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S and V!

S: Would you let a stranger off the streets read your first drafts?

if that stranger promised to be honest? definitely. though I might withhold my current book. otherwise, for scraps and shorts and things, yeah, no biggie.

V: What do you listen to when you write?

most of the time, it’s whatever Jake is doing in the background. we often do couple art times, meaning he turns on a playlist of some sort (or randomizes the whole giant music collection) or puts on a record and he arts while I write or edit. when I’m at work, I turn on playlists I’ve assembled for my characters (HA, kitkat, I copied you) on Spotify.

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C, P, Q

C: Who is your favorite character of your own?  Who is your favorite character created by somebody else?  Why?

jeebles, I have so many favorites now… my favorite character of all is probably Monsoon, big Mouran warrioress who tamed a fearsome firecat and takes no shit from anyone. I have many heart-characters from others’ work, but the three I gotta say I really adore are Hazel from Watership Down, Ratha from Clare Bell’s books,and Ender from Ender’s Game (yes, I know, fuck that guy).

P: What are your goals for things to happen to your writing? (Getting published, getting a good review, having a fandom, etc)

I’d like to make a modest (to spectacular, wouldn’t turn down a lavish writerlife) income off my book sales, so I can eventually do that full-time. I’m under no delusions that I have a good shot at writing my way out of ever working again, so I’d like to make enough that I can do the full-time thing comfortably. I’d also like Makani to draw fan art of something I write. anything, really. just proving that we share a sense of humor. XD

Q: How do you get through writer’s block?

honestly? having at least 3-4 different types of projects going on at once. I haven’t had many days in recent memory where I was completely blocked on everything, because I managed to maintain enough ways to change it up that my creativity rarely clogged up altogether. that’s not to say I haven’t been blocked on individual projects, and usually it means I need to do something different but that isn’t writing-related at all. most recently it was call a friend. before that it was get out of the reading rut I was in. meanwhile, I kept improving my cooking skills, or my pole dancing, or a different phase of a writing project (I’m often blocked on research but not prose, or vice versa). kept me from going nuts and feeling like I didn’t accomplish anything.

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Reblog If You Are A Writer Of Any Kind And Want To Be Asked These Questions

mls-classics:

askboxmemes:

A: What do you write?  Fanfiction, original fiction, nonfiction, articles, songs, poems, essays, plays, what?

B: How often do you write?

C: Who is your favorite character of your own?  Who is your favorite character created by somebody else?  Why?

D: If you had the choice of going without writing forever or going without dinner forever, which one would you choose?

E: Have you ever participated in National Novel Writing Month or any of its variations?

F: What’s your favorite book? Favorite author?

G: What’s your least favorite book?  Least favorite author?

H: How long have you been writing?

I: What grades do you/did you get in English class?

J: What does writing mean to you?

K: Share an old, embarrassing work?

L: What advice would you give to other writers?

M: How do you feel when somebody gives harsh yet constructive criticism?

N: Which writing blogs and writing help blogs do you follow?

O: What motivates you to write?

P: What are your goals for things to happen to your writing? (Getting published, getting a good review, having a fandom, etc)

Q: How do you get through writer’s block?

R: What genre do you write in?

S: Would you let a stranger off the streets read your first drafts?

T: What’s your favorite part of the writing process?  Why?

U: What’s your least favorite part of the writing process?  Why?

V: What do you listen to when you write?

W: What’s your biggest pet peeve in writing?

X: (Leave a prompt in the person’s ask box)

Y: How would you describe the perfect prose?  How would you describe your own prose?

Z: How often do you read?

EDIT: Will also answer these with “arting” instead of “writing”.

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and now for 2014.

ahhh, the new year. time to indulge in those lists I love so much.

  • edit and self-publish First Run – I’ll be done with my edit by the end of March, and then it’s off to an editor. in my ideal world, this baby is up on Amazon by the end of August/beginning of September.
  • faithfully write my chapters of Return to Elgin – I feel like I’m getting to participate in a survivor writing contest again with this one! it’s a commitment of around 2500-3k words per month, not insurmountable at all.
  • get my license – yeah, yeah, this one crops up every year. I really don’t want to have to renew my permit for a third time.
  • participate in the one-month game challenge – Brandon and his two friends and I have decided to develop a game from first line of code to last piece of art in one month. might be April, might be May.
  • take my supplements regularly – self-explanatory.
  • exercise at least 4x weekly – yoga, stretches, basic cardio workouts at home, and maybe a long walk from time to time.
  • take a martial arts class – with Jake!
  • read 35 books – still feel like this might be high for how often I get to read…
  • try at least one new recipe every week – so far, so good. I’ve tried seven or eight new recipes with almost universal success.
  • change my last name – this is happening after I file my taxes.
  • develop a novel concept with Patrick – this must remain vague, since I’m adjusting to a brand new idea development process and shan’t spoil this.
  • participate in NaNoWriMo 2014 – I’m determined to write the sequel to First Run this year, but whether that happens in November or earlier, there’ll be a Nano book this year.
  • help Jake get his short made – he’s got this really clever idea for a sci-fi short and I want to make it.
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good Friday: next-day meatloaf (aka heaven, by Jake), conquered a complicated work task, got another back from my editor with ZERO revisions (guh), about to phone in to my first board meeting for Hopelink. asdfghjkl. what is my life.

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how’d I do?

heh, halfway through January I remember to take a look back at my 2013 goals:

  • learn how to drive – FAILED. wish I could say it was barely a fail, but it was a pretty spectacular fail.
  • edit God Grown Old – FAILED.
  • obtain film credit more significant than PA – SUCCEEDED. assistant director on Band in Seattle.
  • continue to improve dancing abilities – SUCCEEDED. I’d be comfortable going to a club and not feeling like an idiot. that was basically the goal.
  • exercise at least 4x per week – I’m going to say I FAILED. if only because winter came and I stopped being so consistent. I did exercise at least twice a week every week, though.
  • read 50 books – FAILED. I read 30 though.
  • learn to make non-alcoholic beverages – FAILED, but I can mix tasty ratios with whatever we’ve got.
  • add another sort of exercise to my routine – SUCCEEDED…pole dancing.
  • stay somewhere other than the apartment at least once every six weeks – FAILED. we saved money instead.
  • maintain my current raise schedule – SUCCEEDED.
  • help Jake get his Shit Your Kids Will Eat cookbook made – FAILED. but he’s arting like nuts now and I consider that a success.
  • designate and fill a notebook for each major novel idea – SUCCEEDED, because Scrivener.
  • plan the wedding without it being a major stressor – SUCCEEDED.
  • participate in NaNoWriMo – SUCCEEDED. resoundingly. 😀
  • keep faithful notes on any ideas I develop this year – SUCCEEDED. I even organized/typed up all my old ideas.
  • remember to take my supplements regularly – FAILED.
  • keep the room and bathroom clean – SUCCEEDED, thanks to Jake.

overall, not bad for the craziest year in memory…