Because writers are not lone wolves.

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In the interest of networking and introducing my two very shy friends to the greater community of DW, I've written little summaries of their works and suggested reading for both of them. I believe networking among writers is an immensely important thing, and as such I'd like to expand those introductions beyond my journal and on to here.

First off: breezeshadow, who I introduce here, writes unconventional fantasy. She's got a distinct narrative voice and a great sense of humor.

Secondly: raze, who I introduce here, uses her vast knowledge of animal behavior, the harsh facts of life, and mythology to create a world that is both brutal and engrossing. Her depictions of therianthropes are by far the best I have ever encountered.

Would you care to introduce yourself or your favorite DW authors? Perhaps you could point us to your favorite of their (or your own) works. I'm always looking to broaden my reading circle and would certainly appreciate meeting fellow artists.

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Wow, some great work there - and a very good idea, yes; networking is invaluable.

Oddly, however - possibly because I've not been here that long, and mainly been using DW as a place to waffle interminably instead of hunt out new things - I have yet to meet a huge range of authors on here.

Of our members, though, I would definitely plug aithne (link to her original fiction on her journal), and I know that both scarylady and rhiyah have both recently had their first stories published (yay them), though I don't believe either has much up on their journals to share. I will do some not-so-surreptitious prodding, perhaps. ;)

As for me... I write various different genres under various different names, though the very brave can see the amalgamated me on my journal, because I'm lousy at keeping all my boxes separate.

Broadly, I do horror, speculative fiction, mystery, fantasy, sci-fi, romance/romantic drama and erotica, but usually not all at once. In between the fanfic and other mess that lives on my journal (actually quite indicative of my style generally, but probably doesn't make much sense if you haven't played Dragon Age), I have started posting some of my poetry, and there are two horror shorts here and here. You can find excerpts of most of the smut romance/erotica on this site and the non-smut lives here. For those who might feel particularly brave, I'll be posting bits of WIPs to my journal, starting in the next few weeks, access list only.

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Thank you for the introductions and the pointers to your own work. It looks like I'll have a lot to read, uh, whenever I have downtime. *g*

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Heh heh... yes, I know that feeling. Sooner science brings us the 48hr day, the better. ;)