I'm going to try this again...
The Snowflake challenge. I'm hoping.
Challenge #1: Write an introduction
Hi! I'm Jill. Pronouns are she/her. I'm a wife and a mother of three children - two girls and a boy - who are growing up so fast I'm ready to put a brick on my son's head to keep him from growing taller than me. Oops, too late. My oldest has T1 diabetes and will be graduating from high school in 2021, from the same high school I graduated from (but I won't tell you when). I'm home all day, because that's what my mom did, and because of the T1 diabetes, it's been really good for the days she calls and says "mom, I'm out of insulin." *headdesk*
My relationship with fandom has been long and varied. For the most part, I write RPF, starting when Duran Duran was a five piece band. I loved the hairbands, loved the boybands, loved even a German band because I took German in high school and still have friends from that class/club. Besides all of the RPF (most of the early stuff is in my basement in a box, and I should probably burn it all), I've done a couple of long fics for Power Rangers and a Star Wars trilogy (it didn't start as one, I promise!), and a year or so long foray into the Prince of Tennis (oh, and the thing that took me to Livejournal: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children). It was in that fandom that I met some amazing people, including a good friend hakkais_shadow, who introduced me to Arashi (Jpop), and then DBSK (Kpop) and I never went back.
I have been dealing with depression - my own - for quite a few years. My first diagnosis lasted for a year, and then I was fine (I could tell by my writing). And then it happened again, and I have yet to go off the meds. I've changed them a couple of times, because it was necessary. Dosing, all of that, is such a pain, but it's also how it works, so I can't say I'm too surprised by it. Anyway.... It got bad around 2016. My AO3 account went from quite a few posted per year, to none. 2017 wasn't much better, although I did manage to post one thing (and bring my posts up to 100). I had lost my love for it. Finding Get Your Words Out and Inking it Out, here on Dreamwidth, helped so much, because I had things to write. I had goals, and accountability.
My fandom lately revolves around ATEEZ, Oneus (and Onewe, because their keyboard player's twin is in Oneus), and In2it. I don't post as much as I did anymore, because I do have three kids, two in high school and one in middle school, and their after school activities and everything else that comes with kids (piano lessons, clarinet lessons, theater productions, choir concerts, etc.), and some severely... unproductive habits I got from when my depression was bad. One thing I have learned in the past year, though, is that I don't actually have to post everything I write, and that has made a lot of difference. I have a bunch I wrote, and none of it will ever be posted, and that's actually okay. I don't mind any more.
What do I write? Fantasy, AU, crossovers (I love crossovers), Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy, and... things like that. I think I might even write occasional Romances, which feels so weird to me. I don't write anything higher than an M/PG-13 rating. I'd like to write more found families - which is part of why I like music groups so much, I think.
So, that's me, as far as fandom goes. Possibly a little TMI, but so it goes. Oh. I think I have a list of fandoms - at least to a point - somewhere on here. Oh, here it is, and it is a bit outdated, as it was written... um. 6 years ago. Holy cow, time flies! Honestly, though, the only additions at this point are ATEEZ, Oneus, and In2it, all of them mere months.
Challenge #1: Write an introduction
Hi! I'm Jill. Pronouns are she/her. I'm a wife and a mother of three children - two girls and a boy - who are growing up so fast I'm ready to put a brick on my son's head to keep him from growing taller than me. Oops, too late. My oldest has T1 diabetes and will be graduating from high school in 2021, from the same high school I graduated from (but I won't tell you when). I'm home all day, because that's what my mom did, and because of the T1 diabetes, it's been really good for the days she calls and says "mom, I'm out of insulin." *headdesk*
My relationship with fandom has been long and varied. For the most part, I write RPF, starting when Duran Duran was a five piece band. I loved the hairbands, loved the boybands, loved even a German band because I took German in high school and still have friends from that class/club. Besides all of the RPF (most of the early stuff is in my basement in a box, and I should probably burn it all), I've done a couple of long fics for Power Rangers and a Star Wars trilogy (it didn't start as one, I promise!), and a year or so long foray into the Prince of Tennis (oh, and the thing that took me to Livejournal: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children). It was in that fandom that I met some amazing people, including a good friend hakkais_shadow, who introduced me to Arashi (Jpop), and then DBSK (Kpop) and I never went back.
I have been dealing with depression - my own - for quite a few years. My first diagnosis lasted for a year, and then I was fine (I could tell by my writing). And then it happened again, and I have yet to go off the meds. I've changed them a couple of times, because it was necessary. Dosing, all of that, is such a pain, but it's also how it works, so I can't say I'm too surprised by it. Anyway.... It got bad around 2016. My AO3 account went from quite a few posted per year, to none. 2017 wasn't much better, although I did manage to post one thing (and bring my posts up to 100). I had lost my love for it. Finding Get Your Words Out and Inking it Out, here on Dreamwidth, helped so much, because I had things to write. I had goals, and accountability.
My fandom lately revolves around ATEEZ, Oneus (and Onewe, because their keyboard player's twin is in Oneus), and In2it. I don't post as much as I did anymore, because I do have three kids, two in high school and one in middle school, and their after school activities and everything else that comes with kids (piano lessons, clarinet lessons, theater productions, choir concerts, etc.), and some severely... unproductive habits I got from when my depression was bad. One thing I have learned in the past year, though, is that I don't actually have to post everything I write, and that has made a lot of difference. I have a bunch I wrote, and none of it will ever be posted, and that's actually okay. I don't mind any more.
What do I write? Fantasy, AU, crossovers (I love crossovers), Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy, and... things like that. I think I might even write occasional Romances, which feels so weird to me. I don't write anything higher than an M/PG-13 rating. I'd like to write more found families - which is part of why I like music groups so much, I think.
So, that's me, as far as fandom goes. Possibly a little TMI, but so it goes. Oh. I think I have a list of fandoms - at least to a point - somewhere on here. Oh, here it is, and it is a bit outdated, as it was written... um. 6 years ago. Holy cow, time flies! Honestly, though, the only additions at this point are ATEEZ, Oneus, and In2it, all of them mere months.