You know what?

I love you, fics that take months to update. I click on the newest chapter and have no memory of this place and get to go back some chapters and rediscover how much i love everything about this story.

I love you, fics that take years to update. I think of you fondly, and know your names, go search for you and see an update from this year and scream, diving in uncaring of any missed details (i will finish the update and read you in reverse because this is a treat you have bestowed)

I love you, fics that probably will never update again. Thank you for being a roman empire for my mind, thank you for teaching me about the ephemeral fandom experience, for inspiring a thousand million what if-s, for being a comfort read and a nostalgia read and a reread.

I love you fic writers, who jump into projects and stories with enthusiasm. I love you when you succeed in pumping out those chapters and that love doesn't go away when you stop.

I love you fic writers who post and then get in your own head and never feel confident enough to update, whether it's at all or whether it's just that one story.

I love you fic writers, who have a fandom or media hurt you to the point of abandoning or having a hard time with their WIPs.

I love you fic writers, who lose interest or have life changes or illness or bad memory. Thank you for being part of the fandom, a core part of the fandom. Thank you for the time spent in the fandom.

I love you, fic writers who try out something new and then stop. You're so valid.

I love you, WIP fics that may or may not ever get finished. Thank you for brightening my day in the way only you could have.

Just Remember Me When

Author: TheWholeLemon

Artist: @cattocavo

Warnings: canon-typical levels of angst and violence, minor character deaths consistent with canon, cursing. Baz's mom still dies, the Mage is still an asshole.

Tags: Veronica Mars AU, canon divergent, mystery, detective noir, angsty but make it fun!, angst with a happy ending, it's really not that much of a bummer except sort of, magickal creatures, detective agency, you do not need to watch Veronica Mars to read this! I took a lot of liberties

Summary: A year and a half ago, Baz Pitch was an average (magickal) teenager with a crush, a best friend, two parents, plenty of Old Family money and an only-slightly-oppressive family legacy to uphold. Now, a few things have changed. He's a vampire, for one. And his days look a little different--he's vowed to avenge his mother's murder, clear her name, and recover his family's property--in between acing Magic Words exams, tracking down lost pets, helping out hapless fellow Watford students with their problems, and trying not to endanger everyone he loves just by being near them. Thank god he's good at multitasking.

Word Count: 6100 so far; Ch 1/9

See a preview of the art that will show up in chapter 3!

@carry-on-big-bang

Chapter 2 is up!

Baz has some visitors at the agency.

Just a reminder: you do not need to have watched Veronica Mars to read & enjoy Baz as a jaded teenage detective coping with the aftermath of his mother’s death and all of their wealth and property being confiscated by the Mage. And just like Veronica Mars, somehow it’s a lot funnier than it sounds like it should be.

THANK YOU to everyone that has read, cheered or commented on the first chapter of more than a footnote. It's so much fun to geek over Dev and Niall with you. I'm currently editing chapter 4 and writing chapter 5, so I hope I can publish every two weeks. Fingers crossed!

How about some Dev POV, from chapter 2?

I LOVE HIM SO MUCH.

sending love + wishing you some good this sunday. np tags under the cut:

Reblogging again because I got an anon last week whining cause they did this to one of my unfinished series and the bot killed Y/N so now they want ME to give them a happy ending. Like. No. Suffer, bitch.

AI is the death of creativity. Anyone who does this to my stories and is stupid enough to brag about it will be blocked from ever reading my work again, AND I'll let everyone on tumblr know that you do this. We'll see how much fic you get to enjoy when every author blocks you forever.

Fic is a gift. I've said it before. Don't shit all over your lovingly handcrafted gifts, m'kay? This should be fucking obvious, but apparently for some of you it's not.

If anyone does this to me, I'm going to delete the story

I won't hesitate

If anyone does

this to me, I’m going to

delete the story

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

Happy Wednesday! I've been finding a lot more joy in my creative projects lately and it made me realize that I was coming out of a depressive episode. Sometimes it's hard to tell when you're in it and you don't always know until you're on the other side of it. Drawing felt like such a slog and I blamed it on not having enough time, but I also wasn't making time for it. It feels so good to get back to my artwork!

I'm working on my COBB artwork and I've finally nailed down what I want to do! The foreshortening came together better than I thought it would.

I'm also wrist deep in rhinestones at the moment. Littlest Purple's ice skating coach found out that I made her practice dress and she mentioned that there's a huge demand for skating dresses at the rink. Before I decide whether or not to take commissions, I'm making a dress for Littlest Purple to see if I even enjoy the process. So far, I'm having the best time!

Tags and hellos below the cut!

Thank you @shrekgogurt for the tag!

With the hockey fic finally finished and not looking over my shoulder anymore, I’ve been putting my efforts into my COBB fic and my “for fun” fic. Thank you @aristocratic-otter for betaing my for fun fic. I’ve looked forward to your feedback and it’s motivated me to write.

Having said all that, who’s ready for a little angsty Snobaz knight action?

And we’ll stop there as it gets a bit spoilery after that.

Hope everyone has a fabulous Wednesday

Tags: @ic3-que3n @dohrnaira @thewholelemon @facewithoutheart @artsyunderstudy

@imagineacoolusername @shemakesmeforget @ivelovedhimthroughworse @ionlydrinkhotwater @wellbelesbian

@rimeswithpurple @aristocratic-otter @cutestkilla @blackberrysummerblog @nausikaaa

@supercutedinosaurs @nightimedreamersworld @valeffelees @iamamythologicalcreature @ileadacharmedlife

@martsonmars @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @hushed-chorus @roomwithanopenfire @youarenevertooold

@noblecorgi

Also:

Aaaaaaaand

Also consider:

And!

It's horrible to have entered the Simon Snow fandom this year because everything is from 2022 and it seems like I'm late, PLEASE REVIVE THE SIMON SNOW FANDOM!.

If it makes you feel better, I joined in 2022 and felt the same way about 2020 xD

To borrow from Simon "I give pet names without warning" Snow, hey babe, I got you. So many good fics every single year! But folks are still out here creating amazing stuff and I wanted to give a tiny glimpse. All of these have been updated or posted in their entirety in January, and this is in no way comprehensive:

Do you want a plotting Simon buying a date with a suspicious Baz? A Charity Case (T, complete, finished 2 days ago! hot off the presses) by @nightimedreamersworld

Do you want some hanahaki Simon with some gorgeous art, too? POUR OUT FROM THE SIDES OF MY MOUTH by @urban-sith (T, complete, posted 9 days ago)

Do you want Simon in a skirt? The Founder of Frills by @run-for-chamo-miles (T, posted 10 days ago)

Do you want a While You Were Sleeping AU? Mind the Gap by @arca9 (T, complete, finished 2 weeks ago)

Do you want Simon as a firefighter falling in love with Baz as an arsonist? Did you need Simon to have a giant orange cat? A Little Bit Deadly by @emeryhall (Explicit, finished 2 weeks ago, can't recommend highly enough)

Do you still miss Rebel, Rebel and wish you could have just a little more Simon POV? under pressure by @messofthejess (T, part 3 finished 2 weeks ago)

Are you missing Simon sextuplets? How about a follow-up? The Snowflake Polycule by @skee3000 (Explicit, finished 3 weeks ago)

December had so many good fics! It actually hurts my feelings to not include them! But I limited this to just January to give a small sample of good stuff that is happening literally right now to show it's still an active place. If anyone is wondering what my thoughts are on December fics, you know you just have to ask.

I know some folks don't read WIPs, and to those folks: I understand that you might be scared of getting hurt, but I am also obligated to tell you you're missing out, like, a lot.

Why don't you try revisiting the Wayward Son roadtrip? Now with more monster parts love and acceptance! For All Intents and Purposes by @hushed-chorus (M, wip)

Who could resist a re-do of Bridget Jones's Diary, but with the absolutely most charming, awkward, lovable teenage Baz that's ever been? My heart beats for him. I feel angry he's fictional and I can't squeeze him. Basil Pitch's Diary by @bookish-bogwitch (T, wip)

Do you want Simon and Baz to play premier league football? (geez mary are those correct sports ball words?) Do you also want them engaging in complicated and nuanced expressions of grief and growing as people? do you want excellent writing & great use of flashbacks? great, me too: I Knew a Boy, I Knew A Man by @shrekgogurt (T, wip)

You're a hockey fan instead? Sugar We're Going Down Swingin by @prettygoododds (Explicit)

Would you just rather be watching Star Trek? Star Trek: Redemption (the latest episode by @cutestkilla is almost wrapped, but there's so many good episodes to go!) with just so many great writers.

Oh, no, you're really more into history & the American Revolution. Got it. The Snow Fox by @aristocratic-otter (Explicit)

Hasn't it always bothered you how canon glossed over Baz's coffin trauma? That's in progress, too: Your Fragile Bones Are Mine by @artsyunderstudy (Explicit)

COMING JULY 2024, A BOOK FOR* ADULTS. *ABOUT

Everybody thought Shiloh and Cary would end up together– everybody but Shiloh and Cary.

Slow Dance follows these star-crossed best friends from their inseparable teen years on the wrong side of the tracks to their far-flung adulthoods – through her marriage and motherhood and his time in the Navy – as they try to work out what they’re actually supposed to be to each other. 

Told with Rowell’s trademark sensitivity and abundant wit, Slow Dance is a big, beaming power ballad of a novel about a love so true, it refuses to be forgotten.

This is my first book in nine years not to involve the World of Mages (unless you consider Omaha to be part of the World of Mages). I think it's good. It's like a big juicy cheeseburger novel. A love story.

You can find out more here.

And, as always, you can preorder and signed and personalized copy at my local indie bookstore, The Bookworm. Cover design by art director Elsie Lyons, with illustration by painter Joël Penkman, and lettering by Jim Tierney.

WIP Wednesday

Good morning! Hope everyone is surviving the first week of January. I'm still riding the high of finally finishing a fic which I have been struggling with since completing Someone Wicked so. Can I get a woop woop? Sharing a little bit of that today since I'm genuinely really happy with it. And I also shared some more of my two other definitely not abandoned WIP projects as well.

Also, quick COC update: I will finish my prompt list for sure, but I'm taking a quick, necessary break, so it might not be for a minute. But rest assured, there are some more fic recs and illustrations incoming.

Enjoy!

One December Night (Read on AO3)

Close Your Eyes

Sober

Tags under the cut!

it's always so fascinating and heartbreaking when a character in a story is simultaneously idolized and abused. a chosen prophet destined for martyrdom. a child prodigy forced to grow up too fast. a powerful warrior raised as nothing but a weapon. there's just something so uniquely messed up about singing someone's praises whilst destroying them.

WIP Wednesday

Hey! Seems pretty active today which is amazing, I can't wait to look at what everyone's been posting. I've been dealing with some family stuff so I haven't been able to write as much as I want, but I'm still chugging slowly away at my post-AWTWB fic. God its so soft.

Something sweet and spicy. Put it under the cut just in case, it's pretty M-rated tho.

I’m playing catch up on my IKABIKAM October chapters. (And then will probably play catch up on November in December it’s fine.) I released Chapter 7 last night which you can read here if you missed it. And, now, I get to focus on Chapter 8 which is one I’ve been kicking my feet and giggling about for like a year.

I present to you, six sentences from Baz’s flashback POV:

Caught On Tape: A Carry On Podfest Masterlist

Caught On Tape is a podfic festival for fanfic related to Rainbow Rowell's Simon Snow Trilogy and Fangirl that runs October 29th to November 11th, 2023.

Listed below are all of the podfics posted so far for the fest! (You can find them on AO3 in our collection too.) Thank you so much to all of the wonderful creators who have participated and to the writers who volunteered their works to be podficced.

Rated G

[Podfic] Figure It Out (length: 3:22) read by @forabeatofadrum, written by @wellbelesbian

[Podfic] The Plum Tree (length: 6:21) read by @fatalfangirl, written by @otherpeoplesheartachept-2

[Podfic] Threads of Fate by Aristocratic_Otter (length 1:51:59) read by @caethes, written by @aristocratic-otter

Rated T

[Podfic] The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow Squeaksbury (length: 19:15) read by @youarenevertooold, written by @aroace-genderfluid-sheep

[Podfic] namesakes (length: 6:34) read by @forabeatofadrum, written by @tea-brigade

[Podfic] Crisp and Sweet (length: 22:00) read by @bookish-bogwitch, written by @mostlymaudlin

[Podfic] We Still Bloom (length 1:45:00) read by @hushed-chorus, written by @artsyunderstudy

[Podfic] A Prickly Disposition (length 11:56) read by @fatalfangirl, written by @you-remind-me-of-the-babe

[Podfic] A Restless Mind (Chapter 2 added) (length Ch 1 35:21, Ch 2 45:21) read by @cottagepodfics, written by @whatevertheweather

[Podfic] Worst Disney Princess Ever (length 54:28) read by @youarenevertooold, written by @hushed-chorus

[Podfic] Return to Sender (length 40:08) read by @spiri-a, writtenby @tea-brigade

[Podfic] Meet Me Under the Mistletoe (length 25:48) read by RattleandHum, written by @artsyunderstudy

[Podfic] Raining Cats and Dogs (Without the Cats) (length 32:23) read by @youarenevertooold, written by @whatevertheweather

[Podfic] This Is What We'll Tell Them (length 13:55) read by @captain-aralias, written by @mostlymaudlin

[Podfic] The Sound of Silence (length 49:00) read by @spiri-a, written by @captain-aralias

[Podfic] Petrichor (length 34:26) read by @you-remind-me-of-the-babe, written by @martsonmars

[Podfic] Tuesday (length 6:51) read by @freclface, written by @sillyunicorn

[Podfic] Light Me Up (length 37:28) read by @larkral, written by @mostlymaudlin

[Podfic] "Bro. You can just sleep with me." (length 7:13) read by @larkral, written by @mostlymaudlin

[Podfic] Bestie Status Achieved (length 12:14) read by @larkral, written by @mostlymaudlin

[Podfic] Who Cooks For You? (length 8:16) read by @karry-on, written by @sillyunicorn

[Podfic] 5 times agatha wellbelove should have realised she was a lesbian, and 1 time she did (length 14:35) read by @karry-on, written by @wellbelesbian

[Podfic] Flowers, Cake, and Filthy DMs (length 11:24) read by @iamamythologicalcreature, written by @you-remind-me-of-the-babe

[Podfic] Is This the Real Life? (length 42:52) read by @petrodobreva and @ivelovedhimthroughworse, written by @captain-aralias

[Podfic] Icarus (length 3:02) read by @forabeatofadrum, written by @mostlymaudlin

[Podfic] The Selkie and his Boy (length 2:07:00 spread over six chapters) read by @spiri-a, written by @hushed-chorus

[Podfic] Wielded by the Righteous by Maanorchidee (length 12:32) read by pectinouscube, written by @forabeatofadrum

Rated M

[Podfic] Sleeper Agents (length 13:31) read by @larkral, written by @mostlymaudlin

[Podfic] Shiver (length 43:48) read by theimpossibledemon, written by @captain-araliasand @facewithoutheart

[Podfic] Hold You Close Just Like a Photograph (length 20:05) read by @captain-aralias, written by @skeedelvee

Rated E

[Podfic] The Worst Chosen Ones (The "Let It Snow" Remix) (length 39:19) read by @bookish-bogwitch, written by @captain-aralias

[Podfic] Playing the Field (length 45:56) read by @cutestkilla, written by @fatalfangirl

WIP Wednesday

Thank u for the tags this week @ileadacharmedlife @aristocratic-otter and @aroace-genderfluid-sheep!

How are we a full week into november already!! My @carryon-reverse-bang fic is stumbling forward. I've been getting some fantastic notes from stellar beta @aristocratic-otter and still having a ton of fun writing it and laughing at my own jokes (although that posting deadline is looming closer and closer).

Agatha is giving me the worst time – she's one of my fav characters, and I want her to have a bigger role in this fic, but she's been refusing to give me any POV! So this morning I sat down and "interviewed" her in my notebook to try to figure out what's going on with her.

Same, Agatha, same. But I love you and hope you cooperate at some point in the narrative.

And here's some Baz POV (I LOVE a text fic, and was excited to write this silly lil texting snippet):

Wipsday well-wishes to @ileadacharmedlife, @youarenevertooold, @rimeswithpurple, @aroace-genderfluid-sheep, @aristocratic-otter, @artsyunderstudy, @thewholelemon, @facewithoutheart, @leithillustration, @alexalexinii, @katatsumuli, @theimpossibledemon, @scribble-tier, @iamamythologicalcreature, @martsonmars

Ahoy there Salty Pirates!

I have no sentences or snippets to share this Sunday, but I have been able to chip away a little at the list I drew up for NaClYoHo - National Clean Your House Month.

I've fixed a door knob and hemmed a curtain that have both been languishing for... some months. I also took the pool water to be tested, and dropped off three boxes of cans and bottles at our recycling centre. Feels good to tick a few things off of the list, especially since they've been waiting so long.

I've just been handed an aperol spritz by my spouse, which feels like a reward. Go me 🥳

I think I'm still in podfic mode, as I'm mostly thinking about what to record next - but I really ought to be in CORB mode. I have enough for a single chapter, but I'm kind of scared that I won't ever finish it if I don't have it complete by the posting deadline. Doesn't help that it's getting to that time of year where it feels like you don't have any weekends left because... I don't even know how it happens, it just does. Shrug.

Speaking of podfics though, PLEASE go check out @caught-on-tape-fest. They've been collecting all the new podfics into a master list. There's HOURS of SnowBaz goodness there folks. Perfect for bedtime stories, walking your dog in the snow, cleaning your bathroom, or driving to the recycling centre.

Since this isn't an actual wip post (unless you count my house as a wip - which, fair), I was tossing up whether or not to tag people. But I like to see what y'all are working on, and also let you know that I think about you and hope life is treating you kindly 💖

@alexalexinii @aroace-genderfluid-sheep @artsyunderstudy @blackberrysummerblog @cutestkilla @hushed-chorus @iamamythologicalcreature @ileadacharmedlife @ivelovedhimthroughworse @larkral @leithillustration @martsonmars @messofthejess @moodandmist @raenestee @rimeswithpurple @shrekgogurt @supercutedinosaurs @thewholelemon @valeffelees @wellbelesbian @you-remind-me-of-the-babe

Six Sentence Sunday

Thank you to @cutestkilla @shrekgogurt @martsonmars and @iamamythologicalcreature for the tags today! Please do not feel obligated to keep reading at any point.

Sooo I’m doing something I myself feel conflicted about here. I haven’t gotten to work on anything in a while, so I’m sharing a snippet of a fic I’m pretty sure I’ll never post. The fic is pretty fucked, and it’s fucked because it’s a very real experience from my life projected onto Simon and Baz as an attempt at processing. I wrote it at the beginning of this year, or maybe the end of last year, and it has been sitting in my phone notes ever since because it feels like it can’t really live anywhere else.

I’ve been thinking about it a lot again recently, which is why I’ve decided to share a piece this week. I tried to pick a snippet that gives an idea at what’s going on without being the most depressing.

So with that, excerpt is under the cut.