Haven't really been sharing updates on this guy since I've been dropping them almost daily and I don't wanna flood the feed, but just posted ch.16 of my Devil's Minion fic (Don't Fear) The Reaper. It's some edgy gritty toxic fun a la Goodbye Lulu, if you liked that archiveofourown.org/works/73691186

I meant to finish. Chapter tonight but my cat is on me now and he will not let me type...

One of the most fun parts about writing imo is going back and re-reading your work days/weeks/months later to figure out what happens next and finding all the fun little foreshadowings you forgot about

Oh hey, (Don't Fear) The Reaper has broken 1000 hits, and in just two weeks at that 💙 the support on this one has been unreal

I would like to sleep through the night again for once. This whole 3am meetings of the midnight society thing is getting real old

Every once in a while, it hits me in the gut just how perfect my last job was and how much I miss it 😭 like the work was enjoyable and meaningful, the people were great, the environment was ideal, I had so much opportunity all for it to be ended by arbitrary budget cuts. Capitalism fucking sucks

The best part about being a writer is forcing readers to learn about your niche interests through your work. I swear classic goth rock and Egyptian death rituals are relevant to the plot!

I WANT to WRITE but I am still SICK and VERY SLEEPY. This is UNACCEPTABLE.

Today on strange things I've researched for fic- Egyptian funerary beliefs and rites

Ugh, hopefully that's the end of that

Oh you MOTHERFUCKER don't you dare walk in here and try to claim that what I write has anything to do with you. Fuck allllll the way off. If you think that DFtR is a sweet love story meant to romanticise things, you are fundamentally misreading the text

Today on strange things I've googled to write Fanfic- Macbeth and 1970's lingerie

Ugh I feel like shit, this sucks. I wanna write but have just slept all day so far

that’s what I’ve been saaaayying maaan

Ok, I was just shy of updating every day for a week, but 21k words in just over 7 days has to be a personal record

Writing fic years ago: they're gonna smash and they're gonna do it now! Writing fic now: they're gonna smash, and it's been 20k words, but they haven't *earned* it yet. They need more angst, more trauma.

Most of my Oshamir work is modern AU, but might as well highlight something older. A Modified Plan is a modern AU oneshot featuring the OG heavily-modified Q- piercings, tattoos, and even more 😘 archiveofourown.org/works/57852976

I can't believe I've kept up this amount of momentum on DFtR- 15k in five days, who is she??? And it's all plot??? The comedown whenever this energy burst ends is going to be catastrophic lol

Oh isn't it just the best feeling when you write something and realize later that it was a subtle reference to canon or to something earlier in the piece? Just like, fuck yeah, my subconscious knows its shit

I have posted a chapter three days in a row, what is this brainrot?

Fuck it, Ratatouille quotes in my angst!

Fandom isn’t your job. Take a month off. Take 3 years off. Post incomplete fics. Post incomplete art. Never post again. Switch fandoms. Stay loyal to one fandom only. Do whatever tf you want. You literally make all the rules of engagement in this arena.

For once, the horrors are tempered by a crumb of good news

What better background noise is there for old man Daniel devils minion writing than Anthony Bourdain reruns?

Was gonna post the new fic on anon bc I'm scared of new fandoms but I couldn't figure it out 😅 anyways, old man vampire yaoi brain rot is at peak saturation now archiveofourown.org/works/73691186

My brain is nothing but health insurance open enrollment and toxic old man yaoi today. This is fine.

can’t tell if my antidepressants aren’t working or if they just weren’t built for this. like, zoloft was introduced in the 90s it barely needed to work then. if you got sad you could just buy a house.

A lil snippet from my upcoming Oshamir week story- a Howl's Moving Castle/Magpie shifter AU

Despite the downfall and eventual dead of nanowrimo, I'd still like to write every day this month, even if it's just a little bit

Chapter 22 of What it Becomes, up now. archiveofourown.org/works/667733...

No! Brain! Stop it! I already have a longfic WIP plus two events coming up, I do not need to rework an old story that didn't quite work for a different fandom! Cut it out!

Lots in the news lately about Kylo Ren, Ben Solo and the Knights of Ren. I’m fortunate to have written several stories on those subjects: THE RISE OF KYLO REN (young Ben Solo; lots of KoR lore) LEGACY OF VADER - THE REIGN OF KYLO REN (Kylo as Supreme Leader, more KoR) CRIMSON REIGN (KoR pre-Ben)

While not necessarily an unexpected set of villains (I like to parallel canon dynamics) I will say that What it Becomes has some twists you won't see coming, especially in the most recent couple chapters 👀 🔗https://archiveofourown.org/works/66773386

I should be writing. Conceptually, I want to write. In practice, I'll probably just reread toxic old man omegaverse yaoi and fall asleep early. This is self care, right?

Love this for the Reylos, really. Y'all are certainly some of the most passionate star wars fans out there. I haven't actively been a Reylo since TFA (Kylux my beloved) but I admire the commitment and heart 💙

As I crunch into the next chapter of What it Becomes, I'll share the playlist for it again, especially for those of y'all who are enjoying cyberpunk these days for no particular reason 🎵https://spotify.link/E8MSCz0gBXb 🔗https://archiveofourown.org/works/66773386

Now more than usual, I oscillate between bewilderment and jealousy at others' capacity for parasocial attraction to people. It's just never clicked for me. Fictional characters? Sure. I can appreciate a talented artist. But actual attraction to them? I think my brain just isn't wired like that

Accountability post for my WIPs: What it Becomes- 21/35(?) chapters written, the rest outlined. Fun House- 1/2 ch written, halfway through ch.2 (I think, we will see how long it gets) Oshamir week- most of an outline done, I want to do one piece, a chapter a day for the prompts. Ghibli shifter AU 👀

Why the fuck am I awake 🫩

Oh this is fun! I like to think that there's a fun lil Maeki fluff piece happening during the events of Fun House 🤭 just for the contrast

On the one hand, having a bit of fomo over dvpit today and slightly mourning my soft shelving of TUtbH, but also, motivation to finish the next book? TUtbH I've accepted is too dark and weird for a debut, but this next one has commercial potential,I just have to finish it first 😅

Jesus fuck, with all the bullshit this year, if we lose Dolly too, I might just become a forest hermit

Realllllyyy wish I wasn't spontaneously woken up at 5am convinced that my dog (totally healthy last I checked) is dying of some unknown heart condition (specifically this) rendering me 100% awake and unable to think of anything else 😓 I just wanna sleep dammit

Pulling out the corkboard and string today to figure exactly what the fuck is happening in this story. This is what I get for writing on this genre, it's just noir with pretty lights and robots

ik I'll feel so much better once I dye my hair again but committing to the multi-hour process just takes so much brain juice 😣 it's like showering but worse

this october engage in art that makes you uncomfortable. find catharsis in the grotesque, tragic, and angry. eat candy. ruminate on the humble ghoul.

What do you mean I have to finish the book before I start revising it? That seems exceedingly unfair. I want a second opinion.

Writing cyberpunk was a whole lot more fun when it wasn't so close to reality, but with less flying cars and cool robots and shit