Sildil

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Age: Nearly my half century!!!
Gender: Female
Relationship Status: Married, three teenage kids
Home: UK
Occupation: Boring administrator, frustrated graphic designer
Hobbies: Drawing, drawing, drawing
Dislikes: Fandom wars
Seen LOTR/TTT/ROTK in cinema how often?: 9/8/6 and once all in one go

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Favorite Story in Archive: Larianne Elengasse’s ’Lust and Devotion’ series without doubt, closely followed by Lemur’s ’Billy’s Best’ series.

Favorite Character (real / fictional): Legolas (still, since a child) followed closely by Thranduil

Most Hated Character: Probably Wormtongue

Favorite Movie: Too many really and they change all the time, some I watch again and again; The Commitments, Some like it Hot, Play it Again Sam, This is Spinal Tap.......

Favorite Book: Apart from LotR and the Silmarillion, probably Alan Garner’s kids books and/or Susan Cooper’s kids books. They are my ’comfort reads’.

How did you come to fan-fiction writing? I’ve always made up stories in my head about characters I liked, (very Mary Sue-ish of course!) and then found fanfiction and got some ideas of my own.

How do you come up with ideas for stories? Anything really, something someone says or an incident sets the bunnies hopping. I wrote ’The Sea Bed’ after overhearing an insurance claim for a burst water bed while at work!

What do you do to overcome writer's block? Leave it and go and do something else, drawing usually.

Have you written in any other fandom? If yes, where can your stories be found? No, not yet.

Do you use music as a soundtrack for your writing? If yes, what kind? Sometimes, and if I do its anything that takes my fancy at the time, I have very wide tastes, it could be anything from opera to heavy metal, Jazz to folk.

Is there a certain time of day you usually sit down to write? Nope, just when I get on the computer really.

Have you or would you write stories "on request" for readers? Yes, if the subject or pairing interests me. I like doing challenges like that.

Which of your own stories do you like best? Probably ’The Sea Bed’ at the moment.

Do you have muses who help you with your stories? If yes, who are they? Always Legolas!

What do you think is your trademark in stories and why? I do try to tell an interesting story, and I like dialogue. I like touches of humour too, with a little angst thrown in as seasoning.

What part of your writing do you think still needs improvement? Always my grammar and punctuation! And I try to aim for erotic rather than pure smut, not sure I manage that yet certainly not to my satisfaction.

Is there something you would never write? Underage, definitely. RPS I would never write, though I will read it if it’s good.