What’s the last thing you wrote?

An email to the group at Let The Words Flow.

Fiction-wise? I’m helping a Client edit his book to self-publish.

My own fiction? An article for LTWF. Or the first bits of A Clear and Beautiful Lie. Yeah, I haven’t written much original fiction lately.

What’s the first thing you wrote that you still have?

Stories that I wrote in first grade. I have all my elementary school stories in a tub out in my garage. They remind me of how far I’ve come.

Write poetry?

Yes.

Angsty poetry?

Absolutely not. Angsty poetry should be shot.

Favorite genre of writing?

I write in many genres, but my favorite would have to be regular fiction or speculative fiction.

Most annoying character you’ve ever created?

Some minor characters from Antebellum (Since deleted). But as for characters that stuck around, probably Laina from Antebellum. No one seems to really like her.

Best plot you’ve ever created?

Antebellum, definitely.

Coolest plot twist you’ve ever created?

I’m really fond of surprise deaths, but I’m not sure how ‘cool’ that is.

How often do you get writer’s block?

Lately I get a thing I don’t really call writer’s block, but more like miscarriages. I fail to bring ideas to term.

Write fan fiction?

I used to write Animorph fan fiction, but I justified it by saying that at least I wasn’t writing Harry Potter fan fiction, lol. I love HP fan fic though. The older I get the more I love it, because it’s inexhaustible.

Do you type or write by hand?

I mostly type (I’m so wicked fast at typing it’s not funny), but I think writing by hand is a more honest experience.

Do you save everything you write?

Absolutely. That hard drive crash I suffered this summer really hurt me. I knew a writer once who updated his lj one day with this simple sentence: I just deleted everything I have ever written.

That was years ago, but I still remember the shock I felt, and then the admiration. I could never be that strong. I could never just start over like that.

Do you ever go back to an idea after you’ve abandoned it?

All the time. It never works out.

What’s your favorite thing you’ve written?

The newest version of Antebellum is pretty kicking, but I love Go Look There, and I have some pretty badass poems too.

What’s everyone else’s favourite story that you’ve written?

Probably Antebellum, though my friend Jaden Nation compares Go Look There to Fight Club, and carries it around with him on his phone always.

Ever written romance or angsty teen drama?

Antebellum is technically considered a Romance. I love angsty fiction, and I read fan fic for my share of that.

What’s your favorite setting for your characters?

Their usual setting. I like them to be in their homes, or where we would usually find them because that’s the blank slate. They can do anything.

How many writing projects are you working on right now?

I have two contracted projects, the LTWF blog, and I need to be working on rewriting Apostasy.

Have you ever won an award for your writing?

I won the Halloween Horror Story Contest in my Creative Writing class. Does that count?

What are your five favorite words?

I love many, but my most favorite is flutter.

What character have you created that is most like yourself?

The very, very first time I wrote Antebellum, the Poetess was an idealized version of myself, but she quickly became her own character (thankfully)

Where do you get ideas for your characters?

They are their own people, coming to me like spirits.

Do you ever write based on your dreams?

The idea for Of Coffee and People came to me as I was trying to sleep, but that’s the closest I’ve gotten.

Do you favor happy endings, sad endings or cliff-hangers?

Are you concerned with spelling and grammar as you write?

Absolutely. However, I’ve turned off my spelling/grammar check when I write because seeing those red and green squiggly lines really annoy me, so I’ve just done away with the whole thing altogether.

Does music help you write?

Absolutely not. I can’t stand to have music or the television playing when I’m writing, because their voices get mixed up with my own or I pay them attention instead of whats going on inside my head.

Quote something you’ve written. Whatever pops into your head.

“…and you and I, shorn, running swiftly into the night.”

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