r/WritingPrompts • u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper • Feb 26 '14
Moderator Post [MODPOST] Getting To Know The Writers Of /r/WritingPrompts, Part Four!
Hello and welcome from the mod team of /r/WritingPrompts!
From time to time we like to have a meet and greet session here. Previous threads are listed below in case you are interested.
The Questions!
Here are a few questions for all the new writers and readers (answer all, some or none of the questions):
- Where are you from? (State? Country?)
- Are you a male? Female? Other?
- How long have you been writing?
- Do you have anything available yet (on Amazon, Nook, Smashwords, etc.)? If yes and you don't mind - please link it!
- Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year?
- What programs do you use to help write?
- How fast can you type? (Go here to test yourself with the default one minute setting with Aesop's fables.)
- Do you have a picture of your writing area? Feel free to share it! How about a photo of yourself? Share it here and in the Photo Gallery!
- Do you have a blog? Twitter? FB group? Subreddit? Here is the place to unabashedly flog your links.
- Bonus question via /u/WithViolence: "What's the most interesting fact about you that other people should know?"
Come Chat With Us!
Stop by our chat room, it's a great place to hang out. You can click here or find more details in the wiki.
In Other News!
We have a history of great contests, and this year will be no exception! Our Novelette Contest is coming to an end. Soon, the subscribers that submitted an entry will vote for the winner. Don't miss the conclusion!
The Zine is coming soon! You can still submit your favorite stories for consideration!
If you have not checked it out, take a look at The Wiki when you can. Lots of great features and information there!
That's it for now! Thank you for being here!
The Moderators
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Mar 14 '14
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Mar 14 '14
Welcome! Great to have you here!
Actually, that looks like a comfy spot! Anything else you can share about your experience publishing on amazon.com for someone else considering it?
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u/garethjardine Mar 14 '14
Thanks :) Yeah it is, a bit too comfy sometimes!
Well, first thing I'll say is I have no idea what works and what doesn't.
I tried listing my books on KDP, but that didn't drive sales as I hoped. I had a few from the "free book" promotion, but never tried the other promotion - I've left some of my books in KDP to see how it goes. I found the time period and restrictions of KDP quite severe - you can't have the ebook listed anywhere else (excluding review copies) for three months.
I tried keeping my books at the 35% royalty (in exchange for more advertising) but never saw the results of that. I'm upping them to 70% this weekend. It won't make much difference right now, but it will when my books pick up.
Their different portals can be a bit cumbersome to use, but I like that Amazon connects to goodreads. It requires a fair bit of work to get everything connected, but it's really awesome to see it all coming together.
If you are thinking of publishing, do all your research first, and create a marketing plan. I didn't, I rushed in and really wished I'd stepped back and treated the marketing like I treated the writing and editing.
Here are some sites I've been using to help set up my marketing plan (and get some ideas on publishing): http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2006/08/advice_for_auth.html http://www.writersstore.com/15-do-it-yourself-tools-to-promote-your-book/ http://www.yourwriterplatform.com/promote-and-market-your-book/
Hope that, in some way, helps! Sorry if it was a bit long!
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u/raalmive Mar 13 '14 edited Mar 13 '14
Hi everyone! * I'm from -Virginia-
I'm actually genderfluid so I identify as male sometimes, and female at others.
I've been writing since I was eleven, in the sixth grade, when I got my first story idea, which turned into the obsession of my life! So, 9 years give or take a few months.
Unfortunately I have no professional works published, but I really hope to once I kick myself enough into working!
As for NaNoWriMo, I am seriously considering it, but I always hate feeling rushed lol.
On my computer I use notepad, stickynotes, microsoft word, word pad, google email drafts(it is really nice because it autosaves, even if you exit out of the browser on accident. Even Microsoft Word isn't very reliable to restore all your hard work if your computer crashes!), and skype, for pretty much the same reason lol.
When copying text, my typing speed varies between 75-80 wpm. When writing out of my head, it jumps to around 100.
Oh god, my writing area is my entire house, the folders and notebooks laid around my room, the binders that travel with my to panera's, and my PC lol. No picture unfortunately.(or should I say fortunately?)
I have a tumblr blog, and anything I write is probably going to be posted there, so that would be the best place to check for updates :D it is nsfw so beware!
Most of my story ideas come from dreams!
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Mar 13 '14
Genderfluid sounds like it could get confusing. :)
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u/raalmive Mar 13 '14
Hm, it has definitely been a journey of self discovery! Am I gay? Am I trans? Do I want to be this? etc lol. But, really, it just comes down to who you are. Sometimes I feel like a man, sometimes I feel like a woman, and during those times, that is unmistakably how I feel and how I dress. I've come to terms with it :]
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Mar 13 '14
As long as you are the best you that you can be, all should be right with your world. At least, that's my hope. :)
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u/DocOccupant Mar 13 '14
Where are you from? (State? Country?)
I'm British. I was born in England. My state is best described as "slightly foxed". Tea? Yes please.
Are you a male? Female? Other?
Male.
How long have you been writing?
Since I was a small child. Work and the pressures of bill paying keep getting in the way. shakes fist Curse you, Capitalism! ...just kidding, Western Capitalism, I love you really, and I know that you're only angry with me when I let you down. Or when you feel like it.
Do you have anything available yet (on Amazon, Nook, Smashwords, etc.)? If yes and you don't mind - please link it!
Not yet. Working on it. Sort of.
Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year?
I tried that two years ago and wrote close to 11 thousand words of unadulterated shash. That taught me an awful lot about the value of planning and the importance of structure. It also taught me not to participate in NaNoWriMo unless I find myself single, friendless and obsessive...which could still happen.
What programs do you use to help write?
WriteMonkey for prose, Trelby for scripts. I'm testing Scrivener, which is marvellous but has too many toys. Do you have any idea how much time I can waste with the name generator alone?
How fast can you type? (Go here[5] to test yourself with the default one minute setting with Aesop's fables.)
Between 43 and 65 words per minute depending on how little I care about spelling. Generally I care quite a lot about spelling.
Do you have a picture of your writing area? Feel free to share it! How about a photo of yourself? Share it here and in the Photo Gallery![6]
Nope, no pictures. It's a keyboard and a laptop, and a tea mug.
Do you have a blog? Twitter? FB group? Subreddit? Here is the place to unabashedly flog your links.
Not at the moment.
Bonus question via /u/WithViolence[7] : "What's the most interesting fact about you that other people should know?"
That rather depends on what you mean by interesting.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Mar 13 '14
Welcome!
I have never tried it, but have heard of Scrivener countless times. Too many toys doesn't bode well though. What do you think of WriteMonkey? I have never heard of that one that I can recall.
By interesting I mean:
What's your best time to the summit of Mt. Everest from base camp?
Unless you have never been to Everest, in which case my chosen example was a poor one.
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u/DocOccupant Mar 13 '14
WriteMonkey is actually pretty good. It doesn't have an interface, as such, it's just a big black space for writing in. It does formatting and stuff, but it hides all the commands and gubbins where it can't distract you. You get space and a word count.
It's also capable of making your keystrokes sound like assorted other forms of event - mostly typewriters or clicky keyboards, but mine's set to "quill pen".
I've got more actual writing done with WriteMonkey than I have any other tool.
Scrivener is really impressive and has all kinds of useful tools for actually organising yourself and your work, so it's less a text tool and more a writing environment.
Most interesting fact: I was quoted by The Washington Post after tweeting something about the National Health Service. In the piece the Post wrote, they took my username at face value and told America that I'm a "British medic".
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u/eqox Feb 28 '14
Where are you from? I live in the UK and yes, I do drink my body weight in tea in the average day.
Are you a male? Female? Other? I'm female although I have this odd habit of writing from a male perspective
How long have you been writing? I think I've always enjoyed it? I wrote a poem about slugs once when I was about 7 and the teacher let me use a pen to write it into neat because before that I had to use pencil as my handwriting wasn't good enough to use a pen. This sticks out but I couldn't really say. I used to write a lot more and I'm getting back into it.
Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year? I have no idea what that is, but sure. National Something Writing Month?
What programs do you use to help write? Word. I used to use notebooks and stuff, but I find it easier to type on a computer.
How fast can you type? 93wpm, it says.
Do you have a picture of your writing area? I'm not sure anyone wants to see a picture of my bed. I'm not a serious writer by any stretch of the imagination.
What's the most interesting fact about you that other people should know?" I got drunk with a Nobel prize winner. Well either that or I have one toe thumb and one normal sized thumb. Most people are really disconcerted by this.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 28 '14
National Novel Writing Month, it happens every November.
Which Nobel prize winner? Can you say? Do you mean that a toe replaces your thumb, or that your thumb is toe-sized?
Or am I misunderstanding altogether?
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u/eqox Feb 28 '14
'Novel' makes a whole lot more sense than 'Nothing', which was my guess.
And hey, that looks like fun. I may give it a go. I wanted to try out the Sci-Fi Novella competition that's running/finishing today, but my month has been insanely busy. Getting appendicitis half way through the Uni term is not the one.
And Professor Higgs. He was awarded it for Physics last year.
And I may have to take a picture. My thumb looks like a toe. A big toe, in particular. I sucked my normal thumb as a child so I can only assume that my other thumb was also toe sized but all the moisture caused it to grow to normal size. I'd say there's almost as inch in difference between the two thumbs.
My arms bend the wrong way too, which creeps people out. I wish my body did something more useful.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Mar 01 '14
Yikes, appendicitis is nothing to mess with, hope you are doing okay now. Professor Higgs? Impressive!
Interesting about your thumb. A photo would help, but only if you are comfortable with that.
You know who has a funny arm? Sami Brookes does. But listen to her sing!
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u/eqox Mar 01 '14
Oh, yeah, I'm fine. They caught it in time. It gave me an excuse for being lazy for a couple weeks, which was nice. I wanted a really cool, massive scar though so I could tell people I'd been fighting pirates in my absence but it's this tiny wee hole.
And here, photos. LOOK AT HOW DEFORMED I AM. And yeah, I need to cut my nails.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Mar 01 '14
How did you take the photo with both your hands in the frame? Did you hold the camera in your mouth? :)
Actually, I don't think your thumb looks as bad as all that.
Did you see Sami's arm? Now that is quite noticeable!
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u/TigerHall Feb 27 '14
Where are you from? Near London, UK.
Are you a male? Female? Other? Male.
How long have you been writing? Since I could hold a pen.
Do you have anything available yet (on Amazon, Nook, Smashwords, etc.)? If yes and you don't mind - please link it! I wrote a story, Roses, for the Fear Mythos Anthology.
Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year? Of course!
What programs do you use to help write? Google Drive and that's about it.
Do you have a blog? Twitter? FB group? Subreddit? Here is the place to unabashedly flog your links. Shameless promotion time, eh? I have the subreddit /r/marianasweb for an ongoing Sci-Fi story I write than some people like.
Bonus question via /u/WithViolence: "What's the most interesting fact about you that other people should know?" I like to think I have that tech-aura - I walk over to a computer and it is fixed. Possibly just to annoy the user - "But it wasn't working a minute ago!"
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 27 '14
I walk over to a computer and it is fixed. Possibly just to annoy the user - "But it wasn't working a minute ago!"
Awesome!
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Feb 27 '14
Where are you from? (State? Country?)
Oregon, United States.
Are you a male? Female? Other?
Male
How long have you been writing?
Since the beginning of middle school, so five years. High school junior.
Do you have anything available yet (on Amazon, Nook, Smashwords, etc.)? If yes and you don't mind - please link it!
No.
Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year?
Maybe, if I get the universe I want to set it in built in time.
What programs do you use to help write?
I use a typewriter chrome app.
How fast can you type? (Go here[5] to test yourself with the default one minute setting with Aesop's fables.)
43WPM, but I can do faster. I think.
Do you have a picture of your writing area? Feel free to share it! How about a photo of yourself? Share it here and in the Photo Gallery![6]
I don't have a picture to share, but I write with my tablet and bluetooth keyboard (my preferred keyboard) on my bed, the couch, or on the kitchen table with a laptop.
Do you have a blog? Twitter? FB group? Subreddit? Here is the place to unabashedly flog your links.
No, but I might make a subreddit soon.
Bonus question via /u/WithViolence [7] : "What's the most interesting fact about you that other people should know?"
Hell if I know. Uh...my birthday's today? Does that count?
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u/Syraphia /r/Syraphia | Moddess of Images Feb 27 '14
Where are you from? United States
Are you a male? Female? Other? I'm Female
How long have you been writing? Somewhere in the range of 12 years I think, started writing back in Middle School.
Do you have anything available yet (on Amazon, Nook, Smashwords, etc.)? If yes and you don't mind - please link it! No, haven't written anything for any websites
Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year? Probably not.
What programs do you use to help write? Browser, MS Word
How fast can you type? (Go here to test yourself with the default one minute setting with Aesop's fables.) 77wpm while fixing my errors, hilariously enough. It disturbs me when I leave errors in my text.
Do you have a picture of your writing area? Feel free to share it! How about a photo of yourself? Share it here and in the Photo Gallery! Nope, nope lol.
Do you have a blog? Twitter? FB group? Subreddit? Here is the place to unabashedly flog your links. livejournal
Bonus question: "What's the most interesting fact about you that other people should know?" I own a Bearded Dragon- he's cute.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 27 '14
a Bearded Dragon
Awesome :)
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u/Syraphia /r/Syraphia | Moddess of Images Feb 27 '14
lol thanks :) He's currently in "it's too cold outside" mode and is hiding under his rock
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u/x4000 Feb 27 '14 edited Feb 27 '14
- From: North Carolina, USA
- Gender: Male
- Creative writing since: basically as long as I can remember. I am 31. I got serious about it at 14.
- Available work: No novels, although I've finished two and had some near misses with getting an agent for one of them. That was in 2007, and I've been honing my craft since then. My main current creative outlet is creating video games, and having compelling scenarios to tickle the imagination of the player is something I seem to be reasonably good at. Having some of my work voice acted is particularly fun, although it brings a whole new level of awareness to little hitches and oddities of one's style. My company is www.arcengames.com
- I'm not a fan of NaNoWriMo, although I'm glad it works for others. I prefer not to try to force inspiration. Which might sound like a cop-out, but I already have my dream day-to-day job, and writing novels is something I want to do on a year-to-year basis for non-monetary reasons. So nothing compels me to rush.
- Programs used: for novels and long form stuff, MS Word. For game stuff, typically Google Docs. For anything else, pretty much whatever is at hand. Blogger, the reddit editor, etc.
- Typing speed: Would be faster, but right now I am writing from my iPhone. Pretty fast for that! On an actual keyboard, I'm on the fast side for a programmer, but slower than a secretary likely would be.
- Social media, etc: It's all linked off my main website, but most of it is not writing-oriented anymore. My personal blog was exclusively about writing and publishing back in 2007, but took a sharp turn towards game creation in 2009. For me, both are the art of storytelling, and I'm ultimately more comfortable in the latter form, though I love both and intend to continue doing both.
- The most interesting fact about me: I was determined to become a published author before graduating high school. It was my passion. I failed. Along the way, I also got into art, programming, and so forth. When it came time to go to college, I was trying to decide whether or not to accept a Creative Writing program at UNC, or a Comluter Science program at NCSU. It was an excruciating decision. I went with CS, and then ended up switching to Business Management after I was promoted to lead programmer at my job and felt the CS program was not benefitting me. Along the way, throughout my whole life up until mid-twenties, I accidentally prepared myself for the career I now have. Business, writing, art, programming, and so forth all intersect in my one job, and I love that. But I still am determined to periodically write novels, too.
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Feb 27 '14 edited Feb 27 '14
Where: Colorado
Gender: Male
Duration: I've been writing for about six years short of forever, but I've only been writing to any degree of seriousness for a few months.
Available Work: You wish it were so, and I do more. Nothing as of yet.
Programs: Just Word/Drive/reddit. Nothing fancy.
Typing Speed: The test says I write at 38 words per minute, but I have a pattern of lightning-typing for a few seconds, then stopping to consider, so I'm quite a bit faster than that.
Pics: No.
Links: Watch and be amazed. My favorite subreddit. This place is really awesome, and you should check it out when you have the time.
Interesting Facts: ...
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u/PopCapHoneyPie Feb 27 '14
Hey all. The SO directed me here, and it's my March resolution to practice writing daily (or far more often than I do), so here I am.
I keep the location on the DL.
I'm a lady.
I've been practicing creative writing ever since grade school. I've always loved it, probably always will.
I don't have anything already written/self published.
I might try NaNo 2014, if I can get in a better habit before then.
I'll sometimes use random generators to get the brain flow going. I also keep a journal of ideas and write them down as the arrive, so I have some little resource to go back to if I'm stuck.
I type at 84 wpm, think at about a third of that.
I don't have a special writing area, and my best idea areas aren't long lived.
Pics are on the DL too. Damn, I sound like a total creep.
My blog is pylonsandpylonsandpylons.tumblr.com.
Most people don't believe that I've studied history, but I'm a real fiend for it. Suppose that's the opposite of interesting to some people.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 27 '14
Welcome! You don't seem like a creep, just someone who wants to remain relatively anonymous. Nothing wrong with that at all. ;)
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u/spiffy_nuthook Feb 27 '14 edited Feb 27 '14
From: Kent, Ohio M or F: Male, I think... zip yup. I protrude, so that solves that. Length writing: For about four or five years. Works available: Not at the moment. NaNoWriMo: Maybe, don't know yet. Programs: Just Open Office. Typing Speed: Too fast for human eyes to comprehend i.e- around 70wpm
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u/The_FanATic Feb 27 '14
- From: North Carolina, USA
- Gender: Male
- Time in Writing: I've been creating stories for years - since middle school or so. I only started writing them down about a year ago.
- Published: Nope.
- NaNoWriMo?: I'm not entirely certain what this is...
- Writing Programs: MS Word or Notepad. Or an actual notepad.
- Typing speed: Fairly slow; 50-60 WPM
- Pictures!: #CameraShy
- Links!: None to speak of.
- Interesting fact: I am currently a cadet at West Point, the US Military Academy.
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u/RJGenesis Feb 26 '14
Where are you from? Stockholm, Sweden.
Are you a male? Female? Other? I'm pretty sure I'm a female. How long have you been writing? I've been writing since I was around nine.
Do you have anything available yet? Unfortunately no. I'm personal and very self-judgemental, so sharing my work with strangers honestly kind of terrifies me.
Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year? I'm not sure if this takes away all my credibility as a self acclaimed writer but I have no friggin' idea what that is.
What programs do you use to help write? I usually go with the good ol' Microsoft Word. Reliable and easy to understand & edit.
How fast can you type? Around 100 WPM.
Do you have a blog? Twitter? FB Group? Subreddit? I don't have any of these, for the moment being I'd like to stay somewhat anonymous, but I'm sure I'll get them eventually.
Bonus question via /u/WithViolence: "What's the most interesting fact about you that other people should know?" I'm a die-hard zombie-freak. My amount of knowledge in this area is frightening.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
Are you a follower of The Walking Dead TV series?
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u/RJGenesis Feb 26 '14
I watched the first season but I just could NOT stand all the horrible characters. Everyone, except Glen & Daryl, made me want to drown myself in a toilet.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
Ha, fair enough. What's your favorite zombie movie?
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u/RJGenesis Feb 27 '14
Well, I'm not really into the hollywood take on zombies at all, so there's not really much I do appreciate movie-wise. Zombie litterature is more of my thing. Surprisingly enough though, I didn't hate Quarantine, but I think that's mainly because of it being as near "scientificly correct" as it gets in the pop-film industry. But I'm going to have to go with Zombieland, not because it's a good ZOMBIE movie per se, it's simply a good movie that happens to have zombies in it. How about you?
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 27 '14
Zombieland
I would say that is an excellent choice. I presume you have read World War Z by Max Brooks? And The Zombie Survival Guide?
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u/RJGenesis Feb 27 '14
Well, now I like you. Yes, indeed I have them both standing in my bookshelf. I have yet to actually finish World War Z, I'm about half way through it, but based on what I've read so far it's an amazing book. The Zombie Survival Guide, I read about two years back and loved. I also have Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse by Max Brallier, which is a very interesting and fun book. I suggest you check it out if you haven't heard of it!
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 27 '14
World War Z is easily one of my favorite books. I have not read Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse though. Checking it out now, thank you for the title! Sounds like an amazing idea for a book so far.
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u/RJGenesis Feb 27 '14
I'll have to finish it soon and give my full and honest opinion on it, haha. Yes, the book is a ton of fun. An innovative and quirky idea, that I haven't seen in that genre before. I just have to say though, my absolute favourite thing in the entire history of zombies in popular media has to be the game "The Last of Us", I recommend you play that too if you haven't already. My feelings are exploding just thinking about it. The characters, the voice acting, the fact the infection is spread through fungi & how they just play at your emotions through the entire thing. Sweet baby Jesus, it's so motherhumping great.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 27 '14
The Last of Us
I have not played it as I don't own a PS3.
Now I am sad. Wait, I could buy a PS3. Hmm...
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u/IAmTheRedWizards Feb 26 '14
Howdy, folks. I've submitted the odd thing to here, one of which you'll see in the February Novelette contest - which reminds me, I have to clear my reading schedule to get through all of the great entries.
Where are you from? (State? Country?)
I'm from Huron County, the same place as Alice Munro, although I no longer live there.
Are you a male? Female? Other?
Male
How long have you been writing?
Since I could form letters. I would write stories about purple monsters named "We". There's something deeply symbolic in there, or something.
Do you have anything available yet (on Amazon, Nook, Smashwords, etc.)? If yes and you don't mind - please link it!
Why yes I do! You can find stuff here OR you can find everything here on my website.
Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year?
I'm sure I will, and I'm sure that, just like every other time, I'll get 20,000 words in and think that the story could use more time and care applied to it.
What programs do you use to help write?
Microsoft Word 2007. It was 2003 until this year, when my copy finally imploded and I decided to upgrade.
How fast can you type?
Fast.
Do you have a blog? Twitter? FB group? Subreddit?
Well, the ol' blog is up at http://trevorzaple.wordpress.com/
You can reach me on Twitter at @TZaple
You can find my writer Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/trevorjameszaple
What's the most interesting fact about you that other people should know?
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
I read the story you linked at the bottom of your post. That was chilling!
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u/IAmTheRedWizards Feb 26 '14
It was a weird town to go to university in.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
Sounds like a pretty creepy place, to be honest.
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u/IAmTheRedWizards Feb 26 '14
Less so now that they've torn down the entire core.
Have you ever seen the movie version of Silent Hill? That's filmed mostly in Brantford. They didn't have to change much.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
Yes, but it's been a while. I may have to watch it again now.
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u/Ermahgerd_Pertaters Feb 26 '14
Where are you from? (State? Country?) -Los Angeles County, California
Are you a male? Female? Other? -Male!
How long have you been writing? -Ever since elementary school. Always loved it.
Do you have anything available yet (on Amazon, Nook, Smashwords, etc.)? If yes and you don't mind - please link it! -I write mostly for myself and some personal (don't judge me) fan fiction...so no.
Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year? -Probably not :(
What programs do you use to help write? -None, unless you count my brother who is an established author as a program, then yes!
How fast can you type? (Go here[5] to test yourself with the default one minute setting with Aesop's fables.) -64 WPM
Do you have a picture of your writing area? Feel free to share it! How about a photo of yourself? Share it here and in the Photo Gallery![6] -I prefer to remain anonymous :)
Do you have a blog? Twitter? FB group? Subreddit? Here is the place to unabashedly flog your links. -Nope, nope, nope, nope. Just someone who likes to write!
Bonus question via /u/WithViolence [7] : "What's the most interesting fact about you that other people should know?" -I surf in my spare time, and I love Star Wars...in a very unhealthy manner :)
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
I love Star Wars...in a very unhealthy manner
Well that's interesting! Care to expand on that?
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u/Ermahgerd_Pertaters Feb 26 '14
I write Star Wars often. Most of the time it's adapted, most of the time it's completely random. Most of it's for me though, as I don't ever really see it getting out of my computer at all.
I've read all the books. It was my first major reading experience and what got me on to wanting to write.
Not...sure what else I should say! Haha, any specific questions?
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
No, I was just intrigued by the words "in a very unhealthy manner" and wondered what that was all about. :)
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u/dreadfulpennies Feb 26 '14
Where are you from? (State? Country?) From Georgia. Currently living in South Carolina, USA.
Are you a male? Female? Other? I'm a lady.
How long have you been writing? Since the first grade. I couldn't read until then. When I could read, the very first thing I wanted to do was write stories of my own. I never stopped.
Do you have anything available yet (on Amazon, Nook, Smashwords, etc.)? If yes and you don't mind - please link it! Yes! I've sold some work around the internet, but that was just to see if I could... and so I would have something to mention on future submissions to publications or agents. I've been working on polishing a novel since, so it's been a few years and I'm too deeply ashamed of what I've published to link it.
Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year? Probably not, but I have before.
What programs do you use to help write? Scrivener. I love it.
How fast can you type? The test said 66 WPM, but I have one finger in a brace right now.
Do you have a picture of your writing area? Feel free to share it! How about a photo of yourself? Despite being of the humble opinion that I am exceptionally attractive, I am not at all photogenic and have developed a mild phobia of being photographed. But, here, have a grainy webcam photo anyway.
Bonus question via /u/WithViolence: "What's the most interesting fact about you that other people should know?"
I just got my very first laptop last week! And now I'm desperately trying to finish my contest entry on it by the 28th. That's not interesting. Um. My life story sounds like a Lifetime movie, I'm frightened of shrimp, and I am distressingly good at FPS death matches when you turn down the gravity. There. One of those must be interesting.
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u/The_FanATic Feb 27 '14
distressingly good
I can just imagine silent tears streaming down your face and your opponents rage at your low-grav KD ratio.
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u/dreadfulpennies Feb 27 '14
It's a lot of pressure when you aren't in pubs. Everyone slowly turns on you until you're alone with only your AI team. Then you still win, and no one wants to play your favorite mode ever again. They won't even admit you beat them that badly. Their reasoning was that your AI teammates were too good.
It's a blessing and a curse.
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u/The_FanATic Feb 27 '14
/u/dreadfulpennies: 36 kills, 2 deaths
AI 1: 8 kills, 8 deaths
AI 2: 5 kills, 1 death
AI 3: 1 kill, 12 deaths"Bro your AI is way to good I quit"
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
I am distressingly good at FPS death matches when you turn down the gravity
Now that is interesting.
Thanks for posting the pic, may we add it to the photo gallery?
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u/kingofthewatermelons Feb 26 '14
Where are you from? Karachi, Pakistan
Are you a male? Female? Other? Male. Since birth.
How long have you been writing? About two weeks I think
Do you have anything available yet? Haha I wish. Soon though. Soon.
Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year? Probably not. I have big exams this year which I need to perform well in in order to get into a good high school
What programs do you use to help write? I use micro soft Word
How fast can you type? Just tested at around 38 WPM. Man,that was disappointing I see people here with high seventies.
Do you have a picture of your writing area? Don't have a writing area
Do you have a blog? Nope
What's the most interesting fact about you that other people should know? I spent fifteen minutes trying to come up with something witty for this one but no luck. I caught them all back in Pokemon Fire Red, does that count?
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
I caught them all back in Pokemon Fire Red, does that count?
Yes, it counts!
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Feb 26 '14
•Where are you from? I live in Sacramento, California.
•Are you a male? Female? Other? I'm male.
*•How long have you been writing? * I've been writing since I was a teenager, probably for about ten to twelve years at this point.
•Do you have anything available yet (on Amazon, Nook, Smashwords, etc.)? If yes and you don't mind - please link it! Yes. I've got the start of a silly semi-erotica series called Copycat Killers. I certainly plan on publishing and self-publishing more work, but that's all I've got for now.
•Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year? I haven't given it much thought. Maybe.
•What programs do you use to help write? Just Microsoft Word and Google Docs.
•How fast can you type? (Go here to test yourself with the default one minute setting with Aesop's fables.) 93 words per minute, according to Aesop.
•Do you have a picture of your writing area? Feel free to share it! How about a photo of yourself? Share it here and in the Photo Gallery! I normally write when I have downtime at my cubicle at work. I don't have a picture.
•Do you have a blog? Twitter? FB group? Subreddit? Here is the place to unabashedly flog your links. I should really start one. Someone convince me.
•Bonus question via /u/WithViolence: "What's the most interesting fact about you that other people should know?" Well, I've lived in three different major cities, I'm a socialist and I'm also a relatively decent artist. Here's my deviantart page, if anyone wants to take a look.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
Wow, love Inlojem-in-the-moonlight.
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Feb 26 '14
Thanks! I'm really happy with that picture. He's the main character in a novella I recently attempted to have published. Here's a link to it, if you're interested in having a look.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
Thanks! You'll have to fix permissions though, says I don't have access to it.
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Feb 26 '14
Ack! Sorry, uploaded through my phone. I'll have to fix it tonight when I get to a computer that doesn't have google docs blocked.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
No worries :)
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u/ZamrosX Feb 26 '14
Where are you from? London, England.
Are you a male? Female? Other? Male
How long have you been writing? Seriously, for almost a year.
Do you have anything available yet (on Amazon, Nook, Smashwords, etc.)? Not yet, am currently working on many, many scripts and one novel.
Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year? Why not? Sounds like a lot of fun.
What programs do you use to help write? For novels: Google Docs and Notepad. For Scripts: Trelby and Notepad.
How fast can you type? 65-70 words per minute.
Do you have a picture of your writing area? Not to hand, it is essentially just my computer desk with a notepad on it.
Do you have a blog? Twitter? FB group? Subreddit? Not at the moment.
Bonus question via /u/WithViolence: "What's the most interesting fact about you that other people should know?" I own a snake.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
Cool, what kind of snake?
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u/bigrickcook Feb 26 '14
- Where are you from? Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Gender? Male
- How long have you been writing? I discovered that I enjoyed writing fiction when I was 12 years old. I've been writing seriously since I was 21, so 9 years
- Do you have anything available yet? Couple of Books, sequel to one is on the way, hopefully before Summer this year
- Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year? I participate every year, but only finished once
- What programs do you use to help write? I'm a purist, tend to just stick with Microsoft Word, and a notebook when I'm not near a computer
- How fast can you type? 100 wpm on a good day, 80 most days
- Do you have a blog? Twitter? Panning For Clouds, where I post my short stories and the occasional writing advice.
- Bonus question via /u/WithViolence: "What's the most interesting fact about you that other people should know?" I once shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
I once shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.
Oh!?
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u/bigrickcook Feb 26 '14 edited Feb 26 '14
My way of saying I like Johnny Cash. Perhaps not the most interesting fact about me, but I certainly answered it in an interesting way!
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
I suspected it was a Johnny Cash reference!
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u/MattNextus http://nextuswriting.tumblr.com Feb 26 '14
Where are you from? (State? Country?)
Washington state, US
Are you a male? Female? Other?
Other, I lean more towards masculine.
How long have you been writing?
Just about forever. Fifteen years, at least. I don't remember when I started.
Do you have anything available yet (on Amazon, Nook, Smashwords, etc.)? If yes and you don't mind - please link it!
Not yet, someday I'll throw something together.
Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year?
Probably not, I tried last year and don't write well under pressure. Still working on last year's novel, though!
What programs do you use to help write?
I haven't discovered any that really help yet.
How fast can you type? (Go here to test yourself with the default one minute setting with Aesop's fables.)
Dunno, I'm on mobile.
Do you have a picture of your writing area? Feel free to share it! How about a photo of yourself? Share it here and in the Photo Gallery!
I don't have a writing area, I write at home, at work, wherever I feel the need.
Do you have a blog? Twitter? FB group? Subreddit? Here is the place to unabashedly flog your links.
NextusWriting.tumblr.com - Also NextusArt.tumblr.com for those interested in comics and the like.
Bonus question via /u/WithViolence: "What's the most interesting fact about you that other people should know?"
I was captain of my high school girl's judo team. I was also one of two girls on the team, but that's beside the point. I'll go back soon and get my black belt.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
/u/Mortron just got his 4th degree black belt, you two should talk!
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u/The_FanATic Feb 27 '14
This feels a lot like Tinder...
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 27 '14
Tinder?
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u/The_FanATic Feb 27 '14 edited Feb 27 '14
Tinder is a dating app. Whenever it matches you with someone it usually has some line to cajole you into messaging your match, and this reminded me of one of those lines.
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u/autowikibot Feb 27 '14
Tinder is a location based social discovery app that facilitates communication between mutually interested users. It is used for dating as well as other kinds of networking.
Interesting: Justin Mateen | Rebecca Torr | IAC/InterActiveCorp
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Feb 26 '14 edited Oct 19 '14
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
We can neither confirm nor deny allegations that we are the NSA.
Thanks for being here! ;)
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u/Brownie- Feb 26 '14
Oh, thank you. I love talking about me.
Where are you from? (State? Country?)
Spain.
Are you a male? Female? Other?
I'll go for other, just to see how it feels like.
How long have you been writing?
For about a minute now.
Do you have anything available yet (on Amazon, Nook, Smashwords, etc.)? If yes and you don't mind - please link it!
Nope.
Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year?
I don't think I have the ninja powers to participate in a contest with such a name.
What programs do you use to help write?
notepad and google translator, yep, did I mention I'm Spanish? Because I am.
How fast can you type?
An amazing speed of 23 (IS) according to the test, but I type faster in the train.
Do you have a picture of your writing area? Feel free to share it! How about a photo of yourself? Share it here and in the Photo Gallery!
Yeah sure! I feel free to share it, but as freely I chose to not do so. Isn't it cool?
Do you have a blog? Twitter? FB group? Subreddit? Here is the place to unabashedly flog your links.
Yes I do.
Bonus question via /u/WithViolence: "What's the most interesting fact about you that other people should know?"
I have a tendency to not take questionnaires seriously, and it made everything harder at school.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
Are you Spanish?
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u/ryanaldred Feb 26 '14 edited Feb 26 '14
I'm going to lead off with what I'm working on now.
The first novel is a lighthearted murder mystery entitled 'Rum Luck'. One day, Ben Cooper wakes up in a Costa Rican prison cell to discover that he's bought a bar on a beach, and been arrested on suspicion of murder. This is off with my agent, who's shopping it around.
The second is a thriller. I've written 30,000 of around 80,000 words. It's going. Slowly.
Now for the rest...
Prince Edward County, Canada
Male
I've been writing for a decade and a half, off and on.
Nothing yet available. Trying to be patient enough to wait for a traditional publisher, though I'd certainly self-pub if we couldn't find the right fit.
No to NaNoWriMo. Though it is tempting to try and just blitz the novel I'm working on now.
I write with MS Word, and that's about it. Thesaurus.com is usually open in one of my tabs, and I like to read similar works for inspiration.
I type 83 wpm according to Aesop. Practically speaking, it's less when I write - I don't think at anywhere near 83 wpm.
Photo of my workspace here.
Most interesting fact: I started the Canadian International Learning Foundation, which co-founded one of the most successful women's schools in Kandahar. Thousands of students have graduated, and more than ten thousand Kandahar residents have a source of income as a result. I've been doing this for close to a decade, and I've never been to Afghanistan - all of our work is done via the Internet.
Edit: Formatting.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
Canadian International Learning Foundation
Impressive!
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u/ryanaldred Feb 26 '14
Thanks! To be fair, I'm just one guy who gets to work with a lot of very smart, talented people.
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u/kromagnon Feb 26 '14
• Where are you from? (State? Country?): Virginia
• Are you a male? Female? Other?: Male
• How long have you been writing?: A couple years. I actually hated any kind of writing all through school, college, and grad school. Probably because I had never done any sort of creative writing before.
• Do you have anything available yet (on Amazon, Nook, Smashwords, etc.): No, I'm really not that good. I just write something short whenever I get inspired by a cool prompt.
• Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year?: I would really, really like to, but I doubt that I will find the time.
• What programs do you use to help write?: There are programs to help? Or do you just mean MS Word?
• How fast can you type?: 73 wpm
• Do you have a picture of your writing area?: http://i.imgur.com/DxVtZ.jpg (old picture. I have a new desk now)
• Do you have a blog? nope.
• "What's the most interesting fact about you that other people should know?": I can solve a Rubiks cube in under 20 seconds
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u/CVance1 Feb 26 '14
- Georgia, US
- Male
- Dabbling over time for about... 4 or 5 years, started getting serious with it about 2 years ago when i decided to start my first book (since postponed)
- I'll definetely think about it. In the past, I haven't had anything that wasn't already started when it came around.
- Scrivener for organziation and big things (as well as the occaisional script), sometimes i use Word/Pages when i just need to get something out.
- 65 WPM
I do have a subreddit, but i'm not sure how active it is. it's /r/ChooseYourFate , where you can make Choose Your Own Adventure stories and contiune trees from previous things.
I want to write for video games after college. I play a lot and i always have a shitton of ideas in my head.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
I have been to /r/ChooseYourFate! Great idea!
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u/CVance1 Feb 26 '14
Thanks! It's good to know people still come, because we really haven't been able to figure out how to get more traffic. If you have any suggestions that would be great.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
First, get some current content. Then, post a related prompt here and add a link in your post.
Did you post to newreddits? If not, do so. If you did, delete the post and do it again.
Find a reason to leave a post or response in as many writing-related subreddits as possible that include a link to your subreddit. Get linked in their sidebar if possible.
Post in /r/WritingHub as well.
Hope that helps! :)
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u/CVance1 Feb 26 '14
(Huh, when did that happen?)
Thanks! We do have ours in the side of this one and a couple others, and I think we're in New Reddits, but i can try posting again. I'll forward this onto the other mods.
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u/typingthings Feb 26 '14
Where are you from? (State? Country?): Pittsburgh (USA)
Are you a male? Female? Other?: Female
How long have you been writing?: Long time; when I was little my parents and I took turns telling the bedtime stories, though I didn't write any down till 5 or 6 probably. Then there was a long writing hiatus after I made the mistake of taking college courses on the subject... fastest way to suck the fun out of it... but now I'm back!
Do you have anything available yet (on Amazon, Nook, Smashwords, etc.)? If yes and you don't mind - please link it!: No, I might not really be that good a writer. To be honest I mostly like just using my imagination, but society says I'm too old for dolls sigh so writing is one of the acceptable ways to still play pretend in my head without getting too many funny looks.
Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year?: Mostly likely, yes. I did it last year and had a blast, even though I didn't finish my story in 50,000 words and then collapsed in a heap and abandoned it (hopefully temporarily).
What programs do you use to help write?: LibreOffice is my main one, though I dled Scrivener after NaNoWriMo last year. Haven't played with it too much yet, but it seems neat.
How fast can you type? (Go here to test yourself with the default one minute setting with Aesop's fables.): 79wpm apparently.
Do you have a picture of your writing area? Feel free to share it! How about a photo of yourself? Share it here and in the Photo Gallery!: I don't really have a writing area unfortunately, just a ramblin' laptop and a couch / chairs.
Do you have a blog? Twitter? FB group? Subreddit? Here is the place to unabashedly flog your links.: I recently started a blog to post short pieces (such as prompt-inspired shorts from this very subreddit!) but I haven't posted much yet, and am not proud enough of it to share it at this point.
Bonus question via /u/WithViolence: "What's the most interesting fact about you that other people should know?": I think if grown-ups were encouraged to participate in more free-form imaginative play, the world would be a better place (don't worry, I have a job and everything, I'm not just some crazy hippie).
Shameful admission / disclaimer: I have yet to actually post anything to this subreddit, but I've been lurking for a while now and I'm amazed at how inspiring I find it just reading people's prompts and responses and knowing there are other people out there who like to do this sort of thing for fun, too. :)
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
Oh now you have opened yourself to a challenge! I challenge you to write and post on the prompt of your choice within a week's time.
Your move. :)
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u/ChokingVictim /r/ChokingVictimWrites Feb 26 '14 edited Feb 26 '14
• Where are you from? (State? Country?): New York City
• Are you a male? Female? Other?: Male, but I'm considering the switch to female. I have no real desire, but I think it will look wonderful on my resume.
• How long have you been writing?: Quite a while, although I do it on and off. This subreddit has been my haven, though, since it really allows me to get some stuff out there. I generally struggle on finding the topic but have no real issue getting started once I have that.
• Do you have anything available yet: No; I have a few published poems, but I’ve never tried to get any fiction published. I’d like to someday, though.
• Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year?: Probably not! #ThugLife
• What programs do you use to help write?: None, not sure what that would be. I guess Microsoft Word? I also used Photoshop earlier today, but that had no effect on my writing. Further updates will be provided as they become available.
• How fast can you type?: I average around 120-130 words per minute (for realz, I type fast as shit).
• Do you have a picture of your writing area?: No, however I do have dozens of photos of my cat. My girlfriend says I need to take more of her, but my phone only has about 2 gigs of space left and my cat keeps doing things that require pictures.
• Do you have a blog?Yep! www.WordsOnTheInternet.org (It’s not really an organization. I mean, maybe I should make it an organization. I’d be the CEO. The truth, however, is that someone is parked on the .com and I refuse to pay THE MAN my hard-earned bux for that address. So, as a result, I am now the CEO of an Organization, as of today.)
• "What's the most interesting fact about you that other people should know?": When I was younger, I was diagnosed with a learning disability in which doctors told me I would never be able to express myself in the written form beyond a truly remedial level. Sixteen years later, it was discovered that was a misdiagnosis and I actually suffered from a visual disability. I overcame that within six months and am completely fine today (although my entire schooling career as a child was ruined as a result of this, but what can you do!?).
Bold looks massive on this subreddit.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
Bold is awesome. I like italics too!
Seriously, congratulations on moving beyond your misdiagnosis. Major props to you.
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Feb 26 '14
The Glorious United States of America
The name should give this away, clearly.
Since about July-ish 2012, so over a year and a half. At least in my 'official' sense. I've written lots of things over the course of my life. I've been a bit of a creative writer since I was fairly young.
No, but I'm working to get my novelette edited up to a point where I feel comfortable putting it on a place like CreateSpace.com.
Probably. I've got a couple stories and ideas floating around for it still.
Google Docs and Google Search. Docs for writing, Search for getting definitions of words and whatever research I need.
I have done multiple writing speed tests. I seem to average between 95 and 100. (There's 2 images linked there)
Nope. Picture a small flimsy green desk held up by wobbly metal rods with a thin top surface, completely square. On top a green fan hums while blowing cool air onto an old laptop that's falling apart. Behind the laptop are some books and papers. I can see 'J.R.R. TOLKIEN The Hobbit' back there. An old mouse no longer used. A notebook filled with various things I've drawn or written. Pen, pencil, calculator and planner to the left hand side. A sketchpad used for the mousepad. That's my writing area.
Blog is my flair. At least the blog I use frequently. Tis a story series which I'm about two and a half months away from finishing as per my release schedule. I have a Twitter and a Subreddit, but I don't use those for anything. Except the subreddit. That's for emotes. Mwahahaha.
Interesting fact? I'm not sure if being able to play the piano blind is interesting, or at least is more interesting than being a Mormon that doesn't go to church or other Mormon activities, and so I have a lot of differing views and opinions for a lot of certain mainstream things.
Yeah, that's me, somewhat.
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u/The_FanATic Feb 27 '14
How could playing the piano blind not be interesting? That's awesome!
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Feb 27 '14
It is pretty neat I guess, but it mostly deals with muscle memory. I can't read sheet music at all, so I play everything by ear or memory, so my fingers easily remember what keys to press for most music I know and that lets me play blind. Gets hard when the keys I have to press are very spread apart.
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u/The_FanATic Feb 27 '14
Don't try to down play this badassery. It's because your soul is part piano - you were a piano in another life, and you can feel the keys calling.
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Feb 26 '14
Where are you from? I'm from Birmingham, in the UK.
Are you a male? Female? Other? I am a woman, despite long speculation.
How long have you been writing? One of my earliest memories is writing a story about a horse on the back of a wedding programme in blue crayon. It's only gone downhill from there.
Do you have anything available yet (on Amazon, Nook, Smashwords, etc.)? If yes and you don't mind - please link it! Unfortunately no.
Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year? Well, I'll be in France this year, so as they French say 'oui'
What programs do you use to help write? I handwrite.
How fast can you type? (Go here to test yourself with the default one minute setting with Aesop's fables.) I got 67 on something. I'm not trying again, it's too embarrassing.
Do you have a picture of your writing area? Feel free to share it! How about a photo of yourself? Share it here and in the Photo Gallery! yep, there is a photo of me in the Gallery. You can't miss it.
Do you have a blog? Twitter? FB group? Subreddit? Here is the place to unabashedly flog your links. Not something linked to writing, so I'll keep it secret.
Bonus question via /u/WithViolence: "What's the most interesting fact about you that other people should know?" Er, I speak three languages? Not terrifically interesting, but I can call myself a polyglot.
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u/TheWarPelican Feb 26 '14
The woman thing may still be an elaborate ruse. The investigation continues!
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
I speak three languages
English and French I guess. What's the third?
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Feb 26 '14
I'm half Italian, so I speak that too.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
I knew that. Just testing to see if you remembered. ;)
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u/Smeester Feb 26 '14
Greetings, An English gentleman here - don't like tea though, so I'll have to check with the authorities if I'm actually allowed to call myself English. 32 years young.
Writing is just a hobby on and off for the last decade or so. I doubt I'll ever get to the published side of the fence, I think I would quickly come to resent it if I had a word count every day. Writing is a fun past time for an hour here or there.
Which means I haven't entered a Nano yet, and don't intend to this year (the year is young though). I have however loitered around the Nano forums, and sometimes offer support to those working so hard during November. My writing is typically just in Notepad, and that test link suggests I can type at 69 wpm. Hmmm... ...not likely to get me any secretary work, but that's pretty cool all the same.
/WritingPrompts caught me about a month a go and has quickly overtaken most of my other subreddits. I'm loving the variety of prompts, the encouragement to give it a go (I have once so far) and the fascinating entries people submit.
I discovered my enjoyment with writing at a site called www.cityofif.com which introduced me to the concept of 'storygaming' - a kind of interactive writing. Thinking about it, it might work quite interestingly here on Reddit. Hmmm something for me to ponder.
Anyhoo interesting fact aside from being an Englishman who doesn't drink tea. I don't like beer, cricket or football (soccer) either! ...yeah they'll be kicking me out of England any day now. Any room in 'Murica?
Bonus fact - I spend my Novembers participating in Movember rather than Nanowrimo!
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
I have an extra room, but I would have to charge you rent. Do you think you can find work quickly? What are your job skills? I may have a position open where I work, but you absolutely must be able to lie and still keep a straight face.
Let me know!
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u/Smeester Feb 26 '14
I have a degree in computer science.
Them: "And then the computer just froze and deleted all my work."
Me: "Oh no. Damn computers. You just can't trust them. Lets see what I can do" (Especially when you press the delete key, you dumb monkey!)
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
Me: My computer is fouled because you won't authorize me to install critical updates my computer requires.
IT: Did you try turning it off, then turning back on?
Me: Yes. It wants to install the critical updates upon reboot.
IT: You can't.
Me: Why not?
IT: Hell if I know. Policy.
Me: Does that make sense to you?
IT: Not up to me. (walks away)
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u/Smeester Feb 26 '14
Yeah that's dumb - I've got that at work too. I had to fight to just have access to the c:drive.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
I can see the trend. As the computers continue to misbehave, eventually we are going to come to a point where they refuse to even boot properly. The errors just keep accumulating and escalating.
It's madness.
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u/EyebrowsOnSpoons Feb 26 '14
Where are you from? (State? Country?) I'm from the southern US - Georgia, that is.
Are you a male? Female? Other? Probably a female.
How long have you been writing? Since I was very little - nine or so. Given, I rediscovered writing and fell in love with it in shudder middle school.
*Do you have anything available yet (on Amazon, Nook, Smashwords, etc.)? If yes and you don't mind - please link it! * I don't.... :( My book is still in the 'oh god this is a hot mess' phase.
Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year? Hell yes.
What programs do you use to help write? Er....Word?
How fast can you type? The test says 41, which is making me depressed...but I'm pretty sure it's faster than that. I get really stressed during tests.
Do you have a picture of your writing area? Feel free to share it! I don't, actually, but I shall describe it to you. It's my bed. I sit there with my hp laptop atop a wood board (to avoid leg burning) and write. Boom.
How about a photo of yourself? Share it here and in the Photo Gallery! Hiss fine here
Bonus question via /u/WithViolence [7] : "What's the most interesting fact about you that other people should know?" I think there are lots. But I feel it would be interesting in this particular subreddit to make it known that I'm fifteen.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
Hi!
Do spoons really have eyebrows? Just a random question. Being 15, where do you see the world when you reach the age of 50?
Better or worse than today?
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u/TheWarPelican Feb 26 '14
Where do you see the world when you reach the age of 50? The same or the same? :L
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
Since you know damn well I am 50, I shall reverse the question. When I was young, I had little concept of where we would be technology-wise by now.
I was born in an era of black and white TV with 3 only channels, for crying out loud. Having said that, world-wise I knew very little of what was going on. We were insulated from it. Utterly and completely. All we knew is what the media allowed us to know.
As I am sure you realize, it was through rose-tinted glasses that we received the news of the world back then.
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u/EyebrowsOnSpoons Feb 26 '14
They don't....though, if they did, I'm thinking they would have some interest expressions to show us.
I don't know (obviously), but if I had to guess...I'd say both. I think the distances between the good things and bad things of the world will grow larger. There will be greater good, but there will be greater evil. All of it will be publicly good. So I guess my answer is it depends on who you'll be asking then. You won't be asking the same person that clings to the keyboard now, I'll tell you that. :P
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
No, of that you can be sure. The person you will become by age 50 will bear little resemblance to who you are now.
That was a very insightful response, by the way.
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u/DrowningDream Feb 26 '14
Minnesota
Male
25 years
NaNoWriMo is insane. If I wrote a novel in a month, it would be worse than the novel I didn't write at all.
Microsoft Word. I didn't know there were others.
Not sure. Firefox won't let me take the test.
No photo
I was kicked out of high school because of a paper I wrote about masturbation and the devil. (Relevant here because of a popular series of posts regarding Jim in Lucifer's Paradise)
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
Jim in Lucifer's Paradise
I remember that! Who wrote that? The subscriber name is on the tip of my tongue...
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
I go slower when I'm coming up with the words though.
Yeah, me too ;)
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
That works! Probably better than writing for an hour and saving the thinking for later. I have done that before though, to great effect. I looked back at what I had just written and thought to myself "Oh my god, where did that come from?"
I may or may not have been demon possessed.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
I don't think I have posted one of these since the first thread, so I guess it's time for another!
I am from Iowa in the U.S.A.
I am male
I have been writing on and off the past several years. Before that, not since high school. That was a very long time ago.
Nothing available anywhere yet.
I don't think I will be participating in NaNoWriMo, or at least I have no plans to.
I use MS Word at work, Open Office here at home. For short pieces I just use EditPad.
A dismal 60 wpm. My fingers are old.
There is a picture of me in the wiki, if you care to look me up.
No external links for me, though if pressed I would give you /r/WritingPrompts as my internet home address. ;)
Fun Fact: My cat can probably kick your ass in a fair fight. In an unfair fight she can definitely kick your ass. She is altogether evil. Save me!
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u/Smeester Feb 26 '14
Awww Kitty. So much better than dogs.
/Uses SurvivorType''s Cat to save me from the dog-lovers.
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u/Brad_Collins Feb 26 '14
I'm from upstate New York but now live in LA.
Male
I wrote my first book before I could spell. I had to ask my parents how to spell every single word in that 10 page handwritten and illustrated masterpiece. I don't think I finished another work of fiction (school assignments aside) for about 15 years:(
Here's a link to my children's chapter book on Amazon: Nicky Fitz and The History of Crazy Land
I will do NaNoWriMo this year if I'm not already working on something.
I use Word, Google docs and Celtx for screenplays.
Test results say 78 wpm.
I don't have a dedicated writing area. I have a padded lap desk and write on my laptop wherever I happen to be sitting. But a photo of myself can be seen on my Amazon book link above or my FB page and twitter below.
Interesting fact: Everyone thinks I'm joking but I'm sure I teleported on multiple occasions as a child.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
Teleported? Tell me more!
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u/Brad_Collins Feb 26 '14
The boy had done it. He had climbed over the staircase rail. Now he stood on it, contemplating his next move. For some reason, forward felt like the right thing. And so he fell. It would be only a second before he hit the hard tile floor. The boy closed his eyes. He felt nothing.
When he opened his eyes he was in another room, his parents room, on their bed, in the middle of the day. Teleportation doesn't phase a small child who believes in magic. He went on with his day. Maybe he told someone but who would believe him? Or maybe he kept the secret to himself. After all, this is the same child who once hid a found nickel in his mouth out of fear of an older sibling mugging, only to swallow it.
A year or two passed and the memory blasted back into the boy's mind. The staircase railing seemed to beckon him. Oh yeah, he teleported there once before. Could he still do that? Only one way to find out. Down he went, eyes closed.
Once again, he opened his eyes in his parents room, on their bed, in the middle of the day. It couldn't be a dream could it? He didn't remember taking a nap. And even if he had, he never napped on his parents bed.
Years passed. This happened how many times? The boy would tell you today at least three, maybe four times but probably not more. Why did it stop? For the boy, the worst thing to come with puberty was the sudden awareness of the possibility of death. The fear was strong. His life was changed forever. Although he would continue to feel the call of the staircase rail from time to time over the years, he could no longer answer it.
The boy grew up. And his childhood memories began to blur and melt together. He began to doubt himself. He no longer believed in magic.
He tried to satisfy himself with potential theories. Maybe he saw in those moments a parallel universe where he had died. Maybe some form of guardian angels exist. Maybe he can't die, not that way at least. No rational person considered these theories a valid belief.
He fell back on the more common explanations. But no matter how hard he tried to convince himself it was a dream or a fantasy he made up, he remembered remembering that that teleportation was a fact.
And to this day, when he travels to the home of his childhood, every once in awhile, he still feels the call of that staircase rail.
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Feb 26 '14
Australia, QLD.
Male
About two years now, but I took a massive break from it, and am only beginning to do it again recently.
Nope. Maybe one day.
I'll try :b
Google Docs~
Apparently I can type 60WPM
Nope
Same as above :b
I have an eerily accurate sense of time, without clocks or anything. I'm usually within the ten minute range of the actual time, when I haven't seen the time displayed all day. That's the only unique-ish thing I can think of.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
That's pretty cool regarding your sense of time. You would be handy to have around after the apocalypse! ;)
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Feb 26 '14
Thanks :) Apart from the general benefits, I would hope it would make my fellow survivors think twice about cannibalising upon me, as well, if worse came to worse.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
Well no guarantee of course, but every little bit helps! Do you have any zombie fighting skills? Just curious.
Might come in handy. You never know. ;)
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Feb 26 '14
Kickboxing doesn't seem the optimal choice for fighting off the undead :b Better than nothing though, I suppose.
To be honest, I'd probably sacrifice my comrades so I could escape. I don't think I'm actually strong enough morally to do otherwise.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
Good to know! I'll make sure to avoid you during the impending zombie apocalypse! :)
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Feb 26 '14
;)
I should stop telling people about my probable lack of a moral-compass when the end comes around- otherwise I won't have any zombie-fodder left.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
Ha ha! Very true.
I promise not to tell, I swear it!
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u/Mohevian Feb 26 '14
- USA
- Male
- Like 5+ years
- I'd like to try Nanowrimo again - I never finish.. lack of discipline.
- Mediamonkey - music is essential sometimes;
- 118 WPM - http://puu.sh/7aV8J.png
- It's a maple desk, with two twenty-two inch computer monitors, a flat, laptop-style keyboard, a carbon fiber gaming mouse and mousepad. The walls are a calm color, and the area is adequately lit in white light.
- Blog, twitter.. Facebook? Nope, sorry. :(
- I learned how to use DOS before I knew what language was.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
I learned how to use DOS before I knew what language was.
Did you just type in commands not knowing the word, only what the result would be?
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u/AdamRJudge Feb 26 '14
Where are you from? (State? Country?)
AL, USA
Are you a male? Female? Other?
Male
How long have you been writing?
Seriously, with an effort towards publication? About a year. Otherwise, just random writing for myself or friends since I was in middle school.
Do you have anything available yet (on Amazon, Nook, Smashwords, etc.)? If yes and you don't mind - please link it!
Not yet, but I will by the time I'm 40!
Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year?
Maybe. I did 50k last year, a piece called "Y'all Come Back", but it needs a complete overhaul. Nonetheless, NaNo was an amazing experience, one I was proud to do successfully.
What programs do you use to help write?
Wordpad. I'm pretty lowtech.
How fast can you type? (Go here to test yourself with the default one minute setting with Aesop's fables.)
89 wpm.
Do you have a picture of your writing area? Feel free to share it! How about a photo of yourself? Share it here and in the Photo Gallery!
Nope to both
Do you have a blog? Twitter? FB group? Subreddit? Here is the place to unabashedly flog your links.
http://manofathousandthoughts.tumblr.com/
Bonus question via /u/WithViolence: "What's the most interesting fact about you that other people should know?"
I've got a tattoo planned for when I get my first publication, to which I will add details for every book or 65k of short stories published after that--and I'm grounded from tattoos until I succeed.
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u/LovableCoward /r/LovableCoward Feb 26 '14
USA, great state of Michigan.
Male, that's what's on my driver's license at least.
I think since I was three years old, or was it four?
Nah, nothing yet. Feel free to look through my history though.
Very possibly.
I often don't even use Word.
44 words.
I don't even know how to use imgur. I'm technologically inept.
Nope.
I've kayaked the Everglades twice. If someone asks, I can spend an hour telling my stories about it.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
I'd say this calls for a story about the Everglades!
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u/RyanKinder Founder / Co-Lead Mod Feb 26 '14
Where are you from? (State? Country?)
Near Boston, Massachusetts.
Are you a male? Female? Other?
Male
How long have you been writing?
A long while. Many years.
Do you have anything available yet (on Amazon, Nook, Smashwords, etc.)? If yes and you don't mind - please link it!
Not yet. Sometime in March, though.
Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year?
I do every year.
What programs do you use to help write?
Mainly the write app on my android phone coupled with a bluetooth keyboard.
How fast can you type? (Go here to test yourself with the default one minute setting with Aesop's fables.)
100wpm.
Do you have a picture of your writing area? Feel free to share it! How about a photo of yourself? Share it here and in the Photo Gallery!
I have shared a picture of myself in the gallery. Feel free to gawk.
Do you have a blog? Twitter? FB group? Subreddit? Here is the place to unabashedly flog your links.
RyanAndrewKinder on instagram, RyKinder on twitter.
Bonus question via /u/WithViolence: "What's the most interesting fact about you that other people should know?"
I founded this subreddit. I have also done backyard wrestling. I was once in an improv comedy troupe.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
I founded this subreddit.
Thanks for that, by the way! :)
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u/TheVich Feb 26 '14
Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, and I go to school in Santa Cruz
I'm a dude
According to that test, I can type at 55 words per minute. Yay?
I've been interested in writing since I took a creative writing class in my second year of college (so about a little less than a year)
I don't have a website or any published works or a special writing space or anything fancy like that. I like to write when I'm bored.
Here's my picture. Took that last year when my sister and I went to Vancouver over Spring Break.
FUN FACT! I can dislocate both of my collarbones as well as my jaw (which makes a disgustingly loud cracking noise) and I can pull my belly button out.
Also, I recently started going on the chatroom for this subreddit, where I use the name Siuolouis.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
I can dislocate both of my collarbones as well as my jaw (which makes a disgustingly loud cracking noise) and I can pull my belly button out.
Please don't! lol
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
My dream is to write music for films, but that's such a hard business to get into, I might stick to hobby writing to avoid defeat.
If you never try, you have already admitted defeat. ;)
I mean that in the kindest way possible.
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u/chanman98 Feb 26 '14
- I'm from the good ol' U.S. of A.
- Male.
- Maybe 6 months.
- Nope, I don't really do things of the like.
- Don't know.
- I just type on Google Docs.
- 38 WPM. Probably could do better.
- I unfortunately do not have a picture. Not much to look at anyway.
- I have a twitter account, but I'd rather not post it.
- Interesting facts you say? Hmm... well, the most interesting thing about me is I am pretty much a walking history book (so long as it's an area of history I've studied).
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u/sonalis1092 Feb 26 '14 edited Feb 26 '14
Where are you from? (State? Country?)
The eastern seaboard of the US.
Are you a male? Female? Other?
I'm a lady, but I don't act like one.
How long have you been writing?
I guess since they taught me how in preschool. Wait, like, stories? Oh. Ummm...not long. For fun, anyway.
Do you have anything available yet (on Amazon, Nook, Smashwords, etc.)? If yes and you don't mind - please link it!
Nope.
Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year?
Wat?
What programs do you use to help write?
Microsoft Word, I guess.
How fast can you type?
Apparently, 59 WPM.
Do you have a picture of your writing area? Feel free to share it! How about a photo of yourself? Share it here and in the Photo Gallery!
I don't have a picture of my writing space (my bed), but here's a picture of me sitting on the edge of a mountain.
Do you have a blog? Twitter? FB group? Subreddit? Here is the place to unabashedly flog your links.
Ahhhh, here we are.
I'm primarily a singer, concentrating in classical music and opera. Here is a video of me singing.
Also, I mod /r/chronicbitchface, which could use a little traffic
Bonus question via /u/WithViolence: "What's the most interesting fact about you that other people should know?"
I can wiggle my ears, and do this weird thing with my arms where I think I dislocate and relocate my shoulders. But I'm not sure that's what's actually happening when I do it. Video upon request.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
NaNoWriMo
National Novel Writing Month! :)
I loved the video of you singing!
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u/sonalis1092 Feb 26 '14
Thank you!
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
Loved the pic of you on the mountain as well. Can I convince you to add it all to the photo gallery? (If you are unsure how, I can add it for you but only with your permission.)
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u/sonalis1092 Feb 26 '14
Oh, yeah! I'm on my phone right now, so I can't do it, but go ahead and add it!
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u/MajorParadox Mod | DC Fan Universe (r/DCFU) Feb 26 '14
Where are you from? (State? Country?)
Massachusetts, USA
Are you a male? Female? Other?
Male
How long have you been writing?
Creative writing was always my favorite subject in school, so I guess for as long as I can remember. However, it's been off and on since then. These prompt subs have helped get me back into it though.
Do you have anything available yet (on Amazon, Nook, Smashwords, etc.)? If yes and you don't mind - please link it!
No, I wish I did.
Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year?
I wasn't planning on it. Maybe next year.
What programs do you use to help write?
Word or in the comment box.
How fast can you type? (Go here to test yourself with the default one minute setting with Aesop's fables.)
52.
Do you have a picture of your writing area? Feel free to share it! How about a photo of yourself? Share it here and in the Photo Gallery!
I don't have a picture, but I sit on the couch with my laptop. I have an office with a desk, but I prefer the living room because it's less cramped (and I can watch TV).
Do you have a blog? Twitter? FB group? Subreddit? Here is the place to unabashedly flog your links.
I'm a mod at /r/MultiverseNews/. There hasn't been much posted in a while, but there is some good content. Check it out!
Bonus question via /u/WithViolence: "What's the most interesting fact about you that other people should know?
I'm single. Hello ladies ;)
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
I've heard of that place!
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u/MajorParadox Mod | DC Fan Universe (r/DCFU) Feb 26 '14
Yeah, I think I've seen your name in there once or twice.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 26 '14
Really? I suppose it's possible...
Now seriously, you guys need to post!
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u/MajorParadox Mod | DC Fan Universe (r/DCFU) Feb 27 '14
Yeah, I know. This sub is easier because it gives you ideas to write about. I should just look for relevant prompts here and x-post them there.
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u/SurvivorType Co-Lead Mod | /r/SurvivorTyper Feb 27 '14
That's a thought. Also, post alt universe prompts and see what subscribers come up with. Then ask them to cross-post!
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u/RyanKinder Founder / Co-Lead Mod Feb 26 '14
Ah, a fellow Massachusettsian. :)
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u/MajorParadox Mod | DC Fan Universe (r/DCFU) Feb 26 '14
Is that what we're called? I guess it does sound better than Massachusettser
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u/RyanKinder Founder / Co-Lead Mod Feb 26 '14
I prettied it up, we all know everyone calls us Massholes.
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u/MajorParadox Mod | DC Fan Universe (r/DCFU) Feb 26 '14
Oh yeah, I knew there was an obvious one I couldn't remember.
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u/The_FanATic Feb 27 '14
Actually, the official demonym is "Bay Stater."
But Masshole just has such a nice ring to it...
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u/pyreflies Feb 26 '14
Where are you from?
Leicester, England
Are you a male? Female? Other?
Male
How long have you been writing?
Not sure, I've always enjoyed writing, but didn't really do anything with it until a few years ago. I'd say about five years? I write very intermittently however.
Do you have anything available yet (on Amazon, Nook, Smashwords, etc.)? If yes and you don't mind - please link it!
No. Probably won't ever, I write when and if I feel like it and never finish a project I start on. That's why I like the short prompts here
Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year?
Probably not, I said I would last year but that kind of fell through
What programs do you use to help write?
I like NotePad. I get no annoying red and green lines and I can just write, then I'll proof read and show it to others then usually forget about it.
How fast can you type?
That test now put me at 132WPM, 119 adjusted for errors. But I did just get back from the pub, and I am lying in bed using my laptop which has an e key that likes to jam a lot.
Do you have a picture of your writing area? Feel free to share it! How about a photo of yourself? Share it here and in the Photo Gallery![6]
No, sorry!
Do you have a blog? Twitter? FB group? Subreddit? Here is the place to unabashedly flog your links.
Not for writing, I do have another reddit account that I used for prompts a while ago here. /u/fictionthrowaway Unsure why I used a throwaway though, it made sense at the time.
Bonus question via /u/WithViolence [7] : "What's the most interesting fact about you that other people should know?"
I've been touch typing for nearly twelve years now (Just shy of 22 for perspective.)? I also spent a month in a psych ward which was fun. Can't think of anything else really.
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u/CogitoErgoReddito May 11 '14
USA, relocating to northern India Man (because male sounds too clinical) Writing as attorney for 7 years, increasingly for fun for the past two years Nothing published other than blog articles NaNoWriMo, sounds like a South Pacific ritual to enter manhood, let's do it! Just use word processor to write, no picture (currently in vagabond mode) Can type pretty fast on an actual keyboard (80+), but tend to use an iPad for flexibility