Welcome… I’m New Here! Arriving from the Hudson Valley

[Katester]

Hello all. I’m brand new here, and will spend some time figuring things out. I hope to find a writing partner and to generally dip into the community. I write mostly fiction (am sending out a novel) and essays.

 

[Vagabond Heart]

Hello Katester, and welcome. Good to have you here.
@Nmlee runs a group called Writing Accountability Buddies which allows you to partner up, I believe. You can find it in the Writing Workshop Forum.
That's a good place to look around, anyway, as you'll find people wanting help and critiques of their work, and is the place for putting samples of your own to get some trial feedback on.
Good luck with the novel you're sending out - let us know how it goes. What kind of fiction is it?
xxxx VH

 

[LATompkins]

Hello. I've only joined recently too

 

[RK Wallis]

Welcome aboard @Katester I'm also curious, what kind of fiction? I'm trying to master YA fantasy

 

[Jonny]

Welcome @Katester Hope you enjoy Litopia.

It’s extremely friendly here so do feel free to get involved as soon as you’re ready.

This is a good place to check out (How-to guide) to see a lot of what goes on in the colony.

If anything is unclear please contact me and I’ll be happy to assist.

 

[Julie]

Hi Kate, Welcome to the Colony. What do you enjoy writing?

 

[Katester]

Thanks for all the warm welcomes! It certainly feels like the place I’ve been looking for. My recently-finished novel is literary fiction (though I‘m not crazy about that term). it has an Emma Straub feeling to it.

Since joining, I have been poking around a bit before going for the full membership, and am heading in that direction today. My only hesitation is how to get involved with the community without sacrificing writing/editing time (ie, not use it as a procrastination tool). Any suggestions?

 

[Pamela Jo]

Thanks for all the warm welcomes! It certainly feels like the place I’ve been looking for. My recently-finished novel is literary fiction (though I‘m not crazy about that term). it has an Emma Straub feeling to it.

Since joining, I have been poking around a bit before going for the full membership, and am heading in that direction today. My only hesitation is how to get involved with the community without sacrificing writing/editing time (ie, not use it as a procrastination tool). Any suggestions?

It can also be a way to get your head in the game if you've other gigs. If you don't have a physical timer you can do a search and find one online. Set it for 5 minutes-then you're out. Welcome. I don't like the terms either especially when it comes to women's fiction. What would you like to call what you write?

 

[Katester]

Thanks for the suggestion on keeping track of time Pamela Jo. I am pretty good at monitoring myself on social media (honestly I have very little interest in IG and Twitter, at least no more than 5 -10 minutes worth. This place feels more "dangerous" to me in that it also feels a bit like "work" in the way research can feel like (and be a legitimate form of) work until it becomes something else.

As to what I'd like to call what I write -- that's an excellent question. And I don't have a great answer. What sort of writing do you do?

 

[Pamela Jo]

I just want to tell stories. I have a problem fitting into a genre because when I tell the story I don't really go for one thing. In some ways I feel I'm more like a stand-up comic in that I want to tell stories in a way that make people see the world a little differently. It may make them laugh at first but it's the kind of inclusive laugh that says 'we're all in this together. This is what connects us as humans." If I had a genre it would be called Young Adult for People who Never Want to Grow Up. I looked up Young Adult. It says for ages from 13 to 30.... What's supposed to happen after 30? You suddenly start listening to classical music instead of the Grateful Dead? (My generation example but...)

 

[Katester]

Fortunately it seems as if the old rigid delineations are falling fast and that, like fusion cuisine, genres are blending, with really interesting results. I totally agree about the Young Adult! When my kids aged out of YA books I was briefly bereft...then realized I could pick them up for myself.

 

[Pamela Jo]

Fortunately it seems as if the old rigid delineations are falling fast and that, like fusion cuisine, genres are blending, with really interesting results. I totally agree about the Young Adult! When my kids aged out of YA books I was briefly bereft...then realized I could pick them up for myself.

I do actually have friends in Hastings n Hudson. Beautiful part of the world. Once when young I got to experience a bit of private nature reserve that had been a favourite haunt of Audubon when sketching. Never to be forgotten day.

 

[Mel L]

I just want to tell stories. I have a problem fitting into a genre because when I tell the story I don't really go for one thing. In some ways I feel I'm more like a stand-up comic in that I want to tell stories in a way that make people see the world a little differently. It may make them laugh at first but it's the kind of inclusive laugh that says 'we're all in this together. This is what connects us as humans." If I had a genre it would be called Young Adult for People who Never Want to Grow Up. I looked up Young Adult. It says for ages from 13 to 30.... What's supposed to happen after 30? You suddenly start listening to classical music instead of the Grateful Dead? (My generation example but...)

I can sympathize with this. I also hate putting things in boxes or sticking labels on them. Your 'never want to grow up' genre sounds exactly like my kind of thing!

 

[Dorm Ant]

I just want to tell stories. I have a problem fitting into a genre because when I tell the story I don't really go for one thing. In some ways I feel I'm more like a stand-up comic in that I want to tell stories in a way that make people see the world a little differently. It may make them laugh at first but it's the kind of inclusive laugh that says 'we're all in this together. This is what connects us as humans." If I had a genre it would be called Young Adult for People who Never Want to Grow Up. I looked up Young Adult. It says for ages from 13 to 30.... What's supposed to happen after 30? You suddenly start listening to classical music instead of the Grateful Dead? (My generation example but...)

You grow a beer gut and start thinking about house prices... though otherwise stay PUNK.

 

[Pamela Jo]

You grow a beer gut and start thinking about house prices... though otherwise stay PUNK.

You sound like you're feeling 'in the punk.' Glad you survived the op.