Little-known downsides of immortality:
- Tearing your favourite article of clothing and discovering that it’s
irreplaceable because the technique of its manufacture has been lost- Realising you’ve thought of the perfect comeback to someone who’s been dead for three hundred years
- Not being able to eat your favourite dish anymore because the source of some critical ingredient has gone extinct
- Having strong opinions about sports that are no longer played
- Getting a song from the 13th Century stuck in your head and being unable to get it out because you don’t remember how it ends and you’re the only person on Earth who knows it
- Having that perfect pun you’ve been waiting forever for a chance to use stop working due to linguistic drift
Tag: writing and whatnot
I just discovered foodtimeline.org, which is exactly what it sounds like: centuries worth of information about FOOD. If you are writing something historical and you want a starting point for figuring out what people should be eating, this might be a good place?
CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY
this is awesome but the original link just turned into a redirect loop for me, here it is again (x)
OH HELLO
No more potatoes in medieval novels!
Something Rotten!
omg a musical song about COMPLAINING ABOUT WRITING
My whole life I have been waiting for this. MY WHOLE LIFE.
OH MY WORD
YES.
I REBLOG THIS EVERY SINGLE TIME IT COMES ON MY DASH AN I HAVE LOVED IT EVERY TIME
@queenof-starwars-and-otherthings @cooliogirl101 @blackkatmagic @shanatical @goaskalice137
@lovelylangst @taylor-tut @blueplanettrash this is accurate
This is so accurate that it actually hurts me.
Oh my fucking Chuck
Tagging all the writers i can remember right now
@starsinursa @reallyelegantsharkfish @jhoomwrites @silvie111 @sactownbrowns3 @rosemoonweaver @suckerfordeansfreckles I know I know more but dnddmfjfkcnvivoanaja
Can I change the topic? (scrunching up face) I had wanted to ask about how you choose what and who to paint. (the rad choice of lipstick colours, or the eyeliners, or the glowing fairies) They fit well and make a fascinating image, but I’m not very familiar with these actors and actresses so I don’t really understand. Is it just whatever that takes your fancy? (I feel like you’ve made a post about this…)
You don’t have to know them. They’re all self-portraits.
Think of them as OCs and it will make more sense, I think.
Or maybe it won’t? I’m still learning how to convey what I want with my art. If it’s not being conveyed, I need to adapt my message.
… self portraits of other people is one I’m going to stare at the wall for a while and process because it does make sense but now I get to chew over ye olde “artist as presenter/point of view” topic and how many different layers of fingerprints there are in art.
Weren’t you talking about, for who you pick, that you’re looking at the places society isn’t highlighting right now?
Canon characters as self inserts in fanfiction is totally a thing, too.
I didn’t need to stare at the wall more
Though this is less “more” than “still” because @rosemoonweaver and I can’t stop talking about the mechanics of character resonance and how that interplays with fandom splits and subgroupings and why people ship things…
I’m so glad now that I’ve heard an artist say this b/c I thought it was an actor/writer thing.
I am every character I’ve written and they are me. They live inside my skin for a little while, they use me to tell their stories. I pick them, or maybe they pick me, because we have something in common that needs to be expressed. It’s all a self-insert. All of it. Everytime.
i’ve been trying all day. but i dont feel good.
I don’t either. I ate a little and then I got sick but I need to get some stuff done. I just *really* don’t wanna.
Ugggghhhh.
I’m gonna be staring at stupid word docs all night, aren’t I?
I don’t wanna. No more words. Someone else words for a while.
So Rose, What Did You Do This Year?
Lemme tell you what I did this year. (In terms of writing, of course.) I wound up writing 29 new fics and reaching 194,929 words on Ao3 which is pretty nice if you ask me. I’ll do a comparison post to 2016 in a bit but for now, here’s everything I’ve written in a somewhat organized manner. (These are in order of kudos on my ao3 b/c that’s what I have it set to.)
Destiel
Under the Surface (M, 48,657)
Graphic Depictions of Violence, pirate Castiel, prince Dean, pirate AU
Shut Your Mouth (I’ll Shut it for You) (E, 2,803)
public sex, blow jobs, human AU, part of the Sex Like It’s a Competition ‘Verse
Deanjimstiel
Some Things Last (E, 61,706)
(there are a lot of tags, I suggest you read them)
Night at the Fish Zoo (E, 5,817)
octo!Dean, consentacles, bottom Jimmy, bottom Cas
A Little More Than Super Friends (E, 4,877)
cross dressing, bottom Jimmy, bottom Cas, top Cas, top Dean
Jimmy, Jemma, and Cas (M, 4,368)
drag queen Jimmy, genderfluid Cas, copious Sam embarassment
Beer Pong (T, 1,705)
college typical drinking, poly issues
Winjimstiel
Four Can Play at that Game (E, 5,422)
competitive sexting, so many sex tags
Safe and Sound (E, 3,783)
anxiety attacks, Dean’s fear of flying, rimming, blow jobs
The Bed Solution (T, 505)
domestic stuff
Wincest
Bliss (E, 3,169)
canon verse, first time, bottom Dean, top Sam
Off the Highway (E, 1,336)
panty kink, frottage, choking, part of the Peacemaker ‘verse
The Dragon’s Keep (WIP E, 5,723)
Graphic Depictions of Violence, dragon Sam, knight Dean, more tags to be added
These Roads We Take (M, 2,043)
canon verse, unhappy ending (my unofficial headcanon)
Various Rare Pairs and Polyships
Learning Curve (Sastiel) (T, 13,734)
teacher Sam, teacher Cas, ABO, beta Sam, alpha Cas
Crash and Burn (CasDeanIniasSam) (E, 1,404)
canon verse (ish), end verse, fallen Castiel, fallen Inias, recreational drug use
You Can’t Say That (Michean) (T, 1,980)
board games, fluff, alcohol
Angel Lust (SamJimmy) (E, 2,582)
Dead Dove: Do Not Eat (I mean it!), necrophilia, no actual corpse fucking, bottom Sam, top Jimmy, part of the Peacemaker ‘verse
Trigger Happy (SamJimmy) (E, 1,871)
Dead Dove: Do Not Eat (again), gunplay, dubious consent, pistol whipping, oral sex, part of the Peacemaker ‘verse
Stuck in a Snowglobe (Mr. Klean) (M, 2,983)
canon verse, magic, oral sex
Lazy Sunday (DeanVictor) (E, 1,442)
cake, top Victor, bottom Dean
Passive-Aggressive Undertaking (Mr. Klean, DeanMeg, DeanKetchMeg) (E, 4,687)
enemies to lovers, prank war, hate sex, funeral home AU
Maybe It’s Fairies (EileenJessSam) (T, 1,767)
mischief, no supernatural AU, domestic
Odes to College Love (SamBrady) (M, 549)
bad poetry, unhappy ending, pre-canon
Femslash
Maybe Florida Isn’t So Bad (DonnaJody) (T, 1,767)
canon verse, hunting, get together
Nightmares and Teddy Bears (AnnaRuby) (T, 1,517)
human AU, moms Anna and Ruby, mental illness
Lipstick and Love Notes (AbaddonMeg) (M, 1,610)
burlesque AU, implied sexual content, open relationships
Gen and/or Negligible Pairings
Catharsis (T, 1,307)
canon verse, child abuse, john winchester’s a+ parenting, violence against trees
The First Loves of Dean Winchester (M, 1,866)
Underage, bisexual Dean, internalized biphobia, first kisses, first times
The first draft of my Saileen bb is done! Yes! (I just need a title now.)
I will celebrate by writing something short and fun and then I will get back to the mountain of projects I have yet to complete.
How to be a writer
1) Have ideas
2) Talk about ideas
3) Research ideas
4) Daydream about ideas
5) Attempt to write ideas
6) Whine about how hard writing is
7) Cry
8) Finally find inspiration at 3:13 am and write like mad
9) Cry b/c it’s all unintelligible nonsense
10) Have another idea
Writing Tracking Spreadsheet for 2018
It’s that time of year again! I am sharing the updated (and I hope bug free) blank spreadsheet to track your words for 2018. We’ll begin with the link, so that those who know how to use it and just want to grab and run can get it.
Writing Tracking Blank Sheet for 2018
This is an Excel spreadsheet shared via Google Drive. Feel free to grab a copy, work with it wherever, modify as you wish. All I ask is if you modify and redistribute it, please credit back to me as the original source. I’ve been really loving seeing some of the modifications people have made, and this year I’ve incorporated a few things that I liked back into my version!
Some screenshots of new features and how to use it are behind a Keep Reading cut, to keep your dashes neat and clean.
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