Apr. 1st, 2025 08:57 pm
Fannish Hiatus(-ish) and Housekeeping
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binary_sunsetHey everyone, long time no see. Why do I feel like half of my DW posts start with me apologising for the lack of activity?
Well, it's for a good(?) reason this time I promise. I had a bit of an existential crisis over Thanksgiving thanks to a dear friend of mine. To cut a long story short, I'm mostly on hiatus from fandom writing these days... because I'm focusing on my original work!
I made a skeet about this, but I figured I should probably also tell you lovely people as well.
It's always been a dream of mine to be a published author, and I've been chugging away at short stories to make that dream a reality! Unfortunately, I am trying to distance my fandom persona from my published writing persona, so I'm going to have to keep mum about any of those projects.
I'm essentially taking the year off to write and apply to as many paid opportunities as I can. I love writing fan fiction and this is such a beautiful community for hobbiest writers, but I need to make money to live.
Um, if you're also a writer and you have a favourite book on writing craft, please let me know in the comments! I'm trying to take this whole thing rather seriously. I'm not comfortable giving my blog out to anyone, so I'm just asking for Good Vibes I guess.
I will, naturally, be breaking my own rules and releasing at least one fic this year (I've decided to run an event in a discord server), and I'll probably check my DW because I enjoy the community on here, but this page itself will be basically radio silent. Wish me luck! If this year ends up being a failure, I know I can come back to you guys!
Also I JUST realised it's April Fools Day. This is not a joke.
Well, it's for a good(?) reason this time I promise. I had a bit of an existential crisis over Thanksgiving thanks to a dear friend of mine. To cut a long story short, I'm mostly on hiatus from fandom writing these days... because I'm focusing on my original work!
I made a skeet about this, but I figured I should probably also tell you lovely people as well.
It's always been a dream of mine to be a published author, and I've been chugging away at short stories to make that dream a reality! Unfortunately, I am trying to distance my fandom persona from my published writing persona, so I'm going to have to keep mum about any of those projects.
I'm essentially taking the year off to write and apply to as many paid opportunities as I can. I love writing fan fiction and this is such a beautiful community for hobbiest writers, but I need to make money to live.
Um, if you're also a writer and you have a favourite book on writing craft, please let me know in the comments! I'm trying to take this whole thing rather seriously. I'm not comfortable giving my blog out to anyone, so I'm just asking for Good Vibes I guess.
I will, naturally, be breaking my own rules and releasing at least one fic this year (I've decided to run an event in a discord server), and I'll probably check my DW because I enjoy the community on here, but this page itself will be basically radio silent. Wish me luck! If this year ends up being a failure, I know I can come back to you guys!
Also I JUST realised it's April Fools Day. This is not a joke.
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