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add_a_writerName:
Blue, on the internet at least
Age:
late 30s
Location:
Eastern Standard Time, US
About Me:
I’m a long-time fandomy person who’s sort of moved away from the Big Media Franchises over the past few years and has gravitated toward other stories. I’m currently in an MFA program in writing for children and young adults, and I have been known to teach history classes to middle schoolers. I also like reading Tarot. I’m aroace with a healthy helping of relationship anarchy, and was fairly recently diagnosed with ADHD, autism, and anxiety.
About My Journal:
I’m a bit of a refugee from Other Parts of the Internet, and am trying to join the Web 1.0 revival. I’m trying to make a habit of updating more regularly, but it’s a mix of daily life and fandom stuff.
What I Write:
I like to write stories informed by queerness, disability, and neurodivergence. I like messy characters and dramatic situations. I especially enjoy female characters and various ships fandom is cranky about—the crankier they are, the more it makes me want to write them. Right now most of my fanfic is for Young Royals, whereas my original fiction tends to be historical YA, often with found media and verse interludes. The most recent settings I’ve worked in for original fic were Sweden and Finland during WW2, and Ancient Rome during the Caesar assassination.
What I Don't Write:
I will give most things a try, just to see if I can write them, but I’m not really interested in writing original fiction for adults right now. I don’t tend to write a lot of second world fantasy or high fantasy. I do like romance, but I’m not interested in writing romance that’s like… overly amatonormative? It helps to see characters have relationships in their life other than the relationships with their romantic partners. I like love stories better when they aren’t idealized.
What I Read:
I love character-driven stories with exciting and defined arcs! I read YA of all genres and varieties. Nina LaCour, Adib Khorram, and Malinda Lo are some of my favorite authors. I enjoy a good sapphic historical romance (especially Olivia Waite) and sapphic contemporary is fun too. On the adult side, I enjoy Susanna Clarke and Tana French.
What I Don't Read:
I will read lots of things. Although I tend to avoid most Greek myth adaptations (with a few exceptions) because I was a classics major and it’s hard for me to switch that part of my brain off. Also see comments above as far as I want romance to feel realistic and not overly idealized. I’m probably not the best reader for your Love Conquers All fairy tale.
Could I Edit Someone Else's Work:
Sure! I have to be able to fit it into my schedule, but I really enjoy beta-ing someone’s work and helping them develop their ideas. I am a total craft nerd, and love talking about stuff like point of view, character voice, story structure, etc. Admittedly I am crap at proofreading, so I’m better as a story-planning beta/sounding board than as someone who will catch your comma splices. Certain parts of the year are better than others for me due to my teaching job. But let me know if you ever want to chat about your stories!
Blue, on the internet at least
Age:
late 30s
Location:
Eastern Standard Time, US
About Me:
I’m a long-time fandomy person who’s sort of moved away from the Big Media Franchises over the past few years and has gravitated toward other stories. I’m currently in an MFA program in writing for children and young adults, and I have been known to teach history classes to middle schoolers. I also like reading Tarot. I’m aroace with a healthy helping of relationship anarchy, and was fairly recently diagnosed with ADHD, autism, and anxiety.
About My Journal:
I’m a bit of a refugee from Other Parts of the Internet, and am trying to join the Web 1.0 revival. I’m trying to make a habit of updating more regularly, but it’s a mix of daily life and fandom stuff.
What I Write:
I like to write stories informed by queerness, disability, and neurodivergence. I like messy characters and dramatic situations. I especially enjoy female characters and various ships fandom is cranky about—the crankier they are, the more it makes me want to write them. Right now most of my fanfic is for Young Royals, whereas my original fiction tends to be historical YA, often with found media and verse interludes. The most recent settings I’ve worked in for original fic were Sweden and Finland during WW2, and Ancient Rome during the Caesar assassination.
What I Don't Write:
I will give most things a try, just to see if I can write them, but I’m not really interested in writing original fiction for adults right now. I don’t tend to write a lot of second world fantasy or high fantasy. I do like romance, but I’m not interested in writing romance that’s like… overly amatonormative? It helps to see characters have relationships in their life other than the relationships with their romantic partners. I like love stories better when they aren’t idealized.
What I Read:
I love character-driven stories with exciting and defined arcs! I read YA of all genres and varieties. Nina LaCour, Adib Khorram, and Malinda Lo are some of my favorite authors. I enjoy a good sapphic historical romance (especially Olivia Waite) and sapphic contemporary is fun too. On the adult side, I enjoy Susanna Clarke and Tana French.
What I Don't Read:
I will read lots of things. Although I tend to avoid most Greek myth adaptations (with a few exceptions) because I was a classics major and it’s hard for me to switch that part of my brain off. Also see comments above as far as I want romance to feel realistic and not overly idealized. I’m probably not the best reader for your Love Conquers All fairy tale.
Could I Edit Someone Else's Work:
Sure! I have to be able to fit it into my schedule, but I really enjoy beta-ing someone’s work and helping them develop their ideas. I am a total craft nerd, and love talking about stuff like point of view, character voice, story structure, etc. Admittedly I am crap at proofreading, so I’m better as a story-planning beta/sounding board than as someone who will catch your comma splices. Certain parts of the year are better than others for me due to my teaching job. But let me know if you ever want to chat about your stories!
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Date: 2024-05-14 11:38 pm (UTC)I feel like we'd really get along so I'm adding you, I hope that's okay! Either way, be well, friend!
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Date: 2024-06-11 09:53 pm (UTC)I graduated from a MFA Writing for Children & Young Adults last year! (Nina LaCour was my first advisor, too!!) I also write children's literature about queer, disabled, and neurodiverse characters - mostly picture books these days but I'm trying to find my way back into MG/YA.
I'm an educator, too - school librarian - and I'd be happy to swap stories over summer vacation!