Welcome, friends, to the second installment of Maternity Madness, our miniseries of flashback episodes while Chelsea recovers from bringing a human into the world and Kay cavorts on a series of low-key summer adventures. Today, we’re bringing y’all our deep-dive episode into Archive of our Own (AO3), a fanfiction repository and creative fanworks safe haven that we both love and use regularly, and that for the FIRST TIME EVER is eligible for a Hugo Award! So sit back, relax, and get ready to find out all our tips, tricks, and favorite finds on the Archive. 

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This week we’re doing something a little different. We’ll be discussing our current favorite reads, as per usual, but we’re also going to give you an introduction to AO3/Archive of Our Own, our favorite fanfiction/fanworks archive. We’ll share our tips and tricks for finding the perfect fics for you and how to get the most out of the user interface. It’s a lot more fun that it sounds!

TIME STAMPS:

• 00:00-01:30 – Intro
• 01:30-14:40 – Current Reads
• 14:40-46:33– AO3 Discussion/Primer
• 46:33-47:38– Outro, Upcoming Reads, and Outtakes