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Name: Rowan
Age: 34
Location: England
Main Fandoms: Top Gear/The Grand Tour, Great British Bake Off, NCIS, Doctor Who, Leverage, Supernatural.
Other Fandoms: CSI, Criminal Minds, Hawaii Five-0, Sherlock, Stargate, UK country music. I adore Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, John Hannah, Robert Carlyle.
Fannish Interests: When we weren't in the middle of a pandemic, I loved going to concerts. I miss live music
OTPs and Ships: NCIS - Gibbs/DiNozzo
Leverage - Parker/Eliot/Hardison
Stargate - Jack/Daniel
Supernatural - Sam/Dean
Criminal Minds - Morgan/Reid
H50 - Steve/Danny
Favourite Movies: Anything with Hugh Grant in it - Notting Hill and Music & Lyrics especially. The Mummy,
TV Shows: As well as the ones listed in fandom, there's Bones, Castle, The Blacklist, The Mentalist, Van Helsing, White Collar and I can also lose myself for hours in cookery or home & lifestyle shows. Or anything with Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond.
Books: I love steampunk, urban fantasy and alternate history - also non-fiction books on philosophy, crime, sociology and anthropology.
Music: Christian Kane, Emma Stevens, Gary Quinn, Jenn Bostic, Raintown, Riley Smith, Ward Thomas
Describe yourself in five sentences or less:
I'm a white, red-haired, cis-gender, bisexual, agnostic, English (of Scots & Irish descent) feminist. I'm also a writer, a fangirl, and a teacher. I've been dragged into the UK country music scene in the last couple of years, and I'm really missing live music in 2020. I also have anxiety and depression and sometimes I have bad days but there are fewer now. I love cold weather, dusky weather, winter storms and long dark nights that last until the small hours which are just made for cuddling up.
I mostly post about: My life and it's general shenanigans. Sometimes it's about fanfiction and fandom, sometimes it's about upcoming events I have planned or things I've found out. It's really personal and random, just like me.
I rarely post about: Sports (boring), work (kinda classified), politics (fandom is my happy place away from 2020)
Overthinking fanfiction
Nov. 22nd, 2020 06:00 pmI have an idea for a fanfic I want to write - a whole series of them in fact - but I've never written before and I'm overthinking everything. It's stupid because I know no-one is even going to read them, this is definitely something I want to write for myself.
It's reader-insert fic about two musicians that I have a major crushes on - essentially sexual fantasies/dreams I've had about them. I figure other people can write theirs, I can write mine. It sounds like it could be fun - and it might get it out of my system, since the other option for doing so is never going to happen!
I'm starting with how I write it. I'm torn between writing it in first or second person (I did 'xyz' vs you did 'xyz'). I like the first line both ways "I don't think I've ever been this excited" but "You don't think you've ever been this excited" also sounds thrilling to me. Or do I make a character - I could give her my name or a completely made up name. "She doesn't think..." or "Rowan doesn't think..."
Having written that, I definitely prefer 'you' or 'I' to 'she/Rowan'. Duly noted!
See? Too many choices and far too much overthinking for a BDSM PWP RPS fanfic that no-one's going to write.
If I could just get this decided, I think the rest of it will be easy to write. I know the whole story - and we use the term loosely here, and I can hear and see it all. I just need to decide how I'm writing it!
It's reader-insert fic about two musicians that I have a major crushes on - essentially sexual fantasies/dreams I've had about them. I figure other people can write theirs, I can write mine. It sounds like it could be fun - and it might get it out of my system, since the other option for doing so is never going to happen!
I'm starting with how I write it. I'm torn between writing it in first or second person (I did 'xyz' vs you did 'xyz'). I like the first line both ways "I don't think I've ever been this excited" but "You don't think you've ever been this excited" also sounds thrilling to me. Or do I make a character - I could give her my name or a completely made up name. "She doesn't think..." or "Rowan doesn't think..."
Having written that, I definitely prefer 'you' or 'I' to 'she/Rowan'. Duly noted!
See? Too many choices and far too much overthinking for a BDSM PWP RPS fanfic that no-one's going to write.
If I could just get this decided, I think the rest of it will be easy to write. I know the whole story - and we use the term loosely here, and I can hear and see it all. I just need to decide how I'm writing it!
By any other name
Nov. 21st, 2020 06:32 pmIt sometimes feels like writers put more thought into characters name than parents-to-be do.
Writers look into meanings, themes, genres, age, country of origin. Is it a family name? What does it mean? Is it pretentious? Is it not pretentious enough? Is the name gay enough? Can it be used as a metaphor? What position was the planet to the stars?
Of course, you then still sometimes end up with a character in a book named Wolfy McWolf-face, and we're supposed to be surprised when they turn out to be a werewolf.
I know name meanings aren't necessarily a huge thing in our culture but sometimes I look at the meanings of the names my parents threw together for me and wonder what - if anything - were they thinking
Rowan means little red one. I will give them this one - I am short with red hair. It's also a name relation to my maternal grandfather's name, Ruadh and is a nod to my mother's Irish descent
Veronica is a Latin alteration of Berenice, which in turn is the Latinized form of Βερενίκη (Berenike), the Macedonian form of the Greek name Φερενίκη (Pherenike), which means bringing victory
Daisy is the flower and symbolizes childbirth, motherhood, and new beginnings
My last name means on the hill
So I'm a little red one bringing victory, leading to a new beginning on the hill.
When I write it out like that, part of me thinks it sounds kind of cool. I feel a little like a character in an urban fantasy series, however my parents have said they didn't consider the meanings, just picked family names/names they liked
Writers look into meanings, themes, genres, age, country of origin. Is it a family name? What does it mean? Is it pretentious? Is it not pretentious enough? Is the name gay enough? Can it be used as a metaphor? What position was the planet to the stars?
Of course, you then still sometimes end up with a character in a book named Wolfy McWolf-face, and we're supposed to be surprised when they turn out to be a werewolf.
I know name meanings aren't necessarily a huge thing in our culture but sometimes I look at the meanings of the names my parents threw together for me and wonder what - if anything - were they thinking
Rowan means little red one. I will give them this one - I am short with red hair. It's also a name relation to my maternal grandfather's name, Ruadh and is a nod to my mother's Irish descent
Veronica is a Latin alteration of Berenice, which in turn is the Latinized form of Βερενίκη (Berenike), the Macedonian form of the Greek name Φερενίκη (Pherenike), which means bringing victory
Daisy is the flower and symbolizes childbirth, motherhood, and new beginnings
My last name means on the hill
So I'm a little red one bringing victory, leading to a new beginning on the hill.
When I write it out like that, part of me thinks it sounds kind of cool. I feel a little like a character in an urban fantasy series, however my parents have said they didn't consider the meanings, just picked family names/names they liked
So, Rowan, why are you starting a good blog?
That's a good question, Rowan, and I'm glad you asked.
I shall now stop pretending to be John Hammond in Jurassic Park, but I will talk about why I'm here, what I'm doing here and what I'm hoping to get out of it.
I love meeting new people, and having good (or bad, or any, really) conversations with people. and Dreamwidth seems like a great way to do this - meet people with similar/the same interests and chat about them.
There have been far too many times in work - back the in the days of yore when we could actually go to the office - when everyone would be talking about last nights Coronation Street or Eastenders or Strictly Come Dancing... and I'd ask if anyone saw idk Star Trek: Discovery or Supernatural and crickets. GBBO (and sometimes Top Gear) seems to be the only common ground I have with muggles.
Writing experience and to find a writing routine, and maybe my voice. I love reading fanfiction and actually have ideas on things I want to write, but I don't know where to start. I have no experience of writing of any kind, be it journalling or fiction, and the only way to learn is to try.
To help sort out the swirling in my head, and by putting pen to paper hopefully be able figure out what's stressing me out, causing me anxiety or bringing me down. This could also lead to self-growth as I'm taking the time to reflect and give myself a different perspective on my life
That's a good question, Rowan, and I'm glad you asked.
I shall now stop pretending to be John Hammond in Jurassic Park, but I will talk about why I'm here, what I'm doing here and what I'm hoping to get out of it.
I love meeting new people, and having good (or bad, or any, really) conversations with people. and Dreamwidth seems like a great way to do this - meet people with similar/the same interests and chat about them.
There have been far too many times in work - back the in the days of yore when we could actually go to the office - when everyone would be talking about last nights Coronation Street or Eastenders or Strictly Come Dancing... and I'd ask if anyone saw idk Star Trek: Discovery or Supernatural and crickets. GBBO (and sometimes Top Gear) seems to be the only common ground I have with muggles.
Writing experience and to find a writing routine, and maybe my voice. I love reading fanfiction and actually have ideas on things I want to write, but I don't know where to start. I have no experience of writing of any kind, be it journalling or fiction, and the only way to learn is to try.
To help sort out the swirling in my head, and by putting pen to paper hopefully be able figure out what's stressing me out, causing me anxiety or bringing me down. This could also lead to self-growth as I'm taking the time to reflect and give myself a different perspective on my life
