#ProjectBLUESTAR
Seno got fed up with two dumb idiots not admitting their feelings for each other and did something about it. #ProjectArashi

Ganale made the obvious suggestion to use modern weapons instead of 80 year old ones and now has to suffer the consequences. #ProjectBLUESTAR

#WritingQ
Happy Friday, friends! We made it through the week 😌 On Fridays, we're going to ask a question about books. Sometime it'll be for writers, sometimes for readers, sometimes both!

Today's #WritingQ: WHY is your MC the MC? What is their motivation to play that role? Did something happen to them?
July 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Next #ProjectBLUESTAR #oc is Harekaze, Kagerou-class destroyer DD-469. The result of a JMSDF attempt at modernized shipgirls, her equipment comes from several Allied nations. After the project that created her was closed, she was folded into the BLUESTAR program. ⬇️

#fanfiction #kancolle #azurlane
October 25, 2024 at 4:23 PM
I'm going to cheat and say "normal human interactions" but yeah, I'm actually extremely dogshit at understanding romance for someone who writes it so much.

#WritingQ #ProjectArashi #ProjectBLUESTAR
Which emotion is hardest for you to write? I’m terrible at love and romance #writingq #WritingCommunity
July 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Next #ProjectBLUESTAR #oc is Missouri. Personification of the Iowa-class battleship BB-63. Like her sisters, she already had her Cold War weapons upon summoning, giving an early glimpse of how modernized shipgirls would fight. ⬇️

#fanfiction #kancolle #azurlane
October 25, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Seno thinks all his sword skill is self taught and picked up from pop culture. (In his defense, he doesn't know better) #ProjectArashi

Ganale will vigorously correct anyone who refers to him as a commander (of shipgirls) despite an ever-growing task force. #ProjectBLUESTAR

#WritingQ
What lie does one of your characters believe about themselves? #writingq #WritingCommunity
July 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Crossover bullshit that has no business working but I make it work anyway. #WritingQ #fanfic #ProjectArashi #ProjectBLUESTAR
#WritingCommunity #WritingQ

What's something readers should expect in most if not all of your stories? Intentional or not?
July 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Not a one. Seno doesn't have a job since he's between job school and college, and Ganale is a military officer.

#fanfiction #writingq #ProjectArashi #ProjectBLUESTAR #oc #LoveHina #kancolle #AzurLane

(I didn't forget my tags this time)
November 4, 2024 at 4:07 PM
#ProjectArashi: A narcissistic djinn wants to topple God while a vengeful ghost wants to kill everyone. The main party objects.

#ProjectBLUESTAR: Supernatural beings wage war on humanity for control of the seas. The main party will introduce them to Lockheed Martin and Raytheon.

#writingq
Writers, what’s the main conflict driving your story? #writingq #writers #WritingCommunity
January 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Creative whims are suffering, man. I've been focused for months on #ProjectArashi but just now I got slapped in the face with the desire to pick up #ProjectBLUESTAR again.
April 1, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Seno is, and he will throw hands if you come at him with intent. Ganale also is, but he's got everyone thinking he isn't because he's able to endure with a straight face long enough for anyone trying to get bored and quit.

#fanfiction #writingq #ProjectArashi #ProjectBLUESTAR #oc
I desperately want something stupid, cute, and low stakes. #WritingQ #WritingCommunity

So, tell me, is your character(s) ticklish?

My MC, Virgil, is deathly ticklish. It doesn't come up in the first book, but his love interest having feathered wings leads to some unique challenges.
November 7, 2024 at 4:08 PM
#ProjectArashi: Guy with sword yeets large wrench into #LoveHina plot.

#ProjectBLUESTAR: Local Air Force officer would sooner revolutionize naval warfare than go to therapy.
Can you sum up your current WIP in two sentences? #writingcommunity #writingq #writers
November 25, 2024 at 2:53 PM
For Seno and Ganale both, it's strawberries. This has nothing to do with my own obsession with strawberries, I assure you.

#ProjectArashi #ProjectBLUESTAR #writingq
I'm a little late today, but here's my #writingq for the amazing #writingcommunity.

So, for the #qotd, what is your MCs favorite snack or guilty treat?

Lilian loves sweets, especially cakes. However, her favorite sweets are these hard candies she makes, a recipe she learned from her mother.
October 31, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Mmm, boy. #ProjectBLUESTAR is all ABOUT war and naturally the main cast are square in the thick of it. As for #ProjectArashi, well they're sure in a peaceful time in Japan in mid-2006.
#WritingCommunity #WritingQ

Are there any wars going on in your story? How do they impact your character?
December 5, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Seno does his morning sword training with Motoko, and going up and down those stairs in front of the Hinata are cardio in their own right.

Ganale (begrudgingly) does regular PT every other morning.

#ProjectArashi #ProjectBLUESTAR #writingq #fanfic
It's time for Wednesday's #WritingQ!!!

What does your MC do for exercise? #WritingCommunity #QOTD
November 27, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Part of the lore for #ProjectBLUESTAR is that the movie had been about to come out in 2012 when the Abyssal-Siren War started, so they canned it. 4 years later they decided to rewrite it and reshoot it so they could include shipgirls, including Missouri in the starring role as herself.
December 27, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The whole protagonist cast of #ProjectBLUESTAR are military so that goes without saying. Most of #ProjectArashi doesn't really involve governmental figures, but the king of MolMol is a pretty cool dude. And now that I think about it, one of the main cast is a princess so I guess there's that.
Are their any positive figures in your story's government?

#WritingCommunity #Authors #Writers #WritingQ
April 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Off the top of my head, I can't think of many, but holy crap I am terrible about introducing things out of the blue that I later have to go and write side content for to properly introduce. I've generally got control of it for #ProjectBLUESTAR but #ProjectArashi is still a hot mess.

#writingq
#WritingCommunity #WritingQ

What is a plot hole you had to fill in your story, and how did you discover it?
April 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Kuro crew in #ProjectArashi are already up against an immortal menace with similar stakes. They got some tricks. In #ProjectBLUESTAR, these guys would get the Sirens to prematurely show that they're actually humanity's allies, and the Abyssals would not be happy about the competition.
#WritingQ your MC or Antagonist has their world invaded by an army of powerful monsters called Devoid Spirits who want to kill all of humanity. They are appearing everywhere and their leader Efaris is able to regenerate from anything and is immune to poison or radiation. How fucked is their world?
November 13, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Having a bit of fun with the Gundam/carrier ops-inspired Iowa launch scene I'm cooking for #ProjectBLUESTAR. I've always enjoyed fight scenes.

But I still say that my four-part, multi-story payoff romance scene in #ProjectArashi is (going to be) my magnum opus.
#WritingCommunity #WritingQ
What was the most fun scene to write in your WIP/book so far?

Mine was Virgil interrupting an exorcism to get the demon to approve his expense report.
November 19, 2024 at 8:30 PM
I was about to say some serious #ProjectArashi spoilers before I caught myself in time.

I guess it'd also be a spoiler for #ProjectBLUESTAR but this will be so buried by the time I write that scene, so Ganale got in a fist fight with an Abyssal and is on a carrier that's trying to sink.
#WritingCommunity #WritingQ

Tomorrow is 4/4 (whether you write month/day or day/month!) and in some cultures four is death. What's the closest your main character has come to dying?
April 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Seno is a gamer. Not pro level, not even really great, but it's where a lot of his free time goes. #ProjectArashi

Ganale also is a gamer, but he's big into building Gunpla. It's wild to walk into an Air Force officer's office and see an entire display case dedicated to the things. #ProjectBLUESTAR
#WritingCommunity #WritingQ

What's a talent your main character has that's not necessarily relevant to the plot?
April 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
In #ProjectArashi it's maybe. The greater threat came directly out of Seno but fools everyone into thinking he's the LESSER threat. In #ProjectBLUESTAR the greater threat hasn't yet been revealed so everyone thinks it's still the Sirens and Abyssals.

#fanfiction #oc #LoveHina #kancolle #AzurLane
Does your MC recognize the greater threat in your series?

Quinn doesn't initially recognize the greater threat. The overarching villain works slowly and methodically, not giving anything away until things are already in place.

#writingq #writingcommunity
November 7, 2024 at 4:12 PM
It's a bit of a low key dream of mine to have a figure collection representing the main cast of #ProjectBLUESTAR. Some, as existing characters in #kancolle or #AzurLane, would be easy. But the #oc ones would require designing, 3D printing, and painting and I do not have the skill or money for that.
November 7, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Kicking off the #OC set for #ProjectBLUESTAR we have Captain Chris Ganale. A US Air Force JTAC, he's a bit more hands-on in the war than most humans, having directed air support in several near-shore engagements. He's the idea, if not the brains, behind the plan to equip the shipgirls with modern⬇️
October 25, 2024 at 2:17 AM
"Armies Are Useless" is one of my biggest "seeing red" tropes. I will drop a work immediately over it.

Naturally, #ProjectBLUESTAR being about shipgirls means this trope is right out the window, but even fantasy-ish #ProjectArashi has military groups that are effective.
It's time for Tuesday's #WritingQ!!

What trope do you avoid in your writing? #WritingCommunity #QOTD
May 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM