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 Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:40 pm Post subject: April Wilde |
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I've had that pen name for many years, now, and used to submit poetry to my school's literary magazine with it. 
I've been writing since about fifth grade, and I'm 6 years out of high school, now. I've never finished a novel. I don't want to count my RL Stine-induced horrenous attempt, so I won't. 
I don't ever know what to put on these things!
If anyone has any questions, I'll answer (almost) all of them. Please keep it decent! I'm a shy young woman.  |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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Yay! So you like horror.
Who are your favorite authors? |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Heya, Kel, and welcome! Don't worry about 'indecent' questions, though... most of the people on this site are quite a bit younger than you, and we keep it civil here. |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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I used to read a lot of horror, but that was back in Junior High school. It was mostly Caroline B. Cooney, RL Stine, Christopher Pike. Things like that.
Anymore, I read almost exclusively fantasy. Tamora Pierce is all right, but some of her stories rub me the wrong way.
Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo is cute.
I mostly read young adult novels because they're more raw. I sort of want to write for that age group, since I don't do a lot of explicit sex and gore in my writing. I just don't enjoy reading it. Never have. |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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Ah. Well, that's cool too!
So what kind of stuff do you actually write? |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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Fantasy! I've got my plot outlined for NaNo. And after sharing it a couple of times, I don't feel so afraid of doing so here. It's not like it hasn't been done before, yes?
I used to write a lot of beatnik poetry, and I'm sure I still good. I enjoy writing sestinas, too! I've only done two in my life, but they were great.
I've been writing more lately in preparation for NaNo, but before that, I was mainly drawing! |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Is the "Wilde" in your psudonym inspired by Oscar Wilde? |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:17 am Post subject: |
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Cool pen name! Mine is Brandon Gregory (by the way, nobody can steal that). Thats cool that you write fantasy, what type of fantasy?
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I dunno. I've never really read Oscar Wilde and you're the first one to mention it, Meep. It just kinda ... came out, I suppose. Who knows the minds of high school kids. Not I! Even when I was one!
Aero, I write just your generic fantasy, I guess. I've never finished anything, though, so I don't know if I can correctly categorize it. Elves and magic, and I don't even use guns in my stories. It's medieval fantasy. |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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| I used to read Christopher Pike, I really ought to go and rediscover his work. |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Oh, Christopher Pike. Good luck! haha. You'll discover that, many years after being totaly into that stuff, it's completely different, Myth! |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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| I always thought The Midnight Club was pretty good. |
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| I've read that, I believe. I'll have to look at my old middle school collection again. |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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Caroline B. Cooney. Didn't she write Goddess of Yesterday? I think so. Our teacher read that to us in sixth grade social studies, because it's about the Trojan War, and I've loved it ever since.
I can see you laughing. Stop it!
Hee hee. So yeah. Hmmm...do you have any pets?  |
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3 cats! Coffee, Squee, Ozzy
2 dogs! Barleybear, Rosemary
What about you, Cassandra? |
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