Keira's World

Sometimes, you feel like a nut and sometimes you don't.

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?

Cinna asks: I know you said not to get attached to titles in stories you submitted for publishing.Have they ever made you change the name or gender of a character? If so what was the motivation behind that or did the publishing company give you a reason?Were there changes they had you make that you did but felt unhappy with?What was the single most upsetting moment for you as a newly published author?Have there been times you needed to remind yourself that while it was your art it was also your job and you needed to find a way to harmonize the two so that you could handle the changes that had to occur? What was the most satisfying experience for you as an author?What was one time you had to avoid exposing yourself to a fan in person for your pro work?How often have YOU written fanfic of your own work? What was one time you wrote fanfic for an author you knew and why? (shared or not) How hard was it to not out yourself at first and what did you find most frustrating about it?

Hermya asks: First off, I love your fic. I suppose I want to ask what currently inspires you fic wise at the moment. I've seen that you've been writing in the Harry Potter genre a lot more of late. What is it about this fandom that has caught your gaze?

YMFaery asks: In a podcast I listened to recently, you said something along the lines of you don't write something if you don't know how it'll end. Does that mean you've had ideas that didn't go beyond the plotting stage (if that), because you didn't have an end in mind? Or did you eventually find endings for them? I've had at least two ideas I never developed beyond the initial concept because I had no clue where the end would be, and I did not feel comfortable trying to start something that didn't have an end. (And for one of them, I had no clue how to resolve it without one group looking like they caught a bad case of the Idiot virus.)

Fuck it.

I'll be answering questions from my Ask Me Anything page.

Jilly Asks: What do you think makes the fans zoom in on a character and go "Yup, that's the one. That's the favorite!" Certainly all characters are liked but someone, but usually a show or movie has a character that stands above the rest.From my perspective: Supernatural has Dean, Teen Wolf is Stiles, NCIS is Tony, Criminal Minds is Spencer... shows like SG1 and SGA I could argue it was either of the two leads.But what is it about those characters that makes us sit up and take notice, and more importantly, how to bring that level of interest to an original character?

Ancestor GT asks: Here’s a question in your opinion what came first the egg or the chicken --And other questions in the chatroom.

Ladyholder asks: So, when it comes to technology in your stories, how do you treat it? How do you keep it fresh? I’ve read older stories where the tech is very dated, and that can throw me out of the trance.As a second, do you look at current tech and try to imagine what it might be like in 10, 20, or 100 years?