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switchbladeeyesI hath stolen this fic writer questionnaire from maevedarcy:
Which of your fics is your pride and joy?
Uhhhhhhh... not sure! I still think Two Truths and a Lie (Oz) is the best fic I've ever written.
But I have a really, really big soft spot in my heart for the absolutely redonk crackfic that is Squid Pro Quo (Forever Knight). Not even close to the best thing I've ever written, but it has a colossal tentacle monster and I am just not sure anything will ever make me happier than that.
What are your top three most commonly used tags on AO3?
Counting only the non-character, non-ship tags: Drabble (most from like 20 years ago for![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
hardtime100), Case fic, and Flashbacks.
What’s something you learned while researching a fic?
A few things:
In the 1950s, KY was by prescription so... writing 1950s smut problems lol.
Also, unrelated, I learned that originally, female RCMP officers had very different uniforms than the male officers. The female officers did not like them and in the 90s, they were permitted the same uniforms.
I have learned a lot about the history and government of Renaissance-era Venice.
Is there a character or ship you’d love to write for, but haven’t yet?
Fleur from Forever Knight.
What makes a fic ‘successful’ in your opinion?
If I enjoy reading it. I do actually go back and read my own fics from time to time. Operating in tiny fandoms, my expectations for kudos/comments are low (though FK and Oz fans tend to be generous <3).
What makes you happiest? New fic comments, kudos, bookmarks, user subscribers, story subscribers, or Tumblr asks?
New fic comments, 100%. (I don't actually know what "Tumblr asks" are to have an opinion about that.)
Does anyone you know in real life know you write fan fiction?
Yep.
Did you do anything special to celebrate finishing a fic?
No, but now I feel like I should.
What’s a story you’d love to write but haven’t even started yet?
A Grantchester "Christmas episode" fic. They only ever did one set at Christmas and I would enjoy that kind of thing again.
Do you ever prep your fics with outlines or warmups before you start writing, or do you just dive right in?
I'm all over the place in how I approach things.
How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?
3.25 million times. Plus one more time. Plus again even after I post it.
A character you enjoy making suffer.
Well... I really hated Thomas Monroe from the Forever Knight episode "Faithful Followers" and enjoyed having a giant squid shove him in its gaping maw.
A character you want to protect.
Leonard Finch (Grantchester). At all costs.
What is your favorite fic to get comments/messages on?
I don't have a favorite per se. It is fun to get comments on the really, really old stuff though.
What fic took you the longest to write?
Dust to Dust (Forever Knight). It was a long story so it took me a while to write it. Off and on, over a year. I have another I've been working on (again, off and on) for over two years, but I swear it shall some day see the light of day.
maevedarcy:Which of your fics is your pride and joy?
Uhhhhhhh... not sure! I still think Two Truths and a Lie (Oz) is the best fic I've ever written.
But I have a really, really big soft spot in my heart for the absolutely redonk crackfic that is Squid Pro Quo (Forever Knight). Not even close to the best thing I've ever written, but it has a colossal tentacle monster and I am just not sure anything will ever make me happier than that.
What are your top three most commonly used tags on AO3?
Counting only the non-character, non-ship tags: Drabble (most from like 20 years ago for
hardtime100), Case fic, and Flashbacks. What’s something you learned while researching a fic?
A few things:
In the 1950s, KY was by prescription so... writing 1950s smut problems lol.
Also, unrelated, I learned that originally, female RCMP officers had very different uniforms than the male officers. The female officers did not like them and in the 90s, they were permitted the same uniforms.
I have learned a lot about the history and government of Renaissance-era Venice.
Is there a character or ship you’d love to write for, but haven’t yet?
Fleur from Forever Knight.
What makes a fic ‘successful’ in your opinion?
If I enjoy reading it. I do actually go back and read my own fics from time to time. Operating in tiny fandoms, my expectations for kudos/comments are low (though FK and Oz fans tend to be generous <3).
What makes you happiest? New fic comments, kudos, bookmarks, user subscribers, story subscribers, or Tumblr asks?
New fic comments, 100%. (I don't actually know what "Tumblr asks" are to have an opinion about that.)
Does anyone you know in real life know you write fan fiction?
Yep.
Did you do anything special to celebrate finishing a fic?
No, but now I feel like I should.
What’s a story you’d love to write but haven’t even started yet?
A Grantchester "Christmas episode" fic. They only ever did one set at Christmas and I would enjoy that kind of thing again.
Do you ever prep your fics with outlines or warmups before you start writing, or do you just dive right in?
I'm all over the place in how I approach things.
How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?
3.25 million times. Plus one more time. Plus again even after I post it.
A character you enjoy making suffer.
Well... I really hated Thomas Monroe from the Forever Knight episode "Faithful Followers" and enjoyed having a giant squid shove him in its gaping maw.
A character you want to protect.
Leonard Finch (Grantchester). At all costs.
What is your favorite fic to get comments/messages on?
I don't have a favorite per se. It is fun to get comments on the really, really old stuff though.
What fic took you the longest to write?
Dust to Dust (Forever Knight). It was a long story so it took me a while to write it. Off and on, over a year. I have another I've been working on (again, off and on) for over two years, but I swear it shall some day see the light of day.
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Date: 2025-08-24 08:39 pm (UTC)Same! I've started using Ellipsus recently and it's soooo much better for posting to AO3. I don't have all that funky spacing anymore.
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Date: 2025-08-24 09:24 pm (UTC)I found this: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19eZnBQ4989Dr17v2ODFgE8QWAo9Oahi4USDNS3hOSvM/edit?tab=t.0
It's script that automatically puts HTML tags into the Google Doc so it can be copied and pasted into the AO3 HTML editor. Has saved me endless hours/tearing my hair out over weird spaces and line breaks.
(Doesn't mean I won't stop tweaking the substance after the fact lol. Can't stop, won't stop.)
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Date: 2025-08-24 09:35 pm (UTC)Oh neat! Yeah those weird spaces drove me nuts.