Plans for the fanfic:
It will be released on this blog in a serial format (chapter by chapter and I apologize in advance for chapter 14) with the first installment going live on the last Monday of July. (Barring any unforeseen catastrophes.)
Subsequent chapters will be posted each Monday with the last installment releasing on the final Monday of 2024.
This is already a nearly completed story (for those who worry about starting an unfinished tale for fear of getting reader blueballs) and it should be completely written before I post that first chapter.
Its wordcount where it stands currently:
I anticipate adding a few thousand to that in wrapping up the last couple chapters.
Writing is not only hell, but it is also supposed to be more about the journey than the destination.
And my journey in the last 41 days has been a crazy one. I have written more than I have in this amount of time than (almost) ever before. (The exception was NaNoWriMo once and what I wrote for that was absolute garbage, so I hardly consider that a successful endeavor, unlike this.)
Here are some of the things I have shared in the last month with those I'm dragging along with me on this journey:
Me: I don’t need to research stuff for this stupid little fic
Also me: /proceeds to research a bunch of totally random-ass stuff, including looking at definitions of words I’ve probably known for 4 decades but DO I REALLY KNOW THAT THAT’S HOW THAT WORD IS USED?/
Me: Alastor is canonically asexual. I'm gonna honor that
Also me: /finds a really weird way to "honor that"/
Me as I’m adding deliciate to my document: I don’t CARE if it's obsolete. It’s perfect and I’m using it. And you will learn it. Get some goddamn CULTURE, Vellum!
Me: Al, if you could just NOT be creepy for two seconds—
Alastor: /creepy asf/
Nobody:
Me: I’m gonna find ways to make Val even more despicable.
Intrusive Voice: 😐
Me: NO.
Intrusive Voice: 😏
Me: NO!!
Intrusive Voice: 😈
Me: NOOOO!!!!!
Intrusive Voice: The thought about Alastor's dirty talk has already occurred. You might as well put it to good use.
This Fandom is gonna hate me so much
Me: I'm gonna write fluff
Me later that same day: 1d4 emotional damage
(For your context, this started when I came across a post about a venomous snake and its handler on a herpetology group)--
I saw that and remarked aloud, "Oh just me with my highly venomous snake hanging out."
Scott, having no idea of the context: Alastor, put your pants back on.
Me earlier: these two are a disaster
Me now: he’s a sadist and she’s a masochist. Actually ..........
And on that note, per poll results requesting what flavor sneak peek I should share from my fic that I posted in my favorite subreddit, here is an excerpt from the chapter tentatively titled, "Gratuitous Sex Scene."
Please excuse any typos; this is still a work in progress I wrote literally just last night and have not had the opportunity to edit-to-death.
18+ Only beyond this point. I'm serious. If you're under 18, SCRAM. Also, if you are triggered by BDSM type things, you probably ought not expand this. Everyone else? Enjoy!
Stay sane, deer friends!
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