Get-To-Know-Yous and Project Intros

[vintagewitch]

Hey everyone!

I know a bunch of people are interested in using this space to track our NaNo projects, so I figured it'd be nice to have some intros.

Let's do a round of posts to get to know each other.

Here are some possible questions to answer:

1. Who are you?
2. What are your fave books?
3. Have you ever done NaNo before?
4. What's your project looking like? What kind of support do you want/need?
5. Anything else you wanna share!

I'll start!

1. Who are you?

I'm a queer femme witch, living in the Twin Cities, MN. I'm a total weirdo, in love with pop culture and trying to become a professional writer.

2. What are your fave books?

It feels cliche to say this, but the Harry Potter series was incredibly formative for me. The HP Fandom fostered a sense of community for me when I was just learning about being a witch.

Otherwise, in terms of books, I love Fun Home by Alison Bechdell, The Border of Paradise by Esme Weijun Wang, The Red Tree by Caitlin R. Kiernan, and countless - COUNTLESS - books about witchcraft. I'd say The Border of Paradise and Fun Home probably have the biggest influence on my thinking about writing fiction.

3. Have you ever done NaNo before?

Yes! I won one year, and I think I've participated 2 other times.

4. What's your project looking like?

I'm writing a couple of things, and want to use NaNo to finish them. I'm working on a grimoire for a class I'm teaching, and I'm also writing a book about Norse mythology. I need to have the grimoire done by the end of the year, and I'm not quite set on a goal for a manuscript of the book, but ideally by summer. This is kind of like a jump start - I really want to do getyourwordsout next year, so this is a bit of a jump start of that.

I'm not totally sure what kind of support I want - mostly I want a chill space to talk about word counts and such. I've already got beta readers for my various projects, but sometimes I need a lil encouragement. Would also love any suggestions on the editing process, as well as pitching work if any of you have done that. Also ... encouragement on the fiction front! I love writing and reading fiction, but I write so much for work stuff that I don't have much energy at the end of the day for fiction writing.



5. Anything else?

Not totally sure! I love horror and weird fiction, and so I kind of want to jump into writing some of that in short story form. I'm also back on my bullshit with fandom, and I've got a fanfic that is on the backburner while I try to get other stuff finished. I'm constantly reading like, 5 books at a time and so my attention is a little scatterbrained.

Like I said above, I'm a professional witch and tarot reader and that is a HUGE part of my life, but I kind of want to keep Dreamwidth more anonymous. I need to do other things than chat about work all the time. 

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[andersenmom]

1. Who are you?

I'm the mother of three children and a dog. The children are 16, 14, and 12, and the dog is seven. I write, read, crochet, play stupid computer games. I've been writing since I was around 13, and I love it. Even when I don't love it, I do. I also Bullet Journal, do Miracle Morning, GTD, and 12 Week Year. At the moment, the only successful thing I do is the Bullet Journal. Oh, and I'm on Habitica, which is fun and I love it. This is my second year doing getyourwordsout and that's been a blast, too. Although I don't think I'm going to actually make my goal this time. Well... next year is a year too!

2. What are your fave books?

My go-to when I'm lost and need a good escape are Seanan McGuire's Newsflesh books (Feed, Deadline, Blackout), and The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold. I'm currently reading a series about a small town called Miller's Kill, which is delightful (and I'm about to reach the end. *Sob*).

3. Have you ever done NaNo before?

I have. this is my 17th year, and I've won all but one. I have never done it without kids at home. One year I got insane, and I wrote two novels. To this day, I have no idea how I did it (although one of my most popular fanfics came out of that, so who knows).

4. What's your project looking like? What kind of support do you want/need?

I don't know what I'm going to do yet. I have several projects in the works right now, but nothing that I want to drop them all for. I have a couple of challenges I could work on, but those are shorter and I'd like to have one long story this time.

As for support, I need accountability. I know it's easier during Nano, but it helps there, too.

5. Anything else you wanna share!

Actually, I think I've overshared. Sorry. Currently watching ATEEZ's comeback with Wonderland, waiting to see if they'll drop an MV for Sunrise, and wondering if I'll get something from them that will spark a 50k word story. One can hope!

[vintagewitch]

Nice to meet you!

Accountability is so important! I definitely need that. Glad you're writing along this year.

[chase_acow]

I need to read more Seanan McGuire books. I've enjoyed the Wayward Children series, but as novellas, the always leave me vaguely unfulfilled. I just enjoy the idea of them so much that I keep reading.

And I've looked at getyourwordsout for a couple of years now, but I always get intimidated and shuffle away. : ) Maybe this next year is the year!

[andersenmom]

Oooh, there's so MUCH to read! Incryptid series is one of my favorites, and October Daye is great (if pretty depressing for the first three books, and it makes perfect sense. Be in a good place to start that series, please). I also love "Sparrow Hill Road" and it's sequel, which I will get wrong so I won't tell you. Rose is lovely. (Even if you're not into Zombie books, the Newsflesh trilogy is great because it's like... after the zombies and they're just a part of the world. it's really cool.) Um. I just really love her. Oh, and Into the Drowning Deep is awesome too.

You can do it! It's awesome and they're good people.