[Welcome meme] Getting to know each other...

[sterling]

We're all relatively new to DW, and that means we're likely going to meet a lot of new people. But, where to start? How can we break the ice and get to know each other?

Perhaps a quick friending "meme" would be just the thing. Copy and paste the below as a reply to this thread, and let us know what kind of writer you are. Answers can be as vague or as specific as you'd like.

meme
<u><b>General</b></u> <b>- Name:</b> <b>- Age:</b> <b>- Location:</b> <u><b>Reading</b></u> <b>- Your favorite genre/s:</b> <b>- Your favorite author/s:</b> <b>- Your favorite book/s:</b> <b>- Your favorite character/s:</b> <b>- Least favorite book/s:</b> <b>- Least favorite characters:</b> <b>- Recommended reading:</b> <u><b>Writing</b></u> <b>- What do you write:</b> (ex: fiction, poems, songs, etc.) <b>- Your favorite genre/s to write:</b> <b>- Do you write fanfiction?</b> (if yes, what fandom?) <b>- Do you write original fiction?</b> <b>- Current project:</b> <b>- An area you'd like to improve in:</b> <b>- An accomplishment you're proud of:</b> <u><b>Other</b></u> <b>- Hobbies:</b> <b>- What's in your journal?</b> <b>- Why did you move to DW?</b> <b>- Favorite energy drink?</b> <b>- Anything else?</b>

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[evenstar]

General

- Name: River
- Age: is completely irrelevant ;P
- Location: Queensland, Australia

Reading

- Your favorite genre/s: experimental lit, dark fantasy, high fantasy, urban fantasy, magical realism, paranormal, cyberpunk, dystopia.
- Your favorite author/s: JRR Tolkien, Francesca Lia Block, Jacqueline Carey, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Mark Z. Danielewski
- Your favorite book/s: far too many to list here...so go here!
- Your favorite character/s: Frodo Baggins of LOTR.
- Least favorite book/s: none, really.
- Least favorite characters: and again!
- Recommended reading: recently I've been reading a lot of Garth Nix's writing...highly recommended!

Writing

- What do you write: novels and poems, for the most part.
- Your favorite genre/s to write: this changes with each new idea I get hit with!
- Do you write fanfiction? very occasionally...I think the last time I wrote fic, it was for Firefly.
- Do you write original fiction? yes ma'am!
- Current project: finishing the final edit on my first novel, an unusual romance called "Beautiful Wasteland", and attempting to get another novel out of embryonic state...
- An area you'd like to improve in: I think my descriptions of areas tend to be pretty flat, also scene changes sometimes seem off...
- An accomplishment you're proud of: completing and self-publishing my novel :)

Other

- Hobbies: origami, reading, knitting/crochet, webdesign, singing.
- What's in your journal? mostly a mishmash of personal stuff.
- Why did you move to DW? I dislike Livejournal.
- Favorite energy drink? anything with caffeine in it.
- Anything else? I don't think so. Hello!

[stardoll]

You know, I think I just might have to friend you!

Your favorite genres, favorite authors...you're reading off my bookshelf. Is it cool I added you? :3

[evenstar]

Sure thing! :D Nice to meet you!

[stardoll]

Awesome! :3

It's nice to meet you too! :D