starting over, new beginnings, still anti-social but working on it
A lot has changed in my life lately. You (the reader that may or may not exist) may have noticed, considering this is a new website and I say right on the tin that I’m moving into original fiction and no longer writing fan fiction. What you haven’t noticed, unless you are stalking me in real life, is that I have recently exited a long-term relationship, quit my desk job, sold my car, moved cross-country (i’m canadian, not appalachian, as the maker of that one incredible uquiz about dean winchester beat sheet theorized years ago), and… am starting my life completely from scratch. I’m back where I grew up, which is where I always intended to be, but not quite in the way I intended to get here. I feel possibly every emotion about it, but the one I am really trying to focus on is optimism. Which is fantastic, considering I am a notoriously miserable bastard*.
I don’t think people will read these. It seems a bit quaint in this day and age to expect people to go out of their way to check a lone website for boring blog updates, especially one that isn’t attached to a social media platform or it isn’t 2008 and I’m not endlessly checking Stephanie Meyers’ website for updates about twilight (fun fact, my theory about the #teamedward to wanxgian-lover pipeline is being reviewed by top scientists as I type this). Which is fine— I don’t plan to treat this blog as a diary or a tumblr, but more of an almost-professional space as it relates to my writing. I don’t share a lot of information about my personal life publicly, which, outside of the first paragraph above, is going to stay that way. If (big if) I ever get a novel published in the mainstream, there likely won’t be any crossover between my saltyfeathers persona and my public one (unless it gets LEAKED, please don’t leak my info in this hypothetical scenario).
The amount of “success” I’ve had as a writer is certainly up for debate. I’ve never been paid a cent for my writing, but the people who read it for free, both online and in real life, seem to like it and think it has promise. So I am by no means an expert. However, if you like my writing and are a writer yourself, and you are also willing to occasionally check my website for updates (or are following along with don’t worry about it on ao3), you may find something worthwhile on this blog. NO PROMISES. but you may. also, if you have any specific questions, you can email me at saltyfeatherswrites@gmail.com.
to be honest, I feel like a bit of a dingdong starting a blog. so much of my time in fandom was spent creating or consuming, but so rarely interacting with others. this seems counterintuitive as blogs tend to be pretty one-way, but i want to use this space to feel like i’m connecting with an audience, regardless of how small or niche that audience may be. my formative years were spent behind a screen, which also means my formative years were spent not learning how to forge meaningful connections with other people. it’s still online, which is not ideal, but it’s a start. instead of dropping new fanfiction or writing new tweets and never responding to comments on either, i’d like to feel like i’m contributing and actually, y’know, talking to other people and not just myself. soooo… assuming you can leave a comment… feel free!
not sure how often i’ll be writing blog posts. I guess as topics come to me? honestly, something I’ve thought would be funny for a long time is to post a list of all my supernatural opinions that I know the current fandom (aka the people who very kindly continue to engage with my spn works on ao3) would absolutely hate me for. here’s a freebie: i hate you jack, you son of a bitch!!! you ruined the show!!
I have real ideas for blog posts, too. promise.
all that being said… welcome to my blog! feeling very 2007 about it. stay tuned, if you want!
*I’m a woman, btw. It’s obvious to me, but only I am me, so I guess I should mention that for good measure as people don’t seem to know this :)