Edgy!

[ratbones]

1. I've discovered that if you look at the tag "ratbones" on tumblr, aside from one thing that is actually me, there are just a ton of skateboards and one gun. Edgy. There's also a Ramones tribute band called Ratbones, which I honestly think is clever.

 2. I finished drafting chapter 8 of All-Consuming and it's slightly under 7k. My chapters are meant to land between 5k and 6k words, but that is not what has been happening. It should be up tomorrow unless something comes up. I'm pretty excited about this one! It contains DNA testing, secret files, and fresh fruit.

3. Guardian Fandom Bingo is happening, probably everyone knows by now but just in case?, and I am EXCITED. I am also constitutionally incapable of taking part in structured group activities. The first time I tried to attend university, I dropped out during orientation week. (This is not a joke; it's funny, but it actually happened.) So I think I'm not even gonna try, but if it looks like fun to you and you haven't gotten a card, please do! I'm cheering on everyone who's participating, I love this idea! Also yay for the fandom growing!

4. In continuing "Rat lives in a creepypasta" news, I drive down an unpaved country lane on my way to and from work, and it's got a little wooden bridge over a stream. Lately, when I drive there at night, there is something with glowing red eyes hanging out at the bridge. It's always gone before the direct beam of my headlights reaches it, even when I speed up. ...Okay, it's definitely an opossum. But like. Still.

Comments

[ratbones]

Hee, it wrote itself! Not such a bad thing to be behind. These two chapters are pretty continuous, so reading them closer together might be good anyway, if that's what you end up doing.

Your forlorn empty h/c bingo card! I would be a bit tearful over that if you hadn't been writing the feral variety. (Psyched for your WIP! Of course!) Organized things with externally-imposed requirements, how do people even do it? It's very impressive. That kind of directed productivity is beyond me, when it's at all voluntary.

Reading this made me want to never drive at night again.
You mean your driver's license exam didn't include a Cryptids On And Near The Road section? :P

[frith_in_thorns]

I'm the opposite of you both, I loooove structure. (I'm autistic so it kinda goes with the territory. I loved school so much I'm now a primary teacher. I did a year in the "real world" and the lack of set timetables and holidays killed me.)

I'm over halfway to a blackout on my own hc_bingo card :D

It's such a lovely feeling when a fic writes itself! I'm SO enjoying the zombie fic. Can't wait to read the next chapter!

[ratbones]

ASD is one of the diagnoses that has been chucked at me scattershot, but I'm skeptical because -- hah oh no I hated school. I have partial freedom over my work hours at the moment and it's awesome. (You must be such a good teacher, I can see you being great with kids! I mean, you're great to me, and I am an overgrown kid.)

I'm over halfway to a blackout on my own hc_bingo card :D
WONDERFUL. YOU ARE AMAZING. PLEASE CONTINUE.

I'm SO enjoying the zombie fic. Can't wait to read the next chapter!
aww I'm so happy. I should be editing right now! Get off Dreamwidth, me!

[frith_in_thorns]

Awww, thanks! I do get on really well with kids. Much better than I do with adults who aren't online. I'm actually at a specialised school for kids with learning disabilities and I love it so much. I should make a proper (locked) post about my job one of these days!

Here is my card! https://frith-in-thorns.dreamwidth.org/171829.html (I have WIPs for Substance Addiction, Loss Of Possessions, and Loss of Hearing in addition to the filled squares.) Please especially admire how I have no actual lines.

Good luck with your editing! :D

[ratbones]

Oh wow that is awesome, both what your job is and that you love it! I'd absolutely be interested to hear more about it if you ever wanna write that post.

You can get a line in like 4 different ways with one more fill though! So close! I gotta go through that list and make sure I haven't missed anything.

[naye]

These two chapters are pretty continuous, so reading them closer together might be good anyway, if that's what you end up doing.
I keep throwing longing looks at AO3 as I finish up other tasks I am PSYCHED to have so much goodness waiting for me but I also need proper time to enjoy said goodness.

Organized things with externally-imposed requirements, how do people even do it? It's very impressive
I know! If you want me stunned into impressed silent say something like "I participated in this multi-fandom exchange" because: MULTI? EXCHANGE? You just wrote something for one of SEVERAL things? Clearly magic.

That kind of directed productivity is beyond me, when it's at all voluntary.
I work well with prompts, but of the kind that's like...lots of people talking about their favorite h/c tropes and then going "wait why has nobody written THIS". And then that sets things in motion. (Very, very slow motion. But still!)

[ratbones]

I keep throwing longing looks at AO3 as I finish up other tasks I am PSYCHED to have so much goodness waiting for me but I also need proper time to enjoy said goodness.
Oh, I hope you didn't think I was rushing you! My fic can wait -- and you don't owe me extensive comments, I love them but there's never enough time for all the reading and I get it. I think we've had this conversation before, but. it remains true.

I work well with prompts, but of the kind that's like...lots of people talking about their favorite h/c tropes and then going "wait why has nobody written THIS". And then that sets things in motion. (Very, very slow motion. But still!)
Well, that's excellent because this fandom should have every conceivable h/c trope covered at least once. Yeeees. So far I haven't managed to write anything for a prompt, but it could happen? I've only been writing for like 5 months and I have no idea really. Enabling does appear to work on me...but also very slowly.