Fandom Snowflake Challenge: Day 6

Day 6

In your own space, create a list of at least three fannish things you'd love to receive, something you've wanted but were afraid to ask for - a fannish wish-list of sorts.

1. Podficcing for beginners

I know nothing about podficcing. I do know someone who lost their eyesight last year and while I always knew podficcing was a great idea it really hammered the point home to me. All that being said, I really want to get into podficcing this year, even if it’s just my own fics to start off with. What I would love is some tips on what kind of equipment or software I need from anyone out there who knows about this stuff! Any help is appreciated.

2. Prompts

When I started writing fics I wrote almost exclusively based on prompts that people sent in to me. There’s something about writing something for someone else that lights a fire under my heels. I know prompt based comms exist but they just don’t hold that same level of excitement for me so I’m asking for specific prompts that anyone would like to see me write. I’m pretty exclusively in the SGA fandom these days and McShep is my go to but I’ll write gen or Rodney/anyone too!

I can’t promise to fill them all (that’s part of what pushed me out of MCU; the pressure and complaints when I didn’t fill something quick enough) but I can promise to do my best and let you know if the idea doesn’t grab my muse.

3. Art Recs

I’ve only been in the SGA fandom for a few years and I know that I’m missing so much great art that must have been done back in the day so any art recs you have would be welcomed with all the thanks in the world!

4. Oh, and if anyone wants to do a banner or icon for the new SGA Writing Fest that popkin16 and I are putting together, that would be amazing! Drop me a message if you’re interested in helping out!

2019:1-51 Fandom Update

So, I’m experimenting with a format for a weekly update. I’m gonna separate fandom and personal stuff and see how that works... Bear with me until I get this right...

What was I watching this week?

The Haunting of Hill House ate my brain this week. I started watching it on Tuesday and finished it on a Friday and it was freaking amazing. I haven’t read the book (although it has now been downloaded to my kindle) so I can’t compare it; I’ve heard it’s very different. It wasn’t as scary as I feared. Ghosts and the paranormal usually freak me out but I was able to put the light out every night without a second thought. For me, it was less about ghosts and more about family. The end was beautiful and made me cry. Highly recommend 9/10.

I also caught up on the last couple episodes of Lucifer season 3. Knowing that it ended on a cliffhanger and was (temporarily) cancelled, I had made the choice not to finish it but seeing as Netflix has picked it up for a fourth season I figured it was safe to watch and HOLY CRAP! I am sooooo glad it didn’t end there! I’m super excited about season 4!

What was I reading this week

I’ve been reading The First Prime Universe by LadyRa. I haven’t read much SG-1 fic but I love LadyRa’s SGA fic and the pairing for this intrigued me so I started reading and devoured the first two parts this week. It’s reminding me how much I love Jack O’Neill which I count as a win.

Outside of fanfic I’ve been reading ‘Pride: The Unlikely Story of the Unsung Heroes of the Miners’ Strike’ which covers the same story as the wonderful film ‘Pride’. I loved the film so much and got the book for Christmas. I’ve only read a couple of chapters so far so can’t comment much on it yet.

What was I writing this week?
Not much! Writers block set in hard and I spent most of the week flitting from WIP to WIP, adding a few words here and there. I did manage to finish off a fic that I started back in June last year which you can find here. I thought aftercare as a kink would be pretty niche (ie, only of interest to me) but I’ve had so many wonderful comments on it which is both surprising and very welcome!