Meme
Thank you to everyone that wishes me well on my birthday and about my last post. Enjoy this meme, I was tagged.
How about a brief introduction?
The poet Jack Gilbert responded to one of his student's imploy for advice "Do you have the courage to bring forth this work? The treasures that are hidden inside of you are hoping you will say YES." Writing for me is way to purge my discontent with society and a way to express female sexuality and sexual subjectivity. Those are my treasures and my calling. As I work day to day in the lab I realize that my experiments on confirmation bias and sexual orientation in gay males will never reach the greater populace, but if I write a BOOK that is PUBLISHED then I can reach thousands of people and convey those same ideas. I'm out to change the world with my writing: subtlely, subvertiently and with aplomb.
Fabulous! And what got you into fanfiction to begin with?
I mentioned my discontent? I stumbled across fanfiction while looking for pictures of X/1999, I found a very INTERESTING fanart that was from a very INTERESTING fic. Intrigued, I read the fic and discovered what yaoi was. I read every other fic from that author and several others on fanfiction.net. As I discovered new fandoms and I matured as a critical thinker I developed taste, and opinions. Poorly-written dribble and mush did not cut it anymore. I craved something deeper, harder, more explicit. I wanted flesh slapping together like a couple of steaks. I wanted rutting, and I did not find it. I started out soft, in a nice fandom that had no good fanfiction at the time--Count Cain/God Child. It took me a while to work up the courage to write the word penis, but as I practiced it was like the floodgates had been opened and all the smut and filth came pouring out. It was liberating, and others found it quenched their thirst. I started writing because I did not like what was available, and though I had never written a story in my life I knew I could do it better. So I did.
I see. So what kind of fanfiction do you like to write?
I don't write fan-fiction anymore, but I usually wrote yaoi. I like to write men that I can relate to as a woman, sensitive men that are not repulsive like their real-life counterparts. When I did write fanfiction I wrote books and novelletes, very few one-shots, and always in fandoms that were small enough to not have wank. I don't wank, and I don't interact with fandoms anymore because of it.
Do you find writing easy? Hard? What are the aspects of writing you struggle most with?
I find writing very easy, I find it hard to find time to do it. I wish I didn't have to work because then I would write everyday, all day. Words come easily, editting is enjoyable, and I like sharing my "finished" product with others. I love feedback. I struggle with the constant questions "Is it good enough?" "Do I like it?" "Will others like it?" "Is it up to the standards of published work?" but I figure at twenty-three I have time to work on all that.
Write a few sentences or so of your favorite pairing or character.
From my new project, yet to be disclosed...
Dante thrust open the door so hard it smacked against the bookshelf; several tomes spilled from the shelf. Paradise Lost landed in the terrarrium, narrowly missing the iguana who flicked at it with her tongue. Isaiah rose from his desk, his hands flittered over the paperwork as if Dante's anger could blow them away.
"Yes?" Isaiah said.
Dante stared at him, pure fury in his eyes. "You sent back the gift I gave you. You didn't even open it."
"Why would I want to open a gift you've given me?" Isaiah said cooly.
Dante threw the small, compact giftbox onto Isaiah's desk. "Open it."
Isaiah's hands gingerly lifted the lid off the box. "Its a tie."
Dante nodded. "All you wear is black."
"What color is it?" Isaiah asked.
"You can't see it? It's burgandy."
"Oh."
Silence stretched between them. Isaiah put the lid on the box and tossed it back. "I can't accept it."
Dante did not say anything. He opened the lid, lifted the tie from the tissue and let the box fall like chaff to the floor. He walked over to Isaiah, grabbed the younger man by the collar and pushed him back into the chair. His finger slipped through the knot and pulled Isaiah's tie free. Gingerly, he threaded the burgandy one through the collar and knotted it beneath Isaiah's chin.
Isaiah glared at him the entire time.
"There," Dante said. "It looks good on you."
Are there any fanfiction clichés or trends you're sick of or just can't stand?
God, there are too many. Eye color is the first that comes to mind, I blame YnM. Sentences like "amethyst met sapphire" and the like. Blech. Typos. Poorly written prose. Most fanfiction sucks, and then when you apply fafiction conventions to real writing is even worse.
Name your OTPs or most frequently written pairings/characters and explain what it is about them that you love to write.
Riff/Cain
Seishirou/Subaru
Kurogane/Fay
Tsuzuki/Hisoka
Yuuri/Wolfram (they switch XP)
Basically, I like cannon pairings.
What would you call your writing style?
Erotic narrative with scatological details
Do you read other people’s fanfic? If so, what do you find yourself reading the most?
Not really, only friends I really love and respect.
Name one thing you'd LOVE to write, but have been too afraid or shy to do.
This so does not apply to me. No fear.
Do you have trouble taking criticism? Or worse yet, do you have the dreaded bloated ego?
I have no trouble taking criticism and yes, I do have a bloated ego.
When you write, is there anything that helps? Music? Quiet room?
Music helps. Quiet helps. Depends on the mood. Nighttime helps.
What inspires you?
Other writers and the everyday.
Lastly, how would you sum up your fanfiction experiences and yourself as a writer?
Discontent.
I tag tanuuki-dono, sorceres_delial, _mylia, and Raven. I'm too lazy to format these correctly.
How about a brief introduction?
The poet Jack Gilbert responded to one of his student's imploy for advice "Do you have the courage to bring forth this work? The treasures that are hidden inside of you are hoping you will say YES." Writing for me is way to purge my discontent with society and a way to express female sexuality and sexual subjectivity. Those are my treasures and my calling. As I work day to day in the lab I realize that my experiments on confirmation bias and sexual orientation in gay males will never reach the greater populace, but if I write a BOOK that is PUBLISHED then I can reach thousands of people and convey those same ideas. I'm out to change the world with my writing: subtlely, subvertiently and with aplomb.
Fabulous! And what got you into fanfiction to begin with?
I mentioned my discontent? I stumbled across fanfiction while looking for pictures of X/1999, I found a very INTERESTING fanart that was from a very INTERESTING fic. Intrigued, I read the fic and discovered what yaoi was. I read every other fic from that author and several others on fanfiction.net. As I discovered new fandoms and I matured as a critical thinker I developed taste, and opinions. Poorly-written dribble and mush did not cut it anymore. I craved something deeper, harder, more explicit. I wanted flesh slapping together like a couple of steaks. I wanted rutting, and I did not find it. I started out soft, in a nice fandom that had no good fanfiction at the time--Count Cain/God Child. It took me a while to work up the courage to write the word penis, but as I practiced it was like the floodgates had been opened and all the smut and filth came pouring out. It was liberating, and others found it quenched their thirst. I started writing because I did not like what was available, and though I had never written a story in my life I knew I could do it better. So I did.
I see. So what kind of fanfiction do you like to write?
I don't write fan-fiction anymore, but I usually wrote yaoi. I like to write men that I can relate to as a woman, sensitive men that are not repulsive like their real-life counterparts. When I did write fanfiction I wrote books and novelletes, very few one-shots, and always in fandoms that were small enough to not have wank. I don't wank, and I don't interact with fandoms anymore because of it.
Do you find writing easy? Hard? What are the aspects of writing you struggle most with?
I find writing very easy, I find it hard to find time to do it. I wish I didn't have to work because then I would write everyday, all day. Words come easily, editting is enjoyable, and I like sharing my "finished" product with others. I love feedback. I struggle with the constant questions "Is it good enough?" "Do I like it?" "Will others like it?" "Is it up to the standards of published work?" but I figure at twenty-three I have time to work on all that.
Write a few sentences or so of your favorite pairing or character.
From my new project, yet to be disclosed...
Dante thrust open the door so hard it smacked against the bookshelf; several tomes spilled from the shelf. Paradise Lost landed in the terrarrium, narrowly missing the iguana who flicked at it with her tongue. Isaiah rose from his desk, his hands flittered over the paperwork as if Dante's anger could blow them away.
"Yes?" Isaiah said.
Dante stared at him, pure fury in his eyes. "You sent back the gift I gave you. You didn't even open it."
"Why would I want to open a gift you've given me?" Isaiah said cooly.
Dante threw the small, compact giftbox onto Isaiah's desk. "Open it."
Isaiah's hands gingerly lifted the lid off the box. "Its a tie."
Dante nodded. "All you wear is black."
"What color is it?" Isaiah asked.
"You can't see it? It's burgandy."
"Oh."
Silence stretched between them. Isaiah put the lid on the box and tossed it back. "I can't accept it."
Dante did not say anything. He opened the lid, lifted the tie from the tissue and let the box fall like chaff to the floor. He walked over to Isaiah, grabbed the younger man by the collar and pushed him back into the chair. His finger slipped through the knot and pulled Isaiah's tie free. Gingerly, he threaded the burgandy one through the collar and knotted it beneath Isaiah's chin.
Isaiah glared at him the entire time.
"There," Dante said. "It looks good on you."
Are there any fanfiction clichés or trends you're sick of or just can't stand?
God, there are too many. Eye color is the first that comes to mind, I blame YnM. Sentences like "amethyst met sapphire" and the like. Blech. Typos. Poorly written prose. Most fanfiction sucks, and then when you apply fafiction conventions to real writing is even worse.
Name your OTPs or most frequently written pairings/characters and explain what it is about them that you love to write.
Riff/Cain
Seishirou/Subaru
Kurogane/Fay
Tsuzuki/Hisoka
Yuuri/Wolfram (they switch XP)
Basically, I like cannon pairings.
What would you call your writing style?
Erotic narrative with scatological details
Do you read other people’s fanfic? If so, what do you find yourself reading the most?
Not really, only friends I really love and respect.
Name one thing you'd LOVE to write, but have been too afraid or shy to do.
This so does not apply to me. No fear.
Do you have trouble taking criticism? Or worse yet, do you have the dreaded bloated ego?
I have no trouble taking criticism and yes, I do have a bloated ego.
When you write, is there anything that helps? Music? Quiet room?
Music helps. Quiet helps. Depends on the mood. Nighttime helps.
What inspires you?
Other writers and the everyday.
Lastly, how would you sum up your fanfiction experiences and yourself as a writer?
Discontent.
I tag tanuuki-dono, sorceres_delial, _mylia, and Raven. I'm too lazy to format these correctly.