SeaHeart

2. How many characters do you have? Do you prefer males or females?

In my current project, Twixt? Around fifty or so. In all of my writing career? Thousands? I've written many, many novels since I was twelve (when I started), and there are many stories in my heart and head. :) I was all like: I'll try to give an exact number! Then I was like: um, no, never mind. XD

I significantly prefer female over male. In my younger writing years, it was almost entire female. I would joke and say the two or three primary males I added were my "token guys." Now, I have a much better balanced perspective, and try to do it as evenly as possible, but I definitely prefer writing female over male, an admitted flaw of mine.

In all of my writing, I've only ever written one or two novels entirely from a male perspective. I did enjoy those, and I still like to try short stories or novellas from a male protaganist point of view, because I think it stretches me and helps me grow as a writer. If I only ever write about girls, I feel I'll stagnate.

Most of the primary relationships in my novels are lesbian, if there's a relationship. I've written straight romances before, but it's not my favorite.

I'm very, very aware of the stereotype given to many YA authors--that they write the straight girl lead and the gay guy best friend. I refuse to ever do such a thing. ;)

Side note--I've closed down nomnomicons, as we no longer have time to keep up with the community.

However, I still love making icons sometimes. So! I've created a sweet little icon community called ohsweetwitchery. It will have very occasional icon posts that are pretty, magical, Goddess, Pagan, nature-based, animal...just everything nice and shiny. :) Infrequent posts, pretty squares. It works.

New icons at ohsweetwitchery!


( Lovely luna, shining bright, with a liquid lantern light... )

I worked all day today, had to bring work home. I got done nine blessed minutes ago--a twelve hour day. I was so excited--Jenn had made me vegan ribs and mashed potatoes. It's a rare, beloved treat, and I was all like I AM GOING TO NOM ME THE HELL OUT OF SOME SOY. I went to wash my hands, my perfect plate of bread, potato and lustrous soy nestled artfully next to my laptop. I come back, and there is the bread, and the potato, and a pool of gravy where the rib was. "Sweetheart, did you put the rib on my plate?" I ask very slowly, horror dawning on me. Then, I looked for Shiva.

Shiva is the sweetest cat in the world, and--like all cats--has a small birth rite of evil. He looked at me so innocently, batting those beautiful, long lashes, licking his little chops. "Oh, Shiva, you DIDN'T," I said, looking under the table, under the couch, under the loveseat. Poesy burped joyfully, and that's when I found it. A tiny, tiny bite left of my perfect little rib, sitting in the middle of the floor. Poesy and Pan looked at me so happily, wagging their little tails for all they were worth...rib sauce on their whiskers. Shiva yawned hugely, content in his slightly evil deed done for the day.

It's like this: Shiva is a stealer. If you leave ANY food for even a SECOND, even if it is AS LARGE AS A SMALL PONY, he will take it in his sharp little teeth and carry it to his den of iniquity (ie, the fish tank stand) so that he can cradle it and give it nicknames and eat it slowly and with general gusto and delight. The rib made his cat happiness level go up to 100, and he had to have it.

I stared at my little plate of mashed potato and bread. I mean, I can't really blame him. THEY ARE VERY GOOD.

I am slightly less satisfied with my dinner now. XD

I DIDN'T DO IT.


Ps: I want the entire internet to know that Link is MY LITTLE SAINT, and I am TOTALLY GIVING HIM EXTRA AFFECTION AND LOVE RIGHT NOW because he would TOTALLY NOT HAVE EATEN MY RIB, YOU GUYZ. XD