My mom just asked me about one of my fics and where to find it so she can read it and I am m o r t i f i e d because its A) obviously fandom and will fly over her head (not bad), B) smut (kinda bad), and C) gay smut. o)-( omg

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My suggestion: write something you want your mom to read and send it to her. Or if you have a bit of writing that you like already that’s mom-friendly, send her that to read.

I think it’s great that your mom wants to read your writing. That’s just her being supportive. I don’t have a lot of that and I think you’re really lucky that she’s wanting to encourage you, so I’d put in a little effort to tease out more of that support.

My family knows I write fic and so I’ve sent them snippets or pieces I’ve written specifically for them to read. I mean, c’mon, I don’t want my grandmother reading my slash fics. I’d rather die, guys. Really. 

That said, she’s been one of the most encouraging members of my family when it comes to my writing. I write her little grandmother-friendly stories and send them to her and she always has lovely things to say. 

It’s worth the effort.

–Mod M

I am a mom that writes fic.  My adult daughter writes fic on AO3 as well.  

We DO NOT read each other.  

She plays in her sometimes smutty little sandbox and I wave my pompoms at her.  

I play in my sometimes smutty little sandbox and she waves her pompoms at me.  

We agree that we don’t need to know each other in this way, but we DO drink wine and snicker about what annoying little, short-sighted shits Solas and Lucifer are sometimes.  

Life is good.

My mom knows I write fanfic. Sometimes I read bits to her after we watched relevant episodes of Lucifer together. I told her she should read my Devil reveal fic.

“But skip chapter 4. It’s very explicit.”

Folks, she read chapter 4. I was mortified, but she was actually pretty chill about it? Like she mentioned how it felt very unique to her and I told her (through my hands) how I wanted to prioritize consent at every stage of the scene. And she was like. “…Oh yeah. That’s why. It was interesting. I think you did a good thing.”

So in the end, not as weird as I thought it would be? I still cringe sometimes thinking that she’s seen the words I put down but it’s true. She’s an adult. I’m an adult. I’m not sure how I feel about her reading some of my other scenes though.