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Me, writing: Okay, this is fine. I've written smut before, I can do this.
My brain: What are you doing?! People are going to see this! They'll think we're weird!
Me, smacking head against wall.
Gather round darlings, the next chapter of Persephone is up now and we're finally going smutty!
When the dialogue isn't flowing so you have to lie on the floor in the middle of the room and talk to yourself out loud.
The best piece of writing advice I ever got was when my English L&L lecturer told us to figure out what our characters wanted more than anything, and keep finding ways not to give it to them.
Anyone reading Persephone, please direct all complaints to him.
My brother asked me why the hell I had Bridgerton covers and piano versions of love songs in the same Spotify playlist as Disturbed, Metallica and Imagine Dragons.
I told him it was for writing.
He asked what the hell I was writing that required that range of emotions.
I declined to answer.
Dear email inbox,
I do not care what's in the middle of Lidl this week.
I do not care what new range Lush has launched (that's a lie I do)
I do not care that I still have audible credits. Has Chris Barrie narrated another audio book? No? Then piss off.
I do not care that Good Housekeeping has the perfect traybake for winter (seriously how did I get on a fucking Good Housekeeping mail list?)
If the email is not from AO3 I. DON'T. CARE!
That is my rant.
I just finished reading Persephone (so far) and I have to say I love it SO much, everyone's written so accurately and Sephy herself is so interesting and AUGHH I love it. I'm literally rereading it over and over waiting for a new chapter 😭
Oh my goodness, I honestly don't know what to say, thank you so much!
Don't worry, a new chapter will be coming soon. I'm working on it right now as a matter of fact.
Tonight's the night guys, I can feel it. I will finish writing the Holoship chapter tonight.
Who wants a Holoship chapter and some Rimmer angst this fine Sunday morning?
Back when I first discovered The Thick of It I started writing a story based on it (basically a fanfic but I didn't write fics then so I changed the names and reworked it into a separate story.)
My husband has now convinced me to return it to a ttoi fic and post it, but it's about 18 chapters.
Should I post each chapter as I finish rewriting them, or wait until I've rewritten the whole lot?
Come get your Malcolm Tucker/call girl fantasy!
New chapters being uploaded as we speak!
Guys, I just counted, and if I write a chapter for every episode in the show, from what I've done so far, it's gonna take 9 fucking chapters to get to Legion.
NINE!
How am I meant to keep up the angst until then? Or write a satisfying payoff if I do manage it? It'd have to be some Earth shattering, universe bending, mind blowing payoff scene, and frankly I doubt my own skill.
When the next chapter is Dimension Jump, so you have to write while staring at a picture of Ace.
Comments and kudos make me want to cry and cling to your leg as I thank you over and over again. Plus I am an unapologetic attention seeker. Go nuts guys!
You don't need anyone's approval for the stories you write and the art you create. But it's also absolutely valid to want some approval from your audience. Kudos and likes don't determine your creation's worth. But it just feels amazing to receive them.
Part of me really wants to rewrite Secretary but make it Red Dwarf (including my OC Sephy)
@feline-ranger this is your fault. (Love you ❤️)
Best line I've written yet.
At least then he wouldn’t have to put up with the sounds of peppy music hall numbers, and the occasional soppy love song that sounded like it was being played by someone capable of reading his soul like it was nothing but sheet music.
Sharing again so I can pin it.
Times are tough. Sephy's advertising hair dye.
"I thought you were writing tonight?"
"I am. I'm waiting for the devastating realisation that I will only ever hold him with my words to hit."