I've Become A FanFiction Writer (Sunshine 13)

Canon ? Where We're Going We Don't Need Canon
I have run out of things to blog about so I'm just going to tell you what I've been working on lately. Update: I ended up deleting a lot of content in this section because I'd rather share it when it's ready.


IDK if I've mentioned this but I finished Sunshine in a feverish writing spree a few weeks ago so I've basically just been dawdling around writing Vice fanfiction ever since.

SWM is my silly Vice/UL crossover crack!fic that somehow has a cover.

The newest one is...a Vice/UL/LL/NA  (yes, Litany Lane and New Aeterna ) crossover fanfiction. It's not as crack-y as the other one I'm working on and yes,  I am stressing over writing these LL characters.This one is in it's early phase but I'm having so much fun with it !

The fanfics have sort of been writing challenges for me until I get another idea to latch on to. Oddly enough...I'm less scared of not having ideas than I used to be.

Also, no, no I haven't looked at The Lost Sentinel. I think I may have to do some major restructuring on it...I'm thinking of making it a loosely connected anthology ?

Sunshine 13
Okay, we are finally back to El's story. Grayson snuck out and was kidnapped by Kian. Haley tells Kian where they have been hiding so he doesn't hurt Grayson.

The bombs go off on campus and El runs into the woods with Isaac where they end up in The Quiet....

Sunshine 13
Playlist

-1- Linen Garden Pt. 1 by Slow Meadow feat. Hammock
-2- Between The Wars by Allman Brown
-3- Tracking Aeroplanes by The Echelon Effect

Let's Jump Back In to Sunshine (Sushine 12)

So, surprise! I'm going to get back to Sunshine instead of sharing a TDOSH. I started doing a few TDOSHs and they were kind of lacking and I need to do a lot of re-reading to catch the story back up. I'm not saying no more TDOSHing but I'll put it in my back pocket for later.


It's Pronounced...
As I was re-reading Veritas I found this little exchange I totally forgot about where I explain the pronunciation of Mjollner:

"Minnie I have a question, the Me-something you keep mentioning--,"

"The Mjöllner ? It's Me-joln-er. It's the Soviet cartel, there  a pretty big threat but only if you mess with them. Mostly they think the arms race is still going on,"

"Should I be worried ?,"

"You ? No, not really,"

Sunshine Recap
Kian Donnelly, the secret oldest son of Rayne Washington is after the money and power from the family he never knew. He poses as Kenji Washington to get inside Rias Washington' house. He plans to kill the adults and kidnap the girls and then reveal himself to the world as the only living true heir.

What Kian doesn't account for  is Eloise "El" Washington leaving the house in the middle of the night after a fight with her parents. She runs for her life with her grandparents to Arkham Academy for shelter. There she meets her cousin Kenji and  Isaac, his loyal sexy cyborg ex-soldier security guard.

But it's not entirely safe. Alex Haley is kidnapped when he goes back to the city and visits the apartment complex Kian burned to flush them out. He finds himself locked in a lab with Alan Gray.

Back at Arkham, they run a DNA test from Jean Dory's shoe and discover one of the men working with the attackers might be an Armenian gang member ? Kenji gets mad at Isaac for running the DNA through the student database, they have a fight and when he leaves El follows....

They step outside just in time to watch bombs falling on the campus. Issac and El make a run for it and end up  lost in the Quiet--the places that were unsettled after the Serial Wars.

Other things:

• Colette has a motorcycle club called the Furies. She and Twyla get answers about Kian from Ivy
• When Haley is kidnapped he discovers Alan, Minnow, Angel and Atsumi are alive and Alan is trying to earn Kian's trust.
• Haley has a 6-year-old son named Grayson who is taking it really hard that Haley disapeared without a trace...

The last few sections have been about Twyla and Haley and take place before the bombs fall on Arkham. And we're going to go back one more time before catching back up...

Sunshine 12
Playlist
-1- Overcast Sorrow by Hammock
-2- Anomoly by Lights & Motion (Yes, I'm digging into the "archives")
-3- Litost by X Ambassadors

Procrastinate (Little Miracles)

I came across this picture and it gave me some major Maverick vibes. Who is ready for more memes ?

Procrastination Memes

I've been in a weird place where I have SO MUCH I just need to sit down and tangle out into words but my procrastination and side tracking has gone to that next level.

You know that Vice/UL crossover thing I haven't entirely written yet ? It has a cover ! I have no idea why, it doesn't even have an official title but I needed to do something besides finishing what I've started.

My main goal is to finish Sunshine so I've been chugging away at that.

Little Miracles

So, this is a little weird to post because we are so much in the meat of Sunshine.  I started writing this a few weeks after I got the idea for Sunshine. At the time I didn't know why  nevermind, apparently I wrote an author's note at the end explaining why I wrote it.

This takes place about a year or so before the events of Sunshine. Just as a background refresher in this short story's world the following things have happened:

1. Haley and Luce kidnap Phoenix Maxwell and Haley goes into hiding with him on the satellite ship called Atlas Star. Haley and Luce get married for life insurance reasons but don't tell anyone. (end of Pulse)

2.  For 12 years Haley lives on the ship and when it docks he visits with Luce and goes to  Control doing short stints for money.

3. During this time Sara is shot by the family member of someone she killed when she was an assassin. She almost dies and has a "come to Jesus moment" and cuts all her ties to the Shy Cartel including the money. She  moves in with Luce and becomes something of a shut in. She and Luce start their own firm.

4. Phoenix Maxwell figures out he was kidnapped. He goes back to his family on Earth. Maxwell's car accident is staged and he goes to Bright Seas. (Burn)

5. Less than a year after Phoenix leaves  Haley has Grayson--who is a genetic clone. Haley quits being a sex worker permanently.

6. Luce's cybernetics malfunction and he is in a wheelchair. Haley leaves the satellite ship to take care of him. He and Grayson live in the apartment next door....which for folks following at home is the apartment that used to be Charlotte's but she moved out when she married Rias. So it's been vacant for a while.

I just want to clear some of this up, most of this isn't going to come back into this story.

Little Miracles
Playlist
-1-  Palemote by Slow Meadow
-2- Danny by Olafur Arnads
-3- Ambre by Nihls
-4- Sometimes by Goldmund
-5- 7 Years by Lukas Garham

Yes, Yes, Yes ! (Sunshine 11)

This tweet pretty much sums up why Haley wears crop tops

trend that should come back: guys in CROP TOPS pic.twitter.com/b5OFZcTxuz

— diana🌸 (@Pockicchi) October 21, 2019

I've been pre-writing blog posts so I didn't post in real time about the new Terminator movie starring 63-year-old Linda Hamilton but all I'll say about it is:

Yes

Yes

Yes!

The height difference, the lack of personal space, Grace protecting Dani.......GAY RIGHTS pic.twitter.com/VBTigJj9Ej

— Punk (@JOANNEMKELLYS) October 29, 2019

I really like images of grisly women with weapons protecting each other. Linda Hamilton gave me some serious Sara vibes. I was kind of "afraid" of aging up the characters but its led to the most fun I've had writing. Luce and Sara in particular work great for me as the "old guard" who have seen it all and get pulled in for one last job.

Inferno West
When I started this I had no plans to write about a cyberpunk female motorcycle club but here we are.  Hire me for the Mad Max  Fury Road sequel ? Anyway Inferno West Vice President Billie Lowell and President Gia Santoro have picspirations. Don't look too deep into why I have picspirations for them. I'm not sure how much story I have for them. Billie is 21 and Gia is 32 and their picspirations are Ryan Destiny (this is such a cyberpunk name for a female character btw) and Hari Nef with a short bob.

Recap
El and Isaac are sharing a drink and some kisses outside the house when bombs start going off at the school and they run into the woods....

But before that happens Twyla and Colette go looking for Haley and have to pause when Colette gets some news. 

But before that Haley goes back to the wreckage of his apartment, gets captured and is taken to a place where he finds Alan, Minnow, Angel and Atsumi are alive...

Sunshine 11
Playlist 
-1- Model of The Universe by Johan Johannnsen
-2- hate you, love you by gnash and Olivia O'Brien

Let's Talk...UL3 (Sunshine 10)

I'm sure this is Ginny Weasley fanart but this reminds me of a young Sara Grace 

Muse: Don't do it. Don't you dare blog about it.

SHV: But I've done it. I've finally done it. *manic laughter*

Muse: Keep it to yourself then. Besides it's only got a kernel of an idea. They'll only want more and you won't be done with it for months.

SHV: Yeah, but...I mean it won't be THAT long of a wait

Muse: We have Lost Sentinel to worry about finishing. I just don't think you should shout from the rooftops that--

SHV: I'VE DONE IT!  FINALLY WRITTEN A CRACK!FIC THAT CROSSES OVER MY TWO MOST POPULAR SERIALS; UL AND VICE!!!

Muse: How...how do you know what is most popular--

SHV:

I promise I will never talk about this again until I finish it and I will finish it. It's a short thing I've finished the first draft and it made me so happy to write. It's cracky and silly and about 7,000 words. I can't wait to edit and share but I am DEEP in these Sunshine trenches...which are not at all fun and silly.

The Goodwill of United Light
In other news I've drafted an ending to my Grown!UL short story I started three years ago! It felt so important to me when I started it but now it feels...inconsequential ? I feel like at this point I want to finish it to say I finished it.

Anyway, I was going back over One Last Thing to get back into that headspace (read; remember character names) and I realized that the GWOSM hints Lile dropped in my comment section during OLT were intense. Its so odd to be on the other side of GWOSM--something I hotly anticipated back then and is now in the rearview. Remembering that Lile was working on it all the way back then reminds me to just work at my own pace and I'll get there when I get there.

But Lile, I would love for you to expound more on these comments if you can remember what you are referring to.

This is from the first post when I posted the scene of Mason at the birthday party and then he leaves with Noah Presley:

This is from the first full chapter I posted where Mason and Noah drive off, he hears his parents fighting, goes to school and then Juliana picks him up from school for lunch. I'm not sure which GWOSM scene it matches:


Drama Queen ?

I actually went back through Bright Lines to write Sunshine 9 and...you guys should believe absolutely nothing I say in the comment sections. I said so many confusing and contradictory things.  There was also this time two years ago where I made a weepy pity party post about how I was done writing and then came back A MONTH later. I have no idea how you all put up with me 🙄


Sunshine 10
Haley goes back to the Sprawl to make sure Maxwell's assistive system has a block in it and is kidnapped  to a place where he is surprised to find Alan Gray, Minnow, Atsumi and Angel still alive.

But um....whatever happened with Twyla and Colette who left their home in the East to take care of things in the Sprawl while Sara and Luce are on the run with El....

Sunshine 10
Playlist

-1- Girls by Rita Ora
-2- Religion by Colton Avery
-3- Love Me Like You Do by Brooklyn Duo
-4- Not About Angels by Birdy (Did I steal this, Lile ? I think I did)
-5- Lunacy by Rue Royal

I Blame Kevin Costner: Sunshine (Part II) Chapter 9

This is my Issac Prior inspiration

Let's Talk Issac!
Issac wasn't originally in this serial but I shoehorned added him because I wanted El to have someone to work against that wasn't her family. I saw the above image on Pinterest and his character came to be. His cybernetics are based on current cybernetics but a little more hi-tech.


 

Muse: Ahem

SHV: Oh...hey....

Muse: Tell them the other reason you created him.

SHV: Okay, fine. The truth is  I had this mostly outlined and ready to go but then I decided I wanted a love interest/romance for El. I was originally going to have the bodyguard she was joyriding with  in the beginning come back but I couldn't fit him in so I made another bodyguard.

Muse: Now, show them the real initial picspiration

SHV: You know I'm really starting to miss CPShawna

Listen, I know it's cliche but this girl can't resist a tortured, broody bodyguard with a dark past who will show emotional vulnerability for only certain people.

Sunshine 9
Explosions go off at Arkham Academy and El and Isaac get lost in the woods. They end up lost in The Quiet.But, let's back up a few days. Whatever ever happened to Alex Haley...

Sunshine 9
Playlist 
-1- The Light by The Album Leaf
-2- Windows by Angel Olson
-3- Linen Garden by Slow Meadow and Hammock

My Current Writing Process in Memes: Sunshine 8

My Process

(You might have to click on the tweet to read the caption) 

when you ask authors about their writing process pic.twitter.com/uZuIr7p8VY

— Kay Taylor Rea, but spooky (@kaytaylorrea) April 25, 2019

I'm working through Sunshine at a slow and steady pace and I have the skeleton plot of it but every now and then:

Me, every time I see the last time I posted was weeks ago:

I think I've shared this but this is literally how Sunshine went from a one-shot scene to a full blown serial:

Sunshine 8
The gang is still hiding out at Arkham. El has a night time exchange with Isaac Prior who is dedicated to figuring out what is going on. Haley, who went off to stop Maxwell from being able to communicate, isn't at the train station when he should be and Jean wakes up from his bender and announces he has DNA from his attackers on the bottom of his shoe. The Washingtons agree to compare the DNA to students---but only the former ones. 

Chapter 8

Playlist
-1- Place by Luke Howard
-2- Baby by Anna of The North
-3- When I Was Older by Billie Eilish
-4- In My Soul by Flannel Gaph