Ask the Author: BrilliantLady
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BrilliantLady
No, I only write fanfics. You can download them all for free via AO3.
BrilliantLady
Hi mate, I've gotten absorbed writing fics for the "Scum Villain Self-Saving System" fandom lately. Which is bad news for Harry Potter fans, but also in a way *good* news because it has made me a *much* more active writer than I have been for the past few years, and I've been writing practically every day for the past two months! (If you like that other fandom I have two new fics almost done.)
I have been working at writing in smaller units of time with regular breaks instead of my previously preferred long writing binges to spare my poor permanently injured tendons, and using MS Word's dictation feature when my muse won't let me rest but my arm cries for mercy. It's let me get a lot more writing done, but I am paying the price with low grade pain most days (only a 1 or 2 out of 10 though, so I'm satisfied it's worth it on the whole - I missed my writing hobby a lot).
I keep procrastinating finishing up my long Dramione fic (the fic I injured myself binge-writing) which I have love/hate feelings for now. :P It's next on my to-do list after my two Scum Villain fics are done, as I want to get it FINISHED and out there to share with the world, and out of my mind. (I love so much of what I put into it, I think it's a great fic with new ideas and twists people won't have seen before, I just have struggled with the final couple of chapters, and my resentment of disabling myself writing it.)
I have only made very small progress this year on the next Perfectly Normal fic, adding a few bits and pieces to my bloated planning document. The good news is while it's on hiatus it's not abandoned, and I do still plan to return to it one day. At the moment there's still only a couple of drafted scenes complete to eventually stitch into a coherent narrative, not enough to publish.
Apologies for the late reply - this message got buried in my oft-neglected inbox.
I have been working at writing in smaller units of time with regular breaks instead of my previously preferred long writing binges to spare my poor permanently injured tendons, and using MS Word's dictation feature when my muse won't let me rest but my arm cries for mercy. It's let me get a lot more writing done, but I am paying the price with low grade pain most days (only a 1 or 2 out of 10 though, so I'm satisfied it's worth it on the whole - I missed my writing hobby a lot).
I keep procrastinating finishing up my long Dramione fic (the fic I injured myself binge-writing) which I have love/hate feelings for now. :P It's next on my to-do list after my two Scum Villain fics are done, as I want to get it FINISHED and out there to share with the world, and out of my mind. (I love so much of what I put into it, I think it's a great fic with new ideas and twists people won't have seen before, I just have struggled with the final couple of chapters, and my resentment of disabling myself writing it.)
I have only made very small progress this year on the next Perfectly Normal fic, adding a few bits and pieces to my bloated planning document. The good news is while it's on hiatus it's not abandoned, and I do still plan to return to it one day. At the moment there's still only a couple of drafted scenes complete to eventually stitch into a coherent narrative, not enough to publish.
Apologies for the late reply - this message got buried in my oft-neglected inbox.
BrilliantLady
Hi mate, if you post it ONLY on AO3, and tick the checkbox and link appropriately to my fic when posting, it'd be fine for you to do a podfic with my blessing. :)
Please let me know if/when it's done!
Please let me know if/when it's done!
BrilliantLady
Still alive! Still have an injured right arm alas, and my writing habit has lapsed a lot as a result. Currently working a bit on a Scum Villain Self-Saving System fic. It might not be the "best" thing to work on (as opposed to other half-finished or almost-finished works), but at least it's getting me back in the habit of doing bursts of writing, albeit shorter ones than I was previously able to do.
BrilliantLady
I'd rather you didn't thanks.
BrilliantLady
No, please don't do this. If you see any of my works on ficbook know they are there without permission.
You can see some of my works have been taken and translated there already, without permission, and without linking properly to my original works.
This site is responsible for my dislike of offers to translate my works, along with another site that has reposted my works in English again without permission.
The only translation offers I would potentially accept are for those to be hosted on AO3, linked properly to the original works.
You can see some of my works have been taken and translated there already, without permission, and without linking properly to my original works.
This site is responsible for my dislike of offers to translate my works, along with another site that has reposted my works in English again without permission.
The only translation offers I would potentially accept are for those to be hosted on AO3, linked properly to the original works.
BrilliantLady
I'll send you an email to discuss this.
BrilliantLady
Thanks! Still working on it, but it's getting closer all the time. I have only 1-2 chapters left to write, but I do have a lot of editing to do. I hesitate to give a firm release date as I've made guesses in the past as so far they've all been wrong. Possibly December or January, but no promises.
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