- Tell us about your favorite writing project/universe that you've worked with and why.
I think my favorite at any one time is whatever I'm working on that's working! I don't like to play favorites in any aspect of my life, really, but when I'm working on something that's flowing, it takes over a lot of my mind.
Right now, I'm revising Married to the Wind, and I'm liking it more and more as I pull those corset stays tighter and it starts to look the way it does inside my head. It's a great world, and I love it, and there'll be two more novels set there eventually as the world keeps expanding the more I think about it. There are issues I need to work out, and soon I'm going to run into the first part that I know is really a mess and will take a lot of work to weave together and iron out, but I just love this story, these characters. I want it to be as good as it can be so everyone else will love it as much!
I also just started a short story about what happens to a handful of women after it becomes illegal to do anything not considered 'womanly'--like thinking for themselves, or wanting equal pay--and they're sent to a containment facility. I don't usually get political in my writing, but it sparked me and I wanted to write it.
- How many characters do you have? Do you prefer males or females?
- How do you come up with names, for characters (and for places if you’re writing about fictional places)?
- Tell us about one of your first stories/characters!
- By age, who is your youngest character? Oldest? How about “youngest” and “oldest” in terms of when you created them?
- Where are you most comfortable writing? At what time of day? Computer or good ol’ pen and paper?
- Do you listen to music while you write? What kind? Are there any songs you like to relate/apply to your characters?
- What’s your favorite genre to write? To read?
- How do you get ideas for your characters? Describe the process of creating them.
- What are some really weird situations your characters have been in? Everything from serious canon scenes to meme questions counts!
- Who is your favorite character to write? Least favorite?
- In what story did you feel you did the best job of worldbuilding? Any side-notes on it you’d like to share?
- What’s your favorite culture to write, fictional or not?
- How do you map out locations, if needed? Do you have any to show us?
- Midway question! Tell us about a writer you admire, whether professional or not!
- Do you write romantic relationships? How do you do with those, and how “far” are you willing to go in your writing? ;)
- Favorite protagonist and why!
- Favorite antagonist and why!
- Favorite minor that decided to shove himself into the spotlight and why!
- What are your favorite character interactions to write?
- Do any of your characters have children? How well do you write them?
- Tell us about one scene between your characters that you’ve never written or told anyone about before! Serious or not.
- How long does it usually take you to complete an entire story—from planning to writing to posting (if you post your work)?
- How willing are you to kill your characters if the plot so demands it? What’s the most interesting way you’ve killed someone?
- Do any of your characters have pets? Tell us about them.
- 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!
- 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.
- 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.
- How often do you think about writing? Ever come across something IRL that reminds you of your story/characters?
- Final question! Tag someone! And tell us what you like about that person as a writer and/or about one of his characters!
