people hate snow
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cornerofmadnessI don't. I hate THIS. This horrible cold drizzle that seeps into your joints and makes life miserable. I'm in so much pain today I could hardly walk. it put a dent in mom and I shopping around.
I DID get a new OPI color Royal Rajah Ruby that looks like the color of fresh blood in the bottle. I hope it looks like I've been dipping my claws. I'll put in on for the casino tomorrow.
In fact I couldn't have put up your springkink Enemy, because it's St. Paddy's day and I'm spending it in the casino. It was post story or go for free food, booze and gambling. I wasn't passing that up. Lucky Uncle isn't so lucky in the real world. All the rain in OH has flooded his lake house and he has to run down there to pull up the dock. So he gave me his casino player's card with 100$ of free play. WHOO HOO. Go me. (it's only good tomorrow so he's like play away)
for more of my professional writing news check here. The book will go on sale next week and Sun/mon there's going to be a virtual book launch party. You're all invited. I'll put up more info later.
1. Tell us about your favorite writing project/universe that you've worked with and why.
2. How many characters do you have? Do you prefer males or females?
3. How do you come up with names, for characters (and for places if you're writing about fictional places)?
4. Tell us about one of your first stories/characters!
5. By age, who is your youngest character? Oldest? How about “youngest” and “oldest” in terms of when you created them?
6 Where are you most comfortable writing? At what time of day? Computer or good ol' pen and paper?
7. Do you listen to music while you write? What kind? Are there any songs you like to relate/apply to your characters?
8. What's your favorite genre to write? To read?
9. How do you get ideas for your characters? Describe the process of creating them.
10. What are some really weird situations your characters have been in? Everything from serious canon scenes to meme questions counts!
11. Who is your favorite character to write? Least favorite?
12. In what story did you feel you did the best job of worldbuilding? Any side-notes on it you'd like to share?
13. What's your favorite culture to write, fictional or not?
14. How do you map out locations, if needed? Do you have any to show us?
15. Midway question! Tell us about a writer you admire, whether professional or not!
16. Do you write romantic relationships? How do you do with those, and how “far” are you willing to go in your writing? ;)
17. Favorite protagonist and why!
18. Favorite antagonist and why!
19. Favorite minor that decided to shove himself into the spotlight and why!
20. What are your favorite character interactions to write?
21. Do any of your characters have children? How well do you write them?
22. Tell us about one scene between your characters that you've never written or told anyone about before! Serious or not.
23. How long does it usually take you to complete an entire story—from planning to writing to posting (if you post your work)?
24. How willing are you to kill your characters if the plot so demands it? What's the most interesting way you've killed someone?
25. Do any of your characters have pets? Tell us about them.
26. Let's talk art! Do you draw your characters? Do others draw them? Pick one of your OCs and post your favorite picture of him!
27. Along similar lines, do appearances play a big role in your stories? Tell us about them, or if not, how you go about designing your characters.
28. Have you ever written a character with physical or mental disabilities? Describe them, and if there's nothing major to speak of, tell us a few smaller ones.
29. How often do you think about writing? Ever come across something IRL that reminds you of your story/characters?
30. Final question! Tag someone! And tell us what you like about that person as a writer and/or about one of his/her characters!
15. Midway question! Tell us about a writer you admire, whether professional or not!
So not to play favorites among my flist (but seriously you can find a whole host of good writers there), let me stick to the pros. I admire Stephen King, Anne Perry, C.S. Harris, J.K. Rowling, Tony Hillerman, Barbara Hambly, Dean Koontz and so many others. I don't know what to tell you about them but if you like mystery, horror fantasy or urban fantasy you can't go wrong with these guys.
16. Do you write romantic relationships? How do you do with those, and how “far” are you willing to go in your writing? ;)
Since I'm currently publishing erotica, I go all the way. I do write romance and outside of the erotica, it's really a subplot. Most of my stories might have some kind of attraction in the background but that's about it. Even in the erotica, I wouldn’t' call most of them romances. I'm not interested in romance as a genre but as a subplot I can handle it.
17. Favorite protagonist and why! Honestly, I don't like playing favorites but if I had to pick one, my vampire, Maddelena. She's a lot like me (well, I'm not as slutty) . She's smart and her novel is the first I wrote that I honestly think is bookshelf worthy
18. Favorite antagonist and why! Either Lord Hakan from my novel with evil_little_dog or Mairin from my werewolf YA. Both are fairly well developed (Hakan more so) and actually horrifically villain-like. I feel I do villains bad so I'm pretty proud of these two.
I DID get a new OPI color Royal Rajah Ruby that looks like the color of fresh blood in the bottle. I hope it looks like I've been dipping my claws. I'll put in on for the casino tomorrow.
In fact I couldn't have put up your springkink Enemy, because it's St. Paddy's day and I'm spending it in the casino. It was post story or go for free food, booze and gambling. I wasn't passing that up. Lucky Uncle isn't so lucky in the real world. All the rain in OH has flooded his lake house and he has to run down there to pull up the dock. So he gave me his casino player's card with 100$ of free play. WHOO HOO. Go me. (it's only good tomorrow so he's like play away)
for more of my professional writing news check here. The book will go on sale next week and Sun/mon there's going to be a virtual book launch party. You're all invited. I'll put up more info later.
1. Tell us about your favorite writing project/universe that you've worked with and why.
2. How many characters do you have? Do you prefer males or females?
3. How do you come up with names, for characters (and for places if you're writing about fictional places)?
4. Tell us about one of your first stories/characters!
5. By age, who is your youngest character? Oldest? How about “youngest” and “oldest” in terms of when you created them?
6 Where are you most comfortable writing? At what time of day? Computer or good ol' pen and paper?
7. Do you listen to music while you write? What kind? Are there any songs you like to relate/apply to your characters?
8. What's your favorite genre to write? To read?
9. How do you get ideas for your characters? Describe the process of creating them.
10. What are some really weird situations your characters have been in? Everything from serious canon scenes to meme questions counts!
11. Who is your favorite character to write? Least favorite?
12. In what story did you feel you did the best job of worldbuilding? Any side-notes on it you'd like to share?
13. What's your favorite culture to write, fictional or not?
14. How do you map out locations, if needed? Do you have any to show us?
15. Midway question! Tell us about a writer you admire, whether professional or not!
16. Do you write romantic relationships? How do you do with those, and how “far” are you willing to go in your writing? ;)
17. Favorite protagonist and why!
18. Favorite antagonist and why!
19. Favorite minor that decided to shove himself into the spotlight and why!
20. What are your favorite character interactions to write?
21. Do any of your characters have children? How well do you write them?
22. Tell us about one scene between your characters that you've never written or told anyone about before! Serious or not.
23. How long does it usually take you to complete an entire story—from planning to writing to posting (if you post your work)?
24. How willing are you to kill your characters if the plot so demands it? What's the most interesting way you've killed someone?
25. Do any of your characters have pets? Tell us about them.
26. Let's talk art! Do you draw your characters? Do others draw them? Pick one of your OCs and post your favorite picture of him!
27. Along similar lines, do appearances play a big role in your stories? Tell us about them, or if not, how you go about designing your characters.
28. Have you ever written a character with physical or mental disabilities? Describe them, and if there's nothing major to speak of, tell us a few smaller ones.
29. How often do you think about writing? Ever come across something IRL that reminds you of your story/characters?
30. Final question! Tag someone! And tell us what you like about that person as a writer and/or about one of his/her characters!
15. Midway question! Tell us about a writer you admire, whether professional or not!
So not to play favorites among my flist (but seriously you can find a whole host of good writers there), let me stick to the pros. I admire Stephen King, Anne Perry, C.S. Harris, J.K. Rowling, Tony Hillerman, Barbara Hambly, Dean Koontz and so many others. I don't know what to tell you about them but if you like mystery, horror fantasy or urban fantasy you can't go wrong with these guys.
16. Do you write romantic relationships? How do you do with those, and how “far” are you willing to go in your writing? ;)
Since I'm currently publishing erotica, I go all the way. I do write romance and outside of the erotica, it's really a subplot. Most of my stories might have some kind of attraction in the background but that's about it. Even in the erotica, I wouldn’t' call most of them romances. I'm not interested in romance as a genre but as a subplot I can handle it.
17. Favorite protagonist and why! Honestly, I don't like playing favorites but if I had to pick one, my vampire, Maddelena. She's a lot like me (well, I'm not as slutty) . She's smart and her novel is the first I wrote that I honestly think is bookshelf worthy
18. Favorite antagonist and why! Either Lord Hakan from my novel with evil_little_dog or Mairin from my werewolf YA. Both are fairly well developed (Hakan more so) and actually horrifically villain-like. I feel I do villains bad so I'm pretty proud of these two.
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Date: 2010-03-16 01:58 am (UTC)I also like Tarran's Mommy. She's NASTY. Oooo, imagining them together, now that would be the combo parents from hell.
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Date: 2010-03-16 02:11 am (UTC)And very exciting news about your book.
I agree about that kind of weather. A complete misery.
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Date: 2010-03-16 02:18 am (UTC)yeah i hate this. Snowing even though it's colder, doesn't affect me like this cold rain
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Date: 2010-03-16 02:42 am (UTC)I have three of the Alice colors... *oops* and my free one from Ulta is "Jade is the New Black"... "out there" colors, but FUN and gorgeous coverage.
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