What the heck do I put in my bio?
@brightephemera answered: When you started reading/what your first written story was. Whether you use writing to cope with snow. Coffee, tea, or Red Bull. Whether your college major had *anything* to do with writing.
I hadn’t considered most of these. I was getting hung up on the “been writing since birth, majored in composition at *insert prestigious college here* and published their first novel at age 8. Their 500 novels are all currently on the NYT bestseller list. They now write and live in *someplace cool* and spend weekends cave diving or dabbling in F1 racing.”
note: none of this is lifted from an actual bio.
@lesabear said: inspirations, hobbies, how you’re a big fan of mine
Hobbies is good, especially since my guitar collection is getting out of hand. I forgot how much I liked playing and I’m really digging bass.
@frauzet said: A lot of things in bios may sound dull at first glance, but a lot of simple facts do have an impact on how we see the world and how we write about it. So having siblings, children, being married, education, job besides writing, can be relevant, depending on what you write about.
You know, I didn’t think of it in these terms before. Writing does reflect my experiences, even when it’s fantasy or sci-fi or not otherwise obvious. And that in itself is interesting to someone who doesn’t know me.
Part of my issue is that this is my first sale and I feel so inadequate next to the other writers I know are included. I don’t have a giant back catalog for people to go read. I don’t have anything, really, and while I love my fanfic stuff, in the US fanfic is still generally considered garbage.
I need to quit thinking of this thing as a resume. I don’t have to impress anyone.
@depizan said: All I have is sympathy. Bios are hard. :(
Yeah. I don’t even have facebook or twitter or any of the other social media stuff at all. I don’t people much. Probably should have thought this through some maybe :0