#fleetingfictions

As life is full of constant change, I am updating my writeblr intro to reflect this.

My name is nito, and I’ve been around the writeblr community since its inception. In the past I have been known by numerous names, but have happily settled on fleetingfictions this time around. I have a feeling this one will stick.

Currently, I’m studying writing, english, and environmental humanities at an eco-league school. It’s taken me a while to get to this point, and I didn’t know why until I was recently diagnosed with adhd. This is leading me to the point of graduation in ’23 — a point which has alluded me through four other universities. After my graduation I wish to become an explorer of humanity, creativity, and change through country-wide travel while possibly attending grad school online. Life is subject to change as swiftly as a woman with adhd is bound to change her mind — so this all may change, to which I am open to.

I write a great deal for my classes and have had a few non-fiction works published in newspapers and magazines in the last few months due to contacts at my school. Eventually, I wish to start submitting my more creative works of fiction to various lit mags, but lack the time to edit and revise the pieces to their full potential.

In terms of larger projects work on my current wip has spanned the past 11 years, although it wasn’t until 2017 that I began to put any serious work into it. Since returning to school, the story has shifted into something more compelling, deep, and lush, while simultaneously becoming less complicated. Although I originally made it to second drafts on the first idea, I plan to use summer break to re-write this entire re-imagining.

As for sharing my work, this is not something I plan on doing for a while. In the past I have had important work stolen from me and am nervous that may happen again. This even includes titles and names of my characters and locations.

I tend to overuse em-dashes and semi-colons. Tenses give me trouble; while I know how they work, and can usually spot its misuse in the writing of my peers, it’s hard for me to catch moments when I shift from past to present. I haven’t figured out a way to remedy this yet.

My genre preference is speculative fiction; mostly focusing on the realm of contemporary fantasy, low fantasy, and environmental fantasy. When it comes to short stories I am known to dabble in magical realism, fairy tales, paranormal, and monster stories.

I love a busy dash, so I follow a lot of people. Due to school work and personal writing work I won’t be participating in tag games right now, although I won’t get upset if you send me them.

Honestly, I’m just happy to be here, surrounded by so much talent, humor, and inspiration.