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Rumblr: A Short Story

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Tumblr has been compared to the sea. It’s blue. It gets progressively scarier the deeper you go. It’s full of ships. (The uninformed might call these “couples” or “relationships”.) But on a good day, it’s as peaceful as ocean waves crashing against the shore. It’s the perfect vacation spot, a place you can go to get away from life while still in the comfort of your own home. I get away from life a lot, especially considering I don’t have much of one. Today, I was aimlessly scrolling through my dashboard as usual. It was pleasant. I liked a Rumbelle—Rumplestiltskin and Belle from Once Upon a Time—gif set and fast-reblogged it. (This was back before I started tagging and using a queue, over a year ago.) It was then that something surprising …show more content…

“Right!” I said determinedly. “I’m going to post it!” “Woo hoo….Go, Kacy…” she said, not looking up from her computer. “I believe in you.” “Thanks,” I chirped back absently, pulling up an empty text post on Tumblr. “Oh shoot,” I said, belatedly realizing I didn’t have a title. “Luna? Do you have a name? It needs a name.” “Just pick a line from the fic. That’s what I always do.” I scrolled through the lines and lines of text for a few minutes before finally setting on one of my longest, least catchy titles ever. I like to think titles are also something I’ve gotten better at, but then I remember the names of some of my more recent stories and to be honest, the jury’s still out. By this time, I had at least established something close to the format I still use today. In the title of the post, I put the name of the story and a dash followed by “a NaLi Fanfic”. Naturally, the latter part of the heading changes on the pairing or even fandom I’m writing for, but the gist remains the same. Then I type a brief author’s note and list the rating and word count. Nowadays, I like to include a summary too, but that’s always one of the hardest parts of posting so I can understand why my past self

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