Sketch: Sunshine Challenge, Prompt 1

[paulamcg]

Prompt 1: Red
Red is a strong color that is associated with a variety of things including: courage, power, glory, love, passion, inner strength, romance, sensuality, defiance, tenacity, violence, life, pleasure, fire, and revolution.

This challenge has made me do something outside my comfort zone. I've never before posted a picture on DW. (EDIT Or on AO3, where I've managed to get this a day later./EDIT)

And I've never shared (or made) a piece of fanart. This is just a sketch based on a scene I've been composing when rewriting an old fic about Remus Lupin in Paris in 1984. My Remus is an artist, and just yesterday I wrote about him painting with red, wearing this red jumper borrowed from a lover.

Comments

[paulamcg]

Oh, I'm sorry I failed to reply earlier to this further comment on my fanart post!

Yes, I guess I've always been at least a bit unsure of my ability to reach a certain wordcount (above 5000 words or so) when writing with a deadline, as I'm a slow writer. Besides, because I want every fic I write to be consistent with and also meaningful in my single "universe" of the characters' lives, I still always check that there is a suitable prompt or a chance for self-prompting before I sign up.

But I wouldn't call this a bit of a break, really! I had an eight-year break, after all. :) After that I've written (among others) a couple of 9k-word fics, one of 11k words, and one 19k-word fic, which I guess could be called a novella (but I didn't make even that one chaptered).

It's good to hear you find fests so much fun now – and I guess a little bit of nerves is part of the thrill. :)

[bemused_writer]

No worries! And very true. ^^ Ahh, long oneshots such as your 19k one are some of my favorites.

[paulamcg]

Thank you for the reassuring comment! I've thought that long oneshots are the hardest to get readers for, but there must be all kinds of preferences. Perhaps you mean your favourites to write… In any case, if you want to have a look at this one, you'll find it here: The Angel of Charity, or This Awfully Long Month.

[bemused_writer]

Oh, I mean both. :D It can be hard to get people to read them, but I've found that those who do usually like them a great deal more? At least, that was the reception I got for the two Vanitas no Carte fics I did that were around that length (Dealing with Monsters and When We Fall Asleep). I will definitely take a look; sounds interesting!

[paulamcg]

I love those titles you mention! It's a pity I don't know that canon you write for at all, and I suppose when reading a long oneshot, it can be more important to know the canon – than when reading a single intimate scene, I mean. Is there something suitable you'd like to self-rec for me to read?

I'll be thrilled if you have a look at that Remus-pov fic, perhaps also let me know what you think, even in case you don't have the time to read all of it. It's one of those I wrote last year when I wasn't in contact with anyone in the fandom.

[bemused_writer]

It's my ongoing goal to get more people into Vanitas no Carte whenever possible. XD It's a great manga.

As for what I'd recommend of mine... Hmm, I'm actually not sure what our mutual fandoms are outside of HP! And the only thing I have uploaded that I wrote for that was when I was a teen, so not a very good representative of my current writing. I've written for several manga/anime, some video games... Some of the more popular titles would be The Untamed, Good Omens, and Voltron if you're into any of those series?

I'll definitely leave a review when I read; I try to be on top of that kind of thing. (^^)