Claire Clairmont is pretty much amazing. You know the theoretical tea party you organize in your head for your favorite people of all time and history? Mine is basically her and Victoria Woodhull talking about how it feels to be too progressive for their time with spates of less-than-covert giggling about men.
PLOTS. Plots are overrated. Plots were my bugbear forever, and I'm not sure I've ever written plot-based fanfic, so it's still last on my list. Worldbuilding + characters can carry you through. And I like mutants with complicated emotional arcs and dynamics within evil families and pseudo-Victoriana, so it sounds like a party. Also, I have this massive soft spot for YA—reviewed ARCs for seven years at a local bookstore; there's so much badness, but when you get good things, they're such gems and go so neglected. People writing smart things for teenage audiences gives me fuzzy feelings.
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PLOTS. Plots are overrated. Plots were my bugbear forever, and I'm not sure I've ever written plot-based fanfic, so it's still last on my list. Worldbuilding + characters can carry you through. And I like mutants with complicated emotional arcs and dynamics within evil families and pseudo-Victoriana, so it sounds like a party. Also, I have this massive soft spot for YA—reviewed ARCs for seven years at a local bookstore; there's so much badness, but when you get good things, they're such gems and go so neglected. People writing smart things for teenage audiences gives me fuzzy feelings.