a break from 40forty

Um, hello everyone.

So, I saw this on my flist cause I was/am friended to andsoisyourface and I'm nosy and said to myself "oo, this is a fun little idea."

So here I am. And I'm babbling already even though there aren't really all that many people here.

I'm Patty. I'm currently 21 and I'm in my senior year of college. I'm getting my degree in anthropology and am currently interning at my local medical examiners office as well as volunteering at a human identification lab. I have a slightly morbid sense of humor because of it.

I love writing. I've been doing it for years and I suffer from the curse of having too many ideas and no ending point in sight. This always kept me away from NaNoWriMo since I couldn't keep a linear idea long enough for the word count. But I'm hoping this set up will suit me better!

I'm not sure if I'll make the goal, given how busy that I'll likely be with this being my last semester, but I like the idea of something other than school work to put energy into. So here I am ^_^

I'm available on aim at LTLfrog. Um... I'm not exactly sure what else to say... *waves*

Even though this community is empty and I feel like a bit of a tosser for posting when there's nobody out there, I can't bear the thought of this place opening and being all NUDE and NAKED LIKE. It needs a post in here!

So here it is.

Some people know me as Effy, some as Rena, so I will respond to either. I'm 25, I work in a bookshop and I am doing a Medical Secretary course. What I really want to do is write, but I am all too aware of my own procrastination and frankly, I need to at least pretend to have a real job before I hit the big time as a super-mega-foxy-awesome author.

For now, I sell shitty chick lit to people who think they like to read, but they're really full of generic fluff. Ooh I just went all bitter then, like sucking a lemon!

I made this community because I want the sort of drive and determination I had while doing NaNoWriMo - this year I actually reached the 50k, and it was such an amazing feeling! If I write 40440 words now, I'll have most of my novel done. That is, of course, if I write my novel here... I'll probably mix it up, throw in a bit of rp/drabbles and original fiction to keep me interested.

Anyway, I love to chat, so add me on AIM as trixytonks if you'd like to! I can't wait to meet all of you... at least, I hope people join. Otherwise this is one fucker of a lonely post.

My name is not Alice, and I really don't want to give too much away about myself. That doesn't bode very well for an introductory post, does it?

I am getting closer to thirty, and I have been writing for a very long time. My interest started in high school (though some could argue it started when I was much younger with a series of illustrated stories about ghosts), and it has seen me through poetry, fanfiction, short stories and now long form writing. I am primarily interested in reading original fiction, though for the purposes of this exercise I will, of course, read everything that gets posted.

I am greatly looking forward to everyone's efforts, and to getting back in the game, as it were. I wish you all the best!