Hey, y'all. I'm Wren. I'm a 30-something (when did that happen?) USAmerican woman, former English major, current paralibrarian. I'm a lifelong, voracious reader (as, I assume, most of y'all are as well), and I've wanted to be a writer since I was a kid. I've written fanfiction since my tween years and had some success in that area, but now I'm ready to focus on writing as a potential career. I had a few years where I really struggled to write anything at all due to depression issues, but I've recently gotten that under a reasonable amount of control and have renewed my commitment to getting a novel published.
My interests in reading are speculative fiction, historical fiction, (some) mysteries, nonfiction, and poetry. I've never had an interest in reading about contemporary life--I want to be transported to another world or era. I write what I think of as historical fantasy, and I'm a novelist. I admire a great short story, but they're not for me. I have finished several novels but ultimately decided they weren't right/ready for publication. My focus is on female protagonists, and I love complex and interesting relationships between female characters.
My strengths are in characterization, relationships, and emotional realism; I struggle with plot and with actually sitting down to write. I'm definitely willing to beta if the story sounds interesting to me.
I sought out a busy writers' site because I have a specific questions I want some perspective on (to be posted in the Sci-fi/Fantasy section soon), but I'm really impressed with the whole community and hope to become an active part of it. I haven't used message boards since the (very) early 2000s so I'm relearning everything, and there are so many sub-boards that I'm a little overwhelmed, but I love being involved with worldwide communities of diverse people who share common interests.
My interests in reading are speculative fiction, historical fiction, (some) mysteries, nonfiction, and poetry. I've never had an interest in reading about contemporary life--I want to be transported to another world or era. I write what I think of as historical fantasy, and I'm a novelist. I admire a great short story, but they're not for me. I have finished several novels but ultimately decided they weren't right/ready for publication. My focus is on female protagonists, and I love complex and interesting relationships between female characters.
My strengths are in characterization, relationships, and emotional realism; I struggle with plot and with actually sitting down to write. I'm definitely willing to beta if the story sounds interesting to me.
I sought out a busy writers' site because I have a specific questions I want some perspective on (to be posted in the Sci-fi/Fantasy section soon), but I'm really impressed with the whole community and hope to become an active part of it. I haven't used message boards since the (very) early 2000s so I'm relearning everything, and there are so many sub-boards that I'm a little overwhelmed, but I love being involved with worldwide communities of diverse people who share common interests.
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