November Vacation! (from writing fics)
Nov. 2nd, 2020 06:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zaniidaAccording to AO3, I've posted just shy of 50 items in the past four months. Twenty in October alone. Bringing me up to 148 works, mostly within two main fandoms: Person of Interest and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Next highest is Welcome to Night Vale with three items, though I expect Slayers, ElfQuest, and Octodad to get up there as well, maybe within the next year.
Anyway, it's time for a break. So I'm planning to cut down on social media and to do a reverse NaNoWriMo, using November as my "do nothing with fanfics that requires effort or stress."
Doesn't mean I won't post anything, let alone that I won't write anything. I very much hope to get the next chapter of Unseen Things uploaded, if nothing else, and my brain is very excited about my Thorwhump Alchemical Journey piece, so I don't doubt I'll be adding to that as well during this month.
Plus, maybe doing some bookkeeping to try and get my notes in order so that when I do get back to my writing, I won't be floundering around trying to remember what I was trying to do and where all the pieces are. Series Bibles are a thing! I just never expected to find them useful for my own one-person-project fanfics.
But mostly, I'm trying to turn my brain in other directions. Video games, for one. My nephew and I will be participating in the Extra Life Charity Fundraiser on Saturday, raising money for Seattle Children's Hospital; we plan to spend the better part of 16 hours trying to make some sort of game, see what all we can do. The whole month is marked for game design, just seeing what all we can manage with Core Aesthetics and Minimum Viable Product. Whatever's in our short-term reach; we're hoping to explore a new game style each week.
On top of that, I might start modding Skyrim. Just got done figuring out how to mod Stardew Valley, which made a fun game even more enjoyable and less annoying. Plus, now I've got almost everything I need to reboot my A Fugitive in Stardew Valley series. A few amenities have made up for some aspects I'd thought to be lacking (sitting, swimming, and changing clothes, for example), and I've also got some story expansions for several characters, which is pretty cool.
The main thing, though, is to cut down on the stress and the deadlines (real or self-imposed) and the anxieties, and just take a breather.
See y'all on the other side!
Anyway, it's time for a break. So I'm planning to cut down on social media and to do a reverse NaNoWriMo, using November as my "do nothing with fanfics that requires effort or stress."
Doesn't mean I won't post anything, let alone that I won't write anything. I very much hope to get the next chapter of Unseen Things uploaded, if nothing else, and my brain is very excited about my Thorwhump Alchemical Journey piece, so I don't doubt I'll be adding to that as well during this month.
Plus, maybe doing some bookkeeping to try and get my notes in order so that when I do get back to my writing, I won't be floundering around trying to remember what I was trying to do and where all the pieces are. Series Bibles are a thing! I just never expected to find them useful for my own one-person-project fanfics.
But mostly, I'm trying to turn my brain in other directions. Video games, for one. My nephew and I will be participating in the Extra Life Charity Fundraiser on Saturday, raising money for Seattle Children's Hospital; we plan to spend the better part of 16 hours trying to make some sort of game, see what all we can do. The whole month is marked for game design, just seeing what all we can manage with Core Aesthetics and Minimum Viable Product. Whatever's in our short-term reach; we're hoping to explore a new game style each week.
On top of that, I might start modding Skyrim. Just got done figuring out how to mod Stardew Valley, which made a fun game even more enjoyable and less annoying. Plus, now I've got almost everything I need to reboot my A Fugitive in Stardew Valley series. A few amenities have made up for some aspects I'd thought to be lacking (sitting, swimming, and changing clothes, for example), and I've also got some story expansions for several characters, which is pretty cool.
The main thing, though, is to cut down on the stress and the deadlines (real or self-imposed) and the anxieties, and just take a breather.
See y'all on the other side!
Re: Thoughts
Date: 2020-11-29 04:45 am (UTC)Re: Thoughts
Date: 2020-11-30 11:31 am (UTC)Have you looked at Humon's Animal Lives? It's animals illustrated as if they were people, to showcase all the many weird and wonderful ways that the animal kingdom deals with mating and gender. From animals who change sex as needed by the tribe (Reef Fish) to animals who have a sort of rock-scissors-paper thing going (Side-Blotched Lizards) to having the guys group up in homosexual sets to attract women mostly for the alpha's benefit with the other guys sneak-breeding (Ruffs)... there's tons of potential worldbuilds that could be fun and interesting like Omegaverse. I think it'd need to be paired with a fandom with good poly ships and a low level of "het is ew" (and/or a high level of genderbent versions of the characters).
Anyway, yeah, I'd be up for that, in a couple months. How's March/April/May for regular Bingo events? Is one of them normally pretty free?
Re: Thoughts
Date: 2020-11-30 12:14 pm (UTC)Woohoo!
I have literally lost count of how many sex/gender configurations I've made. It must be well over a dozen. Gosh, there was one I never finished where the juveniles were all indeterminate and what gender they came out depended on how much of a rare berry they managed to find.
>>Have you looked at Humon's Animal Lives?<<
I love that so much! The ruffs are the inspiration for my Fifers in Feathered Nests.
>> there's tons of potential worldbuilds that could be fun and interesting like Omegaverse. I think it'd need to be paired with a fandom with good poly ships and a low level of "het is ew" (and/or a high level of genderbent versions of the characters).<<
I recommend that you make multiple sublists (e.g. gender identities, Omegaverse motifs, Dom/Sub motifs, compatible fandoms) so people can mix and match as desired. Fests with assorted lists tend to be popular, especially if you do a 5x5 mixed card and 3x3 theme cards for the public set. Look at my past Valentines for examples.
>>Anyway, yeah, I'd be up for that, in a couple months. How's March/April/May for regular Bingo events? Is one of them normally pretty free?<<
April is all yours! :D