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    golden ink awards 2021

    By abhorsen plague doctor.

    thank you all for your patience! we're going to announce the winners at the top of the blog, but this year i decided to get kind of extra and make personalized awards for every finalist as well as our winners, so rather than include them throughout, i've just put them at the bottom of the post, organized alphabetically by username. 💖 y'all are incredible.   best action adventure: 🥇 planetary boundaries by @lilypadi 🥈 project azkaban by @Unwritten Curse 🥉 the fifth house by @Amerip
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  • abhorsen plague doctor.

    Recommendations FAQ

    By abhorsen plague doctor.

    How do I contribute to the rec section? To contribute, you'll need to start your own rec blog by going to "Create Blog" and then selecting whatever category you want to make recs in. If you want to recommend something that doesn't have its own subcategory yet or just want to keep everything within one blog, you can just select the broader "Recommendations" category.   How do I search for fics I want? You can click a tag directly in a rec, or you can go to +this link. Typ
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  • toomanycurls

    Black History Month: Essential Black Authors to Read | The Daily Show's List

    By toomanycurls

    One hallmark of any Black History Month is getting a reading list. More important than a reading list is knowing what people have thought of books or if they are planning to read any on a given list so:  Here is a list transcribed from Essential Black Authors to Read | The Daily Show. I'd love to know which people have read or are planning to read from this list or from any list on Black History Month.  STAMPED: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram Kendi and Jason Reynolds  M
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in a nutshell

a relationship between the amount of fanfiction and the engagement you can expect?

i've been thinking about this a lot lately so i wanted to put it out somewhere into the world. i think there's a relationship between the amount of fanfiction available for a fandom and the level of interaction or attention that you can expect from that fandom. i haven't written enough fanfiction for other smaller fandoms or bigger fandoms to be able to say this with absolute certainty but i do notice a trend between the amount of engagement i get in the harry potter fandom versus other fandoms
lebensmude

lebensmude in Thoughts

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The Little Things; Mainly Ramblings

Happy Pride Month!

Happy Pride Month!    And I have some fun news...   I'm non-binary!   And I now go by the name Jerri (which means spear ruler) ⚔️   It's been a fun journey of self-realisation and giving myself permission to love and accept myself. I came out as bisexual two years ago but that wasn't as much as a big deal to me as coming out as non-binary. I felt being openly bisexual didn't fundamentally change how I saw myself or how anyone saw me, but with gender identity it
singmetothesun

singmetothesun in 2021

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questionable life choices™

disaster bi pride

aesthetic by me i'm a disaster bi and proud of it. my journey towards actually acknowledging who i am (which i fully realised a couple years ago (wow time flies), despite...quite a few hookups and other obvious things lol self-denial can be really strong as i'm sure plenty of you can relate) hasn't been straight(forward) (hah) but like...at this point in my life, i don't actually care all that much about how supposed/former ally friends made me feel after i'd hook up with a girl at a c
grumpy cat

grumpy cat in chaos

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Staff Blog

june 2021 bulletin

we're including both may and june in here. we're so sorry about missing last month; your friendly neighborhood branwen got slightly swamped and burned out, and it is entirely her fault. 😳 if you're new, welcome to fanfictalk! it's great to have you with us. we're a multi-fandom forum + archive with a strong culture of support for other writers and feedback here, including a story help section, challenges, and reviewing events - so if you're a writer, you've come to the right place.
abhorsen plague doctor.

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The Write Way

Hyphens, En-Dashes, and Em-Dashes

Hyphens, En-Dashes, and Em-Dashes *originally published in the November 2020 edition of Hear Ye, Hufflepuff* There are three lengths of dashes, and, while it may seem overly pedantic, knowing the different uses for each can greatly help improve the clarity of your writing. So, how do you use each type?   Hyphen Hyphens are the shortest and most commonly used dash. Their primary purpose is in creating compound words or phrases, especially in an adjectival sense (e.g., “well-exe
Renacerá

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Something Unpredictable

Upcoming Hiatus

So, to start: I wrote this blog entry two months ago and have delayed posting it. Knowing it's still relevant, though, I think it's time for it to go up and for me to step back a bit. Thank you as always for your understanding. tw: loss/death, grief, depression, anxiety   Hi friends, I feel bad that I always seem to be using this blog as a place to talk about the negative things in my life...but, alas. I just wanted to touch base with all you lovely people before I disappear
Renacerá

Renacerá in ?

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stabby kris recs fics

kris the fangirl v02

i want to be the person who consistently reads and reviews fics i love but rl/time is always an issue so here's an overview of my current faves in the hopes other people might enjoy them as well. (yes, this is also me shamelessly hoping the wips among these get updated soon but no pressure friends, i know writing is hard). also, i've already rec'd some of these very loudly but i mean i love them so much so they're here as well with links to my previous recs. @kuusi palaa | +ap
grumpy cat

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Community Coordinator Blog

In the Spotlight | May 22nd, 2021

It's the May edition of the In the Spotlight blog series! Check out interviews with site-wide award winners and some of the new and interesting things happening around the site below May's Staffer of the Month is one of our lovely moderators and event coordinators, @victoria_anne! I N T E R V I E W | V I C T O R I A _ A N N E |   The site-wide Story of the Month for May is for gold by @blackballet! I N T E R V I E W   W I T H   T H E   A U T H O R | B
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questionable life choices™

chernobog

i have no reason for the title of this blog post except that, obviously, i grew up with and love slavic mythology and, also obviously, chernobog is my favourite because ~~ 🖤 and i guess it's fitting, the black god/god of darkness because we all know my ~aesthetic, right? right. more on that a lil later. what i actually wanted to talk about here is to reflect on my mental health and the relationship to my writing. may is mental health awareness month and i don't really talk about m
grumpy cat

grumpy cat in chaos

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The Write Way

Avoiding the Overuse of Epithets

Avoiding the Overuse of Epithets *originally published in the January 2021 edition of Hear Ye, Hufflepuff* This month's advice concerns eschewing pronouns in favor of the overuse of epithets. Now, first off, let's define our terms. An epithet is an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality or characteristic of the person or thing mentioned. For example, if talking about Harry Potter, an epithet might be, "The green-eyed boy blinked in confusion." A pronoun is a word that r
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still flying

some sorting trends in my writing that i feel lowkey weird about

so!! i have three couples i've really written a significant amount (50k+ words) about: rose/scorpius, astoria/draco, and victoire/gallagher. and i realized something that made me feel lowkey weird. so i like to think that these characters are not carbon copies of each other. i'm fairly certain they're not. but now that vic is no longer with teddy, there's a real weird pattern. (i use sortinghatchats to sort - rundown +here but basically your primary is your "why" and your secondary is your
abhorsen plague doctor.

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in a nutshell

shadow and bone

i haven't been on the shadow and bone train as long as everyone else, i only recently got into it in the past couple of years at the latest but i immediately knew it was something i would've been obsessed with in high school and i still enjoyed it immensely. so i was beyond excited when i heard it was being turned into a show AND WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED BEN BARNES AS THE DARKLING. WHOOOOOO DADDY. but i digress. i recently binged the show because i didn't want to be spoiled by tumblr or twi
lebensmude

lebensmude in shows

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stabby kris recs fics

i shout the lightning by sibilant

title: i shout the lightning author: @sibilant link: +click length/completed: 131 words, completed main character: original character genre: angst, general, hurt/comfort summary: i shout the lightning strikes. reasons for recommending: shreya is a poetry master and this particular poem hit me right in the feels because it's really fucking scary and sad and just leaves you feeling shook. she also wrote it in a way that it's two poems that combined make one poem and i'm
grumpy cat

grumpy cat in fuckk yeah

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stabby kris recs fics

battlestar galactica fic recs

i mean look at them up above. stupid fucking idiots in love i mean really. for those of you who don't know battelstar galactica is a sci fi tv show. probably best sci fi tv show i've ever watched and my ultimate favourite tv show ever. i mostly read starbuck/apollo (aka kara thrace/lee adama) fics - the two idiots in the gif. they're fighter pilots, there's lots and lots and hella fucking lots of drama and history between them and just yk they're both awesome. title: periapsis
grumpy cat

grumpy cat in fuckk yeah

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stabby kris recs fics

a song of ice and fire fic recs

so. i'm not a fan of the game of thrones tv show but i absolutely fucking love the asoiaf books and enjoy reading fics. my favourite pairing is jaime lannister/lyanna stark (pls read the fic i rec'd with them, it'll all become clear because they're perfect), but i also enjoy arya/gendry, robb stark/not dying and becoming king in the north with an awesome wife, lyanna stark/robert baratheon who is not such a dick, oberyn martell/lyanna stark (i think it's becoming obvious i'm a lyanna stark fan o
grumpy cat

grumpy cat in fuckk yeah

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Community Coordinator Blog

In the Spotlight | 22 April 2021

Welcome to the April In the Spotlight! Featuring sitewide award winners and some news from around the forums and archives. Read on for interviews and other fun things!   April's Staffer of the Month is one of our lovely moderators, @dreamshadow! I N T E R V I E W | D R E A M S H A D O W |   April's members of the month are the bright and lovely @frogballet and @frogberry_cordelia! I N T E R V I E W S | B L A C K B A L L E T | | R A S P B E R R Y
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so light me up

fearless (taylor's version), ranked

we all know the drill at this point. i will rank the things, i will ask you to fight me about the things in the comments. let's do this. i ranked this without looking at my original track ranking, so there will almost certainly be discrepancies. not only does my taste for certain songs tend to shift (there are some that remain at the top no matter what, but the middle-bottom tends to see a lot of movement), but there are some tracks that i think i just like better on this rerecording than i
down-in-flames

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toomanystories

A small step towards justice. Many leaps back in rights. Thoughts on a conviction.

Yesterday a murderous police officer was convicted on three counts for the brutal murder of George Floyd. It was historic. It was cleansing. We are still starving for justice.  I moved to Minneapolis in October 2020 and live blocks north of the site where George Floyd was murdered. I've taken the kids there and explained why GFS is important, why it is tragic, and most importantly -- that his life mattered. As a new resident of the Twin Cities I could not relate to how traumatic last summer
toomanycurls

toomanycurls in Anti-Racism

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Staff Blog

april 2021 bulletin

thank you all so much for your patience with how late we're getting this out this month - some of us have been swamped by other things recently. 😅 they're credited at the bottom as well, but a huge top line thank you to ineke, madi, and taylor for jumping in to help finish it up. 💖 if you're new, welcome to fanfic talk! it's great to have you with us. we're a multi-fandom forum + archive with a strong culture of support for other writers and feedback here, including a story help sect
abhorsen plague doctor.

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Staff Blog

golden ink awards 2021

thank you all for your patience! we're going to announce the winners at the top of the blog, but this year i decided to get kind of extra and make personalized awards for every finalist as well as our winners, so rather than include them throughout, i've just put them at the bottom of the post, organized alphabetically by username. 💖 y'all are incredible.   best action adventure: 🥇 planetary boundaries by @lilypadi 🥈 project azkaban by @Unwritten Curse 🥉 the fifth house by @Amerip
abhorsen plague doctor.

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Crimson Quill

Strong Female Leads in Fic

Hello everyone! I decided to put together this blog together to celebrate some of the wonderful female characters that we write here at fft. I asked for some help with this so thank you so much to everyone who took the time to write something for this project. ❤️   Lucy and P Weasley in a dream you can touch by @something wicked (written by @FrogFactFriday)     eileen (prince) snape in todentanz by @la_topolina (written by @FrogFactFriday)     t
Crimson Quill

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Something Unpredictable

RESULTS - The ABC Drabble Challenge

I am so incredibly thrilled to be able to announce the results of the second challenge I've hosted on FFT! It took me six full months to review and then another month of procrastinating on the announcement, and I apologize profusely for the long wait in results. Before we get going, I want to say thank you all so much for your enthusiasm! So, without further ado, let's get down to it!   The Challenge As a reminder, for the ABC Drabble Challenge, participants had to write 26 drabbl
Renacerá

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Community Coordinator Blog

Women's History Month Highlights | April 1st, 2021

Welcome to the second installment of the 2021 Potpourri Series! In honor of Women's History Month we decided to highlight and commemorate some wonderful women who are/were leaders/activists/pioneers/innovators/and legendary in their fields. We hope you are as inspired by these women as we have been!   [A L I C E  B A L L] 1892-1916 Alice Ball (M. Sc.) was the first woman and first Black person to receive a Master's degree from the University of Hawaii, and was the schoo
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