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The second chapter of The Most Honourable is up now!

#bridgerton #asoiaf #pre asoiaf #eloise bridgerton #brynden rivers #bloodraven #eloise x brynden

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The first chapter of The Most Honourable is up!

#bridgerton #asoiaf #pre asoiaf #eloise bridgerton #brynden rivers #bloodraven #eloise x brynden

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A Writer’s Ask Game

Send me an ask with the number(s) you’d like me to answer!

The Basics 1.     Do you listen to music when you write? 2.     Are you a pantser or plotter? 3.     Computer or pen and paper? 4.     Have you ever been published, or do you want to be published? 5.     How much writing do you get done on an average day? 6.     Single or multiple POV? 7.     Standalone or series? 8.     Oldest WIP 9.     Current WIP 10.  Do you set yourself deadlines?

The Specifics 11.  Books and/or authors who influenced you the most 12.  Describe your perfect writing space 13.  Describe your writing process from idea to polished 14.  How do you deal with self-doubts? 15.  How do you deal with writer’s block? 16.  How many drafts do you need until you’re satisfied with a project? 17.  What writing habits or rituals do you have? 18.  If you could collaborate with anyone, who would it be, and what would you write about? 19.  How do you keep yourself motivated? 20.  How many WIPs and story ideas do you have?

The Favourites 21.  Who is/are your favourite character(s) to write? 22.  Who is/are your favourite pairing(s) to write? 23.  Favourite author 24.  Favourite genre to write and read 25.  Favourite part of writing 26.  Favourite writing program 27.  Favourite line/scene 28.  Favourite side character 29.  Favourite villain 30.  Favourite idea you haven’t started on yet

The Dark 31.  Least favourite part of writing 32.  Most difficult character to write 33.  Have you ever killed a main character? 34.  What was the hardest scene you ever had to write? 35.  What scene/story are you least looking forward to writing?

The Fun 36.  Last sentence you wrote 37.  First sentence or your current WIP 38.  Weirdest story idea you’ve ever had 39.  Weirdest character concept you’ve ever had 40.  Share some backstory for one of your characters

The Rest of It 41.  Any advice for new/beginning/young writers? 42.  How do you feel about love triangles? 43.  What do you do if/when characters don’t follow the outline? 44.  How much research do you do? 45.  How much world building do you do? 46.  Do you reread your own stories? 47.  Best way to procrastinate 48.  What’s the most self-insert character/scene you’ve ever written? 49.  Which character would you most want to be friends with, if they were real? 50.  [Other question—ask me anything]

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The prologue of The Most Honourable is up now!

#bridgerton #asoiaf #pre asoiaf #eloise bridgerton #brynden rivers #bloodraven #eloise x brynden

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*looks at what the male lead in this fic just said* Wow, you really opened the door with that line, didn't you?

*male lead just looks smug*

This charming bastard just highjacked the plot.

#writing

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The 10th chapter of The Adventure of the Hertfordshire Elopement is up now!

#sherlock holmes #mary bennet #granada holmes #pride and prejudice 2005 #pride and prejudice #sherlock x mary

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The ninth chapter of The Adventure of the Hertfordshire Elopement is up now!

#sherlock holmes #mary bennet #pride and prejudice #pride and prejudice 2005 #granada holmes #sherlock x mary

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Chapter 8 of The Adventure of the Hertfordshire Elopement is up now!

#sherlock holmes #mary bennet #granada holmes #pride and prejudice 2005 #pride and prejudice #sherlock x mary

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The seventh chapter of The Adventure of the Hertfordshire Elopement is up now!

#pride and prejudice #granada holmes #pride and prejudice 2005 #mary bennet #sherlock holmes #sherlock x mary

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There's Something About Penelope just hit 1,800 kudos!!!

#bridgerton #penthony #anthony bridgerton #penelope featherington

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1, 3, 4, 7, 10, 21, 22, 26, 28, 31, 33, 16, 38, 39 & 40 for the writing ask you reblogged on your main account (I have this one up all the time, not your main, so thptt)!

:P to you too.

Which of your fics would you keep the basic plot of but rewrite completely?

The fics that are sequels to The Incubus in the Hallway. I ... was so bad at plotting them, frankly. The basics are fine but I could definitely have written them better.

3. How would you describe your writing style?

Very good beige prose.

4. Do you have any OCs? Do you have a story for them?

Another :P for making me list them, you know I have several now.

Emilia Alexander -- healer-in-training OFC that I wrote so Defender Strange wouldn't be alone.

Evie Strange -- OG Stephen's adopted telepathic daughter

Alina Ennynore -- geologist OFC I made for Smaug

Leland Arnold -- earl OMC I made for Mary Bennet

Thurston Caldwell -- marquess OMC I made for Caroline Bingley

Gabe Bromley -- war hero (canon era) or architect (modern era) OMC I made for Kitty Bennet

There are a couple more one-off OFCs.

7. Your favorite ao3 tag.

Older Man/Younger Woman

10. Top three favorite fic tropes.

Older Man/Younger Woman

Domestic Bliss

Idiots to lovers

21. Can you accurately predict how long your fics are going to be? If you can, what's your secret?

The best I can do is predict whether it's a one-shot or a multi-chap, and even then, I'm wrong quite a bit.

22. What is it about watching the same two idiots falling in love over and over again?

We already know the destination so it's definitely the journey. :)

26. What would you describe as OOC?

Someone acting like they never did/do in canon WITHOUT GOOD REASON.

28. Any writing advice that works for you and you feel like sharing?

To be honest, the only writing "advice" that works for me ... ignore all writing "advice" you don't agree with. Stephen King doesn't like adverbs? Good for him, I don't care.

31. What was the most difficult fic for you to write (but in the end you made it)?

My most difficult FINISHED fic? Off the top of my head, There's Something About Penelope. I don't consider myself a smut writer -- I'm a fluff writer who dabbles in smut. This fic has a healthy amount of it and those scenes were not easy.

33. Give your writing a compliment.

I'm great at feels. :)

16. Are one-shots really underrated?

Dear God, yes! Especially if they're under 5K. Please, people, read more short fics. If I can skewer a reader's heart with just 41 words (45 if you count the title), think of how much of an emotional impact I can make with 10x or even 100x that many.

36. How do you come up with fic titles? What's the one you're most proud of?

Oh lord. 99% of the time, the title and summary are the LAST things I think of before I post a fic. If it's a songfic, I'll probably just use the song's title (or one of the other lyrics). Once in a great while, I'll think of the title as I'm writing a fic. I don't think I have a fic title I'm most proud of, but I'm attached to The Incubus In The Hallway since it comes from a line in the fic.

39. Wildest AU scenario you have written?

I have several but I'm going with Steve Rogers is a 730-year-old member of the Knights Templar.

40. Write a 9-word fic.

Oh, fuck that! Ugh, fine...

Brynden wordlessly threw the unwanted ring into the bay.

#bbc sherlock #pride and prejudice 2005 #doctor strange #bridgerton #mcu #lotr #asoiaf

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Chapter 6 of The Adventure of the Hertfordshire Elopement is up now!

#sherlock holmes #mary bennet #granada holmes #pride and prejudice #pride and prejudice 2005 #sherlock x mary

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Lydia Wickham, please shut up. This fic is already twice as long as I initially planned it to be.

#writing #pride and prejudice #she's going to be the death of me and she's not even a main character #she's just doing most of the talking in this scene

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The best ship you've written for - Hands down, all your iterations of Leland and Mary, whether they be canon period set or modern. They're absolutely perfect for each other in any timeline.

Thank you so much!!!

I identify with Mary a lot and Leland is basically my ideal man (older, intelligent, snarky, elegant, etc), so it means a lot that my readers for that ship love them.

My Mary Bennet/Leland Arnold (OC) fics.

#mary bennet #pride and prejudice #pride and prejudice 2005 #oc #omc #mary x oc

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What made me the most emotional after reading - OMG, I am forgetting the title, but the Cablanca fic where you killed her off and left Benoit alone with the baby? That wrecked me in such a good way. I know it's not one of your fave fic to have written, but you hit it out of the ballpark with JUST the right level of angst.

That would be Make Her Proud. Aww, thank you. I really don't like writing MCD but I think it takes a fluff writer to really write something gut-wrenching -- we know how to play with the reader's emotions, good and bad.

#cablanca #benoit blanc #marta cabrera #major character death

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A fic of yours that i've re-read - The Fireworks duology. Truly one of your best ShieldShock fics. I mean, I wrote an unofficial sequel to it, I love it so damn much.

(The duology in question and the unofficial sequel -- Part of the Family)

Aww, thank you! I know how much you love it and that means a lot to me.

#shieldshock #steve rogers #darcy lewis

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I've unlocked all of my fics, so non-AO3 members can read and comment on them again. Have fun!