Fic question

[extrapenguin]

What sorts of rumors do you think are circulating in Dixing about the Black-Cloaked Envoy's relationship (torrid love affair) with the SID Chief Zhao Yunlan, whom he seems to be bringing to Dixing with surprising regularity?

Comments

[extrapenguin]

It's a bit too serious for what I have in mind (basically, someone gets the scoop on allll the Envoy/SID Chief gossip, then shares with the aforementioned Envoy and SID Chief), but, yeah. That's probably what it'd be in a work where it's used as a plot point instead of a way to make Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan's lives a bit more awkward.

[ratbones]

Yeah, I figured as much from your wording. Looking forward to the fic :D

[extrapenguin]

Spaceship Rental is now 36k, and my barebones plans call for 10k more scenes. I suspect this'll be closer to 50k...

[ratbones]

GOOD HEAVENS

[extrapenguin]

My fingers are screaming in protest at these inhumane working conditions! *g* (I have also discovered some thematic asymmetry I'll have to balance with more Da Qing. And gotten the perfect casefic idea! Wonderful timing, brain.)

[ratbones]

Uh, I'm not going to complain about more Da Qing or potential future casefic. Yes please to both! But I do feel bad for your fingers, please give them some rest. (I have a bad habit of leaning my elbows too hard on my desk while typing, and have had to purchase elbow rests to withstand long hours of ficcing XD)

[extrapenguin]

I touch type and it's mostly the balls of my hands that get stressed due to the typing position (and occasionally one of the fingers of my left hand goes :/). I don't think ~500-700 words a day average of fic is taht bad, but then again, I haven't really counted how many words I write outside of fic daily...

(Da Qing will transform into cat form and do some aggressive purring in hope of pets.)

[ratbones]

I bet you do write a lot more than that per day, if you counted everything! You're so active just in this fandom alone. I sometimes binge-write like 4k+ in a day -- there's probably no painless way to do that.

(Da Qing will transform into cat form and do some aggressive purring in hope of pets.)
yesssss YES

[extrapenguin]

Oh, no, don't get me wrong, I don't get pains *that* often (and try to do stretches etc so I won't get pains even when I'm older) - just the occasional day every few months when my hand goes ":/" .

[ratbones]

Oh, good! I don't think your fingers have anything to complain about. They're clearly in good hands. ;D

[extrapenguin]

They're clearly in good hands
That was a terrible pun and I love you *g*

[ratbones]

😘