Well, why not?

[Feo Takahari]

Long story short, I was one of at least twenty people who either left or were banned from another site under very ugly circumstances. (It began with a few members being accused of pedophilia, and snowballed from there.) Everything I've achieved in my writing relates either to that site, or to sites I only learned about from it, and I'm still a bit shaken up, but I ought to at least try to restart somewhere, and this place came up in a Google search.

I consider myself a fantasy writer first and foremost, but most of what I write is in some way a romance. I'm also fond of horror aesthetics, but I see the horror genre as overly xenophobic--I'm much more likely to portray my monsters as lonely or confused than malicious. I enjoy combining elements from a variety of genres, media, and continents, and take a particular glee in stealing from works no one has heard of or no one will admit to having heard of.

Most of my writing success has been on Literotica, but if I'm correctly understanding the forum rules, I'm not allowed to talk about the sort of stuff they require. However, I write each story for that site with the same care for detail that I would any other story, and I think I've gotten enough practice now to branch out to more discriminating audiences. (In D'Tale has agreed to publish one of my short stories under the name Martin White, but they haven't specified a date or an issue yet, so I'm holding off on celebrating until it actually comes out.)

My current project is a short video game, entitled Gracie.

 

[Philip Overby]

Well, sorry to hear of the circumstances that caused you to leave the last forum you frequented. I hope your experience here is much better and I'm sure it will be.

 

[Rikilamaro]

Hello Feo,
Welcome to the Scribes. Hopefully your experience here will be positive. Jump in and meet new friends. Let us know if we can help.

And a cautious congrats on your potential publishing.

 

[Aidan of the tavern]

Ah, the oracle of Google has not lead you astray, may you find what you seek in these arcane halls. You say you're working on a video game, do mean developing or writing?

 

[Caliburn]

Hi Feo look forward to reading about Gracie. I like your attitude regarding influences--they say art is glorified theft, so I guess that makes us artful dodgers

 

[Feo Takahari]

@Aidan: It's a solo project, but I'm working in RPG Maker, and the sprites and the music all came with it. (If it worked for Jay's Journey, I can make it work for me.) Right now, I've done everything for the alpha build except stat up the monsters and determine what abilities they'll have (though of course, I'll need to find someone to beta-test it.)

@Caliburn: I described the very beginning in the Showcase forum, but I'm not sure where else to discuss it, if anywhere. Thematically, it's a good match for this site, but I don't know how much overlap the crowd here has with the crowd that plays video games.