5, 13, 14

5) character you were most surprised to end up writing

Ooooh. Ingwë as a main character, and then Unbegotten Imin. That was a unpredictable (but maybe not) development.

Writing a fic from the POV of Durin the Deathless- not only a dwarf fic (technically), but one from the Third Age. My focus is so strongly First Age that having something in the Third Age that isn’t even Gondorian Appendicies History was unusual.

13) your strengths as an author

Ummm. Like weaknesses, this is hard to see from the inside looking out. Dialogue is generally easy for me to write, and I think it sounds natural just as often as it doesn’t. Descriptive language, understandable metaphors and similes.

I think I’m well-practiced and strong at hitting that spot of giving the reader just enough gore and horror and sadness in a tasteful way that keeps it beautiful and bittersweet hopeful and not too overwhelming. 

14) do you make playlists for your current wips?

I’m not consistent on if I have background music or not while writing, and to make an actual playlist would require more effort and discipline than I have.