the trick is to keep breathing

a wild sev emerges from the depths of the ravine HI WHATS UP LETS TALK ABOUT NANOWRIMO, ORIGINAL FICTION, AND MY FUCKING SABBATICAL

( me yelling into space about my life )

Anyway, the IMPORTANT question is about NaNo projects. I've narrowed it down to 3, because I have to start somewhere. (none of them are lesbian werewolves in space, namely because while i have the characters and worldbuilding down, the plot needs some solid work i haven't done.) Let me know what you think of the following concepts -- you don't have to vote or anything, but if something sounds interesting, I'd love to hear it.

1. Young woman working as a non-magical analytical scientist suddenly and drastically discovers she has the specific magical ability of working a season's circle with a coven of four (spring summer autumn winter; she's autumn). The season's circle is when four witches work together to create a passageway between the [land of the fey] and the human's world, allowing an (1) powerful being to step through or back. This particular circle is attempting to summon a cool demon-type dude who is powerful enough to stop an entity called the Oak King, who's basically spreading dark magic through the land etc etc. The circle has been holding on to the magic with only 3 witches but they need the 4th to complete the rite. Unfortunately, Amber has no fucking clue how any of this works and basically gets stabbed with her power; Summer really hates her for some reason; she has to come to terms with Autumn being the season of death; and who the hell is going to finish her analytical work while she spends three months in a season's circle coma? Additional options include: background romance, Gay, lots of fun worldbuilding, urban fantasy type setting where this could be the real world just with some magic bullshit.

2. Sassy idiot lady born with the power to scry into the past uses her magic and tools to make a living exploring things for fussy customers who want answers. Lives in a rough edge of town, doubles at a bar for free food, manages to get by in the grey area between the brightness of the City and the darkness of the Void. One day a scry doesn't work, which has never happened in her career, and she starts finding out other magics are failing: the bar owner's beer went off, her father's healing magic didn't come when called, etc etc. She's eventually sought out by [the equivalent of a detective] to help [a City murder case] but drags him into finding out what's going on in their small town as recompense. Turns out the two are related, but she doesn't have any other magical powers and doesn't know how to fight off this [creature] that's slowly moving in on their City. Bisexual protag and this is definitely Not Our World. Additional options include: Karma Knights (when killing someone is right, they're the ones who do it), Wild Gay Fairy, this world could easily explode if i let it.

3. Young lady was born with a huge reservoir of magical energy but lacks the ability to channel it all. Having been abandoned/orphaned (not sure yet) she's now training with the dwarves to learn how to be a healer, figuring she may as well try it. Her (erstwhile; somewhat removed) cousin has the gift to heal the earth, and asks Enna to come on her pilgrimage across the Civil Lands and into the Nolands to try to heal the damage so that the land can be used [think: remnants of a nuclear apocalypse healed by elemental magic]. Cousin, her existing band of jolly protectors, and Enna set out across the absolute disaster of the journey, haunted by demons and Nightmares, often having to invent new ways to use their skills because nobody has faced this shit yet. One part FFX pilgrimage, one part Enna finding her own purpose, one part environmentalist rants in the form of a tiny girl.

Thoughts?

[edit] markdown y u always do this to me fuck ity

As of now:

• Tiers 1 & 2: 3 spots open
• Tiers 3 & 4: 2 spots open
• Tier 5: Closed

Wanna give me money for delicious words? Check me out.

(Who wants to make me an “I’m not dead yet” icon) (Or some sweet Good Omens icons) (Or any MCU icons at all, I guess, I’m like 20 years behind on icons)

I LIVE.

Things are both exciting and not, and I’ve had some grand old panicking, and I’ve had a lot of sleep and alcohol, but today I’m here to talk about commissions.

I intend to open up a second round of commissions, all of which will go towards a new laptop and a mobile upgrade. I am finding my old laptop only barely adequate for (a) the work I’m currently doing (the screen is being a weird with spreadsheets etc) and (b) the other activities I’m picking up. For many things I can use my iPad Pro but it’s still a mobile device and I’ve found some definite cases where I need the actual power of a computer. Desktops no longer interest me, I’m a mobile person, so a laptop it is. I don’t need top of the line or SUPER gaming power (I’d like a little, yes, but I’ve also found I much prefer games on console when possible) but I do need something sleeker, quicker, and more stable than what I have, which has aged poorly.

But: I opened commissions in February, and here I am in July, still finishing them up. Is it stupid to open another round? probably I’m actually gonna say no, really, cause I learned a lot about what works for me and what doesn’t, and I’m hoping the next round of comms can be a lot more successful and efficient. So, in the hopes of people still being interested in a commission, here are some things I learned.

( “cutting )

I have a draft, right now, I’m working with to consider all of these things together. Thoughts from anyone, commissioners or not, totally welcome!

Basically I’m recognizing a point where I can offer commissions as something different than the other fanfic I will continue and write and post for free, tl;dr, i still need money lol.

Lessons learnt, though, lessons learnt, thinky thoughts, god where is my lottery ticket the eND

Hey y’all — figured I owe some people updates on their commissions.

I’ve gotten sidetracked the last couple weeks, for three specific reasons:

1. I started working for an online client and it was a bit of a struggle to figure out how to get their style to meet mine;
2. I accidentally became the mod of an incredible MCU fandom discord, where we chat and stream movies together and do word sprints, and it’s very very fun except that I accidentally run a discord now I guess;
3. The leadup to Avengers: Endgame, and the aftermath, was actually my first time experiencing something so big in a fandom that’s alive and current, so while the MCU is still just the MCU, I kind of let go and let myself enjoy the hype and excitement of being a part of that, cause I could.

That being said, I’ve looked at my money situation again, and I’m ready to get back to working on these commissions, and I’m probably going to have to reopen commissioning at some point. More on that in a second; here’s what I’ve got in the queue:

• queenlua/@queenlua — Sokka piece, 4000-5000.
• sepdet — a beautifully hilarious intricate crossover of FF into LOTR, 5000+
• lassarina — Locke, Celes, and Setzer pull off a heist and then porn happens, 5000+.
• flonnebonne — something from Momentum-verse, length TBD.
• /@clintobarto — prompt TBD.
• kebarnett88 — GW, 1x2 pining, nice full prompt, 3000-4000.
• RainDriesOut — continuation of the soulmark universe, Tony and Steve, 4000-5000.
• some lesbians who are paying me to GIVE HER THE STRAP fucking /@kangofu_cb /@aw-Hawkeye-no /@spidergwenstefani, likely to be over 10K of absolute filth.
• /@awheckery — Winterhawk In Kushiel , length TBD.
• /@mispelheim — winterhawk, misunderstandings trope.

As you can see, this is a lot of words to write!! And I am excited to get back to them!! It has taken me longer than expected, and the other reason is - as you can see - switching back and forth between fandoms can be tricky when you’re in one headspace and need to type switch to another. It’s harder than I gave it credit for, really.

That being said, I intend to turn in all of this work by the end of May.

The reason is, there’s more bullshit going on with my fricking pension payout than I expected, having budgeted for a huge cashout 01 May that isn’t here, and unless I can convince them to to an off-cycle payout for something THEY fucked up I may have to open commissions again. If so, they’ll open 15-20 May, with a new post and new price points.

Anyway — anyone on that list, if you’ve got additional ideas, now’s the time to throw ‘em at me! More inspiration always helps. I’m doing some paid work today but I’ll be starting on one of the top three tonight.

Thanks yall for the support, I have not forgotten and I intend to make good on all of these, yay me