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there’s so much i wanna write but there’s also so much i wanna read but there’s also so much i wanna watch but there’s also so much i wanna do but there’s also—

“Public libraries are such important, lovely places!” Yes but do you GO there. Do you STUDY there. Do you meet friends and get coffee there. Do you borrow the FREE, ZERO SUBSCRIPTION, ZERO TRACKING books, audiobooks, ebooks, and films. Have you checked out their events and schemes. Do you sign up for the low cost courses in ASL or knitting or programming or writing your CV that they probably run. Do you know they probably have myriad of schemes to help low income families. Do you hire their low cost rooms if you need them. Have you joined their social groups. Do you use the FREE COMPUTERS. Do you even know what your library is trying to offer you. Listen, the library shouldn’t just exist for you as a nice idea. That’s why more libraries shut every year

This

Pretend ur invasive self hating thoughts r being said to u by a 13 y/o boy on xbox live trying to get a rise out of you like “Your girlfriend dumped you because you’re ugly” that’s nice tim isn’t it past ur bedtime

The Pinoe Parade

Hi i just wanted to tell u how much i love reading ur work !! I started with let’s play pretend and immediately apon finishing i stalked u for more and u were about halfway thru language lessons. I waited like a month to read and after finishing i still was not satiated of ur writing and went and read extra credit. N e ways i think ive read like 5 of ur fics now and i genuinely adore your writing so much. I read i put a spell on you the other night and it had me giggling in bed until i finished. Kindly requesting another little halloween themed B side for spooky season. Just wanted to let u know how much i appreciate ur writing and all ur characterizations of the marauders they literally never fail

Thank you so much that’s really sweet!

So my friend texted me on October 1 and said, “happy Alex season” while another friend sent me their annual text of “it’s decorative gourd season, motherfuckers,” so we could each enjoy our reread of the greatest essay in the history of mankind.

Why? Because spooky season is when I COME THE FUCK ALIVE. It’s all Halloween all the time up in my mind but in October I can really let it out.

That said, this witch’s high holiday is a big deal in my life and I don’t have a single free night between now and Samhain. It’s all parties and shows and fuckery. So the odds of me pulling off a spooky season b-side are probably low. But I won’t rule it out!

Here are a couple other things to scratch that itch:

I published a (year late) second chapter for My Moony which includes a lot of Halloween stuff, including Remus in fishnets.

A podfic now exists for I Put a Spell on You thanks to @burningaurora with incredible cover art by @meteoralinart

Things that Go Boo by @theresthesnitch is a haunted house oneshot.

The Proctor House by @eyra is set in 19th century New England

Hallowed by @hihimissamericanbi is a Salem witch trials WIP

Anyone else, please feel free to drop your fave spooky season fics in the comments!!

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Look at you!

My little Klaus fic is all grown up and posted on ao3!

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day ten reveals!

this is godric's hollow by @moonyship 1/?, 5.4k Harry has only ever wanted to kill dragons. In Godric's Hollow, its basically a right of passage. A way to prove yourself. And as soon to be Chief, he desperately needs to prove himself before the dragons destroy everything he loves. The only issue is that he can't bring himself to do it.

we go where no one goes by @thundersarts 1?, 3.2k They treat Regulus as a ghost story. Something to share around a fireplace to scare kids, to make them not hate dragons because they're good as long as you are good. Regulus isn't a person to them. He's a curse. A sacrifice. Not to Sirius, though. Never to Sirius. After years of Regulus Black being missing, James goes out alone on a mission far from Berk. What he doesn't account for is to encounter the very same ghost that has been haunting his best friend's life.

postmarked by @kelpforestfire 1/?, 2.2k If the movie Klaus (2019) was made with the marauders, featuring a spoiled rich kid Sirius, disillusioned broke former idealist teacher Remus, snarky Peter, and love torn James. A Santa Klaus origin story.

I act and react, and suddenly I wonder “Where is the girl that I was last year?…Two years ago?…What would she think of me now?”

Sylvia Plath, from The Unabridged Journals Of Sylvia Plath (via veriteserum)

Wow

AWESOME URSULA SHE MADE IT ALL HERSELF

This is an appreciation post for the fanfic authors who aren’t included on rec lists

For the fanfic authors who don’t get art of their fics

For the fanfic authors who can’t get to 1000/500/100 hits

For the fanfic authors who don’t get comments/reviews

For the fanfic authors who write for small fandoms

For the fanfic authors who write rarepairs or gen fics

For the fanfic authors who get hate for the ships/characters/fandoms they write

For the fanfic authors who write in English despite it not being their first language

For the fanfic authors who don’t write in English

For the fanfic authors who don’t think anyone reads or likes their work

For the fanfic authors who aren’t big name fans

For the fanfic authors who don’t get requests in their inboxes

For the fanfic authors who can’t write stories that are more than a thousand words

For the fanfic authors who only write one ship

For the fanfic authors who are just starting

For the fanfic authors who have been writing fic for years

For the fanfic authors who use fanfic to practice writing

For the fanfic authors who write self-insert fics

For the fanfic authors who write about their OCs

For the fanfic authors who write to vent or cope

For the fanfic authors who are just waiting for their big break

Keep creating, I love you ❤️

Sharing my writing with other people is always going to feel vulnerable, no matter how many times I do it or how others respond. I doubt I'm the only one that gets nervous when posting online, so thought I'd share this:

Things that help when sharing my fics

1. Make sure I have a project or something to work on straight after posting

gives me something to think about other than how my fic is doing

stops me sitting there constantly refreshing ao3

ideally something not related to ff (so no WIPs)

2. Try to not look at tumblr/my ao3 until at least the next morning

gives me (hopefully) something to look forward to in the morning

keeps me from constantly checking if I know I'm going to check it all at once

my ao3 comment emails are disabled for this reason

having any other fics that I want to read open in their own tab also helps so I don't have to click on my user

3. Post about an hour before I'm planning to sleep

posting close to bedtime makes #2 easier, but

I also need to factor in time to calm down after the initial nerves

4. Read some other recently posted fics

partly I do this regardless of whether or not I've posted recently

but also it's nice reading other people's work knowing they're probably out there at that exact moment experiencing something similar

I've found some of my absolute fav ff writers this way

careful that if you do this you're not comparing

5. Be extra kind to myself

chances are my anxiety is going to be running high

this means I tend to be extra critical of myself for about a day after posting something

it helps to remind myself that there's a reason my inner critic is in hyperdrive

but that also means no reading, writing, or editing my own work

6. If nothing else, remember I had fun

remind myself that once the anxiety has passed I'll have a new chapter/fic from my favourite ff writer (me) to look forward to

and if even one other person reads it and enjoys it, I've made a new friend :)

Of course this is a checklist for the ideal scenario. There are other factors and days when my anxiety is already running high for other reasons. This isn't a set of commandments or a rulebook, it's a guide to help myself.

If it's not helping in the moment, I do something different.