RcGrant
Loves semi-colons
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...asked the caterpillar.
So, I've been hanging out here for a while now, and the same names keep on cropping up. But I don't feel I know any of you. So...I want to put some information to the names. Tell me about you. Whereabouts you live in the world, your non-writing day job (if you have one), what you like writing, interests outside of writing, and maybe where you're at with your writing at the moment.
Obviously if anything makes you feel uncomfortable, then don't answer it, and if this is an innappropriate thread, mods, feel free to delete.
So...I'll go first.
I'm Rachael, I'm 26, and I live in Cornwall in the UK. I've written for as long as I've known how to hold a pencil and use it to form letters. I've dabbled in different genres but I seem to gravitate back towards fantasy. Sometimes I don't think my fantasy fits into a specific category like some do (epic, elves, and the like), though I do seem to lean towards teenage protagonists. I write short stories too, but for some reason they lean away from fantasy and move more into mainstream.
Other than writing, I'm a book fiend (is there any of us who isn't?), and as well as enjoying reading them, I collect them too (different Harry Potter covers, versions, and first editions seem to be a favourite here, though I've moved into the realm of signed too). I have a collection of writing books large enough to keep my local Waterstones in stock. I also enjoy photography, creating my own jewellery, and excessive internet usage.
My day job is working in a company that promotes the use of complimentary medicines (naming no names...), and through a lot of complaining about the state of the company newsletter, I've recently been handed that to do as well. Woohoo! But I would love to be able to make a living writing novels, obviously.
I'm taking part in NaNoWriMo at the moment, but I also have three other novels on the go: one is the first of a trilogy, another is the first of a duo of vampire novels, and another includes more magic than I am familiar with. I'm about halfway through the first and second. I've discovered, through trial and error, that I write so much better with multiple projects on the go. I'm stubborn, and I have faith in all of them.
Right, that's me...now it's YOUR turn.
So, I've been hanging out here for a while now, and the same names keep on cropping up. But I don't feel I know any of you. So...I want to put some information to the names. Tell me about you. Whereabouts you live in the world, your non-writing day job (if you have one), what you like writing, interests outside of writing, and maybe where you're at with your writing at the moment.
Obviously if anything makes you feel uncomfortable, then don't answer it, and if this is an innappropriate thread, mods, feel free to delete.
So...I'll go first.
I'm Rachael, I'm 26, and I live in Cornwall in the UK. I've written for as long as I've known how to hold a pencil and use it to form letters. I've dabbled in different genres but I seem to gravitate back towards fantasy. Sometimes I don't think my fantasy fits into a specific category like some do (epic, elves, and the like), though I do seem to lean towards teenage protagonists. I write short stories too, but for some reason they lean away from fantasy and move more into mainstream.
Other than writing, I'm a book fiend (is there any of us who isn't?), and as well as enjoying reading them, I collect them too (different Harry Potter covers, versions, and first editions seem to be a favourite here, though I've moved into the realm of signed too). I have a collection of writing books large enough to keep my local Waterstones in stock. I also enjoy photography, creating my own jewellery, and excessive internet usage.
My day job is working in a company that promotes the use of complimentary medicines (naming no names...), and through a lot of complaining about the state of the company newsletter, I've recently been handed that to do as well. Woohoo! But I would love to be able to make a living writing novels, obviously.
I'm taking part in NaNoWriMo at the moment, but I also have three other novels on the go: one is the first of a trilogy, another is the first of a duo of vampire novels, and another includes more magic than I am familiar with. I'm about halfway through the first and second. I've discovered, through trial and error, that I write so much better with multiple projects on the go. I'm stubborn, and I have faith in all of them.
Right, that's me...now it's YOUR turn.