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origfic_bingo2010-09-21 09:18 pm
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Chatter Post!
Yay and welcome! First of all, thank EVERYONE for joining the comm! We've been tickled pink by the turnout, and we hope that everyone will have an awesome time writing and reading!
In the interest of tiding us over until the bingo cards are given out on the 1st, why don't we have a good, old-fashioned introduction post! Feel free to mix and mingle, introduce yourself and your writing, talk about the weather, ask questions, or anything else that comes to mind! :D
In the interest of tiding us over until the bingo cards are given out on the 1st, why don't we have a good, old-fashioned introduction post! Feel free to mix and mingle, introduce yourself and your writing, talk about the weather, ask questions, or anything else that comes to mind! :D
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I used to write fan fiction almost exclusively, but in the past few years I've been switching over to original work. Not a judgment of any kind - it's just that my tastes changed and I'd also rather work on things I can sell someday, so the only fanfic I'm adding to my plate is the kind based on public domain work.
I'm hoping here to flesh out some characters from my 2007, 2008, and 2009 NaNoWriMo novels (all originals), and maybe even lay out a little groundwork for 2010 in the early weeks. 2004 is getting a massive overhaul right now, but it technically is fan fiction (of the sellable kind) so I'll pull from '07-'10 for the bingo.
My serious works of late usually involve some kind of gender variation, in a sci-fi setting. The Last Guardian features a world where all the women are barren and only a small number of male-appearing intersex individuals can bear children. Explaining how this fits into Bounty Hunter Games (which needs a retitle) spoils the whole thing, so I'll keep my mouth shut and keys untapped. Hand of Winter features a girl who would have been a boy but her parents had her implanted with a chip that would override her genes and cause her to develop as a girl. Unfortunately, long after they're dead and she's adopted into an extremely primitive, superstitious native population on another planet, the chip malfunctions and stops working, triggering a rapid transformation that nobody can explain except as an act of their Gods and Goddesses.
I don't have anything strongly in that vein planned for 2010, but there's an ungendered character as part of the supporting cast; like in previous works, this is completely normal for the native population of the planet from which ze comes. All are human; I don't write non-humans, exactly. Some characters are arguably non-human, but they descended from humans, and their genes altered through intentional manipulation on the molecular level, natural selection, or simple eugenics/dysgenics.
I also sometimes do ordinary modern-day fiction but when I do that, it's normally for NaNoWriMo wordcount filler and/or free DIY therapy, and I don't intend to sell or share it. Most of my modern-day fiction is crud and either wish fulfillment or nightmare exploration. Or both. I can multi-task.
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Awesomest quote about writing, ever. :D
Welcome! Wow, I totally bow to your Nano chops. I finished it one year, but often just can't find that much sustained time to devote to the wordage per day. My hat's off to you, and I hope your card(s) will help inspire you for 2010!
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I AM a little worried this year because I don't have a lot of pre-writing done yet, and I always do better when I have that. But I've got a month to go and I do have a basic plot. Maybe a miracle will happen in October!
Honestly I'm just glad to be back in writing again. I left it alone for awhile when I was dealing with a very stressful move and I'm happier when I have a project to work on.