Thanks! I did see that AO3 got nominated for a Hugo award as well. Which is just awesome! I can't believe I've had an account over there and yet never posted anything. I'm thinking I might do the Tailgate: Seven Ages of Man series, since it's complete.
B: Any of your stories inspired by personal experience? Yes, several. Not in a direct one-to-one, this-is-a-thing-that-happened-to-me sense, but several of my stories have characters dealing with things that are similar to things I have experienced in my life. Particularly in fics like “Making Do” or ‘On-His-Knees Pipes.” I’m a big believer that personal experiences can help flavor your writing, even if you haven’t felt/experienced the exact same thing that the characters have. My Red Alert fic, “Compulsion” is definitely inspired by those moments I’ve had where I’m like, “…did I lock the door? I did, didn’t I? I should check – but I just got comfortable in bed…*auugh* fine, getting up and checking…” I’ve done similar things in my original writing, though I don’t have examples online that I can point to, so you’re going to have to trust me on that.
P: Are you what George R. R. Martin would call an “architect” or a “gardener”? (How much do you plan in advance, versus letting the story unfold as you go?) For the most part, I’m an architect. I tend to plan things out, though there are some fics that required less planning than others did. Generally, the shorter the fic, the less planning I do, but there’s a bit of research or planning or some other kind of skull-sweat in every fic I’ve done, regardless of length. When it comes to my original writings, I do a lot of planning – probably too much, since I have yet to actually *finish* one of my original works. *grumbles*
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Thank you! And Answers to B and P
Date: 2019-05-23 01:44 am (UTC)B: Any of your stories inspired by personal experience?
Yes, several. Not in a direct one-to-one, this-is-a-thing-that-happened-to-me sense, but several of my stories have characters dealing with things that are similar to things I have experienced in my life. Particularly in fics like “Making Do” or ‘On-His-Knees Pipes.” I’m a big believer that personal experiences can help flavor your writing, even if you haven’t felt/experienced the exact same thing that the characters have. My Red Alert fic, “Compulsion” is definitely inspired by those moments I’ve had where I’m like, “…did I lock the door? I did, didn’t I? I should check – but I just got comfortable in bed…*auugh* fine, getting up and checking…”
I’ve done similar things in my original writing, though I don’t have examples online that I can point to, so you’re going to have to trust me on that.
P: Are you what George R. R. Martin would call an “architect” or a “gardener”? (How much do you plan in advance, versus letting the story unfold as you go?)
For the most part, I’m an architect. I tend to plan things out, though there are some fics that required less planning than others did. Generally, the shorter the fic, the less planning I do, but there’s a bit of research or planning or some other kind of skull-sweat in every fic I’ve done, regardless of length. When it comes to my original writings, I do a lot of planning – probably too much, since I have yet to actually *finish* one of my original works. *grumbles*