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Oct. 18th, 2011 11:47 pm
elialshadowpine: ([misc] muse hunter)
[personal profile] elialshadowpine posting in [community profile] writerslounge
I'm also here by way of [personal profile] smw. I've been looking for a good, casual writing community around these parts for awhile now that's not fanfiction (I have no problem with fanfic! But I only rarely read/write it) or critique group. I love to talk shop, and support/encourage, but having disabilities that have cognitive impact, I haven't as much time for critiquing as I would like, plus for my own work I have a lot of folk who help me out there already. :)

So! About moi.

I am a polyamorous pansexual kinky pagan disabled childfree feminist goth geek writer chick living in the Seattle area with my husband, boyfriend, six cats, and one snake. I write primarily fantasy, although I have dabbled in other genres. Pretty much everything I write has some fantastic element or another.

I recently finished an urban fantasy with queer characters in almost all the leading roles; the only one who wasn't queer in some way was the antagonist, actually. I love the book, but it needs a lot of editing, which I'm setting aside until after Nano.

For Nano, I'm finally going to write an idea I've had for ten years. My protagonist is a young woman, abused by her family, who ends up committing suicide. In her post-apocalyptic magical world, suicide is illegal, and so she is raised as a zombie to carry out her sentence. In prison, she meets the love of her life, a black woman busted for drugs. It's a different kind of story than the "must save the world" plots you see all the time; it's about their lives and how they find each other and how they continue their lives after getting out of prison. With zombies. It should be fun! :)

So, um, I think that's enough of an introduction. Nice to meet you all! :)

Date: 2011-10-19 12:48 pm (UTC)
analect: (thesunexploded)
From: [personal profile] analect
Hello and welcome! Great to have you here, and that sounds like one of the best summaries I've seen in a while. Am eager to see more!

Date: 2011-10-19 03:03 pm (UTC)
scarylady: (Default)
From: [personal profile] scarylady
*agrees with analect*: excellent intro!

Welcome :)

Date: 2011-10-19 04:04 pm (UTC)
intothewood: (Otto flowers)
From: [personal profile] intothewood
Hi, welcome aboard.

I always thought zombies had untapped sexability after seeing Otto: Or Up With Dead People so I'm loving your plot. :)

Date: 2011-10-20 03:22 pm (UTC)
intothewood: (Otto bloody)
From: [personal profile] intothewood
That's something I would do. Bruce LaBruce who made Otto pointed out that zombies, because of the undead aspect and rotting and all, have the option of many more orifices (there's a scene in which two zombie lovers are having sex by penetration in the side) which makes a lot os sense to me.

Date: 2011-10-19 04:44 pm (UTC)
clare_dragonfly: pink dragonfly in green frame, text: Clare (!Clare-Dragonfly)
From: [personal profile] clare_dragonfly
Hey, I know you!

Wait, no I don't. But you posted in the Nano forums 20s Lounge--probably in the queer thread? That's the one I've kept up best with. I remember your plot! It sounds way cool except I don't like zombies >.> I haven't posted about my Nano plot, mostly because I haven't picked one... and am probably going to do three...

But you seem awesome, and yay for urban fantasy with lots of queer characters. Nice to meet you.

Date: 2011-10-20 02:06 am (UTC)
clare_dragonfly: woman with green feathery wings, text: stories last longer: but only by becoming only stories (Default)
From: [personal profile] clare_dragonfly
Ooh, that does sound good. I am a big fan of dark and serious. I actually wrote a zombie short story once, despite not liking zombies, but I went in totally the opposite direction--it's silly and romantic (the title tells you all you need to know: "How I Met my Zombie Boyfriend"). I mostly dislike the gross and gory parts. And how overdone they are.

Date: 2011-10-19 09:09 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] whatawaytoburn
*waves at* Hellohello! I don't have anything interesting to say but I thought I would at least say hello and let you know that your NaNo sounds terrific. I am terribly interested in seeing how that goes.

Date: 2011-10-20 01:15 pm (UTC)
raze: A man and a rooster. (motherfucking WRITING)
From: [personal profile] raze
You're writing... a homosexual zombie prison love story? Dear god. I'm going to have to subscribe to you, now.

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