[meme] indulge me

[wisdomeagle]

Ask me anything you want about any of my stories: how I thought of the idea, what I did to write it, what I was thinking when I wrote it, what I feel about it now, what I wish I'd done differently, etc. Or ask any of the characters from particular stories something you want to know, and get an answer from them. Or both.

(I am registering for fall classes. Have decided the sexuality course is right out; instead I am taking a lit-style class about representations of Jesus in various works of fiction. I am SO EXCITED. My bank account is not.)

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[sk8eeyore.livejournal.com]

EEEE! Post your whole schedule as soon as you've decided :) But no pressure or anything ;)

[ct]

Yay for getting everything even more sorted out!

Y'know, the nice thing about memes like this is that it makes me go look through people's fic archives. You have a *lot* of stories that I've never read. Must bookmark for when I have free time.

A question for Dawn, of "Otherwise Very Romantic": What do you think of Mary Anne and Mallory?

What were you thinking when you wrote "Matchmaker, Matchmaker?"

In "Shining Time Stations", why did decide that Elizabeth should be blonde Elizabeth rather than brunette Elizabeth? (Excellent Zelenka voice, by the way. It's very easy to hear him.)

[wisdomeagle]

+Dawn sez: Well. They're a little bit... happy, you know. Too happy, like they're going to fall apart and crash and burn. I can't help it; I see couples like that and all that springs to mind is my parents... or some of my friends from high school, you know. So high-school romance.

But I'm happy for them, especially for Mary Anne. I mean, she is my sister. It's not like I don't want her to be happy and fulfilled; I do; it's just her life right now is so far away from me.... we haven't been close since eighth grade but now it feels like we're lightyears apart, emotionally, mentally... I try to talk to her but I can't really connect and... I miss her.

I mean. A little. Sometimes.

+Ari's thoughts whilst writing "Matchmaker, Matchmaker":

Kaylee! Stop it! Stop flirting with Inara! This is a Sam/Jayne fic; that was the request! No, no, NO, stoppit, no flirting with Sam! I know Sam is hotter than a hot thing, but right now you need to hook her up with JAYNE. Yeah, I know, that's how I feel too. But Jayne is hot. I mean, Jayne might be hot, to a straight girl. Maybe Sam is straight. I mean... it's POSSIBLE. Anything is POSSIBLE. Oh... I hope this Sam-backstory is ambiguous enough; it's trying to be Sam/Daniel backstory but it makes more sense as Jack/Sam backstory but I'm NOT writing Jack/Sam! Kaylee! I SAID stop flirting with Inara.

Okay. Okay, you win. If you can't be with Sam, you can have the Inara-subtext. It's not like I can very well stop you, is it?

+"Shining Time Station" Weir is blonde because I have this fascination with the idea of blonde!Weir, with the way there are two characters and there's continuity between them but they are different; they look different; they have different personalities. And yet somehow they're the "same character" -- it's something that can really ONLY be explored in fanfic; it's an issue that doesn't come up in other kinds of writing... so I was determined, for a time, to write all pre-S1/8 Weir as blonde, although it's tricksy with backstory and all. Mostly, I want to experiment in writing the character -- I wrote Sam/Weir fic before there *was* brunette!Weir, and I don't want to lose that character just because there's another one of the same name.