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[antediluvian]

I've been experimenting with using my phone to write on the way to work, with my new commute.

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Like to princes in their slumbers lie (2029 words) by antediluvian
Chapters: 2/?
Fandom: Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Richard Gansey III/Blue Sargent, Ronan Lynch/Adam Parrish, Ronan Lynch & Blue Sargent
Characters: Ronan Lynch, Blue Sargent
Additional Tags: ronan and blue friendship, the sargent lynch adventure, background pairings - Freeform, Cabeswater - Freeform, Platonic friendships, unplatonic friendships, background bluesey, background pynch, no unsolicited concrit please, post blue lily lily blue, gansey goes missing, so does adam, not actually angst
Summary:

"I know what missing means."

Blue Sargent is two raven boys down.

(After BLLB.)

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I say "no concrit please", but seriously if anyone knows how to tag properly on AO3 I would love to hear your thoughts. Someone on my reading list wrote an amazing post about it last year but I can't remember it enough to actually put into practice!

This is a bit of an experiment for me. I haven't tried writing something multi-chaptered before, but I like my idea - and I've outlined! - and my new commute gives me a nice chunk of writing time.

Comments

[isis]

What exactly do you want to know about AO3 tags? I assume that's what you're asking?

[antediluvian]

It is, thanks. I am basically a bit uncertain about what is supposed to go in the Additional Tags section?

[isis]

Well, AO3 is notoriously loose on these things, so there is no policing of whatever you put there. But generally you want to put things that will make it easy for people to search on things they want to find, and/or exclude things they don't want to see, so most of what you've put in your tags would be better in the summary or author's notes, or left out entirely.

Also, the 'ronan and blue friendship' tag is already on your story via the 'Ronan Lynch & Blue Sargent', and 'background pairings - Freeform' is meaningless (as is stuff like 'so does adam'). I would keep the background pairings information in the tags, as that's the kind of thing people care about, though personally I hate the portmanteau names and would have spelled them out. 'Platonic friendships' (and 'unplatonic friendships') are useful for people who want to filter.

[antediluvian]

That is very helpful, thank you.

I know I wrote "no concrit" on my notes (I don't like it uninvited from people I don't know), but if you had time would you consider beta-ing chapters pre-posting? I remember you mentioned it once. However, I totally understand if you don't want to, don't have time, or it's not your cup of tea.

[isis]

Certainly! I'd be honored and delighted. (I haven't read what you've written yet as I generally don't read WIPs until they are complete.)

You can reach me at isiscolo@gmail.com, and I can handle any document format (I use LibreOffice). I am not so good with GoogleDocs but if that's all you've got it's okay.

I may have intermittent availability during the next two months.

[antediluvian]

Thank you so much! (Yes, I understand this - far too often something remains uncompleted and it is disappointing.)

I will most likely be using .rtf format, as I think that's what Scrivener exports to. My email is allantiquity@gmail.com. Intermittent availability is fine. Where are you off on vacation?

[isis]

No problem with .rtf format!

Backpacking this weekend if I can shake my cold, San Francisco next week around the weekend, four week roadtrip around western Canada, and then whitewater rafting for a week. The last is the only one where I won't have any internet access at all.

[antediluvian]

Excellent! I've sent you the first two bits, which are currently up on AO3 - or would you prefer me only to send new chapters?

Oh wow, that sounds excellent! Will the rafting be in Canada too? Have you done it before?

[isis]

Got your chapters, did the first, will try to get the second done tonight but might not get this stuff back to you until Monday.

Rafting is one of my...hobbies? Activities? Sports? My husband and I each own a small one-person oar-rigged raft. We actually went today on our local river, and will be doing some more this weekend on a nearby river we've never been to.

The August trip is in northwest Colorado and northeast Utah. I've done it before but not on my own raft. It should be a lot of fun, going with a bunch of friends that we've done other raft and mountain bike and backpacking trips with!

[antediluvian]

That is totally okay! There is no rush. I really appreciate you doing this.

Oh that is excellent! How long have you been doing it? I'm assuming these are the not the sort of rafts you stand on and pole along...? (I tried a google image search but there is quite a lot of variation)

That sounds really fun! It is good to have friends you've done trips with before - I've had some disastrous hiking trips with friends who hadn't hiked before and we just didn't gel as a group-doing-a-strenuous-activity.