly, even though I didn’t know that, but his bright smile and playful tone relaxes me.
“Would you like some?” I ask, stepping forward and holding the biscuits up to him.
“Thanks, Baz,” he says, reaching to take one and then wandering over to a fallen log to sit.
“It’s Basil,” I correct, following him over and sitting next to him on the log. He kicks his long legs out, crossing them at the ankle. I try to copy him and frown at how short my legs look compared to his. “Nobody calls me Baz.”
“Right, sorry,” he says, shaking his head with a smirk on his lips. “Keep forgetting.”
Tags/thank yous/hellos @whatevertheweather @bookish-bogwitch @cutestkilla @artsyunderstudy @emeryhall @aristocratic-otter @whogaveyoupermission @ileadacharmedlife @ivelovedhimthroughworse @monbons @noblecorgi @mooncello @wellbelesbian @prettygoododds @best--dress @roomwithanopenfire @facewithoutheart @run-for-chamo-miles @that-disabled-princess @forabeatofadrum @rimeswithpurple @thewholelemon @blackberrysummerblog @hushed-chorus @iamamythologicalcreature @valeffelees @orange-peony @youarenevertooold @shrekgogurt @ic3-que3n @angelsfalling16 @raenestee @brilla-brilla-estrellita @alexalexinii @arthurkko @supercutedinosaurs @beastmonstertitan
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Some Sentences Sunday
thanks for the tags this week @prettygoododds and @forabeatofadrum!
i couldn't find a way to whittle this down to six sentences, so you get however many this is instead.
this is from one of my upcoming @carry-on-sapphic-week fics, it's fem!Snowbaz. you might remember i shared a different snippet of it a few weeks ago.
under the cut for slight nsfw-ness.
“So, can we see what you drew?” Nellie asks eagerly.
“I lost the drawing.”
“Yeah, right.” Devi smirks. “It’s probably taped to your ceiling.”
“Believe it or not, I’m not actually so egotistical as to masturbate to my own art.” I retort as Nellie giggles. Besides, I think to myself, Snow has an instagram.
I’m not proud of myself for that one.
and here's something for @carryon-disability-week for good measure!
We’ve gotten halfway round the reservoir, and I think I understand how Simon felt when he was about to go off. I’m absolutely fuming, seething, because the blasted cane is actually helping, and I can’t stop smiling despite myself.
My leg barely hurts at all. We’ve walked so much farther than I thought we would manage, and Simon is extremely pleased with himself. With his dreadful coat and its godforsaken inside pockets.
He’s trying to be humble about it, but he keeps giving me these glances. I catch him at it again and knock my shoulder into his.
“Smug bastard.”
tags and hellos: @forabeatofadrum @j-nipper-95 @artsyunderstudy @that-disabled-princess @prettygoododds @confused-bi-queer @imagineacoolusername @ic3-que3n @aristocratic-otter @larkral @hushed-chorus @ivelovedhimthroughworse @shemakesmeforget @fatalfangirl @ebbpettier @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @cutestkilla @youarenevertooold @alexalexinii @shrekgogurt @bookish-bogwitch @thewholelemon @supercutedinosaurs @shutup-andletme-go @theearlgreymage @ileadacharmedlife @alleycat0306 @carryonsimoncarryonbaz @comesitintheclover @blackberrysummerblog and @orange-peony
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I had fun with this chapter. I hope y'all do too!
Chapter 10: A Fox Hunt
Shepard
It’s my first raid as a member of the Snow Fox’s troop, and I can’t stop fidgeting with excitement. My finger keeps fiddling with the trigger of my rifle, set in the scabbard next to my saddle. We’re short on horses, so Penny is riding behind me, and I can feel her excitement too, from the quick patter of her heart against my back.
We set off this morning before daybreak; Simon had gotten word that Cornwallis was sending a shipment of gunpowder and ammunition by riverboat down the Santee river. Tarleton had sent only half a company, twenty or so men to collect it, because his other units were occupied with the war effort.
Only twenty men–that spells opportunity for the Snow Fox.
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WIP Wednesday
2024.04.08 - 2024.04.17
A collection of the WIP fics that have posted in the last week.*
The Eternal Life of Baz Pitch [M, 3/15] by monbons
Just Some Guy [T, 4/9] by maanorchidee
lost boys [M, 2/5] by mooncello with art by Jodotha
Only Creatures [E, 4/11] by emeryhall
On The Rocks [M, 7/25] by NobleCorgi
Proof of Life [T, 4/17] by IL46
Stars, Flowers, and Children [E, 2/20] by Aristocratic_Otter
summerland [T, 12/26] by ineffable_grimm_pitch
*Only including WIPs with a defined chapter count.
Creator tags under the cut.
Tags because when I tried to tag next to the fic links, half of them broke, and even this way I had to format it oddly. In order of fic:
@monbons
@forabeatofadrum
@mooncello @iamamythologicalcreature
@emeryhall
@noblecorgi
@roomwithanopenfire
@aristocratic-otter
@ineffable-grimm-pitch
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WIP Wednesday
Thank you to @emeryhall and @thewholelemon for the tags. Special thanks to EVERYONE who shared advice or encouraging words on my last post. I am actively putting all of your words into practice and just taking a break to fill my cup, which looks like reading fics, baking treats, and exercising.
This upcoming chapter is on the shorter side and contains one of the bigger reveals of the fic (two if you are a super close reader like @cutestkilla), so I can't post too much.
Instead, I'll pull the curtain back on the writing process as @bookish-bogwitch did and share a picture of a note I made on the outline for a future chapter that I find amusing.
In the spirit of bait and switch, here are two lines where someone will gasp in chapter 4 and it will not be for sexy reasons...
Baz closes his eyes, gasps softly, and nods.
“Basil!” she gasps. “What happened in the woods?”
Hellos and high-fives! @roomwithanopenfire, @raenestee, @best--dress, @beastmonstertitan, @valeffelees
@hushed-chorus, @iamamythologicalcreature, @drowninginships, @you-remind-me-of-the-babe, @arthurkko
@brilla-brilla-estrellita, @noblecorgi, @aristocratic-otter, @comesitintheclover, @ivelovedhimthroughworse
#lol everyone has so much more process than I do#I don't handwrite any of it for one#wip wednesday#co/ws/awtwb#monbons
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