WIP Meme

I was tagged by @iwt-v – thanks!

1) How many works do you currently have in progress?

Um… *counts* Five? No – wait. Seven.

2) Do you/would you write fan fiction? 

That’s all I write at this point.

3) Do you prefer paper books or ebooks?

It depends on what the situation is. Generally speaking, I prefer paper books but if I’m at work, for example, it’s a lot easier to read an ebook at my desk than it is to read a paper book.

4) When did you start writing?

Oh shit. Like – seventeen years ago? I was 11 or 12, I think. 

5) Do you have someone you trust that you share your work with?

If we’re talking about who I trust to review my work before I post – two. They both know who they are!

6) Where is your favorite place to write?

In my room very, very late at night when the world’s gone quiet

7) Favorite childhood book?

Oh shit. Um – listen, friend. Here’s the scoop. Itty bitty me was a bookworm. Like – major, serious bookworm. Bitty me was learning to read hieroglyphs in third grade and tried out Cyrillic in fourth or fifth, and had all these books about all KINDS of things, and well – if I had to pick out books that I have multiple editions of, I guess I’d have to pick out The Sorceror’s Companion: A Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter by Allan and Elizabeth Kronzek since it was bitty me’s intro to magic theory. Still – asking me to choose a favorite childhood book is like asking an alcoholic to choose their favorite liquor, ok?

8) Writing for fun or writing for publication?

For fun and maybe for publication if I can get one of my fics edited and fleshed out and set in its own universe and somehow accepted by a publisher.

9) Pen and paper or computer?

This is going to sound mad, but it depends on the character. Some of them I can write on the computer and others absolutely demand that I pick up a pen and do the thing properly.

10) Have you ever taken any writing classes?

Nope. 

11) What inspires you to write?

I once saw a quote where someone had compared fanfic writers to irritated oysters, and I’ve always felt that quote applied to me very well. I write fic when I feel that something could have been done better or a character deserved better from the writers or an angle just wasn’t explored that I wish had been.

I’m tagging @penflicks, @bean-about-townn, @comtessedebussy, @captainfuckingflint, @complaininginthedark, and anyone else that wants!