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I'm so close to 100k for the experiment, so I'm welcoming asks of all kinds to help me reach my goal!!!!!! 🤗

Trying something new...

For every ask I get, starting now, I'm going to write 100 words. The catch is I can't answer it until I've written something :D I have no idea if this'll help me, but I wanted to try it out.

This'll be my new rule for all asks, whether it's a question, part of an ask game, or just the words "go write," so feel free to send whatever to help me with my little experiment.

That is all, thank you for your time :)

#writing #writeblr #zac replies #send me an ask #the great motivation experiment

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Poke poke, hello? Anyone here?

This is not writing related but I am having a not-so-good night, so I'm using it as an excuse to prompt* YOU to tell us three good things that happened today**! How are things going for you?

*it's phrased I'm prompting you for a reason, you are in no way obligated to answer this part if for whatever you don't wanna

**doesn't necessarily have to be today

Yes, yes, hello! I'm here!

I'm sorry to hear you didn't have a great day yesterday. I hope today treated you better. I had pretty good day myself :) some highlights

I got done work early today and got to go shopping

I was able to treat myself for my birthday on Sunday :)

And I got to hang out with my dad in between client meetings

This ask motivated me to write 1,206 words for Home is Where Your Light Shines Brightest.

Experiment Total: 90,218

90,000 word milestone reached

🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

#ask and you shall receive #ravenlikesbooks #zac speaks #miscellaneous #get to know me #the great motivation experiment

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I’m sending Good Writing Vibes to anyone and everyone who needs them right now!!!

#writing #writing motivation

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I made something

#writing #writing meme

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The devastating difference between how much time it takes to write something vs how fast people read it lol

#wait that's so true... #i feel like this is something i knew in theory but never put into words #thank you random tumblr users #writing #writing motivation

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Reblog so everyone can hear what they need.

#writing #writing motivation #writeblr #polls

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I just comprehended how many words I've written for my experiment and I can't believe how fucking close I am to 100k????? That's crazy. I feel like I should do some kind of milestone celebration but I'm not sure what to do 🤔

#writing #writeblr #writing progress #writing community #writers on tumblr #zac speaks #the great motivation experiment

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I’ve come to poke your writing amount haha. What’s your favorite thing you’ve been working on lately?

-Gwens-fiction

Thank you for the poke :D

I have really only been working on the one project this year. I just finished writing Ch. 20 of Home is Where Your Light Shines Brightest, which admittedly is my favorite chapter I've written so far :) it's one of those scenes that took a lot of set up, and it was so satisfying to finally put these ideas into action 🙈

This ask motivated me to write 271 words for Home is Where You Come to Roost.

Experiment Total: 89,012

#ask and you shall receive #gwens fiction #zac speaks #writing #writeblr #my wips #home is where your light shines brightest #the great motivation experiment

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Invading your ask here -- do you like the map I made for my WIP? :D Now you write! :)

Omg an invasion :0 I am not prepared /j

I love the map you made!!!! I'd love to know how you created it and if there was an app or program that you used to make it, if you want to share! :D

And now, I write 😌

This ask motivated me to write 272 words for Home is Where You Come to Roost.

Experiment Total: 88,741

#ask and you shall receive #t lane writes #zac speaks #writing #writeblr #wips of others #the great motivation experiment

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Some De La Dáinn Stuff

The De La Dáinn Emblem:

Crows, Ravens, and Soulfetchers are all seen as Maveth’s messengers, and they’re considered to be a highly respected animal, they are typically used to deliver letters and small packages to other parts of the world from Morgana.

De La Dáinn Family Tree:

This is the De La Dáinn family tree, this does NOT consider the siblings, other children, or children of the siblings of the unnamed De La Dáinns.

You will need to zoom in to see all of their names, however, with that said

Family members:

- Alexander De La Dáinn (Pandora’s dad)

- Diana De La Dáinn (Pandora’s mom)

- Elizabeth De La Dáinn (Pandora’s Aunt)

- Fredrick De La Dáinn (Pandora’s Uncle)

- Victor De La Dáinn

- Arthur De La Dáinn

- Vesper De La Dáinn

- Henry De La Dáinn

- Theodore De La Dáinn

- Eleanor De La Dáinn

- Harriet De La Dáinn

- Pandora De La Dáinn

- Clyde De La Dáinn

- Scarlett De La Dáinn

- Cecilia De La Dáinn

- Ellis De La Dáinn

- Thomas De La Dáinn

- Louis De La Dáinn (Victor’s husband)

- Clara De La Dáinn (Victor’s daughter)

- Sephtis De La Dáinn (Immortal great x??? Grandfather)

- Franklin De La Dáinn (Diana’s Father) - Deceased

- Nyx De La Dáinn (Diana’s Mom) - Deceased

- Dead Sisters x4 (Artemis, Mona, Luna, Selene) (Diana’s Sisters)

- Dead Brothers x3 (Altair, Orion, Sterling) (Diana’s Brothers)

- Dead Aunts x5 (Annora, Bellamira, Eirlys, Juliet, Layla) (Diana’s Aunts)

- Dead Uncles x7 (Donovan, Augustus, Azrael, Oleander, Morris, Clarence, Zane) (Diana’s Uncles)

- Dead Cousins x15 (Lorelei, Lenore, Abraham, George, Oliver, Annabelle, Charlotte, Cornelius, Emmanuel, Beatrice, Elaine, Irene, Ezra, Hugh, Matthias) (Diana’s Cousins)

- Dead Grandparents x5 (Carmilla’s Mom, Carmilla’s Dad, Carmilla, Elliot, Heather)

- Dead Spouses x8 (Rosalind, Maverick, Joseph, Irma, Chantal, Crawford, Dorian, Devina)

- Kardama (First Ruler of Morgana)

- Maverick (First Ruler of Morgana)

- Maveth (Family Origin Father)

- Cynthia (Family Origin Mother)

Talents (for the general De La Dáinn family):

Diana: Umbramancy

Alexander: Unquestionable orders (Can make people do things basically)

Elizabeth: Bestiamancy

Fredrick: Regeneration

Victor: Demonic Relic Creation

Louis: Sound Manipulation

Clara: Emotional control/ manipulation

Arthur: Heightened Senses

Vesper: Duplication of objects

Henry: Healing/Identification of ailments and injuries

Theodore: Lightning conduction and generation

Eleanor: Telekinesis

Harriet: Vision of hidden objects/ transcripts (the ability to see things others are unable to see)

Pandora: Soul magic (the ability to make, maintain, and manipulate souls, manipulation of souls can be used for bad but Pandora doesn't really do that ever)

Noah: Contract Magic

Clyde: Summoning

Scarlett: Pyrokinesis

Cecilia: Cryokinesis

Ellis: Levitation

Thomas: Super Strength

Bonus - Franklin: Soul Reading

Feel free to ask about anything related to the De La Dáinns

#THEM #writing #writeblr #ocs of friends

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#*** for perspective #~~~ for time skip #but when i post on ao3 i use images to break up scenes :) #writing #writeblr #polls

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The World of The Specters

For now, only the map. Tekst coming soon.

#this is so cool omg :0 #writing #writeblr #wips of others

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I have a nice, sizable stack of wips to chip at right?

And then out of nowhere I get hit with a new idea nothing like the others I’m working on.

….Thankfully it’s vague enough I could just jot down the basic premise and sit it aside for now.

As it is, trying to make progress on Hidden Earth while my other WIPs are trying to also give ideas is challenge enough.

Sometimes it’s like they get jealous that they’re not the ones I’m focusing on.

#the girls (my wips) are fighting (producing ideas for things I'm not working on) #writing #writeblr #i wish you luck 🫡

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Reblog if it's okay to invade your ask box.

Always

#always #plus if you do i have to write #win-win #miscellaneous #send me an ask

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About the AO3 "No Guest Comments for a while" warning

If you're not following any of AO3's social media accounts you might be in the dark as to what kind of "spam comments" have engendered this banner at the top of the site:

These spam comments have been posted about a great deal on the AO3 subreddit for the past couple of days. Initially they comprised a bunch of guest (logged out users) bot comments that insulted authors by suggesting they were using AI and not writing their own fics. Some examples, from the subreddit:

But it then escalated to outright graphic porn images and gifs being posted in comments, again by logged out 'Guest' accounts. Obviously, I'm not going to give examples of those, but between these two bot infestations, AO3 has clearly decided to act and has temporarily closed the ability to post comments for users who are not logged in with an AO3 account.

Unfortunately, this means that genuine readers who don't have an AO3 account won't be able to leave comments on fics that they enjoy.

If you are a genuine reader who doesn't yet have an AO3 account, I strongly suggest getting yourself on the waiting list for one. More and more AO3 authors are now locking their fics down to registered users only - either due to these bot comments or concerns about AI scraping their work - which means you're probably missing out on a lot of great stuff.

Hopefully guest commenting will be enabled again at some point soon, but I suggest not waiting until then. Get yourself on that list.

Wait times are going to be longer than usual at the moment, due to the current Wattpad purge [info on Fanlore | Wattpad subreddit thread], but if you're in line, then your invite will come through eventually.

Update: There's now a Megathread about this on the AO3 subreddit.

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#writing #writing meme

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I LOVE IT WHEN ENDINGS CIRCLE BACK TO THE BEGINNING!!!

I LOVE IT WHEN CHARACTERS MIRROR EACH OTHER!!!!!

I LOVE IT WHEN CHARACTERS SEAL THEIR FATES IN THEIR FIRST SCENES!!!!

I LOVE IT WHEN CHARACTERS' GREATEST TRAITS ARE ALSO WHAT DOOM THEM IN THE END!!!!!

#writing #writing meme