Books and Writing on a Friday
My TBR pile of books is out of control. Seriously. I buy books faster than I can read them, and then I wind up having books sitting there for years. I have books I bought ten years ago and never read. That so can't be healthy. So I need to weed. I need to look at the ones that have been sitting there for longer than three years and ask myself, "Are you really going to read that book?" It'll be hard, but it needs to be done.
That said, I did buy new books last night. The latest book in Mercedes Lackey's Five Hundred Kingdoms series came out, and since I had been waiting for a new one for a year or more, I had to have it. It's called The Sleeping Beauty. I also picked up two debuts - Dark Oracle by Alayna Williams (it sounds like Criminal Minds meets Greek mythology) and Red Hot Fury by Kasey McKenzie (a novel about modern-day furies...yes, please). I'll let you know how they are.
And now onto the Writing Meme questions for days 12 and 13:
12. In what story did you feel you did the best job of worldbuilding? Any side-notes on it you'd like to share?
I haven't created too many of my own worlds so I don't have much to choose from. At this point, it would be WHITE SPIRIT since it's going into the revision stage. Ghosts and Psychics in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
13. What's your favorite culture to write, fictional or not?
I tend to stick close to home with my writing so my favorite culture has been the Scotch-Irish background of the NC mountains.
1. Tell us about your favorite writing project/universe that you've worked with and why.
2. How many characters do you have? Do you prefer males or females?
3. How do you come up with names, for characters (and for places if you're writing about fictional places)?
4. Tell us about one of your first stories/characters!
5. By age, who is your youngest character? Oldest? How about “youngest” and “oldest” in terms of when you created them?
6. Where are you most comfortable writing? At what time of day? Computer or good ol' pen and paper?
7. Do you listen to music while you write? What kind? Are there any songs you like to relate/apply to your characters?
8. What's your favorite genre to write? To read?
9. How do you get ideas for your characters? Describe the process of creating them.
10. What are some really weird situations your characters have been in? Everything from serious canon scenes to meme questions counts!
11. Who is your favorite character to write? Least favorite?
12. In what story did you feel you did the best job of worldbuilding? Any side-notes on it you'd like to share?
13. What's your favorite culture to write, fictional or not?
14. How do you map out locations, if needed? Do you have any to show us?
15. Midway question! Tell us about a writer you admire, whether professional or not!
16. Do you write romantic relationships? How do you do with those, and how “far” are you willing to go in your writing? ;)
17. Favorite protagonist and why!
18. Favorite antagonist and why!
19. Favorite minor that decided to shove himself into the spotlight and why!
20. What are your favorite character interactions to write?
21. Do any of your characters have children? How well do you write them?
22. Tell us about one scene between your characters that you've never written or told anyone about before! Serious or not.
23. How long does it usually take you to complete an entire story-from planning to writing to posting (if you post your work)?
24. How willing are you to kill your characters if the plot so demands it? What's the most interesting way you've killed someone?
25. Do any of your characters have pets? Tell us about them.
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!
27. Along similar lines, do appearances play a big role in your stories? Tell us about them, or if not, how you go about designing your characters.
28. Have you ever written a character with physical or mental disabilities? Describe them, and if there's nothing major to speak of, tell us a few smaller ones.
29. How often do you think about writing? Ever come across something IRL that reminds you of your story/characters?
30. Final question! Tag someone! And tell us what you like about that person as a writer and/or about one of his/her characters!
Have a fantastic holiday weekend if you're in the States!
That said, I did buy new books last night. The latest book in Mercedes Lackey's Five Hundred Kingdoms series came out, and since I had been waiting for a new one for a year or more, I had to have it. It's called The Sleeping Beauty. I also picked up two debuts - Dark Oracle by Alayna Williams (it sounds like Criminal Minds meets Greek mythology) and Red Hot Fury by Kasey McKenzie (a novel about modern-day furies...yes, please). I'll let you know how they are.
And now onto the Writing Meme questions for days 12 and 13:
12. In what story did you feel you did the best job of worldbuilding? Any side-notes on it you'd like to share?
I haven't created too many of my own worlds so I don't have much to choose from. At this point, it would be WHITE SPIRIT since it's going into the revision stage. Ghosts and Psychics in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
13. What's your favorite culture to write, fictional or not?
I tend to stick close to home with my writing so my favorite culture has been the Scotch-Irish background of the NC mountains.
1. Tell us about your favorite writing project/universe that you've worked with and why.
2. How many characters do you have? Do you prefer males or females?
3. How do you come up with names, for characters (and for places if you're writing about fictional places)?
4. Tell us about one of your first stories/characters!
5. By age, who is your youngest character? Oldest? How about “youngest” and “oldest” in terms of when you created them?
6. Where are you most comfortable writing? At what time of day? Computer or good ol' pen and paper?
7. Do you listen to music while you write? What kind? Are there any songs you like to relate/apply to your characters?
8. What's your favorite genre to write? To read?
9. How do you get ideas for your characters? Describe the process of creating them.
10. What are some really weird situations your characters have been in? Everything from serious canon scenes to meme questions counts!
11. Who is your favorite character to write? Least favorite?
12. In what story did you feel you did the best job of worldbuilding? Any side-notes on it you'd like to share?
13. What's your favorite culture to write, fictional or not?
14. How do you map out locations, if needed? Do you have any to show us?
15. Midway question! Tell us about a writer you admire, whether professional or not!
16. Do you write romantic relationships? How do you do with those, and how “far” are you willing to go in your writing? ;)
17. Favorite protagonist and why!
18. Favorite antagonist and why!
19. Favorite minor that decided to shove himself into the spotlight and why!
20. What are your favorite character interactions to write?
21. Do any of your characters have children? How well do you write them?
22. Tell us about one scene between your characters that you've never written or told anyone about before! Serious or not.
23. How long does it usually take you to complete an entire story-from planning to writing to posting (if you post your work)?
24. How willing are you to kill your characters if the plot so demands it? What's the most interesting way you've killed someone?
25. Do any of your characters have pets? Tell us about them.
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!
27. Along similar lines, do appearances play a big role in your stories? Tell us about them, or if not, how you go about designing your characters.
28. Have you ever written a character with physical or mental disabilities? Describe them, and if there's nothing major to speak of, tell us a few smaller ones.
29. How often do you think about writing? Ever come across something IRL that reminds you of your story/characters?
30. Final question! Tag someone! And tell us what you like about that person as a writer and/or about one of his/her characters!
Have a fantastic holiday weekend if you're in the States!