I am a data entry clerk slash paralegal for my state of residence, doing my share of the work that brings in like a quarter of the state's revenue and (I'm guessing) two-thirds of the state's international fame. I get the impression that I process orders faster than anybody in the division, certainly faster than anybody doing the same categories of work I do, and judging by my Opportunities For Improvement log I'm not sacrificing any accuracy for speed. Some of that is I read fast and some is I type fast, but a lot is I'm just damn good at what I do.
alexconall am I as well; my business cards say feminist, poet, author. I write speculatively, tell about women and fairy tales—I know it doesn't sell, not fantasy without werewolves and vampires, nor fiction that challenges heterosexist clout or white male dominance, or goes to bat against cissexism. I live in hope that I'll acquire an audience who will read and buy my work and cheer its scope, encourage me to write—it's quite a thrill just to get a comment that approves my art. But still, the world I hope to move.
I don't remember how I got into writing, or into fandom (my fannish activity is all on alexseanchai). It seems like I've always been, you know? I currently have one short-story collection published with my friend Anne Walsh, A Dinner of Herbs:Tales from Scarborough Fair (first link is Amazon paperback, second is all the ebook formats on Smashwords), and am working on a frightening number of other projects. I've set a goal of having Self-Rescuing Princess, which is princess-centered fairy tales with feminist twists (such as racebent heroines, female princes, and—of course—the leading ladies rescuing themselves), complete in draft by Sept 30.
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I am a data entry clerk slash paralegal for my state of residence, doing my share of the work that brings in like a quarter of the state's revenue and (I'm guessing) two-thirds of the state's international fame. I get the impression that I process orders faster than anybody in the division, certainly faster than anybody doing the same categories of work I do, and judging by my Opportunities For Improvement log I'm not sacrificing any accuracy for speed. Some of that is I read fast and some is I type fast, but a lot is I'm just damn good at what I do.
my business cards say feminist, poet,
author. I write speculatively, tell
about women and fairy tales—I know it
doesn't sell, not fantasy without
werewolves and vampires, nor fiction that
challenges heterosexist clout
or white male dominance, or goes to bat
against cissexism. I live in hope
that I'll acquire an audience who will
read and buy my work and cheer its scope,
encourage me to write—it's quite a thrill
just to get a comment that approves
my art. But still, the world I hope to move.
I don't remember how I got into writing, or into fandom (my fannish activity is all on