2021-01-24

margaret_r: (Tower)
2021-01-24 02:18 pm

Snowflake Challenge


Snowflake Challenge promotional banner featuring a snow-covered green bench in a snowy park. Text: Snowflake Challenge: 1-31 January.


I've missed several challenges, but this one was interesting.

Challenge #12

In your own space, resurrect an old meme. Have fun with it! Which is the goofiest meme you can think of? Put on your party hat and be silly!! Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I don’t usually do memes but I saw this on the list and it appealed so thought I’d give it a go.

I write like

Paste a few paragraphs of your writing into the box and see which famous author has a style most similar to you. It doesn’t have to be actual fic writing; you can post your latest blog post, but the longer, the better the tool works

As I often change my style of writing to suit the particular story/setting I decided to use three different fics, and came up with three different famous authors I write like, which is quite an achievement – I think.

No. 1: Shadows on the Wall

This is a short piece I wrote for The Professionals a while ago:

In which:


 

I must admit to be quite happy with the comparison because like his work or not he is a brilliant writer.

No. 2: Prey

An AU fic written for the Lewis_Challenge Fright Fest, a vampire hunter tale set in Victorian England

In which:


Happy with this one too, I must have got the atmosphere right somewhere there.

No. 3: This one is an excerpt from my current WIP: 

 

Lewis Steampunk fic also set in Victorian England  )

 

 

In which:


I’ve never heard of this writer before but he seems quite famous, so now I’ll have to find his books and read them!

 

On an aside, a Snowflake Challenge seems oddly inappropriate in the Southern Hemisphere at the moment, especially as it’s currently 42deg Celsius.