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gabrielleabelle and angearia.
This is gonna be hard.
What's the piece of writing you're most proud of? Why?
I'm really proud of Infinitas Infinitio Infinitus because hey! Multi-chapter fic! And I finished it! And also Ars Poetica for the same reasons, plus I had the idea for so incredibly long and I never thought I'd get around to writing it.
Speaking of fic ideas that I'd been thinking about for years and never thought I'd actually write, I still can't believe that Forgive Us Our Trespasses ever actually happened. I literally had the tag line/summary of that fic floating around in my head for years, and I knew I wanted to do a breakdown of Mal's life with the seven deadly sins as a framework, but it just seemed so overwhelming for some reason. The fact that I finished it? And that people seemed to like it? Really important to me.
What do you think is your best work? Why?
Commas and Ampersands is up there. I lovelovelove the format, and I feel like I managed to build an actual arc around what was essentially a series of tiny vignettes. Counting Up, Counting Down still seems (nearly) as good to me as it did when I originally wrote it. That's really saying something.
Oh, and I'm still crazy about One More Song About Moving Along the Highway. It makes me hug myself with joy.
Is there a piece that nags at you and you can't figure out how to fix it or if it even needs to be fixed?
Metamorphosis is still, I believe, the best idea I ever had for a fic. Period. But despite the fact that it's been so well-received, especially by people whose opinions I value, it never has and never will measure up to what I wanted it to be in my head. I'm not usually as hard on myself as I was with that one.
I feel sort of the same way about Tangerine. People love it, but I don't think it'll ever measure up to the source material for me. Plus, Penny's section doesn't have as much of an impact as I wish it did. I'm still really proud of Polexia and Sapphire's, though.
Is there a story you wish you'd done differently? How would you change it, looking back?
I'm actually kind of ashamed of Take Five. I'm really still fond of the idea of plunking Cordy down into five different fandoms, but I wrote it in such a hurry for the deadline I've forgotten about that it ended up kind of sucking. I would go back and flesh every section out, make it longer, polish the writing. The Doctor convincing Cordy to be his companion by taking her shopping deserves so much better. As does the epic battle between Cordy and Blair.
What's the kinkiest thing you've written? This question is hard for me, because I don't think of myself as writing kinky stuff because I don't write anything explicit. I have never, and likely never will, written an NC-17 fic.
However, Playthings comes pretty close. What can I say? Elle and Adam are twisted.
Also, Death Becomes Her? Drusilla feeding from Adam is pretty intense, I guess.
What's the darkest piece? Um, all of them? *g* Ministers of Grace is the only fic I've ever written that ends without any note of hope at all. Poor Dru. *tear*
Nightlights was an attempt to get inside Buffy's head during S6, but I'm not a good judge of how dark it is. And in Scarlet and Midnight, every. single. person. on earth besides Buffy and Spike dies, which...yeah. Dark.
[EDIT] No! I was wrong! I forgot Requieum! That's the one May prompted me for, or I never would have written it: Six kinds of heartbreak you never recover from. Gah. Angsty heaven!
What's the funniest piece? I don't write funny. No, really. I don't write funny. Love and Blackmail will be the most lighthearted if I ever finish it (first order of business after![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
seasonal_spuffy, I swear), but it isn't funny.
Oh, wait! I have drabbles that're funny! Three's Company is funny, and so is No Escape. I hope. If they aren't, don't tell me.
What's the piece that sounded good in theory, but just didn't translate well?
More Than One Day, apparently. I really liked the idea of Cordy having a part in the epic battle in "Not Fade Away." Maybe it's a little too Cordy-worship-ful? I don't know. Not a lotta love for that one.
gabrielleabelle and angearia.This is gonna be hard.
What's the piece of writing you're most proud of? Why?
I'm really proud of Infinitas Infinitio Infinitus because hey! Multi-chapter fic! And I finished it! And also Ars Poetica for the same reasons, plus I had the idea for so incredibly long and I never thought I'd get around to writing it.
Speaking of fic ideas that I'd been thinking about for years and never thought I'd actually write, I still can't believe that Forgive Us Our Trespasses ever actually happened. I literally had the tag line/summary of that fic floating around in my head for years, and I knew I wanted to do a breakdown of Mal's life with the seven deadly sins as a framework, but it just seemed so overwhelming for some reason. The fact that I finished it? And that people seemed to like it? Really important to me.
What do you think is your best work? Why?
Commas and Ampersands is up there. I lovelovelove the format, and I feel like I managed to build an actual arc around what was essentially a series of tiny vignettes. Counting Up, Counting Down still seems (nearly) as good to me as it did when I originally wrote it. That's really saying something.
Oh, and I'm still crazy about One More Song About Moving Along the Highway. It makes me hug myself with joy.
Is there a piece that nags at you and you can't figure out how to fix it or if it even needs to be fixed?
Metamorphosis is still, I believe, the best idea I ever had for a fic. Period. But despite the fact that it's been so well-received, especially by people whose opinions I value, it never has and never will measure up to what I wanted it to be in my head. I'm not usually as hard on myself as I was with that one.
I feel sort of the same way about Tangerine. People love it, but I don't think it'll ever measure up to the source material for me. Plus, Penny's section doesn't have as much of an impact as I wish it did. I'm still really proud of Polexia and Sapphire's, though.
Is there a story you wish you'd done differently? How would you change it, looking back?
I'm actually kind of ashamed of Take Five. I'm really still fond of the idea of plunking Cordy down into five different fandoms, but I wrote it in such a hurry for the deadline I've forgotten about that it ended up kind of sucking. I would go back and flesh every section out, make it longer, polish the writing. The Doctor convincing Cordy to be his companion by taking her shopping deserves so much better. As does the epic battle between Cordy and Blair.
What's the kinkiest thing you've written? This question is hard for me, because I don't think of myself as writing kinky stuff because I don't write anything explicit. I have never, and likely never will, written an NC-17 fic.
However, Playthings comes pretty close. What can I say? Elle and Adam are twisted.
Also, Death Becomes Her? Drusilla feeding from Adam is pretty intense, I guess.
What's the darkest piece? Um, all of them? *g* Ministers of Grace is the only fic I've ever written that ends without any note of hope at all. Poor Dru. *tear*
Nightlights was an attempt to get inside Buffy's head during S6, but I'm not a good judge of how dark it is. And in Scarlet and Midnight, every. single. person. on earth besides Buffy and Spike dies, which...yeah. Dark.
[EDIT] No! I was wrong! I forgot Requieum! That's the one May prompted me for, or I never would have written it: Six kinds of heartbreak you never recover from. Gah. Angsty heaven!
What's the funniest piece? I don't write funny. No, really. I don't write funny. Love and Blackmail will be the most lighthearted if I ever finish it (first order of business after
seasonal_spuffy, I swear), but it isn't funny.Oh, wait! I have drabbles that're funny! Three's Company is funny, and so is No Escape. I hope. If they aren't, don't tell me.
What's the piece that sounded good in theory, but just didn't translate well?
More Than One Day, apparently. I really liked the idea of Cordy having a part in the epic battle in "Not Fade Away." Maybe it's a little too Cordy-worship-ful? I don't know. Not a lotta love for that one.
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And I know! That frustrated me to no end! Both of the girls' deaths really did: I hated that nobody mentions Cordy after she dies, and I hated that they don't figure out a way to RESTORE HER SOUL. Grrrr....
Oh, there are so many fics that are years-long processes, so definitely keep all of yours in the back of your mind!
Cause that particular fic is something I constantly reread; it’s just beautiful. It’s multifaceted and sad and joyful in the way Mal’s life has to have been. You can't see my huge blush right now, but trust me: it's there.
But to me, it was more like light in the darkness than pure dark. Oh, good! It's hard to write Buffy during that period without having her come across as horrible, and since I really don't think she's horrible, I didn't want it to. Light in darkness--yes, just what I was going for.
Meh, so much for my remaining interest in the show :/ (Jared, you are a sweetheart as Sam W. but Dean kind of sucked.) Oh, amen. I liked the show because of its quirky side characters--Sookie and Michel and Lane and her band and Taylor and Miss Patty and Richard and Emily--but the only times I was super invested in the main characters? Rory and Jess. And Dean was lame. And I'm never going to forgive him or Rory for sleeping together WHILE HE WAS STILL MARRIED.