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kira-nerys-rocks asked:

NoTP?

Is there a character or ship you were so sure you would never write/draw but now you’ve changed your mind?

Go onto your AO3. Which ship have you written for the most? The least? Does this correspond to who you consider your “favourite?”

Thank you! ❤️

3) NoTP?

Generally speaking I try not to think about what I don’t like, I prefer to focus on what I do – love not hate you know.

The most recent that I absolutely can not stand is Shaw/Seven. Just writing it down and contemplating it makes me feel sick. An original from years ago that I can’t stand is Trip/T’Pol (both from Star Trek). I am tempted to say Wyatt and Lucy from Timeless but honestly I only came to utterly loathe that in the later parts of season 2. Oh and can’t forget Hook and Emma from Once.

There are probably others but as I said I try and not think about it. Also this is just my opinion. There’s an expression “don’t want to yuck someone else’s yum”. I am old school fandom really about ‘staying in my lane’. I might not like ships but I have nothing against shippers.

14) Is there a character or ship you were so sure you would never write/draw but now you’ve changed your mind?

Answered here 🙂

21) Go onto your AO3. Which ship have you written for the most? The least? Does this correspond to who you consider your “favourite?”

I have 41 fics tagged for Rumbelle (Once). The next one is Helen/John/James (Sanctuary) with 8. The lowest is Flynn/Lucy (Timeless). This is entirely because I did the bulk of my fanfic writing when I was in my ‘Rumbelle era’. Not anything to do with favourite.

I actually wrote a post about this on tumblr (probably more than one to be honest) about how it hurt my soul a little bit that it didn’t feel like I had shown Helen/John/James the same amount of love. It was never about the level of obsession just where I was in my life.

I don’t know if I can really say that any ship is a favourite above the others. Obsessions wax and wane, fondness remains. At different times of my life, different ships have hit me hard. Some pairings have endured for longer in terms of fandom participation but there are so many factors at play for that. Rumbelle definitely isn’t my current favourite, I can say that at least.

Bonus question because you had a repeat 🙂

4) Is there a popular pairing you don’t necessarily dislike but aren’t too invested in?

Many probably. I mean unless I out and out hate it, or I’m obsessed, there’s a lot of middle ground that encompasses everything else. I am trying to think of an example. Oh! The Leverage OT3. That’s a good example. They are obviously family and very important to one another, and Hardison and Parker are very sweet together on the show. I can see why people like all three of them together romantically. I’m not against it but I’m not invested either. I am comfortable with just how they are, because the bond between them is so strong.

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purlturtle asked:

7 and 17 for the fandom ask game, for your choice of Myka Bering, Helena Wells, or both!

7) Is there a piece of clothing you think Myka is particularly fond of/that you imagine them wearing a lot or like to draw them in?

I like their Warehouse 2 outfit (combats and t-shirt). It’s a good middle ground between more professional attire (often a t-shirt but tailored slacks) and the mission leather from episode 3 was it? The one with the guillotine. Anyway the combats and t-shirt look comfortable and are practical.

I suppose this is why I like it for them. But I do also think Myka would like it. I think she likes her more ‘traditional’ federal agent outfit as kind of armor? Like she puts it on and she’s at work. The more casual mission outfit doesn’t have that but then the Warehouse is more of a family/place to call home than just a job. I think it fits her personality. Like maybe a callback to some awkward teenage years kind of comfort. I think Myka has grown more comfortable with her femininity as she has got older but I think she still likes to be judged as a person, not on her looks. I don’t know if that makes sense?

17) What’s a book, movie, or show you think Myka would like?

Myka is obviously all about the books. I mean it’s pretty canon that she likes the classics but I also feel like she likes to read widely so she’ll hit up the bestseller lists etc.

That’s a pretty boring answer though. I don’t think she gets a lot of time to watch TV/movies because what time she has, she would usually choose to read a book. However she has to have at least one ‘guilty pleasure’ show. Given that she knew Pete’s redshirt reference and her age, and also the awkwardness I headcanon for her teenage years. I feel like Star Trek is something she wouldn’t admit to watching, but would find comfort in. Like before the warehouse, it was a world that imagined a future where being different was ok. So I guess in some ways why I like Trek 😛

7) Is there a piece of clothing you think Helena is particularly fond of/that you imagine them wearing a lot or like to draw them in?

I think Helena would appreciate a lot of ‘modern fashion’ because of how free it is in comparison to the 19th century. She wore trousers back then but not all the time. I feel like she would like to deliberately do the different thing now. Like wear a suit to a fancy party rather than a dress (you can see this if you look up Hustle photos btw, Jaime wore a tux once and a suit a couple of times). But obviously Helena is very comfortable with her feminine wiles and more than happy to make them work for her, so there tends to be a subtle sexuality to all her outfits it feels.

Anyway I think her favourite might be the painted on jeans, and loose cotton shirt, as she has worn variations of that quite a lot.

17) What’s a book, movie, or show you think Helena would like?

I feel like Helena isn’t much of a media fan. I just can’t see her sitting still long enough to really get into anything. She likes to do. Attention span is short unless she is hyper focused on an invention/case. I think she would definitely want to watch the big cultural heavy hitters – like Star Wars movies and the like. And I think she would be impressed by the special effects. I can see her wanting to have a go herself and maybe making a short 5 minute film or something. (Also maybe she would want to make a lightsaber, and Claudia is definitely not helping).

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sarcasticsciencefictionwriter asked:

For the fandom ask game: 13, 17 James Watson, 20 Sanctuary, 24 John Druitt, please. 😊

Oh yes! Such great questions, thank you so much!!

13) What’s a character or ship you haven’t written/drawn yet but would like to some day?
Oh, many. You should see my ideas list for drawing – it’s long. There was a Star Trek prompt event and I got ideas, and the Year of the OTP event and I got ideas. So yes several for Star Trek (B’elanna/Seven, Kira/Dax, Owo/Detmer) and I really can’t forget Janeway and Amelia Earhart. I will be bitter forever at the missed opportunity not to have her join the crew. It seemed like such poor characterisation as well. Would Amelia Earhart really have turned down the opportunity to pilot a starship??

17) What’s a book, movie, or show you think James Watson would like?
I don’t think he would like crime/mystery media to be honest as either they don’t play fair, or the answer is so obvious and the characters so slow to get it, that it’s annoying. I think he’d probably check out the various Sherlock Holmes adaptations out of interest (and also to be guarded against any teasing), but I don’t think he’d exactly like them.

To be honest I can’t really see him watching much TV outside of documentaries. I think he might like movies a bit better as they are basically like plays. I think he might be interested to see examples of modern films out of interest for how they are made (hasn’t technology come so far type thing) but I don’t think the plot of most would grab him.

Books would definitely be his media of choice, and call him old-fashioned for that if you like. I don’t know why but I wonder if he might enjoy a good old archaeological thriller. You know hunting for lost treasure and definitely on the more ridiculous side. I think he might be more willing to put up with inaccuracies if it obviously isn’t taking itself too seriously (kinda like the Uncharted games).

The only actual title that springs to mind that I think he would actually like is The Princess Bride. Not sure why but I think he’d think it was clever and well done.

20) When did you first join Tumblr? How long was it between that and finding Sanctuary?
Around April/May 2016 I think? I’d been lurking (aka reading specific blogs but not signed up) for several months before that, sometime mid-2015 I think. Anyway, I finally got FOMO and wanted to join in.

I first started watching Sanctuary… I can tell you, let me scan the blog archives. I think I tried to find it August 2020, and watched a bit via YouTube as I wasn’t confident I would like it. I got the DVD in September and I think I was… mid season 3 (mid-October I blogged about having reached the Hollow Earth arc). You can tell my obsession really ramped up in October as clearly I did a deep dive for ALL the gifsets.

Amusingly one of my initial posts said that Tesla made a lousy friend (I’m laughing, boy did my opinion change) – hey! I never remember this stuff when I get asks about opinion changes. I remember my opinion now and rarely what came before.

Anyway I wrote my first novel length multi-chapter (Our Darkest Hour) that November before I finished the show. I actually stopped watching for the month in case the show messed with my outline, which it would have because Normandy jossed my Helen/James headcanon but oh well. It was kinda fun, a bit like capturing a fraction of the experience of if I had been creating when the show was originally live.

24) What’s your favourite thing about John Druitt?
I feel bad about this but the honest answer is his cursed nature. Without it, he’s still a compelling character (as I wrote purely in Choosing Fate) but that agony of what happened to him, and the trauma to those he loved/who loved him just grabbed me. It’s TRAGIC, and I like to fix things.

It’s the whole Winter Soldier “it wasn’t you” “but I still did it” type thing. Blame and judgement and guilt and darkness, and forgiveness, and how people can move on – it’s fascinating. I see discussions on it on tumblr sometimes about redemption for characters. How far is too far? Are there some things that are unforgivable? Does it depend on outside factors – like being cursed – to mitigate blame? People have opinions. This can get controversial and I don’t do conflict.

I remember Teal’c talking to Tomin on Stargate, saying that life didn’t have to end, that he could never be forgiven but he could still do good in the world. I think of Regina who willingly walked down the path, but was pushed and manipulated by others (and a lot of pain). When I have written Regina I’ve talked about people being more than what they have done, that people have the power to choose, and she chooses to do better.

With John it’s not really a choice (at least in my headcanon) while he’s a host to the parasite. However, once it’s removed – how can he move on? It wasn’t him, but it was still his hand on the blade. He remembers it being him. I think it would warp his sense of morals too, after a century even if he wasn’t a host anymore. Finding his sense of self, and his own moral code, would be a challenge.

Also his relationship with James. Coming of age in a world where it was punishable by death (or 10 years in prison and societal ruin). That too.

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truedairship asked:

12 and 14 for the fandom ask:))

Wheee thank you for the ask!! 🙂 🙂

12) What’s the funniest or craziest AU idea you’ve ever come up with?
I don’t know. I’m not sure I’m all that inventive to be honest. I also don’t think I’m that funny. My AU’s tend to either be all about the tropes, or they’ve arisen from community conversations. Looking through the AU’s I’ve done something for on AO3 I don’t think I would be comfortable claiming the inspiration for many of them was initially mine, even if I don’t recall the exact tumblr post that made me go “hmm?”

I definitely fancasted Ezekiel Jones as Ezra Bridger all on my own but that isn’t crazy. Hero thief – they are basically the same.

I suppose when I first started writing for Once I did some (for me) wacky stuff. I hadn’t dug deep into the characters yet and I was just messing around with what amused me. Like in the UK we have a Christmas entertainment at the theatre called a Pantomime. They vaguely follow fairytales but there’s a lot of pop culture references and audience participation. I remember the thought amused me so much of the Once characters watching something like ‘Snow White’ in Panto and the beauty of fanfic is we can make whatever weird ideas we have come to life. This wasn’t strictly AU when I wrote it (more post-canon) but I guess it would be AU now.

14) Is there a character or ship you were so sure you would never write/draw but now you’ve changed your mind?
Nothing comes to mind but also at the same time everything. I never intend to get obsessed and start creating stuff. More than once I’ve gone “oh no” as I can see that there is the potential to get sucked in and I’m not ready for that. I don’t want to get a new hyperfixation as I have WIP’s to work on but the brain doesn’t like to cooperate.

Anyway that’s not really the question but truthfully the phrase “you were so sure” – SURE – is tripping me up. I can’t recall anything I actively disliked that I came round to so much that I then poured myself creatively into it. I have slow burned on a few things but there was never any certainty that I wouldn’t create for them, I just wouldn’t have thought about it, until I got deeper into them and the flash of inspiration came.

Sorry I’m not sure either of these answers are much good but they are the only answers I have.

15 questions, for 15 friends

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@purlturtle thanks for the tag!

ARE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
Technically no. As while I chose my name because I had sort of ‘absorbed it into my consciousness’ from a TV character, I didn’t name myself after them. However, if I had named myself a few years later I probably would have haha (Sam Carter, role model). But nope, not named after anyone.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
Teared up a bit yesterday but didn’t actually cry. Tuesday. I got scared and it’s like a pressure release valve I guess.

DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
Nope. Never will either.

WHAT SPORTS DO YOU PLAY/HAVE YOU PLAYED?
Hmm. I’m not a sporty person. I do keep meaning to take my basketball to the court and play a game of 21 against myself. A million years ago when I was at high school I played cricket. I’ve always liked tennis but rarely ever had the opportunity to play. The trouble with sports is they generally require other people and I don’t do well with people.

DO YOU USE SARCASM?
Yeah sometimes. I don’t recognise it when other people use it on me though. I’m weirdly literal. I guess I can get my sarcasm as I know I’m being sarcastic.

WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?
Oooh interesting, I’m not sure. I mean there’s so much to take in about a person in just a single glance. Age, gender, size etc. I suppose it probably boils down to threat assessment – do they look scary?

WHAT’S YOUR EYE COLOR?
Brown

SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
Happy endings 110%. I’m the worlds biggest wuss, I don’t do scary movies at all. Anything with a jump scare in it is a huge no-no.

ANY TALENTS?
I like to sort things. I’m also good at doing things the exact same way, every single time.

WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
Not my fault, I didn’t choose it – Harlow, in Essex (England). Debated whether to answer this but I’m pretty sure it’s not my security question anywhere haha.

WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES?
Writing, art, lego, piano, reading, video games. Think that covers the broad strokes but there’s a lot to unpack with some of those ‘areas’.

DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS?
Nope. I don’t do well with anything that’s alive to be honest, it’s too unpredictable for me.

HOW TALL ARE YOU?
5ft 3″ (I think). Mum has tried to tell me for years that I’m 5ft 2″ because she’s 3″ and she’s taller. But she definitely isn’t anymore (I hate that actually, mum should be taller than me, she’s the mum but alas shrinkage).

FAVOURITE SUBJECT?
What when I was at school? I always wanted it to be English because I do love stories, but we never got to analyse them how I wanted (meta posts my beloved). Honestly it was probably History. It’s kinda a story itself. The cause and the effect and the interconnected nature of developments.

These days it’s definitely writing. I could talk about it for days.

DREAM JOB?
Funnily enough – writer 🙂 Well actually I suppose to be accurate – storyteller. Writing is the medium I am most practiced with but I do hope to level up my art skills enough to utilise those. Illustration, cover art etc. at a minimum but how cool would it be to draw my own graphic novel? I’m a million miles away from being good enough for that but that’s why it’s a dream.

I have a dozen novel series I want to share with the world. Maybe I will be able to one day.

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lilolilyr asked:

4, 8, 18 for the fic ask? 🙂

Thank you!!! 🙂

4) How do you choose which fics to write?
When I was writing fanfic it was mostly by prioritising.

I’ve said before about my lists. I get an idea – it goes on the list. Say I get an idea for an event – it goes straight to the top, everything else has to wait. When I finish a WIP/there’s no events etc. I can then pick off the list. Invariably though what happens is I don’t pick the oldest idea, I usually pick whatever is newest because it still has the shiny quality. In some ways the list is a bit of a death sentence for ideas.

8) Post an out-of-context spoiler from a wip
I can’t really do this because I’m not writing fanfic anymore. Sorry. I post a line off my art the other day about “librarians win with what they know – not magic” but that’s all I have for you.

18) Do you enjoy research? Which fic of yours required the most research?
Answered here 🙂

You get two bonus questions because of the repeat/skip 🙂

3) Do you share your fic ideas, or do you keep them to yourself?
This is tricky. There is honestly nothing I like more than talking about my ideas. I can exhaust anyone and everyone. I remember back in the day when we did TMI Tuesday I used to be desperate for people to ask me. I would try and bait the question sometimes. It was probably kinda attention seeking and I should be more sorry than I am. I don’t know if this also tied into how I always feel like an outsider. Although I shouldn’t be claiming I feel invisible when I’ve had so many wonderful asks lately (I seriously do appreciate you guys so much).

The trouble is though, what happens if you never get round to writing the idea? Having talked about it, that feels a bit like a promise made, and a debt unpaid. It’s never my intention to tease. I just genuinely love my ideas and wish I could will them into existence. I want to read them!

All of this is about fanfic ^^ and I mostly don’t talk about my doomed ideas anymore. Sometimes I’ll make a reference because I’m nostalgic, because I wish I had got round to writing it. Also because I wish it could live somewhere other than in my head.

For my original novels I’ll make vague references sometimes, and I would love to talk about them, but I’m hesitant to share. I’m protective I guess.

24) How do you choose whose POV to write in?
(in which I apparently have a lot to say)

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sarcasticsciencefictionwriter asked:

For the Fanfiction Writing ask: 2, 18, 29, and 48, please! 😁

Yay thank you for the ask!

2) Where do you get your fic ideas?
Ask me at the time and I’ll know. Ask me now and I’m not sure. Some are obvious. Like if there’s a specific prompt and then my brain chewed on it and lightning struck boom and it coalesced and came together into something.

As you are a Sanctuary friend let’s take some of those fics:

  • Happy Ending = the song “this is the way that we love / like it’s forever / and then live the rest of our lives / but not together” and I was like, make it fluffy. I don’t know. I was just coming off writing Our Darkest Hour.
  • Choosing Fate / Time Will Tell = the tropes. I was like let’s do an arranged marriage AU. Pretty sure I was watching Bridgerton at the time as well. And then I wanted to see if I could make Soulmates a trope I could like.
  • Life Without Purpose = for a Zombies in July event
  • Gentlemen of Blood = I was given the title, and had to think of a fic to go with it. That Bond quote by M came into my head of “when they say they have people everywhere, you don’t expect one to be in the bloody room” plus the Sherlock Holmes movies.

I don’t know, does that answer it a bit? My brain is a mess and it just needs prompting for it to spark basically.

18) Do you enjoy research? Which fic of yours required the most research?
Nope I’m too lazy. I get easily frustrated. If I can’t find the answer quickly I get annoyed. The internet is wonderful and I want to strangulate it sometimes. It’s like I know the information must be there, but can I find it? It’s no wonder I am drawn more and more to making my own worlds, because then I can just make everything up and don’t have to worry about if I’m right or not. I just have to be consistent within my own story.

The aforementioned Happy Ending actually took a surprising amount of research, which to be honest probably ruined the fic because once I had all the stupid marriage details, I had to include them because I had bothered to look them up dammit. Haha, I know, why self? Also Odyssey: Future’s Legacy had a lot of history in it and I had to make all the timelines line up. Let me tell you timezones + international travel = headache. I’m pretty sure Warehouse 13 never paid attention to travel times on the actual show but I made everything plausible.

29) What’s something about your writing that you’re proud of?
Already answered here 🙂

48) Who is your favorite character to write for? Has this changed since you’ve started writing for that fandom?
This is very close to question 41 (here).

Ok well let’s go with Sanctuary fandom. I’m going to go left field and answer with Nigel. Which isn’t exactly true but I will explain. Nigel is like the forgotten member of The Five a lot of the time. He’s the one that didn’t live until the 21st century and the one that isn’t romantically linked with Helen. There’s very little known about him and I was surprised and delighted as the more I referenced him, the more cohesive he felt in my mind. He got an actual personality, backstory, goals etc. So while Nigel isn’t a favourite character, I do enjoy how I developed him.

Bonus question as you had a repeat!

11) Do you write scenes in order, or do you jump around?
I’m a very linear writer. I literally can’t write out of order. Sometimes this trips me up because I think if I sense that something I have written isn’t right (aka the foundation is rocky) then I grind to a halt and stop making progress. Now with fanfic which I never tended to revise that heavily, that’s fair enough – I’m not going to do a complete redraft but with original work? Ehhh.

It is generally speaking better to revise a complete draft, to see the entire picture. I can’t recall where I first heard the expression but I have applied it to drafting ever since – “there’s little point in polishing a turd” – aka, I don’t know what I’m going to have to cut until I can look at the whole thing, so don’t waste time polishing a scene that might not make it. But yeah getting frozen because I have to be linear, but something isn’t right, but I shouldn’t waste time fixing it – frustrated mental scream!

Oh another point! I have a friend that exclusively jumps around, I don’t think they could write linearly if they tried. I have always wanted to ask them, but haven’t dared in case they think I’m judging them (and I’m definitely not!), whether they find foreshadowing/thematic arcs/character emotional journey’s etc. harder to write as it’s out of order. For me, I can’t imagine getting my head round it backwards but clearly people do it, so that’s a me problem. But yeah no I have to be linear.

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chartreuseian asked:

Hey hey 😄 For the fanfic writer asks!!

10, 17, 29 and 41

Hey thank you so much for the ask!!

10) Do you work on multiple wips or stick to one fic at a time?
I thought I had already answered this but must have been for a previous ask meme. I’ve done a few of them lately and it’s such fun, thanks for playing all.

Anyway! I actively work on just one. More live in my brain obviously but ping-ponging between projects just makes progress so glacial it gets really discouraging. So one at a time 🙂

17) Do you have a writing routine?
I guess? I turn the PC on. Boot Plottr, open NovelPad. I get my planner and write down the scene I’m working on that day. I decide what my goal is for the day. Lately it’s been more time-focused rather than goal. I have a horrible habit of not focusing if I say “do X number of words” and then I sit there forever being miserable. Much better to give myself a time limit, and whatever I get done is all I get for the day. I keep hoping it will teach me to spend my time more wisely but alas there are still days I procrastinate badly.

29) What’s something about your writing that you’re proud of?
Already answered here 🙂

41) Who’s your favorite character you’ve written?
Hmm. What I enjoy the most I think is when I can hear the character, and I feel like I captured their voice. That doesn’t happen a lot. It has happened with Claudia (Warehouse 13), and I had it happen quite a bit in my Librarians/Sanctuary crossover. I think it helps if the characters have phrases they often use.

But favourite character to write just generally? You know I’m tempted to say Nikola. I went through a phase where I felt like I should tag every fic I was writing with “Nikola is a good friend” because it was just coming out that way. He’s a snarky bastard who talks a good game but he doesn’t fool me, he can bluster all he wants but I know how much he cares for his friends.

Although I have liked writing Eve in my Librarians fics.

Bonus question because you had a repeat 🙂

52) What’s the average word count of your fics?
943,505 / 81 (as I have 2 fanarts on AO3) = 11,648

Given my propensity for lengthy multi-chaptered I am surprised it’s that low, but then I guess there are a fair few oneshots as well, and it is an average.

I’m bummed it’s close to a million but not over it. Makes me wonder if I scrape my HD for all the prompt ficlets I never posted anywhere other than tumblr, or the fanfic I never finished/posted, if I would get there. I doubt it. I’ve probably got 20k or so but not nearly 60k. Sad.

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truedairship asked:

1, 14, 27, 29 for the writers ask:)

Thank you for the ask!! ❤️

1) Do you daydream a lot before you write, or go for it as soon as the ideas strike?

I would absolutely LOVE to be able to write as soon as I get the idea. Back in the day I did sometimes do that and it was free, and fun, and so exhilarating until I ended up with half a dozen WIPs and felt so stressed about it all.

Honestly most of my ideas live on a list for years before they get written – if they ever do. It’s something that depresses me if I think about it, how so many ideas will never be realised because the ideas never stop. It would take me years – a decade or more – even writing solidly to write everything on my list now. To be honest because of this outside when I first get the burst of the idea, I try not to daydream about it too much. I can’t work on everything, all at once, and I don’t want to forget anything and then get that nagging feeling that I had a better idea if I ever do get round to working on it.

14) What is your favorite location and position to write in?

At my desk, on the PC. For my original novels I’ve been planning in Plottr (and have that open on one side) and drafting in NovelPad (open on the other side). I need that reference. I am so unbelievably spoiled having an UltraWide monitor (and before that I had dual screens) that I don’t function well without. I have attempted to write on the iPad and I get frustrated and give up if it’s anything more than a simple oneshot with little/no planning. If I can’t have it open in one window, then it’s a PC job.

27) What area of writing do you feel strongest in?

Revision analysis I think 😛 and yes I do know that’s not probably what the question meant. It’s by far my favourite part of the writing process (planning is second). I feel like I’m quite good at spotting where it needs improvement and then brainstorming how to fix it. I adore that rush when the brain goes like lightning and it all just clicks together. The execution (drafting) as always is infinitely harder. Very much “how do words work” as big picture – plot, character background/arc, theme etc. I am fairly confident but the actual description, making it all happen part, not so much.

To tie back a bit into question 1, this year I decided to reboot a series I first started writing November 2015. I hadn’t written in that world since late 2016/early 2017. I have complete drafts of the first 2 books, and half of book three. Anyway in January I tore into it and replotted Book One, reworked characters, went deeper into the world building etc. I kept the main plot points of the book but where before logic was lacking, I hopefully made it make sense. I then dove into redrafting it (finished end of March) and I’m taking a breath before I analyse it again to see how I did this time.

The thing with revision is it’s a learning practice. I read a lot of craft books but when I’m writing it’s impossible to hold all that information in my head. But when I’m looking at something that exists (aka not a blank page) I can see more clearly. At least I hope I can.

Besides I have been told that this makes me an “editing unicorn” as it’s apparently weird to like the revision part of writing haha.

29) What’s something about your writing that you’re proud of?

Hmm the way the question is phrased that doesn’t sound like “name a story, or name a scene, or a line” etc. it sounds like it wants a skill like the above question. But the thing is I feel very much like I am a work in progress myself with my skills. I don’t feel good enough yet, I hope one day I will, but that day is not today.

But! To go back to what I said about the execution being infinitely harder – I like my ideas. I mean I guess I should they are mine haha, but they are ideas I want to see in the world. I write what I want to read I guess (just dammit why do I have to write it? Haha) but yeah I think I am proud of my ideas. Nothing is new under the sun so I am sure they aren’t revolutionary but they mean something to me.

I’m a firm believer in the power of fiction. I feel like attitudes can be normalised. That if we see a lot of hate that hate becomes normal and more people hate. But vice versa if we imagine a better world, if we see diversity in all its infinite amazing combinations on screen/in books, that can become normal, and prejudice will become less prevalent and there might be less hate. I don’t know maybe that’s naive but it’s what I believe. But yeah I guess I am proud that maybe one day my work can play a small part in that.

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bookwormchocaholic asked:

Yet Another Ask Meme: 4, 18, 36

Thanks for the ask!! 🙂 🙂

4) Do you have any OCs? Do you have a story for them?
Oh sure lots. One’s I’ll admit to? Actually this is me and I have no shame about it so also many haha. I don’t generally write OC’s. They get such a bad rap that I save those particular imaginings for the stories I tell myself when I can’t sleep, rather than ones I type up and post.

However, there is one exception that I just could not resist. I gave Jenkins a boyfriend in my and the Sins of Atlantis fic. Mordred. I don’t know why maybe I just didn’t like him having been lonely for two thousand years. I tried not to write it but I had such feelings about it. I… ok one day there will be (hopefully) a novel series written by me as a Camelot retelling. I have over 50k written towards it already (none of which was in that fanfic). I know, I know, Camelot has been done to death but hey there’s a reason the Arthurian myth has been around for hundreds of years, it captures the imagination. If I want to write my take on Arthur’s heroic death, and the uncrowned King Mordred and the Knight who would have ruled by his side, if Galahad’s father hadn’t broken the kingdom, then why not?

Admitting to sources of inspiration is probably not wise but I find OC’s aren’t a bad starting point for creating original works. Mind you the same can be said for fanfic “what if” as well. So long as pretty much everything about it changes in some form before the final version – well inspiration has to come from somewhere.

18) First, second, or third person?
Third, always and forever. I have attempted to write first in exercises but it’s not how I naturally think. From day one when I started writing it was always in third. I mostly only read third too. I will read first as I don’t discriminate when I pick books up. However, I think I’m probably more likely to DNF a book written in first. I think I’m less forgiving or less used to it’s foibles I don’t know.

36) How do you come up with fic titles? What’s the one you’re most proud of?
Answered here

(in recompense for not answering have another one. I was tempted to ask “Describe a fic that almost happened, but then it didn’t.” for you but oh merlin so so many and how to choose which to ramble about? I’d be here all week…)

20) Do you work on a single project or many at the same time? How does that work for you?
Back in the day I used to have several WIP’s going at once. Even then that wasn’t the wisest as I got discouraged by what felt like slow progress (as my progress was split across projects rather than concentrated).

These days I have less spoons and I’m not really even mentally capable of doing more than one thing in a day. I would love to be able to write and draw in the same day but I can’t seem to make it happen.

Anyway, I find I can’t swap and change at all really now. So I focus on projects one at a time. For example I’m doing the Librarians gift exchange and I’ve had the assignment for weeks and weeks but I only started it last Monday. I spent March focusing on my novel and I regret all my life choices for that because an exchange deserves a quality product that takes ages to make (because I’ve had weeks to work on it) and I’m terrified it won’t be done in time for the deadline. But I had to choose and I started drafting in January so the novel kinda came first. Anyway, I haven’t touched the draft since I finished it, and I won’t until the art is done.

It really is sad I can’t balance better :/