Xoic is gone?
So what's your story?
- Thread starter Homer Potvin
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No responses in the Oral History, please. I'm not going to to delete them, but we're supposed to creating a memorial, dagnabbit! Or like an introductory journal entry for explorers on a new planet like they do in the movies.
How I found out about Dorgland? I was a moderator on Dotcomland, in charge of the introductory thread, at the time of Dorgland's crash in 2023. One of our directors at time informed us that they heard about the crash, and suspected (harsh term, sorry) members might pop up at Comland. If that was the case, we were to be very welcome to them. Twas the first I heard of Dorgland. And you guys did. And I would like to think I did.
A few months later, I mosied over to Dorgland to see for myself what it's like. And I made an account. And I wandered around.
And then I wandered back home.
And I wandered over here.
Where did I park my forktruck?!?
A few months later, I mosied over to Dorgland to see for myself what it's like. And I made an account. And I wandered around.
And then I wandered back home.
And I wandered over here.
Where did I park my forktruck?!?
I joined the old forum in 2019, I believe. It was before I released my first book, a collection of short stories, and I was just looking for some helpful input and suggestions, which I gratefully received. Mostly I was looking for a good community and place of camaraderie with and for fellow writers, which I found. As a FT copywriter in the marketing world, I work with many good creatives but the fiction world is obviously a whole other animal, so a place like this is a welcome necessity.
I have published three books since 2020 (one nonfic) and am about finished with the first draft of my fourth.
I have published three books since 2020 (one nonfic) and am about finished with the first draft of my fourth.
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I joined WritingForums on March 31st of last year. I read the forums almost daily but only posted seventeen times. One of my posts caught the attention of a user named Xoic, and we had a wonderfully engaging series of exchanges about journaling, autobiography, freewriting, and creative thinking. I hope he is well.
I’m a lead software engineer at a midsize financial services company who writes solely as a hobby. Until recently, I only wrote technical articles and short stories. One of my short stories defied containment. It refused to remain a small window into a half-formed world and a fragment of possibility. Now, I’m working on my first novel. I’m just shy of 18K words in and anticipate it will land right around 70K words. I hadn’t planned for this journey. I wasn’t prepared for how it would consume me — how it would upend my assumptions, test my discipline, and redefine who I am as a writer. Yet, I’m enjoying every minute of it.
I’m also working on a memoir when I feel the need for a change of pace; however, I don’t expect it to be complete for several years.
I’m a lead software engineer at a midsize financial services company who writes solely as a hobby. Until recently, I only wrote technical articles and short stories. One of my short stories defied containment. It refused to remain a small window into a half-formed world and a fragment of possibility. Now, I’m working on my first novel. I’m just shy of 18K words in and anticipate it will land right around 70K words. I hadn’t planned for this journey. I wasn’t prepared for how it would consume me — how it would upend my assumptions, test my discipline, and redefine who I am as a writer. Yet, I’m enjoying every minute of it.
I’m also working on a memoir when I feel the need for a change of pace; however, I don’t expect it to be complete for several years.
