Hey all! I’m new here – been writing fairly seriously for about a decade and been wading slowly into the publishing world more recently. Would love to get to know any other writers hanging out around here – what do you write and what are you working on?
I write a lot of fantasy/speculative, though I also do some short work in the space of memoir and CNF. Currently working on a novel about a girl whose voice is death.
Anyway, introduce yourselves! I’d love to see any stories you might be up for sharing!
I don’t consider myself a writer but I’ve been attempting to write recently to try and get an animated show that I’m working on off the ground.
Just wanted to pop in here to say that writing is hard and I respect the hell out of everyone who does it well. I’ve had to do a lot for this show and the writing is, by far, the hardest part.
It can be a lot harder than it looks! Even when you’ve been doing it for years – and I think a lot of even authors agree that every project throws up new challenges. No book or story is ever easy. What’s your animated show about?
It’s called Pajamazon and is about a group of warrior girls that help kids fight their nightmares.
I’m going to reluctantly say I’m a writer. I’ve been writing seriously since I was 19-20 in college. I’m 62 now and although I’ve published myself through smashwords, I’ve never had anything I felt like submitting to a publisher. I’ve worked a technical career, retired, raised a bunch of kids, but I’ve always written and I still think up story ideas and sometimes even get them down on paper (MS word).
If you write, and especially if you write seriously, you’re a writer! It’s the only part of the process we have any real control over. If it’s not too forward – where do you think the reluctance to submit comes from?
I’d love to know more about the kind of stories you do!
Reluctance to submit: Perfectionism and laziness, but mostly a strong resistance to the “turning it in” process that puts someone else in charge (I have control issues).
Kinds of stories: Charles Bukowski-style urban without the depravity if that makes sense, sci-fi and horror but I hate fantasy, but for some reason everything becomes a love story.
Sounds quite gritty, but also fascinating – I get what you mean about handing over control of your work. Do you share it anywhere though?
I’m a writer. I’m currently working on a post-modern dystopian fiction novel with transhumanism and fantasy elements. I’ve been working on it for several years now but it never seems to come out the way i want it to.
I love stuff that crosses genre lines – so your stuff sounds right up my alley. It’s funny how the words never quite seem to want to cooperate. Anything you’ve been struggling with in particular?
The characters. Humans are really complex and dynamic creatures; and it’s difficult to capture that in fiction. I always feel like my characters are 2-dimensional.
I’m a reader who likes to write for myself occasionally. Never finished a big project but I’ve written a few short stories I’m proud of.
Currently writing a story about a chess player struggling to make money off of chess and unable to find a job that would allow him to play semi professionally on the side either.
Ps. Heres a line I wrote that i’m proud of; “Grief whispers in the wind, a haunting melody of what once was and what will never be again.”
Ooh, that story sounds devestating – in a good way. Great line as well. The struggle to balance passion and survival is really prevalent these days (thanks capitalism!). Best of luck with it.
Thank you!
Ps. What do you mean the characters voice is death? That sounds fascinating
I’m a recovering non-writer. Mostly short stories. My goal this year is to submit at least six short stories for
rejectionpublication in actual paying magazines.Yes! Get your work out there!
