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“Thorin you self sacrificial bastard I’m gonna kick your ass.”
~Definitely one of my favourite comments I’ve ever had on a fic 😂
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SLAMS DOOR OPEN
YOURE MIRAHERONDALE ON AO3. I NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH I LOVE THE VEILED KING. I HAVE READ IT *AT LEAST* EIGHT TIMES.
God. I’ve left comments but I love your work. It’s so good. Every day I check to see if you’ve updated. You’ve got a talent for describing a setting, and also for making me Feel Emotions over these characters!!! It’s great!!!
- Salt_OfTheEarth
HAHAHAHA Indeed I am! Hey Salt!
I did try to change the user name, but that would invalidate previously shared links so I refrained. MiraHerondale goes back to my school days, when I was way too much into the Shadowhunters’ books and it stuck with me.
I FEEL SO HONOURED THAT YOU LIKE IT THAT MUCH!! No, seriously, that does feed my angsty muses!
My writing is slower these days due to work and general exhaustion, but I’m working on next chapters. I’d like to keep posting consistent, and try not to go beyond the three weeks mark in between one chapter and another. Alas, life is funny sometimes and has a tendency to be annoyingly busy whenever you need time to do stuff. I suffer for you checking for updates every day 😂
I’m glad you like the descriptions! Sometimes I do wonder if I explain too much or lingering more than I should on explaining the way the light falls on a certain object (I find myself writing some very unnecessarily poetic descriptions and get lost in the details, and that is a black hole of never ending text on itself), so Im glad it’s not annoying, or it doesn’t feel like it slows the narrative pace too much.
In any case, thank you so much for slamming open the ask door and reaching out 💜 I’ll take some time on Monday to answer all the new comments, because yes… I read them the moment they get posted and I live for them 💜 I’m just slow replying 🥲
I’ll hopefully have a new chapter soon-ish!
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I just found out one of my favorite AO3 authors of all time is a fucking neurosurgeon which was surprising initially just because I often forget AO3 writers are real people and not smut angels sent down from the heavens to make us feel alive, but in hindsight it makes perfect sense.
they are a fucking genius so. they just apply that genius to multiple fields.
#both of my jobs are in custom framing#one job I do some assembly and design frames for ppl#(which I love)#the other I’m step one in assembly— I cut the wood down to size to be assembled into frames#(which I also love)
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Yet another fanfic writer ask game!
Compliment your writing!
How do you react to positive comments?
How do you react to negative comments?
Post a screenshot of one of your favorite comments
Quote one of your fics out of context
Vaguely spoil one of your fics without telling us which one it is
Share the first line of your five most recently published fics
Share the last line that you wrote
Tell us your favorite thing to drink when you write
Tell us your favorite thing to snack on when you write
What fandom do you write for most often?
What fandom do you want to write for more often?
Do you ever write crossovers?
What two fandoms would you write a crossover for?
What fic of yours would you most like to rewrite?
What is one of your favorite words or phrases to use in writing?
What trope is your favorite to write?
What trope have you not written yet, but want to?
What headcanon do you always include in your stories?
What was the last thing you researched for a story?
What do you do when you get writer's block?
When do you usually write? (day of the week or time of day)
Where do you usually write?
Which fic do you think is your funniest?
Which fic do you think is your saddest?
Which fic do you think is your scariest?
Which fic do you think is your most adventurous?
Which fic is closest to your heart?
Which fic would you most like to have fan art done for?
Which fic would you most like to have its own fanfic written for?
Which fic would you most like to see made into a movie?
Which fic would you most like to write a sequel to?
Which of your fic titles is your favorite?
What title do you want to use, but can't figure out a story to fit?
Have you ever written a fic because you were inspired by a title?
Have you ever written a fic because you were inspired by a song?
Pick one of your fics and share three songs to go with it
Pick three of your fics and share a song to go with each
Pick one of your fics and share an image to go with it. (Unsplash is a good source)
Pick one of your fics and share a quote to go with it (not a quote from the fic, but an outside quote that fits)
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Twenty years after the end of the war, Phil has a Bad Day.
(A post-canon oneshot for “oh dear, can you see me?” By findingkairos, for the MCYT Recursive Exchange.)
But he bursts into the meeting room only a few minutes late, hat askew, breathing only slightly heavy as he regards those in attendance at the table.
The rectangular plinth was full of the usual suspects-- Lieutenant Sneegsnag was there, fresh off of paternity leave, alongside Generals Memph, TapL and Calvin, on the sinister side. On the other, his own officers-- His longtime friend Ian, Sergeant Wolfy, Corporal Mercy, and General Trixtin.
All of whom stare at him, some suppressing smiles or muffling laughter as he settles into his seat at Techno’s right hand, his face warming. And usually, usually, he would laugh it off, make a snarky shot back at Ian and how that orange hat of his was bright enough to cause a fifty person crush in the halls, or how he had to dismantle another one of Trixtin’s altars en route, but.
Today’s not a good day for it.
Written for @mcytrecursive !!! As a gift for @paradoxalriven !!!
#dream smp#dream smp fanfic#philza minecraft#technoblade#emerald duo#oh dear can you see me#SaltOfTheWrite
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Writers Truth & Dare Ask Game
🎱 ⇢ post your AO3 total stats
🍓 ⇢ how did you get into writing fanfiction?
🌵 ⇢ share the link to a playlist you love
🕯️ ⇢ on a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you enjoy editing? why is that?
🛼 ⇢ describe your latest wip with five emojis
🥑 ⇢ you accidentally killed somebody, which mutual(s) do you text for help?
🥤 ⇢ recommend an author or fanfic you love
💌 ⇢ how many unread emails do you have right now?
🌻 ⇢ tag someone you appreciate but don't talk to on a regular basis
🐇 ⇢ do you prefer writing original characters, reader inserts, or a mix of both?
🧃 ⇢ share some personal lore you never posted about before
🎲 ⇢ what stops you from writing more in your free time?
🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings
🧸 ⇢ what's the fastest way to become your mutual?
🪐 ⇢ name three good things going on in your life right now
📚 ⇢ what's the last thing you wrote down in your notes app?
🍬 ⇢ post an unpopular opinion about a popular fandom character
🔪 ⇢ what's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?
🦷 ⇢ share some personal wisdom or a life hack you swear on
❄️ ⇢ what's your dream theme/plot for a fic, and who would write it best?
🌿 ⇢ give some advice on writer's block and low creativity
🥐 ⇢ name one internet reference that will always make you laugh
🏜️ ⇢ what's your favourite type of comment to receive on your work?
🍦 ⇢ name three good things about a character you hate
🥝 ⇢ do you lie a lot? what's the most recent lie you told?
🦋 ⇢ share something that has been on your heart and mind lately
🦴 ⇢ is there a piece of media that inspires your writing?
🍅 ⇢ give yourself some constructive criticism on your own writing
🐚 ⇢ do you like or dislike surprises?
🪲 ⇢ add 50 words to your current wip and share the paragraph here
☁️ ⇢ what made you choose your username?
🐝 ⇢ tag your biggest supporter(s) and say one nice thing about them
🌸 ⇢ do you have any pets? if you do, post some pictures of them
🎨 ⇢ link your favourite piece of fanart and explain why you like it
🧩 ⇢ what will make you click away from a fanfiction immediately?
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Get to know your fic writer!
Do you prefer writing one-shots or multi-chaptered fics?
Do you plan each chapter ahead or write as you go?
Describe the creative process of writing a chapter/fic
Where do you find inspiration for new ideas?
Do you like constructive criticism?
Do you have your work beta'd? How important is this to your process?
How do you choose which POV to write from?
Do you prefer the beginning, middle, or end of a story?
Do you comment on stories you read?
Cltr+f "blinks" on your WIP & copy paste the first sentence/paragraph that comes up
Link your three favorite fics right now
how does receiving or not receiving feedback/support impact you?
what’s a common writing tip that you almost always follow?
how do you write emotional scenes? Do you ever feel what the characters feel? Do you draw from personal experiences?
How do you write smut scenes? Do you get very visual or detailed? How important is it to be realistic?
How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Share one of them?
What do you do when writing becomes difficult? (maybe a lack of inspiration or writers block)
Do you title your fics before, during, or after the writing process? How do you come up with titles?
What is the most-used tag on your ao3?
Have you noticed any patterns in your fics? Words/expressions that appear a lot, themes, common settings, etc?
Would you ever collaborate with another writer for a story?
Are there certain types of writing you won’t do? (style, pov, genre, tropes, etc)
Best writing advice for other writers?
Worst writing advice anyone ever gave you?
What fic do you wish you got more of a response on?
Which of your fics would you call your wildest ride?
What is your most and least favorite part of writing?
On average, how much writing do you get done in a day?
What’s your revision or editing process like?
Do you share rough drafts or do you wait until it’s all polished?
Do you start with the characters or the plot when writing?
Name three of your favorite fanfic writers.
Do you want to be published some day?
Five years from now, where do you see yourself as a writer?
What is one essential thing to remember when writing a villain?
How do you write kissing scenes?
How do you choose where to end a chapter?
Would you ever write commissions?
Share a snippet from a WIP
If someone were to make fanart of your work, what fic or scene would you hope to see?
Do you tend to reread fics or are you a one-and-done kind of person?
What’s the last fic you read? Do you recommend it?
Do you take a sadistic joy in whumping your characters, or are you more the "If you hurt them I would kill everyone and then myself" kind of person?
What mistakes do you keep making no matter how many times your beta corrects you?
Do you want to break your readers‘ heart or make them laugh?
How would you describe your style? (Character/emotion/action-driven, etc)
How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?
What do you look for in a beta?
Do you ever get rude reviews and how do you deal with them?
How long is your longest fic?
What’s your total AO3 word count?
Do you respond to comments, why or why not?
How do you spend your time when it comes to fanfiction? Are you primarily a fic reader, writer, or a perfect 50/50 split of both?
What’s your favorite part about the fanfiction writing process?
Of the characters you write for, which is your favorite? Has that choice been swayed at all by your followers/readers’ reactions to certain ones?
What’s something about your writing that you pride yourself on?
Do you prefer editing as you write, or waiting until it’s finished?
What part of the writing process do you enjoy the most? (Brainstorming, outlining, writing, editing, etc)
Does anyone in your personal life know you write fic? if not, would you tell anyone?
Have you had a writer you admire comment on your fic? What was that like?
Why do you continue writing fics?
Thoughts on cliffhangers?
Something you hate to see in smut.
Something you love to see in smut.
Tell us about what you’re most looking forward to writing – in your current project, or a future project
How do you deal with writing pressure (ie. pressure to update, negative comments, deadlines, etc.)?
Do you prefer prompts and challenges, or completely independent ideas?
What, if anything, do you do for inspiration?
What work of yours, if any, are you the most embarrassed about existing?
When asked, are you embarrassed or enthusiastic to tell people that you write?
When it comes to more complicated narratives, how do you keep track of outlines, characters, development, timeline, ect.?
What order do you write in? front of book to back? chronological? favorite scenes first? something else?
What do you think makes your writing stand out from other works?
You’ve posted a fic anonymously. How would someone be able to guess that you’d written it?
What scene in [Fanfic Name] took the longest to write? What was difficult about it?
Did you have any ideas that didn’t make the final cut of [Fanfic Name]?
Do you have a favorite scene you’ve written from [Fanfic Name] story/chapter?
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these two months of 2024 have been five years respectively
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So as it turned out, both @southern--downpour and I are big Mechs fans, and I had the Galaxy brain moment to use the Mechs as bad guys in the comic.
Here’s part of the script:
MY WORK FOR @dsmpherozine !! @salt-oftheearth did SUCH a great job on the script and it was so fun to work on this with everyone!!!!! So happy with how this came out and SO fuckin hyped seeing everyones works put together!!!!!
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MY WORK FOR @dsmpherozine !! @salt-oftheearth did SUCH a great job on the script and it was so fun to work on this with everyone!!!!! So happy with how this came out and SO fuckin hyped seeing everyones works put together!!!!!
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Fanfic Writer Emoji Ask
😅 What’s a story or scene you’ve created that you’re a smidge embarrassed exists?
🥺 Is there a certain type of moment or common interaction between your characters that never fails to put you in your feels?
🤡 What’s a line, scene, or exchange you’ve written that made you laugh?
😈 Has there been a point in a story where you did something just to be playfully mean to your readers?
✍ Do you have a beta reader?
🛒 What are some common things you incorporate in your fics? Themes, feels, scenes, imagery, etc.
🎢 Which of your fics would you call your wildest ride?
✨ Give you and your writing a compliment. Go on now. You know you deserve it. 😉
💋 First kiss fics. Love em or hate em?
🎶 Do you listen to music while you write? What song have you been playing on loop lately?
🛠What tools/programs/apps do you use to write?
⛔ Do you have a fic you started, but scrapped?
🙋♀️ Do any irl people know you write fanfic?
🍦 What’s the sweetest fic you’ve created so far?
🍷 Do you drink and write?
🍆 Do you write the spicy stuffs? If so, what’s your most popular nsfw fic?
🌞 Do you have a preferred time of day to write?
💖 What made you start writing?
💌 How do you feel about comments and feedback?
❌ What’s a trope you will never write?
💲 Would you ever open commissions?
🧐 Do you spend much time researching for your stories?
🏆 What’s your most popular fic?
🎃 Do you write fics for certain holidays? Which is your favorite holiday inspired fic?
🎯 Have any of your readers accurately guessed major plot points? Care to share which?
🎨 How do you feel about fan art of your stories?
📈 How many fics do you have?
🦅 Do you outline fics or fly by the seat of your pants?
👀 Tell me about an up and coming wip please!
🤗 What advice would you give to new fanfic writers that are just getting started?
💞 Who’s your comfort character?
🧠 Pick a character, and I’ll tell you my favorite headcanon for them.
🤩 Who is your favorite character to write?
🤲 Would you please share a snippet of a wip?
😬 Which of your fics would you be most horrified for friends, family, or coworkers to stumble upon?
🎉 What leads you to consider a fic a success?
✅ What’s something that appears in your fics over and over and over again, even if you don’t mean to?
📚 Would you ever want to turn writing into a career?
⌛ How long does it take you to write a fic, or a chapter?
🤯 What’s a genre you struggle with as a writer (ex. romance, action, etc.)?
💔 Is there a fic of yours that broke your heart?
💥 How do you feel about criticism?
🤭 Do you have a favorite tag to use when posting your works?
🥰 How do you feel about reader interaction? Are you open to receiving questions about your fics?
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questions for fic writers
a collection of questions i, as a writer, would love to be asked !!!
1. What fic of yours would you recommend to someone who had never read any of your work? (In other words, what do you think is the best introduction to your fics?)
2. Go to your AO3 “Works” page, to the sidebar with all the filters, and click the drop-down arrow for “Additional Tags.” What are your top 3-5 most used tags? Do you think they accurately represent your writing habits?
3. What are some tropes or details that you think are very characteristic of your fics?
4. What detail in [insert fic] are you really proud of?
5. What do you wish someone would ask you about [insert fic]? Answer it now!
6. What’s one fact about the universe of [insert fic] that you didn’t get a chance to mention in the fic itself?
7. Any worldbuilding you’re particularly proud of?
8. What song would make a great fic (to either write or read)?
9. How do you find new fic to read?
10. How do you decide what to write?
11. Are you partial to a certain character/pairing or are you more equal-opportunity? If you are partial to any character/pairing, why do you think that is?
12. Are there any tropes you used to dislike but have grown on you?
13. Are there any tropes you used to like but don’t anymore?
14. Are there any tropes you would only read if written by a trusted friend or writer?
15. What’s your favorite AU that you’ve written?
16. What’s an AU you would love to read (or have read and loved)?
17. What highly specific AU do you want to read or write even though you might be the only person to appreciate it?
18. If you wrote a sequel to [insert fic], what would it involve?
19. If you wrote a spin-off of [insert fic], what would it involve?
20. If you wrote a prequel to [insert fic], what would it involve?
21. If you wrote a “missing scene” in [insert fic], what would it be?
22. Who is your favorite character in [insert fic] and why?
23. What’s a trope, AU, or concept you’ve never written, but would like to?
24. Are there any easter eggs in [insert fic], and if so, what are they?
25. What other websites or resources do you use most often when you write?
26. Would you rather write a fic that had no dialogue or one that was only dialogue?
27. How long did it take to write [insert fic]? Describe the process.
28. Does anyone read your fics before you post them? If so, who?
29. What songs would be (or are) on a playlist for [insert fic]? Explain your choices if you want!
30. Have you ever written something that was out of your comfort zone? If so, what was it, and how did it affect your approach to writing fic thereafter?
31. What’s your ideal fic length to write?
32. What’s your ideal fic length to read?
33. If you write chaptered fics, what’s your ideal chapter length to write? Is it different from your ideal chapter length to read?
34. What aspects of your writing are inspired by/taken from your real life?
35. What aspects of your writing are completely unlike your real life?
36. Do you visualize what you read/write?
37. Promote one of your own “deep cut” fics (an underrated one, or one that never got as much traction as you think it deserves!). What do you like about it?
38. Did any of your fics get surprisingly popular (whatever that means to you)? Which ones? Why do you think they were so successful?
39. Is any aspect of your writing process inspired by other writers or people? If so, who?
40. Do you tend to reread fics or are you a one-and-done kind of person?
41. Link a fic that made you think, “Wow, I want to write like that.”
42. Have you ever received a comment that particularly stood out to you for whatever reason?
43. If you take/write prompts: what’s your favorite prompt fic that you’ve written?
44. If you take/write prompts: do you prefer dialogue or scenario/narrative prompts?
45. What’s something you’ve improved on since you started writing fic?
46. Do you prefer writing on your phone or on a computer (or something else)? Do you think where you write affects the way you write?
47. If [insert fic] was a pair of shoes, what kind would it be? Describe the shoes.
48. What’s the last fic you read? Do you recommend it?
49. What are you currently working on? Share a few lines if you’re up for it!
50. Answer any question of your choice, or talk about anything you want to talk about!
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I wish you would write a fic where...
Send me an anymous (or not) summary of the fic you wish I would write. (maybe I will write a tidbit)
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ALSO HEY PERHAPS A PIRATE KRISTIN BASED OFF OF HOIST UP THE THING 👀👀
- Salt (<— totally not groveling for art)
here she is salt <3 long overdue
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HOLD ON
I THINK WE GLOSSED OVER THE RESPONSE TO WHAT C!KARL'S LIMBO WOULD BE LIKE
LIKE EXCUSE ME
SIR
WE ARE NOT GLOSSING OVER THIS
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ANALYSISBLR AWARDS 2 FINAL VOTE!
THE FINAL VOTE IS HERE!
PLEASE READ THIS THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT:
There is NO RESPONSE EDITING so go slow and make sure you vote on everything you want to vote on!!
Pie charts will be viewable until the last four hours of the polling (which idk when that’ll be but i’ll announce when i turn it off) so CAMPAIGN YOUR HEARTS OUT!!!!!! But be nice about it okay only slander people you are close with and know are okay with it <3
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