⋆.˚⟡ ࣪ ˖ bramblethorns 🐺✍️📜 .ᐟ

A tumblr post from user astramachina: saw an elderly woman walking around with a tote bag whose design were the four AO3 fic category squares and she very excitedly asked if i was a reader or a writer bcs nobody else at the con had recognized it, and after telling her that i've been writing fic since fanfic.net, she solemnly nodded and explained that she'd been reading fic since "the days of personal websites" but that she only started writing fanfic when she was 47 and oh my god when i tell you that i genuinely teared up on the spot!!!!! like!!! HELL YEAH???? LITERALLY NEVER TOO OLD TO START WRITING. NEVER TOO OLD TO WRITE AND SHARE YOUR FIC. her enthusiastic "i'm a very nice and bubbly person, i swear! but i love writing angst and major character death :)" nearly took me the fuck out. icon. legend. diva. i wish her nothing but a kajillion million comments and kudos. i hope her fic updates crash AO3. i hope she knows i'm promoting her to my personal patron saint of AO3.

It's never too late. You're never too old. The joy of transformative work is for everyone. 🖤

13.07.2025 19:29 — 👍 2228    🔁 1019    💬 8    📌 17

dragged a whole laptop out and never got off paper but were plotted 💪 characters even have names that’s crazy

12.07.2025 13:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

going to do a classic 'write in a coffee shop' with my irl writing partner tomorrow yippee! i'm not even sure that i'll get to writing or if i'll spend the whole time plotting! 🎉if you have a gregory's coffee near you i totally recommend it :3c

11.07.2025 01:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

an hour later and I am coordinating a pickup of two new typewriters (one for a friend) I feel like I’m accidentally becoming a smith-corona collector…

09.07.2025 14:08 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

i don’t want to pull out my typewriter to write my plot notes on index cards… but the parasites in me want to pull out my typewriter to write my plot notes on index cards 😈

09.07.2025 13:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

and this is where else you can find me. go support furry publishers!!! buy fun porn!!!

07.07.2025 16:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

i'm totally biased as one of the authors, but if you happen to be looking for a job (or like anthropomorphic sea critters in pseudo-horror situations) this is a great read! :)

07.07.2025 16:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

there's nothing better than getting back from #ac2025 with a very clear idea of how to rework an entire novel (thank you, writing panels) and a laundry list of niche kinks i've been asked to write. i'm looking at this art for research! i swear! (i love learning about new kinks that i don't have...)

07.07.2025 16:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0