1, 7, 9, 17, 20, 40. Is that too many? Sorry if it’s too many.

Hooo, that’s lots! Okay! This is also for @thewhippedcreamhand, who also asked for 40! 

1: Things that inspire you: So, this will sound negative, but anger. Anger against the canon inspires me to write, because damn it, I need to fix it!!!! Every time I think of a new thing that makes me angry about the canon, another story idea sprouts. I’m at 2.8 million words of Sherlock fic at this point, so… lots of anger there. Lol. Plus I’m just long-winded. 

7: Early influences on your writing: Oh, interesting! Honestly, I don’t really know! I would say that any author you’ve ever read is an influence, you know? I grew up reading super diverse authors, but the big pillars were probably Tolkien, Montgomery, L’Engle, the big dystopian names (Orwell, Atwood, etc), then a bit later, Murakami. Also Bill Bryson, James Hilton, Richard Adams… so super diverse, in other words, although lots of British authors for sure. Life experience is an obvious influence. I don’t know how many times a reader has asked if I write pining!Sherlock well because I’ve experienced unrequited love and/or extreme depression, Yup. Sure have. Life is a major influencer. 

9: Do you set yourself deadlines? No. For me, that would be a stifling factor for sure. Having time to write is an indulgence, usually, so I’m lucky if I can squeak some in, during Normal Life. Right now, it’s a whole other thing. Not enough structure… so maybe I should? Not in terms of amount expected, but just a specific time, maybe. 

17: Favourite AU to write: I loathe AUs. Sorry. I’ve talked about it before (so apologies if this is a repeat to anyone, but I also fully don’t expect that anyone has read ALL of my posts!!), but in my view, context is part of characterization. I would be a different person had I been born in a different time, place, in a different body, if I’d chosen different work/life paths, etc. Sure, some essential core of my personality would be the same or very similar, and I get the draw for people about finding that core in a different context, but I would also just not be the same, because different things would have happened to me. Different people would have shaped me. I write strictly canon-only fiction, because as angry as the canon writers’ choices sometimes (frequently) make me, that’s still the universe that I fell in love with and want to write and fix. If I want to write a different context, I just write original fiction. I do get the draw. I just don’t feel it myself at all. 

20: Favourite character to write: Sherlock. Hands down. I love writing John, too, and some of my favourites among my own stories are John POVs. But Sherlock is where my heart and soul live. I also love writing Lestrade and Mycroft, infrequently as that happens. :P 

40:  Which one of your stories would you most like to see as a movie/series? Against the Rest of the World, for sure. No contest. :)