elenothar

I have yet to figure out how to use Dreamwidth for anything non-writing-related, apparently, but we'll get there...

Fandom

I just posted my first solo Lost Tomb fic, so I'm doing the writer equivalent of tap dancing on hot coals because new fandom jitters.

A Distracting Effort

Length: 4k

Pairing: Wang Pangzi & Wu Xie & Zhang Qiling or Wang Pangzi/Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling

Tags: asexual Wu Xie, Iron Triangle feels, post Lost Tomb Reboot, choose your own platonic or romantic reading, honeypot: Wu Xie style (except not really), Shenanigans, Humor, Cuddling

Summary: “Teensy tiny favour,” Hei Xiazi starts, with the kind of grin that says he knows he’s about to stir some shit and is looking forward to it. “I need someone to distract Zhao Ji and you” – he points at Wu Xie – “happen to be exactly his type.”

Wu Xie blinks. That’s… not what he’d been expecting.

Next to him Pangzi looks like he’s readying himself to bristle in protective outrage at any moment now and across the room Xiaoge’s relaxed sprawl has turned into something rather more threatening.

or

Hei Xiazi has opinions on Wu Xie's wardrobe, Wu Xie has opinions on interior decorating, Pangzi has opinions on Wu Xie's flirting and Xiaoge lurks protectively (and pointedly).


I've also got another Guardian fic that just needs a final edit - the Shen Wei learning abilities fic, which derailed into a full-on character exploration because of course it did - and have finally started writing the multi-chapter accidental marriage weilan fix it AU that I've been thinking about since I watched the show in March.


Original Writing

I just received my free author's copy of the anthology that my first published short story appears in, which was very exciting. There's something really quite satisfying about seeing your name and work printed in a book you might find in your local bookstore (you won't, because this is a fairly small press, but still).



I'll probably aim to write a couple more short stories this summer and look to get them published too before returning to my efforts to get representation for my novel. Will probably end up doing another editing pass on that too, though at this stage that's at least in part just procrastinating from writing query letters because they're The Worst.

Somewhat late because I've been quite busy these last couple of days, but very excitingly the sid_guardian 520 exchange went life on Thursday.

I received a wonderful gift from trickytricky

Good Things

Length: 3k

Summary: Zhao Yunlan is beginning to figure this relationship thing out.

Hand-wavey future fix-it(ish) setting involving cuddling, heavy but hopeful conversation, and some glimmers of a brighter future past the darkness.


I urge everyone to go read it because it's lovely!


My own offering, which ended up rather longer than intended:

Above as Below

Length: 11k

Summary: Pursuing a suspect on the university campus, Zhao Yunlan runs into a certain professor - literally. While Shen Wei struggles with a Kunlun who doesn't remember him, Zhao Yunlan struggles with reorienting his views on Dixingren. Da Qing just wants his human to stop being an idiot.

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In Shen Wei’s defence he hadn’t meant to establish himself as the contact point for young Dixingren finding their way to Haixing.

(Nabbed from china_shop)


Comment with a word. If it's in my WIP, I'll reply with the sentence it appears in.

... there are plenty of WIPs to choose from, mostly Guardian and a couple Lost Tomb Reboot if anyone wants to play.

 Teyla introduced the meme and it sounds like fun, so here we are.

Meme:

"Here's a list of my WIPs (exact title of the documents, no fibbing) and you can ask about the ones you're curious about.
Pick any you're interested in, and I'll tell you about them and post a snippet!"


This proved a good excuse for me to realise just how many WIPs in various fandoms I've got lying around. Some of them I'm not very likely at all to ever finish/post,  and my titling is all over the place, but if anyone wants any snippets anyway...

Roughly by order of how likely I am to finish:

Guardian

Learning Abilities fic
Weilan barrier fic
Shen Wei is always himself
Accidental Marriage AU


Lost Tomb Reboot

Wu Xie feels


Tolkien

Second Finrod fic