The Start of Something New

Why do introductions always seem so difficult for me? Whether it be a real life setting or the World Wide Web, I'm not great with first impressions. You have to start somewhere though, so here's to a new start and a new online blog.

My name's Katie, and to all intents and purposes I am an amateur, hobbyist writer. Since I could hold a pencil I've been writing fictional stories: about animals, about magic; about magical animals that can transform into humanoids and blow stuff up with their minds. Or at least that's mostly what I wrote about as a child. Now at my current age of 26 years old (27 years in a couple of weeks!), my genres of interest have expanded to pseudo-realism, science fiction, paranormal, and several others. And yet when it's all said and done I'm still, and will likely forever be, a fantasy writer at heart. In the wise words of some random guy or gal, "haters gonna hate". Throughout my life I've met many people who consider the fantasy genre inane and childish but it's where my natural affinity as a writer lies, not to mention my curiosities in general.

I already actively update another online journal, one that I've been using since 2003 for anything and everything on my mind, so I'm going to give this one a specific focus: my personal writing (fiction or non-fiction), writing practices, my characters and world building, and anything else in between. A friend a mine recently wrote on his Facebook account "Y'know, it fairly defeats the point of claiming to be a writer if I never actually write!" and I thought to myself, Amen! Then I thought of myself, and for someone who's been passionate about writing for most of their life I've rarely shared any of it with others for years. I used to be content with writing in private and keeping my inner workings to myself, but now doing such just feels stifling.

I will not claim to be a polished or professional writer, nor even close to publishing quality. If you follow this blog you will likely notice numerous grammar and punctuation errors, typos, run on sentences, cliche or bland ideas, and so forth. But I'm going to share my writing anyways because I finally want to, and I hope that some of you enjoy it too.