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sahiya1. What was the first story you ever wrote? What inspired you to write it? Destiny, my Days of Our Lives epic fic, and what inspired me to write it was how terribly the show had come to be written during the 1990s (James Reilly, of Passions fame, I'm talking about you.) I still had a lot of residual love for characters I had exhaustively discussed over the 8th grade lunch table, and I hated how dumbed down the show had become, and how stupidly the characters were behaving. I mean, I know it's a soap, but most soaps were, in a cheezy fun way, AWESOME in the 80s.
Anyway, we'd gotten to the point where the heroine was being held captive in a giant gilded cage under Paris, and the hero was about to be executed by guillotine, and I thought, "Hey, I couldn't possibly do any worse." And I wrote 800 pages of fic.
2. Which of your stories received the best response? Why do you think that is? Probably Banging Your Head Against a RedHaired Brick Wall, from the XFiles. I wrote it when XFiles fic was at its height, and I got a lot of great feedback from authors I really respected in the fandom. I think people liked the POV character's voice, and probably at that point appreciated that it wasn't an epic and made no attempt to make sense of the mytharc.
3. Which of your stories received a less favorable response than you expected? Why do you think that is? One Track Mind. Probably it comes close to character bashing - satire. I realized afterward that my disillusionment with Buffy wasn't shared by many people at the time.
4. Which character do you enjoy writing the most? Why? Probably Giles, from Buffy. I find his 'voice' more easily than a lot of characters, and I love his humor.
5. Which character do you enjoy writing the least? Why? Buffy, but that's more of a present thing than a past one. I don't LIKE Buffy anymore - really haven't since halfway through season 5. Sometimes I can write characters I don't like but still get them right, but I don't feel I can channel post-season 5 Buffy at all.
6. You wrote it and you loved it. Quote your favourite opening line. Quote your favourite closing line. Your favourite title. Well, I have a favorite title, anyway. The Futility of Grand Gestures, because of its various connotations in the story, not all evident at first glance.
7. Do you identify with one pairing? If so do you tend to write mostly that pairing? When you don't- what inspires you to step off the beaten track? I don't have an OTP in any fandom, really. I think my kink is that I don't grok epic love - Buffy and Angel didn't seem tragically romantic to me - they seemed stupid and shortsighted. Like Romeo and Juliet. I like smart characters and friendship-into-love, and if I can think of a hook, any combination of characters with those traits is fine.
8. Do you re-read your fic? Why or why not? Do you have a favourite fic to re-read? Some of it. I'm actually trying to recover it from various places on the net after epic computer death and dumb non-savingness. My favorite fic to reread is probably Alternity, from Buffy, because I like the potential AU.
9. Some writers find writing difficult. For others, it comes easily. Tell me about the experience of writing for you.
-How do you write? When? Where? Laptop. Everywhere. Not nearly often enough, though. I like surfing too much.
-Which of your stories was the easiest to write? Which was the hardest? Not Even Jimmy Olsen came pretty quickly. I think non-extensively-canoned POV characters' voices come easy for me.
10. How has the delivery of fanfic changed since you first started in fandom? Where did you first start posting? Do you have a web site? Do you maintain it? Did you belong to lists? Do you now? How do you find new fic to read? Ah, rec.arts.x-files.creative. USENET. Where graphics go to die. My first access was through a PINE email program at university. I wonder if those still exist.
I first posted by emailing my story to the webmistress of the Deidre Hall website, and she posted the story there. After walking me through how you email something from PINE so that it doesn't come out as gibberish, that is. (Hint, no attachments.) I went through a YahooLists phase a while after that, but I don't belong to any fic lists anymore. (Do I? I should check.) Now I mostly cruise LiveJournal, and that's where I'm trying to gather my fic.
I mostly use my friendslist, and also fic or rec communities to find fic - crack_van, recs at PAPERpilots, Teaspoon, FictionAlley etc.
11. No shows = no inspiration. Let's face it, it's all been done, right? Or has it? How do you find inspiration in the Buffyverse? Do the comics help? Do you consider them canon? Well, I already wrote about my post season 5 issues, so mostly I just play in Season 1-4. I've heard a bit about the comics, and am mulling Giles/Faith. I guess I consider them as canon as season 6 & 7, which I also haven't seen. :)
12. Feedback - how important is it to you? What sort of feedback do you like to receive? Do you leave feedback when you read? My longest story got very little feedback, because there wasn't an email address or a forum attached to it - it was just posted by the site owner. And it ran to 800 pages. So I guess it's not that important overall. I like "favorite line" feedback, because it lets me know that people think I've gotten the voices right. I leave feedback if a story really grips me or makes me laugh. And if I participate in ficathons or challenges, I try to feedback all the participants. But I'm definitely a slacker.
13. How has fanfiction changed your life? I guess it really hasn't, except reading it sometimes seems to suck my life away. Mom thinks I should visit the scary outside place more.
14. Do you write professionally? Did you before you started writing fanfic or did fanfic pave the way? Nope. Not self-disciplined enough
Anyway, we'd gotten to the point where the heroine was being held captive in a giant gilded cage under Paris, and the hero was about to be executed by guillotine, and I thought, "Hey, I couldn't possibly do any worse." And I wrote 800 pages of fic.
2. Which of your stories received the best response? Why do you think that is? Probably Banging Your Head Against a RedHaired Brick Wall, from the XFiles. I wrote it when XFiles fic was at its height, and I got a lot of great feedback from authors I really respected in the fandom. I think people liked the POV character's voice, and probably at that point appreciated that it wasn't an epic and made no attempt to make sense of the mytharc.
3. Which of your stories received a less favorable response than you expected? Why do you think that is? One Track Mind. Probably it comes close to character bashing - satire. I realized afterward that my disillusionment with Buffy wasn't shared by many people at the time.
4. Which character do you enjoy writing the most? Why? Probably Giles, from Buffy. I find his 'voice' more easily than a lot of characters, and I love his humor.
5. Which character do you enjoy writing the least? Why? Buffy, but that's more of a present thing than a past one. I don't LIKE Buffy anymore - really haven't since halfway through season 5. Sometimes I can write characters I don't like but still get them right, but I don't feel I can channel post-season 5 Buffy at all.
6. You wrote it and you loved it. Quote your favourite opening line. Quote your favourite closing line. Your favourite title. Well, I have a favorite title, anyway. The Futility of Grand Gestures, because of its various connotations in the story, not all evident at first glance.
7. Do you identify with one pairing? If so do you tend to write mostly that pairing? When you don't- what inspires you to step off the beaten track? I don't have an OTP in any fandom, really. I think my kink is that I don't grok epic love - Buffy and Angel didn't seem tragically romantic to me - they seemed stupid and shortsighted. Like Romeo and Juliet. I like smart characters and friendship-into-love, and if I can think of a hook, any combination of characters with those traits is fine.
8. Do you re-read your fic? Why or why not? Do you have a favourite fic to re-read? Some of it. I'm actually trying to recover it from various places on the net after epic computer death and dumb non-savingness. My favorite fic to reread is probably Alternity, from Buffy, because I like the potential AU.
9. Some writers find writing difficult. For others, it comes easily. Tell me about the experience of writing for you.
-How do you write? When? Where? Laptop. Everywhere. Not nearly often enough, though. I like surfing too much.
-Which of your stories was the easiest to write? Which was the hardest? Not Even Jimmy Olsen came pretty quickly. I think non-extensively-canoned POV characters' voices come easy for me.
10. How has the delivery of fanfic changed since you first started in fandom? Where did you first start posting? Do you have a web site? Do you maintain it? Did you belong to lists? Do you now? How do you find new fic to read? Ah, rec.arts.x-files.creative. USENET. Where graphics go to die. My first access was through a PINE email program at university. I wonder if those still exist.
I first posted by emailing my story to the webmistress of the Deidre Hall website, and she posted the story there. After walking me through how you email something from PINE so that it doesn't come out as gibberish, that is. (Hint, no attachments.) I went through a YahooLists phase a while after that, but I don't belong to any fic lists anymore. (Do I? I should check.) Now I mostly cruise LiveJournal, and that's where I'm trying to gather my fic.
I mostly use my friendslist, and also fic or rec communities to find fic - crack_van, recs at PAPERpilots, Teaspoon, FictionAlley etc.
11. No shows = no inspiration. Let's face it, it's all been done, right? Or has it? How do you find inspiration in the Buffyverse? Do the comics help? Do you consider them canon? Well, I already wrote about my post season 5 issues, so mostly I just play in Season 1-4. I've heard a bit about the comics, and am mulling Giles/Faith. I guess I consider them as canon as season 6 & 7, which I also haven't seen. :)
12. Feedback - how important is it to you? What sort of feedback do you like to receive? Do you leave feedback when you read? My longest story got very little feedback, because there wasn't an email address or a forum attached to it - it was just posted by the site owner. And it ran to 800 pages. So I guess it's not that important overall. I like "favorite line" feedback, because it lets me know that people think I've gotten the voices right. I leave feedback if a story really grips me or makes me laugh. And if I participate in ficathons or challenges, I try to feedback all the participants. But I'm definitely a slacker.
13. How has fanfiction changed your life? I guess it really hasn't, except reading it sometimes seems to suck my life away. Mom thinks I should visit the scary outside place more.
14. Do you write professionally? Did you before you started writing fanfic or did fanfic pave the way? Nope. Not self-disciplined enough
