Author Spotlight : Honeysucklepink Day 2
Author : @honeysucklepink
Share one of your strengths.
I'm surprisingly good at smut, happy endings (like actual happy ending chapters, get your mind out of the gutter), and incorporating music into my stories.
Share one of your weaknesses.
I'm a big time procrastinator, and sometimes my brain just gets exhausted and wants to go "and then a miracle occurs" and get to the end already. It's like I look at the map, see point A and point B, and struggle to get there.
Which fic has been the hardest to write?
Reaching Out to Touch a Stranger, which I am STILL writing, and I think it's because I'm such a Klaine writer that it's hard to fully write about another ship. I love Sam and Mercedes, but writing for them is a whole thing for me, and I'm not as confident in my writing for them.
A Place That's Safe And Warm, just because of the length, and I had a tough-as-nails beta that had me kill a whole-ass darling...I gotta admit I resented her a bit for that but it worked out.
Also, quite frankly many of the advent fics or any fics where there is a prompt that I have to work around.
Which fic has been the easiest to write?
It's usually easier to write what you know, so there are two: "I'll Make It Like Your Birthday Everyday" because if there is one thing I KNOW it's tailgating in the Grove at a University of Mississippi football game. And "Meet Me in My Boudoir," because I'll be blunt, but vague...I don't have a rooster that someone can make crow, but my kitty cat has purred plenty.
Is writing your passion or just a fun hobby?
Funny, I wish it was my passion, but for now, it's a hobby. Maybe one day when I'm no longer under pressure to write and publish academically, the passion for writing fiction will come.
Is there an episode or character or arc above all others that inspires you just a little bit more?
You know, I think the whole later Klaine arc, with the first break up all the way up to the wedding, just because there were so many unanswered questions, but also possibilities? "What if they never got back together after the first break up? What if they'd had a healthy, realistic break up with a more mature reunion later, or just decided to have an open relationship? What if Blaine had transferred back to Dalton after all? What happened between Christmas and Valentine's? What if Blaine had dated Seb in Season Six instead? What if Kurt stayed in NY?" SO MANY OPTIONS.
What’s the best writing advice you’ve ever come across?
I know "write what you know" is described as bad advice, but trust me, the more research you have to put into writing what you DON'T know, the more you appreciate just saying fuck it, I know what I know, and it flows out better.
What’s the worst writing advice you’ve ever come across?
Honestly, I get the "write it down even if you think it sucks" advice, but for someone with crippling self-doubt it doesn't help...
If you could choose one of your fics to be filmed, which would you choose?
Hmm, depends on what we are filming. A feature film? Then definitely A Place That's Safe and Warm. I'd need to revive my darling for a good childhood Blaine opening scene to set the story up, but that one would be best suited for a full-length movie. I even envision the end-credits.
If we go back in time and do a Glee scene? Two-Hundred Degrees. I want to see Blaine take a drunken header off the stage right before we go to commercial.
If it's for Pornhub? Pulse, my Beyonce fic.
What’s your process? Do you write your story from start to finish, or do you write the scenes out of order? Do you use any tools, like worksheets or outlines? What are the perfect writing conditions for you?
Wait. Am I supposed to have a process? Do other people do that?
Yeah, I sort of just go all over the place and hope I can fill in the blanks later. Perfect writing conditions are late at night, under deadline, when the inspiration fairy is doing whirly-gigs in my brain. When she stops so do I.
Check out Honeysucklepink’s fics
My Angel Is the Centerfold - An old flame re-enters Kurt's fantasies in a most unexpected way. AU after "Glease."
Steal Some Covers - Written for this prompt: "Blaine preparing to audition for The Voice and fanboying (or trying not to) over Adam Levine. ("Kurt, what if he turns his chair for me...OMG why did I think this was a good idea??" But of course in the moment Blaine knows how to be charming and professional on stage and is adorable and in awe... Whether Blaine gets on the show or Adam's team or how far he makes it if he does is your call. I just have always pictured Blaine auditioning and I'd love to see it happen."
Side Effects May Include - Five times Kurt took Ambien (and the resulting stories his friends tell), and one time he didn't need to. A Klaine Advent 2018 adventure!
