I’ve been advised to start a blog, so if you’re wondering why I’m here, this is it. I’m a little excited to get writing, but quite apprehensive as well, seeing as every project I’ve ever started on the internet has flopped quite dramatically. That would be my biggest fear, I suppose; to put a lot of time and effort into this (and some money too if all goes to plan) and for it to go nowhere. But I do intend to put time and effort into this, which may well prove to be the advantage over my previous projects. A couple of them were even blogs, but as a thirteen year old, I’m sure I entertained nobody but myself.
As an introduction, I suppose I should start by saying that at the time of writing, I am eighteen years old. My goal in life is to write novels which become wildly popular (go figure), and also to spread optimism, I suppose. People aren’t happy enough. I can understand why, but I’d like to amend that, if at all possible. That being said, I don’t hail myself as some saviour to the world. I have my many flaws and I try to avoid arrogance. I try to be a good, level-headed person.
Oh dear, I might be boring you already. As for the direction of where this blog will go, I’m honestly not quite sure. The idea is to write about writing and my life as a Creative Writing university student (which I’m one of, by the way), but I am quite possibly the king of tangents. Even in speech, I’ll interrupt myself mid-sentence and go on a minute long spiel about some other thought that just occurred to me, until I forget what I was originally saying and spend another minute backtracking.
In short, I talk too much.
I plan on writing about anything that interests me, mostly. I run the danger of having no central subject matter at all, though, which is a big turn-off for a lot of readers, I’d imagine. I’ll try and keep things to a general theme, but I want to have my freedom too. Forgive me if the first few months are rocky in that respect. Much is yet to be decided as to how I’ll administrate this blog and just what content will be featured, but hopefully it’ll end up as a good read.
As for the kind of novels I’d like to write, I’m thinking modern fantasy. But nothing cliché. In fact, I’d like the fantasy in my stories to be quite subtle. I like the extraordinary-person-in-an-ordinary-world idea, but I don’t want to go into Nicholas Cage (all hail) film type storylines. And above all, I want to experiment and be completely unique. I don’t want to read something you’ve read before, or contribute to an existing genre in which we all know the conventions to. I want to think – and write – outside the box.
But when it comes to me as a person, I like to think I have a sense of humour. I’m taking this blog seriously, but not business-level seriously. My posts should be light-hearted, with the occasional attempt at wit and a large focus on the topic at hand whilst avoiding the curse of being boring. If I become boring, for heaven’s sake tell me to stop, or I’ll just witter on without a care in the world and be oblivious to the snoring.
So, some more basic information about me, before I lose myself in another tangent: I am short. I have lived in the same city all my life, and am currently in my first year of university. I like to read books, to play video games (PS3 and PC) which I shan’t be blogging much about; to pretend that I am a social creature by venturing out once every few weeks, to make terrible puns, to spout utter nonsense in the general direction of my closest friends and to walk. I live within walking distance of my university and I love my walks there and back. Music-wise, I typically listen to rock, metal, the occasional drum n bass or dubstep; I abhor pop culture and music, typically because of subject matter. Of course, there’s more to me than all of this, but I don’t want to focus on me too much as you should just pick up on who I am through my future writing.
Oh, and I’m sure my first readers already know all of this. So that’s a problem.
Perpetually Perturbed 