#aspiringpolymath

I recently was inspired to reread A Little Familiar after listening to Bastille’s song 4AM on repeat. (Refrain: Here, here, my family You are my familiar, you are my familiar Here, here, my friends and me You are my familiar Oh, there is nowhere I would rather be Never felt more comfortable, could never want for more when I’m here No, there is nowhere I would rather be Never felt more comfortable, could never want for more when you’re near)

Thank you, Miss Shawna xo

20. Have/Would you ever rewrite a fic? If yes, would you take the original down?

Excellent question. I’ve never re-written a finished fic before but I do a lot of re-writing as write (it’s a big part of why everything takes so long; a piece will start out as one thing and end up something else entirely), so it’s highly plausible that I would re-write a finished something if the mood took me. Is that what they call a redux or is that only when someone else re-does your story?

Anyway,if I was going to do it, I think I’d leave the original up; just for comparison and contrast.  

26. What aspect of your writing do you most enjoy to see praised?

When people say that the characterisation was good, or that I gave them feels. I really like it when that happens.

31. Who’s the one character you’ve just never managed to get perfectly right?

I don’t think I’ve ever got anyone ‘perfectly right’ but I do wish I could be more sympathetic towards Chloe in my writing.  She’s a very interesting and far more complex character than I allow her to be, but much to my dismay, I tend to use her poorly. I would like to do her justice at some point.

47. If someone you know in real life who isn’t involved in fandoms asked to read your work, would you let them? If yes, what would you recommend they read first?

Oh my giddy aunt, no.  It’s way too personal and can only be shared with like-minded strangers on the internet, BUT if you were to ask me to recommend my stuff to someone new to fandom, I’d probably say, start at the beginning. There’s not that many of them, they’re all relatively short and, I think anyway, they get better as they go along.

I don’t like facebook and do as little as possible over there, so it’s not worth mentioning. In the same vein, I think I signed up for a dreamwidth account but have never used it, so . . . 

I have a goodreads account, where you can judge me for reading too many Regency romance Christmas anthologies. (It really is too. many.)

I’ll mention my AO3 (endemictoearth) but most of the people who care about it probably already know about it. 

This is a wonderful piece, and thank you for the link! However, holy hell those couple of comments near the top . . . why can't we just have beautiful music without all that 'european purity' crap? (I know, 'don't read the comments', but you really can't read them anywhere!)

Oasis: Do you wear sunglasses often? Are you a beer, wine, or liquor person? Do you prefer the stars or the moon, the land or the sea? Do you have a lot of regrets? Would you ever want to be famous?

I wear regular glasses so not really. I haven’t had prescription sunglasses in years and I’m blind enough without them that it’s just .... not great to wear regular glasses.

I don’t like beer or most wines. I like sort of dessert-y liquors but also they tend to cost a lot of money. When I was in photo school I was a big fan of the fuzzy navel wine cooler. I haven’t had one in years, that might be something to check out again sometime, haha.

I like stars and the moon but if forced to choose I guess I’d pick stars. I’ve always wanted a tattoo of the big dipper but never quite worked out exactly ... how. I like the sea ... in theory. I live near it and don’t ever spend time in it so there’s a vague sense of guilt but hey pictures are pretty!

I have a few regrets but not a lot I guess? Probably a reasonable amount for a supposedly grown ass adult.

Would I ever want to be famous? I always wanted to be a singer and I’d still like to be a writer but I’m  kind of awful and lazy... Also actually being famous sounds like a hassle. The being rich part that generally comes with it though... that would be pretty freaking great.