If you stop complaining and asking for what you never will get, you will have a good life.
Name: Allison
About me: I'm a 25-year-old writer. I have a big imagination and enjoy story-telling in all its forms. My life is not organized, and it has been a kind of mess for a while now. I am doing what I can to sort things out and find my path. I'm a spiritual person and my faith is important to me, and I believe faith is a very personal experience. I don't expect other people to share my views, and I don't shove my beliefs down other people's throats. I am very liberal-minded, probably going into socialist, politically. On my LJ, I have this post about me, if you're interested.
About my journal: Some of my posts are public because there's no personal information in them. I'll talk about tv shows, books, celebrities, politics, movies, music, and anything else on my mind. In my friends only posts, I usually let loose about my self-doubt, personal troubles, my writing, my family, etc. I'm very sporadic from post to post. I might make one post per day. I try not to overwhelm your friends list. I don't use filters. All my friends see all my posts.
What I write: I've always been drawn to fantasy, and almost everything I write has those elements to it. There are a few short stories that don't have any fantasy, but for the most part all my writing does have a degree of magic or the supernatural to it. I haven't been the type to write the popular high fantasy stories that I find in Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, and many video games. I enjoy these stories so much, but I've yet to try my hand at writing them. Instead, I'd say my fantasy is more subtle. Lately, there are two stories that I've been focused on, and both of those could also be classified as historical fiction, but with some fantasy elements.
What I don't write: I'm not a historian, so I haven't written any nonfiction. Also, I never wrote fanfiction until just a few months ago. I started a story, and then stopped. I just don't connect with it. Someone messaged me and asked me to continue the story, but I still haven't felt that drive or muse to focus on it.
How did I get into writing? For the life of me I cannot remember when exactly I sat down and started writing. My earliest memory is finding this book by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes in the public library called In the Forests of the Night. In the author's bio, it said she wrote the book when she was thirteen. I know I found that book when I was twelve, and that I had begun writing before I read the book, but once I found that book I had decided that I could be a writer. That's when I started to really focus myself.
What I read: Everything. I love learning and taking in new information, so I'll read nonfiction books. I'm open to just about any story. Like I said earlier, I was always drawn to fantasy, so that's kind of what I fall back on when I need an easy read. Recently, I've been doing my best to read those books everyone should read, you know, the classics. I push myself to read more, to take in more information.
What I don't read: I've never read a romance novel, and I have no interest in reading romance novels. I'm also not a big fan of 'Twilight' and all the teen novels it's inspired. I don't really read chick-lit, either. I'm not big on fluff, I guess.
Could I edit someone else's work? I'd be happy to read snippets and give feedback, but I can't take on someone else's story and fully edit it from beginning to end.
What I'm looking for: I feel like I really need more friends who are writers. Right now, I think only one of my friends is active on LJ and actively writing. I'd really like to be surrounded by some people who are dedicated to writing and becoming published. I'm not completely comfortable sharing my work just now. I don't have the confidence. The most I share is what I post in ~musemuggers. I won't be asking my writer friends to read and judge and critique my work.
About me: I'm a 25-year-old writer. I have a big imagination and enjoy story-telling in all its forms. My life is not organized, and it has been a kind of mess for a while now. I am doing what I can to sort things out and find my path. I'm a spiritual person and my faith is important to me, and I believe faith is a very personal experience. I don't expect other people to share my views, and I don't shove my beliefs down other people's throats. I am very liberal-minded, probably going into socialist, politically. On my LJ, I have this post about me, if you're interested.
About my journal: Some of my posts are public because there's no personal information in them. I'll talk about tv shows, books, celebrities, politics, movies, music, and anything else on my mind. In my friends only posts, I usually let loose about my self-doubt, personal troubles, my writing, my family, etc. I'm very sporadic from post to post. I might make one post per day. I try not to overwhelm your friends list. I don't use filters. All my friends see all my posts.
What I write: I've always been drawn to fantasy, and almost everything I write has those elements to it. There are a few short stories that don't have any fantasy, but for the most part all my writing does have a degree of magic or the supernatural to it. I haven't been the type to write the popular high fantasy stories that I find in Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, and many video games. I enjoy these stories so much, but I've yet to try my hand at writing them. Instead, I'd say my fantasy is more subtle. Lately, there are two stories that I've been focused on, and both of those could also be classified as historical fiction, but with some fantasy elements.
What I don't write: I'm not a historian, so I haven't written any nonfiction. Also, I never wrote fanfiction until just a few months ago. I started a story, and then stopped. I just don't connect with it. Someone messaged me and asked me to continue the story, but I still haven't felt that drive or muse to focus on it.
How did I get into writing? For the life of me I cannot remember when exactly I sat down and started writing. My earliest memory is finding this book by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes in the public library called In the Forests of the Night. In the author's bio, it said she wrote the book when she was thirteen. I know I found that book when I was twelve, and that I had begun writing before I read the book, but once I found that book I had decided that I could be a writer. That's when I started to really focus myself.
What I read: Everything. I love learning and taking in new information, so I'll read nonfiction books. I'm open to just about any story. Like I said earlier, I was always drawn to fantasy, so that's kind of what I fall back on when I need an easy read. Recently, I've been doing my best to read those books everyone should read, you know, the classics. I push myself to read more, to take in more information.
What I don't read: I've never read a romance novel, and I have no interest in reading romance novels. I'm also not a big fan of 'Twilight' and all the teen novels it's inspired. I don't really read chick-lit, either. I'm not big on fluff, I guess.
Could I edit someone else's work? I'd be happy to read snippets and give feedback, but I can't take on someone else's story and fully edit it from beginning to end.
What I'm looking for: I feel like I really need more friends who are writers. Right now, I think only one of my friends is active on LJ and actively writing. I'd really like to be surrounded by some people who are dedicated to writing and becoming published. I'm not completely comfortable sharing my work just now. I don't have the confidence. The most I share is what I post in ~musemuggers. I won't be asking my writer friends to read and judge and critique my work.