Life's Little Delights

you have to be kinder to people who are slow processors.

you have to be kinder to people who don't understand your jokes.

you have to be kinder to people who forget important dates.

you have to be kinder to people with cognitive decline.

you have to be kinder to people who were always this way, too.

1. share a snippet of your choice from a wip

2. share a snippet from either the fourth line, fourth paragraph, or fourth page of a wip

3. share a snippet from a wip that involves [character]

4. share your favorite line of dialogue from a wip

5. talk about the scene from a wip that you're most excited about

6. if you were trying to recommend one of your wips to someone without giving any spoilers, what would you say?

7. describe a wip in five words or less

8. who is your favorite character in one of your wips and why do you like them in that story?

9. share 4 out of context images that you feel represent a wip

10. share a song (or songs) that you feel represents a wip

11. if one of your wips was a cocktail, what would it be made of?

me, an elder fandom veteran, suddenly having anne rice flashbacks:

no.

NO.

starting to rock back and fourth.

you do not understand.

you were born into an age of peace. i was there Gandalf. i was there three thousand years ago. i remember the cease and desists. i remember authors hunting fanfic writers for sport. i remember when every fic opened with a disclaimer because we genuinely thought it might protect us.

we do not charge money for the copyrighted gay wizard stories.

do not tempt fate youngling.

step away from the paywall.

that is how you summon the ancient evils.

You cannot profit from fanfiction