Can my new year's resolution be to meet/spend time with more pirate crew IRL even though my social skills are terrible, I have massive social anxiety, and don't really have the spoons or executive functioning to plan or do much travelling? I can do that, right?

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🥹 tysm, that's exactly why we're doing this! we can't wait to hang out with everyone!

My sil got my bil a shoulder pal for Christmas. I had never seen one before, and now I neeeeeeed Ed and Stede shoulder pals!!! Someone please make Ed and Stede shoulder pals and I'm first in the queue to buy them!

The podfic of Paper Ships by @unencryptid.bsky.social. Stede's thoughts keep him from finding sleep; he finds a way to get rid of them—one that helps him and Edward back to each other.

The podfic of Paper Ships by @unencryptid.bsky.social. Stede's thoughts keep him from finding sleep; he finds a way to get rid of them—one that helps him and Edward back to each other.

Want more info on Act of Grace? Curious how we are doing the galleries? Check out our website for more information on our event! #AoGVC And if your question isn't here, feel free to ask us! :)

Also, we’ve really been giving time to them being Frog and Toad, but have we considered…

Well I ballsed this up! Posted the wrong link, then messed up the AO3 post, and finally realised I didn't actually post the track on SoundCloud. Duh. But it's all sorted now. Come get your lovely sweet Gentlebeard podfic!

Challenged something that was unfair and discriminatory even though I was unwell, burnt out and super stressed, and that process made all that worse. I don't think they thought I'd go through with it but I did. I won and now they're reviewing their practice because of it.

Eyyyyyyye.

This is such a sweet story that had me like this 🥹 all the way through. Please go and listen or read this! Ch2 of the podfic of Ode to Divorce by @oatmilktruther.bsky.social archiveofourown.org/works/670232...

This is such a sweet story that had me like this 🥹 all the way through. Please go and listen or read this! Ch2 of the podfic of Ode to Divorce by @oatmilktruther.bsky.social archiveofourown.org/works/670232...

My soundscape for pages 6 and 7 of this amazing comic. archiveofourown.org/works/760489...

My soundscape for pages 6 and 7 of this amazing comic. archiveofourown.org/works/760489...

[Podfic] Edward Teach, PhD in Domination by @gentlepanpirate.bsky.social Just over 50 minutes long, rated E. Ed's a therapist pining after his favourite client. 🥰🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ Enjoy!!! #ofmd #ofmdpodfic #podfic Podfic: archiveofourown.org/works/76369581 Written: archiveofourown.org/works/46498615

Ch1/5 of the podfic of Ode to Divorce by @oatmilktruther.bsky.social. Ed moved to this small town to get away from his life and get back in touch with himself so the absolute very last thing he ever expects to see in his local-turned-personal-favorite hole in the wall pub is his ex husband.

Happy Holidays from the Bonnet-Teach Family ❤️🎄🎁

Ch1/5 of the podfic of Ode to Divorce by @oatmilktruther.bsky.social. Ed moved to this small town to get away from his life and get back in touch with himself so the absolute very last thing he ever expects to see in his local-turned-personal-favorite hole in the wall pub is his ex husband.

Great. A bug.

Norm had his photo taken with his sister on this morning's walk. Then we stopped in a cafe and he had a puppaccino. 🎄

I often think of this study when debating reaching out to people with gratitude or appreciation. If there's no risk in doing so, it's usually a great idea, and we tend to undervalue it as inciters. news.ku.edu/news/article...

I've been super tired today and spent a lot of the day napping. I had the best face to face full cuddle nap on the sofa with my partner but I drooled on her forehead and I think she might never forgive me 🤤

"This story doesn't need a sandworm" This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick). Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.

Because what is the point of having blorbos if not to work through your own complex feelings about going no contact with a relative you hate? A little under 5K, detailed CW in the a/n, much love to all those who are struggling this time of year. 💕 archiveofourown.org/works/76232496 #ofmdfic

day 533 of posting a picture of edward teach every day until we save ofmd:

Holiday #TakeTwoTuesday for A Bowl Full of Marmalade, a Christmas radio play starring @happydaiz.bsky.social as Stede and @babykraken.bsky.social as Ed/Santa! ♥️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️ #ofmdfic #ofmdpodfic on.soundcloud.com/PiVXoxuptNnu...

Oh, I take it back. I just got one. Ugggggggh.

Say my name As every color illuminates We are shining And we’ll never be afraid again (or, The Joining of the Sun and the Moon) #ofmd #ofmdart #blackbonnet #gentlebeard #piñacoladassmau #edwardteach #stedebonnet #myart #DigitalArt

There is that passive pressure, the one we put on ourselves, the one about engagement and feedback and fitting in, and doing things the way we think they're supposed to be done. And then there's the active pressure from people who tell you no one will read your fic if you don't put smut in it,

Interestingly, I haven't had a single spambot comment on AO3 since I started enabling comment moderation. It's only 3 works so far, but before that I was getting at least one on every chapter I was posting.

My soundscape for pages 4 and 5. This one has taken me several hours. So many sounds to find, layering and building sounds out of other bits of sound, decisions about music and timing, but I really enjoyed making it 🥰 archiveofourown.org/works/760489...

The podfic of billy shakes' romeo and juliet by @darcylindbergh.bsky.social. Ed and Stede meet during a performance. A performance of what, they're not entirely sure. My voice just about managed this one, and hopefully will be back to full strength soon 🥰

I have written 4 E rated fics (out of a total of 36 fics). The first E rated one I wrote was The Space Between Us which was an exploration of sexuality, but the ones that came after that contained E rated stuff because of this pressure. I wish I hadn't felt the need to put it in, but I did. 1/

Norman met his Auntie Sandie yesterday and she was very taken with him.

My soundscape for pages 4 and 5. This one has taken me several hours. So many sounds to find, layering and building sounds out of other bits of sound, decisions about music and timing, but I really enjoyed making it 🥰 archiveofourown.org/works/760489...

Finally got my Christmas tree up with some very special guests on the top.

Next time it will be, Stede. 💕

I've talked to multiple authors, both on and off the podcast, who have said stuff akin to "I didn't want to add in an explicit scene but I felt pressure to do so" sometimes that pressure was readers, sometimes knowing kudos would be lower if they didn't include an E rated scene. 1/

anyone else notice a trend of @happydaiz.bsky.social recording a podfic and then me listening and realizing the fic is brilliant? Hot tip, subscribe to Boy Between the knowing and the known by @adhduck.bsky.social and performed by @happydaiz.bsky.social archiveofourown.org/works/51293623

My soundscape for page 3. I'm having such a good time picking out all the sounds and music I want to use for this project, and then manipulating and filtering the sounds to get them to sound how I want, then blending and mixing them to match the story 🥰 archiveofourown.org/works/760489...

day 531 of posting a picture of edward teach every day until we save ofmd:

An important update from Act of Grace: We have extended all of our submission form deadlines to January 16th! #AoGVC

I have to go present delivering today, which means hours and hours of driving and socialising with the in-laws who are all nice but I just don't know them very well. I already need a nap just thinking about it. Wish me luck.

My soundscape for page 2 archiveofourown.org/works/760489...

I feel like I'm going to get a lot of use out of this Pluribus screencap

Oh look, I started making a soundscape for @citrussyndicate.bsky.social's beautiful comic I Am Disappeared. Listen while looking at the comic, or if you're not interested in the soundscape just go and have a look at the comic and show it some love! 💕

day 530 of posting a picture of edward teach every day until we save ofmd:

Oh look, I started making a soundscape for @citrussyndicate.bsky.social's beautiful comic I Am Disappeared. Listen while looking at the comic, or if you're not interested in the soundscape just go and have a look at the comic and show it some love! 💕

The podfic of The Hounds of Love by @appleteeth.bsky.social with art by @curiosityrocks.bsky.social and @self-induljennt.bsky.social is now complete at 3hrs 15m. Can Stede get back with Ed when he's an adorable corgi, or will Ed use the crew's new companion as a means to finally get them to mutiny?