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Since what I write is a large part of who I am, it seems fair to consider that an important thing to pin to the front page.
So far (and I'll edit if/when this changes) I'm starting toupload three different serials to Dreamwidth directly. All three somewhat farther ahead, a complicated fourth one that's still in a rougher state, and my novels can all be found via my website. Everything I write is original, fantasy, and will almost certainly, sooner or later, start doing unconventional things with gender and sexuality.
Right here at home:
Moonblood
High fantasy. This has background LGBT+ content until later on, when a trans main character appears.
In a world without magic, gods and their spirit-creatures live little-seen beside the everyday reality of humans. There are both rewards and challenges for those who become the adopted children of the moons, the few who are of the bloodline of the one woman who fled from the rest... and somewhere out there, the ones she fled from...
( More about Moonblood )
And two erotic ones, which both contain consensual power exchange and actual story more than they contain squishy noises. Pleae note that both are the magical kind of fantasy, and also that my characters are highly unlikely to be cis-hetero-vanilla-monogamous.
Fair Trade
Magical realism/urban fantasy.
Powerful, long-lived fae will make bargains with humans, wishes for service. Sounds so simple - right?
( More about Fair Trade )
Brightside
Semi-urban fantasy, at least so far.
Losing a job is frustrating, but switching to the other world to visit her best friend leads Kate to Damon, and that makes it all worth it.
( More about Brightside )
I'll edit this post as necessary to keep it a useful list of what's available. I realize a lot of people would pin a bio of some sort, or something about themselves, but when it comes down to it, other than my cats, this is pretty much what's important about me. :-)
So... I like Dreamwidth. I like the whole format and I like the freedom of not having to fret about whether something I post is too "mature" and I like not wading through endless garbage that I forget 30 seconds later. There seem to be some very cool people around. As a general rule, I'll take quality over quantity anyday.
But, and I never thought I'd say this... it's actually too quiet.
I have limited energy for socializing, and that means using it effectively. I have a community of friends that I don't want to neglect (but have been). Other than them, my primary goal interest online involves writing - chatting with other writers about what they're doing, maybe reading what they write if it's in the right range, making sure the stories that I have spent an enormous percentage of my waking hours on for three decades are visible and finding the delicate line between making sure people know they're available and spamming them. There are writers here and possibly we could get to be friends, and possibly I should stick with Dreamwidth for that. But honestly? I'm going to keep forgetting about DW, like I just did for over a week.
If you want my attention (although the only reason I can think of is the stories I already posted here and I may remove those), feel free to yell. Otherwise, I'll be over on Wattpad, which is chaos and up to its eyeballs in teenagers, but there are some adults around and my various goals aree easier to reach. Say hi if you get there: https://www.wattpad.com/user/prysmcat
TL;DR version: I can't keep up with socializing on multiple sites and I'm sticking with the one that has the biggest payoff.
But, and I never thought I'd say this... it's actually too quiet.
I have limited energy for socializing, and that means using it effectively. I have a community of friends that I don't want to neglect (but have been). Other than them, my primary goal interest online involves writing - chatting with other writers about what they're doing, maybe reading what they write if it's in the right range, making sure the stories that I have spent an enormous percentage of my waking hours on for three decades are visible and finding the delicate line between making sure people know they're available and spamming them. There are writers here and possibly we could get to be friends, and possibly I should stick with Dreamwidth for that. But honestly? I'm going to keep forgetting about DW, like I just did for over a week.
If you want my attention (although the only reason I can think of is the stories I already posted here and I may remove those), feel free to yell. Otherwise, I'll be over on Wattpad, which is chaos and up to its eyeballs in teenagers, but there are some adults around and my various goals aree easier to reach. Say hi if you get there: https://www.wattpad.com/user/prysmcat
TL;DR version: I can't keep up with socializing on multiple sites and I'm sticking with the one that has the biggest payoff.
I keep talking about writing. Let's toss in something about the other side of my life, one of the best ways to fight off depression and anxiety - and also to provoke it, when all are getting older. *sigh* The cats who own my heart and rule my life.
( Kitty pics and stuff )
I can't go long without referring to them. So, now you've met them. :-)
( Kitty pics and stuff )
I can't go long without referring to them. So, now you've met them. :-)
So... I'm a fairly extreme introvert with disabling depression and anxiety who has had a fairly consistent experience with trying to belong anywhere: it may be great for a brief period at the beginning, but it somehow always ends up going sour and I deeply regret getting involved.
And yet, I keep writing stories that have, as a frequent underlying theme, someone(s) finding their tribe/heart family/place to belong. And I keep trying.
I'm not very optimistic about local friends anymore. But there's a whole world out there accessible online, right? Yeah, well... about that. I'm very bad at most social media. Everything feels too fast, too shallow, things I see and react to and forget as soon as the next thiing appears, and it's just loaded with triggers for my anxiety - animals being hurt, people being hurt, political nightmares. If I can't do anything to change the situation, how is working myself into a state where I sit on my bed and cry for all the pain in the world in any way useful? I can't volunteer reliably anywhere anymore than I can work. I have no money to contribute. I can't even foster cats anymore because one of mine might be carrying calicivirus. Having a long list of labels I can honestly claim - pan, poly, blah blah - interferes far less with my social life than anxiety and depression do.
( Cut because this got long (as usual) )
And yet, I keep writing stories that have, as a frequent underlying theme, someone(s) finding their tribe/heart family/place to belong. And I keep trying.
I'm not very optimistic about local friends anymore. But there's a whole world out there accessible online, right? Yeah, well... about that. I'm very bad at most social media. Everything feels too fast, too shallow, things I see and react to and forget as soon as the next thiing appears, and it's just loaded with triggers for my anxiety - animals being hurt, people being hurt, political nightmares. If I can't do anything to change the situation, how is working myself into a state where I sit on my bed and cry for all the pain in the world in any way useful? I can't volunteer reliably anywhere anymore than I can work. I have no money to contribute. I can't even foster cats anymore because one of mine might be carrying calicivirus. Having a long list of labels I can honestly claim - pan, poly, blah blah - interferes far less with my social life than anxiety and depression do.
( Cut because this got long (as usual) )
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I suppose finding Dreamwidth is a pretty clear reflection of my primary goal for 2020: finding an audience for the serious volume of fantasy that I've written over time, or at least the parts that are worth sharing.
Back when I started writing, traditional publishing was the only option. I decided I didn't want to go that way, for multiple reasons. Now there are more options, but the Internet is so flooded with writing of highly varying quality that it's an enormous battle to be noticed at all. Writing and editing several hundred thousand words is easy compared to that.
I'm trying Wattpad, but I'm currently unsure about how welcoming that is to serials rather than novels, especially given the general cultural drive towards "getting published."
Dreamwidth seems like it might be cool. I wouldn't have to keep the blatantly erotic fantasy and the subtly erotic fantasy on two different sites or fret about what goes where, at least. The line between, for me, is often fuzzy: my erotica has story and characters, my non-erotica plays with gender and sexuality.
I'm seeing spam and a lot of Russian posts on here, and a heavy leaning towards fanfiction, which I neither read nor write. I see a lot of communities that have not updates in months or years, so I'm hoping this site is still alive.
I guess we'll see. I plan to create a community for each of my serials and add enough posts over the next few days to get the attention of anyone looking for something to read, and hope for the best!
Back when I started writing, traditional publishing was the only option. I decided I didn't want to go that way, for multiple reasons. Now there are more options, but the Internet is so flooded with writing of highly varying quality that it's an enormous battle to be noticed at all. Writing and editing several hundred thousand words is easy compared to that.
I'm trying Wattpad, but I'm currently unsure about how welcoming that is to serials rather than novels, especially given the general cultural drive towards "getting published."
Dreamwidth seems like it might be cool. I wouldn't have to keep the blatantly erotic fantasy and the subtly erotic fantasy on two different sites or fret about what goes where, at least. The line between, for me, is often fuzzy: my erotica has story and characters, my non-erotica plays with gender and sexuality.
I'm seeing spam and a lot of Russian posts on here, and a heavy leaning towards fanfiction, which I neither read nor write. I see a lot of communities that have not updates in months or years, so I'm hoping this site is still alive.
I guess we'll see. I plan to create a community for each of my serials and add enough posts over the next few days to get the attention of anyone looking for something to read, and hope for the best!
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Hi, Dreamwidth! I'm new in this corner of the Web, on the prowl for a good place to share my ongoing serial fiction which is 1) fantasy, one urban/low and one high; 2) LGBT+-flavoured; and 3) not fanfiction. Honestly, I'm doing this post just to feel out how the system works. Since I have two very different serials at the moment, I might need to set them up as communities instead. But I need to look around a bit and get a feel for the site and the folks who hang out here. If you stumble over this, I'm open to advice!
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