Done Holding Back

So, I seem to have gotten my mojo back, and also I’m fudging it a bit. I’m posting a whole bunch of things I’ve been writing over the past years. Most of it is old, early seasons Teen Wolf, Pre-Civil War Avengers, etc. Hence, here are some new things I’ve put up since my last blog entry. I posted two Teen Wolf stories; “Sleeping With The Enemy” is a sex pollen with Stiles, Peter Hale, and Chris Argent. “Alone on a Rocky Shore” is a rape recovery fic featuring Stiles growing closer to Chris Argent as he helps him cope when everyone seems to forget about the older man. I wrote a little confession about “Love Hurts.” Last week, I posted “The Three Kings” as part of my Sam Snippet series, and another short scene for “First Impressions.”

So in reference to that series, which is a part of my larger Adventures of the Sailing Ship Sam Winchester series, here are a bunch of Sam head canons I have. I wanted to go into detail about some of his physical characteristics, abilities, identities, psych profiles, King of Hell status, and his work with the Alexandria Organisation (AO). Today, since I want to actually post a blog entry, I am just going to cover a couple of things.

I’m thinking that Sam has a lot more tattoos. It’s one of the things he can control about his body, so I think once he breaks away from hunting he finds he likes getting ink. A good deal of it is still arcane and for protection, but he still wants them to be artistic. Sam’s got the root (muladhara) chakra at the base of his spine, on his back is an intricate wuirve interlaced with a Celtic shield. There is a Hamsa at the base of his neck. Athena is tattooed on his right bicep and there is a small ailm directly over his heart. His anti-possession tattoo has been re-inked in the same place (Cas healed it and took the scar away). However, since joining the AO he’s found magical symbols that enhance it so he’s added to it. He’s currently researching some symbols that will help him control and channel his powers more effectively.

Most of my fics take place in late season nine or season ten for Sam, so he’s about 32 actual years old. I’m really attracted to the idea that Sam is actually much older. Therefore, since his soul spent about eighteen months in Hell, the math would make that Sam is around 210 years old. Unless you take the fan canon that Cage time is faster. Very loosely using biblical numerology, I could postulate that time moves ten times faster at the bottom of hell, so it could be very possible that Sam is, or his soul is, actually more than 1800 years old.

Since it seems to be a trendy thing, I made a Sam Winchester Feels playlist on Spotify. And with that little bit of tomfoolery, I think that is about all for now. Wishing everyone success in crushing their WIPs, until next time y’all!

My Fingers Are Crossed

Things seem to be getting better. After yet another long hiatus, I’m back again with hopefully an insightful but probably short blog entry. I really should stop calling this the ‘Sunday blog entry’ on my tumblr since fifty per cent of the time it ends up being posted on Monday evening.

I’ll keep the personal stuff pretty short but here is what I’ve been up to lately. My work has finally levelled out and I think I can start to relax now. My boss stepped in and made some changes so I no longer have to do a lot of pointless work, which is a huge relief. I took a week-long vacation and that seems to have made a bunch of things easier. I probably just needed a break. I’ve been reading a lot of NCIS fanfiction and realised that I miss watching crime dramas. So it looks like there might be a binge watch of that series and Criminal Minds sometime in the near future.

Speaking of fanfiction, have I got any? Yup. I decided to say ‘screw it’ and post all of my work in progress fics. I know a lot of people only like to read completed fics but really what do I have to lose? It’s not like holding back from posting the finished parts is going to make me complete them any faster. In fact, I like to think that posting some of it now gives me the incentive to finish them. I started a cut scene series called SS Sam Snippets for all of those ‘only one good scene fleshed out in the story’ ideas I have for my larger Sam series.

I’m also posting a Steve Rogers/Loki story that I started long ago called “Make the Best of the Situation“. It started out as 2K pornographic enemy to lovers fic and morphed into a 10K angsty redemption plus family feels epic. To the tune of Eric Clapton’s ‘Layla’ I have virtuous Steve totally arse over teakettle for single parent Loki. There’s a little bit of indentured servitude, Thor being an overprotective good bro, and Bruce being threateningly level headed. Did I mention that it’s a crossover with Supernatural? It includes Castiel questioning his attraction to Sam after an incident with sex pollen, a pagan goddess resurrection a la Ghostbusters II, and gratuitous twisting of canon for yet another Apocalypse.

Continuing with crossovers, I posted another Criminal Minds Supernatural fic. It’s called “Love Hurts“. I don’t know if it’s been done but Reid as an incubus is something I’m jazzed about. The trope where he is a demon is common enough so I’m hoping this is a little more unique. The pairing is Hotch/Reid with Sam starring as a momentary jealousy point on two different fronts.

So I think that is about all for now. Wishing everyone success in crushing their WIPs, until next time y’all!

Fan Fic Asks for the (Lunar) New Year

So, still no writing getting done as evidenced by the as of this month only blog entry. No really, this is frustrating. I wish I had more story posts for y’all but I am tapped out. So in the spirit of trying to get back to writing, I’m going to answer some questions from a tumblr ask in hopes it will spur me to get the creativity flowing.

Do you have a word-count goal for the upcoming year? ~ I’m going to try to exceed last year’s word count of 67.2K if at all possible. However, every year that I make it over 50K I consider it a success.

Will you participate in any fandom exchanges or fic challenges, etc? ~ If The 007 Fest is held again I might sign up. I might try to find a Star Trek challenge if I’m inclined. I really need to finish the Ineffable Inktober I started in 2019.

Do you anticipate writing for a new fandom this year? Which one? ~ I might try and write something for “The Boys” (the TV show)

Do you think you’ll stop writing for a fandom this year? Which one? ~ Hmm, this is a bit hard to answer but mostly no. I fall in and out of fixations with fandoms but I never really abandon them. There are quite a few that I belong to that I have never written a fic for, but there is always a possibility that I might write a fic for it.

Which WIP is first on your list to complete this year? Will you post a snippet? ~ I really want to complete “I’m a librarian, not a…” If you want a snippet from the chapter I’m working on, I posted some for WIP Wednesday.

Which yet-to-be-started fic is first on your list? ~ Currently, there is a small slutty 5+1 Star Trek fic I have sitting on the backburner. It is just an uninterrupted day away from coming into being. As for anything longer, I have an idea for a rather large crossover fic featuring Karl Urban characters.

Will you change anything about the way you interact with other writers? ~ Most likely not. I talk to some here and there, but I’m just not that chatty. I prefer to lurk.

Is there a story idea in your mental vault that you’ve never been brave enough to try writing? ~ At the moment I can’t think of anything. I pretty much take every idea that pops into my silly little head and run with it, even if it is just saving it in my prompt list.

Short term goals… what do you hope to complete this week? ~ Oh dear, if I don’t lose my mind because of my work I might try to add to or finish a chapter of something.

Would you like to try any new fanfic genres or tropes this year? ~ I have never written and completed a large fic where I have completely taken the characters out of their setting, for example, a coffee shop au or western au. So I might try that but I’m not sure if it going to happen anytime soon.

Will you change anything about the way you edit or rewrite this year? ~ Not at the moment. I use Grammarly to do most of my proofreading anyway. As I mentioned, I lurk a lot, so no beta.

Aside from fanfic, are there any other fan works you’d like to try creating? Fanart, or fanvids, gifsets, or podfic? ~ I’ve done a few atrocious drawings. I’ve created some mood boards; I’d really like to do one for each of my fics. If I ever have the time, gifsets might be in the future.

Do you foresee any personal or professional obstacles this year, that would keep you from creating fanworks? ~ I’m sincerely working towards changing jobs so I might have to push creating aside for a bit to study for some new qualifications.

Do you have that one fanfic that you wrote a ton for, ages ago, but never posted? Will this be the year, come hell or high water, that it WILL get finished and posted? ~ Yes! I have a Criminal Minds Supernatural crossover I wrote some time ago that I want to get done. It’s about eighty per cent completed and just needs some transitional gaps filled in.

Do you typically answer all comments/reviews individually? Do you plan to change the way you interact with your readers this year? ~ I try to answer them all. There are weeks/months where I neglect to answer a single one. Then afterwards, I don’t answer them because I feel bad about leaving them unanswered for such a long time. I don’t think this pattern will change anytime soon.

Do you typically post multi-chapters as you write, or finish it all and then start posting? Would you like to change your posting method? ~ I post as I write, mainly for two reasons that won’t likely change. I’m thirsty and I know what the thirst feels like. So as a fic writer I love to get my stuff out as soon as I’ve finished with it. I love sharing my stuff. And as a fic reader, I know what it’s like to have to wait for more!

Would you consider non-fandom writing events, like NaNoWriMo or writing contests? ~ I’ve endeavoured to do NaNo every year since I joined in 2009. I don’t see that changing anytime soon. Maybe this will be the year I finally finish a novel.

Any plans to work on original fiction this year? ~ Every year I tell myself I’m going to finish that novel I started in 2012, 2013, or 2015. So it’s always a possibility. I wrote some new poetry last year that I keep meaning to post. At some point, I may collect it all into an anthology and publish it with some of my photography.

So I think that is about all for now. Wishing everyone success in crushing their WIPs, until next time y’all!

Star Trek Revisited

So as you may have noticed, month long hiatus in December plus a new year’s holiday weekend. I might have been just a tiny bit burnt out from NaNo. I’ve got so many plot bunnies in my head breeding away but no motivation nurture them. Also, depending on how crazy everything is, I think I may be doing these entries every other week, or twice a month. And as always, my work is a mess so I’ve been sleeping away my weekends again. This is me apologising and making excuses for the scarcity of blog posts.

Moving on to more relevant things, I’ve cycled back to my Star Trek hyperfixation. I’m trying to watch Enterprise, but seeing Scott Bakula just makes my brain think we are watching Quantum Leap. I’m wondering if I can just skip it and go straight to watching Discovery. I’m eager to see the mirror universe episodes, tumblr has spoilers all over the place and they are fanning my interest. I’m already enamoured of Hugh Culber without having even watched the show. I never did finish all of The Next Generation, Voyager, or all of the TNG movies, so the Picard series will have to wait for a while. I’m probably going to end up bingeing the original series again before everything else only because it’s always so satisfying to watch.

Let’s talk about shipping and the original ship couple. I’m still not a big spirk fan, James T. Kirk just doesn’t do it for me. I adore the Spock McCoy banter, I live for their witty repartee. I will always love DeForest Kelly’s Leonard McCoy, so as far as the original series goes, I’m a spones fan. However, AOS mcchekov will always be my number one ship. Despite the almost nonexistent interaction, I cannot help but pair my two favourite actors. Tangentially relating to this, the new movies all have very different feels to them. The 2009 reboot is mckirk all the way, Jim meeting Bones on the shuttle to Starfleet –chef’s kiss-. However, with Into Darkness, spirk is the flavour I get, the Spock Uhura relationship notwithstanding. In an inverse of the events of Wrath of Khan, it was nice to see Spock lose his shit over Jim’s death, even if it was temporary. It’s such a shame that Hollywood gave us yet another tired heterosexual relationship when there was so much queer potential there already. Beyond tried to make up for it with the Sulus, but I think the most redeeming aspect of the third movie was the Spock and McCoy interplay. We finally got some spones action! Saving each others lives, a heartfelt one on one, and kicking ass together, I was over the moon.

Well, enough of that for now, as my shipper heart might not be able to take it. Circling back to rare pairs and my fanfiction, in December I managed to post chapter two of “What Happens in Vegas“. I am planning to finish/expand “She’s Got Legs” at some point. I’ve updated the writing schedule to this effect, but don’t hold your breath. January is already a third of the way over and I haven’t posted anything except for this blog entry. On another note, since I’m revisiting the Star Trek fandom again, I’ve got a few new ideas. Only about half of them are SS Sam stories, the other half are mostly Star Trek centred, or at the very least Karl Urban characters centric. I’m thinking of making up another google doc of all the stories ideas I have yet to post. Speaking of which, feel free to comment on any of the existing shared prompt docs (SS Sam) I have up. Wishing everyone success in crushing their WIPs, until next time y’all!

End of NaNoWriMo Wrap Up

It is the last day of National Novel Writing Month and I have to sadly say I did not make the 50K goal. I topped out at about 32K. However, I am not sad only because 1,067 average words a day is a pretty good record for me. Also, I managed to write every single day! I may not have posted every day or posted everything I wrote but that is still awesome. The following is a recap of what I got accomplished this month.

I completed three fics. “The Perks of Unlocked Doors” featuring Sam Winchester and Sheriff Stilinski, a meet-cute featuring an embarrassed by his dad Stiles. I finally finished my Boromir lives because Sam becomes the King of Hell Lord of the Rings Supernatural crossover “The Destiny of a King.” Wow, say that five times fast. And last but not least, I whipped out a Good Omens plot what plot fic “Exuviate” starring snake Crowley and dirty little hedonist Aziraphale.

I posted two new chapters for the Person of Interest Supernatural crossover “Searching the Voids.” I’m about twenty per cent done with (what I hope is) the last chapter so with any luck I will finish it in December. “Can’t Even Sit Straight,” the Alec Trevelyan/Gareth Mallory love story got another chapter. I’m going to revisit Goldeneye and Legends here again soon, maybe watch a few Ralph Fiennes movies. I think I have The Constant Gardener queued up somewhere. This will probably not get finished in December but I will get at least get another chapter out before the end of the year.

Unfortunately, I added to my WIPs again and started two new Star Trek fics. For the Adventures of the Sailing Ship Sam Series, I paired Sam with Leonard McCoy for I’m a librarian, not a… It’s a time travel fic and there may be some demon blood involved, so stay tuned. The other one features my number one ship McCoy/Chekov, and it’s called What Happens in Vegas. I’m excited about this one because it’s got the classic ‘aliens made them do it’ trope and something you would definitely find in Las Vegas, the ‘accidental marriage’ trope.

On an end note, I did do some binge watching this month and I’m back on a Karl Urban characters kick. Now I have a bunch of new plot bunnies because I watched both Doom and all of the new Star Trek movies. I have to say, I’m a little annoyed with FOX television because I also rewatched Almost Human and it was fantastic. For everything that I’ve read so far, it seemed like it was a popular series and the ratings were not bad. It was a shame they ended it after one season. I am sure the story would have picked up in a second season if they had completed some of the story arcs hinted at in the first. However, it does leave a lot of ideas to work with since the world building was fairly vague.

Anyhoo, to all my fellow Wrimos, I hope your words multiplied like rabbits and you made your 50K. For all of us Wrimos who didn’t, you tried and that was admirable in itself!