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#my first published finnpoe!! I hope it's to your liking!
multifandomhoodies · 1 year
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ao3 wrapped: ALL OF THEM
NAJA!!! O7
1. How many words have you written this year? -- 27,114! Plus a number of wips :)
2. How many works did you publish this year? - 17
3. What work are you most proud of (regardless of kudos/hits)? -- "A Love Like This" t4t Appalachian Dincobb has me in an utter chokehold and I love this story and their lives so much.
4. What work of yours has the most hits? -- "Six Shots out of Sunday" which is WILD it was a semi-crack fic I wrote when I had no internet and surprisngly enough people really liked it
5. What work of yours got more feedback than you expected? -- "Bittersweet Beings"!! Even in the author's note, I said that I expected maybe ten people to read it. No!! A lot of people have read and commented on it and it's been wild for a rarepair from a new show!
6. Favorite title you used -- "I Know Which Side You're On" because it was a very slight bastardization of a Pete Seeger song.
7. If you use song lyrics, which artist’s songs did you pull from the most? -- Not one artist in particular!
8. Pairing you wrote the most for this year? -- Dincobb!
9. Favorite pairing you wrote for this year? - Dincobb. And Finnpoe, I started the year off strong with them and tapered off but I've been thinking about them a lot lately.
10. What work was the quickest to write? -- "Endless Ribbon" because it was a sprint challenge from the Dincobb server
11. What work took you the longest to write?  -- "Six Shots Out of Sunday". It fought me tooth and nail until the end and I hated it by the time I was done.
12. How many WIP’s do you have in your docs for next year? -- 5 that I'm hoping to write!
13. What’s your longest work of the year? -- "A Love Like This" at 3,886 words.
14. What’s your shortest work of the year? -- "Chipped China" with 161 words
15. What WIP are you taking into next year with you? -- Right now my focus is on two wips, one with Priest!Din and Parishoner!Cobb called Miserere Mei and one in its infancy with T4T Dincobb in which Din is a handyman.
16. What’s your most common “Additional Tags” tag? -- LMAO praise kink
17. Your favorite character to write this year? -- my troubled trans darling Din Djarin.
18.The character that gave you the most trouble writing this year? - Ehh it kind of depending from fic to fic!
19. What’s one pairing you want to explore next year? -- just one?! Really any Cassian ship, but particularly K2cassian!
20. Which work of yours have you reread the most? -- Definitely “A Love Like This.” I have a huge soft spot for Appalachia and about Dincobb living a quiet peaceful life :’). I also really like the Gender of the fic too!
21. How many kudos in total did you get this year? -- 1243 over 17 fics
22. Which work has the most comments? -- “Bittersweet Beings”
23. Did you do any collaborative works this year? -- No
24. Did you write any gifts this year? -- No
25. Did you receive any gifts this year? -- No
26. What’s your most common category? -- M/M
27. What do you listen to while writing? -- A lot of folk music, recently a lot of Trampled by Turtles
28. Favorite work you wrote this year? “men like me (probably die alone)” or “A Love Like This”. “men like me” was the first Dincobb fic I wrote and I really love it.
29. Favorite line/passage you wrote this year? “Call it desperation, call it spotchka, call it the worst fucking year he’s had in a long life of worst fucking years, but Din shifts forward. He is a man of rare impulse, but this time he can’t keep himself from it.” (from men like me)
30. Biggest surprise while writing this year? -- How much I wrote! I wanted originally to post one fic a month, and I did that (well not december yet but shh) and more! I think I’m getting better at writing what I want and not really caring if other people like it. I know my friends will like it and it’s good enough for me!
Thanks for asking :)!!!
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findafight · 3 years
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My @swspringfling  FinnPoe fic for @agrippaspoleto! I hope you like it! :)
ao3
Pairing: Finnpoe
Tags: thunder and lightning, hurt/comfort, fluff
Summary:
“I like the thunder.” Finn says.
Poe turns his head, wet hair still sticking to his forehead. “Yeah?”
Finn nods, looking away and into the swirling storm clouds, “Somehow it makes the rain seem...deeper.”
“Deeper?”
“Yeah like,” he sweeps his hand not occupied by Poe’s in front of them, towards the trees dipping and swaying under the force of the water, “it’s rain is nice, but thunder? Thunder makes it seem like...I don’t know, an event! It’s bigger than just the water in the sky, it’s energy. Enough to down a star cruiser.”
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alienfuckeronmain · 3 years
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Fic Writer Questions!
Tagged by @mystics-and-chill ! Thanks Goldleaf I loved reading your answers <333 
1) How many works do you have on AO3?
217 published on ao3, not counting the 80 fics I deleted in [redacted] fandom, and the 50 something AFI stories I orphaned, linked here.  Also many of these are “short fic” collections consisting of like 5-30 standalone fics at 1k words or under. IN SHORT, too many!!
2) What's your total AO3 word count?
1,632,262. Skull and crossbones emogi. 
3) How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?
Oh god, I’ve written in 51 and I can’t make myself list them it’s just so many!! My big ones are Cars (2006), Tolkien, The Man From Uncle, Star Wars, Supernatural, Star Trek, Merlin, Cobra Kai, and most recently, Stargate Atlantis. 
4) What are your top 5 fics by kudos?  
This list sort of blows my mind lol, it’s so random. 
1. Careful of the Company You Keep- This is am angsty, fucked up slow burn TMFU fic. I wrote it ages ago but it remains one of the pairing standards I guess? It’s a good fic! But it’s not even my best or favorite Napollya fic I’ve written so its popularity is baffling to me!
2. Played: also TMFU, the first fic I ever wrote in the fandom. Its a cute formulaic 5 times fic. I didn’t have their voices down yet Imo so it’s another one I think is weird to be popular. 
3. Surrender: This is my only posted FinnPoe story. I wrote it right after seeing the movie when there was that brief, hopeful boom in the Star Wars fandom, where we all thought the sequel trilogy was going to be good. I still like this story a lot. 
4.Vanity: a TMFU PWP where Napoleon fucks Illya while making him watch them in a vanity mirror. It does what it says on the tin! 
5. Dog Eared Page:  I’m fucking DELIGHTED this story is on here??!! I thought it was under appreciated but I guess I was wrong. This is a Descendants/Jaylos slow burn fic largely about internalized homophobia. It’s like, dead serious given the fandom and a really beautiful little coming of age story and I love it. 
5) Do you respond to comments, why or why not?
I try my fucking hardest but I just checked and I currently have 1813 comments I haven’t replied to. When you have as much fic up as I do it’s genuinely hard to keep up with!! I get daunted, I’m trying to be better about it but it’s massive time suck, answering them all. THAT BEING SAID I LOVE ALL MY COMMENTS SO MUCH and it means so so so much to me when people leave them, I appreciate it sooo much. 
6) What's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending?
Like @mystics-and-chill, I think all my Hannibal fic, by necessity, is pretty unhappy. Also almost all my AFI fic. If I had to choose one though probably “We prepared out graves.” It makes me sick to think about haha. It’s the most manipulatively sad thing I’ve ever written. 
7) What's the fic you've written with the happiest ending?
Almost all my fic has happy, or t least hopeful endings!!! I think the one with the biggest payoff is All Night Long, though. It’s a really long fic with a lot of angst and misunderstanding and the ending is such a “they lived happily ever after” moment  and you're rooting for them so hard so I think it’s my most fairytale-esque fic! 
8) Do you write crossovers? If so what is the craziest one you've written?
I don’t really, buy the only one I ever HAVE written is insane so I will mention it: I once wrote a Rent/Star Wars crossover (or maybe it’s just an AU?? I dunno) where Luke is a stripper on Tatooine and Han is a washed up old smuggler and they both have space aids and and a space heroin problem and It sounds like it’s crack but it’s like, such a somber serious grimdark fic lmao??? Anyway. Here it is: Before the suns set 
9) Have you ever received hate on a fic?
I am unfortunately the sort of writer who always ends up being controversial even when I don’t mean to be, like I STILL get hate from fandoms I haven’t written in in years lol. I also write “problematic” ships and parings, so I routinely get hate just for like, shipping wincest or Sebaciel or whatever. But man the most aggressive hate Ive ever received was for relatively tame stuff, just in very conservative fandoms? Like I JUST recently got a hate anon from someone in the SGA fandom because they didn’t like my characterization. People are weird, I dunno, I generate a lot of hate!!! But I generate three times as much love so whatever. 
10) Do you write smut? If so what kind?
yes!! I love smut. In terms of what kind, my sex scenes tend to be really carnal and corporeal and sensory and raw and messy and passionate. I tend to write it out in detail rather than wide, broad swaths, but I avoid play by play style if I can. I love writing about sweat, eating ass, and armpits. @skepticalfrog knows. 
11) Have you ever had a fic stolen?
All the fucking time, I’ve literally given up on trying to keep psycho one direction fans from uploading my old deleted fic to Wattpad. Lost cause in that fandom. 
12) Have you ever had a fic translated?
Many times! Usually to Russian or Chinese. I think all my Spies and Disguise fic is translated to both because it has HUGE fandoms in those countries! 
13) Have you ever co-written a fic before?
My wife @sir-transcelot and I co write occasionally and once wrote a whole long hilarious AFI fic together when I was in college. We also co wrote an amazing 1d/TMFU crossover,  it was SO good but never ended up seeing the light of day because we both left the fandom which is a shame, it’s fucking gold. 
 14) What's your all time favorite ship?
God this is so hard. There’s this dichotomy where many of my all time fave pairings I don’t write? Like Ruth/Debbie from Glow is really up there and Stan/Kyle from South Park is probably my most read pairing ever, but I don’t write much about either of those pairings because the fic I would write already exists. So my fave pairings to write are different than my favorite to read. OK BUT IF I HAVE TO CHOOSE, Kirk/Spock is my OTP probably, the most romantic ship in the world, my ride or die. But again you wouldn’t know because I hardly ever....write them??? I don’t even need to, they’re perfect as is haha. But my favorite to WRITE is probably Doc/Lightning. I invented that pairing and created nearly all the content and lore for it so it’s very dear to my heart as a pet project!!! They feel like original characters in some ways. Currently, McShep has wiped out everything else in my brain. I am a mess, I go through fandoms at a rapid, aggressive pace and accumulate pairings like a hoarding dragon tbh, and I love them allll. 
15) What's a WIP that you want to finish but don't think you ever will?
OH GOD don’t talk to me about WIPs....I was trying to finish a bunch in July and then I started watching SGA and got violently derailed. I’m a never say never type of guy, but I think  my most likely to be actually abandoned WIP is a holiday fic I started two christmases ago in the Spies and Disguise fandom. It’s so cute and has the potential to be great but I think if you fail two years in a row to finish something AND a traumatic event happens while you’re writing it, it’s probably safe to be like yeah, I can let this one go. Sorry Walter and Lance and the one bed I was gonna make you share. 
16) What are your writing strengths?
I’m pretty good at making my readers feel stuff!! I’ve been told I’m an evocative writer, I get comments a lot from people who felt ill or cried while they read which is always a huge compliment. I also think I’m good at characterization/nailing characters voices, and sensory description that makes you feel like you’re there. Also I’m fantastic at 2nd person POV fic, which is a really tough thing to pull off well. 
17) What are your writing weaknesses?
I’m way too controlled and not experimental enough, like I know what works and what I like and what Im good at and just....do it over and over and never branch out  lol.  I love when I read fic that messes with structure and expectation, like @nomercyonlytears blows my mind on that front, I’ll read her fic and be like “wow you can really do whatever the fuck you want and make it awesome,” it’s super inspiring!! I’d love to push boundaries more like that. 
18) What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?  
I have a little bit of Russian in my TMFU fics, and WITHOUT FAIL every time no matter how many times I looked it up or did my research, Russian readers would be like what the fuck this is so off lol so I try not to mess with languages I don’t speak. 
19) What was the first fandom you wrote for? 
AFI. I have been writing about those freaks since 2003. I will go YEARS without even thinking about them (or hating them) but I always circle back. I learned to write in that fandom, and they're my most enduring hyper fixation and just SO FUCKED UP. They continue to be weird, too, maybe if they stopped being weird about each other I would quit but nah, every time I check in on them they’re still being absolutely insane and I have something to say about it, inevitably, so. Here I am. 
20) What's your favorite fic you've written?
I literally don’t know man, I love all my fic so much I’m a fucking megalomaniac. Mine and Apart and Sweet Morphine are my usual go to answers, but I’m also REALLY partial to my House of Durin series.  
This was so fun! Tagging @ahufflepuffhobbit @fairytalefem @sir-transcelot @haztobegood @hazzabeeforlou @happy-princess @theresonlyzuul @bobakick @oliver-perks @venhedish @skepticalfrog   @mimsyaf  @thorniest-rose @freshbrainss @pohjanneito @deputychairman and @got2gh0st ! But if you see this and feel inspired and you’re a writer, please do it!!! And tag me, I love reading what other fic writers have to say! 
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canonskyrissian · 3 years
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erina’s star wars fic promo
to celebrate 30 published star wars fics on ao3 I will promote all of them here^^ under cut after the role swap au
format is fic title, wip status, word count, rating, pairing(s), warnings/triggers, summary
edit: new works added december 17, 2023
jedi lando au
Let light not see my black and deep desires (complete, 16/16, 52,777, E, skyrissian, author chose not to use archive warnings, jedi lando/sith luke au)
“You’re a weird Jedi.” “And you’re an odd Sith. So I guess we’re even.” Lando Calrissian, a former student in the Jedi Temple, has been on the run for the vast majority of his life, but never before has he been pursued by anyone as stubborn as Darth Caelus. And they keep running into each other. All the time. To the point where they both just want it to be over. After one fateful encounter the pair strikes a deal that might bring an end to their constant dance around each other. But neither of them realizes that the Force itself has its hand at play until it's too late, and their fates are irrevocably intertwined. Forever.
role swap au
Another Kind of Hope (complete, 19,700, T, skyrissian, leia & ahsoka, lando & leia, no archive warnings apply, role swap au)
In a period of a galactic civil war, the brave Rebel Alliance has won their first victory against the Galactic Empire and stolen the plans of the Empire's ultimate weapon, the Death Star. When the starship of Prince Luke Organa, who is transporting the plans, falls under the Empire's attack, the future of the galaxy depends on two droids carrying the secret plans and their new owner, a farm girl named Leia Skywalker.
Clashes of the Blade and the Heart (complete, 26,222, T, skyrissian, leia & ahsoka, leia & luke, leia & obi-wan, pre-hanleia, no archive warnings apply, role swap au)
It is a dark time for the Rebellion. Although the Death Star has been destroyed, Imperial troops have driven the Rebel forces from their hidden base and pursued them across the galaxy. Evading the dreaded Imperial Starfleet, the Rebel Alliance has established a new secret base on the remote planet of D'Qar. The evil lord Darth Vader, obsessed with finding a mysterious Jedi Padawan he fought on the Death Star, has dispatched thousands of remote probes into the far reaches of space....
the return of hope & appendices
The Return of Hope (complete, 25/25, 96,516, T, reyrose, finnpoe, skyrissian + others, no archive warnings apply)
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.... STAR WARS Episode IX The Return of Hope After narrowly escaping from Crait with their lives, the remaining members of the brave RESISTANCE seek help on Bespin. As the threat of the First Order rises with their new SUPREME LEADER, the fate of the galaxy lies with Rey and Finn. To find what it takes to end the new tyrannical regime, the two friends must discover new things about their pasts....
Like a ray of sun burning through my darkest night (WIP, 3/5, 18,966, T, skyrissian, hanleia, no archive warnings apply)
As the Millennium Falcon makes her way to Cloud City, Lando Calrissian reminisces his relationship with Luke Skywalker: how they met, fell in love, got married, and had a daughter - and how all of that was taken away from them. Prequel to The Return of Hope
Your eyes so full of wonder (complete, 1,266, G, skyrissian, lando & rey & luke, no archive warnings apply)
Parenting a thirteen-month-old is hard. Especially when said thirteen-month-old is Force sensitive.
A Cold (complete, 702, G, skyrissian, lando & rey & luke, no archive warnings apply)
“Daddy? Papa?” came a tiny voice from the doorway. “I don't feel so good.” ~..~ Rey gets sick in the middle of the night.
Stay (complete, 495, G, skyrissian, lando & rey & luke, no archive warnings apply)
Luke has a duty, but leaving his family is never easy.
Behind a closed door (complete, 1,100, M, skyrissian, reyrose, no archive warnings apply)
People keep having sex in the Falcon's cockpit, and for some reason Han just keeps walking in on them. Press F to pay respects for Han's poor corneas.
star wars pride
The most unexpected and wonderful things (complete, 3,322, T, skyrissian, hanleia, chewie/maz, no archive warnings apply)
Luke gets lost in his first Pride parade in years, but ends up running into the most gorgeous man he has ever met, Lando Calrissian - who incidentally is also the guy Han meant to set him up with.
We could be bigger and brighter than space (complete, 3,328, T, reyrose, skyrissian, finnpoe, no archive warnings apply)
30 years after the Pride Parade in which her fathers met, Rey is going to introduce her significant other, Rose, to the family. What she didn't think of was how dramatic her family could get.
Things change (but some things never do) (complete, 3,093, T, skyrissian, reyrose, finnpoe, no archive warnings apply)
Rose inadvertedly helps Lando figure out things about himself that he has been wondering about for a good while.
babysitters au
Galaxy's best babysitters (complete, 1,327, G, ahsoka & rex, no archive warnings apply)
Ahsoka and Rex are being hunted. Thankfully their pursuers are very small and not that dangerous... at least yet.
Trapped (complete, 2,807, G, obi-wan/rex, rex & skywalker twins & lando & han, no archive warnings apply)
Rex is alone on babysitting duty, when an unknown ship appears. With no time to make an escape, Rex devises the only plan he can think of. Booby-trapping their ship.
calrissian-skywalker-djarin adventures
Fates Intertwined (complete, 3,940, T, mandoskyrissian, no archive warnings apply)
While on a quest to recover lost Jedi lore with his partner Lando Calrissian, Luke Skywalker senses a mysterious call from the planet Tython. Who is calling for him and why?
Something More to It (complete, 3,337, T, mandoskyrissian, no archive warnings apply)
It's not as if Lando and Luke agreed to be exclusive. And yet that doesn’t stop Lando from feeling a nasty twinge of jealousy every time he sees Luke with Din Djarin, the Mandalorian whose kid Luke is now training in the ways of the Force, or when Luke talks about him. But is it jealousy after all though?
year of the skyrissian 2023 (can be read separately)
What happens in the Caribbean... (complete, 994, G, skyrissian, no archive warnings apply)
“Tell me, Luke,” he said, a coy smile playing on his lips, making a point of using the lad’s first name, “have you ever kissed a man?”
New Plans For Valentine's (complete, 457, G, skyrissian, no archive warnings apply)
“Lando,” Luke interrupted with a laugh, “if I kiss you, will you shut up?”
Forever (complete, 720, G, skyrissian, no archive warnings apply)
Lando and Luke are hunting down an assassin, and they really have to have a serious talk after several years. It's been a while since they've last been alone together.
A Peaceful(-ish) Morning (complete, 970, G, skyrissian, lando & luke & rey & kadara, no archive warnings apply)
There is finally peace everywhere in the galaxy… except for the Calrissian-Skywalker lake house where two five-year-old girls have decided to wake up their fathers at the crack of dawn.
stand-alone fics
Awake and Happy (complete, 596, G, finnpoe, no archive warnings apply)
Finn wakes up for the first time since the Starkiller and Poe is there with him - and something else besides the Force awakens too.
Three in the morning (complete, 192, G, skyrissian, no archive warnings apply)
Luke is a shitposter at three in the morning, and Lando just wants to sleep.
Lando Calrissian's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day (complete, 568, G, no pairings, no archive warnings apply but force choking appears)
What happened right before the Falcon arrived to Cloud City 3 ABY.
Good things come to those who wait (complete, 1,186, E, skyrissian, no archive warnings apply)
Lando likes to take his time while bestowing pleasure. Luke would rather just get on with it, it's been too long since the last time.
Hold me 'til I explode, kiss me like it's too good to be true (complete, 2,533, T, skyrissian, no archive warnings apply)
Three times Lando and Luke get together. The first and second time nothing happens. The third time... everything happens.
Like Sunshine (complete, 2,606, G, skyrissian, lando & rey & luke, no archive warnings apply)
After Luke's Jedi Temple is destroyed, he and Lando leave to research lost Jedi knowledge. For his surprise, Lando likes Ahch-To. The place is the polar opposite of Cloud City, and he's homesick, but it is peaceful. Lando and Luke fall into a daily routine of trying to decipher old Jedi texts, fishing, and trying to keep porgs from destroying their belongings. ... until one day their daily routine is interrupted by something neither of them could've expected even in their wildest dreams.
Of Motherhood and Rebellion (complete, 974, G, hera & padmé, no archive warnings apply)
Having just given birth, Hera Syndulla has a hard time figuring out how to balance motherhood and being a rebel general. Thankfully there is another mother running the rebellion.
A Closet Business (complete, 1,311, G, skyrissian, no archive warnings apply, prelude to my role swap au)
After the narrow escape from the Death Star, Luke needs a quiet moment and accidentally discovers Lando's cape closet. And also something more.
Sleep dialing (complete, 819, T, skyrissian, no archive warnings apply)
Lando is at a trade negotiation when Luke suddenly calls. It's... not what anyone would expect.
in the rain (complete, 473, G, skyrissian, no archive warnings apply)
Sometimes a surprise rain brings in unexpected things.
Of Victories and Found Families (complete, 909, G, kanera, kalluzeb, ketbine, ghost family, no archive warnings apply)
Kanan and Hera return to Lothal to their family after the Battle of Endor.
The One with the Engagement Party (complete, 1,876, G, hanleia, skyrissian, qi’ra/sana, chewie & han, no archive warnings apply)
When having his engagement party that he didn't want to throw Han discovers that somehow all of his exes have got together with each other and this must be what a stroke feels like.
It is you (I have loved all along) (complete, 2,023, G, skyrissian, no archive warnings apply)
Another thing Luke had a new-found respect for was some peace and quiet, and if he now started talking to anyone there would be no end to it. And he really wasn’t in the mood for any small-talk, even with his friends who were still up. Except maybe one, but Luke hadn’t seen him anywhere for a while. And that friend went by the name of Lando Calrissian.
But touch my tears with your lips (complete, 2,330, G, hera/ahsoka, no archive warnings apply, canonical character death is mentioned)
Jacen is six months old when Ahsoka Tano returns to Hera’s life.
Falling for you tonight (complete, 1,586, E, skyrissian, no archive warnings apply)
It's the 10th anniversary of the Battle of Yavin and also the first time Lando and Luke have seen each other in a while and... things escalate.
The Epic Love Story of Lando Calrissian and Luke Skywalker (complete, 16,682, T, skyrissian, no archive warnings apply)
Lando Calrissian volunteers to go on a diplomatic mission on behalf of the newly formed Senate of the New Republic. Luke Skywalker, in turn, volunteers to go as Lando's bodyguard. Holonet is about to go wild.
because I trust you (complete, 1,147, G, skyrissian, no archive warnings apply)
“Luke, please tell me you’re not thinking about doing something that’s both incredibly heroic and extremely stupid.”
The Nearness of You (complete, 951, T, skyrissian, no archive warnings apply)
A power outage causes a citywide blackout in Cloud City, and effectively ruins Lando's plans for him and Luke for the night... or does it?
Slowly healing (complete, 644, G, lando/luke/bodhi, no archive warnings apply)
Bodhi has a nightmare.
Maybe it's luck (complete, 4,524, T, lando/luke/wedge, no archive warnings apply)
Lando Calrissian, Luke Skywalker, and Wedge Antilles take a mission on behalf of the New Republic in an attempt to meet with an old contact of Lando's and receive valuable intel. The mission, however, takes an unexpected turn.
Heroes As Seen By the Family (complete, 2,356, G, skyrissian, hanleia, lando & rey & luke, no archive warnings apply)
It was a truth universally acknowledged in the New Republic that Jedi Master Luke Skywalker and General Lando Calrissian were some of the biggest heroes the galaxy had ever seen. Even so, there were people who, if asked about the pair, would tell entirely different stories about them…
Luke and Lando's Great Hustle (complete, 3/3, 13,784, E, skyrissian + background han/leia/chewie and anidala, no archive warnings apply)
Luke is tired of being set up with this guy or the next by his well-meaning but overly meddling family, so during one fateful call with Leia he finally snaps and tells her that he's dating none other than Lando Calrissian. Only they're not actually dating. As such Luke and Lando agree to pretend to be dating for a week at Luke's parents' lake house on Naboo, with Luke's entire family there. Hope this doesn't awaken anything in either of them.
Can I Have This Dance? (complete, 535, G, skyrissian, no archive warnings apply)
Lando and Luke have to take dance lessons to attend an important banquet. Unfortunately Luke has two left feet.
One Last Time (complete, 816, E, cinta/vel, no archive warnings apply)
Cinta and Vel share one last night with each other before the mission.
Saving Commander Cody (complete, 4,127, T, cody/obi-wan/rex, pre-relationship, no archive warnings apply)
Rex and Obi-Wan land on Otava, a site of an Imperial training facility, in order to rescue an old friend.
Warmth in Winter (complete, 858, G, skyrissian, no archive warnings apply)
Lando takes Luke to visit his family's vacation cabin during winter. Luke isn't exactly a winter person though, but Lando doesn't mind. He has a sauna to heat.
Life Day on the Ghost (complete, 1,430, G, ezra & jacen, ezra & kanan, ezra & ghost crew + background relationships, no archive warnings apply)
It's Life Day and everyone on the Ghost is busy. Ezra needs to finish wrapping up his present for Jacen, but it does not go as planned.
Moonglow (complete, 390, M, skyrissian, no archive warnings apply)
On their wedding night, Luke is suddenly afraid of his own power. Thankfully, Lando is not.
Alive (complete, 351, G, skyrissian, no archive warnings apply)
Lando and Luke are reunited after the Battle of Endor.
Cocoa, whipped cream, and rainbow sprinkles (complete, 1,121, M, skyrissian, no archive warnings apply)
A rainy evening on a secluded island, and Luke is ready to just chill in peace. Lando has other ideas. And then Luke does too.
Kaeden and Ahsoka’s Bizarre Adventure (complete, 1,204, G, kaesoka, no archive warnings apply)
A crash landing takes Kaeden Larte and Ahsoka Tano to a strange planet with even stranger inhabitants.
The Party That Was Too Much (complete, 588, T, skyrissian, no archive warnings apply)
At an official party Luke realizes just how much he hates it when other people flirt with Lando. Like come on people, the man is in a committed relationship, knock it off!
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skrutskie · 4 years
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Well, this is a weird one.
Every time I have a book come out, I write up a blog post trying to sum up how I’m feeling about it. It’s been almost two years since the last one, and in that time I’ve been riding a pendulum of feeling like my career was either sputtering to a halt or blasting off at the speed of light. There was a long, dark period between when I finished all work on Hullmetal Girls and when we finally sold Bonds of Brass after nearly a full year on sub. Trying to move science fiction in the YA sphere is a slog uphill against a boulder that keeps saying “This has never taken off, so we’re never going to invest the marketing money in it that would actually make it take off.”
When my agent suggested we shift our approach and see if any adult publishers were interested, I was extremely wary. I had always thought that if we tried to sell this manuscript as adult, I would have to rewrite it with the intention of turning it into an adult book, matching it to the tone and feel of the adult space opera I love. Instead, we sent the manuscript to them as-is, written for a YA audience.
And Del Rey was immediately all in. It was such a surreal experience after literal years (if you count the year we spent subbing Hullmetal Girls and the time after it sold when it became clear this book wasn’t getting much in the way of house support) being told that YA sci-fi wasn’t worth anything. I was convinced we were getting bought on the condition that I’d do extensive edits to break this book away from the YA mold and turn it into some “respectable” adult sci-fi.
I was shocked to realize that the book was loved as-is.
From there, we settled into the work, and things were quiet for a while. A little too quiet at points—I was definitely worried that maybe this book wouldn’t do well enough to sustain the trilogy on its back. But then two things happened that changed everything.
The first was the cover redesign. In December, we revealed the book’s brand new cover, which we had rethought to better illustrate what Bonds of Brass is all about. The original cover felt comfortable on a shelf next to any other space opera, but this one looked more like a YA book and communicated clearly that the heart of this story was about these two guys, the bond between them, and spaaaaace.
Then, in January, the second thing. FinnPoe Twitter found the book, and everything popped off. Before that, I felt lucky if I had a few Goodreads adds a day. On that day, the book got over a thousand. The thing that astonishes me the most is that I did basically nothing. I just wrote the book, put a graphic together summarizing the tropes people might like from it, and other people chose to lift it up. That kind of marketing is something money can’t buy, and it’s given me so much ridiculous hope that maybe this book is going to be The One.
As a midlist author, every new book feels like your debut. Every new project is a chance to break out, to show the world something new, to grow your career—to maybe someday have a capital C Career. These are uncertain times for everyone, and releasing a book in the middle of a global crisis is definitely not ideal. On the one hand, people are definitely in need of entertainment that gives you the most bang for your buck, and there’s nothing better than a book for that. On the other, money is tight, stores are shuttered, and no one knows when this will end.
I don’t know what the outcome will be, but thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who’s made this my best chance yet. To my agent, who fought like hell to get this book through a brutal year on sub, to my editor, whose brilliant guidance and fannish enthusiasm brought out the best in this book, to the whole team at Del Rey, whose love and effort have made this book what it is. To my critique partners who have been with me since the start, to the old readers who are following me on this bold new voyage and the new readers taking a chance on my writing for the first time. To the reviewers and booksellers—especially those who are working from home, uncertain about the future of their employers, and still doing their damnedest to give new books the boost they need. To absolutely everyone who’s done some small part in boosting this book—for retweets, for bookstagrams, for memes on memes.
This book was and continues to be a team effort, and I’m so excited to share it with you. ❤️🚀
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carnationbooks · 7 years
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One Year: Carnation Books Staff Q&A - Chelsea
Chelsea, HeadCumbernerd on twitter or intricatearticulation on AO3.
How did you hear about Carnation? When did you start working there?
I had an adorable Johnlock wedding invitation in my swag bag for Sherlock Seattle hosted by Carnation Books, some new fandom publisher with a cute logo. I had already decided to attend whatever the event was of course, but then Lee found me at the con and asked me and my friends to personally attend. I mean, they were inviting everyone at the con, but it made me feel special regardless. Also a company that published authors and was serious about the audience at a Sherlock convention was a company that I wanted to support, at the very least.
After hearing Lee’s explanation of what the company was looking to become and what they would support, I knew I wanted to be involved. First we had a bit of slow burn as I interviewed Lee for a segment on Three Patch, and after the episode aired I sent my resume. I’m pretty sure I said something along the lines of: here’s what I can do, put me where you need me, I just wanna help. It’s worked out well, I’d say.
What do you do for Carnation?
I think my official title is Content Director and my main focus is marketing. That being said, I love reading fic and shoving the recs at both Lee and Colleen, as well as shouting ideas and support in our group text. I do research occasionally and edit our audio recordings, as well.
What's your main fandom?
Sherlock, for sure. It began with BBC specifically, but I think it’s beginning to expand to Sherlock Holmes in general now. I’m here for the queer theory, my friends.
OTP?
Johnlock. Always and forever.
Favorite tropes in fic?
I will always go for the fake relationship or sharing a bed trope. Anything involving an excessive amount of affection, PDA, and/or snuggling is perfection to me. Schmoop me up, Scotty. Dancing, if that counts as a trope? I love dancing in fic, whether it’s an established relationship or the dance leads to exciting revelations.
What's the most fic you've read in one sitting?
I came up with this question and don’t actually know the answer. It’s probably a ridiculous amount, because I hate WIPs and love to watch a fic build up until it’s complete so I can enjoy it in full. The last one I remember reading like that was around 75k words, but I’m almost positive I’ve finished a novel length fic in a day… (lookin’ at you, BeautifulFiction and verityburns fic)
What are you reading right now?
I have a Stucky fic that Colleen recced to me (All The Angels and The Saints by Speranza) waiting on my laptop, while a FinnPoe rec from my bestie sits in wait on my phone (A Room With A View by pyes).
What are you working on for Carnation right now?
Birthday party! And we’re always working on our current gig, which right now is the Trans Anthology. I’ve read a few of the stories and I am absolutely thrilled for this to come out. We recently recorded an excellent Q&A with Berlynn Wohl, so I’m editing the audio for that for future publishing.
What would you like to tell people about Carnation?
We are a group of huge fandom nerds hoping to share all the best parts of fic with more people. We’ve all been inspired and changed for the better by fanfiction or fandom in some way; we’re here because we want others to experience that as well. We’re on your side because, first and foremost, we’re fans too. We have the twitter handles and ao3 accounts to show it ;)
Since it’s Carnation’s birthday -- what’s the weirdest birthday gift you’ve ever received/given?
I sent a potato to my aforementioned bestie last year, but coming from the Sherlock fandom, that doesn’t seem all that weird. I once received a silver-cast wishbone, with some variant of “live laugh love” engraved on the side… is it a paper weight? Am I meant to break it? I still have no idea.
Many thanks to Chelsea for sharing her answers with us. Chelsea is killin’ it as Content Director and in the area of marketing. If you have attended any of our Discord events, she is the one who does tons of behind the scenes work to make then run smoothly and to ensure everyone has a great time. Carnation Books is so lucky to have her on board. 
Speaking of events- We are hosting our birthday celebration this Friday, September 1, at 9pm EST! Check out details here!
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