26. Let's talk art! Do you draw your characters? Do others draw them? Pick one of your OCs and post your favorite picture of him!

Nope. I have mental pictures of them, so I guess I could have someone else draw them, if only I knew someone who could draw. I know somebody who uses famous people and "casts" them as characters in their stories, and I ( Read more... )

23. How long does it usually take you to complete an entire story-from planning to writing to posting (if you post your work)?

Forever. No, seriously. I start a story, I get distracted by a new, shiny story idea about midway through, and I start THAT story, rinse, repeat. My YA novel has been in revision for three years now. I do eventually finish ( Read more... )

So, I had out-of-town friends here visiting for four days, and the rest of the time I just didn't sit down at the computer much. My bad. I also have fallen way behind on my fiction writing. I'd like to blame my visiting friends, chores, television, reading, Final Fantasy 13, and ennui, and yes, all those things are factors, but mostly, I was just ( Read more... )

14. How do you map out locations, if needed? Do you have any to show us?

So far, I have drawn two maps for two different novels, both of very large cities with lots of different areas. I am much better at figuring out how to work within a more limited space, instead of creating a whole world/universe. If/when my characters leave the city, I sort of ( Read more... )

11. Who is your favorite character to write? Least favorite?

Oh boy, that's a tough one, but I think Xerxes from my as-yet-untitled fantasy novel is the winner. He is a magician, adept at mostly illusion magic, and he is kind of a conman/trickster figure. Though he's snarky, he's not light-hearted and is actually turning out to have a grim side, but ( Read more... )

Though I missed last week's goals posting, I am still working and writing. Same projects: finishing "The Paper Boy", which is getting way too long like my first drafts always are (and that's why I'm not done with it); revising The Sunflower Man -- I am about halfway through chapter 8; and doing OWW crits. I'm caught up on people who critted my ( Read more... )

9. How do you get ideas for your characters? Describe the process of creating them.

I mentioned this before, but when I was younger, I used a GURPS character creation module and I wish I still had the book, because it was awesome. I have used Holly Lisle's Character Creation Clinics, like this one and this one. I might even have paid for this ( Read more... )

Hmmm...I seem to be not so good at the everyday posting. Shocking.

6. Where are you most comfortable writing? At what time of day? Computer or good ol' pen and paper?

I pretty much write on my laptop, either sitting on either the couch upstairs or the couch downstairs, or sometimes at the desk upstairs when I realize that sometimes sitting upright in ( Read more... )

4. Tell us about one of your first stories/characters!

Oh, there are so, so many. I've been writing stories forever. I won the Young Author's contest in the fourth grade -- my story was a monster story about a creature that lived in a pond out behind this girls' house, and the story was about how it went after her and her friends. (It's funny, but I ( Read more... )

That's me in the foreground of my icon realizing I've already missed a day on this meme and it was only the second day. Gah.

2. How many characters do you have? Do you prefer males or females?

I'm not really sure I get the first part of this question. Um...a lot? Because I have a lot of WIPs and a couple finished short stories? I can say that I try ( Read more... )