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1. When did you start writing?
When I was in elementary school. Oh lol, I was BAD at it back then.
2. First drafts: Handwritten, typed, or some combination?
I type up most all of my stuff. Having to handwrite THEN type up everything would get tediously on my nerves. :#
3. Do you keep any kind of notebook or writer's journal, and if so, what kinds of things go into it?
I do a mix of handwritten notes, which are basically ideas and such in rough form that I can later write on or elaborate further on on more paper. I have txt and html files I write the more detailed character notes in.
4. Do you set any quotas for your work (number of words per day, number of hours per day, etc.)? Why or why not?
Would make my writing more of a chore to me, I'm afraid, if I did that. :#
5. Are you most comfortable writing short stories, novels, or something else?
Short stories, or the occasional long story. I fear my attention span may wander on anything novel length.
Then, of course, music inspired poetry. D:
6. What's your favorite kind of story to write?
Anything with high amounts of fantasy. Though I suppose my absolute favorite are modern or near-modern set heroic stories. Either humans or machines that have some extraordinary abilities fighting god aweful horrors intent on terrible wickedness. I'm always a sucker for that kinda thing.
7. Talk about a story of yours that was easy to write and one that was difficult to write, and why.
Much of my earlier works, because I just sat down and wrote reguardless of plot holes or what I percieve now to be lack of quality. And lack of depth in areas, regretably.
Hardest story to write... Not sure. I can't think of anything specific, though things that have good vs. evil action AND depth are a pain to mix together and have it come out well. For me, anyway. D:
8. Which of your characters is closest to your sense of self? In other words, who do you most identify with in your own work to date?
Much earlier, I use to identify myself with the sort of outside characters, usually the reformed villain types. Guilt complex in my earlier years, I suppose. I don't identify much with many characters I write now, as I don't try to put myself in my stories. :#
9. What work are you most proud of right now?
Lady Garoteal, which I did about a year or two ago, was a pretty good piece, though has yet to be published anywhere.
10. What do you feel your strengths and weaknesses are as a writer?
My creativity as a definate strength, and my attention span as a weakness. I get distracted by other ideas why too much. :/
11. Name a few writers who have influenced you or your work in some way.
H.P. Lovecraft has influenced much of my medival fantasy type writings. I love his style.
12. Talk about something you've written that you later found embarrassing for some reason.
Too many to talk about here. :#
I dabble in erotic fiction, but often get embarrassed about that, because I doubt the quality of it, and of any depth it may be lacking.
13. Talk about the earliest stories you remember writing. What were they about?
Oh lawd, my earliest? From my elementary school days, modern adolescent finding and having to struggle his way through strange hidden monster filled dungeons. :#
Thank you, Legend of Zelda.
14. If you knew you would be successful, what would you most like to write?
The things I am currently working on now, but that would very likely destroy whatever success I were to have. :#
15. What inspires you?
Music, sci-fi shows occassionally, and many a Japanese hero show (Kamen Rider, Yuusha series, and before that, Super Sentais and Transformers).
16. How many projects do you tend to work on at once?
Usually one or two.
17. Who reads your work before it's released to the public? Do you have beta readers, a critique group, etc.?
Ah, don't let too many read my stuff. Embarrassing when errors pop up, especially in plot or style, which I always go back and think "Why didn't I catch that?!" Relatives and my spouse, basically. Not much of my stuff goes public anyway. :# Too... fearful of critique, I guess. Not many care for what I write about. (college peers can be cruel D: )
18. When you're not writing, what do you do for fun?
Lurk on the net, ocassional games, listening to music, and watching youtube vids of Japanese shows. >> And the occassional sci-fi program on TV, though quality sci-fi seems harder to find these days. :#
19. Advice to other writers?
Always keep at it, never giv e up writing because of "not being good." Skill in anything takes time to cultivate. Never stop imagining.
20. What are you currently working on?
Trying to jumpstart a hero series called Brave Lumera, involving a surviving mechanized military unit trying to stop a world corrupting terror known as Xoacs from claiming yet another world.
21. Share the first three sentences of a work in progress.
The collossal machine drifted onward towards its new target as several smaller shapes flitted about its surface. "Commander! We're barely able to slow this thing!" said a shrill voice over a communication line. "Keep trying! I'll be damned if this thing gets away to ravage another civilization!"
poetigress :#1. When did you start writing?
When I was in elementary school. Oh lol, I was BAD at it back then.
2. First drafts: Handwritten, typed, or some combination?
I type up most all of my stuff. Having to handwrite THEN type up everything would get tediously on my nerves. :#
3. Do you keep any kind of notebook or writer's journal, and if so, what kinds of things go into it?
I do a mix of handwritten notes, which are basically ideas and such in rough form that I can later write on or elaborate further on on more paper. I have txt and html files I write the more detailed character notes in.
4. Do you set any quotas for your work (number of words per day, number of hours per day, etc.)? Why or why not?
Would make my writing more of a chore to me, I'm afraid, if I did that. :#
5. Are you most comfortable writing short stories, novels, or something else?
Short stories, or the occasional long story. I fear my attention span may wander on anything novel length.
Then, of course, music inspired poetry. D:
6. What's your favorite kind of story to write?
Anything with high amounts of fantasy. Though I suppose my absolute favorite are modern or near-modern set heroic stories. Either humans or machines that have some extraordinary abilities fighting god aweful horrors intent on terrible wickedness. I'm always a sucker for that kinda thing.
7. Talk about a story of yours that was easy to write and one that was difficult to write, and why.
Much of my earlier works, because I just sat down and wrote reguardless of plot holes or what I percieve now to be lack of quality. And lack of depth in areas, regretably.
Hardest story to write... Not sure. I can't think of anything specific, though things that have good vs. evil action AND depth are a pain to mix together and have it come out well. For me, anyway. D:
8. Which of your characters is closest to your sense of self? In other words, who do you most identify with in your own work to date?
Much earlier, I use to identify myself with the sort of outside characters, usually the reformed villain types. Guilt complex in my earlier years, I suppose. I don't identify much with many characters I write now, as I don't try to put myself in my stories. :#
9. What work are you most proud of right now?
Lady Garoteal, which I did about a year or two ago, was a pretty good piece, though has yet to be published anywhere.
10. What do you feel your strengths and weaknesses are as a writer?
My creativity as a definate strength, and my attention span as a weakness. I get distracted by other ideas why too much. :/
11. Name a few writers who have influenced you or your work in some way.
H.P. Lovecraft has influenced much of my medival fantasy type writings. I love his style.
12. Talk about something you've written that you later found embarrassing for some reason.
Too many to talk about here. :#
I dabble in erotic fiction, but often get embarrassed about that, because I doubt the quality of it, and of any depth it may be lacking.
13. Talk about the earliest stories you remember writing. What were they about?
Oh lawd, my earliest? From my elementary school days, modern adolescent finding and having to struggle his way through strange hidden monster filled dungeons. :#
Thank you, Legend of Zelda.
14. If you knew you would be successful, what would you most like to write?
The things I am currently working on now, but that would very likely destroy whatever success I were to have. :#
15. What inspires you?
Music, sci-fi shows occassionally, and many a Japanese hero show (Kamen Rider, Yuusha series, and before that, Super Sentais and Transformers).
16. How many projects do you tend to work on at once?
Usually one or two.
17. Who reads your work before it's released to the public? Do you have beta readers, a critique group, etc.?
Ah, don't let too many read my stuff. Embarrassing when errors pop up, especially in plot or style, which I always go back and think "Why didn't I catch that?!" Relatives and my spouse, basically. Not much of my stuff goes public anyway. :# Too... fearful of critique, I guess. Not many care for what I write about. (college peers can be cruel D: )
18. When you're not writing, what do you do for fun?
Lurk on the net, ocassional games, listening to music, and watching youtube vids of Japanese shows. >> And the occassional sci-fi program on TV, though quality sci-fi seems harder to find these days. :#
19. Advice to other writers?
Always keep at it, never giv e up writing because of "not being good." Skill in anything takes time to cultivate. Never stop imagining.
20. What are you currently working on?
Trying to jumpstart a hero series called Brave Lumera, involving a surviving mechanized military unit trying to stop a world corrupting terror known as Xoacs from claiming yet another world.
21. Share the first three sentences of a work in progress.
The collossal machine drifted onward towards its new target as several smaller shapes flitted about its surface. "Commander! We're barely able to slow this thing!" said a shrill voice over a communication line. "Keep trying! I'll be damned if this thing gets away to ravage another civilization!"
