But the one constant is my writing style. Apparently, it's recognizable!
I think I have said this about your writing before, but I think you're great because your style is instantly recognizable no matter the genre.
This I find very important, in that the writer has a strong enough voice and can carry their views and styles over to different themes and subject matter so a reader 'loves' a story not simply based on the story, but in how it is told.
I am sure many will agree, that we look out for the new releases of our 'favourite' authors, intrigued at what they have written even if their last book was not all that great. There is comfort in reading a style you are relaxed with so I think that is a big tick for a writer.
Mine is journey/self discovery. No matter what i write, the themes of self discovery is always there. going deeper, its almost always about someone who is lost and is looking for purpose or validation.
Love to read a snippet or two from you if you care to share? Someone who is lost resonates a lot.
There's a reason I write solely for myself, I'm not sure I've got a target audience
*puts up a hand
I don't mind having a read of your stories. I find it really fun when a reader asks about mine even if I haven't quite plucked up the courage to share more. In fact, when I write my stories, I write with them in mind. I started writing for myself and found that that doesn't make my writing better and made the themes I wanted to express more like my voice talking to me. Changing that mindset to writing to a few made me see writing in a different way by wanting to learn and research and see how I can edit better, see plot holes, see my inconsistencies, even broaden my routines.
I can be a reader.
The common threads in my stories are immortality, politics, and breaking every character down and seeing what their darkest feelings are
Sorry to tag so many, but they sound very interesting too... I'm happy to read anything too if you like some reactions to.
Looking back over the last ten years, my works have largely followed similar themes of overcoming trauma, fighting oppression and finding healing through self-acceptance and radical compassion for those in pain. In a world that wants so badly for people to hate themselves the ultimate act of resistance is to love each other.
Hate... sorry my avatar was a picture of San from Hayao Miyasaki's Princess Mononoke. It's a beautiful animation centered around the male protagonist who was exiled from his homeland in search for the source which created this 'hate' that came to his kingdom in the form of a hate infested Boar God that he had to kill.
Your message rings very true... the world can be quite an angry place at times.
My dystopians and fantasy/children's stories, largely revolve around friendships. Whether freshly made and cut short, or everlasting friends that carry their bond close to heart. I enjoy those moments that show love in its simplest/truest form. Sometimes it's taxing though.
Not sure if you like me saying this, but I miss your stories.
I remember the times when you post a new one and I saw the name and I would rush home from work, shower and sit down with a cup of tea to see what world you created. Like Louanne, I think you have a wonderful voice.
I had saved one of your stories onto my laptop to edit and go through in minute detail, but I went through a bad time with writing and deleted a lot of stuff in anger, so I can't return and read that story again. Like in other threads I've been writing far too much in, there is so much I can learn... yours especially.
