Have you thought about writing a book? Perhaps for the feelings that the Tumblr community can relate to? I Enjoy your blog!
Actually, yes. Largely in response to some of the very cool things I’ve come to appreciate via Tumblr over the last few years, I did indeed begin work on a book during last year’s NaNoWriMo. I completed 50,000 words of my first draft that November, and went on to complete that draft in March (I think?) of this year.
I’m now working my way through a second draft, tightening up the story and filling in some missing pieces. I’m about 1/3 of the way through that. When that’s done I intend to start showing it to a few people and getting feedback, while I work on a third and hopefully final draft.
It’s young adult fiction, loosely based on my own teenage experiences growing up in southern California in the late 1970s. It was heavily influenced by Eleanor & Park, which I loved, in that it’s a love story told from alternating boy/girl perspectives. It also features offshore sailboat racing, of the sort I engaged in during that time.
When I read descriptions of bad fanfic I recognize things I’ve done in it, so I think there’s a good chance that’s all it is or ever will be. Other times, though, the characters seem like real people to me, their plight the sort of thing that can make my heart race or my eyes get misty. But I’m easily influenced in that direction, so who knows?
Thank you for the question, and for saying you enjoy my blog. That means a lot to me.
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