Intro - LdyBastet

[ldybastet]

Hi, I'm ldybastet, here and on LJ and AO3. I've been part of this merry group for two years or so, I think. It's been a great help as I've been wrestling with my writing.

I'm a slow writer, not at all good at churning out thousands of words each day, or even each week. (No NaNoWriMo for me!) But I am plodding on, and adding words little by little. A persistent writer's block keeps popping up to make things difficult at times, but I have learned a few tricks... Mostly though, I know that stress is killing my creativity.

I started writing fanfic in 2003, in LotR fandom, because someone said I could never write the Balrog of Moria/Witch-King of Angmar slash, and make it sort of believable. I just had to prove them wrong. ;) Since then, I've mostly written porn, lots of kink, and mostly one-shots in a number of fandoms (HP being the largest of them). I just can't write huge, long fics of Big Bang length so those challenges are right out for me. And deadlines paralyzes me. Sadly, I'm also one of the world's top procrastinators! So it's easiest for me to write when not alone, but when someone else is also writing and I know I have to produce a word count.

To feed my own (and my friends') need for kinky, porny prompts and challenges, I started a slash-friendly kink challenge here on DW when kink bingo went on hiatus last year: seasonofkink. It's proven to be a never-ending well of fun prompts, and I have a few bingo cards here that I still need to fill completely. So, I expect my list of bunnies to grow as I get more ideas for them! :D

Right now, I'm writing mostly for a Japanese rock band fandom (the GazettE), so it's all about the RPF for me, with the occasional detour into a few anime/manga fandoms.

Comments

[wordstitch]

Heya! =) seasonofkink sounds great! Maybe if I finish enough plot bunnies I will check it out!

Do you have any recs for Gazette songs? I'm studying Japanese and find that having new songs to listen to and dissect really helps me get better.

[leidmotief]

Hi! I'm also a procrastinator and I take long to write, but last year I gave NaNo a try and I made it. It surprised me because I thought I wasn't made to write as much, even if I had to start a bunch of different stories because my main idea wasn't enough. I haven't really become faster ever since and now I write at the same pace than before, but it was an interesting experiment. Good luck with your projects! Kinky is good. ;)

[no_apologies]

Don't sweat it about being a slow writer. I'm that kind of writer, and I say any progress is better than none at all. It's nice to take your time on fiction, and fuss over it as often as you like. :) (Also, I just hate rushing on most things.)

J-Rock is awesome, and there's a handful of anime/manga fandoms I consider to be favorites.

I used to be on LJ a lot. I'm also on AO3 I think, under "Darkwriter00". It's the same pen name on fanfiction.net--which I update more on, since I seem to get more positive comments from people there. :D