welcome!

Hello! I go by biv or anything derived from quietmoon (they/them). I live in a rainy place with two cats, and love to write — mostly fic, and sometimes meta. I often post about fannish and writerly things, although I don't post often. There's no rhyme or reason to this journal's content, but I enjoy writing challenges, question memes, and rambling about my experiences in and out of fandom (the more personal of which are locked).

 

My friending policy is simple! I add back everyone who adds me. When subscribing I sometimes give access without thinking; please don't feel pressured to reciprocate. The comments on this post are screened, so feel free to introduce yourself, request access, or ask anything here if you'd like to :) Anyone is welcome to comment on any random journal entry (no matter how old it is), and you needn't be subbed or added to do so. I'm trying to get better at replying in a timely manner — I apologise in advance if I fail you!

Otherwise, you can find me at soundywaves rhapsodising about robot aliens. Come say hi. ☆☆

Current Interests:

• Transformers: OP, Megatron, Soundwave, Starscream
• Star Wars: Darth Vader
• Tabletop RPGs: 5e D&D, Coriolis

Blanket Statement: I love and welcome any fanworks based on my own (no permission necessary) provided they're non-commercial and credited somewhere (e.g. posting as a related work on AO3). You're welcome to go as wide or narrow as you wish; I remix my own stuff all the time. ♡

Relevant Links:

• Tag List — I keep this up to date for ease of navigation
• Writing Links:   quietmoon (current), ambivia (no longer in use)
• Fic Masterlists: Fairy Tail ♡ Haikyuu ♡ BnHA ♡ Transformers
• Social Links: soundywaves, spicysoba, spicysoba, spiciersoba, moonflours, mastodon, pillowfort

On Downloading Fic

I never used to download fic — honestly, I'd hear about it, and wonder why people went to such great lengths when they could just bookmark it or add it to their favourites or something. Twelve years in fandom later, I have very much learned my lesson. orz

So I was wondering if anyone had any advice on how to go about doing this? On cataloguing and stuff, I was thinking maybe making an excel spreadsheet to help with navigation and general safety-netting for my terrible memory, but I haven't gotten any further than that thought lol. Also, any recommendations on archiving from FFn.net and LJ? I'm browsing myself for any information I can find, but everything I've seen so far is from 2012 and I didn't know if any better methods have cropped up since then. Instapaper seems to be promising? I don't know.

I bought a very cute Ravage USB and I thought I could save it on there (as well as to the cloud). When I went to find it, though, I found it... and the detached tail. Seems my cats got to her before I did. I now have a very cute tailless 32GB Ravage.

Anyway, if you have any helpful links lying around, please do toss them my way. :3 I'd love to hear any stray thoughts on archiving fic in general, too. I haven't put much here because I don't really know what I have to add beyond 'websites crash, fics disappear, i have been burned but it has shown me the light' lol.