L.L. Maurizi
Troubadour
Hello, everyone!
I'm new here. not only to this forum, but forums in general. i'm a relatively social person irl, but i tend to be more of a reader/lurker than an active participant online. I'm looking to change that for a number of reasons, but that's a story for another day
So! I'm italian (from Rome). I used to live in the US for a little less than 10 years, and 5 years ago i moved to Japan (Kyoto first, Tokyo now). I'm a historian (although on sabbatical now since i wanted to give myself more time to write).
I had experience writing historical journals, screenplays, short stories, and articles, but i always wanted to try my hand with novels. I focused on my first novel (a high-fantasy) for the better part of the past couple of years, although i probably achieved more in the past months than i did in the previous year.
Given the recent world events i found myself with more time on my hands, for better or for worse, and that gave me the opportunity to finish my book (which is now in the hands of an editor and some friends for a preliminary reading).
Because of this book, i looked for communities for me to join, not only to find feedback and connections, but also to find like-minded people, see what experienced, aspiring, and new writers are doing, exchange ideas, thoughts, critiques... well you know the reasons. you're probably here for the very same ones.
Aside from all this, i read a lot, play videogames, have two wonderful large dogs, and spend the rest of my free time restructuring an old farm-house in the outskirts of Tokyo i bought a year ago.
Thank you for reading! and thanks for having me here!
I'm new here. not only to this forum, but forums in general. i'm a relatively social person irl, but i tend to be more of a reader/lurker than an active participant online. I'm looking to change that for a number of reasons, but that's a story for another day
So! I'm italian (from Rome). I used to live in the US for a little less than 10 years, and 5 years ago i moved to Japan (Kyoto first, Tokyo now). I'm a historian (although on sabbatical now since i wanted to give myself more time to write).
I had experience writing historical journals, screenplays, short stories, and articles, but i always wanted to try my hand with novels. I focused on my first novel (a high-fantasy) for the better part of the past couple of years, although i probably achieved more in the past months than i did in the previous year.
Given the recent world events i found myself with more time on my hands, for better or for worse, and that gave me the opportunity to finish my book (which is now in the hands of an editor and some friends for a preliminary reading).
Because of this book, i looked for communities for me to join, not only to find feedback and connections, but also to find like-minded people, see what experienced, aspiring, and new writers are doing, exchange ideas, thoughts, critiques... well you know the reasons. you're probably here for the very same ones.
Aside from all this, i read a lot, play videogames, have two wonderful large dogs, and spend the rest of my free time restructuring an old farm-house in the outskirts of Tokyo i bought a year ago.
Thank you for reading! and thanks for having me here!