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Lit.Lass

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I am a writer. That goes without saying... I’m here hoping to connect to likeminded folk who I can turn to when I need support (instead of leaning on my non-writer SO).

I’m also excited to offer my own support in any way I can!


A few of the books I’ve read this year:

  • Carmilla
  • Dracula
  • The Handmaid’s Tale
  • A Song of Ice and Fire (those volumes which are already published)
  • The Accursed Kings Series (all but the last volume which I DNF because it's weirdly terrible)
  • Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing
  • The Elephant in the Brain
  • Aegypt: The Solitudes
  • Atomic Habits
  • Deep Work
  • Wild Seed
  • The Southern Reach Trilogy

My non-writing hobbies:

  • Knit/crochet
  • Bullet journaling (does this count as a hobby?)
  • Painting my nails

A little bit more about my writerly history:

I wrote a lot as a child and an adolescent but then—like a lot of people—got stuck.

For over a decade I wrote very little fiction. I’d occasionally get a bee in my bonnet and write 30-100 pages on a single project before abandoning it. It wouldn’t be fair to say I wasn’t writing at all in during this period. I just wasn’t writing fiction. I got a Literature degree, took a day job as a writer and ghostwriter (in a non-literary, corporate context), and eventually advanced to the position of editor (in the same corporate context).

Last year when I got the itch to start a paranormal novel. I committed to it and, somehow, I made it all the way to the end. I piggybacked on the momentum to start another project—a high fantasy novel—which I finished a draft of earlier this year.

I’m now rewriting the first project. I’m almost halfway through a second draft.

So far these projects are in their early stages and I'm not ready to let them out into the world. But I’m looking forward to a day when I’ll have a draft worth sending around for criticisms and feedback. In the meantime, I’m focused on the simple pleasure of putting words on paper and of meeting my humble daily writing goals.
 

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:welcome:

Knitting while listening to audiobooks is one of my favourite things :)
You have quite the eclectic taste in literature (added a couple titles to my list)
Congrats on finishing your drafts, and good luck! :)
 

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:welcome:, LitLass.

Nice introduction. AWers can take away significant highlights without a sales pitch.

We're all keen on selling our stories, but getting to know folks first is the way to go.

Way to go! :greenie
 

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Welcome, Litlass. :Hug2: :welcome:.
 

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Welcome to AW, Lit.Lass. You'll find something for all your interests on this board. Glad to see another person for whom "lit" mean literature, not on fire.
 

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Thank you all for the warm welcome! This seems like a lovely little corner of the internet. :)

Thank you regdog for all the useful info.

Chronodendron, I do like to mix things up. :) I hope you like whichever books you added to your list!

(It's been so long since I was active on this style of forum that it might take me a bit just to wrap my head around all the formatting tools and such.)