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

Make it Magical (Sunshine 7)

*yes, yes this is another post I wrote weeks ago so it may seem random*

Make it Magical
I just randomly want to talk about American Fairytale. I can't believe it came out so long ago but I think about it a lot because it is the most un-Lile like thing while still being the most Lile-like thing. I love that Cillian is just a guy who gets taken on a journey by his own toxic pixie dream girl and in the end is still just a guy. He doesn't get special powers, he's not special, he's not rich and he's not prince. He's still just a normal guy trying to do good and repent.

But also it's the most Lile because its so deeply about a  place that gets sprinkled with little bit of magic and the unexplained to make it special.

And it's so  because right after American Fairytale was posted Lux Atearna came out. A big part of me was so jealous Lile created these two unique and broad paranormal universes but I'm also happy because I get to just sit back and enjoy them.

Anyway, this has just been kind of on my mind.

Talkin' Twilight
So part of the reason I was looking into Fairytale is because I couldn't remember if Lile had already used BooBoo Stewart for picspiration and then I remembered he was just a baby in Twilight so it's so weird for me to see him as hot now!

Disqus
I am still working on getting some of my lost comments back. I've created a copy of this blog but now I need to figure out how to put Disquis back on it and have it read the older comments. I'm really upset now because Disqus has FINALLY allowed Gifs. *sigh*


Rias/Charlotte 
This little image reminded me of  baby Rias and Charlotte. Especially the girl's hair.



Sunshine 7
Recap
Safely at Arkham, Luce starts training El to use her weapons. Haley announces that Maxwell is getting new adaptive technology that will allow him to tell about what they did to him so Haley runs back to the Sprawl to make sure Maxwell doesn't get the ability to communicate.

I sit with Grayson  until his tears stop and after an hour I finally convince  him to come inside with the  promise that we’ll ride to the train station and meet Haley when he gets off the train this time tomorrow.

Except it’s a bad promise.

Yes, Isaac lets us tag along on the shuttle he drives to the train station the next day.
But when they train empties out Haley isn’t on it.

Chapter 7
Playlist 
-1- Room 4 by 36
-2- Afterthought by  David Hyde
-3- Feed Me Diamonds by MNDR

A few more picspirations! (Sunshine 6)

This image gave me Twyla and Rias vibes!

These are some close-ish picspirations for Twyla (36) and Colette (37). We will be checking in with them more later....

I don't have a picspiration for everyone but I see BooBoo Stewart and his cheekbones as Real Kenji. They also happen to have some similar heritage.

Sunshine 6

Okay let's move on to--

Muse: Hey, Shawna.

SHV:Oh, hi....Muse ? You've never spoken to me on the blog bef--

Muse: Yeah, well you remember  that thing you posted a while ago about wanting a  new plot bunny you couldn't get out of you head and that would potentially take over your writing brain to a point that you stop working on your current stuff--

SHV: Well, I mean I didn't say it like that but...um...yes ?

Muse: Yeah, well. Here.

SHV: Oh, um...wait...I wanted something that wasn't Vice related and this--

Muse: Oops. Hmm.Well, no returns. I mean...I guess you don't have to write it.

SHV: Well, it'll be like what ? 2,000 words. I can do that. I'll just write it to get it out of my head and then--

* 11,000 words later*

So...I guess I'm writing another Vice shaped thing after this ? I'm going to codename this one Nova and I hate to be a tease because this might be a 2020 thing but it's why I've been  sort of MIA. I just had to get this story out.

I know I'm being unnecessarily secretive but I don't want to say something about Nova and then end up changing it.


Recap
El, Sara, Jean, Luce, Haley and Grayson make it to Arkham where they meet  Hotako and the real Kenji Washington. Leaving the question; who was the boy they met in the Sprawl ?

Also, there is a security guard in the house named Isaac Prior who seems to have it out for El...

“Don’t worry, there is an outdoor entrance [Issac] will use while you are here but I told him to come this way introduce himself to you," Kenji explains. "Your grandmother wanted to go to  our labs. She said she wanted to see if she could  build a backup server and new battery for Luce. The little boy and his father are outside playing with Cleo.  I thought I would offer you some lunch.”

“Lunch sounds good.”

Chapter 6
Playlist 
-1- You So by i mean us 
-2- How Will We Know by The Sea
-3- Find A Place by Iko

Memes&Gifs&Memes&Gifs (Sunshine 5)

***Ahhhh!, this has been sitting in my drafts for over a month so pretend like I posted this  a month ago and got on this meme before it blew up! ***

I feel personally attacked:

me reading back my own writing. pic.twitter.com/cb4zlWjjIG

— sarah fowerbaugh (@sarfow11) August 12, 2019

GWSOM in Gifs /Memes!!!!

When GWOSM wrapped up 

I was unexpectedly sad for the journey to be over. It felt like a roller coaster at the end and I wasn't ready to get off.

Sofia Madigan

GWOSM was such a Sofia focused story and I loved all her resilience and strength. I felt like she really stood out on her own in this one.

Tomas Alexander

I feel like he is one pep talk/ This is Why You Suck speech away from doing better.

The SH-LILE Paradox Line

It's so funny, Vice and Lost Angels are so far apart on the surface but they manage to have the most paradox lines. Like, Sunshine!Luce and Sunshine!Haley have a lot in common with Tomfia. Like a lot.

My favorite thing about the Angel series is the intense relationship between Sofia and Tomas. I know that serial is personal to Lile and it really shows in the work.

I am trying SO hard to respect Lile's process. I also can't imagine not having my serial 60% done before posting but all I can think about is how I the rest of the story now!

Chapter 5
As I mentioned above, I also can't imagine posting anything else without having it mostly done. My pantsing days might be over. I can't believe I'd post UL chapter with NO idea where I was going next. I was 22,000 into Sunshine when I posted and I still think I posted too early...which is why there has been a brief hiatus.

I know chapter 4 was a short one but I am having such a hard time cutting up this serial into chapters and I'd sort of imagined all the Paradise Springs scenes as one chapter but I didn't realize how short they were.

Recap
El's family home was blown up leaving her parents, siblings, Minnow and Alan dead. Sara and Luce manage to get Jean out of his club as he is being drugged and having his suicide staged by strange men. They steal a car and escape out into the desert safehouse only to find it up in flames.Their main suspect is Kenji Washington--El's cousin who was visiting and was in the house but not among the dead.

After a quick stop at a Sparks Premium truck stop they decide to  head  to Arkham Academy to talk to Hotako Washington, Kenji's father. Along the way they are dropping Haley and Grayson off at a train station so they can go back since it seems like they are trying to kill El and Jean to get rights to the inheritance.

And we're about to catch up on a few more characters...

Chapter 5
Playlist

-1- Throw Me in The Water by WILD
-2- Bower by Luke Howard