#garshil

[seeingteacupsindragons]

Post 10 of my favorite characters from different fandoms, in no particular order, and tag 10 people. I was tagged by @garshil.

Viktor Nikiforov (Yuri!!! On ICE [and I can't believe I had to choose between all of my babies, and you do not want to know the criteria on which I made this particular decision])

Wolfram von Bielefelt (Kyo Kara Maoh)

Killua Zoldyck (Hunter X Hunter)

Sphintus Carmen (Magi: TLOM)

Ivan Karelin (Tiger & Bunny)

Yukine (Noragami)

Alec i Amasa (Nightrunner)

Blue Sargent (The Raven Boys)

Boba Fett (Star Wars)

Patrick Mac (Pendragon Adventures)

...Do I actually like things that aren't anime right now? Or like. Women?

Tagging: @quill-of-thoth, @nakasomethingkun, @mixeduppainter, and, uh...whoever wants to fill out my bracket, because I'm shy and don't want to bother people.

[seeingteacupsindragons]

This is why I miss livejournal during its good days. Sure I used it a lot for fandom, like tumblr is used now, but there were a lot of other communities on it. It’s much easier to have an organized conversation with someone or even just a group of people. I don’t use twitter myself because I am really not as good at writing concisely. (Sorry I reblogged this then deleted cause I didn't want to be responsible for a whole LJ vs tumblr conversation if it got reblogged which kind of proves my point)

I like Twitter because it’s chatty and easy to meet people and make friends there.

I will say you learn how to edit down your words a lot once you use twitter–because you have to.

And if you can’t, then you thread it.

Book Twitter/Writing Twitter/Publishing Twitter is a really great and informative space, too, and feels much more aligned with my goals and community needs.

[seeingteacupsindragons]

I'd like to talk more about that too (or at least read it since I am not at the actually actively writing books yet) but I think tumblr is a harder place to have those discussions so I feel you. I wouldn't mind talking to you about that stuff though

I talk about this stuff a lot still on Twitter, but I find that Tumblr would actually be a better place for most of my craft discussions—they really need a long, blog-post format. Twitter threads are a stop-gap, but they aren’t really the same medium and they don’t communicate the same way.

I’m very frustrated the the most ideally formatted platform I have for this kind of thing has been, essentially, ruined.

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20: What’s the most time you’ve ever spent on one WIP?

Um. Ummmm. This is a hard question. Chronologically? Well, I started Familiar the first time when I was 15, then rewrote it when I was in college, then revised and revise and revised it for a year or two. It’s shelved now, but I still think of it.

Otherwise, probably…From Which Stars are Born is winning that. This draft was started in 2016 and the first draft is still not done. Depression stole a lot of time from me for a couple years, and FWSAB was a major victim.

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Would you ever write a story featuring a detective?

Y’know, I have a couple starts to this around somewhere. Some of the half-started stories on my hard-drive feel noir-ish.

But I really doubt I’d finish anything. Mystery isn’t a genre I’m great at.

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15, 25, 45, 47

15. How do you deal with self-doubt when writing?

Taking a day or two mostly-off (I do write every day, but this is more like one-sentence-only days) and coming back to it when I feel better.

25. What’s your worldbuilding process like?

Hahahahah.

Honestly?

Putting random explanations for things in when necessary or I think about it.

45. First or third person?

Close third.

47. Single or dual/multi POV?

I used to be hardcore multi, but single is more challenging and interesting to me now.

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4, 23, 33, 52

4. Do you have writing habits or rituals?

So many. It’s a function of how my brain works and it keeps me working properly. I honestly need some more specifics before I can even figure out how to answer this.

23. Single or multi POV, and why?

I used to write more in multi-POVs, but almost all of the stories I’m really happy with only use one. I don’t know, I guess it just works better for me.

It can be a bit of challenge, but, well, at least I’m not using multiple characters POVs as a crutch.

33. Do you listen to music when you’re writing?

Sometimes.

52. How did writing change you?

I have been writing so long I wasn’t really anything beforehand.

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smooth

<3

The sides of the corridor were mostly smoothmetal—riveted together, to be sure, but his crowbar was far away, and the metalwasn’t rusted enough for him to pry it apart.