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I was tagged by natka-natka-natka - Thanks! This was fun!

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Nicknames: Hedge Gender: Female Current time and date: July 14, 8:37pm EST (9:03 pm by the time I finished) Birthday: March 15 Average amount of sleep: 6 hours, if I’m lucky. 3 if I’m not First word that comes to mind: Beach (heading there in a few days!) One place that makes you happy: Home. Favorite characters: Buddy Glass, YT from Snow Crash, Charlie Brown, Arthur Dent, Holly Golightly, Mercutio, Beatrice…..I could keep going Favorite food: Sushi, Italian, Steak, Ice Cream, but I’ll eat almost anything Favorite book: I couldn’t possibly name just one Favorite TV shows: Sherlock, Firefly, anything on Masterpiece but especially Lewis, and I know it’s ridiculous but I still love Survivor Last movie I saw in the theater: This is embarrassing because I’m way behind, but it was Kingsman Last holiday: Was in Philly a few weeks ago seeing friends and the Dave Matthews Band and I’m headed to the beach this weekend! Dream holiday: Oh gosh, so many places I want to go, but since we’re dreaming, I’ll say London with unlimited funds Dream wedding: Well I’m already married and I had a lovely wedding, but I don’t really know how to answer this? I was never someone who did a lot of dreaming about my wedding Dream jobs: Rock star or film director (neither of which is in the cards, but hey a girl can dream) Zodiac: Pisces Relationship status: Married What are you wearing: Tank top and shorts Myers-Brigs: INFP

Hmm. Those ARE interesting questions…I’m not sure my answers will be equally so, but here goes:

Are there any things that might have happened in any of your stories, but you changed them at the last minute?

A few, yes. Most notably, there was not even an inkling of a murderous feline in the original storyboard for Colors, and Basil the homicidal house cat was a last minute addition based on a reader comment in a previous chapter. And he turned out to be a fairly fun character to include and gave me a more interesting case for Sherlock to solve in the chapter where he first appeared. I also initially planned to drag out the drama a bit before their first kiss after the post-reveal confrontation when John finds Sherlock’s color key. I had almost been convinced to cliffhanger that chapter, but ultimately decided that I’d waited 50K words to get to that kiss and I wasn’t going to mess up the momentum. I’m still happy with that choice.

Initially, Relative Distance originally ended with an additional chapter that flashed forward a year and saw Mary and Roger dropping off Addy at 221B for the weekend. It was cute, but I ultimately decided (with the help of my beta team) that the fic ended in the right place without it and it didn’t add anything to the story so it got chopped.

Take My Breath Away had two additional cannon-based scenes in the first draft, but I felt like they didn’t add anything to the narrative and I think “retelling” too much cannon can be a recipe for boredom. So I slashed them.

The two mini fics in the All Our Days series were initially much longer than the final products. Those fics were an experiment for me, a way to see if I could go small and pare down a story to its essential elements and fight my natural urge to USE EVERY WORD I KNOW. That was a fun experiment and I’m proud of those those two itty bitty fics.

As for which fic is the most “me”, I have to go with Colors. The urge to write that fic hit me out of the blue, and I sat down and wrote it from beginning to end and adhered to my weekly posting schedule without fail. It was a little impulsive, arguably too ambitious for a first project, passionately conceived and relentlessly agonized over. Which is pretty much how I do EVERYTHING in my life, so it was business as usual. I didn’t know if I had novel length fiction in me, and that story helped me realize that I did. I remain terribly proud of it and if I never wrote another word I’d still feel like I accomplished something.

July:favourite song/band cheytea7

I don’t actually have a favorite band; I tend to like whatever’s on the radio.

In terms of favorite songs, here’s a few on my current repeat list:Sara Bareilles - Brave

Simon Curtis - Superhero

Inuyasha - Grip english version by TYER

Taylor Swift - Blank Space