Hi! For the author asks: 9, 12, 13?
Thank you for asking!
9) what, if anything, do you do for inspiration?
Fight it off! Honestly, so many ideas - I think I’m quite suggestible, so I pick up a lot of ideas from other people’s comments and prompts.For example, @whereverigobillygoes‘ lovely dryad/merman art, which sparked a fic for me, or @cieldelarose posted an amazing moodboard for a Mag7 smalltown au, and I thought, oh, that would be so great to write, and then all of a sudden a plot idea from [redacted] slapped me round the head and the whole story was there, and glory be, when am I going to have time to write it?
I also love exchanges and challenges, which are a fertile ground for inspiration.
12) your weaknesses as an author
Lack of awareness of norms and standards in fanfiction (coming into it so late); pretentiousness; experimentation which doesn’t always work; I still don’t write emotion as well as I’d like; awkwardly-written sex scenes; tying myself into knots over points of realism which really don’t matter to anyone but me.
13) your strengths as an author
Hmm. I can spell and punctuate accurately and (I think) control pace and perspective pretty well; I’ve read very widely, so I have a lot of ideas to draw on; and I think I manage to keep my characterisation consistent. Oh, and I do like to differentiate voices as much as I can. Writing Goodnight Sometimes is a nightmare in that way, trying to give distinctive voices to two Billys and two Goodnights!
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star wars creator meme
tagged by the always wonderful @coffeeandtin ! thanks so much :D
You’ve been tagged in the Star Wars Creator meme! Pick 1 - 10 works you’ve created (fic, art, gifsets, aesthetics, videos, playlists, etc) & tell us why you’re proud of them! Then tag your friends!
This will mostly be artwork, haha
Nik Walker as Aaron Burr - Recently I got to see Hamilton, and Nik Walker really impressed me, so I did some artwork. Not only am I happy with how it turned out (especially since I don’t do lineless paintings very often), but HOLY CRAP when I posted it on twitter and tagged Nik Walker, he was so sweet about it. He said “HOLY HELL THAT’S AWESOME”, retweeted it, then asked me if I had an instagram so he could give me a shout-out on there. I sent him a PM that said, “Thank you so much! You made my week.” He replied, “You made MINE!” Anyway, I just about died. :P
Faraday and Vasquez - My second Mag7 drawing! I’m happy with all my artwork for Mag7, but this one just stands out to me. Drawing more than one person is always intimidating for me, particularly when I’m doing a detailed drawing, so this was an accomplishment.
Moana - The second (shared) piece that I drew with a tablet. Before that, I literally did all my digital art with a mouse pad, and my hands probably wanted to murder me. It was so much fun learning to draw with different tools, and I really love how this one turned out.
Star-Lord - An earlier example of my work with digital painting. It’s more detailed than a lot of the stuff I did back then, and even knowing I could do better now, I still look back on it with pride.
Claire and the T-Rex - Sneaking an 11th one in here by giving two links, because I did fanart of two different shots from the same scene in Jurassic World. Proud of both because of the amount of time and effort I put in. The first one has more vibrant, contrasting colors than I ever attempted back then, and they both have a more extreme approach to shadow and light than a lot of my work normally does.
Witch - A rare example of original art, haha. I love how it turned out, and though I generally prefer making fanart, it’s a nice feeling to do original stuff from time to time.
Disney!Style Peter Quill - Haha, I basically just mashed up Peter and Prince Eric, ending up with a couple of stylized drawings that I’m really happy with. Like, I think I did pretty well getting that Disney vibe, as well as showing Peter’s personality.
Time Traveler AU - Just went ahead and linked to the whole tag on my blog, since I’ve only posted a few things for it. This is an AU I will probably never write, but feel free to read my long, rambly post about it, haha. Honestly, I’m more proud of the artwork and moodboard thing I made for it, since those are a bit more put together.
Borrower AU - Again, linking to the tag. It’s hard for me to choose anything in particular, but I’m proud of myself for not remaining shy about this random idea. One day I just decided I would jump into it and not worry about anyone finding it weird, haha. And now I’m tweaking some of the fics and posting them on AO3, so that’s been fun. ^_^
One Heart Beats, One Heart Breaks - The other day I realized I haven’t updated this story in half a year, so... there’s that. :P But I’m still really proud of it! It’s the first thing I posted to AO3, and I’m determined to finish it. With the first chapter, I was surprised at how happy I was with it, and that’s part of why it’s taking so long to write the second chapter. No matter how slowly, it’s gonna happen!
@oddly-drawn-thoughtss @yersifanel @cambetaut @zexeos-gx @consultingzoologist
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