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mephistia

attempting obscurity

I mess around with writing, but deep down I'm pretty sure I'll never actually get published because I treat it like a hobby and not a passion -- I write when I have time, instead of making time to write.

 

When I read, I prefer YA sci-fi/ fantasy as my go-to fiction reads. I tend toward this genre because I read fiction as an escape from the daily drudge of life. YA sci/fi-fantasy usually has more upbeat/ hopeful endings, while adult fiction of any genre (except romance) tends to have more depressingly realistic endings. Sometimes I read romance novels, but I really prefer the type with plot/ character development between sex scenes, and I don't like having to hunt for them.

 

In non-fiction, I prefer history, biographies, psychology, gender studies, social/applied sciences, and law/ public policy.

Currently reading

Pink Brain, Blue Brain: How Small Differences Grow Into Troublesome Gaps -- And What We Can Do About It
Lise Eliot
White by Law: The Legal Construction of Race
Ian F. Haney López

Single White Vampire Seeks Same

Single White Vampire Seeks Same - Martin H. Greenberg, Mickey Zucker Reichert, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Russell Davis, Gary A. Braunbeck, Bradley H. Sinor, Peter Crowther, Esther M. Friesner, Tanya Huff, Tim Waggoner, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Michelle Sagara West, Charles de Lint, Various, Brittiany A. Kore It's cute. It's a series of short stories by various authors, each story built on the premise of a personal ad placed (or answered) by a supernatural being. There were only a few stories I didn't like, with "Someone to Share the Night," and "Deja Vu," being the two that left me with the most negative impression.