Author Bios
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rusty_haloI am ready to begin collecting author biographies for All About Spike. If you're an author with at least one story on All About Spike, I'd love to get a bio from you.
This is not obligatory. You may send it to me at any time and may make changes at any time. Your bio can be as long or as short as you like--a one-line bio is fine if you prefer that. This is just anything you'd like to share with your readers about yourself or your writing.
Also, if you'd like, you may use the following questionaire. You're welcome to ignore any questions that you prefer not to answer. You may also insert additional questions and provide answers to them. Or just totally ignore this and write your own bio.
For example, see Doyle's bio here. (ETA: Scroll down; it's below the list of stories. The layout might change a bit but this is the basic way that it will appear.)
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Tell us something about yourself: Where are you from? Age/Gender? Hobbies? Anything you'd like to share.
How did you begin writing in general?
What inspired you to begin writing fanfic?
What do you enjoy about writing fanfic?
Why have you chosen to write about Spike? What do you find interesting about his character?
What other characters or relationships do you find most interesting to write?
Of the work you've written, which piece is your favorite? Why?
Which piece was the most difficult to write? Why?
What are your strengths and weaknesses as a fanfic writer?
Do you feel that your work has improved as time has passed? If so, in what areas do you think you have improved the most?
What do you find to be the most difficult aspect of writing fanfic?
What advice would you give to new fic writers?
Do you read other fanfic? If so, what are some of your favorite stories and/or authors?
Do you write original fiction? Or fiction in other fandoms? (If so, where can we find it?)
Answers can be provided right here in LJ comments or sent to me via email at drinkthepoison@hotmail.com. Emails can be in plain text, HTML attachments, or MS Word attachments. If you want any special formatting (links, italic, bold, and so on) you can code that yourself or just make a note in brackets and I'll format it for you.
This is not obligatory. You may send it to me at any time and may make changes at any time. Your bio can be as long or as short as you like--a one-line bio is fine if you prefer that. This is just anything you'd like to share with your readers about yourself or your writing.
Also, if you'd like, you may use the following questionaire. You're welcome to ignore any questions that you prefer not to answer. You may also insert additional questions and provide answers to them. Or just totally ignore this and write your own bio.
For example, see Doyle's bio here. (ETA: Scroll down; it's below the list of stories. The layout might change a bit but this is the basic way that it will appear.)
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Tell us something about yourself: Where are you from? Age/Gender? Hobbies? Anything you'd like to share.
How did you begin writing in general?
What inspired you to begin writing fanfic?
What do you enjoy about writing fanfic?
Why have you chosen to write about Spike? What do you find interesting about his character?
What other characters or relationships do you find most interesting to write?
Of the work you've written, which piece is your favorite? Why?
Which piece was the most difficult to write? Why?
What are your strengths and weaknesses as a fanfic writer?
Do you feel that your work has improved as time has passed? If so, in what areas do you think you have improved the most?
What do you find to be the most difficult aspect of writing fanfic?
What advice would you give to new fic writers?
Do you read other fanfic? If so, what are some of your favorite stories and/or authors?
Do you write original fiction? Or fiction in other fandoms? (If so, where can we find it?)
Answers can be provided right here in LJ comments or sent to me via email at drinkthepoison@hotmail.com. Emails can be in plain text, HTML attachments, or MS Word attachments. If you want any special formatting (links, italic, bold, and so on) you can code that yourself or just make a note in brackets and I'll format it for you.
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Here you go, my bio (pt. 1)
Date: 2004-05-23 05:36 pm (UTC)Tell us something about yourself: Where are you from? Age/Gender? Hobbies? Anything you'd like to share: I'm a 43 year old woman originally from Pennsylvania but currently in Utah. Husband, two cats, no kids. I do some needlework, but my primary hobby these days is fic writing. How did you begin writing in general? When I was in grade school, we'd be assigned stories, and my stories were always longer and more convoluted than everyone else's. My preferred mode of expression was always words on paper.
What inspired you to begin writing fanfic? Star Wars, the first run, in theatres and everything. I great, soundless explosion went off in my head, and suddenly I wanted to see stories in that universe that weren't being shown on screen. What did the characters do before the story started? What happened next?
What do you enjoy about writing fanfic?: These days it's a great deal about the feedback. I'd still write but not as quickly if I didn't have someone saying, "More!" Somebody famous said that authors write the books they want to read. I re-read my own stuff quite regularly. It's revisiting favorite daydreams.
Why have you chosen to write about Spike? What do you find interesting about his character? OK, I'll be utterly shallow, he's the hottest thing I've seen in an eon, and I want to play with him. I just have to come up with a valid way to do it. He says (or used to say) he's evil, but his actions don't always bear that out. His motivations intrigue me.
What other characters or relationships do you find most interesting to write? I'm a massive Spike/Xander fan, primarily, closely followed by Wes/Gunn. I can write het stuff, but the only couple that pleased me on the show was Cordy/Xander.
Of the work you've written, which piece is your favorite? Why? This is a pretty off-the-cuff answer, because there is favorite in regards to story and favorite in regards to technique/craft. For craft/technique/keeping all the strands together, my favorite is the Career Change series, because I had to place foreshadowings in logical places and not leave any loose ends. For story, my favorite is Touch, where I finally gave Spike and Xander the fairly happy ending that my schmoopy heart wanted to give them but which strict discipline wouldn't let me do in Steam.