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Hi! I always feel a little under qualified for music recommendations but here's a few in no particular order. If you don't mind a bit of banjo Girl From River Run is a cute one with room for a trans interpretation. If you want.

Hello friend! This one is a small sneak peek at the next chapter of my Syfy Alice fic, Madder Than a Hatter (that I really need to finish 😅)

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wow leave it to the first question on the list to be the hardest to answer. I guess I would suggest 1 for each fandom I have posted for.

for Heated Rivalry/Game Changers I would say Afterboom, it's about average length for me (she's longwinded), and sits in that canon compliant, let's think about the missing moments space that I like to occupy as a writer in that fandom. also Women.

for Gossip Girl I think I would pick somewhere you feel free. it's got lots of sequels which is representational of me (she's longwinded), and it's an canon divergence springing from a very specific moment and how that changes the characters, which is my favorite thing to do in that fandom. and it's fluff city and very romantic slow burny, and I am always aiming for fluff, and I'm proud of how that slow burn played out, so I think it's a good first foot to put forward.

whiteboards: old book smell or new book smell? oooh that's tough. I don't think I really have a preference. New books are what i have most of, so if I had to pick, it would be that one. Though I love the scent of vintage lol! Also, it's weird, but my old books do not have a scent at all :/

old cars: what’s the most fun word you know? every word I know has disappeared from my vocabulary 😅 ummm flibbertigibbet, shenanigans, jiggery-pokery 🤣 there the first 3 that come to mind!

Thanks!

16. At what point in the process do you come up with titles? It varies. Most of the time, I know the title right off the bat, but a other times, it takes diving into the story a bit to figure it out.

Thanks!!!

THANK YOUUUU 🥳🥳🥳

Oooh thank you! And my lucky number too! I'll do it for my Corpse Bride AU since it's freshest in my mind (x)

16. Did you learn anything while writing this fic, whether a niche industry you had to research, insight about your own writing/style or something else? So, there's a few things I can talk about with this one since it's been quite the journey so far:

Small little factoid: I discovered Emily's last name through a tumblr deep dive for scripts so I could put in an Easter egg (her surname is Merrimack.)

And this fic has really been more about re-learning how to write in my usual style again. I had been away so long, that I kinda lost my touch and struggled with it for so long. Because of that, I learned how to kinda pinpoint what exactly made up my style. It helped to reread my own fics, and fics/books of others that had influenced my style. While this one probably isn't my best written, it's pretty good for having not been in the game for awhile, so I'll take it as a win.

Through research, I came across this book called The Victorian Book of the Dead. I got it for funsies cause I'm obsessed with that era, as well as possessing morbid curiosity. And though I haven't found anything to incorporate into the fic from it yet, it's very interesting.

I learned a new Victorian phrase (below) that I'd like to try to work in just cause it's cute, but if not, it's no big deal

Lastly, I've just been having to relearn how to get a feel for Sherlolly again by developing them in this AU before attempting to write canon compliant again. Decidedly, starting off with an AU is probably more difficult, but then it'll make the latter easier, hopefully.