Noticing Newbies

I hate introductions...

So, though I'm an avid reader, and easily devour 2-3 novels a week during the summer months, I'm a once-in-a-blue-moon writer...usually after I wake up from an extraordinary dream...which is about twice a month, come to think of it.

That doesn't mean that everything gets written down, or if it does, that it gets finished. In fact, I have a terminal case of writer's block that tends to kick in somewhere between the 6k-10k word count, no matter what I'm working on.

Still, when I DO write, I usually want feedback and/or advice, which I never find, of course. Tried Fictionpress years ago, and still have an account, but...well, hardly anything ever got read, and what did, hardly got reviewed...so not a lot of encouragement there.

At any rate, what spurred me to join here is, obviously, that I'm working on something. (Bet you saw that one coming) I won't be stuffing my sub-par writing down your throats anytime soon though, so don't worry. If I feel like this might be a good place to hang out, I'll try to do my part in reading / reviewing. (Can't expect something for nothing, after all, right?)

As for my genres, they mostly keep their feet planted firmly in science-fiction, though they can also include elements of drama, horror, and romance within such a broad container.

I've recently quit drinking (it's a big deal, Mmkay). Also kicked the cigs out the window. Here's to hoping my pickled brain can regain even half the vocabulary I've lost over the past 7 years.

If you ever do read anything of mine, you may notice I like to include lifelike character dialogue, which, funnily enough, I just read was a big fiction-writer NO-NO on some useless blog or other, and whose tab I closed with a swift kick...err...click of the mouse. I say NAY, I'm going to write however the heck I want...all I wanted from you was a quick punctuation guide!

And now that I've made this overly long, convoluted (that's my word of the day, apparently) post, I'm going to go sleep on it, and who knows, I might be back tomorrow.

Cheers

P.S. I collect carnivorous plants for fun and profit.
*People in the crowd are going "lolwut"*



"There is wanting the unobtainable, and there is the obtaining of desire, and the greatest of these is the wanting. Especially since the object of desire usually turns out to exist only in some alternate reality, to be mocked by actuality."

-James Blish- "Cities In Flight"