16 & 17 if you haven't gotten those yet?
16. Do you write on a computer or on paper? What program, or what type or paper/pen?
I didn’t start writing seriously until I got my first computer. I had tried to do a little writing before, but writing long hand is a struggle for me, especially because my handwriting is a disaster so I’d always give up in frustration. But man, we got that 386 from a friend who was upgrading to a computer with a Pentium chip (oooooo!) and I found alt.sex.startrek on USENET and I have never looked back. :)
I use Google docs a lot and have ever since it showed up, right around the time the Est was really taking off and we were all writing with one another; so far it’s the best and easiest collab tool I’ve used. I also use Scrivener, which I love even though I don’t really take advantage of all of its bells and whistles.
I do have a little notebook with cats and flowers on it that Nancy got for me at a cat cafe and I use it for the ideas I get at 1am and know I’ll forget before morning. And I edit with a Snape pen. ;)
17. Is there a specific category or genre your writings generally fall into? Which?
I feel weird here quoting a problematical writer like Anne McCaffery, but she once said something like, “everything I’ve ever written was a romance regardless of the setting” and that’s pretty much me. I’m all over the place on settings–historical, SF/F, modern…whatever–but basically I’m all about two or more people making a meaningful, emotional connection, usually through, you know, butt sex. ;)
