#I just kinda like making bookmarks on occassion

[ridrawsart]

Made a Yule themed bookmark!

[the-madame21]

About Me As A Writer

Tagged by @foxyena~ <3

1. How did you come up with your username and what does it mean? I’m literally madamemalfoy21 everywhere. I loved Draco and Lucius and I just wanted to be a mistress to one or both lol. 21 is one of my favorite numbers and it just sounded mature so I stuck it at the end. 

2. Which fanfic of yours has the most feedback? (bookmarks/subscriptions/hits/kudos).

An Omega’s Heat has the most hits/kudos (nearly 26k hits and 1.5k kudos) but A Place to Call Home has the most subscriptions/bookmarks. Makes sense since one’s a oneshot and the other’s an ongoing story lol. 

3. What is your AO3 profile icon, and why did you choose it?

Also the same as here and everywhere else. My little book with flowers. I literally just googled book and I think this is a stock photo of some sort so I just snagged it cuz it looked cute. 

4. Do you have any regular/favourite commenters?

YES! Omg they��re like my everything. @sound-of-inspiration is a HUGE one she’s the best, @seamorered has been super busy but like always so supportive and their comments always hit all the right parts, @trashytacosan is a given she literally pushed me through Cigs and Soda uhhh MisakiHan is fabulous I always look forward to their reviews and lots lots more, I have like 30 people who consistently comment on A Place to Call Home and I LOVE them all but I have no idea what anyone’s tumblr is so if I didn’t mention you I’m so so sorry DX

5. Is there a fanfic that you keep going back to read again and again?

Snape Brings in the New Year With a Bang by Ms-Figg. It’s old, it’s on fanfiction.net, I don’t even ship this pairing, but goddamn it was absolutely brilliant. 

6. How many stories are you subscribed to? How many do you have bookmarked?

I’m subscribed to like 2 and I have none bookmarked lmfao. 

7. Which AU do you find yourself writing the most?

Uhhhh I don’t really have a set AU?

8. How many people are subscribed and bookmarked to you in total? (you can view this on the stats page)

227 subscriptions and 3002 bookmarks

9. Is there something you’d like to write about but are afraid of people judging you for it? (Feeling brave? If so, share it!)

Ok straight up. I have been wanting to write a Laito x Cordelia smutshot for like the LONGEST but I don’t want to deal with the whole having to explain fiction vs reality to people. I don’t support their relationship at all, to be honest I fucking hate Laito, but I think the amount of inner struggle/turmoil that would go on in that particular exchange would be particularly fascinating to explore. The focus wouldn’t be so much on the sex but more on Laito’s thoughts during the sex. 

10. Is there anything you would like to be better at? Writing certain scenes or genres, replying to comments, updating better, etc.

I’d love to be able to do action scenes better. I really suck at writing those. 

11. Do you write rarepairs or popular ships more often?

Uhhh usually popular ships. I throw in a rarepair every so often but it’s usually small and a side thing. I do have my favorite rarepairs though. 

12. How many stories have you posted on AO3 to this day (finished and unfinished)?

Apparently 55 lmfao. 

13. How many stories do you have saved in/with your writing program?

Uhhhh??? A lot. 

14. Do you write down story ideas, or just keep them in your head?

Pretty much just keep them in my head. If they’re good enough they’ll stick. 

15. Have you ever co-authored a story?

Yes! @soul--surgeon and I were co-writing a HP/DL crossover fic ^o^ 

16. How did you discover AO3?

Uhhhh well I was on fanfiction.net and everyone was saying that for Haikyuu I HAD to get on the AO3 train so I did.

17. Do you consider yourself to be a popular or famous author in your fandom(s) on AO3?

Not really. 

18. Do you have a nickname or fandom name for your readers?

Literally what does this mean

19. Was there an author who inspired or encouraged you to write?

Like personally there, pushing me to write? No. I just started writing cuz I wanted to. Although what inspired me to start writing was a series of really bad dramione fics with horrible pacing. 

20. What writing advice would you give to a beginning author?

READ. Like I know it’s the one thing everyone says but seriously, you have to read. You have to get out of your own head. If you’re like me you think everything you do is perfect. It’s so important to see how other people are wording things, how other people express themselves, because oftentimes there’s someone out there doing it better than you. Learn from that, but make sure that you mold it into something that’s your own, and not stolen. Don’t steal ppl. 

21. Do you plot out your stories, or do you just figure it out as you go?

Honestly not gonna lie I just kinda wing the shit out of everything. I have very loose and general plot lines planned out, but there’s always being reworked along the way. That said though some stuff is most definitely planned in advance. I know my endgoal. How I get there is up for debate lol. With longer fics though like my Masks series and Place to Call Home I’ve pretty much got those figured out. I only expect minor tweaks to those. 

22. Have you ever gotten a bad comment on a story? If so, what did you do?

Ok so I’ve never gotten a comment where it’s like “I hate this and you suck” but I have gotten really dumb fucking comments that make me question if they just don’t know how to read or if I don’t know how to write. Those bother me the most. 

23. Is there a certain type of scene that you have a hard time writing? (action, smut, etc..)

aCTiON

24. What story(s) are you working on now?

A Place to Call Home for the most part. I have other wips but I just haven’t given them attention since school has been busy. 

I’m also working on my very first original work! It’s going to be called The Witch of the King’s Court and it’s gonna be up on my patreon by the end of December ^o^

25. Do you plan your next project(s) before you finish your current ongoing story(s)?

Sometiems yes and sometimes no. I do go through dry spells on occassion. But when it’s yes it actually becomes a bit of a problem lol. 

26. Do you have a daily writing goal set for yourself?

lol

27. Do you think you’ve improved as a writer since you first started?

Uhhhh yeah. Definitely. 

28. What is your favorite story that you’ve written?

Ahhh this is hard. It’s between A Place to Call Home and Her Undertaker, Beautiful

29. What is your least favorite story that you’ve written?

Hmmmm that’s kinda hard. Me and Tetsu I guess, since I really didn’t know anything about Kuroo when I wrote it. 

30. Where do you see yourself (as a writer) in 5 years?

I would reallllllyyyyy like to be published. But we’ll see. I won’t get my hopes up. 

31. What is the easiest thing about writing?

The writing part of it. 

32. What is the hardest thing about writing?

The writing part of it. No actually--editing. I fucking hate editing. (Why don’t you just get someone to beta? NO. I hate that shit.)

33. Why do you write?

It’s truly the thing I love most. It makes me happy, and it helps me relax/deal with the stress of school. 

Tagging: @sound-of-inspiration @itsalwaysmiyukikazuya @bentnotbroken1fanfiction and anyone else who wants to!! No pressure ^o^