A post of miscellaneous things.

[makeste]

1. Happy Birthday, kat8cha! MAY ALL YOUR DREAMS AND WISHES COME TRUE.


2. I feel like I am betraying my ignorance, but guys, what the hell is 6927 Fanday and why is it like the only thing on my flist today? XD I GET THAT IT'S THE 27TH DAY OF AUGUST, BUT 827 = 6927... DOES NOT COMPUTE. HUH??

Do all of the KHR pairings have a fanday? Can they just be arbitrarily declared or something? CAN I MAKE A YAMA/WALL FANDAY? This is extremely important.


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You guys, I need like a billion icons of this stat. A million billion trillion.


4. I stole this meme from ekmisao and charpieinuse:

The rules:

If you have time to do this meme, then please link to my original, then link to three to five other bloggers and pass it on, asking them to answer your questions and link to you. [I feel this goes against the spirit of 6927 Fanday, which is to say I'm too lazy to tag people.] You can add, remove or change one question as you go. You absolutely do not have to be what you may think of as a "published" or "successful" writer to respond to this meme, I hope people can take the time to reflect on what their blogging has brought them and how it has been useful to others.


Which words do you use too much in your writing?

Any and all adverbs, certain swear words (I kinda feel like I've been swearing more than I used to lately; if anyone's bothered by it, please let me know XD), words like "awesome", "amazing", and "I love..." (mostly this applies to fangirling), and awkward time-is-passing descriptions like "a moment later", "after a pause", and so forth. Also, the XD emoticon. Like, to the extent where saying I use it "too much" is like saying Transformers 2 was "disappointing."

Which ideas do you consider overused in stuff you read?

I can't think of much, actually, at least not fandom-wise; then again, I make an effort to avoid the things I consider to be cliches, so. I dunno. The only one I can think of is genderswitching. I'm sure there are more (lord knows I overuse certain ideas in my own writing), but nothing's coming to mind.

What's your favourite piece of writing by you?

Keeping in mind the difference between best and favorite, I'm going to have to be honest and go with Tournament of Spring. It's one of the only fics of mine I can go back and reread without wincing, because at least humor fics are supposed to be dumb. XD

What blog post do you wish you'd written?

I don't even have to think about this one.

WHERE'S THE PHOENIX DOWNS

mikenno, I don't think you're aware just how much I still love you for that post. ♥ Its brilliance only increases with time.

Regrets, do you have a few? Is there anything you wish you hadn't written?

More like there are things I wish I had written; too many times I'll start a fic and then never finish. *kicks self*

...well, okay, I also have serious remorse about not writing In Retrospect sooner/differently/for something other than KHR Undercover. That's the first and only time writing a fanfic has led to literal forehead-smacking on my part. I mean, I know it was unavoidable, but still. COME ON. So much fail.

How has your writing made a difference? What do you consider your most important piece of writing?

Back when I was in the Naruto fandom, I used to write random essays every so often (usually defending my favorite characters), several of which were surprisingly well-received; I'd see people linking to them as references in debates (oh God, the Naruto fandom and its debates...) months and sometimes even years after the fact, which was kind of cool.

But aside from little fandom things like that, I don't think I've ever really written anything that's made much of an impact anywhere. XD At least, not yet.

Name three favourite words

Family, youth, today.

...And three words you're not so keen on

Broken, actually, smile (that last just irks me because there aren't enough synonyms for it. I HATE HAVING TO OVERUSE A WORD.)

Do you have a writing mentor, role model or inspiration?

To be perfectly honest, the writer I most want to be like is J.K. Rowling. The way she does characterization, the way she writes prose that's smooth and easy to read but still good (and if it's still a far cry from perfect, well, what isn't), the way she managed to create a story/world that resonated with millions of people--that is everything I've ever wanted to do with my own writing.

What's your writing ambition?

See above. I don't care if I end up being successful or not; I just want to write a story that I can really love and have fun with, and that sticks with someone, somewhere for a while afterward.

Plug alert! List any work you would like to tell your readers about:

Well, I already linked Tournament of Spring earlier, and since I'm not in a srs bsns mood today, I'm just gonna link to this. (SPOILERS: it is the dumbest thing you will ever read in your lifetime.

...I still need to do that Magical Girls AU.)