[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.

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<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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Hello

[maju]

- Name:Judy

- Age: I can't believe I'm this old

- Location:Perth, Western Australia

Reading

- Your favorite genre/s: Travel, biography, psychological thriller, romantic comedy/chick lit

- Your favorite author/s: Ruth Rendell/Barbara Vine, Jodi Picoult, Bill Bryson, Dervla Murphy, Cynthia Voigt, and many others.

- Your favorite book/s: Far too many to list, but anything by any of the above authors ranks high of course.

- Your favorite character/s: One of my favourite characters is Dicey Tillerman from the Tillerman family series by Cynthia Voigt.

- Least favorite book/s:

- Least favorite characters:

- Recommended reading: Anything by Jodi Picoult or Bill Bryson.

Writing

- What do you write: (ex: fiction, poems, songs, etc.) Non fiction, personal essays/opinion pieces/memoir mostly.

- Your favorite genre/s to write:

- Do you write fanfiction? (if yes, what fandom?) No

- Do you write original fiction? Not usually although I have written a couple of short stories.

- Current project:

- An area you'd like to improve in:

- An accomplishment you're proud of: Had a couple of pieces published in the feminist magazine "Off Our Backs".

Other

- Hobbies: Reading, writing, photography, walking, cycling, knitting, sewing.

- What's in your journal? Opinions, rants, day to day life, some photos.

- Why did you move to DW? Mainly as a backup for my Livejournal.

- Favorite energy drink? A good cup of tea. (I don't believe in so-called "energy drinks").

- Anything else?