Hi all, my name is Salom and I'm posting for the first time (I think), even though I've had this account for something like 3 years!
Anyway. So, my name's Salom, I live in the Pacific NW, I'm 21 and I write YA. I'm unpublished, though I won a few small contests in high school and wrote for my school paper in college. I would say I mostly write speculative fiction and fantasy, but I've been thinking about writing a contemporary novel too. It's a big change for me-- I used to hate contemporary when I was in high school. I'm hoping to get more active on AW, because I've found I really need a group of people to get me in line and keep me writing
I'm taking writing seriously enough to actually DO IT, rather than think about doing it and write here and there. I didn't think of writing as something I could truly succeed at for...well, a long time. Now that I'm a little older I want to just get in gear and stop being afraid of it. So here I am!
I don't really have favorite authors, since I like so many for so many different things-- F. Scott Fitzgerald, Margo Lanagan, Martin McDonagh... If you forced me to answer I'd say Douglas Adams, since he was the first author I thought of as being My Favorite Author when I was in middle school. The last novel I read that really had an impact on me was Lolita-- I thought it was an incredible book, but I can't really say I *liked* it.
I guess the other thing to mention is that I don't identify with characters in novels. I don't know if that's weird for someone who wants to write...maybe, maybe not. It's more that I'll prefer interesting characters to likeable ones, which means I always seem to end up rooting for villains.
Alright, I guess that's it!
Anyway. So, my name's Salom, I live in the Pacific NW, I'm 21 and I write YA. I'm unpublished, though I won a few small contests in high school and wrote for my school paper in college. I would say I mostly write speculative fiction and fantasy, but I've been thinking about writing a contemporary novel too. It's a big change for me-- I used to hate contemporary when I was in high school. I'm hoping to get more active on AW, because I've found I really need a group of people to get me in line and keep me writing
I'm taking writing seriously enough to actually DO IT, rather than think about doing it and write here and there. I didn't think of writing as something I could truly succeed at for...well, a long time. Now that I'm a little older I want to just get in gear and stop being afraid of it. So here I am!I don't really have favorite authors, since I like so many for so many different things-- F. Scott Fitzgerald, Margo Lanagan, Martin McDonagh... If you forced me to answer I'd say Douglas Adams, since he was the first author I thought of as being My Favorite Author when I was in middle school. The last novel I read that really had an impact on me was Lolita-- I thought it was an incredible book, but I can't really say I *liked* it.
I guess the other thing to mention is that I don't identify with characters in novels. I don't know if that's weird for someone who wants to write...maybe, maybe not. It's more that I'll prefer interesting characters to likeable ones, which means I always seem to end up rooting for villains.
Alright, I guess that's it!
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