Wasting Time

[bubosquared]

All About You:
Primary name: Melle is what most people call me in fandom. Sofie in real life.

Are you: Female. How would you describe yourself?
Twenty-one, Belgian, punk-goth dyke.

General Writing Questions:
1) How long have you been writing fanfiction?
About five years, I think.

2) Have you ever written gen (no romantic or sexual pairings) and/or adult (m/f) fanfiction?
I think I wrote some shotr gen snippets in BMfM fandom, but everything else was slash.

3) Have you ever written, or are you still writing, original fiction (not fanfic)?
Yep. I started writing at age ten, and I still write non-fanfic.

4) Have you ever been published professionally (fiction or non-fiction)?
No.

4b) If no, is it your desire to one day be published professionally?
Eh, not really.

5) What was your first fandom?
Space: Above and Beyond.

6) What was your first slash fandom?
Space: Above and Beyond.

7) How long have you been on the Internet?
Five and a half, six years.

8) Do you watch and/or read commercial gay/lesbian/transsexual/transgender/other alternative sexuality pornography (tapes or books) for research and/or entertainment - and if so, do you have any recommendations?
Yes, but I can't get to my books right now, so I can't look up exact titles and authors.

You, Your Fandoms, Your Characters, and Your Stories:
9) In which slash fandoms do you write or have you previously written, and for which pairings?
Oh, dear lord. Do you have an hour? Um, lemme see ...

• Space: Above and Beyond: Cooper//Nathan
• Biker Mice from Mars: Throttle/Stoker, Rimfere/OC
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Spike/Xander, Giles/Ethan
• Northern Exposure: Chris/Joel
• Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: Palpatine/Valorum
• Stand By Me: Chris/Gordie
• Harry Potter: Ron/Neville
• Metallica: James/Jason, Jason/Kirk, Jason/Lars, James/Kirk, Jason/Axl Rose (crossover)
• U2: Bono/Edge, Adam/Larry
• Popslash: Justin/Nick
• Sex Pistols: Sid/Johnny
• Take That: Robbie/Mark
• Various: Fred Durst/Eminem

10) Who are your favourite characters to write in slash fiction?
... Don't think I really have any favourites.

11) Who is your favourite slash pairing to write?
See above.

12) In which slash fandoms do you read stories?
All of the above, plus Lord of the Rings, lotrips, REM, and a handful of others I can't think of right now..

13) Who are your favourite characters to read about in slash stories?
I have no favourites!

14) Who is your favourite slash pairing to read? See above.

15) What is your favourite of your own slash stories, and why?
Playtime, Bad.

16) Which slash story of your own do you wish you could re-write, or what slash stories have you posted and are currently re-writing, and why?
In the Name of the Father, because I like the idea, but the execution sucks. Mary Sues, awkward wentences, ... Ugh.

The Hows and Whys of Writing:
17) What started you writing fanfic?
I was reading it, and I was already writing non-fanfic, and I'd always made up stories about media characters before, so it seemed like the logical step.

18)When are you hit by your best ideas?
Chatting with people, usually.

19)When do you do your best writing?
Late evening and night.

20) What do you watch/read/listen to when you write, if anything?
Music.

21) Do you write on paper, or just type, and why?
I write longhand, because I always have my notebook with me, but don't always have access to a computer.

22) Do you need an outline for your stories, or do you 'go with the flow'?
Longer stories I need to outline the general plot, and the next one or two chapters in detail.

23) Do you ever notice influences from other things (classes, family, friends, etc.) creeping into your writing? If so, what?
Meh. Not really.

24) Do you write in a linear fashion (start at the beginning and write till the end) or do you jump around from scene to scene, as inspiration strikes?
Linear. Always.

25) Do you do your editing on-screen, or on paper?
On paper. I overlook mistakes on screen.

26) Do you have a beta reader?
I have several ones. I usually just ask whomever's around when I'm finished with my own proofread.

26a) Explain why or why not.
Because I need one?

26b) Do you beta for other slash writers?
Only v. exceptionally.

26c) Explain why or why not.
I can't put into words what I mean.

27) Do you read your stories out loud before you post them?
Yep.

28) Have you ever had writer's block?
Oh, hell yes!

28a) If so, how did you work through it?
Waiting, bashing my head against the nearest solid object, take up smoking.

29) Why do you write?
Because it's in mpy head, and it has to get out.

30) What is the strangest slash idea you've ever had, and did you write it? If not, why?
Possibly the Palpatine/Valorum. Of course I wrote it! I like being weird!

Community, Interactivity, and Feedback:
31) Have you ever been to a slash or slash-friendly con?
No! *sob*

31b) If no, why not?
Dude, I live in Belgium. Not much cons nearish me, yo. Also, I'm not that much into RPS anymore, and I'm not sure how many cons would accept RPS.

32) What mailing lists are you on, if any?
Originalslash, tolkien_slash, TimberNick, zendom, FCA-L and a bunch of other list for LotR and lotrips.

32a) Do you have your own (author-specific) mailing list, or do you moderate a slash mailing list?
Yes, OriginalSlash. That's the only one I've left after my big purges this year.

34) Do you have a personal slash-oriented or slash-inclusive webpage?
Yep.

34a) If yes, what is the title/url? See above.

35) Do you submit your stories to archives, or allow them to be archived from newsgroups or mailing lists?
Rarely. RS-X, metslash, RareSlash and musicianslash are the only ones I submit to.

36) Why do you post/submit your stories to zines/share them on newsgroups or mailing lists/share them with friends, or otherwise make them publicly available?
Because I like sharing my stories, and the feedback, especially since I don't ever expect any, is nice.

37) What are your favourite slash archives?
RS-X, the RSA, metslash.

38) Are you an archivist for other slash writers?
Used to be archivist for the RSA, and currently archivist for RS-X.

39) Do you feel that you get enough feedback overall?
More than enough.

39a) If no, how much (or how much more) would you like to receive?
N/A

40) Which of your stories or series of stories has received the most feedback?
Oh, lord. I think Kisses in the Closet over at ff.net, because of the popularity of the fandom and the absurd premise.

41) What kind of feedback would you like to receive?
Any. :) But most of all, constructive one.

42) Do you answer your feedback?
Always.

43) Do you feel that you send enough feedback overall?
No, I guess.

43a) If no, why?
I don't send any feedback at all. Because I'm lazy and not good at writing feedback.

44) What kind of feedback do you send?
"Hi, really liked this story. Loved <details I loved>. Thank you!'"

Other People in Slash:
45) Who are your favourite slash authors?
Te, Ruth, Wax, Silvia, Amber, Rhys, ...

46) Who or what inspires you?
Whatever.

47) What's the most erotic slash story you've ever read, and why?
Rhys' Slim Fast (can't get to the URL right now), because. Joey! chris! Food!

48) What's your opinion of real people slash?
Don't get me started.

49) Do you have any slash fanfic recommendations to share? If so, where can we find the stories?
Can't get to any URLs, and I'd feel like I left stories out anyway, so.

50) What's your favourite word?
Fuck, motherfucker, whee, yay, squee, theirloveissotrue.

51) What's your least favourite word?
French, when used as a verb or to describe a kiss.

52) What's your favourite curse word?
Fuck, bloody.

53) What's the title and author of the last book (paper, published) that you read?
Provos: The IRA and Sinn Fein by Peter Taylor.

54) What's your favourite (paper, published) book?
The Dark Tower series by Stehpen King.

55) Do you have any other comments to add to this survey?
Not really.

Comments

[elfy.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, I am not sure how much you are into yaoi, but end of september there is a yaoi-convention in germany. And thats not *that* far from Belgium :)
Just wanted to let you know ^_^

[quiet000001.livejournal.com]

29) Why do you write?
Because it's in mpy head, and it has to get out.


Become a writer- it's the socially accepted form of schizophrenia!

:P :)

(Fucking Lance just kept me Fucking awake for fucking four hours when I've only had fucking two hours of sleep *again*, making a total of 4 in the last 48 hours, because he just *had* to have his way with Chris when he found him tied up. Fucking Lance.)

(ahem.)

-Kris

[rsadelle]

Is this Mona's Slash Survey, or just a lot like it?

I remember helping to write that survey in monaslash chat. The idea for question 23 was mine.

Re:

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

It is, and of course I only just realised that. D'oh!