You may indeed, Pineapples! I tried to find an extra angsty example, just for you.

Oh thank you! I always feel self conscious tagging stuff as "humour" because I'm afraid people will think "wow, she thinks this is funny?!"

Eek, as all of my long fics to date have shown, I am super bad at guestimating how long my stuff is going to be.

Going by where I am and my outline, I'd say at least 50k.

Hmm... I re-read certain ones. Occasionally I will re-read the stories I was most happy with at the time and still am now.

Found Family and Husk, I still like at the moment. Husk was the first multi-chapter I've finished so I was happy with that accomplishment, at least. I still like the vibe of Found Family.

I generally find the greater the time between my fics and a re-read, the less I like them. I'm not sure why that is. I usually don't post unless I'm satisfied with a story, so if I don't think a story is worth posting, I won't publish it at all. I'd like to think my change of opinion is because I'm improving, and re-reading older fics shows up the mistakes and cliches I made or overused.

Pride (or notions of grandeur) is a big Irish nono, so I think a lot of my apprehension about enjoying my own work is a cultural quirk.

16. What is your best piece of advice for writing angst scenes?

 I LOVE angst. Cannot get enough of it. It is 100% my jam.

 What I will back away from is… unrelenting, unapologetic, gratuitous angst.

Angst solely for the point of angst.

I just… yeah, I don’t do that.

I think there needs to be balance. Small moments of humour or reflection that give everyone (the characters and readers) a little break.

I think that also helps to serve as a contrast. I’m not adverse to sad/bittersweet endings but I do also feel there needs to be a form of justice in a good angst story. The characters need to grow and develop. Learn from their situation.

I don’t necessarily need a happy ending (though ‘earn your happy ending’ is my favourite trope) but if the whole story is just the universe doing everyone a dirty, then I do tend to feel a tad robbed. 

Hurray for more fic! I’m so excited for you. Canot wait to read what you come up with!

Hmm... so, my New Year’s resolution was supposed to be “no posting fics until I finish them”. Which, like most resolutions, I clearly failed at.

eeep

I’m kinda giving myself a pass because Husk was only supposed to be a oneshot, Five Times was just random drabbles and now Zoom-mates is pure dumb crack.

But with ‘plotty’ fics, I really do try and hold off before posting. As you have experienced, sometimes you get an epiphany really far in and I find that’s basically impossible to change once I’ve published. With my canon divergence WIP 50K words in, I made was one small change early on but it had a Butterfly Effect on everything else. Having the shower thought that practically undid all that prior work did scare me into revisiting my resolution.

Regardless of when I do post, I never publish something without having an ending. There might be some details I need to work out along the way but I’ll always know how I’m getting everyone out of the jam I put them in.

(I do all my notes in spreadsheets, because I find it easier to move plot points around than in Word or Google Docs. I also like to plan out timelines and dates, which is way easier for me to manage in a spreadsheet.)

Do you always complete before you post??

To answer your question... yes and no.

I love the fandom interaction and I get excited to share new stuff, so I sometimes can’t resist posting a work in progress, however, I tend to do this with my lighter stuff.

Yeah, I know I said I hadn’t finished Husk before posting...

(Which is another reason I often have at least two fics on the go at once. It helps me avoid block, but also allows me to get that little adrenaline rush of kudos/comments and still keep working on the more intense stuff.)

If I’ve got something that I know is going to be really long or has some pretty intricate plot points, then I plan on holding off on posting that until I’ve ‘finished’ the fic. So I’ll start post when there’s no more plot stuff to write, just editing for typos, overused words etc.

Everyone has their own process, and I think it’s interesting how different people stay motivated! My process has definitely evolved over time and I’m sure it will continue to. 

You can have as many as you like!

16.What is your most underrated fic?

Hmm, probably Midnight Desert Interlude? It’s from Rayla’s perspective, which I don’t find myself writing as often (though I don’t really know why, because I identify far more with Rayla than Callum).

Unsurprisingly from the name, it’s a short introspective piece from Rayla’s POV as they wait for the sun to rise after her and Callum’s disastrous first kiss.

17.What fic are you most proud of?

That would probably be Found Family.

I tried something a little different stylistically, which I enjoyed, but I really like the found family trope and I thought it was fitting for Callum and Rayla.

There are lots of adorable and sweet Rayllum bio-babies fics, so I wanted to explore how things would go if they didn’t have biological children.

I like be contrary. Which is why I went with a completely fresh name for Tio as well.

And it launched some other fun fics (it was absolutely supposed to be a onshot!) and I’m currently working on a multi-chapter fic based in that universe so, yeah, I’m pretty happy with that one looking back.