In which I do memes.
My first semester of school is offically overrr. We had presentations today, which was totally casual and done pretty quickly, and after an evaluation of the semester on Monday, we're off for the week. Huzzah! Then it's back to school and officially the start of second semester, but wow. Our schedule is practically all 9-12 days or study-days, which we're allowed to do at home. Awesome.
Anyways, to celebrate, I do memes! I wasn't tagged for the first one, probably because I hardly ever mention books, but I do read. Or, well. I totally used to.
1. name one book that changed your life
'Changed my life' is a pretty tall order, but something definitely happened the first time I read Robin Hobb's Assassin's Apprentice. It made me REALLY love to read for the first time. That whole series wasn't something I read religiously every single day, it took me about 10 months to get through six books, but it was a magical time for me, being a part of the Six Duchies world for that long.
2. name one book you have read more than once.
I loved Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness series. You know, the Alanna ones? I borrowed the audio tapes for those over and over. (Most of my 'reading' as a child consisted of audio tapes; this is where having a librarian for a mother comes into play.)
3. one book you would want on a desert island
Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb. The assassin books are probably gonna come up a lot.
4. two books that made you laugh
Come Together by Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees! I read that at 17 and it was perfect for my age. The switching POVs were a lot of fun. Also, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling. Sir Cadogan cracked my shit up.
5. one book that made you cry
I feel like a broken record, but man. Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb devastated me. Near the end I just kept crying and crying and crying, just silent tears. It completely wrenched me. I think it had a lot of do with being as fond of the characters as I was (am, I should say) after reading six books about them and they were dying left and right. Hobb is ruthless and I love her for it.
Also, because I actually have read stuff besides Hobb, I should mention that while Stephen King's The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon didn't make me cry, it had me rattled for days. As well as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
6. one book you wish you'd written
You know, I'm not sure. I don't know if I can answer that. I've had that feeling numerous times with fics, but I can't recall ever having that feeling about a book. Huh. That's strange.
7. one book you wish had never been written.
Uh, any of Danielle Steel's? Is that wrong?
8. two books you are currently reading
I'm always re-reading Hobb's stuff. I'm currently on Assassin's Quest. I've also been given Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth as a birthday present, but I've only read a couple of pages so far.
9. one book you've been meaning to read.
Hmm. Well, The Golden Compass, I guess. I'm also curious about Stephenie Meyer's Twilight books, as well as George R.R. Martin's works.
10. five people i tag
Those of you who haven't been.
Ideas. Where the hell do they come from? Can you make those little fuckers show up?
Sadly, no. I wish you could. But, I have to say, they aren't that difficult to find. I'm currently plotting a story about chest hair envy. I mean, if you can write about that, you can pretty much write about anything.
Wild horse-bunnies. When a story just gets pulled right out of you. Do you get them?
I do! And oh, they're glorious. I wrote a GSF a couple of years ago that was basically thought of, written, edited and posted in the span of six hours. That was pretty cool. I've had stories happened where I didn't really know where I was going with it, but the more I wrote the more it started coming together. Mind, those were lucky strokes. If I sat down and just wrote every time, 90% of it would end up being nonsenical tripe. I'm not good at that anyway. I'm a planner by nature.
Writer's block. Have you been scourged?
Yes, sadly. From time to time there's just nothing to say. I don't try to push it when it happens, I just give myself some relaxation time and wait for it to pass. It always does.
Clean up duty. Do you like editing?
I love editing. Possibly more than I love writing, which is horribly sad. But yeah, I tend to edit a lot. I've been known to go back to stories I wrote years ago, pull them back out and give them another glance-over. You always spot something new you can fix.
The ending. Is it hard for you to find the ending?
No, hardly ever. The hardest thing for me is definitely the plot. Once that's settled, the ending usually always falls into place.
The title. Where do you get yours? Do you have yours when you start the story?
I rarely have them when I start a story. I suck at titles. I'd pull them from song lyrics every time if I could. Occasionally I've gotten titles when I heard some lyrics wrong and thought, hey, that sounds cool, only to find out later that it's nothing close to resembling the song. I've gotten title from posters too. They're all over the place.
Plot. If you plot out your stories first, raise your hand.
Raised, sir! I'm horrible at playing stories by ear, although a story can be plotted to death so the thought of writing it isn't even fun anymore. It's a balance, I guess.
POV. How do you choose your POV for a scene? For a story?
I don't choose the POV. It sounds cheesy as hell, but once I start to think of a story, one of the guys just start speaking to me and I'll go with that. If the story includes Howie, it's usually always him that tells it. I'm really comfortable with Howie.
Challenge. Do you like them? Do they inspire you?
I love challenges. There should be more, all I'm saying. Signing up with the best part, though - once I actually get the assignment, panic tends to strike.
Sex. Do you like writing sex?
You know, a year ago I would've told you no, but I've had a lot of practice this past year and now I totally love it. Whether anyone but me finds it hot is always the question, I guess, but I definitely have fun with it.
Anyways, to celebrate, I do memes! I wasn't tagged for the first one, probably because I hardly ever mention books, but I do read. Or, well. I totally used to.
1. name one book that changed your life
'Changed my life' is a pretty tall order, but something definitely happened the first time I read Robin Hobb's Assassin's Apprentice. It made me REALLY love to read for the first time. That whole series wasn't something I read religiously every single day, it took me about 10 months to get through six books, but it was a magical time for me, being a part of the Six Duchies world for that long.
2. name one book you have read more than once.
I loved Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness series. You know, the Alanna ones? I borrowed the audio tapes for those over and over. (Most of my 'reading' as a child consisted of audio tapes; this is where having a librarian for a mother comes into play.)
3. one book you would want on a desert island
Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb. The assassin books are probably gonna come up a lot.
4. two books that made you laugh
Come Together by Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees! I read that at 17 and it was perfect for my age. The switching POVs were a lot of fun. Also, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling. Sir Cadogan cracked my shit up.
5. one book that made you cry
I feel like a broken record, but man. Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb devastated me. Near the end I just kept crying and crying and crying, just silent tears. It completely wrenched me. I think it had a lot of do with being as fond of the characters as I was (am, I should say) after reading six books about them and they were dying left and right. Hobb is ruthless and I love her for it.
Also, because I actually have read stuff besides Hobb, I should mention that while Stephen King's The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon didn't make me cry, it had me rattled for days. As well as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
6. one book you wish you'd written
You know, I'm not sure. I don't know if I can answer that. I've had that feeling numerous times with fics, but I can't recall ever having that feeling about a book. Huh. That's strange.
7. one book you wish had never been written.
Uh, any of Danielle Steel's? Is that wrong?
8. two books you are currently reading
I'm always re-reading Hobb's stuff. I'm currently on Assassin's Quest. I've also been given Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth as a birthday present, but I've only read a couple of pages so far.
9. one book you've been meaning to read.
Hmm. Well, The Golden Compass, I guess. I'm also curious about Stephenie Meyer's Twilight books, as well as George R.R. Martin's works.
10. five people i tag
Those of you who haven't been.
Ideas. Where the hell do they come from? Can you make those little fuckers show up?
Sadly, no. I wish you could. But, I have to say, they aren't that difficult to find. I'm currently plotting a story about chest hair envy. I mean, if you can write about that, you can pretty much write about anything.
Wild horse-bunnies. When a story just gets pulled right out of you. Do you get them?
I do! And oh, they're glorious. I wrote a GSF a couple of years ago that was basically thought of, written, edited and posted in the span of six hours. That was pretty cool. I've had stories happened where I didn't really know where I was going with it, but the more I wrote the more it started coming together. Mind, those were lucky strokes. If I sat down and just wrote every time, 90% of it would end up being nonsenical tripe. I'm not good at that anyway. I'm a planner by nature.
Writer's block. Have you been scourged?
Yes, sadly. From time to time there's just nothing to say. I don't try to push it when it happens, I just give myself some relaxation time and wait for it to pass. It always does.
Clean up duty. Do you like editing?
I love editing. Possibly more than I love writing, which is horribly sad. But yeah, I tend to edit a lot. I've been known to go back to stories I wrote years ago, pull them back out and give them another glance-over. You always spot something new you can fix.
The ending. Is it hard for you to find the ending?
No, hardly ever. The hardest thing for me is definitely the plot. Once that's settled, the ending usually always falls into place.
The title. Where do you get yours? Do you have yours when you start the story?
I rarely have them when I start a story. I suck at titles. I'd pull them from song lyrics every time if I could. Occasionally I've gotten titles when I heard some lyrics wrong and thought, hey, that sounds cool, only to find out later that it's nothing close to resembling the song. I've gotten title from posters too. They're all over the place.
Plot. If you plot out your stories first, raise your hand.
Raised, sir! I'm horrible at playing stories by ear, although a story can be plotted to death so the thought of writing it isn't even fun anymore. It's a balance, I guess.
POV. How do you choose your POV for a scene? For a story?
I don't choose the POV. It sounds cheesy as hell, but once I start to think of a story, one of the guys just start speaking to me and I'll go with that. If the story includes Howie, it's usually always him that tells it. I'm really comfortable with Howie.
Challenge. Do you like them? Do they inspire you?
I love challenges. There should be more, all I'm saying. Signing up with the best part, though - once I actually get the assignment, panic tends to strike.
Sex. Do you like writing sex?
You know, a year ago I would've told you no, but I've had a lot of practice this past year and now I totally love it. Whether anyone but me finds it hot is always the question, I guess, but I definitely have fun with it.