#tayluin

i answered novella here and diary here! 

backstory: how did you come to love writing? 

it all started when i learned to read (stick with me here)

my parents got me this... video game, i guess, that taught me how to read when i was four. and i absolutely adored this thing. as soon as i finished it, i wanted to do it again. when my little sister came upon her time to learn how to read, she wasn’t as huge a fan, and i offered to finish the thing for her. so, i loved reading.

every book i held in my hand i devoured (with my eyes. i didn’t eat books). i read voraciously for my entire elementary school career, and never stopped. the natural progression was telling my own stories -- i would tell my sister stories when we were bored, make up on the fly and with absolutely no coherence whatsoever. but i loved telling stories. i had multiple journals and diaries all throughout my childhood, and i wrote down everything from what i did for recess to how my visit to my grandparent’s house went. 

when i learned that “hey. i can write down my fake stories, too” i was already gone. boom. the addiction began right there. 

i think my first “real” story i ever wrote was a fan fiction from one of my favorite books (Eragon, love u bby), and from there it expanded into writing my own stories with characters and plots, writing poetry, writing short stories, and...

the rest, as they say, is history. 

6.  Favorite character you ever created.

it’s probably ty.  first of all, he’s a dragon shapeshifter which is pretty dope if i say so myself (and i do haha). but he’s also so much fun to write because he’s headstrong and reckless, but is so positive and uplifting and cares so deeply for his friends and wants the best for all of them.  he’s a constant ray of sunshine

8.  Favorite trope to write.

found family!  i love these bands of misfits coming together and finding their strengths within each other and overcoming hurdles and trials and ultimately ending up ride or die because of it.  there are so many possibilities with different personalities and ideologies and seeing how those interact and intersect

9. Least favorite trope to write.

prophecies.  idk why, i’m just not a fan of everything up to fate or chance or whatever you want to call it.  i like having characters (particularly protagonists) that choose to get into their current situation, not thrown in because of fate.  the only ones i sort of like are self-fulfilling prophecies, because at least then the protagonist has a bit more agency.  but yeah hope that makes sense haha

THANK YOU SO MUCH TAYLUIN I LOVE YOU 

and yes 22 years ago today i was indeed a screaming baby

but fun fact: i was a very good baby who never really cried. When my relatives were looking after me once, apparently my great aunt pinched my butt to make me cry so that they would have something to do! And you know how babies are very sensitive to loud noises and often cry when the door slams shut or the phone rings? Apparently I just slept through it all and my parents were legitimately worried that I was deaf.

me: :( httyd: this is Berk. me: :D

I'm a bridesmaid in my brother's wedding, and had to get alterations done yesterday.

yay thanks for the ask!

3. What book are you planning to read next?

probably a conjuring of light by v.e. schwab!  I’m reading the second one right now, so I’ll probably finish out this trilogy before jumping back into the witchlands I still have to buy bloodwitch I just haven’t had time to go book shopping

8. Paperback or hardcover?  Why?

I don’t know if I really have a preference?  I like how hardcovers look on my shelves, but paperbacks are easier for me to take on the train during my commute

38. What language do you (most often) read in?

english!  it’s not very exciting, but unfortunately it’s the only language I know how to read in.  I do want to learn others, but I just haven’t had the time to get invested in any