So. I write male characters. And I am a guuuurl. For as long as I can remember, I have been terrified of being told that my male characters read like they were written by a woman. To me, the biggest compliment anyone can give my writing is to think it was written by a guy, because to me that says that I succeeded in effectively portraying the characters, that they lived, breathed, and became something authentic.
What can I say? I’m in love. Catherine asked me if I wanted to do Nano this year, and I immediately tried to think of an idea I could work on. Not my Historical, it’s too long and takes too much research… not EF, it’s just too much hassle. No. And then I thought, why not fall back on my very first novel? A long Epic Fantasy about outcasts finding a long lost race to save their world, it definitely suffers from ‘First Book-itis’, but I had planned to rewrite is as a fantasy murder mystery.
Except this time, thanks to a little prodding from Catherine… things are MUCH more interesting.
Hear me.
Isn’t that what all of us writers want? To be heard? In my case it is. I collect themes and stories like a small child might go about collecting the scraps and bits and pieces he sees along the roadside. It’s funny what you can see if you’re really looking for it.
A little introduction to my works might be in order. I am – as yet – completely unpublished so long as one does not exactly count the work I have done for a computer game called ‘Academagia’. I specialise in two main areas: Historical Fiction and Fantasy. As of right now, I have written three full novels, one excessively long partial rewrite, and 79% of my current novel. I have dabbled in plays, screen plays, musicals, songs, poetry, and graphic novel scripts. But in the end my love and affection is commanded by two major canons.
Elipses... is the home of Rebekah, a 23-year-old author with the goal of getting published.