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philosopherking1887 · 2 years
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Fic authors self-rec! ✨ When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you’ve written, then pass on to at least five other writers (if you would like to)!
Thanks for the ask! It's taken me 3 days to answer because I've had job stuff to do, and it's also hard to pick my 5 favorite fics when I've been in several different fandoms in the past few years... In one sense, all my favorites right now are the ones in my current fandom -- they're the only ones I'm still emotionally invested in -- but I'll also pick out what I think are my best ones from my previous fandoms. In order from earliest to latest:
1. The Third Time. Fandom: MCU (Loki & Thor, Gen), rating: T, warning: Major Character Death. Summary: "It appears that, as they say on Midgard, the third time is a charm, eh, brother?" After the battle of Ragnarok, as Loki is dying -- for the third and final time -- he and Thor have a last conversation. The phrase "cats all the way down" is uttered, oddly enough.
This is the first fic I posted on AO3 back in 2015, and I still think it's one of my best-written. People also keep finding it and leaving nice comments, which is validating.
2. The Tree of Knowledge. Fandom: MCU (Thor/Loki), rating: E. Summary: "Loki kissed me. What in Hel was that about? was the first thought that entered Thor’s mind when he woke up. And I kissed him back." The day after Loki and Thor got stoned together and Loki kissed Thor -- purportedly just to prove a philosophical point -- Thor looks for an explanation from his evasive brother, and comes to realize that his own feelings for Loki are not what he had thought they were.
The second installment and "getting together" fic in the first of my long-running ship fic series (I guess I do this for my ship in every fandom?), Whatever is done from love. Gratuitous Nietzsche quotes are also part of my pattern.
3. The Hypothetico-Deductive Method. Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Aang/Katara/Zuko), rating: T. Summary: Uncle Zuko is visiting Air Temple Island, and 15-year-old Kya begins to suspect that Something is Going On between him and her parents, Aang and Katara. Tenzin is skeptical; Bumi is amused; and Kya decides to investigate and gather conclusive evidence that her suspicions are correct. Awkwardness, uncomfortable conversations, and amateur spy shenanigans ensue.
I think this is the best one from my relatively brief but strangely productive stint in Avatar: The Last Airbender fandom, which mostly happened while I was brain-foggy post-Covid in 2020. (I couldn't focus on reading or writing philosophy, I could barely even watch TV without having to rewind a lot because my attention kept wandering, but I was writing fic really fast.) As usual, it's part of my big interconnected series, The Three-Body Problem, but it can be read on its own.
4. Had we but world enough, and time. Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Garak/Bashir), rating: E. Summary: After attempting to destroy the Founders' homeworld in "Broken Link," Garak has been sentenced to six months in a holding cell on Deep Space 9. Julian continues visiting for their weekly lunch, and they are allowed a picnic in a holosuite during the hour that Garak is allotted for daily exercise. They get some (unauthorized) exercise, and Julian says something he's been meaning to say.
Not the first fic I wrote in my current ship series, The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, but the first big one, and still, I think, the best-written.
5. Stepping into the Rubicon. Fandom: DS9 (Garashir), rating: T. Summary: On the way back from the Gamma Quadrant following Enabran Tain's disastrous attempt to destroy the Founders' homeworld, Garak comes to Doctor Bashir's quarters complaining of a headache and ends up spending the night.
Another "getting together" fic as an early installment in an extended series. No Nietzsche quotes in this particular fic, but there is poetry.
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i don’t want a ‘career’ ! i want to write sexy fanfiction for my internet friends <3
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oh-wow-im-still-here · 7 months
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And if you have any fanfiction from any of these fandoms you can recommend, please do so!!! I am starving!!
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megamindsecretlair · 4 months
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Beginner's Guide to Your Fanfic Tag Game
Thank you @nerdieforpedro for the tag! I love self fic recs because I love seeing writers love on their skill! Im gonna do 5 as well. But you can choose how many you wanna do. And gonna challenge myself not to recc the same fics in the past 🤣
1. Through the Fire - Franklin Saint. It still has one of the best comments Ive ever gotten on my fics. I pulled from the show and it gave it more depth than I realized. I adore it 🥹
2. The God Who Stole Me - Loki. I feel I write Loki pretty well. And while I have a series with him, my one shots are so cute 🥹 this does have a degradation kink, but like all of my stories, it's always love at the core of it.
3. Break Me - Tyrone. I tried a new dynamic and I really love how it came out. It's the right amount of toxic and sweet and Tyrone being the one sprung or harboring feelings is something I deff thought was cute.
4. Have Mercy - Tyrone. This one was just pure nasty 🤣🤣🤣🤣 and purely for my own enjoyment. And if you're going to start anywhere with my writing, may as well start with one of the nastiest ones. To get my back blown out just like that? Whew 🥲 Yall would never see me again, Id never let that mf breathe without me 🤣🤣🤣
5. A Little Mad Sometimes - I had been feening for Ghostface smut and this was my first time writing a three-way. Yall dont understand the chokehold Scream has on me 🥲 or Matthew Lillard. I finally watched Five Nights at Freddys and may have to do a fic for him 😮‍💨
No pressure tags: @notapradagurl7 @wide-nose-and-wonderful @mybonafidefeelings @saturn-rings-writes @harmshake @halfofmysoulsblog
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apolline-lucy · 10 months
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marketing my book is so hard because I don’t wanna be like ‘hey I wrote this cute but kinda spooky sapphic fantasy with witches and monsters and mystery, please add it to your tbr on Goodreads and buy it next month when it comes out’ but at the same time that’s exactly what I should be doing lol oh to be a writer in this economy
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minutiaewriter · 2 months
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Available now! Hera Part II: To Touch the Heavens
available here as either a paperback or an ebook
reblog and spread the word!
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Rynn Hera’s journey to reunite with the stars continues in this sweeping second installment of the HERA trilogy. Having just found High Priestess Velle Deka and learned how to reach the celestial spring, Rynn, Kilderan, Yojackson, and Aome set off on the second leg of their journey guided by nothing but their hope, fighting for their lives to ensure Rynn’s safety within the spring, or so they believe. But secrets and hidden desires hang over everyone’s heads, causing trust to be tested and the truth to eventually unravel. 
💙 Thank you to everyone who has supported the HERA journey so far, I couldn't have done it without you cheering me on and words are never an adequate means of expressing the gratitude I feel for my writing community.
HERA taglist:
@andromeda-grace @toribookworm22 @tzipor-feather-blog @chickensarentcheap @elijahrichardwrites @little-mouse-gardens @sarcasticjuiceboxes @royal1asset-if @aquil-writes @elizaellwrites @once-upon-a-springtime @whumpy-writings @mrbexwrites @aninkwellofnectar @ishipgenfics @creatrackers @eccaiia @primroseprime2019 @words-after-midnight @carrioncircus
please let me know if you would like to be added to the official taglist!
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Phullo there, I’d like to ask you a question! I hope I won’t be such a bothersome.
So, I’m planning to write a story about Laughingstock and since I find your storytelling very pleasing I figured it’d be a great idea to ask for your advice about the writing!
My Idea in general for this story is just Howdy taking a day off from working in his bodega. And basically, he’ll be just wearing normal clothes.. shocking truly.
And thennn, Barnaby and Howdy accidentally stumbled into each other’s path. They later then of course had a very long conversation that lasted until evening maybe.
Of course there’ll be some fishy moments like them looking at each other with goggly eyes and other cheesy romantic nonsense- but it’s just mainly them having their usual conversation with a ‘couple’ of jokes here and there. It’s supposed to be a sweet memory for them to remember basically.
So, what I’m really trying to ask you for is- how the heck do you start a story exactly and not make it into just the dialogues? Like, I want my story to be kind of long but I’m afraid it’ll be just them, y’know, talking and I really don’t want it to be boring.. therefore, I really need your help.
I am so sorry if it’s such a bad timing considering the fact that you just had an interview which I am very proud for you for that! Even if it didn’t go as expected at least you did good half of it.
Soo, yeah! I’d very much appreciate your advice and I am sooo sorry that this was soo long!!! And again, a bad timing too.. but hey if you got any time, please consider answering. Thank you..
Also any response yet? On the interview of course.
hmmm... in my experience and Knowledge Accumulated Over The Years via reading And writing... the best place to start is to just drop in. no story introduction, no "it was a dark and stormy night", just Start. it sounds like your story begins with Howdy taking the day off, so maybe kick off with him getting ready / choosing an outfit, or w/ him reflexively almost opening the store before he stops and chides himself for almost forgetting that he's taking the day off
to combat the dialogue, maybe detail him leaving the bodega to go into the neighborhood. what does he see? hear? feel both physically and mentally? is there anyone else out and about? set the scene! ive been struggling with this too lately since i haven't seriously written in a while and i haven't been reading actual books
WHICH! IMPORTANT TANGENTS!! read well-written books, Not fanfic! im not saying dont read fanfic ever or i'd be the world's biggest hypocrite, but also read actual books. it's important to study how published authors write, how stories are structured, dialogue and action. because these books have more often then not gone through a Rigorous screening process. multiple drafts, beta readers, publishers reading it with great scrutiny before agreeing to publish - of course there are exceptions, but a lot of books are the highest quality they can be, and will outshine most fics. because, and i say all of this as good things, fics are unregulated. most dont have beta readers. a lot are from amateur authors new to the scene. there will be spelling mistakes, weird grammar & sentence structure, etc - most fics have Entirely different writing styles from each other. so if you only read fanfic, That is what your brain will learn, and it's gonna be harder for you to write. published books have less variation in styles, and the styles are subtler. there's less spelling mistakes if any, so your spelling will improve. your internal vocabulary will expand. even if you don't consciously study what you read, your brain will pick up on & internalize patterns, how action works, how dialogue works, how to structure a story, all that good stuff. if you want, i can recommend well-written books! i've been an avid reader since... like, ever. i've got recs galore! you can tell me your preferred genre & literary interest and i'll probably have something for you! and if you're not big on books, well... get out of your comfort zone lmao, books are fucking awesome and i guarantee there are plenty out there that you would love.
and when you're writing dialogue, intersperse it with little actions or the main povs' internal dialogue. if there's a natural lull in the conversation, explore that lull! what do the characters do in this moment? what's going on around them? sprinkle bits of setting in so that your reader knows where they are and what's going on.
plus, exploring the non-dialogue sections of your story can, and often will, spark inspiration in your brain for scenes and actions to fill out the story if you want it to be long (but also! if you just want to write the scene of their conversation, that's the beauty of fanfic - there's no requirements. do whatever you want lmao). when Howdy is going into town, maybe Wally calls him over for a quick pose - does Howdy say yes or no, and how does that decision change the story? maybe Julie invites him to join her in a game, or Eddie stops to talk to Howdy about him being out and about. maybe there are some complaints over the bodega not being open. what's the lead-up to Howdy and Barnaby running into each other? do they literally run into each other? what happens when they do? those are just a few possibilities of many!
remember, when you're writing, you're that story's god. you can do literally fucking anything. you decide what the characters do, where they go, what happens in their world. that mindset should help you bolster the plot instead of just "these two characters have a conversation", yk?
i hope this helps!
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sibylsleaves · 2 years
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My 5 favorite fics i’ve written
I was tagged by @hattalove & @homerforsure (both of whom are fic writing IDOLS tbh) to share the top 5 fics I’ve written. I’ve only written 6 fics total so this was more a process of deciding which fic didn’t make the cut :(
maybe love won’t let me down 
15k | rated M
Buck tells Eddie he’s in love with him. Eddie pines.
or, five times eddie watches buck leave, and the one time he goes after him
the first fic I wrote for 911 and still the best imo.
at every table i’ll save you a seat 
10k | rated T
Buck and Eddie are best friends. Why is that so difficult for everyone to understand?
Or, five times someone tells Buck he’s in love with Eddie and the one time he tells Eddie
this fic has a very special place in my heart and also i think contains my favorite Feelings Realization scene i’ve ever written.
my heart’s a secret (tell me you’ll keep it)
5k | rated T
Buck’s first mistake was coming to the bar.
Actually, scratch that—his first mistake was falling hopelessly in love with his best friend, but he’s not sure he could’ve prevented that one.
But the bar—that he could have avoided. And the first shot of tequila. And the second, and third, and fourth.
His seventh mistake was watching Eddie get hit-on by a dead ringer for Chris Evans.
His eighth—and arguably most egregious—mistake was talking to Chimney.
Or, Buck tells Chimney a secret. This proves to be a mistake.
possible the MOST fun I’ve ever had writing a fic. It has some of my favorite firefam interactions I’ve ever written! There is also an incredible podfic of this by @mistmarauder...is it embarrassing to say i laughed my ass off at it since it’s technically my own writing?? but just the energy and comedic timing she brings to it is INCREDIBLE.
all i know since yesterday
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Buck knows what he’s doing might be constituted as ‘a bit creepy,’ but he can’t really help it. He has a book in his lap, so it’s not like he’s just staring at Eddie, but—ok, so he hasn’t actually read a page in over twenty minutes, and in the meantime he has watched his best friend chop like six different kinds of vegetables to go in Bobby’s ragu.
“How’s it going, Buck?” Hen asks, flinging herself into the adjacent arm chair.
“Fine,” Buck says, barely looking at her. “But something’s up with Eddie.”
the dynamic between Buck & Eddie in this fic was SO fun to write...poor Buck just has NO idea what’s going on...
things you don’t say reach me somehow anyway
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He writes CHRISTOPHER at the top of the page in capital letters. Underneath it goes BUCK. Then PEPA, CARLA, CHIM, HEN and so on until he has fifteen names listed out. Fifteen people to show his appreciation for.
He starts with the easiest name first.
or, Eddie tells the family he chose how much they mean to him. All of them except one.
I am so so proud of this fic, perhaps BECAUSE it was so much more challenging to write than the rest on this list. But I absolutely adored getting to focus on Eddie’s relationships with everyone in his life, including Buck.
tagging @pettyeddiediaz @eddiediazes @iinryer @colonoscopys @fallingthorns @two-cut-lines @messyhairdiaz @gayravi @hoediaz @buckactuallys @rewritetheending...i’m sure a lot of you have been tagged already but oh well!
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whiteglovemanor · 8 months
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Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 💖
hi ❤,
ok so im really happy to get this ask because i haven't had too much time to post since school and kinktober writing and all of that so here are my top 5 fics!~
stars by the pocketful - a cute, cosy christmas fic that i plan on writing another chapter for again this year <3
soft - my first daddy kink fic i ever posted and still one of my favourites
let me blow ya mind - police/arrestee au which hits the spot for me every time, so proud of this
gridlocked - morning sex after a wet dream? yes please.
you're a crisis of my faith - first series ever; dad's best friend au, complicated relationship statuses and lots of past life drama? i'm here for it (because i wrote it lmao)
thank u for this, gonna go crank out some more fics at record speed rq 😉💪🏾
(btw ive been posting a little on my other tumblr account @bvckyysarm shhh)
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melestasflight · 9 months
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Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love ❤
tagged by the lovely @grey-gazania Cheating with six, because so did you, friend, you started a howl! :))
Red 3k, G The world is aging, and Fingon entreats for Maedhros in the Halls of Mandos. It is simpler than he believed, but somehow it makes nothing easier.
What Lies Beyond the End 600, G Maglor casts his Silmaril into the Sea.
Voices That Were Once Ours 4.8k, M Finrod meets the host of Fëanor in the new lands. They are not the Elves he remembers from Valinor and Maglor, least of all. Reconciliation is a long road for them both until a Song brings them together, and they find each other again.
sown as seed in the dark 800, G Ard-galen witnesses Fingolfin's final stand.
Stay, Forever 1,3k, G The first snow brings bittersweet memories for Elrond. Through remembrance and song, he reveals a feeling that has been budding in his heart for a long time.
Monster 2,8k, T The Noldor come together in battle at the Dagor Aglareb, and Fingon must face his past and his feelings for Maedhros. Would love to know your personal favorites if you'd like to share @welcomingdisaster @searchingforserendipity25 @last-capy-hupping @danmeiljie @maglors-anion-gap @samarqqand
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theoneandonlysemla · 9 days
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Self-rec post
Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love❤
Thanks for tagging me @rakaiawriter!
Feels weird to recommend my own fics to be honest and I will have to sprinkle in some German works that I have not translated yet to get to 5 that I really like. So, lets start:
Dealings with Daedra
Of course I have to put my baby first. What was once a little plot bunny has become a story of 150k words and will get a second part. This fic is about my OC Nevri and her struggle as the dethroned Champion of Boethiah. There is blood, there is friendship and a blooming romance, all under the eye of another daedric prince.
Doe and Wolf
Another Skyrim fic, this one does not have a ton of OCs, but a rare pair! I had this headcanon of Ancano taking a liking in Faralda, mostly inspired by the Song She Wolf by Sia (fuck her, but it's a great song!). I imagined him as a gaslighting ass and her as a little too naive to not fall for his advances. Writing Anacano was an absolute pleasure so he will get a little page time in the second part of DwD and there will be a connection between the two stories!
Whisky by the Sea
Originally written in German, this is a product of my hyperfixation on Mötley Crüe, Hair Metal and the 80s. I hoped to catch the spirit of the time with that story, even tho I was caught in spermatogenesis back then. Experimenting with a dual point of view was fun, but also a challenge. I really want to reread it, now that summer comes back. It really is a summertime romance.
I think I'll eat your heart
This Hannibal fic is only available in German and I really can't say, if I'll ever finish it. I started it in 2015, rewrote it completly a few years later and honestly, it might need another rewrite. But my attention span has left the Hannibal fandom and is now pouring into Elderscrolls. Occasionally I am working on chapters, because I do know how it should end but... Who knows if that day will ever come. But it has a place in my heart!
Daedric Drabbles
Out of a whim, I started writing some drabbles as an exercise after I had produces a 10k word chapter. And it did help to get a better feeling for wordcounts! Every Daedric Prince gets a drabble, so far 8 are done. If anyone has any idea for a prince, I have open ears!
Turns out, I just took one German story into this? But those who are interested can take a look at my other stuff on fanfiction.de!
I really don't know who to tag, as I know @thequeenofthewinter already did this thing. How about @ladytanithia & @vanilleeistee?
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gilgamish · 8 months
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Fic Writers Self-Rec
tagged by friends: @mareenavee , @throughtrialbyfire, @kookaburra1701, and @changelingsandothernonsense thank you all!
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Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love!
tagging: @archangelsunited , @polypolymorph, @paraparadigm , @thana-topsy , and @dirty-bosmer :)
oh geez i do not have 5 fics up right now. i have a whopping whole 4 but i'm going to say that tides probably counts for 2 because lorge
A Worse Resurrection This was purely inspired by Mannimarco's villain speech in Oblivion where he heavily implies that he still has Vanus's corpse, but like, it's really badly preserved. That was what made me go 'Hmm, is this rando really Mannimarco?' Because I felt like no self-respecting, supervillain necromancer with a flair for the dramatic would just like let their greatest rival/enemy/ex-friend/ex-??? decompose like that, so there's that fic. Just in time for Halloween that year too lol
An Overdue Visit In which, instead of the Hero of Kvatch, the Agent from Daggerfall confronts Mannimarco at Echo Cave. I wrote this as an unofficial sequel to the previous fic, kind of letting her get revenge for, like, everything, but also dealing with the theory that the Mannimarco you confront in Echo Cave is not the Real Slim Shady.
Rafflesia This was from a prompt provided to me by @archangelsunited and it was wild writing something for a prompt again? Normally, I just Wither Away with prompts sometimes, but this was a really fun, really refreshing piece to work on. It let me go back to writing more horror again :>
Tides to Carry Us Home I cannot tell you how many iterations of this fic I wrote before publishing the first chapter. I still have another like ~120k words of those iterations floating around on my hard drive. A lot of them didn't stick for various reasons. They were thinly veiled originals, and when putting in that much effort, I was like 'Why am I here. Why am I working on this. I could be writing original fic and be free of Todd.' But a lot of the current iteration still has a lot of original elements to it, as I'm not trying to do a blow-by-blow of the game plot. I wanted to see what would happen when you have a character like Kaidan's, and then give him a foil like Felix. The Other Felixs were not enough in terms of dirty crime boi, but this one, my dear rat boy, the Roachman himself, is.
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adiduck · 7 months
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For the ask game (feel free to choose just one if this is too many!)
3. What’s your favorite fic that you’ve written?
6. Are there any fics from others you reread all the time?
18. What’s one of your favorite lines you’ve written in a fic?
Oh, I don't mind answering more than one!
3. What’s your favorite fic that you’ve written?
Hm! Another tough one. Think I'm going to have to say edge of providence for my favorite of all time--it's co-written though! For single fics... Maybe the boat that would row you back. For I guess my most RECENT fandom, definitely what I'm posting atm: Both Sides Now.
6. Are there any fics from others you reread all the time?
I have a few favorites, to be sure! I think the one I'm returning to most these days is @oathkeeperoxas's Hello Stranger
18. What’s one of your favorite lines you’ve written in a fic?
Also from Both Sides Now, since it's what's on my mind atm, this is Captain Mav about mini-Mav, to Admiral Ice :DDDDD:
I told him to throttle back and he asked me if I’m enjoying the nursing home.
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they-reap-what-we-sow · 7 months
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here's a spreadsheet with details and links for all the fics!
this list will remain open and viewable to everyone, and if anyone would ever like to add their fics to this, just send me the link in dms or my inbox! thank you to all the authors who put their fics forward, we love you creators, and thank you to all the readers who check these fics out!
@selkienight60 @writergeek @tevyaa @frogwithapen @librarylexicon@aeligsido @batboycentral @babbling-bookends @canonicallyshort @acesphrases @starsonthewalls @wildsofmarch @ Trixie
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ann-i-inthestars · 1 year
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Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love <3 
I was tagged by @prowlingthunder and this is harder then I was expecting it to be!
First would absolutely be, Fragmented Star Systems.
- Vader finds Luke at a very young age, in slavery, on Tatooine. It changes everything. (It is also the start of my Tatooine Slave Culture, which is something I am very proud of)
Second is very much Clones Have it Right with @ fiveshasarrived.
-Fives accidentally posts a video he shouldn’t have on the galaxy wide holonet. It saves the galaxy.
Third, To Living.
-The Force is really sick of all the clones dying. So it starts reincarnating them into other universes.
Fourth, What Dreams Are Made Of.
-teenage Anakin and Rex are sharing dreams. It changes the course of the Clone Wars entirely.
And Finally, Mar’eyir Aliit.
-Echo refuses to leave Crosshair behind on Kamino. He isn’t going to leave the rest of his vod’e with the Empire if he can help it, either. (Or, Echo starts a Clone rebellion) 
No pressure tags! @jebiknights, @retroyy1138, @littledumplingwrites, @abelunwilling, and @nonbinariwankenobi
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orangieja · 2 months
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The Novel I Have Just About Finished:
Common Tongue
- WLW
- A sort of cosy high fantasy with a dash of horror
- Black cat nerd x golden retriever jock
- An isolated character dragged kicking and screaming into a found family
- Mysterious monsters
- Protag is a wizard accountant who DOES NOT wish to go on an adventure, and yet
- Primarily female and enby cast
- Somewhat DND style adventure (a wizard, two barbarians, and a cleric walk into a haunted forest... Protag is fairly certain she IS the punchline somehow)
- Awkward but fluffy romance
- Protag is a bit cringefail, but we love her for it
- A bit of a discworld/Terry Pratchett influence
- A bit of a TJ Klune influence
- ~45,000+ words right now, I think this one will be on the shorter side
- Currently working on the sequel as well, because I have no self control and I got excited
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