Originally I was rose_emily, which came from a (somewhat wretched) original fic I had been writing for years and years. Eventually the pain of remembering said wretched fic every time I logged in, combined with RL concerns, prompted me to change over.

"toomuchplor" is self-referential, from a fic I wrote in SV back in 2005. "Plor" is the name of a fictional Kryptonian beverage and, in my story, Superman's dad had had too much of it. Yes. That's all there is to it. *g*

This LJ was originally intended to a fic-posting journal only, then it mutated into general fannishness, and took over completely when I ditched rose_emily last year.

Huh. Good question!

For years I was too chicken to share anything I wrote with the universe. I used to write little stories as a kid and my mom (who was just trying to be helpful) used to react to this by critiquing my grammar and plot structure and whatever else -- which is actually a pretty effective way to squelch a wee Plor, as it turns out. Anyway, fandom finally got me over that fear and I now write as part of my RL job -- not fiction, but sort of thoughtful prose, and I love the chance to mesh what I do in fandom with what I do in RL.

I've decided in recent years that my second career will be as a novelist, once I've peaked in the music world and I feel the urge to do something new. I do adore writing, and I think it'd be fun to tackle it professionally as a new challenge in twenty years or so.

Well, I did actually get 2 phone numbers, which was a 50% return rate -- you only get numbers if both parties say 'interested' and I only said that for 4 guys (somewhat reluctantly in some cases). But you're so cute for saying that. We should totally date. Forget men!

Many questions!

OK, why is there not an SGA speed-dating fic?

I don't know, but I mused on this very fact as I left the event on Sunday. Maybe there will be now!

do you often use what feedback you get on the early sections when writing/revising the later sections?

Short answer: yes.

Long answer: since I valiantly started, wrote 150,000 words of, and utterly failed to finish my SV WIP Constellation, I've pretty much banned myself from posting a longer work in pieces. I haven't posted anything in true serial format since my second or third piece in SGA, about a year ago. I'm a little paranoid. But when I used to do the WIP-of-death mode of posting, I definitely used feedback and outright ideas from readers as I wrote. Chalk it up to mediocre planning. *g*

That being said, my wee!Rodney verse might read a bit like a WIP. In my mind, it's more like an interconnected series, i.e., I can stop any time, change POV or tense or point in the timeline. That kind of freedom makes it easier to write something more complicated while posting as I go.

How far into a story do you feel you have to be in order to start posting it?

Usually I like to have at least the first substantial section done, feeling solid, and then a little bit beyond that which may be less solid. Once you post something, it's difficult to go back and alter your own canon (which is another reason longer stories are harder this way) so I try to be pretty sure. Back when I wrote my first Ginormous WIP of Pain, I almost always had today's scene (for lo, I posted EVERY DAY) and tomorrow's ready to go.

And is it ever "better" (whatever that means) to post something all at once?

I think it's better. Other than just cutting out the possibility of leaving everyone hanging when the muse dies, a piece that is finished is self-contained and has (hopefully) answered its own questions -- both in terms of plots and character development. I do kind of miss the instant feedback button, and I think you do tend to get much more total feedback when you post in little pieces than when you post all at once. It's a nice little motivational system when it works -- write three pages, get lots of lovely people giggling at the funny bits and offering you cookies for more -- but I start to feel like I'm holding parts of the story ransom for feedback.

*makes a list*

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