when I was writing fanfics and was really active in ygo fan culture, I did a lot of "this story is for me and my one sicko friend" writing. when I got into the next thing, I wasn't on tumblr anymore and didn't have any fandom interaction, so i just wrote whatever idea took me by the throat that day. did a lot of experimentation and was most of the fics for one ship, but didn't have that...you know, sicko vibes
but a lot of my writing now, the stuff that I want to be professionally published, ive gotten back into the "writing for sickos" and it has been both very enjoyable and made me really thirsty to get this shit published so i can show y'all
because cohost has become my sickos. i know all youse guys like creatures and dragons and werewolves and plural vibes and therianthropy and aggressive queerness and internet culture of yesteryears. my two new flash fics scheduled to come out this year each draw from several things on that list, and there's a reprint that's gonna be free to read soon that is, too. idk if y'all'ses like the theme of "man, isn't silicon valley shit fucked?" but i do write a fair bit of that, too (it's what the reprints about)
while it would be nice to win, like, a hugo or something someday and get "professional" recognition that my writing is "good," i think my time in the fandom mines has ruined my brain. what drives me is people saying they liked my story or a comment like "i fucking hate you i hate everything about this (affectionate)". i want to inspire other people to write or to experiment or to do some weird shit.
and that's what i like about cohost, all the writers and readers here are weird and like weird stuff and make shitposts about stories they like. the stories themselves become cognitohazards and make new fursonas or headmates, and isn't that just really fucking cool? i think your story birthing a funny litttle guy in someone else's head is even better than winning a fancy award
