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Greetings again - 'tis me (of course XP). It's been a while since I last posted - I've been so busy! Gah!!!!

Well, I've been spending a lot of time focused on school work, family, and my many tiny hobbies - as I should be.

I really need to spend some time on my art and fanfictions, though. I'm putting Summer Roses, The Turtle Show, Mutamon!, and The Journey on hiatus - it's too much! I'm focusing on Secrets of the Past and A Dog's Best Friend. A Dog's Best Friend should be short - maybe 12-15 chapters, but Secrets could DEFINITELY take some of my time. So I figured once I finished A Dog's Best Friend I would take Summer Roses and work on it with Secrets. When one of them finished, Mutamon!, then the Turtle Show, and then The Journey. Then I'll be done and only work on TWO at a time from now on - that's smarter XP

Anyways, here's this - stolen from AmeMusashi's blog.


1. Keyboard or biro?
I'm taking that 'Biro' means 'hand written'. I'm odd - I carry this huge notepad around and write out a 'layout' or 'example' for my stories and have them figured out then I type out the chapters adding/deleting parts from the story to the way I would prefer it (it's easier on my eyes that way) I just wish I did that earlier in my fanfiction career.


2. Beta or no beta?
No, currently I use no beta but I've been letting more of my friends read over my stories for me. They're not the types to go read my stories in their free time except one, but she doesn't like me anymore so that's out of the question XP But if I request them to check for errors they're happy to help me and actually like reading my stories.


3. Title?
Well, usually it just pops in my head at the last second. Other times I use them to hint to things - Like with The Red Night's Dawn (since it was my earliest official piece and most of my friends have read it) the entire story happens in one night - 27 chapters in one night, I know, insane. But with the morning comes the end - the Dawn is the awakening. And though most people think the "Red Night" means Raph, it actually means the battle that ensues over that night. Red is what color a person's eyes glowed when they were evil.

So if people read my titles closely, they'd uncover a lot about my stories - just a cute little thing I've been using for a while. Not sure if anyone thinks that deeply about fanfiction titles, but it works. Other ones you might want to think about (that aren't obvious):
My Immortal I
A Dog's Best Friend
Secrets of the Past
Summer Roses


4. Smushy or smutty?
Eck! No smut! I can't stand it - makes my skin crawl and my feet go numb. It just doesn't work with me. Smushy, fluffy, butter-flies flying through a graceful meadow lovey-dovey stuff works fine with me.


5. Summary?
For some reason my summaries never make since *scratches head* I think I'm very vague with my summaries, but what am I supposed to do? I stink when it comes to summarizing things!


6. Funniest fic?
Mutamon! most definitely! I love that fanfiction! Makes me feel all happy and good inside when I write it! It's not often that someone makes fun of the two things they love very much! TMNT and Pokemon were meant to be crossbred! XD And Maurice, well, he's a star! A speck of gold!

7. Most popular fic?
Reviews wise is The Dark Half - my rendition of Leonardo meets Stephen King's 'The Dark Half' (angst/horror/mystery/drama) - that was completed with 140-some chapters last year. Right now, though, is Secrets of the Past, part of my Future Saga-deal (suspense/drama/mystery/action/adventure). It only has nine chapters as of right now, but it's receiving like 8 reviews a chapter.

Hit wise it's The Red Night's Dawn (RND), part one of the Jewel Series (fantasy/action/adventure/humor) - it has WAY too many hits. That doesn't mean anything 'cause someone clicking on it and then not reading it counts as a hit, but, hey, I like to think a lot of people have read it considering it's my first fic.

Lastly, I think Baby Bro, my first Future Saga fic (Action/Adventure/Drama/Suspense) is my most accepted by people. Not sure if it's because people like the SAINW theme, my OC (Hirosaka), or the tone of the story but I think it has something to do with the fact that Hiro's arrival really makes Baby Bro a coming of age story for the turtles - they're the adults now and they're in charge of not only themselves but of a child - a baby brother. Also, it has a strange, light humor to it that I, myself, had not used (incidentally) before.


8. Most fun to write?
Hmm... Probably Mutamon! 'cause I no matter how hard I try or how much I cut the chapters up, they end up becoming very long because I just get so carried away in the stupidness XD



9. Best and worst?
Best: Probably Baby Bro - no dazzler but I really like how people accepted it and how it sorta set the theme of the Future Saga - "All it takes, is one"
Worst: Gah... Tortured Souls - first fic, Mary-Sue. Deleted. So uh... the next is probably Fools for the Day - horrendous one-shot. Then probably RND. Sorry, Nova-fans. I just don't like it that much anymore. I'll probably fix it up some day - it's not completely unfixable.


10. Could have been contenders?
Yes, Baby Bro has major contenders like The Dark Half, Mutamon!, and Summer Roses. The Dark Half is great because it was my first horror and people seemed to (over all) love it. Mutamon! is really liked by a lot of people. It's a parody and it's stupid, but that's the whole shine of this gem! And Summer Roses is the first hard-core romance I've ever tried. Makes everything a new experience - even the P.O.V is new to me - before this I NEVER tried using the different Point of Views of characters. It's tough because it's new, but people like it.

And I think I summed up the worst fics...


11. Strengths?
Suspense and mystery. All of my stories seem to have a touch of that. And I've found I'm pretty good at humor when I come around to it, but I really like Action/Adventure and Fantasy. I swear - it's all the Star Wars and Indiana Jones coming out!


12. Weaknesses?
Horror's a big one. I just don't think I do a very good job of it. For some reason I struggle with romance and when I'm writing and angst fic it's not as angsty as say my light humored Baby Bro or RND (which is weird, 'cause I didn't mean to be angsty)


13. Dirty little secrets?
There's a story I REALLY want to do but it involves a very bad home life for this family the turtles want to help. I mean a VERY bad home life, drugs, abuse, alcohol - the works. And it's all based on a girl I know who was finally rescued from a home like that. Problem is, I'm not sure if I can bring myself to do such. This would call for some adult language and content and I don't know if I can do it...

Whoever wants to try this baton/Memo, feel free to copy/paste it into your LJ or blog


Speaking of work, I've gotta go work on Art homework *mumbles* Bye!