30 Days - days 25-28

A compilation post, thanks to lj:

25 - Music - Do you listen to music while you write? Do you make playlists to get into a certain "mood" to write your fic? Do you need noise in general? Or do you need it completely quiet?

It's too easy for me to get distracted if I have music on while I'm trying to write, so I don't tend to do that.

26 - What is the oddest (or funniest) thing you've had to research for a fic?

Things I have researched for fic include, but are not limited to, the treatment of serious electric shock, psychosis medication including side-effects, grave-robbing, World War 2 military rations, Russian civilian aircraft, black US Army regiments of World War 2, post-Civil War dime novels, New Orleans and voodoo, Italian superstitions, street names in particular cities/towns, the layout of the Oriental Institute and US Army Air Force planes of the Pacific theatre.

27 - Where is your favourite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?

I have a desktop and a laptop, so stuff can get written in various places around the house. I have written by hand when I've had no choice and inspiration has struck, but I don't really like it. Too much like being back at school and writing essays? ;)

28 - Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether writing together, or having an artist work on a piece about your fic?

Back when I first started, I've co-written a couple of things in the Stargate fandom, but it's not something I can see myself doing again. I've certainly had some very nice artwork based on stuff I've written but it's always been that way round, rather than the reverse...