#writblr interview

Writblr Interview

Short stories, novels, or poems?

Oh, definitely novels. Even my short stories are pretty long lol

What genre do you prefer reading?

Fantasy, sci-fi, anything fun :)

What genre do you prefer writing?

Definitely fantasy with some heavy steampunk flavor

Are you a planner or a write-as-I-go kind of person?

I'll usually plot out a vague plan for each chapter, but no further than that. Short stories, I pretty much just wing it on.

What music do you listen to while writing?

It's gotta be instrumental or I can't pay attention. I tend towards a mix of video game music, classical, and jazz. Each of my characters has their own spotify playlist linked in my pinned post, so if you're looking for 6 to 8 hours of instrumental music, be my guest :)

Fave books/movies?

Favorite books are anything by Sanderson, the Foundryside Trilogy, and the Kingkiller Chronicles. My favorite movies are the lotr trilogy.

Any current WIPs?

My rotating roster is Honor's Outcasts and The Mystery of the Mortal God. The Final Voyage of the R.S Starbreaker is one I keep on backburner, and I'm currently working on an untitled short story.

If someone were to make a cartoon out of you, what would your standard outfit be?

Probably my work clothes ngl. A fishing shirt tucked into cargo pants, tucked into mud boots with a sun hat and mosquito net. My hair is in pigtails and I'm covered in bug spray. I probably smell musty as hell.

Create a character description for yourself

A tall young woman with a fuckass blonde bob, probably a checked-out expression on her face, and really awful tan lines. She's always wearing a necklace and usually some painted boots. The aesthetics are somewhere between punk and rustic.

Do you like incorporating people you actually know into your writing?

Nah, it's never appealed to me

Are you kill-happy with characters?

Not really, but I've been known to make exceptions

Coffee or tea while writing?

Girl, water. I need hydration lol

Slow or fast writer?

I'm not sure what the metric is exactly, but I'd say decently fast, though it depends on how my life is going also.

Where/who/what do you find inspiration from?

My own brain, books and shows I like, dreams, all sort of places

If you were put into a fantasy world, what would you be?

Probably some sort of alchemist who lives in a basement and eats toads

Most fave book cliche?

Thwarted prophecies. I love it when something goes wrong in a way that's correct to the letter. This is a little ironic, as if never written a prophecy once.

Least fave book cliche?

When characters are overly whiny, but especially when they whine about cool stuff. Like, sorry your shape-shifting abilities are making you question your humanity, but rip to you, I'm different. The only exception to this dislike is if they're whiny in a funny way. Anything is forgivable in literature if it's entertaining.

Fave scenes to write?

Probably those high tension fight scenes or anything with emotional stakes that isn't just a ton of dialog

Most productive time of day for writing?

I'd say early afternoon, but I have more free time to write at night

Reason for writing?

These characters are my friends. Giving up would be abandoning them. Also, I legitimately enjoy reading my own writing.

@plussizeappreciationfics is a versatile author with multiple fandoms who has carved out a niche on Tumblr. She has something to please every fan, so you need to check out her masterlists ASAP! Yes, she has more than one because she has written so many fics. We’ll get to that in a minute, but we’re thrilled that she took some time to sit down with us and talk about the wonderful world of fanfiction.

Okay, so first we have got to talk about your masterlists. You have a ton because you have written over 450 fics at this point. That is super impressive! How do you find time to write so much?

I strictly plan when it’s time to write, the fact that I can type very quickly really helps me when I sit down and think about the fics I’m going to write.

Usually authors have a specific list of fandoms and characters they will take on in order to give themselves some limits. You will write for any fandom. Why did you decide to do this, and do you ever find it hard to keep up with all of the different characters people request?

I decided to write for any fandom because so many people unfortunately can’t find any fics about their favorite character/person. I had that problem too and told myself that once I’d have the courage to start my writing blog, I’d make it as inclusive as possible.

It’s not really hard to keep up with the characters that people request. I know 95% of them, and the other 5% I just google and search for enough content to be able to create a mental image of them and their personalities.

Obviously you’ve made plus size and POC fics your niche on Tumblr, which we think is awesome. Why did you decide to go in that direction?

I’ve decided to write for plus size and POC because I could never find enough of those fics when I wanted to read some. All the reader-insert fics always...

@pocmarvelworks writes pretty much anything and everything Marvel, so their masterlist has something for everyone. Seriously, check out the fic with Loki and 500 pugs, because it is super cute! As their name indicates, they often focus on POC reader-insert fics. They were also recommended to us by a fellow author, and we are beyond thrilled that they decided to sit down with us and talk about writing and fanfiction.

You write for so many characters! How do you keep them all in your head and pull them out when you need them? Is it ever hard to get back into a character after you haven’t written them for a while, or to write multiple characters at once?

It’s extremely hard going back to a character if I haven’t written for them in a while, or if I don’t know a lot about them. It all depends on who I’m thinking about and can muster up the motivation to write about them that day. I’ll find myself having weird dreams where they’ll pop in my head even for a second and then the rest of the day I’m thinking about that character! Last night I dreamt about Thor going on a trip with me, which was weird, and for the rest of the day he was in my head! 

You have a few series and you also write one-shots. Do you prefer one type of story over the other? Why or why not?

I prefer one-shots because I’m such a forgetful person with way too many ideas in my head that often times I don’t finish a series. To this day I haven’t finished a series, because I have so many new ideas that I must write or I’ll never forgive myself. If I really do want to or my readers seriously want a part two, I’ll definitely give it to them! It’s nice having such a following and people that love my work so much that they’ll want me to tag them in my series. It means a lot. 

How did you start writing fanfiction? Was Marvel the first fandom you wrote for?

I believe I started in 8th grade. It was for One Direction...