Hiya! I'm 22 years old, just graduated from college this spring (woo hoo!) with my BFA/ I love poetry, but it's either a boiling or freezing relationship (believe me, I would die for hot and cold). Sometimes I just go nuts for it and can't stop writing, and then I come out with the weirdest stuff--or the opposite, I can't write anything at all! Hopefully being around some other poets while I'm not at at school can open me up to more of a lukewarm, working relationship! Aside from poetry, I also love, love, love fiction. I completed my first fiction manuscript when I was 15, but lost the flair for writing fiction when I started college. Hopefully I'll change that in the next couple of years, because I'd like to get something published someday--so many great stories going on in my head that I'd like to share! Anyway, that's enough out of me.
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Hi! I'm in college right now, but I'm still an undergrad sophomore. I'm majoring in public relations and criminology with a minor in business admin. I do a lot of writing, mainly short horror stories, and I'm working on my first dystopia novel. Welcome to the boards. I'm by no means a poetry expert but if you want anything reviewed then feel free to PM me!
