Hi all, looking forward to your introductions! I’m based in the California bay area. I was drawn to Substack as a way to find a creative community. I’m also interested in building an “author platform” to help me someday find a book agent and get my novel published. The creative things I’m working on outside of my sci fi novel are: personal essays for Write on Track, poetry and short stories. Your turn!
CLE till I die peacefully in my sleep at the age of 86.
I gain more happiness from generating book covers and putting it to music than I do in actually writing. I’m realizing this right now for the first time as I swype this.
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But before I die
Peacefully in my sleep
At the age of 86
I must get this out of my head
Into the world
Before my father
Age 78-79
Dies peacefully in his sleep
At the age of 90
That’s a better timeline.
The Empress of Hindostan vs. The Daughter of the Mountain
Wow thanks for gracing us with poetry for your intro! I totally get the Cleveland devotion btw, I grew up in Columbus, Ohio so I understand the Ohio love.
I’m living in NC. I was drawn to Substack because it reminds me of my childhood and having a Xanga blog. Plus writing is my preferred method of social media. I’m actively querying. But debating on trad vs self publishing right now.
Best of luck on the query process! I hope you share how it goes in your writing, I’d love to follow along in your journey. Self pub could be v cool too.
Hi from Australia! I was initially drawn to Substack for Bri Lee's News & Reviews newsletter, but have since found a healthy dose of writing inspiration here. Creative things I'm working on are freelance writing for an adventure blog, developing my writing skills on Substack and to start writing a novel for funsies.
I’ve been hopping around Europe, from sipping espresso in Italy to getting my nose frozen solid in Estonia.
As for how I ended up on Substack... probably a Google rabbit hole, but honestly, I can't remeber! Anyway, I’m here happily stuck since day one.
I’m working on my first novel. I’m also writing some short crime stories and diving into the fascinating world of forensics. (No worries, it’s all for research. Mostly!)
Hi Noor! I'm writing from Madison, Wisconsin, where I live with my family. I'm writing a memoir about lessons I learned through medical training. Drawn to Substack because it gives me a chance to read like-minded people's work and a chance for me to practice writing essays outside of memoir writing.
Hi Noor! I also left Big Law for writing. I have worked as a lawyer and legislative advisor in Buenos Aires for almost 30 years. In 2022, I quit my job, fed up with the system, and moved to Paris to live my own literary adventure!
Omg amazing, welcome to the club! Also I love that you moved to Paris for this adventure, it has always been my secret fantasy to write novels from Paris cafes. Sounds so lovely.
I'm based in the greater Boston area. I'm a writer and English teacher. I'm using Substack as an outlet to write - while teaching, I'm always cooking across ideas regarding literature that I don't get to fully flesh out, but this is the exact platform that will let me do so. And eventually I'm hopeful it will help spring board me back into fiction writing.
I am a singer. I do gospel music particularly. I have a YouTube channel for my music (youtube.com/channel/UC-czIUoCkZe7Ut46NNoxUPQ?sub_confirmation=1). The reason I started this Substack profile was to have a newsletter for my subscribers (and potential ones). Since joining Substack, it's been a beautiful experience of learning a whole lot from great people like you.
Hi all, looking forward to your introductions! I’m based in the California bay area. I was drawn to Substack as a way to find a creative community. I’m also interested in building an “author platform” to help me someday find a book agent and get my novel published. The creative things I’m working on outside of my sci fi novel are: personal essays for Write on Track, poetry and short stories. Your turn!
I launched my Substack as a cultural magazine, and I post essays on different topics and poetry.
CLE till I die peacefully in my sleep at the age of 86.
I gain more happiness from generating book covers and putting it to music than I do in actually writing. I’m realizing this right now for the first time as I swype this.
***
But before I die
Peacefully in my sleep
At the age of 86
I must get this out of my head
Into the world
Before my father
Age 78-79
Dies peacefully in his sleep
At the age of 90
That’s a better timeline.
The Empress of Hindostan vs. The Daughter of the Mountain
The History Herstory Ourstory
Songs of the Subcontinent
*******
While reading Wikipedia entries
About all the various intertwinings
That occurred
In between the Pilgrims and the Revolution
The “dead spot” in American History
This time period
Was the most alive period
In the history of the subcontinent
And I yearned
When I realized
That one could take a sentence
From one of these Wikipedia entries
And turn it into a movie
I wanted to be the one
To write about this
To bring it to life
It’s such a beautiful history
When you see how it’s all connected
Few know the history
And fewer still see the connection
*****
It begins with the birth
Of the one that would become
your namesake
Somewhere in between
Isfahan & Agra
Left to die
For the parents were refugees
With 3 other kids
And had just been robbed
There was no food
A child sold into slavery
By his parents
In East Africa
But it was a different kind of slavery
A man meditating
Near the Ellora caves
Long before it became UNESCO
*******
These 3 people
And their lineages
Will come together
Culminating
******
I rarely attend weddings
But on August 24th
My father’s friend’s daughter
And the next week
My brother’s wife’s sister
The last name of the former
And the first name of the latter
Combine
To create the name
Of the heroine
The final scene
Is going to be
This name
Slowly turning into the real life statue
While a song plays
The final song in the soundtrack
And the lyrics
Of this 1,000+ year old song
When translated
Start with
“O
Daughter of the Mountain
******
If I could finish
By August 23
It would be
A Great Wedding gift.
Wow thanks for gracing us with poetry for your intro! I totally get the Cleveland devotion btw, I grew up in Columbus, Ohio so I understand the Ohio love.
I’m living in NC. I was drawn to Substack because it reminds me of my childhood and having a Xanga blog. Plus writing is my preferred method of social media. I’m actively querying. But debating on trad vs self publishing right now.
Best of luck on the query process! I hope you share how it goes in your writing, I’d love to follow along in your journey. Self pub could be v cool too.
I will be providing an update once it’s a bit further along. Querying is not a fast process at all!
Hi from Australia! I was initially drawn to Substack for Bri Lee's News & Reviews newsletter, but have since found a healthy dose of writing inspiration here. Creative things I'm working on are freelance writing for an adventure blog, developing my writing skills on Substack and to start writing a novel for funsies.
Similar to you Noor. Writing my first novel and developing a substack. Based in uk with family in san diego, san fransisco.
I’ve been hopping around Europe, from sipping espresso in Italy to getting my nose frozen solid in Estonia.
As for how I ended up on Substack... probably a Google rabbit hole, but honestly, I can't remeber! Anyway, I’m here happily stuck since day one.
I’m working on my first novel. I’m also writing some short crime stories and diving into the fascinating world of forensics. (No worries, it’s all for research. Mostly!)
So glad you’re here Simone! I alway get super pumped to meet other novelists.
I'm based in California, joined substack because it had writers I liked :) and commenting on this so that my awesome avatar is on your post 😁
Love everything about this comment except the avatar :)
Hi Noor! I'm writing from Madison, Wisconsin, where I live with my family. I'm writing a memoir about lessons I learned through medical training. Drawn to Substack because it gives me a chance to read like-minded people's work and a chance for me to practice writing essays outside of memoir writing.
Very challenging! But Paris is Paris…
Hi Noor! I also left Big Law for writing. I have worked as a lawyer and legislative advisor in Buenos Aires for almost 30 years. In 2022, I quit my job, fed up with the system, and moved to Paris to live my own literary adventure!
Omg amazing, welcome to the club! Also I love that you moved to Paris for this adventure, it has always been my secret fantasy to write novels from Paris cafes. Sounds so lovely.
I'm based in the greater Boston area. I'm a writer and English teacher. I'm using Substack as an outlet to write - while teaching, I'm always cooking across ideas regarding literature that I don't get to fully flesh out, but this is the exact platform that will let me do so. And eventually I'm hopeful it will help spring board me back into fiction writing.
I am a singer. I do gospel music particularly. I have a YouTube channel for my music (youtube.com/channel/UC-czIUoCkZe7Ut46NNoxUPQ?sub_confirmation=1). The reason I started this Substack profile was to have a newsletter for my subscribers (and potential ones). Since joining Substack, it's been a beautiful experience of learning a whole lot from great people like you.