Oh, whoops, it’s Patrick J. Adams’s bachelor party, haha. Well, more like bachelor trip. Sorry if I alarmed you! Chris is not getting married, lol.

Ah.  Okay.  I feel much less off center now.  I’m often the last to know on the rl stuff, and have gotten to the point where I assume I’m reading even headlines from CNN wrong, only to have it proven that no, I read that exactly right.  Makes one doubt one’s grasp of reality.  Thanks for the clarification.  I’m officially un-obsessed now.  😀

Six(ish) Sentence Sunday (very late)

From Cleaving…yes, I managed to write a bit more again.

Zach woke to a bright, warm room and a naked Christopher sprawled over him and half the covers gone because someone had overheated and kicked them all off and—

And the sound of the turning door handle, holy shit.   He jerked his head up and met Chris’ with a thunk and a pain in his nose and flashes of Three Stooges scenes dancing in his stinging eyes.  Chris was grabbing at the covers, but their legs were out and there was no way to hide that they were naked.  His mind began searching for something to say to his son when the sound occurred again and he remembered the door was locked.  He grasped Chris’ arm to still him and they both listened as a smal, toddler voice called out, “Daddy!  Babbo!  G’up!”

It was answered by a hushed voice on the other side of the door.  “No, sweet boy.  We’re going to let them sleep, remember.  We’re going out.”

“Grumbles,” Nathan protested.

“We’ll get breakfast on the way to the church.  A special breakfast.  Daddy and Babbo will eat when they get up.  Don’t worry about them.  And we’re going to be gone all day,” she said just a little louder, before they heard her shuffle their son down the stairs.

Chris dropped his forehead onto Zach’s chest, shaking with relieved laughter.  “Your mom is such an enabler,” he said, blushing wildly.  “How loud was I last night?”

They had started out quiet, Zach was sure.  But they had both gotten pretty deep into what they were doing and not particularly aware of their surroundings, the state of the bed and clothes scattered all over the room case in point.  

“Probably best not to think of it,” Zach answered, pulling Chris back down on his chest.  

“I’m going to have to get her some flowers or something before I can look her in the eye again.”

Zach chuckled and held him tighter.  “I’m sure we can find something.  Though I’m pretty sure she’s aware we have sex, so it probably isn’t necessary.”  Truth was, after some of their discussions regarding Chris’ reluctance in wedding planning, his mom might have actually been pleased to hear a few sounds coming through the walls, though he hoped they’d kept it down for the most part.  “Maybe she’s a heavy sleeper?” he added hopefully.

Chris groaned, burying his face in Zach’s chest again.  After a
moment, though he was wrapping his arms around Zach and pressing kisses
into his skin.  “I regret nothing.”

For the writer’s ask thing, if you’re still doing it: 15, 16, 22, 23, 24, & 25. :-)

Wow, I might have to do these in stages…

15) why did you start writing?  Well, I’ve always told stories.   When I was growing up my brother and I played “Star Wars Legos” before there was such a thing, and I was always making up stories (and extra female characters) for that play.  I have involved stories involving Remus Lupin and various characters that held me over while I waited for books to come out, but I never wrote any of it down until I was reading Midnight Sun (basically author-written fan fic) and it just stopped.  And I went to search for when we might expect more, and I discovered fanfiction, and I never looked back.  My first stories were in that fandom, filling horribly holey backstories and basically avoiding Bella.  But that got me in, and now I read in 6 or so fandoms and write in 3.  Maybe 4 soon.

16) are there any characters who haunt you?  Whoever I’m writing is who’s haunting me.  So for a long time it was Carlisle Cullen, and then Kirk and Spock (and still them sometimes), and then Pinto.  I literally write to calm the voices of the characters in my head and exorcise them.  When they stop talking to me is when the writing slows down.

22) are there any subjects that make you uncomfortable to write?  Anything where there is dubious consent, including big age gaps.  Not that I’ve never written either one, I have.  In the event of the rape, it was basically canon and I made a point of making it horrific and not exciting at all.  But I have a hard time even reading teacher/student sorts of dynamics.  It really squicks me out.  But I suspect that’s because I’m old.  It can be well done, it’s just not my think.  And I definitely think that fanfic is and should be a safe place to explore and fantasize.  I don’t fault anyone else for writing or enjoying them; I just don’t.  I have my own kinks that aren’t for everyone.  I did write someone else’s kink once in Desperate Times (as a gift), and that was a fun challenge…to take something that I didn’t inherently find sexy and make it sexy (or try).  It was fun exploration.

23) any obscure life experiences that you feel have helped your writing?  Well, I draw on life experiences all the time in writing, but I wouldn’t say any of them are obscure… kinkyish sex, having and raising kids, fighting with and making up with a partner…it’s all pretty mundane but hopefully lends some intimacy and authenticity when I write on those topics.

24) have you ever become an expert on something you previously knew nothing about, in order to better a scene or a story?  I wrote a prequel to Twilight that spanned from 1918 to the early 30′s, and music was a big part of it.  I referenced different music that Edward was either learning to pay or going to see almost every chapter, and it reflected his mood at that point of the story.  I learned a LOT of piano music for that story, and still listen to Chopin regularly as a result.  I discovered at least 10 composers I didn’t know, and I also learned all about the early jazz scenes in Chicago and NYC  It was a blast.

25) copy/paste a few sentences or a short paragraph that you’re particularly proud of.  Well, this is a pretty hard task.  I’m in a solemn mood, so rather than some quirky dialog I’ll select something introspective from Compromised.

He hesitates for only a moment before activating the terminal and retrieving the long-range sensor scans he had recorded as the Enterprise
had sped toward Earth. Toward Earth and away from the darkness. He
watches as the black shrinks, not just from the growing distance. And
then, abruptly, a gold-tinged light appears where there had been
nothing.

Spock aches.

It is an illusion, of course. He has
not witnessed the rebirth of his planet. The ship merely moved faster
than light, and beyond the distance which the light from the planet’s
destruction had traveled. But his mother was still alive when this light
reflected from the planet’s surface. He makes calculations, just as he
had when he first recorded it. This light is from when she ran for her
life. This light is from when she meditated in the katra ark.
This light is from earlier in the day, when she would have tended her
small garden. This light… he does not know what she had done the day
before. He did not communicate as faithfully as he promised, busy with
obligations at the academy. He does not know what this light meant in
the life of his mother.

send an ask: get to know your author

leupagus:

polyamoryavengers:

1)
is there a story you’re holding off on writing for some reason?

2)
what work of yours, if any, are you the most embarrassed about existing?

3) what order do you write in? front of book to back? chronological? favorite scenes first? something else?

4) favorite character you’ve written

5) character you were most surprised to end up writing

6) something you would go back and change in your writing that it’s too late/complicated to change now

7) when asked, are you embarrassed or enthusiastic to tell people that you write?

8) favorite genre to write

9) what, if anything, do you do for inspiration?

10) write in silence or with background noise? with people or alone?

11) what aspect of your writing do you think has most improved since you started writing?

12) your weaknesses as an author

13) your strengths as an author

14) do you make playlists for your current wips?

15) why did you start writing?

16) are there any characters who haunt you?

17) if you could give your fledgling author self any advice, what would it be?

18) were there any works you read that affected you so much that it influenced your writing style? what were they?

19) when it comes to more complicated narratives, how do you keep track of outlines, characters, development, timeline, ect.?

20) do you write in long sit-down sessions or in little spurts?

21) what do you think when you read over your older work?

22) are there any subjects that make you uncomfortable to write?

23) any obscure life experiences that you feel have helped your writing?

24) have you ever become an expert on something you previously knew nothing about, in order to better a scene or a story?

25) copy/paste a few sentences or a short paragraph that you’re particularly proud of

This looks super fun! Send me asks here (my replies are hella wonky so please just send an ask)