[stylist] A Small introduction

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

Ashley,

I'm a strong believer that our writing has a life all its own, and we
are merely the receptacles used to scribe, smile.

I too have explored lesbian relationships in my writing. It' usually not
intended but just happens. Just like life, we are living it when we meet
someone who takes our breath away. This happens when I write.

I'm obsessed with modern retellings of fairy tales. Sherri S. Tepper,
Neil Gaimon and Morgan Llewellyn are a couple of my favorite fantasy
writers. Of course, Tolkien is the king of fantasy writing, though I
don't enjoy much modern high-fantasy. I don't mind the genre, but much
of it's not well-written. Donna Jo Napoli has some wicked books that
have a new twist on fairytales. I've been working on a Sleeping Beauty
manuscript for years now. I work shopped it while at university, but
unfortunately most academic settings don't appreciate genre writing.
Some of my classmates commiserated about this with me.

I've also been working on a memoir-type manuscript that tells certain
parts of my life through the lens of a fairytale. It starts with Once
Upon a Time... I actually received a ton of positive feedback on this
essay while in school from both classmates and profs. It's not fiction
or anything; it's all my real life, but I use a lot of fairytale
archetypes to tell it.

There's just something interesting about fairytales. I've always been
drawn to them. Deep down, I'm a fantasy nerd, LOL!

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter, editor, Slate & Style
Read my blog at:
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
 
"If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can
satisfy, we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for
another world."
C. S. Lewis

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Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 10:07:44 -0500
From: "Ashley Gorzelany" <agorzelany at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [stylist] a small introduction?
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I'm a bit of a starwars nut,  though   not read any of the many books
cuz i 
know there's alot.

I've done some  poetry,  though i call it more, 13 different sets of
song 
lyrics  and no clue why i wrote them.
The majority of my stuff is dark, rather strange, and,  a bit on the
side of 
lesbian romances.  or at least, relationships.

I could always use feedback on what i write.

I tried National Novel writing month this november, and only managed
36000 
out of the goal of 50000 but   will try next year.

Thanks for the warm welcom all.  I do have my origional stories posted
on a 
website if anyone is interested.

http://www.fictionpress.com/~draconicskysong

been a member there since 2004

am 25 now so  that's.

too early to do the math. lol