#superheroes anonymous

[dunnewriting]

So today I randomly wrote a scene from Superheroes Anonymous in Kiki’s point of view instead of Gail’s and it’s making me realize I don’t remember a thing about my own series.

[freaoscanlin]

Hey my book is out today if you wanna buy it or something. 

Do you like:

Sarcastic leading ladies who are just doing their level best

Deadpan best friends and business partners

Canon gay relationships

A superhero who is maybe part shark

Jokes about every superhero trope under the sun

Nutritional supplement bars that are literally called crap-cakes

Established relationships with low-grade drama

The greatest supervillain frenemy of all time

Well then you might like this little series that could about a chronic hostage named Gail, who changes the world when she gets the chance to be the one saving the day for once. It’s now a complete series, four books for less than $20. You can see synopses and buy links here:

Superheroes Anonymous

Supervillains Anonymous

How to Save the World

#Herofail

[freaoscanlin]

Hey, the first chapter of #HEROFAIL is now up on my official author website. Like a boss.

[freaoscanlin]

catrogue replied to your post: Also 13 and characters from your Superheros...

Who’s your most favorite to write, in and out of Gailverse? This is question #1, it think

Oh god 100000000000000% Raze. I love Raze. I love Angélica, too, but I LOVE Raze so much. 

And Gail. Which is a good thing, as I’ve been with her for 327,000 words now.

But seriously, look at this chaotic neutral dork:

Silence stretched over the bar until—

Clang.

All five of us jumped. Raze, who’d slammed her third and final shot glass onto the bar top, didn’t notice. She let out a ladylike burp. “Sal, I could use another one of those,” she called toward the back room.

“You can drink at a time like this?” I asked.

“They’re threatening you, not me.”

[freaoscanlin]

for the wip game: 13, 14, 15

Some of these are difficult to play with fic, so I’ll go with the Gailverse for this. Wow.

13: Your characters are stranded on a deserted island. What happens?

Gail sighs and says Not again because with her background with supervillains, do you really expect she hasn’t been dumped on a deserted island? Vicki and Guy would just...fly? back to society? Angélica, Gail, and Kiki would probably be all smart about it and construct a shelter and find food because they’re all kind of super competent. Jeremy would, for plot reasons, probably die unless the professor is there and they build a generator out of coconuts.

14: Have you chosen birthdays for any of your characters? If so, when are they?

Yes, and they’re usually based on friends’ birthdays. Guy shares a birthday with Violet Bartowski, both of whom inherited my best friend’s birthday. I looked in my scrivener file for this and here we go:

Gail Godwin: May 5th

Guy Bookman: October 28th

Jeremy Collins: September 10th (mxpw’s birthday)

Vicki Burroughs: July 24th (mom’s birthday)

Kiki Davenport: December 17th

Angélica Rocha: February 2nd

Brooklyn Gianelli: August 27th

No birthday listed for Jessie (and Eddie) or Naomi. Huh.

15: Do you know your characters' MBTI personalities?

Uh, hmm. 

Gail Godwin: ISTP

Guy Bookman: INFP

Naomi Gunn: ESTJ

Jeremy Collins: ESTP

Vicki Burroughs: ENTP 

Kiki Davenport: ISFJ

Angélica Rocha: ENTJ

Brooklyn Gianelli: INTJ

[freaoscanlin]

Rules: list ten of your favorite female characters in ten different fandoms and then tag ten people. 

I was tagged by @beasymphony, whose name I just completely blanked on in an Am I losing my mind??? sort of way just now. I am more than aware that this is just going to be like my Chessboard of Awesome Ladies.

Olivia Dunham | Fringe

Two | Dark Matter

Wynonna Earp | Wynonna Earp

Raze | Superheroes Anonymous*

Raven Reyes | The 100

Rosa Diaz | Brooklyn Nine Nine**

Hannah | Rat Queens

Artemis Crock | Young Justice

Kristy Thomas | Babysitter’s Club

Ann Perkins | Parks and Rec

*YES IT’S A FANDOM...OF LIKE THREE ** If you ask me tomorrow, my answer will change. But currently it’s Rosa.

And I’m tagging, like, all of my Girl Gang because I feel that’s appropriate, and other buddies. @shinykari, @rescuemepotts, @podficcerbynight, @screaming-towards-apotheosis, @blackestglass, @kaleidoscopes-and-carousels, @ohladybegood, @yesokayiknow, @insidiousmisandry, @gnimaerd.

[freaoscanlin]

1 and 20 for the WIP game

I’ve got two in progress and one’s kind of already out in the world, so the second is: Gail fucks up bad and everything explodes. 

(Hence it being called #Herofail)

An excerpt:

“Hey,” I said politely to the guard on the ground who’d just watched his workplace implode, “do me a favor? Call Davenport. I think they’re going to want to know about this.

“Oh and also I need help.” And I passed out cold for the second time that day.

[freaoscanlin]

Also 13 and characters from your Superheros Anonymous series

13) Who is your least favourite character to write for? Why?

Oh my god. In the Gailverse? It’s Guy. Or at least, he’s the most challenging because I really want to write Gail doing all the punchy punchy quippy stuff, but when Guy’s around, I have to write feelings.

I hate feelings.