A writing meme copied from
thisbluespirit and
astrogirl , even though I haven't written any fic for about two years.
1) How many works do you have on AO3?
136
2) What’s your total AO3 word count?
514,084
3) How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?
28, most of them one-offs:
- Blake's 7 (127)
- Stargate Atlantis (3)
- Farscape (3)
- Stargate SG-1 (2)
- Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling (2)
- Red Dwarf (UK TV) (2)
- Doctor Who (2005) (2)
- Sherlock (TV) (2)
- Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis (1)
- Temeraire - Naomi Novik (1)
- The Big Bang Theory (TV) (1)
- Star Wars Original Trilogy (1)
- Shaun of the Dead (1)
- Bas Lag - China Miéville (1)
- Once Upon a Time (TV) (1)
- Battlestar Galactica (2003) (1)
- Astérix le Gaulois | Asterix the Gaul & Related Fandoms (1)
- Star Wars (1)
- IT Crowd (1)
- Firefly (TV 2002) (1)
- Doctor Who (1)
- Mad Men (1)
- Discworld - Terry Pratchett (1)
- Detectorists (TV) (1)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1)
- The Queen's Thief - Megan Whalen Turner (1)
- Downton Abbey (1)
- Heroes (TV 2006) (1)
4) What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
- Tears Before Bedtime, Queen's Thief - a Yuletide pinch-hit dashed off for a small fandom, but there it is at the top
- The Time Traveller Trap, Stargate Atlantis/Doctor Who
- Electrical Contact, Downton Abbey/Doctor Who/Sherlock - written because I saw this Dork Tower cartoon and said, "Challenge accepted!"
- At The End, Temeraire - written as a quick fix-it fic to console myself about poor Levitas's sad life and death; it seems to have consoled others too
- In a Pinch, Blake's 7/Discworld - an intoabar fic that that I had a lot of fun writing
5) Do you respond to comments, and why or why not?
Yes, because I'm so happy to get comments and it encourages people.
6) What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?
There are a couple where people are dead, but they start they way so I doubt it counts, and even there the endings were happy or hopeful. I did feel free to write some short angsty ones for the now defunct B7friday comm but they're not on AO3.
7) What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?
Almost all of my fics have at least hopeful endings.
8) Do you write crossovers? If so what is the craziest one you’ve written?
Yes. I'd have to say
Vilanix and the Magic Potion for Blake's 7/Asterix the Gaul.
9) Have you ever received hate on a fic?
No.
10) Do you write smut? If so what kind?
Not really.
11) Have you ever had a fic stolen?
I have no idea!
12) Have you ever had a fic translated?
Yes, into Russian, and apparently it's a for
Fandom Kombat.
13) Have you ever co-written a fic before?
A couple of very silly crack ones in my early days well before AO3. We wrote alternate scenes.
14) What’s your all time favorite ship?
Kerr Avon & Vila Restal - not a surprise.
15) What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?
I have several in my head I doubt I'll ever got to, but not actually started.
16) What are your writing strengths?
Dialogue and humour
17) What are your writing weaknesses?
Translating the film I see in my head into description, which I find most difficult.
18) What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?
I don't think I've ever done it. If I did, I'd ensure that it was translated, unlike a lot of older novels which assumed everyone spoke French and understood Latin.
19) What was the first fandom you wrote for?
Blake's 7, driven by how I felt about what it did to its characters.
20) What’s your favourite fic you’ve written?
I'm not good with favourites, but maybe
Pets, because I had so much fun writing it?
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