Ask The Author: deirdre_c
Hey there, spnroundtable! I’m deirdre_c and somehow the usually flawless britomart_is must’ve slipped up and mistakenly sent an Ask the Author invitation to the wrong email address, because I sure don’t feel like I deserve this spot, but, well, I’m afraid I’m what you get this month. :)
So if you’re also someone who doesn’t feel like an Author with a capital A, who is constantly astonished or awed or intimidated by the "real" authors in fandom that seem so prolific and proficient and seem to know what the heck they’re actually doing, who isn’t sure how they got/if they want to get into this whole fanfic thing… come hang with me. Alternatively, if you are one of those expert authors, come teach me how you do it!
Kidding aside, I hope we can have a fun conversation about creativity and inspiration and the wonderful way fanfic- writing it or reading it! - helps us express our love of The Show and feel a part of fandom, as well as about how writing fanfic can make us anxious or inadequate or blocked or disappointed. (Ha. I feel like I should break into song here. Something about the complexity of art and two sides of a coin and overcoming obstacles and the interweaving of creativity and community, preferably composed for me by Sondheim.)
I haven’t written all that much (at last count, I only have twenty or so odd posted stories, while I have friends who seem to write that many in a MONTH), but I have written quite a variety of kinds: long and short, gen and slash, crossover and AU, casefic and PWP, SPN and RPS.
You can find a listing of my fanfic: OVER HERE
Okie dokie… let's do this thing!
So if you’re also someone who doesn’t feel like an Author with a capital A, who is constantly astonished or awed or intimidated by the "real" authors in fandom that seem so prolific and proficient and seem to know what the heck they’re actually doing, who isn’t sure how they got/if they want to get into this whole fanfic thing… come hang with me. Alternatively, if you are one of those expert authors, come teach me how you do it!
Kidding aside, I hope we can have a fun conversation about creativity and inspiration and the wonderful way fanfic- writing it or reading it! - helps us express our love of The Show and feel a part of fandom, as well as about how writing fanfic can make us anxious or inadequate or blocked or disappointed. (Ha. I feel like I should break into song here. Something about the complexity of art and two sides of a coin and overcoming obstacles and the interweaving of creativity and community, preferably composed for me by Sondheim.)
I haven’t written all that much (at last count, I only have twenty or so odd posted stories, while I have friends who seem to write that many in a MONTH), but I have written quite a variety of kinds: long and short, gen and slash, crossover and AU, casefic and PWP, SPN and RPS.
You can find a listing of my fanfic: OVER HERE
Okie dokie… let's do this thing!