Fic - Passage Grave

Title : Passage Grave
Author: cornerofmadness
Fandom: Poison Garden universe (original)
Characters : Tenaldi
Warnings : None
Word Count: 464
Summary : Tenaldi hears strange sounds coming from a passage grave.
Author’s Note : Written for 12_daysofficmas. This scene is the follow up to the opening scene I wrote for kiramaru7 and you can find it here


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( Passage Grave )

Writerly Ways

Since I was upset yesterday, I missed this and I didn't want to miss the very first one of the year.I did nothing but work on lectures and of course Dad's Microsoft Office corrupted in the middle of it. WTF? Seriously!

It came up with my saturday snippet that I might have trouble with bisexual characters being accepted (so true). wildrider lamented the idea it might be necessary to pander to the market more. Another of DSP's authors called me 'brave' for trying it (she is also bisexual). Both ladies have a point.

For instance, I know that I could sell more (much much more) if I did contemporary which makes no sense. Paranormal romance is huge in het fic. I'd wager a fair number of m/m romance readers are slash fans from paranormal/SF shows. And yet.... But I know that I'm not good at contemporary. I would probably sell better if all my men acted like women have cooties but not all gay men are like that and definitely not the bisexual ones.

Then today Chuck Wendig put up this post.
Be the Writer that you are


So what writer am I? Well isn't that a question. I know this. I am not a contemporary fiction writer. I know that I will put women and bisexual characters in my m/m romance because I see that in life. I find the women-less world of some m/m authors unsettling.

I might not take all the risks I should. I've been too easily talked out of ideas in the past but most of that was in the 90s and I'm not that person any more.

My first drafts lack description and suffer from passive phrasing.

I get a lot out of talking things over with people but I don't get to do that much any more now that people have moved away from chat windows to other things.

I'm still finding who I am as a writer. I know I jump all over the spectrum. From a marketing standpoint, that might not be a good thing but I write what I love and I love a wide variety of things.

I write to make me happy. It might not have many fans or sales (for now) but I have a few.I'd rather that than writing things that are more marketable thatdon't make me happy. I think what I've written is good. I'm proud of them. I need to find a few friends willing to join m/m romance goodreads groups to rec me from time to time. Every little bit helps.

I need to read the works of friends more frequent since I would like them to do the same for me.

2016 will teach me more about who I am.

Yearly count - none so far.well some but I've not documented it yet.

Splinters - unedited becasue I no longer have a copy here

Torn Sky - unwritten for the same reason

Blood Red - chapter 1 edited (had it on paper)