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writersloungeI actually joined Dreamwidth to have a place to keep a writing record. That is to say, a place to procrastinate a little and to nag myself to write. I'm actually very new here, so please do bear with me. I am very glad to find this group, (and also quite glad that it's a new one... because I'd feel a bit shy coming into a long-established group, I think). This is exactly what I am looking for. So, thank you for making it.
I scribble the odd short story (some of which might appear on my dw) and the odd poem, and I'm working on finishing a novel. Most of the first draft has been finished, and I'm going through and editing right now, although the entire end of it needs to be rewritten and another 20k or so words tacked onto the end. So there's a lot of work yet to do. I hadn't anticipated editing would be quite so difficult. On paper, it's just reading and correcting as you go. For some reason it takes a lot of mental effort. Explaining that it's more difficult than it seems does not go down well with family.
I'm also currently unemployed and hoping this novel will actually get published and bring in some money when it's finished. I'm in my mid-20s (and it still feels distasteful saying "mid" instead of "early"), I live in New Zealand, I am female, single and... well what else can a person say. Hmm. I enjoy photography - I've seriously considered doing a degree in photography and trying to make a career out of it. That may be next year's project. I write a bit of everything... I have four draft MSes under my belt, the genres being general fiction (or "lit" if you prefer), urban fantasy, historical thriller/romance/it-turned-into-something-I-didn't-intend,-I-don't-even-know and cyberpunk. I'm having great fun experimenting with different genres. There's only one right now I'd feel comfortable submitting for publication, but we'll see what comes.
I've submitted a couple of short stories to literary rags but have had only rejections so far. (Although I'm still at the point where a rejection makes me feel like a "real writer", ha. You may chuckle at my youthful innocence.)
So, there it is! I am pleased to be here and shall be pleased to get to know you all. Do stop by my journal for more info on me.
I scribble the odd short story (some of which might appear on my dw) and the odd poem, and I'm working on finishing a novel. Most of the first draft has been finished, and I'm going through and editing right now, although the entire end of it needs to be rewritten and another 20k or so words tacked onto the end. So there's a lot of work yet to do. I hadn't anticipated editing would be quite so difficult. On paper, it's just reading and correcting as you go. For some reason it takes a lot of mental effort. Explaining that it's more difficult than it seems does not go down well with family.
I'm also currently unemployed and hoping this novel will actually get published and bring in some money when it's finished. I'm in my mid-20s (and it still feels distasteful saying "mid" instead of "early"), I live in New Zealand, I am female, single and... well what else can a person say. Hmm. I enjoy photography - I've seriously considered doing a degree in photography and trying to make a career out of it. That may be next year's project. I write a bit of everything... I have four draft MSes under my belt, the genres being general fiction (or "lit" if you prefer), urban fantasy, historical thriller/romance/it-turned-into-something-I-didn't-intend,-I-don't-even-know and cyberpunk. I'm having great fun experimenting with different genres. There's only one right now I'd feel comfortable submitting for publication, but we'll see what comes.
I've submitted a couple of short stories to literary rags but have had only rejections so far. (Although I'm still at the point where a rejection makes me feel like a "real writer", ha. You may chuckle at my youthful innocence.)
So, there it is! I am pleased to be here and shall be pleased to get to know you all. Do stop by my journal for more info on me.
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Date: 2011-05-20 09:13 pm (UTC)I feel your editing pain. It's like a mountainous walk, I find; you can see where you're going, but there will always be unexpected tussocks that change the route. Your MSes sound interesting - always good to see genres being mixed around a little. ;)
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Date: 2011-05-21 08:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-26 02:45 pm (UTC)I have... er... utterly failed to do an intro post and am being squinted at by analect over it, but I'm still here, still pleased to meet you!