I saw your comment on polipholo's page and followed the link:-) I've got an interest in Classical literature so the username piqued my interest.
I'm an archaeologist who writes fiction in her spare time - writing archaeology can itself be like writing fiction, so the two are not entirely unrelated.
I grew up in the 80s, and have to confess to a secret admiration for the likes of Gary Numan, Duran Duran, OMD, Human League, and their ilk. Though I'm more of a Depeche Mode fan than a NIN fan - I really like some of their stuff (The Fragile, in particular) but I could take or leave other tracks. I like anything I can write to - I cut my teeth on star wars fanlit then moved onto historical fiction. Bit of a huge leap, but... It seems to have worked!!
Cool, you seem really interesting! If you would like to add me, please do. :) In a nutshell, I'm a History teacher who has recently extracted herself from a very unpleasant school, who is now planning the future. I do like metal, goth, and industrial, and I love hiking and the outdoors. I'm trying to write a novel at present, so having another writer on my list would be lovely.
I hope I didn't offend with the comments I left on Poliphilo's LJ.
I can see both sides of the argument these days. I started out a very woolly liberal, but I'm finding myself getting more and more unsympathetic to the woolly liberal viewpoint these days!
My mother taught French. She hammered it into me, from a very early age, that I shouldn't be a teacher. I followed her advice.
These days, I don't think any school could be described as 'pleasant!'
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Date: 2010-11-20 08:04 pm (UTC)I'm an archaeologist who writes fiction in her spare time - writing archaeology can itself be like writing fiction, so the two are not entirely unrelated.
I grew up in the 80s, and have to confess to a secret admiration for the likes of Gary Numan, Duran Duran, OMD, Human League, and their ilk. Though I'm more of a Depeche Mode fan than a NIN fan - I really like some of their stuff (The Fragile, in particular) but I could take or leave other tracks. I like anything I can write to - I cut my teeth on star wars fanlit then moved onto historical fiction. Bit of a huge leap, but... It seems to have worked!!
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Date: 2010-11-20 08:12 pm (UTC)I hope I didn't offend with the comments I left on Poliphilo's LJ.
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Date: 2010-11-20 08:19 pm (UTC)My mother taught French. She hammered it into me, from a very early age, that I shouldn't be a teacher. I followed her advice.
These days, I don't think any school could be described as 'pleasant!'