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In your own space, set some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

My fannish goals this year are the following:

• Finish this wip. I already know the ending and and how I’m going to get there. I just need to clear time and headspace to get there.


• Write a story in my target language between 1000-1500 words.

Day 1

( fandom snowflake )

Not that anyone is actually watching this DW, but that's fine. LMAO. I tend to spend all my time in Tumblr looking at the pretty.

( Anyway, finally after a lot of hemming and hawing, finally splurged on a hobonichi )

It’s nice when a podficcer actually likes reading/performing (we really need a good word) their story. I’m just listening through someone’s raw file (not mine) and you can just feel the love of the fic radiating through their reading/performing. It’s really nice to hear.

It’s a raw read through and it’s relatively clean (only three bloopers so far). I wish I could do that. When I read, the file is a crime scene, but I clear up everything in editing.

It’s strange for me listening to this, because it’s a fandom I used to be in years ago (Marvel), and I wrote realms of fic for this pairing. But now, it’s like a stranger with a smile that I used to know, if that makes sense.

Please note, blanket permission can be YES or NO, and that’s cool. We just need to know.

Orphaned works have been brilliant, too. Thanks to writers who do so instead of deleting!

( how I spent my weekend  )

One day, I’ll have a podfic that’s something I can do the equivalent of framing a photo and go *insert Will Smith doing the ta dah! gif* but not today. So, because I can’t let things alone, I’m really trying to work on this music thing for Rivals. It’s my own fic, because I’d rather audio ruin mine before touching anyone else’s at the minute.

( Annoyances )

I’ve always advised writers to have Blanket Permissions on their fic (to say yes, no, or maybe to Transformative Works based off one’s fanfic), but I upon reflection, I must advise writers to be more specific in their BP profile order to save the stragglers of us Transformative Artists time and aggro.

I do understand if the writer finds the efforts of said artists disappointing. Or to the point of chagrin; their efforts better than one’s own- this has happened to me- but either way, can you please be mindful that time and effort have gone into the work based on your work, no matter how humble the effort.

If upon reflection, you the writer only wish for the best person in x Transformative Field to attempt your work, please be very specific in your BP. Or just do what other writers do, and use the ‘Yes, if asking’ option to filter out whom you don’t want or who you do (like some BNFs have done). It’s exclusionary, and entitled, to be sure, but it’s what you wish, and people like me will know whom to avoid in the future.

Thank you!

Due to a strange bit of luck, I got a mic, due to someone moving.

( BIG PHOTO UNDER THE CUT  )