writer meme

Dec 31, 2008 01:53

1.How old were you when the craft of writing called you to perform?   14

2. What's your favorite writing outfit?  I like this sleeveless sweatshirt that is for used outside your actually shirt. Umm.. I don't know what it's called. It just gives me the 'serious' look.

3.  What computer program do you use for your writing?  jDarkroom!

4. What's the name of your most difficult character to write? Aelfric Juhi. He started as a 14 year old assassin with the name of Zach. Then it's changed into something equally repulsive, but this time he's an EMO assassin. A few years later, I finally could come to terms with this character and decided him to be what he is now.

5.    When is your favorite time of day to write?  Past midnight

6.      6.  What's your favorite genre?  Fantasy, general, drama

7.       7. What writers have inspired you the most in your career and why?  Patrick Rothfuss. He's so focused as a writer. He madde his first novel in seven fucking years, and even though he know the drafft is fubar, he kept going on. It's hard to turn a blind eye into a scarred drafts!!

8.      8.  Do you think you're smarter than a fifth grader?  Well, I'm a snob, so yes.

9.      9.  What's your favorite thing to do when you're stuck on a scene?  I quit writing, play the computer, and forget about it. nyuh..

10.  10.  If you could give one piece of advice to your fellow writers, what would it be? Just. Write!!

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Age when I decided I wanted to be a writer: 14

Age when I wrote my first story: 5 or 6, I forgot. I used to love barbie, and  I make a spinoff out of it. I called the story, 'Rabbit'.

Age when I got my hands on a typewriter: Umm.. 14/15

Age when I first submitted a short story to a magazine: 17. I just submitted one.

Thickness of file of rejection slips prior to first story sale: Very thin. Just one. And I think I forgot where I put it

Age when I sold my first short story: sadly, I've never sold any story

Age when I killed my first market: ha ha ha

Approximate number of short stories/novelettes/novellas sold for copies (small press): emm.. nothing

Approximate number of short stories/novelettes/novellas sold for cash money: again. nothing

Age when I first sold a poem: never..

Age when I wrote my first novel/book: 16..!! This book is about a girl named Alea who's not your typical heroine in young adult books. Or at least, I like to think so.

Age when I attended Clarion West: wtf is that?

Age when a work was first shortlisted for an award:nyaaa... thiis is starting to embarass me.

Awards won: self-proclaimed award: writer of the day!! (after writing nonstop for 10 hours

Age when I became a full-time writer: I’ll let you know.

Age now: 17

Consider this a journal meme: if you write professionally, feel free to post your own equivalent of this list. (Obviously you’ll need to customize it to track your career path - but you get the idea.)

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