Welcome to my perfumed garden

Blagged from fluterbev , that most shameless of doxies.
 

1. What do you think is your best story, and why?

Tricky, because there are so many ways a story can be good but I'd probably say one of my Alias Smith and Jones stories, Jumping Frog is best written. I like the way the flashbacks work in with the 'current'  storyline and was especially pleased with how the teenage Heyes and Curry came across as younger versions of the same characters. My best completed TS story (since I don't think many people on my flist have read my old-fandom stuff) is probably  A Child of God, for very similar reasons. I was pleased with the characterisations and the structure of the story worked well, I thought.

2. What do you think is your worst story, and why?

Probably Chasing Rainbows - which is odd, because it's far and away the most popular thing I've written but there are a fair few gramatical errors and because it was written over a longish period of time with not much forward planning, there are inconsistencies of style. It's not a badly written story as such, but it's in desperate need of an overhaul. I think I could make a much better job if I was writing it now.


3. Which story did you enjoy writing the most, regardless of how well the end product has turned out?

Chasing Rainbows again. It was total skin-of-the-teeth writing in that there was practically no plan at all. All I knew at the start was what had happened to Blair; I didn't know why or what would happen to him after he was found, didn't plan any of the OCs, they just happened organically. The story took constant turns I wasn't expecting - Eli Stoddard's sudden appearence was a massive surprise that took the thing in a whole new direction when I thought I was tying up ends and heading for the finish. The whole thing was a roller-coaster ride that surprised me at every turn. It was a real voyage of discovery.


4. Which story did you enjoy writing the least?

A Child of God. It had a big false start (I originally intended to write it all in 1st person, 3 povs) and had to be completely re-written 15,000 words in, and a combination of a difficult style and the unremittingly high angst made it a hard one to write.


5. Which story has been the most popular? (you could measure this in amount of feedback, recs, awards etc)

An almost equal tie between Chasing Rainbows and Wind Whispering. Both have had huge quantities of feedback by comparison with other stories. CR probably wins by a nose but WW isn't far behind.


6. Which one is the least popular?

Alpha and Omega by a mile, which is a pity because I was quite pleased with it. *g* A Child of God would be a very close second, more understandably, because it's quite a heavy tale that I knew, when I wrote it, wasn't exactly going to have mass appeal. :o).