Writers block · 6:41am May 5th
I am suffering from writers block. Someone give me a rare Spike ship so that i might use the power of a one-shot to cure my creative blues
I am suffering from writers block. Someone give me a rare Spike ship so that i might use the power of a one-shot to cure my creative blues
So, how many of y'all know about the Sunset Shimmer shipping contest? Basically it's a contest to see who can do the best job shipping Sunset Shimmer with some other canon character. Oh and there should be some sort of theme about "Changing Seasons" but that's largely secondary.
Heya folks! Remember that time, last year, when I ran a Sunset Shipping Contest that received over 50 entries?
It was an absolute blast, we got a ton of great stories out of it, and our website was blessed with an overabundance of Sunset Shimmer.
But who’s to say we can’t do it again?
Introducing…
Sunset Shipping Contest: Journeys
I won't lie, I've been extremely nervous about this fic. This is my first real alternate universe fic. It was really tricky and fun writing this fic. In fact, I did quite a bit of research into World War I and replaying of Valkyria Chronicles to help capture everything right for this fic. Putting my college degree to use.
Depending on how y'all respond to this fic, I might explore this AU a little more with different battlefronts with the Young Six. May already be working on a few ideas.
...and somehow, I managed to kill off all my OTPs. Lute x Artur and Colm x Neimi are no longer a thing now... I'm ashamed to even be called a shipping lord anymore...
"Ya need somethin'?"
"Uh, no . . ." (Thoughts: WHY IS SHE SO FUCKING CUTE?!)
So I started working on Chapter 22.
No idea how long it will be. Probably around 1.000/2.000 words
Am 500 words in at the moment!
Or Tuna, as some others like to call the ship. XP
We're halfway through the Sunset shipping contest, and we have 7 entries so far. You should absolutely go check them out!
How are your own stories coming along?
66 entries. Jesus. You people are insane.
Also insane enough to post at the literal last minute, get everything stuck in the posting queue for the site and make me stay up late.
Whatever. I'm looking forward to all of this. There's over 450k worth of words here to read. I'm pretty sure by story count and by prize money, this is easily the biggest contest in Fimfiction history.
Just thought I'd wish y'all a Merry Christmas!
Also show off two figures I just got as presents. Photo op! Best Christmas ever!
Hey ya'll. It's your mid august reminder blog!
There are still 15 days left to finish your entry into the Sunset Shipping Contest. Keep at it on those words, make Sunset kiss everyone!
Ahoy ahoy! Time to ramble!
Let's start the year off with an update on my post-hurricane situation; power came back to my neighborhood in December! After more than two months of darkness and ridiculous data bills, I finally have power and internet again! Mind you, that doesn't mean that it's come back everywhere yet (some places are still completely forgotten and untouched, even now in January), but I'm at least doing quite a bit better than many others.
Gonna start a new thing along with the Daily Dosage of Cuteness blogs: Daily Dosage of Shipping.
We're gonna start off with my favorite of them all: TwiDash!
Good news, everyone!
A very generous doner who wishes to remain anonymous has significantly increased the prize pool!
The cash prizes are now:
1st place: $110
2nd place: $85
3rd place: $60
We also have an additional amount earmarked for honorable mentions, depending on how many stories we get total.
So uh, if the previous prizes weren't enough of an incentive, well.
Get writing!