Hey, there’s been a bunch of new users so I figured it might be a good idea to make this thread. Feel free to post your introductions, as well as any links to socials (only if you want to!) such as storygraph, goodreads, or bookwrym etc. I am hopeful to set up a bookwrym instance eventually but its still very much in early early early development.
Also be aware that there are alternative UI front ends, as seen from here. https://literature.cafe/post/315847
Heyo!
NorthernLightMountain here (the 20 character limit on display names made me shorten it since it’s 21 characters long) and I figured I’d drop by to say hi!
My handle comes from the works of my all time favorite author, anyone know who?
I started out my Lemmy journey as a reddit expat and ended up over at Beehaw since I liked the sound of them focusing on being a safe and wholesome place. Now it’s starting to sound like they’ll split off from Lemmy completely and move on to some other platform due to the seriously lacking moderating tools.
So I’ve been poking about trying to find myself a new home base and you guys caught my eye. I love to read and the fact that you guys wanted to go for a cozy book-releated area sounded nice! Figured it would be worth giving it a shot at least. :)
Welcome! :) I seriously hope beehaw stays but we will see Hope you enjoy it here, I try my best to keep it as active as I can. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns
Yeah, it’s a bit of a mess at the moment which also makes it a bit hard to know where to call home. You guys seem wholesome so far! :)
Hello, RandomDent here! Don’t want to give out too much personal info, but I read a lot and am trying to write things I don’t hate, so far unsuccessfully lol.
Ironically before this I had an idea to make a lemmy instance dedicated to doctor who hahaha
I’ll keep an eye out for one though and message you if I see any. I LOVE doctor who so freaking much
Hi, I’m not going to try saying my name. I’m an engineer who is now trying fiction writing as a hobby. I also do Gallifreyan on the side.
I love doctor who so much
Met too! I still haven’t found a really good community for Doctor Who stuff on Lemmy yet, there are a few but they’re a bit sparse at the moment.
Hello! I go by PseudoMon on the internet. I’m a game programmer from Southeast Asia. Honestly I was just exploring places on the fediverse and somehow stumbled my way here. This place seems pretty nifty! Reading and writing has been a lifelong passion of mine, though I haven’t written more than the sporadic short stories and I have been reading way fewer books than I like recently, aha.
I usually read science fiction and fantasy with some dabbling into “literary” fiction and biography/history books. When not reading I also (predictably) play video games and also mess around with web development. Here’s my (rarely-updated) Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/12174984
Goodreads is such a glitchy mess, it makes me so sad
Honestly I’ve never really had any technical issues with Goodreads. I’m planning on moving to Bookwyrm at some point, but haven’t had the time to do that.
It’s still in its infancy but is still quite good already. I might spin up a bookwrym instance eventually for the instance, but probably only if there’s demand for it and if people are willing to chip in with donations to help somewhat cover the cost since it would likely require another (albeit potentially smaller) server separate from this lemmy instance.
I just wish there was an app for it tbh…
Hello! Markus here. I’m a Norwegian author who chose this instance because it seemed to be an interesting place for writing and reading.
I’m honestly not much of a reader, though I’m trying to change that.
I write stuff in Norwegian on my other socials, but you can find me on both mastodon and bookwyrm.
What’s you’re preferred writing topic, or genre?
So far I’ve written a trilogy of science fantasy comedy graphic novels with an illustrator friend of mine.
I haven’t started my next project yet, so I feel it’s hard to say what’s my perfetred topic or genre. Something that goes through my work, I think, is self-empowerment. Learning what you’re worth, what you know, and using it to your advantage.
I like writing science fantasy, but I’m not sure I’ll write it again soon.
Anywhere I can buy it?
Welp, I don’t read … German? Idk I can only read American
I did say I was a Norwegian author, I don’t know what else to tell you. Sorry.
Don’t be sorry because I can read, lol. I’m just a goofball sometimes
