By which I mean, I’ve spent the last three–four hours trying to come up with a courtesy name for a canon character who’s only ever referred to by a kinship term, and who might as well be an OC at this point. I think I’ve got it now, thanks to Laozi.
Me, writing 2000 words of a novel that may never see the light of day: Yes, this is good - hope I can find an agent/publisher/audience for this in 2-3 years.
Me, writing 2000 words of fanfic for AO3: why, hello 150 kudos and multiple comments within the first 24 hours.
Struggling to remember why I stopped writing fanfic to pursue professional publishing. The validation is intoxicating.
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