grimsorchard

[grimsorchard]

nothing new - taylor swift (feat. phoebe bridgers)

[grimsorchard]

my lame 2024 resolution

i'm a writer

i do a lot of other shit within "writing" (but we won't get into that lmao)

i graduated school in 2023 (two bachelor's degrees!! i am a burnt-out overachiever!!) and my job until i die is to... write. it's very comforting. i think i will work and write until i'm on my deathbed.

but during the final stretch of my thesis (and maybe before that) i struggled to find joy in this craft. i felt anxious. depressed. hopeless. it's been over six months. that feelings has only just started to go away.

so my 2024 resolution is to get back into fanfic (and fandom) on tumblr (and AO3, same username) to find joy in things i cannot and will not ever make money on.

money, publishing, agenting, managing, contracts, freelancing, and everything else that comes with this biz have been major stressors in my life. i found writing things i couldn't indie or trad publish started to feel like a waste of time. anything that wasn't going to pay my bills was this acid-like guilt that ate away at me until i was nothing but a husk of burnout

so in 2024 i am going to write for the joy of it. (probably anonymously, too) (but maybe that will change?) (idk, i think being a mystery is fun right now).

what am i gonna write??

great q!

idk. probably a lot of different things depending on what tv im consuming, books im reading or games i'm playing.

i'm really into ace attorney, baulders gate 3, and the # hero x villain tag right now so probably things falling into those tags right now.

anything else?

uhh i feel like it's important to also put in this into post that i go by she or they pronouns, and i'm both bisexual and asexual (probably the greysexual part of the ace spectrum).

that being said, homophobia, transphobia, and all forms of hate will not be tolerated on this blog. TERFS are not welcome and will be shoved out of this space (can't be nice to everyone unfortunately rip).

thanks everyone,

grim x