20 Questions for Fic Writers
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How many works do you have on AO3?
2. Whatâs your total word count?
3. What fandom/s do you write for?
Good Omens, and I think it's gonna stay that way, although the Hellaverse has been calling me lately
Naked in Malibu (E, 7609 words): Naked actor Crowley surprises (and is surprised by) his interior designer Aziraphale.
Of Fire and Falcons (E, 54201 words): The first of eight (and counting) installments in the Rennieverse. Fire spinner Crowley falls head over heels for falconer Aziraphale.
More of a Comment than a Question (E, 1381 words): Rival art history professors discover that there is ONE thing they can agree on.
Hold the Lift (T, 5621 words): My only non-E fic! Two office workers get stuck in an elevator, and Aziraphale has this list of 36 questions...
Employee Relations (E, 6182 words): Alpha Aziraphale and Omega Crowley are the joint HR managers of a recently-integrated office. They make a pretty good team, but when Crowley goes into heat at work, they have to think fast.
5. Do you respond to comments?
I really try. I love all of the comments I receive, and they are the fuel that keeps me going as a writer. But I have little kids and I'm not the greatest at executive function, and some days just getting the words onto the page to write my stories is all I can manage. If you're waiting on a comment reply from me, I'm so sorry! I do hope to answer them all someday.
6. Fic with the angstiest ending:
They all have happy endings! The characters in Once Bitten, I Follow the Night, and Down to the River really go through it during the course of the stories, but I always want to leave everybody in a good place.
7. Fic with the happiest ending:
See above. They're all happy!
8. Do you get hate on fics?
I haven't really had this at all, but I'm not the biggest fish in the ocean. I'm very happy with the engagement I have.
45 out of my 46 fics contain smut, and most of my longfics have it in more than half of the chapters! I think of myself as a smut writer and I love writing kink and polyamory.
10. Do you write crossovers?
Two Doctor Who cosplayers have wandered into my Rennieverse. I thought of them as Ten and Fourteen at first, but they've developed their own personalities and I now see them as OCs.
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
13. Have you ever co-written a fic?
I had a blast writing The DILF Report with @tawnyontumblr!
14. Whatâs your all-time favorite ship?
15. Whatâs a WIP that you want to finish, but donât think you will?
I have a story in my WIPs folder in which Aziraphale and Crowley are actual trees, and I love the opener, but I just can't get the dang thing off the ground. I also have some ideas in my head that might become something, or they might not. I haven't ever started publishing something that was unfinished, and I don't think I will, because I can't handle that kind of stress.
16. What are your writing strengths?
I love coming up with wacky settings to put Crowley and Aziraphale in, and then I really try to make those settings feel lived-in. I'm pretty proud of my smut. I love writing dialogue, especially banter. And romance is a lot of fun too.
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
I find it almost impossible to start a new thing until the previous thing is finished, so I'm terrible at juggling multiple stories. I also crumble and get writer's block when I put too much pressure on myself (which happens a lot). And I'd like to get better at writing characters that feel very different from me.
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language?
I do not have enough command of another language.
19. First fandom you wrote for?
Good Omens is my one and only! I started writing fiction a year and a half ago after two-ish decades in academia. I am trying to psych myself up to write an original novel.
20. Favorite fic youâve ever written?
Current favorite is The Hook! Set in the 80s and 90s, it features pop music composer Crowley and church organist Aziraphale clearing up a misunderstanding from college during one special night writing music together. There's a lot of me in this one.
Some no pressure tags for @tawnyontumblr, @voluptatiscausa, and @naromoreau, and anybody else who wants to play!