Hello everyone, I am a new member here so i thought I might show off my glowing personality before I did anything real on the forums (when I say 'glowing' I mean in the way some species of mushroom do ). I'm 18, currently living in England, and I do love writing, or else why would I join a forum dedicated to it? I lack discipline in writing, often starting something and then quietly edging away from it in a similar way you would remove yourself from the presence of a growling dog. I hope somehow to gain discipline over the years, because it would be ever so nice if I could actually finish a project, for once. My key genre is fantasy/sci-fi, with a few dregs of theology and philosophy thrown in, to flesh out characters/societies etc. But when I'm not reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy (this is about the 23rd time now, if I remember right) I play electric guitar, smoke, and drink to make my friends more interesting And I'm very glad to be here.
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Well, I will try my very best. Had a go at the competition, but half way through i realised that I hadn't mentioned forums once, completely misread the brief.I thought it said when the internet meets reality. Bloody great cock-up on my part.
Paradox Knight eh? Should I expect to read some well-devised space-time anomalies from you? :] Alas, I suffer from the same dilemma. I always get a temporary burst of inspiration and insight to write a chapter or two of something, then I end up not finishing it at all. :[ I feel for you. o.o
I do enjoy a good old fashioned quantum anomaly. That's really a writers prerogative, describing and explaining something you really don't understand As an old Irish friend used to say: "Physics is brilliant to write about. The less sense it makes, the more people will enjoy it!"
