You are viewing [info]thorarosebird's journal

thorarosebird
20 March 2020 @ 04:37 pm
Welcome to my journal!  




On this journal

My LJ is home to my original fiction, writing contest entries for [info]brigits_flame, voice posts, and various memes. I also post about writing in general, including world building and updates on personal projects.

Original pieces will be friend-locked for privacy, as will memes and personal updates. Contest entries are made public for all to read for a short while before being locked. I hope it goes without saying, but please do not post my writing anywhere else without my permission. :(

Genre-wise, I stick to fantasy fiction, and my style is influenced a lot by writers such as Rowling, Pullman, Nix, Croggon, and the like. I do sometimes try different genres, but fantasy - particularly YA - is my base for now.

Sims?

I have a separate journal for my Sims 2 game, at [info]thorasims. You're welcome to follow it if you're interested!

Friends?

I am always happy to make new friends! :D If you have not found me through [info]brigits_flame, [info]add_a_writer, or any other LJ community, please comment and let me know how you came by my journal. I will be more than happy to friend you in return. I do try and keep up with my friends list as much as I can! :)

Contact

If you would like to talk to me outside of LJ posts, I can be found online on MSN and Yahoo Messenger. Please PM me if you'd like my usernames for these. 


Much love to all, and happy blogging! :D

Tags: ,
 
 
Feeling:: fullfull
 
24 thoughts | Thoughts?
 
thorarosebird
20 March 2019 @ 03:34 pm
Resource Post  
Useful writing-related websites:

Technical stuff
Fantasy articles

Historical Fiction articles

Science Fiction articles

World-building
Conlanging

Random generators


Tags:
 
 
Feeling:: chipperchipper
 
13 thoughts | Thoughts?
 
thorarosebird
15 March 2012 @ 02:56 pm
Sanguine  
Under the cut is my Week 2 entry for [info]brigits_flame's March contest.

I decided not to stay with my MADUA characters for this one. Instead, I've gone back to one of my oldest characters. I've written about her before for BF (in 2009), but her personality and situation was very different back then. She and her fellow characters have undergone a reinterpretation recently, and I much prefer them now. :)

Thanks to a hilarious and inspiring IM conversation with [info]svenjaliv a few days ago about how much we love and miss writing high fantasy, I started looking through all my old notes and character sheets from when I was about twelve or thirteen (yeah, I still have them!) and remembered why I love writing fantasy so much. I'm really, really happy with how this has come out. It's a bit long, but I hope it's a fast read. :)

A brief pronunciation guide, for the pedantics:

Neim --> NEE-um, a bit like the vowel sounds in the name Neil.
Kimed --> as it looks, using same sound for the i as in Neim. Stress first syllabub.
Shir --> SHUR, rhymes with fur.

Ketantur --> KET-an-tyur
Keskanad --> KES-kah-nad
Lietur --> LEE-et-tyur
Gaent-Kir-Usk --> GAIRnt-kur-yusk
Inem-Usk --> IN-em-yusk


( Sanguine )



Thanks for reading!


thorarosebird

Tags: ,
 
 
Feeling:: optimisticoptimistic
 
10 thoughts | Thoughts?