It looks like I joined in 2008! Well, here I am now, hello.
I'm working in isolation. But I don't have a lot of time to write, let alone hang out online, so I've been extremely slow to get involved online. But, I need other writers to talk to, the two I know well are too close to be very objective. I'm married to a theoretical particle physicist, and we are sympathetic to each other, but there's a real limit to how much shop we can talk.
I tried to stop writing for many many years, and couldn't. So I have been trying to take it seriously for about three years now. I write literary fiction. I like clear prose and plots, but am interested in form and theory too.
I have written a very bad novel (bad from a plot perspective, apparently the prose and characters were respectable), some short stories, and an essay. I'm working on another novel (YA, I guess, given the ages of the main characters), and sending out the short pieces. I've started to get personal rejection notes from literary journals along the lines of "we love this but it doesn't quite match our needs" or "our readers complimented your prose" or "I loved this, but my editor won't publish it." I think this is progress. But I'm all alone, not sure what I need to work on most, and dying for feedback. (I can give it as well.)
I'm self-employed these days. I index books and copyedit ESL scholarly authors for money - it's a nice counterpoint to writing fiction.
I'm working in isolation. But I don't have a lot of time to write, let alone hang out online, so I've been extremely slow to get involved online. But, I need other writers to talk to, the two I know well are too close to be very objective. I'm married to a theoretical particle physicist, and we are sympathetic to each other, but there's a real limit to how much shop we can talk.
I tried to stop writing for many many years, and couldn't. So I have been trying to take it seriously for about three years now. I write literary fiction. I like clear prose and plots, but am interested in form and theory too.
I have written a very bad novel (bad from a plot perspective, apparently the prose and characters were respectable), some short stories, and an essay. I'm working on another novel (YA, I guess, given the ages of the main characters), and sending out the short pieces. I've started to get personal rejection notes from literary journals along the lines of "we love this but it doesn't quite match our needs" or "our readers complimented your prose" or "I loved this, but my editor won't publish it." I think this is progress. But I'm all alone, not sure what I need to work on most, and dying for feedback. (I can give it as well.)
I'm self-employed these days. I index books and copyedit ESL scholarly authors for money - it's a nice counterpoint to writing fiction.