Keira's World

The plot choices we make should impact characters AND future events. Choices made regarding characterization can have far reaching impact on plot and it damn well should.

Nine times out of ten, whenever I say "bless your heart" it's because I literally can think of nothing to say that wouldn't be insulting.

Challenge Period: 11/1/2017-11/30/2017Challenge: Write an Urban Fantasy novel We'll discuss questions/issues/concerns and fandom ideas for the Blue Moon ChallengeQuestion for the show? Ask here: https://tinyurl.com/keacpxe

Kiki asks: One (of the many) things I really admire in your fiction is your ability to deal with issues of ethics and morality without it ever feeling like you’re up on a soapbox. Do you ever find it difficult to walk that line? I particularly enjoy this in the HP fics since JK Rowling’s wizarding world has so many completely screwed-up legal and ethical situations happening. Do you have particular characters you feel are particularly well-suited to delivering verbal smack-downs of that sort to people? Lily's Changes: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6992471/1/Lily-s-ChangesSandstorms: https://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=11931

Daisy asks:I’m currently re-reading ‘Birth of the Serpent King’ and I found myself curious about a couple of things. I think BSK was the first HP that you shared with us (Jan 2011) and I’m struck with how different it is from your more recent HP work.Now I might just be imagining this, but you seem much kinder to various people in BSK than say ‘Darkly Loyal’ which you’re continuing at present on Rough Trade. Some of the Weasley family, Dumbledore and Snape are sympathetically drawn and even likable in BSK but are treated very differently in your more recent work.So my question is, have your views developed and even changed over the years or have you made a conscious decision to allow your bitch side out to play more recently? I’ll admit a certain vested interest since I love what your bitch side produces![...] do you see this as a deliberate choice from writers to simply write different fic or a changing and developing of views amongst the fandom? A revisionist view as it were.Read the FULL comment here.

Tabee ask: Hi Keira, I’ve been thinking a lot about the amount of time that goes into writing. Could you talk a little about how long it takes you to get from original idea to planning, research, plotting, writing, editing, then posting/publishing? I’m more interested in a fanfic related answer, but a professional writing prospective would be neat too.Also, how do you balance multiple stories at one time?

The most important thing you can give yourself is the freedom to grow and change as a writer. Accepting limitations is all good and fine as long as you don't let that acceptance prevent you from learning.It's not always about the writer you are now, sometimes it's about the writer you will be.Bourbon and Asprin: http://archiveofourown.org/series/465685

I'm gonna bitch about stuff.

The Wild Hare Project is a writing collective, a place carved out on the Internet for writers to explore their craft with no deadlines, no ticking clocks, and no expectations. One night, Jilly James and I got a wild hair up our booties and we created this borg-like thing. Resistance will be considered lame.http://wildhareproject.com/

Akane asks: If you could go back and totally rework any of your published fanfics, which ones would it be and what would you do differently?