Hello!

[elialshadowpine]

I'm also here by way of 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! :)

Comments

[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!

[elialshadowpine]

Thanks! :)

[scarylady]

*agrees with analect*: excellent intro!

Welcome :)

[elialshadowpine]

Thanks! :)

[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. :)

[elialshadowpine]

You know, I never quite got it either. I mean, I can understand, kinda, but vampires are considered sexy, so... yeah.

Then again, I'm the one who got weird looks for RPing a sexually active Forsaken (undead) character in World of Warcraft. :P

[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.

[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.

[elialshadowpine]

Close enough! :)

Believe it or not, I don't like zombies either! It's why I've had this idea in my head so long but never wrote it. Most zombie fiction/movies are campy and silly or scary, and that's really not my thing. Mine is more along the lines of dark and serious, with a strong slice of weird.

[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.

[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.

[elialshadowpine]

Thanks. I'll probably be posting snippets of it on my journal as I write it, depending on how interested people seem to be. :)

[raze]

You're writing... a homosexual zombie prison love story? Dear god. I'm going to have to subscribe to you, now.