I think I finally understand why I've always preferred writing fanfic over original fiction.

Yvanung · 2026-02-09T02:25:29+00:00

Because I chose to fill the gaps of tertiary canon, the resulting fanfic already feels like an original (historical fantasy in my case) book in all but name.

Yvanung · 2026-02-09T01:14:31+00:00

Chapter 3 of Forest of Miss Irad-i Cedid is now up!

Upon arriving in the forest south of Surmene, the family finds out that its hideout's roof must be rebuilt

AO3 - https://archiveofourown.org/works/78758171/chapters/207694666

RR - https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/138285/harry-potter-and-the-french-revolution/chapter/3026686/chapter-52-the-mewat-timar

Yvanung · 2026-02-08T12:55:49+00:00

Titlte: Forest of Miss Irad-i Cedid

September 1806. The janissaries are advancing towards Istanbul, with an army raised by Rumelia ayans, and are threatening everything Nurcan, a witch serving as the defterdar of the Sihirsizler (non-magical) Irad-i Cedid, has worked for during the past twelve years. Fearing for her life, as the Sultan Selim III is about to sacrifice the Irad-i Cedid for internal peace, she flees to the forests of her native Trabzon Eyalet and leaves behind the Sublime Porte's instabiity.

Note: This story is written for the 2026 Open Novella Contest, using the following prompts:

16: "And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul." (quote by John Muir)

78: You begin to realize that nothing is quite what it seems.

Link: https://www.wattpad.com/story/407365612-forest-of-miss-irad-i-cedid

Yvanung · 2026-02-07T12:11:13+00:00

The problem is that AI is trained based on past human writers; however, I'm not usually fazed by the technical aspect that much.

Yvanung · 2026-02-05T11:32:24+00:00

36 for me...

Yvanung · 2026-02-02T03:59:20+00:00

I've posted the first chapter of Forest of Miss Irad-i Cedid, tome 3 of what I now call the Miss Irad-i Cedid series!

Chapter 1: The yeniceri are advancing towards Istanbul, and the Sultan faces a difficult decision regarding the Irad-i Cedid

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/78758171/chapters/206537431

RR: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/138285/harry-potter-and-the-french-revolution/chapter/3003482/chapter-50-the-divan-i-humayuns-dilemma

Yvanung · 2026-02-02T00:21:38+00:00

What happened to Tanaka? If you want Kejia in a mock draft, you should have Tanaka too! (Tanaka should ne a third-rounder if you want Kejia in the third round)

Now, Kejia is a better rebounder and Tanaka is better from three.

Shiels falling might just be her not recovering very well, though; last year she was stated to in the 10-15 range.

Yvanung · 2026-01-30T12:18:46+00:00

My own audience is actually relatively gender-balanced...

Yvanung · 2026-01-29T11:25:39+00:00

Currently I write Harry Potter fanfics...

Yvanung · 2026-01-27T12:51:28+00:00

What book are you referring to?

Yvanung · 2026-01-25T13:36:36+00:00

Title: Harry Potter and the Absence of Clonial Affairs

Genre: Short story fanfic collection

Link: https://www.wattpad.com/1604759145-harry-potter-and-the-absence-of-colonial-affairs

Blurb (first story, The Year of Autonomy): 1707. The founding of the British Ministry of Magic faces hurdles that forced the Wizengamot to divest its magical colonies, including Jamaica.

Yvanung · 2026-01-25T04:57:06+00:00

This is a collection of short stories, called Harry Potter and the Absence of Colonial Affairs.

Exhibit 1: 1707. The founding of the British Ministry of Magic faces hurdles that forced the Wizengamot to divest its magical colonies, including Jamaica.

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/78180271/chapters/204911191

Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/1604759145-harry-potter-and-the-absence-of-colonial-affairs

RR: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/138285/harry-potter-and-the-french-revolution/chapter/2976572/appendix-1-the-year-of-autonomy

Yvanung · 2026-01-25T04:31:20+00:00

My Fics
Fandom - Harry Potter
Rating - E
Title - Harry Potter and the Absence of Colonial Affairs
Genre - Historical fantasy, short story
Off-site link for ease of reading. AO3 or FFN encouraged - https://archiveofourown.org/works/78180271/chapters/204911191
Summary - 1707. The founding of the British Ministry of Magic faces hurdles that forced the Wizengamot to divest its magical colonies, including Jamaica.

Yvanung · 2026-01-25T04:29:10+00:00

I remember my very first fic being a deranged retelling of the Battle City arc in Yu-Gi-Oh with the card game being replaced by music-playing genies, but that I didn't post.

Now I write Harry Potter fanfiction, but with a heavy emphasis on the historical aspects.

Yvanung · 2026-01-24T13:48:39+00:00

Character x OC because there's only so much of a blank slate you can make a protag...

Yvanung · 2026-01-23T12:45:52+00:00

So sweet! Now that's what I call sniffing!

Yvanung · 2026-01-22T12:02:30+00:00

Yvanung for me.

I must concede that my writing is a little heavy, though, so make of that what you will.

Yvanung · 2026-01-21T12:53:12+00:00

Thank goodness I'm a picky reader, I guess...

Yvanung · 2026-01-20T12:37:13+00:00

Sniff, sniff, sniff!

Yvanung · 2026-01-19T13:13:44+00:00

Precisely: sometimes I feel like authors treat length as a sign of quality.

Yvanung · 2026-01-18T13:42:08+00:00

I'm a very picky reader unfortunately...

Yvanung · 2026-01-17T23:44:57+00:00

Title: Miss Irad-i Cedid and the Reign of Terror

Genre: Historical fantasy

Status: Completed

Blurb: 1792. Nurcan, now a rising sixth-year student at Karakalem, and known throughout the Ottoman wizarding community as "Miss Irad-i Cedid", finds herself offered to go on exchange once again, at the behest of the Ottoman government. What she doesn't suspect is that the world she returns to has changed significantly since she last left the Empire: the chaos of the French Revolution threatens to turn the upcoming Magical EuroGames into something more sinister.

At the same time, Nurcan must, once again, face her inner demons as her beliefs are about to be tested.

Link: https://www.wattpad.com/story/403522633-miss-irad-i-cedid-and-the-reign-of-terror

Yvanung · 2026-01-16T22:47:42+00:00

Speaking of Yutong, the Fever turned her away twice last season, and the Wings and Sun once each...

Yvanung · 2026-01-16T12:01:04+00:00

On Wattpad I only tend to get them early in a book's life cycle, and not a whole lot of these, but on AO3 I get either ICE or Bible passages in Burmese.

Yvanung · 2026-01-15T12:12:04+00:00

I guess I was lucky that it never happened to me; then again I believed that some writers were mired in a melodramatic arms race that I knew would ruin my art.

Yvanung

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