#moav verse

tagged by @renee561 <3 thank you!!

Rules: make a new post with the names of all the files in your wip folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Tag as many people as you have wips. People send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, then post a little snippet or tell them something about it!

Original Works:

WSAG NEW VERSION DRAFT 2

VC MASSIVE REWRITE DRAFT

Fanfic:

TMOOD Main Doc

TOT Main Doc

YSSMIAC - Part 1

Capitol Punishment (rework)

when is a monster not a monster? when you love it. -caitlyn siehl

Thank you for the tag @mollywog <3

Rules: Share the first line of your last ten published works or as many as you are able and see if there are any patterns!

(I don't have any posted on AO3 anymore, but I am still working on my WIPs!)

1 - When Skies Are Gray

Fists pounded on the other side of the door of the motel room, jolting Ruby awake and sending her upright on the bed.

2 - Valhalla Calling

Stepping off the bus I feel smacked in the face with a stagnant humidity and oddly enough it feels like home.

3 - The Magic of Ordinary Days

The sun beat down on her porcelain skin and the heat sweltered and soaked her back beneath her cotton dress.

4 - Memoirs of a Victor - You Should See Me In a Crown (Part 1)

I never intended to tell my story.

5 - The Old Therebefore

Dust.

6 - A Star is Reborn Series: The Legend Lives On

Over fifteen years since the record-breaking folk-rock band crumbled, yet people are suddenly picking up their old CD’s again.

7 - With Love Series: Accidentally Married

Something moves in the bed beside me and I groan.

8 - With Love Series: Crazy, Stupid, Love

“You have to be shitting me?” I slam down the phone on the receiver, hovering over my mess of a desk in my even more of a mess office.

9 - With Love Series: With Love

It all began innocently enough, I freaking pinky swear I never meant to snoop.

10 - A Thousand Years

It had to be at least a week living in the belly of a passenger liner turned military transport ship.

Thank you for asking @thelettersfromnoone!!

The Magic of Ordinary Days is like my favorite child. I haven't written on it in a while, but I think I'm about 2/3's of the way done on it.

Here's a little excerpt from a future scene:

Hamish left what he was doing and frustrated by whoever it was pounding on the door, Ruby was in the bedroom with the baby and called out asking him what was the matter, then when he was close enough heard the familiar voice of Kat. He answered with, “It’s Kat,” just as he heard the teenage girl’s voice. “Please!” Kat cried on the other side and when he unlatched the lock and pulled it open, pulling her inside the foyer, she was dressed in her nightclothes with a thin coat that hung to her knees and a man’s coat over her shoulders. The only thing to really keep her warm was her hunting boots. Soon after, David Nolan joined her. He wasn’t fond of the Nolan’s, or rather Mary Margaret as he was not the forgiving type. “We can’t find her!” Kat’s face was wet with her tears and she trembled. He steadied her, holding her by the shoulders, “Is it Prim?” Ruby joined them in the foyer, tying the belt of her robe. Immediately, she went to Kat who left his arms for Ruby, crying.

As for You Should See Me in a Crown (Part 1) is still unfinished, I know shocking. I haven't written on it in a while either. Here's a little excerpt from it. Maybe going through some of these will push me into writing on it again as I'm between OW projects.

Late one night, I was preparing for bed, or as best as I could, when the telephone rang. I had another installed on the second floor, right by my bedside. I was all tucked in and the ringing got my heart beating faster with alarm. I fumbled for it to my left, dropping the phone, then dragging it back up by the cord. “Hello?” I sank back into the pillow, sounding exhausted. There was the sound of something clattering, “Hoped you would still be up,” I knew he had to be sobering up or on his way to inebriated. “Yeah, sort of,” I mumbled. “I’m in bed.” “So…” he stated with a huff, that I took he was plopping into a chair. “I finally got you in bed,” he retorted. What should be crass, made me giggle. Or I was to that stage of exhausted where you’ll laugh at anything. “You can check that off your to-do list.”

If you’ve dropped by my little spot in super hell, you’re obviously here for one of my many fandom loves, history, or maybe you’re just as weird as I am – congrats if you are, we’re a rare breed.

While on this site I’ve had 3 usernames:

onceuponanovel (now recycled for my sideblog @onceuponanovel )

professionalfangrrl (may you rest in peace because I always knew you were a place holder)

rarepairheathen (my current moniker on here, which was inspired by THIS POST)

My username is contradictory, because the me in real life is very much not a heathen. But as pointed out to me by @heatherfield we rare pair shippers are heathen to canon. I am a canon heathen. Viola.

What’s inspiring you lately?

Hey!! Thank you for asking, lovely. 🥰

I'm kinda all over the place - as usual, lol!

Been trying to focus on my fic to novel, When Skies Are Gray. I just haven't had any time to write/edit it. Which sucks. I've either been working or just too tired to pick up the laptop.

So, not a lot there. If it counts, it has been on my mind constantly!

Other than the novel, it would have to be the light bulb moment I've had with The Hope of it All, which will connect the next 2 chapters and hopefully make it flow whenever I'm able to progress with it.

The other day I heard Bishop Briggs's latest song and its perfect for You Should See Me In a Crown! :

A great interpretation of Amaris's journey through the whole series. Also I'm just a fan of Bishop!

tagged by @thelettersfromnoone thank you!

1-How many works do you have on AO3?

33 works. Most are incomplete or if they are, those are one shots/drabbles.

2-What's your total AO3 word count?

442,055. (and yet most of these are unfinished)

3-What fandoms do you write for?

The Hunger Games, Once Upon a Time, Star Wars (specifically The Mandalorian), Jane Austen, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Doctor Who, Marvel, and Fairy tales.

4-What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

A Simple Act of Kindness PositiveSpy Game All I Need is You With Love

5-Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I try my best to do so. I think if someone is nice enough to show my fic some love via comment, then they deserve a reply. I'm also a rambler, so most of my replies are often longer than the original comment, lol!

6-What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I'm not sure. I normally don't like to leave angst at the ending. Sure I put my muses through hell, but I like to give them their happy ending. That's not to say I won't in the future. I have a feeling it'll be something like that for my MOAV series.

7-What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I make it a point to give them all a happy ending. I guess mine might be either With Love or A Simple Act of Kindness.

8-Do you get hate on fics?

Yup. And I delete them. Also one of the reasons I moderate comments on AO3. I also get some weird comments that I don't publish because they are pretty out there.

9-Do you write smut? If so what kind?

Yes. I've written all different kinds. From erotica to fade to black. Just depends on the muses and the type of story I'm trying to write. I do have some fics that are just meant to be smutty so I let the muses do as they please.

10-Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

I live on Crossovers, muahahahaha!!! I have recently merged, The Hunger Games, Once Upon a Time, and Lucy Maud Montgomery into one fic... that was a stretch, but when you love your OTP enough, you make it work.

11-Have you ever had a fic stolen?

As far as I know, no never had a fic stole. Have had my digital art stole quite a bit.

12-Have you ever had a fic translated?

Not that I am aware of. If so, cool! Just give me creds, I worked hard on it.

Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

Indeed! And it's a LOT of fun to share creative roles. I've co-written a lot of fics/pieces with Meagan my kiddo. Then there's the ongoing Rumitch Series, I'm co-writing/collaborating on with @torontosquirrels on.

What's your all-time favourite ship?

My ride or die ship will always be my Rumitch (Haymitch & Ruby) as if that's isn't blatantly obvious from everything I write and my whole profile here. Let me be clear, I love ships. I am a queen shipper. But I ship chemistry and not canon. Rumitch began when I wanted to write a fic of my two fave characters in a crossover so they could be friends because I knew they'd get along well... Now that fic is horribly written, but that spawned my favorite ship so I've never deleted it.

There's another on tumblr that has neither confirmed nor denied creating the ship and I'm here to state I did it!! Me, IT WAS ME!

What's a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

Oof... maybe all of them, lol! I always hope to finish fics and I used to pressure myself into doing so. Not because anyone was demanding more chapters (although I did have a super nice reader who hoped I would post more and even inspired me to write a side story to an ongoing series), but because I hate leaving things unfinished. Now, if they are finished, awesome; if not, then that's okay. I know in my head how I want it to go/end.

What are your writing strengths?

Um, I don't know. I do love writing certain tropes/genres, but is it a strength? I have no idea. I want to say my strength is angst.

What are your writing weaknesses?

All of it? LOL! Pacing if I'm honest with myself. I suck at pacing a story. I have multi chapters for one day and then skip ahead a few months in the next chapter. I need to work on that and also, do I care?

Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I used to write stuff for Bucky Barnes when he was The Winter Soldier, meaning I needed to head to the search engine for a Russian/English dictionary. I used to have a site bookmarked (on an old computer) that helped me translate from English to Russian.

First fandom you wrote for?

Jane Austen. I didn't even realize I was writing fan fiction at the time. I was a teen and I just got this idea in my mind and I decided to write it.

Favorite fic you've ever written?

This one is pretty easy, The Magic of Ordinary Days. I have no problem admitting this is my favorite child (fic) that I've written all by myself. I waited years to write it and I'm glad I waited. My prose has improved, vocabulary larger, and when I wanted to write it I was in my 20s and really just stretching my writing legs. If I had written it then, it would have been a mess. Now, it's my favorite fic and I'm going to be using it for NaNoWriMo again this year to hopefully see more progress with it.