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add_a_writerName: Tacks
Age: mid-30s
Location: Australia.
About Me: I'm the token extrovert in most of my social groups. I joined DW for specific reasons around 2021, I think, but then I forgot it existed for a couple years, and while my back was turned the people I'd befriended then vanished into the ether. I'm very motivated by social interaction, so this is a problem when I'm trying to get into the habit of blogging more. I have more pens that one person could ever reasonably use, truly dire ADHD, and a sense of humour best described as "ocker" (that's "extremely Australian", if you're not familiar).
About My Journal: I forget it exists a lot! Sometimes I yell about books I've read recently. Sometimes I talk about what I'm writing. Sometimes I make a half-assed attempt at a to-do list. I want to edit and post some stuff I wrote while I was off at a workshop last year, but life's been getting in the way.
What I Write: I have more experience as an editor than a writer, tbh, but I'm trying to correct that. I'm also really trying to spend time with my original work. Somewhere on AO3 there's a couple hundred thousand words across a couple dozen fandoms gathering dust. My focus right now is short sci fi and fantasy stories, with occasional dips into longer stuff. I'd love to write for games some day.
What I Don't Write: Splatterpunk/guro; grimdark of the "extreme bummer" variety. Other than that... I dunno. There's not much, probably. Some genres where it's not that I don't write it, just that I haven't yet.
What I Read: A bit of everything. Mainly SF&F because I'm trying to keep an eye on the market, but also romance, horror, slipstream, new weird, and occasionally I'll dip a toe in literary. I like fiction that isn't afraid to get a little weird. Currently my favourite book is probably The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez.
What I Don't Read: I was in and out of hospital for a bit with some surgeries, and the whole mess shot my focus. The only books I could get through were contemp romance and murder mysteries and occasional Lee Child-type thrillers, which I went through like pringles. I must've read about fifty of them in a matter of weeks. Anyway, those genres and I are firmly on a break. I'll come back to them one day, but not right now. Also, I passionately despise A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara.
Could I Edit Someone Else's Work: Maybe. Really depends on you and the work, and what you want out of it. My approach as an editor is extremely blunt - not mean, mind you. I'm not going to be unpleasant, but I'm not going to politely ignore problems. Some people are not used to this.
Age: mid-30s
Location: Australia.
About Me: I'm the token extrovert in most of my social groups. I joined DW for specific reasons around 2021, I think, but then I forgot it existed for a couple years, and while my back was turned the people I'd befriended then vanished into the ether. I'm very motivated by social interaction, so this is a problem when I'm trying to get into the habit of blogging more. I have more pens that one person could ever reasonably use, truly dire ADHD, and a sense of humour best described as "ocker" (that's "extremely Australian", if you're not familiar).
About My Journal: I forget it exists a lot! Sometimes I yell about books I've read recently. Sometimes I talk about what I'm writing. Sometimes I make a half-assed attempt at a to-do list. I want to edit and post some stuff I wrote while I was off at a workshop last year, but life's been getting in the way.
What I Write: I have more experience as an editor than a writer, tbh, but I'm trying to correct that. I'm also really trying to spend time with my original work. Somewhere on AO3 there's a couple hundred thousand words across a couple dozen fandoms gathering dust. My focus right now is short sci fi and fantasy stories, with occasional dips into longer stuff. I'd love to write for games some day.
What I Don't Write: Splatterpunk/guro; grimdark of the "extreme bummer" variety. Other than that... I dunno. There's not much, probably. Some genres where it's not that I don't write it, just that I haven't yet.
What I Read: A bit of everything. Mainly SF&F because I'm trying to keep an eye on the market, but also romance, horror, slipstream, new weird, and occasionally I'll dip a toe in literary. I like fiction that isn't afraid to get a little weird. Currently my favourite book is probably The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez.
What I Don't Read: I was in and out of hospital for a bit with some surgeries, and the whole mess shot my focus. The only books I could get through were contemp romance and murder mysteries and occasional Lee Child-type thrillers, which I went through like pringles. I must've read about fifty of them in a matter of weeks. Anyway, those genres and I are firmly on a break. I'll come back to them one day, but not right now. Also, I passionately despise A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara.
Could I Edit Someone Else's Work: Maybe. Really depends on you and the work, and what you want out of it. My approach as an editor is extremely blunt - not mean, mind you. I'm not going to be unpleasant, but I'm not going to politely ignore problems. Some people are not used to this.
