Snowflake Challenge #13

Challenge #13

In your own space, tell us about 3 fandom resources you use or enjoy. (One or two is fine, especially if you're in a smaller fandom!) Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Once upon a time, I had an awesome Author & Beta Resource Guide. A bunch of the links are no longer good, but I'm totally going to update it with links I snag from everyone's posts for this challenge!

Here are a couple that I use:

One Look because I have a hard time with words sometimes, and it's also great for finding synonyms, etc.

Written? Kitten! - not actually a resource, but I find it helpful when I'm trying to motivate myself to put words to page

I thought I had one more in mind, but can't recall it at the moment. I did use the Harry Potter Lexicon a lot when I was writing HP fic on the regular.

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Challenge #11

In your own space, create a fanwork. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

How about the start of some Old Guard that I'm not sure if I'm going to write or not?

( One hundred years is a long time, depending on one's perspective, so Booker feels he can spend the first year or two wallowing in guilt and alcohol. )

Snowflake Challenge #15

Challenge #15

In your own space, Talk about Your Snowflake Experience. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

This was my first year participating in Snowflake, and I'm glad I stumbled upon it! I've made some new friends and it helped renew my love for fandom in general. I posted something I wrote for the first time in ages. And it's helped me get into the groove of reading/posting on DW again, so hopefully I can keep it up.

Snowflake Challenge Friending Meme

Names I go by: Tabby
Other Places I Can Be Found: (delete as necessary)
Livejournal: why_me_why_not (although I don't use LJ anymore; everything has been switched over to DW)
Twitter: tabbycat6380
Tumblr: tabbycat6380
Instagram: tabbycat6380
AO3: why_me_why_not

The fannish platform(s) I am most active on is/are: Twitter, probably.

My main contribution(s) to fandom is/are: reading. lots of reading, lol. trying to get back into writing though! and am up for beta reading.
Link(s) to my Masterlist(s): Master List on DW and some of my stuff is on AO3.

Fandom(s) I enjoy: Marvel, Teen Wolf, Harry Potter, Star Trek, GenKill, Stranger Things, lately some Old Guard and The Witcher, have dabbled in too many others to name them all
My favorite people/characters in this/these fandom(s) are: Clint Barton, Tony Stark, Stiles, Ray Person, Tyler Seguin
Pairing(s)/grouping(s) I ship within this/these fandom(s) is/are: Clint/Coulson or Clint/Bucky, Stiles/Derek, Harry/Draco, Kirk/Bones

The type(s) of fanwork(s) I consume the most is/are: fic mainly, sometimes art if it's linked in a fic or I come across it on tumblr
Fanwork tropes/clichés I enjoy are: depends on my mood? Lol. Amnesia, kid!fic, time travel, fix-it, prostitution. Is snark a trope? Because snark and banter is guaranteed to get me no matter what the story.

Non-fandom things I enjoy: (hobbies, interests, job, etc…) Hockey, NASCAR, reading, family time, being outdoors, music, pets
I post/want to post mostly about: things I've read or watched that interest me, but I post a lot of RL stuff too

One thing I am good at: not talking about myself
Other things I want to share about myself:

idk

Friday Five (Jan 29)

The Friday Five for January 29

1) How is your year going so far? How is it February already? January seemed to fly by, and I got nothing done despite having two weeks of isolation.

2) Have you gotten vaccinated yet? If not, when do you think it's likely to happen? I have not. I'm not sure when it will happen for me. Technically I can get in on the clergy group but I'm not going to because we're not meeting in person and I'd rather those who are older and/or higher risk get taken care of first. But our communities seem to be doing okay with getting them out, although there is a disparity in the communities who are getting them so that's what we're currently focusing on. But I will get it as soon as I'm able to!

3) Are you bored or are you busy these days? Both? Lol.

4) Is this pandemic good or bad for your finances? Everything is bad for my finances. Missing two weeks of babysitting because of COVID exposure was a huge deal, because that's a big part of my income. On the other hand, the loan I had to take out for Davey's freshman year of college is a lot less than expected since he's not on campus, so there's that?

5) What are you missing most these days? Spontaneity. Even running in to the store to grab a gallon of milk is a production right now. I miss being able to jump in the car and go, or drop by a friend's house, or do something just because. I also miss hugs and my church folks. And I can hardly believe it, but at the end of this month I am going to miss sleeping on a hard gym floor among a couple hundred youth and advisors.