Week 30: What is your current project or projects?The SGINA-verse is my current project and will keep me occupied for several years. It involves four fandoms at present and is infinitely expandable ( Read more... )

Week 29: Do you have a favourite fic you've written? What makes it your favourite? And don't forget to give us a link!Usually my favourite fic is the one I've just started, while inspiration is bubbling up and the words are pouring out of me. By the time it gets to the last quarter of the fic I usually hate it ( Read more... )

Week 28: Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether writing together, or having an artist work on a piece about your fic?

kapuahi and I started a couple of joint fics some years ago but we were too busy with RL stuff and then with our own fics so the projects got dropped. I still have all the notes, though, so maybe if I move up north we can ( Read more... )

Week 27: Where is your favorite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?Anywhere I can fit myself and my laptop. I have two principal locations at home, but sometimes I find it more productive to take the laptop/notebook out for coffee somewhere. While I was in Hawaii last year I spent 2-3 hours at a Starbucks over the road ( Read more... )

Week 26: What is the oddest (or most fun) thing you've had to research for a fic?

I've researched some really weird things for fic:

-- space travel and spaceship engines (originally for Acroamatica when she was thinking of revising 101 Things for a zine, but I later used it in Word of a Varadar-- the recording industry and recording facilities in ( Read more... )

Week 25: Music: Do you listen to music while you write? Do you make playlists to get into a certain "mood" to write your fic? Do you need noise in general? Or do you need it completely quiet?I'll listen to music sometimes but it's for insulation rather than inspiration or mood, and it's more likely to be an oratorio or a symphony than pop/rock. ( Read more... )

Week 24: Betaing: How many betas do you like to use to make sure there aren't any major flaws in your fic? Do you have a beta horror story or dream story?

I really need a beta. Not for SPAG, because that's the least of my worries, but for the overall story arc, character voices and emotional aspects. Kapuahi helps with some of that but she's too nice ( Read more... )

Week 23: When you post, where do you post to? Just your journal? Just an archive? Your own personal site?My usual practice is to post to DW and LJ and let the work sit for a while before doing final revisions and uploading to AO3. Occasionally I'll post direct to AO3 but I try not to-it's too visible ( Read more... )

Week 22: Have you ever participated in a fest or a Big Bang? If so, write about your favorite experience in relation to one. If not, are there any you've thought about doing? And if not, why not?I don't write very fast and my work requires a lot of fine-tuning, so I prefer to take my time and rarely enter anything that has a deadline. I'm also ( Read more... )

Week 21: Sequels: Have you ever written a sequel to a fic you wrote, and if so, why, and if not, how do you feel about sequels?I have written sequels for some fics where I thought the characters or the story needed it. I don't write a sequel just because people like the original story-I have to find something worthwhile to say ( Read more... )