#-stuff made me feel better & less weird about enjoying it. Twas nice

[bwamatoast]

"where did you people come from?"

Your art style is way too swag for zero followers

And you only posted ONCE before asking that. This is a compliment, I love how soft you draw tickling, have a nice day

-Spenses Chilpep

Thank you so much!!!! I’ve shown up a handful of times in this community in the past, although VERY VERY briefly because I’d end up getting too scared or embarrassed to properly manage a blog like this but I’m hoping to stay for much longer this time :) It means a lot to know people enjoy my art this much! I’ve had plenty of time to practice haha

[bambl-ing]

ALL OF THEM RIGHT BACK AT YOU. 8DDD

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS

When did you first start writing? Basically as soon as I could! All those horse stories………

What was your favorite book growing up? Ghost Horse – I don’t remember who it was by, I just remember that for years whenever someone asked my what my favorite book was, that was my answer.

Are you an avid reader? Yep! I don’t read as often as I used to (school libraries were handy like that), but I feast with no less vigor. ( •⌄• )

Have you ever thrown a book across the room? Lord no, don’t treat books like that.

Did you take writing courses in school/college? Like aside from the normal English classes? I took creative writing twice ‘cause we got a new teacher, ‘twas fun.

Have you read any writing-advice books? I looked at one my mom got once, but honestly I don’t really like writing-advice books? Like…I dunno, I just don’t.

Have you ever been part of a critique group? I mean there was a writing group in high school, but we really just hung out during lunch and were pals.  ┐( ᐛ )┌

What’s the best piece of feedback you’ve ever gotten? All of them!

What’s the worst piece of feedback you’ve ever gotten? I mean really it was just my reaction that was the worst, but my tender 13-year-old heart was broken slightly by a review that said my writing was boring, and I ended up scrapping the entire story.

What’s your biggest writer pet-peeve? No paragraph breaks, no fresh line for speech, complete lack of punctuation.

What’s your favorite book cover? ┐( シ)┌

Who is your favorite author? Quite a few, although I usually go by book rather than author ‘cause like…I loved Ender’s Game, but then Pathfinder was like ?? not to my taste, I was so surprised it was the same author.

What’s your favorite writing quote? Quote about writing or just favorite quote in general, because either way I have no clue.

What’s your favorite writing blog? c; @azuregold​ (ὸᴗ-)b✧

What would you say has inspired you the most? Anything, really. I just get hit with the inspiration bus now and then.

How do you feel about movies based on books? Depends on the movie. :T For example…well, actually, most everything. orz For the most part I can enjoy the movie by itself, but it’s usually not much fun comparing it to the book. Arrival was based on a short story, though, and I think it was really well done!

Would you like your books to be turned into TV shows, movies, video games, or none? Well I mean, first I’d like my books turned into books. :’)) If I were ever published though, I’d definitely want a lot of say in the movie/show, and if it was a series of my books I think I’d like a TV show? Just so there could be more room for details.

How do you feel about love triangles? Get it away from me. ≖__≖No, alright, I admit that on the very, very, excruciatingly rare occasion, it can be done tolerably. But I can’t think of one published love triangle that hasn’t made me want to stab everyone involved in the triangle.

Do you prefer writing on a computer or longhand? Both! Sometimes it’s nice to just curl up somewhere with my notebook, but sometimes I just have to spew a few pages of text, in which case typing is faster and much more legible.

What’s your favorite writing program? Um. Word? Are there more that I’m missing out on? XD

Do you outline? Sort of? Yeah, sort of. Sometimes.  ┐( ᐛ )┌

Do you start with characters or plot? Generally characters, but I have a couple stories that are really just the story ideas and don’t have any characters yet.

What’s your favorite & least favorite part of making characters? It’s all pretty great!

What’s your favorite & least favorite part of plotting? I love thinking about it, but then I try to write it… orz

What advice would you give to young writers? Just do it guys, go for it. Definitely use paragraphs and punctuation and all that, but it’s not like you’re required to know it all before you can start writing. And you know, I’m stupid and snobby, there are plenty of people who will read your walls of text and give you constructive feedback, and there are people who will beta read for you and love your stories like they deserve. Go forth!

Which do you enjoy reading the most: physical, ebook, or both? I mean…I don’t think I’ve ever read an ebook? And of course I love physical books, I’ve had them all my life.

Which is your favorite genre to write? Probably supernatural/fantasy stuff, I like being able to create things like new races and worlds and all that.

Which do you find hardest: the beginning, the middle, or the end? All of it, just, all of it.

Which do you find easiest: writing or editing? I kind of edit as I go? Or like…well, yeah, kind of. I dunno. I like both.

Have you ever written fan-fiction? I have! Starting just last year! A newbie! °˖✧◝(⁰∇⁰)◜✧˖°

Have you ever been published? Pffff, I haven’t got anything worth publishing. :’)

How do you feel about friends and close relatives reading your work? Umm…depends on the work. My mother will never lay eyes on any whump I write.

Are you interested in having your work published? Honestly, yeah. ;u;

Describe your writing space. Anywhere – this world is my writing space.

What’s your favorite time of day for writing? Any time!

Do you listen to music when you write? Sometimes, depending on the work.

What’s your oldest WIP? Like…that I hope to get published? I mean a lot of my stories tie into each other, so it would be really complicated, but the recently re-named RDM is my oldest story.

What’s your current WIP? Dawning, although I’ve got some fanfic WIPs that…I haven’t been working on… ;>_>

What’s the weirdest story idea you’ve ever had? That crossover with Name of the Wind and One Piece. The one I just thought of like yesterday that I’m calling Lovers Anonymous and is bare scraps of an idea.

Which is your favorite original character, and why? My favorite of mine? As if I could choose one, they’re all my precious children (yeah, even Reagan, although his precious level is nonexistent).

What do you do when characters don’t follow the outline? Let ‘em run free. I had this whole character outline for Lark, and then she just threw it all away. But she’s wonderful the way she is, definitely better than I had planned!

Do you enjoy making your characters suffer? ლ(≖‿≖ლ) Oh yeah.

Have you ever killed a main character? Technically? In one of my stories I kill both. Well, everyone actually. In Hitverse I kill one of the main characters of RDM, and in Requiem I kill basically all of them, does that count?

What’s the weirdest character concept you’ve ever come up with? Define weird, I mean…I’m making an entire solar system of aliens, so take your pick.

What’s your favorite character name? As if I could choose one.

Describe your perfect writing space. I’ve already got it!

If you could steal one character from another author and make then yours, who would it be and why? Ǵo̩͉̠̖̗̩͚͡ḫ͓͉̘͓̮͈a͟n͈̣̪͝… And honestly, why do you think?

If you could write the next book of any series, which one would it be, and what would you make the book about? Oh god that would be terrifying. I’d never be able to manage, and I’d really prefer to leave the story to the original author. If I could request a book from an author of any series, though, I’d definitely like another Auri book!

If you could write a collaboration with another author, who would it be and what would you write about? Too intimidating, I would die. :’))

If you could live in any fictional world, which would it be?I like that I’m familiar with this one…but it could be pretty interesting to live in one with circumstances like The Rook/Stiletto.