TheCatholicCrow
Inkling
I have been periodically working on a fantasy series for a couple of years (though to be honest, I scarcely remember a time the ideas were not brewing in my mind). I took a hiatus in order to sort out some of the sundry affairs life brings and to experiment with some other writing projects. I have returned to my favorite child with fresh eyes and have come to breath new life into it. My tale is now burning in my mind and I feel compelled to give my characters the respect they deserve by committing them to paper -thereby, hopefully allowing them to live on in minds and souls other than just my own.
Sometimes I wonder if I'm mad until a revelation hits and I remember that I am not.
I'm just weird ... and a writer ... which is basically the same thing. Some of my greatest friends and foes are not real and I'm perfectly okay with it. I live in my own reality which is more often than not, barely reality at all. Like many of you, I use words to paint the vivid images in my head which, despite my best efforts, I perpetually fail to capture in any other artistic medium. I can say these things to non-writers but I fear they would never truly understand (thus the appeal of joining a virtual community).
I have searched high and low for a community that I could join without fears of judgment or anxiety of my own inadequacies. I am not looking for a group to coddle me but to challenge me to re-examine my works and perceptions (without being pretentious and condescending).
I am hoping that this is such a community and I look forward to getting to know some of you better in the months to come.
-Stephanie
Sometimes I wonder if I'm mad until a revelation hits and I remember that I am not.
I'm just weird ... and a writer ... which is basically the same thing. Some of my greatest friends and foes are not real and I'm perfectly okay with it. I live in my own reality which is more often than not, barely reality at all. Like many of you, I use words to paint the vivid images in my head which, despite my best efforts, I perpetually fail to capture in any other artistic medium. I can say these things to non-writers but I fear they would never truly understand (thus the appeal of joining a virtual community).
I have searched high and low for a community that I could join without fears of judgment or anxiety of my own inadequacies. I am not looking for a group to coddle me but to challenge me to re-examine my works and perceptions (without being pretentious and condescending).
I am hoping that this is such a community and I look forward to getting to know some of you better in the months to come.
-Stephanie
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