Fandom Questions Meme (25-28)

[thisbluespirit]

25. What’s your most popular fanfic?

The Spirit of St Mary Mead, which I wrote for Wasuremo in Yuletide 2016, and is about Miss Marple as a sort of genius loci. (223 kudos, 75 comments and 37 bookmarks. I mean, I know that's peanuts by mega-ship/fandom standards but it leaves most of my other works miles behind in the dust.)

... followed closely by So We Meet at Last, a crossover ficlet in which Miss Marple dusts Dracula. (170 kudos, 40 comments, 32 bookmarks.) (Amused as I am by James Maxwell's epic fainty-ness, the first thing I noticed about the 1968 TV Dracula was that it had Joan Hickson in as Mrs Weston and people patronised her and it was awful. Clearly there was only one possible response, hence the ficlet, which I scribbled in about 30 mins for fan_flashworks.)

#4 is also a Miss Marple crossover ficlet. For reasons I have no explanation for, weird Miss Marple fic is apparently what the universe wants from me. I am really not sure how I feel about this, although it could certainly be worse.


26. How do you come up with your fanfic titles?

Either straight away, as if by magic, or else by sheer desperation, rifling any appropriate poetry, songs, quotes etc. etc. And for meme ficlets, yes, one word titles. I don't care. Although when I get my kudos emails from AO3, I do have no clue which ones they all are.


27. What do you hate more: Coming up with titles or writing summaries?

It depends! Both can just arrive with the story, although I suppose titles are harder, as with summaries you can often get away with quoting a line or two of the fic at least.


28. If someone were to draw a piece of fanart for your story, which story would it be and what would the picture be of?

I don't know, meme, I don't actually have the second sight. Do they mean which story would I want it to be? In which case, the answer is any of them and anything. I would be thrilled. It happened to me once, with one of my S&S ficlets, and it was lovely and then the fanartist just deleted it, which was very saddening.

Comments

[persiflage_1]

Miss Marple clearly rocks!

[thisbluespirit]

But only in a chair! ;-)

[persiflage_1]

LMAO

[liadt]

Aw, my Henry VII & Margaret Beaufort drawing was inspired by your Yulefic so that's two! I hope you managed to save a copy of the S&S one.

[thisbluespirit]

Oh, I didn't realise that. Thank you! ♥ ♥ Twice, then! And one person didn't even delete it. And maybe I was supposed to save it, then? And it was my own fault for not realising? But it was there one time and gone the next and very saddening.

[liadt]

Yes and there was some slight finger crossing until reveals! Aw, maybe deviantart is like that?

[thisbluespirit]

Ha, yes, what if it hadn't been me??


(I would have still liked the pic. I would have just been all, awww, a SotT pic! As I was. <3)

[liadt]

It wasn't you, my guess was the writer would have to be Phillipa Gregory repenting of her treatment of RL personalities;p

[thisbluespirit]

I don't think she would repent - it's made her very well off!!

[dimity_blue]

Your Miss Marple as St. Mary Mead's own goddess is a fabulous story. And of course she'd see off Dracula. :oD

I'm sad for you about that art. What a shame!

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, thank you. <3

Yes, I don't know why they took it down so soon. I thought it was really good. Perhaps Liadt was right and it was like a banner or something - I should have downloaded it for myself. But I didn't!

[paranoidangel]

Although when I get my kudos emails from AO3, I do have no clue which ones they all are.

I have that problem too. Sometimes if people have commented on something old I have no idea what it is.

[thisbluespirit]

I know most of my longer works, but meme ficlets, lol, I have to make a guess and then click on the link to see if I was right.