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20. What story that you have written makes you the happiest to re-read?

I think “So This Is Christmas” is the one I’ve enjoyed re-reading. That fic was intended to be a 10k, cheesy Hallmark Christmas special kind of thing, and instead got really long (57k) and went in directions I hadn’t initially intended. The whole thing’s a bit of a blur, so re-reading it was fun since I didn’t remember some of what was in there!

Thank you, darling 🖤

☕ Do you do warmup sketches before drawing? (Bonus: do you have any to share?)

I don’t! And I should! 😬 Instead, I go right into it and regret how stiff everything is, haha.

🌈 Do you use more warm or cold colors?

Warm, definitely. I keep trying to get myself to use more blues and greens, but I always find myself back at yellow and pink and purple. My art is super heavy on purple, and that’s with me pulling back! 😂

🎼 Your favorite music to draw to right now?

The Mummers FC playlist!!! Or silence. Lots of silence...

Thank you so much for asking~! 🖤🖤🖤

3. Which part of Limit Break was hardest to write?

Honestly, all of it was really hard because I was struggling with the baby steps they were taking. It was a difficult balance to figure out what sort of progression they should make in each scene—and then what sort of backsliding they would do, as well. Without, you know, making that frustrating just for the sake of it. Or overly repetitive.

I suppose it’s the hot tub scene under the stars that was technically the hardest to write since that scene is the culmination of everything that’s happened up until that point. It’s actually the scene I wrote first, but it needed so much editing over and over again in order to make the rest of the story have the beats I was looking for.

5. Did you make an outline for Limit Break? Did you stick to it?

Yeah! I usually make fairly detailed outlines in my head for my fics. The ones where I haven’t done that (like my COBB… yikes) are the ones I super struggle with. So yes! Everything was mentally planned out, and I think I completely stuck to it!

7. Who was your favorite character to write in Looking Glass? 

Oooo… Well, Simon is the central character of that, but I think Baz was my favourite character to write. Baz is going through a whole lot of his own shit throughout that fic, so it was cool to have that info in the back of my mind while only conveying the bits that Simon gets to see (or mistakenly infer).

Thank you, darling!! 🖤

Omg 😭 I feel bad about that and also very proud at the same time!! Thank you~! 💓

Monday:  do you struggle with the ‘boring’ parts of writing?

Oh god, yes, absolutely. My writing is painfully self-indulgent, so whenever there’s a scene that I know logically needs to be there, but that I’m not particularly invested in, trying to write it is nigh impossible. I sit on my WIPs for months because I have such a hard time forcing myself to write those moments. I jump around a lot when I’m writing as is, and that’s only exacerbated when there’re blanks that need filling in.

Kiss It Better was nearly done for a long time, all save for two small sections that I was just dreading needing to write…! (Part of the action scene, and one small part once Simon gets back to their room.)

November:  do you have any rituals or requirements for getting in the mood for writing?

Thanks to @penpanoply​, @sharkmartini​, and @giishu​ for asking for November, as well!

My inspiration to write is a little bit all over the place (I wish I had an easier time pinning it down). But even so, I do tend to fall into similar patterns.

Like, if the fic was really inspired by a song, I’ll put that song on loop for a while. Sometimes I’ll just listen to it over and over and sing along. Or sometimes I’ll talk to myself over it, verbally trying to work out what the story might be. It’s not unusual for me to listen to a song on repeat for days at a time.

If there’s no song component, I’ll just sequester myself in a dim, quiet room and talk myself through it. I’ve definitely spent a significant percentage of my life sitting on the toilet seat cover with the lights off and just muttering madly to myself 😂 Or I’ll pause midway through entering a room and thunk my forehead along the door frame and start talking to myself that way 💦 Dark and enclosed spaces get my creative blood pumping. (This probably has something to do with all my sleeping issues, and how many nights I would just lie in bed and stare off into the darkness and write stories in my head.) (Simon, my husband, laughed at me when I pointed this one out. “Oh, that’s why you’re always shoving your forehead against the wall when you’re thinking.”)

ARE THESE ALL TIGHTS? How do I acquire these for myself??

graypyre replied to your photo “Got my @snagtights order the other day!...”

The colors are amazing! Have you worn this brand before?

Yes! I was basically stalking their website for weeks, because they stopped shipping internationally for a bit to figure out the best carrier to use, but they finally opened orders back up a little bit ago.

I got MOST of the colors they offer, but it seems like they do limited edition and seasonal runs. 

I wore a pair today and I have to say, they seem to be less prone to sagging and bagging than some other tights I own. I probably could have sized down one size, but it doesn’t seem to be a big issue. The toe construction is solid and reinforced (usually I get holes in the toes, for some reason.) They are comfortable . . . these are definitely not shapewear or shaping tights, which I appreciate.