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1) Keyboard or biro?
I'm going to assume that a biro is a sort of pen. Therefore, the answer is keyboard, although I have been known to set pen to paper when I'm inspired and no computer is to hand.
2) Beta or no beta?
Depends. Used to be no beta, first because I didn't know anyone well enough to ask them and then because I wasn't in the habit. Then I started on the collaboration, which in some ways is like working very closely with a beta. Now I will ask a friend to read sometimes, especially if I'm unsure about a plot or characterization, but I don't have a regular beta. On the flip side, I've discovered that I quite like betaing for others.
3) Title?
Usually the last thing to come; I read over the story and a name jumps out at me. Sometimes they are lame, sometimes they are inspired.
4) Smushy or smutty?
I tend more toward the smush, although I'm slowly getting more comfortable with smut.
5) Summary?
Hate writing them. Will go to great lengths to avoid doing so.
6) Funniest fic?
I almost never write humor. Some of the drabbles qualify, I guess.
7) Most popular fic?
The FF.net one-shot fic that has gotten the most hits is "In the Kitchen", the Gippalai short I wrote for
8) Most fun to write?
Pairings: Paine/Nooj. Not that they are a "fun" pairing, exactly, but I do so love writing them.
Characters: Gippal and Baralai. They are so fun to work with, in their completely different ways, both seperately and together and especially playing off Paine.
Fic: DSHnD. No contest. I love collaborating; reading another writer's mind is the very best creation high. I got a similar charge out of "The Confessional" and trading Paine/Nooj/Rikku shorts with
9) Best and worst?
This is an impossible question. I at least like everything I've posted; otherwise I wouldn't have posted it. If you put a gun to my head, I think I would have to say that the best, in terms of storytelling and character growth and technical skill, is probably "Salvage". But my favorite is "The Cat". Worst? Ah, I don't know. Maybe the Aurikku. I know it was well received, and I think it's probably the best possible Aurikku I could write, but it still feels all wrong to me.
10) Could have been contenders?
I think I'll put all the long fic here. All three have moments of goodness along with weak spots. Someday I want to go back and do a savage, "take-no-prisoners" re-edit of AGL.
11) Strengths?
Dialogue. And Paine.
12) Weaknesses?
Over-editing. I think sometimes it ends up too slick. Also scenes that are explicitly physical, like close quarters fighting and sex. I find them really difficult to write.
13) Dirty little secrets?
I edit compulsively, and I do it as I write. There is no such thing as a rough draft. I'm always going back and fixing things. I write long stories terribly out of order -- I have no self discipline for writing what has to come next. And I am a terrible sucker for a reunion/reconciliation scene.