1. As a writer, who is your biggest inspiration?
Frick, that's a very good question. Um, I really love Poppy Z. Brite's writing, which is probably a little weird of me to say, like I'm not naming Stephen King or JK Rowling or something, but her writing is just so visual, if that makes sense? It has a lot of gorgeous imagery and weird dark content, and I'd love to be able to write like her someday. Ray Bradbury is also an author that I adore, and even if I write a different genre than he does, I hope I can be that decent one day. But to be honest, I don't really have many inspirations in my writing. I just kind of practice at getting my own voice and my own tone, and hope it's recognizable to people.
6. How do you find inspiration to write when you can't seem to find your muse?
(This originally said "can," but I'm going to assume it meant "can't".) When I lose my muse, I tend to watch/read/listen to whatever it was that made me want to make the character in the first place. So if I'd like to write Norman again, if I go on hiatus, then I'd watch the movie and listen to the playlists I made for him. That usually will put me back in the mindset. For my Sherlock muse, I'll watch my favorite clips from the show, maybe re-watch a few of the fanvids I made, read a couple fanfics, and get myself back into the mood. For original characters, it's a bit more difficult, but listening to music usually helps, as music is a huge inspiration for me writing OCs.
17. What is your favorite genre to write?
Horror/mystery! I love romances too, but I can't write a whole book about a romance; there have to be other factors involved. In roleplaying, I like to write things that'll deeply affect my muse -- so for Norman, my favorite threads so far have been ones forcing him to look at himself from the outside, so to speak. 'Mother' attacked Harley, and she attacked back, and Norman wakes up tied to a chair with a huge headache and doesn't remember how he got there. My other blogs tend to be the same way. As long as it's something pushing my character to develop more, I'll write it. But overall, horror and mystery are my absolute favorite genres to write. Or tragedies, but those are hard to sustain for long periods of time.