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>> I'm an enby parent <<

I have a lot of QUILTBAG folks in my audience and often write about those topics.

>> I just want to transform myself into a kinder, more loving person. <<

A laudable goal, but one caveat: it's very easy for that path to make someone less fit for survival in a society that is very much the opposite. I believe Buddhism has some good resources on what amounts to bodhisattva work, but it's not always easy to find as it tends to be on the monastic side rather than the public-facing side.

>> I'm trying to get myself to write more,<<

DW has many writing communities. crowdfunding and allbingo do monthly fests with rotating themes.

>> I've written a few novels, most of which only I've read and that's fine - I write for me.<<

Totally fine.

>> But I am interested in finding a way to freely self-publish like maybe an e-book of some stuff just to make some stuff free and easy to read for people I know and anyone else interested, I dunno. <<

Self-publishing is pretty easy nowadays. You can post things on your blog -- plenty of folks have done novels that way. I run my Poetry Fishbowl on the first Tuesday of each month; you're welcome to check out the one on October 1 with a theme of "Cryptids." Would you believe that fans have more money than poetry editors? Yep, they do.

AO3 is worth exploring, and not limited to fandom, but is noncommercial. There are several platforms that do ebooks free or for sale. Consider crowdfunding, with places like Kickstarter or Patreon. Writers have many more options now than they used to!

>>It's very newly set up, but I see myself posting most days like I have been so far and like I did aeons ago when livejournal was better and then later when greatestjournal still existed. <<

Many people use recurring posts to pin down their favorite topics and maintain activity.

Also, lots of people miss LJ but few make an effort to recreate what made it great. If that's something you choose to do, there is a pretty big audience for that.

>> but easily see myself also reviewing books I read,<<

Check out books and book_love.

>>I tend to lean toward horror and weird dark stuff and scifi. I'm not so much into realistic horror (as in "ahh murderer!") but stuff with bizarre, scifi, or supernatural elements. The last novel I wrote was a horror/scifi with aliens, with some Buddhism mixed in.<<

Interesting. Horror isn't my top favorite but I do like dark SF or fantasy. I've got a few truly dark things of my own, but my audience leans lighter and the results are sometimes hilarious. They've prompted me for Gothic fluff and post-apocalyptic hopepunk.

>>I'm willing to try most things if the idea naturally unfolds and that's what the story tells me it needs to be (I'm a discovery writer)... I don't write erotica. For the most part I stick to the stuff listed above.<<

I've had friends who weren't into erotica. dialecticdreamer favors gentle fiction, mostly fantasy, and does one or two prompt calls a month where you can ask for what you want and get it.

You might like kishotenketsu. It lends itself very well to the Asian and spiritual stuff you've mentioned, though obviously not for horror.