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Alright, so basically I originally wrote Horror High and about halfway through I decided I wanted to write a sequel to it, which I now have about 50% figured out and which went through MANY title changes, but is now called Storm Season for various reasons. I wasn't originally going to write ANY one-shots.

But then I was like "I should write a little in-between fic about Cas and Dean's clandestine meet-ups over the years between Horror High and Storm Season", and so Cheap Motel was born, and right off the hop I knew it was 100% going to be about the smut and not much else, though I did want to add a specific ending to it to lead up to the beginning of Storm Season.

And then Counting Scars came along. And for the longest time (keep in mind I am saying this like it has been six months when it's only been TWO) I figured THAT ONE was better for that specific ending that I wanted to use as Storm Season lead in. But then I started writing it and it turned into another fic ENTIRELY, Falling Stars, though Falling Stars DID retain that ending and is the last of the one-shots, chronologically.

So what to do about Counting Scars? Well obviously I still wanted to write it, so I did, just with a different ending since it was now the middle fic in the set. It turned out a little shorter than Cheap Motel and Falling Stars, which is FINE because THOSE TWO clocked in at like 36 pages each which is LONG for a one-shot. Counting Scars is more like 28, which is still long, but more reasonable.

Right, so then I'm like. I'm done. I have these three (trashy porn) fics written, I just have to wait to post them after I'm done posting Horror High in a month or so.

BUT THEN.

Yeah, an idea for ANOTHER one-shot poked me in the brainspace, they are COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK, and the next thing I knew today I was starting to write Cerulean Blue (formerly I Heart NY), which is going to be just as smutty as the others, but actually has a plot to it, a lot like Falling Stars. A PLOT. IMAGINE THAT. Here's hoping Cerulean Blue is the last of the HH/SS mid-way fics??

But looking at how things are going, assuming I DO write Storm Season, and that's a BIG "IF" right now, after it's finished it'll probably be followed up by at least two or three one-shot fics as well, taking place after the events of Storm Season.

So like. Yeah. This entire series has really gotten away from me, which would be GREAT! ...if people were actually READING IT. But right now it's complete self-gratification, I'm writing all these things, PAGES AND PAGES, knowing that basically I'm the only one who's enjoying them. It really feels pointless at times, but for some reason I just keep writing.

I really wish people would leave kudos, at least, or concrit in comments. I want to know what I've done wrong (aside from make Chuck intentionally OOC) and what's turning people off of Horror High. Because I have all this other content to share and I'm kind of like... blegh. I don't know. AO3 and Tumblr nowadays aren't very motivating. =/

SO. Yesterday I actually finished Horror High! It came out to 167 pages, 10 chapters and just under 71,000 words long, and I am BEYOND thrilled with it! To write THAT MUCH in JUST UNDER A MONTH, for ME, is a HUGE deal. I've been struggling for YEARS to write ANYTHING, agonizing over every single word, and then the new ADHD meds and BAM. Suddenly I can write again. It's amazing Vyvanse is a MIRACLE DRUG.

Anyway, so I posted Chapter Two of HH today, here, on AO3 and on my Tumblr, and we'll see how it goes. So far the reception has been lukewarm, but I know I'm a new author to the fandom, I'm writing an AU, and I'm writing top!Dean and bottom!Cas, which is the reverse of how most of the SPN fandom writes them. So it's an uphill battle for me with HH. I don't mind, though, I've got the entire thing written (and edited) and I love it even if no one else does, which I guess is the important thing. I do thrive on feedback and fandom interaction, but in this case I think it'll be okay even if I don't get much of it.

I'm going to be posting a chapter each Friday until I've got the whole thing posted, and I've got eight to go, so it's going to go on for two more months yet. Hopefully people will get on board in the meantime. I want to print a hard copy of HH for myself, just to keep, like I did with Biology, but I currently do not have enough paper to do it, so. Yeah. :|

I started working on Cheap Motel a bit this morning. It takes place roughly seven months after the events of HH and, not gonna lie, I'm basically writing it for the sake of smut. There's some serious stuff and lots of fluff as well, but yeah. Just. Sex. XD;; I'm also going to write Counting Scars, I think, which takes place five years after HH/Cheap Motel (the boys are now 23) and is kind of an intro to Storm Season, but is also mostly just an excuse to write smut. (Sometimes you just gotta write smut!)

But after that I'm going to take a break from fanfiction (mostly) and see if this productivity translates to original works as well, and try to write one or two of my original novels. If I can write original stuff the same way I wrote HH, I can get one written in six weeks to two months. Ish. I'm tentatively planning to work on TKA and/or The Spirit Fighters, but we'll see how it goes. When I'm done that, then I'll go back and write Storm Season.

I've made the executive decision that I'm NOT going to switch to bottom!Dean and top!Cas for Storm Season after all (except possibly for one chapter/scene), I'm going to stick with the dynamic I currently have going. Not because of the jerk-ish review I got about it, but just because that's honestly how I prefer them so that's just how I'm going to continue writing them. (Though I'm not entirely sure about Tying Knots, because it kind of SCREAMS for bottom!Dean. I might deviate when I write that one.)

ANYWAY, yes, so ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE BEING ACCOMPLISHED AND PLANS ARE BEING PLANNED. WISH ME LUCK.

Horror High is up to 34 pages and counting, and is going to end up being AT LEAST five chapters long, I think, in the end, which was NOT my intention with this fic, it was SUPPOSED to be a one-shot. Not that I'm complaining, it's nice to be productive again after so long. I'm actually thinking once I finish some of my fics I can finally buckle down and write one of my original novels. That would be awesome.

Horror High was originally intended to be more action-y than it's turning out to be, it's actually more of a School Days, Falling In Love, Slice-Of-Life fic with a little bit of monster hunting on the side, which... yeah was not what I meant it to be going into the project, but I'm really liking how it's coming out and I'm kind of fond of the way it is now. There's so much Destiel fluff I can't EVEN. I'm still trying to decide if it's going to be NSFW or not? There are places that are SCREAMING for smut but I can't decide if I want to actually write it in or like... fade to black and leave it to the reader's imagination. idk I'll figure it out.

Anyway, Horror High has spawned a one-shot side-fic (Cheap Motel), which is actually going to BE a one-shot, where Cas and Dean meet up for the first time since Dean left Jacksonville, and is basically just fluff and smut mixed together befoooooore... The Road So Far, which is the sequel to Horror High! Cheap Motel takes place seven months after the end of Horror High, and The Road So Far takes place like nine years after THAT, after Cas has gone MIA/radio silent for the last five years and Dean (now 28) has basically shut himself off from the world and people because of it. Then Cas makes his reappearance, this time as an angel, and Dean is like "dude, what the ACTUAL fuck." And then shenanigans. (I'm still working out the actual PLOT to The Road So Far lol.)

And then of course I have my Omegaverse Destiel fic, Tying Knots, which I am literally writing strictly for the porn. SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED PORN OKAY.

AND Where Monsters Come From, the SPN/Valdemar fic that I'm still in the planning stages of. Basically Castiel Novak is a Herald (Chosen by Jimhane  or "Jimmy"), Dean Winchester is a palace guard (who owns a sleek black mare affectionately called "Baby"), Sam Winchester is a Herald (Chosen by Ruby), Jody is a palace guard who lost her husband and son and started collecting stray girls (including a young Companion mare named Claire), John Winchester is an outpost guard, Bobby Singer is a senior palace guard, Kevin Tran is a Heraldic-Trainee (Chosen by Tablette or "Tabby"), Alex Jones is a Healer and Jesse Turner's imagination is OUT OF CONTROL but eventually Claire comes to the rescue on that end.

Cas and Dean meet for the first time paired up on the Jesse Mission and HELLO LIFEBOND. Dean is initially UNIMPRESSED but over time grows fond of Cas and their relationship shifts into something beyond just a mission-oriented partnership. Cas, from the start, is more open to the Lifebond, but doesn't want to push Dean beyond what he's comfortable with. They both confide in Sam because of course they do. Cas naturally also confides in Jimmy, and Dean in Jody or Bobby but NEVER his Dad.

It's gonna be fun when I eventually start writing it! :D (But also very niche, like Being Roach was, so it probably won't get much traction in either fandom.)