#i mean that said my favorite rarepair (that no one has written or drawn for) is still tc x Prime Dreadwing

[goinggoats]

hm. maybe it was significant that one of my favorite transformers rarepairs was thundercracker (guy questioning the cause and his identity) and dead end (nihilistic depressed guy)

[sunnybimbo]

get to know the author

got tagged by mfin @grassepi like 10 days ago to do this!!!!!! /dab/

long ass post under the cut

1. How did you come up with your username and what does it mean?

i explain this so often man its a trip. ‘jam’ came from simlish in the sims 3 because of that one voice line that’s like ‘jambabedo?’. i had changed my name to that on skype but when i was VCing with @namerine she could only see ‘jam’ and it kinda just stuck. speaking of: the ‘dingus’ part also came from her so literally this name is all because of her and i love her *fingerguns*

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

by FAR my most popular fic is my collection of sickfics: In Sickness and Health

the only thing that it got beat in was comments from Close to the Heart, but that’s mostly just because it had so many mfin chapters

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

b a b y y o s h i

i literally cant remember how i found this picture or why i chose it as my icon but its my Brand now. yoshi jamthedingus is me

4. Do you have any regular/favourite commenters?

i literally have so many. there’s @space-peachx, @bears-again, @narwhalsarefalling, @ravenssama, and @miishiiwrites (for some reason it wasnt letting me tag ur main asldhasd) plus a SHIT ton of anon commentors who i love just as dearly!!! i have a lot more but these are the most common commenters and i love them sm i could literally die.

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

there are like three fics like that and ofc im gonna list them all

hands down the fic i’ve reread the MOST in the shortest period of time is Sunset in Reverse by @demenior (who i cannot tag for some reason but i hope they know that i love their fic dearly)

there’s this i n c r e d i b l e sickfic by @bosstoaster that i just adore called Drown Out Your Mind that just breaks my heart all types of ways

and there’s this OTHER fic that also fucks me up called strength of the small by @nowweareunstoppable in which pidge is bad ass and also gets fucked up and i literally rec it to all my friends i love it so much

(also a special shoutout to been @velkynkarma‘s Whisper in the Dark. whenever i have the need for a good creepin’ out i LOVE to revisit this one because like... just the description of the Final Boss (tm) alone is enough to give me the willies)

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

oof

i have 449 bookmarks from like atleast 10 different fandoms, and about 411 fics i’m subscribed to, give or take a couple because Math. most of them are completed though, but i don’t go through and take them off because i’m a lazy hoe 

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

well i just looked up my ao3 and it says i have the most in ‘Alternate Universe - Video Game World’ asjdhsaldhsja aka my mmo au. but technically i think the au i write the most is Modern bc i’m but a simple farmer with a limited mindscape

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

i have 22 user subscriptions vs 199 work subscriptions + 383 bookmarks in total. nice nice nice

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!)

probably something with a more serious tone (compared to the fluffy wuffy fics i write) like, for example, fatphobia, suicide, and literally just conflict in general. i always feel like im trivializing all of it no matter how hard i try so i just... Give Up because i dont want the backlash ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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

i really want to get better at writing conflicts, as stated above lajhdlsadhls. but also i want to be better at planning out stories because i usually give up near the 3/4ths point of literally every multi-chaptered thing i’ve written

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

definitely rarepairs. voltron is like the biggest fandom i’ve ever been in and my biggest ships are all hunk ships, and all of those are rarepairs OTL

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

35!

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

ignoring the fics i’ve completed and posted on ao3, i have about 52. including the above equals 87!!! m a t h

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

i try to write them down but if i write down the thingy i really want to focus on in the fic then i won’t want to write it anymore because it’s out of my head. OTL its a complicated process.

15. Have you ever co-authored a story?

literally never in my life. 

16. How did you discover AO3?

definitely tumblr. i was in the dragon age fandom and there was this fic called The Little Kadan which had fem!inquisitor/iron bull + a baby so like i was all over that asap. i’m too shy to tag the author but u can find them on tumblr at sickly-writes ,,,,,,

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

nah not at all. i’m pretty Niche

(i.e. if you love shunk and/or heith + cuddling, i’m your gal. but anything else is pretty rare OTL)

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

not in the SLIGHTEST. i call them all babes in my head bc i love them tho

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

i don’t know this @fenri personally but i love their writing so much. i admire their style a WHOLE TON and i think i may have sort of modeled my own after theirs? 

like i’m just thinking about it now but it’s definitely after i reread their fic (*ahem ahem* Like Crystal Guts) for about the fifth time that i started my whole ‘prose-y’ writing, which is very very recent aldjhsal

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

be confident in ur writing! if someone says they don’t like it, your work just isnt for them. just because one single person doesn’t like it doesn’t mean its bad!

r e r e a d what you wrote! i use fromtexttospeech.com to catch like... sentence structure/grammatical errors when my eyes are too tired and i find it helps a lot!

if you find a story you like, try figuring out w h y you like it so much. characterization? the way they describe things? because they use sentence structure you haven’t seen before? and then use that new knowledge to try to make your own writing style your favorite *fingerguns* 

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

i only started plotting fics since last november, which was when i participated in my first nanowrimo. i don’t plot for every single story, but if i’m lost or i want to expand a little, i slap down a bunch of ideas in an empty google doc and go from there! 

generally by then i’ve already written atleast a little bit, though.

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

i can’t even remember what it says exactly now since i deleted the fic after, but someone said my characterization was bad in a super old inuyasha fic. little like... 12 year old me was so sad ;w; 

i don’t think i’ve ever gotten a bad comment after that, though? which is NICE

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

DEFINITELY any action scene. i can’t make them long or drawn out or else i’ll just be struggling and sweating and generally craving death. i think i just need practice but o o o o f

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

i have a few hot n spicy prompts i need to finish that i probably won’t get to until next year salhdjsa

plus a few christmas presents! 

and also my pirate au, Wander, which only has maybe 2 chapters left before its complete!

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

*sweats loudly*

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

not in the slightest. generally, if i’m in a writing sprint or something, i’ll try to get over a 1000 for whatever it is, but that’s for the total and not for the session. 

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

definitely! even though i’m still shy, im a lot more open to constructive criticism (if it doesn’t come after my soul ;w;). I’m also getting better at being more descriptive, which is something i’ve always wanted! 

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

i have two. don’t make me choose

the first is technically cheating because it’s part of a series, and the series is my favorite BUT I DIGRESS. The Witch and the Mage (which is... one of my less imaginative names) is an MMO AU in which shiro and hunk are in love and also i have a vague plot outlined somewhere in my drive that’s pretty wild if i do say so myself. i may never write it but its there and its my favorite and i love the imagery i used in it.

the SECOND is a heith cuddle fic, because that’s basically my brand as a writer. it’s called home and i wrote it when i was very tired and couldn’t get to sleep. i may have been craving human contact? who knows in this economy. even though i see a number of things i wish i could fix about it, it’s just very self-indulgent in more than one way and its very dear to my heart. 

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

most of the fics i wrote earlier on are pretty bad imo, but i think the ones i hate the most are part of my You Are Beautiful series. it’s grossly out of character (mostly in keith’s case) but it was the first thing i’d written in about four years and i was so proud of it. so it has to stay up for posterity, tbh.

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

i really hope to still be writing by then. maybe with my own personal book in its planning stages atleast???  ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) gotta be optimistic!!

31. What is the easiest thing about writing?

dialogue? also describing rooms. i love just... randomly popping out something that describes the placement of a couch in relation to a door. 

32. What is the hardest thing about writing?

i always always always get distracted when i’m trying to write. if i’m in the zone, someone in my family is definitely gonna try to get my attention. it’s sort of become habit for me to just interrupt myself first so that i won’t lose whatever train of thought i had LMAO

33. Why do you write?

i like the way my words sound when i string them together in the right (write... *badum ts*) way. it makes me Feel Good (tm). 

also i love giving characters (that mean something to me) attention, because it’s like i’m giving MYSELF attention. a two-for-one!

Tagging:

@sleepyhunk, @narwhalsarefalling, @space-peachx, @sammythemattressthief, @bears-again, @kurosakiami01, @maternalcube, @ace-pidge, @darlingmuses

+  if anyone i tagged earlier would like to, i would literally be honored if you would do this! but no pressure, ever <3

[fraink5]

I was tagged by the awesome @nugget-writes​ !! 

1. How did you come up with your username and what does it mean?

Hmmm... I’ve had it for a long time. That’s all I’m going to say.

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

Subscriptions: Conqueror (unsurprisingly)

Hits: Nothing (this is news to me too)

Kudos & Bookmarks: Trust Fall

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

This beautiful Chuuya drawn by Risa on my request, and she said I could use. Naturally I chose to use it everywhere!

4. Do you have any regular/favourite commenters?

Umm... anyone who comments on my fics is a saint. Special shout-out to @leio13 for consistently (and hilariously) commenting on every one of my fics!

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

To be honest, not really. There are so many good ones, but I haven’t had the time to go back to them.

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

I am subscribed to 4 fics currently. I have a policy of not bookmarking fics for some reason. I’m stubborn enough to stick to it.

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

In general, my mind tends towards a lot of angsty AUs. I have written many sick fics in specific.

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

A pitiful number. (I love you, whoever you guys are!!)

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!)

Sure... but I shared one of my secret works to my friends, and they criticized me, so never again.

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

Everything! But “updating better” is a serious call-out. I just wish I had more time to write. Also, I guess I wish I was better at dialogue.

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

I basically only write Soukoku, so popular I guess. I want to write for a rarepair though. If you play FGO, join me in MarieJeanne heaven.

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

12 stories--what a coincidence!

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

Uhh... more than I can count. 27?? I may have missed counted.

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

I try to keep them in my head, but if I don’t write them soon, they’ll disappear, so I have a list.

15. Have you ever co-authored a story?

No, not yet. But I would love too! If anyone wants to cowrite a fic with me, I am down!

16. How did you discover AO3?

My good friends publish fics on Ao3, and I written some fics before, and initially, I was stubbornly avoiding getting an account. Then I decided I was serious about fic writing, so I changed my mind and got an account.

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

Not even close. 

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

Blessed angels--actually, I don’t technically have a nickname for them, but I feel that way about them. 

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

Eh, not that I can think of really.

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

You’re better than you think! Even if you’re not at the level you want to be at right now, you will improve with practice, so don’t give up! Finally, write because it makes you happy!

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

Uh... inevitably, I plot out all my stories, even if I plot it as I write. My plot always has to be a few steps ahead of my writing. Additionally, it’s probably the only way I accomplish anything. On the down side, I think plotting is kind of limiting in that there is a pressure to make certain events stretch over a set amount of words.

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

Sort of. I can’t be certain, but it seemed like they were doubting my story-telling. It ruined my good vibes. I just responded to their question. I can’t be certain of their intentions, anyway.

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

Smut. If I’m being honest, I don’t even know how it works. I’m a pure baby. Don’t enlighten me. You will be blocked forever.

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

Too many. I am currently writing an AU about fishing (sort of), which is really fun. And I’m murdering Dazai slowly, which is GREAT. I’m also supposed to be writing a secret santa fic, but... 

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

I guess I do. I would more accurately phrase it as “juggling to many projects at once and continually adding more.”

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

Haha... I wish. I think at one point I had a weekly goal. But, alas! School has murdered my free time.

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

I don’t have high views of my writing, so I’m going to say no. In fact, I think my best writing was a few years ago.

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

The best story I’ve written is actually a memoir piece I think, but aside from that, my best completed fic is Trust Fall. I just love the way in gradually builds up.

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

Uhh... I’m not a huge fan of my first fic, but it’s my first fic. Also, another fic I wrote for Soukoku Week last minute, but it did better than some of the other things I worked really hard on. I’m a bit salty to be honest.

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

Stuck in Soukoku alone. No matter what I do, no matter what happens, I can’t be free. 

31. What is the easiest thing about writing?

Generating ideas (most of the time). I have way too many ideas. I’m like a fountain of crappy AU ideas. It’s like anything I see is converted into an AU. Except recently. Suddenly my brain doesn’t want to come up with any ideas.

32. What is the hardest thing about writing?

Well, there are so many hard things about writing. Not to get depressing, but I think the hardest part (harder than word choice, sentence variety, word count, etc...) is maintaining confidence in yourself, your writing, and your story.

33. Why do you write?

I guess at the core of things, I write because I have many ideas. But I supposed external motivators have gotten mixed into and are starting to put a damper on things.

I’m tagging: @catsbythegreat @rustingroses and @96percentdone hopefully y’all haven’t done this before. (You don’t have to do it either if you don’t want)