jaynesilver

I was happy with my story for Just Unrequited, but yesterday I was thinking, Wouldn't it be better if it were a bit longer?

Then Zabbers, on the Discord channel for this event, echoed my feelings, wondering if they had put in enough unrequited feelings.

So I woke up this morning, split apart my previous story into 2 chapters, and wrote a third. This way, each chapter is between 4 and 5k, which is a length I like for chapters.

I feel like this iteration of the story is stronger, and it *definitely* has enough unrequited feelings in it now!!!

My regular Saturday night Date Night with my girlfriend has been cancelled because tomorrow night we're doing something else instead. So my plan was to start writing Just Unrequited this afternoon, either before or after running errands such as picking up some new clothes at the thrift store for my upcoming trip.

But after class, my 20 year old hijacked me and whisked me away for an hour as he cleans off his bookshelves. He is perfectly capable of doing this by himself, but the ADHD means that it's easier for him to do this with if there's another person there for him to narrate every step to.

So instead of doing my own work, I'm sitting here listening to someone else doing his work, haha.

Luckily, I'll have all of this evening to catch up. He set an alarm on his phone, so I won't be held captive all afternoon!

It's really nice to hear my kid going through the different things he's accumulated over the years and reminiscing about them. I know that I've messed up parenting many times, but at least I've created a person who has had good experiences in life so far -- friends, hobbies, activities, plays -- and at least he is motivated to clean up his room! I feel like these are huge wins!

I was wiped out last night after martial arts class and then sauna & cold plunge, and could barely move my arms or keep my eyes open. So I just went to bed.

And that was the right call, because I woke up a bit before 5 AM (!) refreshed and ready to rock'n'roll to finish this story!

I just cranked out 5,820 words to finish Falling for His Rival in style!

Falling for His Rival
Author: ArtemisDart
Fandom: Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
Ship: Poe Dameron/Armitage Hux
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Wordcount: 21,217

Summary: Blurb taken from Falling for Her Rival, by Jackie Braun

For chef Poe Dameron, it's time to turn up the heat. Three years ago he hit rock bottom. Now he's ready for a comeback, starting with winning a TV competition to secure a spot running New York's trendiest kitchen! He just didn't count on his attraction to rival Armitage Hux burning a hole in his plans…

Hux has worked his apron off for this opportunity, and total focus on the competition was the plan — which is difficult when all he can think about is wanting his opponent out of the kitchen and in his bed! But there can only be one winner, and sometimes, to win, a guy has to play dirty!

I'm pleased overall with how this turned out, although there could have been a lot more "spice." But I was keeping it Mature!

After writing about all these delicious recipes for days on end, now I'm really hungry, haha!

It's funny how things come in waves sometimes. I was so happy with Non Sum Dignus, which I published in mid-March, and it found some readers at the time, but new attention had died down and I thought it had pretty much run its course when it came to finding kudos and other types of interaction.

And then in just a couple of days, two new readers left comments on it for me! I even got into a back-and-forth discussion with one of them -- delightful! (I went and looked them up in my database and found out that they left a kudos on this story way back on April 10 -- meaning they kudosed it then, and *then they came back* to comment now! That's somehow even more meaningful than getting a kudos and comment at once!)

It makes me wonder if the two of them know each other, and one recommended the story to the other... or whether two people independently discovered it and saw fit to leave comments on it so close together.

One nice thing about having over 100 stories published is that at any moment, someone could interact with any one of those, and some small percentage of people like to leave comments -- so I could get comments any time, and often I do. I usually get a few comments a week, and they always brighten my day. :)

I'm quite sleepy at the moment but need to be writing this fic. I think I'm going to close my eyes for 20 minutes and take a power nap so I can try to soldier through and get more of Chapter 3 of Unconventional Courtship out. I only have 26 hours or so until it's "due" -- technically I could stay up past midnight on Thursday and write into the wee hours of the dawn in order to publish it on Friday the 6th, its due date, but I'm rubbish at pretty much anything after midnight.

So. No pressure except the calendar! :eek:

Dear Fellow Creator!

Welcome to my author letter for Smut Wars 2025!

I love Star Wars, and can engage in it at many levels -- and one of those levels is smut (the lower level...).

I like some Plot to my smut -- to know *why* the characters are doing what they're doing. That makes it so much more enjoyable, especially if some of those reasons may be a bit conflicted / self-serving / under duress / dubiously consensual / etc.!

Treats are enabled and welcome!

( My General Likes )

( My Do Not Wants )

( Thoughts on My Requested Pairings )

( Kinks I Like )


Thank you so much! I look forward to this so much all year long! :)

I just finished and posted my offering for Hurt/Comfort. This one took me longer than I would have thought -- I think because it's a new fandom for me, so I'm still feeling my way into the characters and their voices. Also, I had to do a ton of research about different cultures so I didn't screw things up too badly... and I still might have screwed things up, but at least I tried!

I can't wait for authors to be revealed so I can talk more about my head canons for the characters and my process for writing this. I did make myself cry a little bit, so I figure it's probably good enough to publish.