Did another prompt! This one was just a quick little story. More of a scene than a full story.

The prompt:
A witch cursed your name to be hated for all of eternity. So of course, the first thing you do is willingly give it to a fae.

My Story:
Days after being cursed by a witch for your trickery, you happen upon a powerful Fae. You ask the fae for a favor, something grand, but not too extravagant as to make them question the favor.

They narrow their eyes at you, taking you in. "And what shall you give me in return?"

You pause for dramatic effect, as if contemplating. "Oh, I don't know. I don't really have much."

You see a glint in the Fae's eye, their lips parting in a fiendish grin. "Your name then, it's such a small thing."

You close your eyes, silently calming your glee. "I don't know, my mother gave it to me, it's all I have left of her."

You suppose that's true, you never actually knew your mother. You watch the fae's reaction to this new information. Their pupils dilate, and you swear their nostrils flare just the tiniest bit. You fight back a laugh, covering your mouth as you clear your throat.

"I shall ensure my gift to you will last as long as you live. All you need to do is give me your name." You can hear the excitement in their voice.

You take a deep breath and let it out in a great burst as if in defeat, "Alright. It's a deal."

"Wonderful." The fae's eyes are nearly black and their face all teeth as they lean toward you, "Now, what is your name?"

"Um, my gift? Don't I get my gift first? And no harm to come to me by you after we finish the trade." You raise an eyebrow at the creature before you.

"Right, right. It is done," they waive their hand impatiently. "Once the deal is done no harm shall come to you from me. Now. Your. Name."

You quickly state your name and turn and flee, shouting over your shoulder, "No backsies! The deal is done!" Cackling, you run as far as you can, assuming a new name with the gifts given you by the fae.

I haven't written any new ones in a while, life has gotten a bit hectic and stressful. But I realized I hadn't posted these yet, so here are the last few I wrote before I lost the time/inspiration.

NSFW( Poems )

Discovered something new and kind of fell down the rabbit hole a bit.

Scrolling through Tumblr and stumbled across some smutty poetry. While I'm not at all surprised it exists, I had never seen it before. I don't typically write in first person, I find it awkward and usually have to write in third person and then edit it to first. But this just flowed right out like the simplest thing I've ever done.

*Fair warning, they are explicit* ( Poems )

singedsun posted about a writing game played with prompts and tarot cards. Your character wakes with amnesia and you try to figure yourself out. I thought it sounded like fun, so here's my first round.

My cards (provided by singedsun):


My prompts:

Shadow self- Hermit (not pictured)

Temperance
"You open your mouth and hear yourself speak. What is your voice like?"

The Empress
"There is a word on the tip of your tongue. Which word is this?"

The Tower
"You feel pain. Where is the pain coming from? What is it caused by?"

My story:


I open my eyes to semi-darkness, I can't fully make out my surroundings. I open my mouth to call out to anyone that might be near by, but all I can manage is a thin, wavery croak. My throat feels dry, like it hasn't been used or perhaps over-used. I can't remember the last time I spoke. My mind races as I try to remember anything that happened before I woke just now. There are flashes, feelings, but nothing substantial, nothing I can grab on to. I can feel the shape of a word forming, the curve of... a name? A place? I can feel the edge of it on my tongue, yet as I focus on it, trying to bring it into existence, I feel a sharp pain slice through my head. I cry out, bringing my hands up to my head, pressing the heels of my hands into my temples. It feels as if something is being ripped away from me.


Numbers for the next round:
3, 2, 10

Wrote a short story yesterday as well. Did some editing on it today, it feels awkward to me, but I think a lot of it is because it's written in second person and I'm not used to it, it's also not my preferred reading style, but I felt it worked best with the prompt. (I suppose I could've done first person, but I'm worse at that than I am second person lol)

The Prompt:
You're being chased by a vampire through the city, one hour before sunrise. You see a homeless person's tent and dive in. You now have to convince the bewildered person inside, for one hour, to ignore the gorgeous, seductive vampire on the other side of the flaps trying to gain an invitation.

( My Story )

I'm not sure it's exactly what the prompt was looking for, but that's what came out lol. Any comments or concrit are welcome!

Snagged this from tinny

1. Why did you start writing fanfic?

I didn't even know fanfic was a thing until about five years ago.

Writing has always been something I enjoy doing, but I had gotten away from it. I saw fanfic as a way to get back into doing something I loved.


2. Why do you write fanfic?

I like "fixing" things or adding things I felt were missing to shows I enjoy.

I've recently tested out writing AUs and that's pretty fun too!


3. How do you choose fandoms and why do you choose them?

I'm going to agree with Tinny. Fandom chooses you. When you get completely pulled in by something, and it consumes your every waking thought, you're part of the fandom. What you do with it is up to you.

I will say that I generally find myself falling for things that have immersive stories and well rounded characters. It helps if there's a character I can identify with.

4. Do you have themes or plot devices you return to?

I think most of my fic is romantic/smut/fluff. Outside of that, it goes along with whatever is happening in the show.


5. Do you have any pet peeves?

About fanfic? I guess I don't like how people outside of fandom perceive it. How it's looked at as talentless and something to be ridiculed. I didn't tell my husband I wrote it for a long time for that reason. I finally told him and he was curious, but mostly ok with it. Then he mentioned it to one of his friends and now he makes snarky comments.

As far as my writing goes, I've noticed that most of my fics are very dialogue heavy. I'm not sure what to do about that.

6. Which story/stories are you the most proud over and why?

I guess if I had to pick, I'd go with All In it was my first time writing smut and it's still has the most hits of all my fics.

I'm also pretty proud of Riddles because I made up the riddle myself.

And Stay is my longest published fic, also the first to not be romance centric.

Stolen from tinny. This looks interesting! I barely make the cut with 14 fics, so I'm going to start with my very first fic and work my way to current. Maybe I can see some changes?

Rules: list the first lines of your last 10 published stories. See if there are any patterns yourself, or have other people say what they notice.

"Get out of my annex! I don't care where you go, but you can't stay here. Go on, go. Shoo!" Jenkins cried with a wave of his hands.
And A Song Librarians T Cassandra/Jake

Well, this is not what I thought I'd wake up to, thought Fitz.
Comfort Agents of SHIELD T Fitz/Simmons

“Don't go home tonight,” he said, his eyes pleading.
All In Younger M Liza/Charles

She stood outside his door, the cool wind blowing her hair.
Apologies & Truth Younger G Liza/Charles

She stood outside his door, gripping a sheet of paper in her hands.
Letters & Coffee Younger M Liza/Charles

Exhausted, Jim wanted nothing more than a drink and sleep.
Night Cap Gotham T+ Jim/Sofia

"Oh. Oh, no." Liza said, her phone pressed to her ear.
New York Homecoming Younger M Liza/Charles

He knocked quickly on the door before opening it, stepping into a small kitchen/dining area.
Riddles Gotham M Riddler/Lee

The convention was packed, people crowded around the booths or walked in groups talking animatedly.
Book of Truth Younger Liza/Charles

She was sitting on the edge of the bed, trying to wrap her head around everything he had just told her.
Interlude A Discovery of Witches T+ Diana/Matthew


Hmm. It looks like I start my writing with some kind of action. Either dialogue or someone doing something. There's only one that starts with a description. And I don't really like that one all that much.

I'm also kind of hit or miss with names, but that's true all the way through my fics. Most of them are scene extensions, so I don't really feel the need to identify who I'm talking about as it's usually only two characters m/f. But it's also personal preference. I can't stand reading a character's name every five lines, I feel like it breaks the spell of the story a bit. Even worse if it's first name and last name.

I don't know that I see any improvement, but it doesn't seem worse either.

Women's Tariff

We are raised to be accommodating,
To not complain.
No longer taught by textbooks,
But with violence and coercion.
Stay silent,
Stay alive.

The word "no" is slowly erased
From our vocabulary.
We must always put them first.
Do anything they want.
Hollowing ourselves out.
Our bodies available,
Piece by piece.

We turn to each other,
Looking for help,
For comfort.
But all we get is shame.
Even though you know,
And I know,
That we are not to blame,
That we all are treated
The same.

We are like divers,
Make yourself small,
Hold everything in,
Tighter
Don't make a ripple.

Not all of us surface.
Some remain,
Floating,
Lost.
Drifting.

Others tread the waters,
Trying to break free.

And some sink to the bottom.
Drowned by the weight
Of their sorrows.

FINALLY got some work in on my Laby fic! I haven't really had any inspiration for it in months. I would open it and make edits here and there, but not really add much.

I didn't add a *ton* today, but more than I have in a while. And it's good to feel the story moving again. I was worried it had died. :(

I'm up to about 8500 words now! I have no idea how long it will be, but I'm thinking it will be over 10k before I'm done.

Did some more writing yesterday! This time on a fanfic. It's already longer than my other two fics combined. Which, really isn't saying much since the first one was just under 600 words and the second was just under 400 words. Yesterday I put down just over 1000 words! Some of it is just bare bones paragraphs that I have to go back and fill in better, but I put down enough to get the story moving and out of my head before I lost it.

My main problem with this fic is that it's now written in three parts. It keeps coming at me at different points in the story so I now have three different documents sitting open. And I have to figure out how to put them all together (if at all) and make it flow into one continuous story. I'm definitely going to need a beta for this one once I get it all mashed together. It wouldn't help to have one right now since everything is so disconnected and there's more to be written to hopefully bring it all together, at least story wise. Thankfully for this fandom I have an LJ group I can go to for help when I'm ready for it.

Unfortunately after next week I probably won't have much writing time as it's spring break and I have family coming to visit. :/