#it made up my mind but we were talking about our favorite bsd rarepair

[thestarstoasun]

TA Lee AU coming soon featuring:

Canon Divergence, LeeLuke, baby Solangelo at very brief moments, Michael Yew being tired with Lee's bullshit, Ethabaster & Lou Ellen, and more..

You can feel free to ask about this au already!

[the-laughing-phoenix]

Get to know the author

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

Funnily enough, Pride and Prejudice is involved.  Specifically, the line “for what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?” I was about 16 and an anxious mess fighting with my family about my course load (I lost - they made me swap from advanced calc to regular calc) and wanted to remind myself that I’d always find that laughter again.

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

If we’re talking AO3? Avoiding Politics the Obi-Wan Kenobi Way, which is a collaboration with @timesandteacups​. If we’re talking fics that I wrote alone, it’s  Love Courage Strength.

On FFN, Venatori reigns supreme.

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

It’s the same stylized firebird as my tumblr icon, which also happens to be my FFN icon. Why mess with a good thing?

4. Do you have any regular/favourite commenters?

Yes, but it varies story by story. I have more regulars on FFN, but that’s entirely down to Venatori again.

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

There are a few.  i just happen to like apples (i am not afraid of snakes) is a delight, and I use the entirety of @deadcatwithaflamethrower​‘s works as an incentive to get shit done. Also amusewithaview introduced me to possibly my favorite variant on the soulmates trope, so.

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

I’m not currently subscribed to any stories, but I have 36 bookmarked on AO3 and 54 on FFN.  I keep meaning to bookmark stories and then forgetting.  Maybe once I get my applications in and the house is sold and I find ten minutes to breathe?

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

Currently I’ve got two soulmates fics in the works.  I am a sucker for the trope.  Otherwise my strong point is “let’s shove this pebble into the stream and see how it diverts” (which, uh, has taken the form of character death?)

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

AO3 stats Subscribed to me: 33 Subscribed to my works: 575 Bookmarks: 587

FFN stats: Author alert lists: 48 Favorite author: 39

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!)

Nothing springs to mind.

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

Updating better.  I’ve been so busy with things going on in brickspace that it’s severely impacted my ability to write.  If I can get more efficient with my writing time, I can update again.

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

I... don’t often write ships, honestly, and when I do they’re usually happening in the background. Sunrose Transplanted would be the exception, but since I was deliberately addressing the events after an elopement...

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

29 works

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

I am embarrassed to admit that I don’t know. I have a lot of partials that are probably never going to be posted, or will only be posted in the event of my death as a sort of “here are the things she was working on” memorial.  Currently I have 5 I’m sort of working on here and there?

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

Write them down.  If it’s not been written down, it’ll get lost.  This is occasionally a problem, because I frequently have FANTASTIC ideas while in the shower, so I’ll be scrambling for a notebook with damp fingers while my hair’s still wrapped in my towel.

15. Have you ever co-authored a story?

Yes, though only my collaborations with @timesandteacups​ have been posted so far.  I’ve got one with @rustingroses​ in the works right now.

16. How did you discover AO3?

Credit for introducing me to AO3 goes to @rustingroses​

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

Not remotely, but I’m cool with that.

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

Nope.  Is that a thing?

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

Tamora Pierce, Diane Duane, Terry Pratchett, Diana Wynne Jones... I’m certain I’m forgetting some.

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

If you’re not having fun, then why do it?  Find a way to make it fun and don’t let anybody bully you into writing in a way you hate.

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

A bit of both.  I go into fics knowing what the major highlights are and then figure out how to get from point A to B or R to S as I go.

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

I’ve responded in three different ways. Most bad comments, I’ve just ignored. On occasion I’ve asked for clarification, mostly when someone has an issue with how I’ve tagged. And once, I snarled at them - this was a reader who came in telling me they were “here to help [me] improve my writing” and made a bunch of... kind of condescending suggestions. My grandmother had just passed away, I was very jet-lagged, and when I checked I noticed that they had 0 works to their name.  So I told them where to get off.  I don’t plan to do that again, and I definitely wouldn’t have under better circumstances.

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

Probably smut, because I almost never write it.

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

Priority goes to my Yuletide submission.  Otherwise I’m vaguely working on the next chapters of Avoiding Politics and Venatori, two soulmate AUs for BSD, and a BSD fic that I’m going to collaborate on @rustingroses​ with.  We have very different writing methods, so we’ll see how that one goes.  All of them except my Yuletide are on the furthest back burner, because I’m applying to graduate schools and helping my parents get the house ready to move.

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

Oh god yes.  I have a massive plot bunny hutch and actually find I work best when I can swap between things.

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

Ahahahaha no.  I don’t have time right now.

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

Absolutely.

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

I have to pick? Um. Probably Venatori

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

Probably Worship

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

Hopefully someone who has finished Venatori and has developed better writing habits.

31. What is the easiest thing about writing?

Individual scenes.  I have scenes show up in my head as clearly as if I was watching them on a TV screen, and all I need to do is get them down on paper/in a word processor

32. What is the hardest thing about writing?

Getting from Point R to Point S.  I know what needs to happen, what I don’t know is how I’m getting there.

33. Why do you write?

Because I have an idea, and I think it’s cool and want to share.  

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