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For nosy asks! Tell us more about the latest chapter you’re writing? Or your day? Or your favorite outfit this week? Whatever you like! You know I love to hear what you’re up to!

My day is…okay…I brought my notebook but not my pens, which is very annoying and I’ll remember that tomorrow. Also have a headache, which is…annoying…so I’m probably going to get an iced coffee and like. Bang my head against a desk if that doesn’t do the trick…

I worked a bit on an article I have due in a week.

Okay wellll last night I was working on the intro scene for the second chapter of…the fanfic of your fanfic (lm a o…literally just fell in love with it, needed to read more, so wrote it myself like. if only i could do this with some of my own originals~ fjskdkfslj) until I remembered I had to pack my backpack for work lololol….spoilers~:

Opens up with George and Anne at cafe, we find out his job and are re-reminded of her job (at Bloomsbury publishing….which meeeans a very significant book will be published soon on the timeline! It being January 1997….*eyes emoji*) and we find out Anne has a date…coming up….. ahem. 

I’ll leave the rest a surprise but I have it more or less outlined in notes (my outlines should be neater as an aside they’re more like….lines of dialogue + nebulous scene ideas with a lot of ‘???’ and arrows and ‘???’ on arrows…going different directions…because sometimes we just can’t decide shshsh).

And last night I was rereading comments on my works (and yours shshshh I was feeling nostalgic about WFTH and you’re so good at correspondence, much better than I am tbh…I get overwhelmed and just end up saying ‘Thanks!’) and you are so insightful?? Btw?? I was rereading certain comments you left on Whitehall and like … crying. 

Speaking of Whitehall, since I know it’s been an age, there’s a block and I’m not? It’s so frustrating because I do have SOME scenes written/sketched but they’re not ready yet for the timeline, I know what I was planning to do for the next chapter but keep getting blocked. 

I think…maybe? I just need to reread (or at least skim) and get myself reacquainted because…idk I feel that Whitehall just has a very specific energy. Like it’s not easily interchangeable with some of my other…works….even the H7/EoY one that’s in the same verse? On the same timeline? Is very different…..but I like to think, in my pretentious meta way (shshsh) that there’s a reason to that, that it’s sort of symbolic of how their marriage (since it takes place pre-marriage) changes the world, and their own IRL/historic marriage changed the world in very significant ways that they could have like…never imagined or anticipated. 

 HUGe spoilers for scenes to come, in no particular order: Charles and Anne (yes lmao I know!!), Katherine and Henry, Lizzy and Henry (again? yes, she’s mad at him and calls him out on things I plan for it to be … amazing, I won’t settle for anything less, but it’ll also be very emotional and tie into some other…concepts), Kitty Howard and Anne, Charles and Anna, Elizabeth Woodville and Henry (phone call), Elizabeth and Katherine (!! a sort of … confrontation of sorts, actually, she stumbles across a … thing), Charles and Henry, Charles is going to meet….someone he hasn’t met before. George will also meet someone he hasn’t met before. 

Ok, thank you for giving me the opportunity!! I love you and getting asks from you ❤

other ways to give feedback for fic writers

astersandstuffs:

as a fic writer and someone who has some form of social anxiety (and therefore is really nervous of commenting), here are other things you can do as a reader:

– reblog! not only is this feedback, it also provides a very much needed exposure for writers and their fics. tagging the post would be even cooler, but if you aren’t comfy with that, just pressing the reblog button can help writers a lot.

– recs! you can make a post about your favorite fics, or find fics to rec when your friends/someone you follow ask for them, or even just randomly drop recs in their askbox (e.g. “i found this lovely fic, here it is if you want to take a look *inserts emojis*“). if you don’t have a tumblr, you can simply share via anon asks. i’m pretty sure every fic writer will squeal or at least internally scream with joy when they realize someone’s rec’d their works. this is also one of the only few ways fics get promoted.

– kudos! i have mixed feelings about kudos, mostly because i’m self-deprecating and (wrongly) view them as ‘you’re good but not good enough’ – but they’re important as well. some people tend to look for fics by the kudos count (min. x kudos, for example), either because they don’t have the time or it’s just their thing (though please try to not do that as much so non-‘big name’ writers have a chance). if you enjoy the fic you’re reading, smash that heart button thingy.

– bookmark and public bookmarks! this shows that you enjoy their fics and would like to keep them (perhaps so you can reread in the future?). some people comb through others’ bookmarks as well, so there’s always a chance they’ll click on the fics you like.

– private or anon messages/asks! if you’re not comfortable with leaving comments publicly, there’s always this option. most writers have their inbox open and will readily get excited with you. (seriously, grab a writer and just yell at them (ง •̀_•́)ง)

this is a great list, but i had some ideas as well:

– make a playlist for the fic, and tag the author.

– make an edit for the fic, and tag the author (and link the fic in the description).

– make a fanvid for the fic, and tag the author. 

– if their fic inspired you, write your own fic based on theirs– just make sure to link the work it’s inspired by. there’s a section specifically to do this when posting a new work to AO3.*

– leave a review in the notes of the public bookmark you left. 

   *ask first, maybe, i assume this varies by author. i certainly don’t mind, and am always flattered by, people writing works inspired by mine– so long as they credit it ❤