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Title: Day 3
Author: tarotgal
Fandom: Supernatural
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Disclaimer: Not my characters. I wish they were mine. I definitely don’t get paid for this.
Summary: Sam is allergic to an entire town, and Dean is sympathetic but excited.
Notes: Written during my 12 Ficlets in 12 Days in 2020-21 project project for Anonymous

I am having some serious issues with my new computer not syncing properly with the webserver. It took me way too long and 3 different computers to get this online. That being said, I didn't edit it as thoroughly as I'd like to have before posting. I struggled with writing this one; the beginning came easy, but it took almost a year to force the rest out. I hope it's all right and somewhat enjoyable!

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It's been exactly 20 years since I first started writing this series, and to celebrate I decided to create another collection of stories.

After many, many, many years of promising Sweetie and Jamie that I would write their wedding, it finally happened!

In Five Golden Rings, we see their engagement, their wedding planning, their combined bachelor party, their wedding, and their honeymoon. We also learn a lot of secrets that I've been holding in about the boys for this whole time. We find out what that room of computers in the house is for. We find out Nik's real name. And we learn more about Sweetie's and Nik's birth families. We also get: Jamie's sisters fussing over him, Ace singing karaoke, Jamie's teammates seeing where he lives, and the housemates giving them multiple surprises on their special day.

It's currently only available in paperback, but when I have more time, I'm hoping to get the eBook version in shape and published. I re-edited Seven Strokes of Sin as well (haven't republished the eBook yet) so that the cover styles and spines match for the series.

I hope that you enjoy it!

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And, yes, I'm publishing the collections out of order, though I do hope to have a collection of 1 to 10 one day. I'm actually working on the collection of Quarantine stories right now (set during spring and summer of 2020) and that's a collection of 30 stories. So, who knows? Maybe one day I'll have 1 through 30? I'm actually on the second round of editing of those stories and had hoped to have it done this spring, but editing is taking longer than I'd hoped after I attended a four-week editing workshop and picked up some new skills in the area. So I'm planning to get it done later this year.

Yesterday I accidentally on purpose made a Redbubble store. I was playing around with the idea for my new blog, and instead of doing something with it, I made a store with products about my fictional characters here.

I had way too much fun with it. So if you suddenly can't live without a pillow or tote with Troy's polycule on it, or a water bottle or duffle bag with Troy's gym's logo on it, or a zippered pouch that serves as David's first aid kit, you're in luck!

tg's Realm Shop

It didn't take me even a full episode of Tatort Münster to fall for Thiel and Boerne. I'm really not sure why, but I had to write this immediately. My apologies if I've messed up the German (feel free to correct me on it!).

Title: Mausebär
Fandom: Tatort Münster
Pairing: reluctant!Thiel/Boerne
Rating: PG
Summary: Boerne frequently shows up at Thiel’s door. This time, he does it because he’s got a cold and needs comfort.
Notes: I watched my first episode of this show at an online slash con house party and couldn’t get this short scene out of my head until I wrote it down.

( Mausebär )

Title: Day 1
Author: tarotgal
Fandom: Marvel
Rating: PG
Pairing: Steve/Bucky or Steve/Bucky/Sam if you want to read it that way
Disclaimer: Not my characters. I wish they were mine. I definitely don’t get paid for this.
Summary: Bucky's HYDRA super soldier serum is wearing off. He gets his first cold in a really long time.
Notes: Written during my 12 Ficlets in 12 Days in 2020-21 project project for cowboyguy

And so it begins! Here, have some sick!Bucky for Christmas :-) I hope you have a wonderful day!

Day 1 Story

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First off, there are a few spots left in my giftfic request thread. If you want me to write you a thing, read the post & make a request while you still can: https://tarotgal.dreamwidth.org/1143489.html

Second, I have developed something of an addiction to watching The Old Guard with slash fans. Anyone want to watch with me via Netflix teleparty on Saturday, December 19? You'd need a Netflix account. I'm thinking late afternoon ET, but I'm flexible.

As close to good times as it gets for me. Still no job, but hanging in there.

I just finished another watch party of The Old Guard with the group from ConfabCon this time. My love for that movie is undying, pun intended. I love watching it with people who've never seen it before, too! Watching the magic take hold and seeing that moment where they're like "Ohhhhhh. So THIS is why y'all have been gushing over this!" I had to pop out near the beginning to Zoom with my family for 40 minutes, but I got back JUST in time for the Nicky/Joe "not my boyfriend" speech in the van. Great timing, me.

Confabulation Con was amazing, as well. Panels on Legal Principles in Star Trek, the Murder Family (see above!), Fannish Pictionary (my first time finally making it to that session!), Crafting for Fandom, Incest, and much more. I did 5 volunteer shifts and lived on Discord and Zoom simultaneously for 3 days straight. So good being with slash fans and being able to stay at home in my pjs the whole time!

National Novel Writing Month is going well. Today I finished the first half of the book! I have very little planned for the second half, so I'm a little bit worried at this point. But I'm trying to follow a beat sheet, and maybe that will help. I've got three scenes in mind and then... um... something happens for a few chapters... and then my characters realize they're right for each other and happily ever after! So I just need to figure out that middle bit. No problem! LOL I'm writing the backstory of how Troy meets and shacks up with Johnny and Mick. I love these guys so much, and it's been fun to get to know them as more than just the two guys in Troy's menage.

This is going to be an interesting week. I'm behind on The Mandalorian by 2 eps and behind on Discovery by 3. I've got a book club book to finish by Thursday (I just finished the book club book for Tuesday) and some small groups homework to do by Wednesda eveningy. Charlie cat needs to go to the vet for her annual, and I have another terrible and expensive dentist appointment on Wednesday morning that will not be covered by my insurance. Oh, and I just volunteered to write 90 postcards to folks in Georgia regarding the runoff elections.

Today my church group put on an LGBTQ+ service. We've been planning it for 3 months now, and it went even better than we'd hoped. The two run throughs were kind of a mess, so I guess that thing they say about bad dress rehearsals leading to great productions was true in our case. I did the Time for All Ages section and taught kids/adults the colors in the rainbow pride flag :-) And then we had a great Q&A afterward where I answered questios like "what does 'cis' mean?" and "why do people insist on using labels?" and I oh-so-casually came out to everyone. LOL It was a good event. Super proud of everyone who worked hard to make it.

At some point soon, I'm planning a "travel from home" trip to Japan, so that will be fun. And I've already got food for myself for Thanksgiving. I don't really like a lot of traditional foods, so having a solo Thanksgiving for the first time in my life is my chance to buy what I like. I'm probably going to make a pie or two using the ceramic pie dish my dad made me. That'll make me feel closer to him. And my parents and I will probably eat over Zoom together. So weird being in the same zip code and not being able to be with them this time of year. I miss hugs. Thank goodness for my cats!

Lots of crummy moments as well, but it's nice that when I look back, it's the happy times that stand out. I'm blocking out my terrible experience of it taking an hour and a half to get Panera curbside pickup on Friday. Grrrrrrrrr!

I feel like I need an Old Guard user icon now. Or two.

I've updated tarotgal's realm with the short stories written during my 23 ficlets project. I've also redesigned the fanfiction page to return to a bulleted list format. I think it's easier than so many giant circles, especially on the mobile interface. I'm open to other suggestions if y'all have any. I'm up to 80 fandoms now for which I've written sneezefics, and that's always going to be a large display for browsing.

Just playing with my hockey boys. They apparently have no set timeline, so this story is set a few months ago during the 2020 playoffs for the Stanley Cup when all the east coast and west coast teams formed their own bubbles. Fun fact: as soon as I started writing this story, my Fitbit prompted me to get some steps in. I stood up to walk around the house and immediately I hit my daily step goal, which displayed as a series of small bubbles on my Fitbit screen. Bubbles!

( 22. Bubble )

When I think of "gloomy" I immediately go to Eeyore. And it took me quite some time to figure out the next place to jump to. I finally landed here with Ianto. I'm not sure that I did the word justice, but I tried!

( 20. Gloomy )