Well here we go. My first ask. Tagged by the inimitable @mortifyingideal Behold, Tumblr, the inner workings of my soul...
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
2. What’s your total AO3 word count?
3. How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?
Ho boy... Ok. I am probably forgetting a few but the big ones were LOTR, Harry Potter, Doctor Who, Star Trek TOS & VOY, Spooks, Silence of the Lambs, and of course Good Omens!
4. What are your top five fics by kudos?
Top, Anthony, Silk, Saltwater, and Any Other Way.
5. Do you respond to comments, why or why not?
I really truly try to. When I'm in a place where I'm actively creating content and happy with what I'm putting out, responding is easy. There's nothing I want to talk about more. When I'm in one of the troughs, not so much.
The appreciation is always there though. ❤️ I love that people care about what happens to my characters. The idea of my thoughts coming alive in someone else's imagination makes me feel like an ALL POWERFUL WIZARD.
6. What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?
It will surprise no one to hear that I'm not a big angst writer. Ive tried but apparently I'm not a pessimist but a depressed optimist in disguise. Who knew.
Ive got a few dark chapters - especially in PL - but I think the endings make up for them.
7. Do you write crossovers? If so what is the craziest one you’ve written?
No. I barely manage continuity in one fandom.
8. have you ever received hate on a fic?
9. do you write smut? if so what kind?
10. have you ever had a fic stolen?
11. Have you ever had a fic translated?
Yes. Not in this fandom but in one of my previous incarnations. I always used to wonder how well the Scottish idioms came across...
11. Have you ever co-written a fic?
No, but I would love to give it a go someday. Preferably with someone who has a loose grasp of deadlines. And endless stores of patience.
13. What's your all time favourite ship?
It's hard to choose. All the pairings I wrote about had a very different dynamic.
I guess, as I got older, characters like Aziraphale and Crowley became more appealing to me. (It was probably that realisation that it's easy to fall instantly and dramatically in love, but finding someone who can also be your friend, who you can trust... well, that's a whole thing).
14. What’s a WIP you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?
A Cold War human spy AU. It's research heavy and pretty dark.
15. What are your writing strengths?
Output. I have periods of time (usually days but occasionally weeks) when I can churn out copy like a room full of monkeys on typewriters. I have days where everything clicks. Sentences flow. Dialogue writes itself. Dangling plot threads find one another.
My good days are really good days - so I can double down and get a lot done.
16. What are your writing weaknesses?
I also have really bad days. They come from nowhere and, when they do, I avoid writing out of some weird fear that I've "lost" my flow and I'll never get it back. I put off working on things for weeks and, when I finally manage to sit down, I end up picking over what I've already got rather than working on something new. I overwork and lose confidence and end up screaming into the void. It's a whole cycle.
I am also not concise. I ramble and then resist cutting on edit.
17. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?
I hadn't thought about it until this moment in time.
18. What was the first fandom you wrote for?
Lord of the Rings. Me and my sister used to write glorious (😂) epic romances which I would then type up and print off in the dead of night.
19. What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?
Fave multichap - "Cold". Not my most popular or polished (it's from before I met my wonderful beta) but I wrote as I posted - over the 12 days of Christmas - so I feel it's less filtered than my other work. I am really proud of some of the imagery I managed to get across. And I'd like to go back and spell-check it one day.
Fave one shot - probably New Life. It felt more real than the others. Maybe because it was from an outside POV. (Adam's).
This was fun - thanks mort !!
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