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Well, I’ve already got a whole “About Me” page on Tumblr, but I might as well introduce myself properly here!

About Myself:

As a writer, I go by J.L. Heeren, or just Jordan, but my friends know me as Wenn. It’s a long story involving one of my oldest OCs.

I’m twenty years old (almost twenty-one), from the midwest, and happy to talk to other writers about craft. Sometimes, I offer advice. Sometimes, I need it. I started this blog last December, but I’ve been writing since I was fourteen and entirely too enthusiastic about making Horror-genre Pokemon fics.

My writing method is madness. I’m a methodological pantser by nature, which means I can totally outline and plan out things… but only as I also I jump around, writing thirteen separate chapters at very different points along in the same WIP.

Somehow, my method works. I have a finished manuscript in my hands. I’ll have to figure out how I want to publish it after my last round of editing — hopefully it’ll be done by summer.

I’m a real sucker for wlw, lively worldbuilding, and found family (but who isn’t?)

I take good LGBTQ+ rep pretty seriously, because I really wish I’d seen us as normal growing up.

Because I trained myself to hold pencils in a really weird and painful way, I hated writing up until I discovered the joys of computer keyboards in eighth grade. You can take my laptop from my cold, dead hands.

I can and have written poetry, literary short story, plays, and literary nonfiction. I’m much better at flash horror and genre fiction (YA to Adult, fantasy & sci-fi, often with cosmic horror bents).

My college is aaall about that literary nonfic life. I’m… not. But it means I learn a lot of things that most genre fictionists don’t.

I can use InDesign! To some extent! Very proud of this!

I’ve gotten one psychological short story (Park Road) and one poem (Kintsugi) published in two separate college magazines. I’m also proud of a poetry collection, a very short play in the style of Sarah Kane, and a 29-page mlm romance I had to put together for other classes of mine. I might edit them up and share them sometime.

If I can’t sustain myself off of my writing out of college (which is very likely) then my plan is to work at a nearby pet store until I can.

My WIPs:

Shadow Herald — My pride and joy, my finished manuscript. In pithy terms, it is about a very reluctant antichrist, the wonderfully pugnacious near-folk-hero she accidentally recruits as a bodyguard (and eventually, girlfriend), and the small thief they adopt when they even more accidentally wind up in prison for a bit. Also involves fantasy politics and an awful lot of squabbling between slighted gods. If you like found family, a meaty long-term plot, and wholesome lesbians, it might tickle your interest.

Shadow War — Shadow Herald’s sequel. The name’s still up in the air, but I’m pretty excited about how the plot’s coming together. There’s going to be two more books in this series after it.

Mind Hive — Dystopian fiction with an NB protagonist just doin’ their best in the world they’ve been given. Includes telepathy, polyamory, one very precious AI, and fucked up capitalist system that is not going to get fixed with a spunky teenage revolution.

She Sells Seashells — a NA lesbian romance between a mermaid running on selkie rules, and a lifeguard who accidentally picks up the jacket that enables her to transform between mer-and-maid forms. Expect fluff and a bit of steam.

Coliseum — An adventure story about two folks (a dryad and a guy with amnesia who’s secretly a very important book) trying to survive a giant deathmaze that an amoral sorcerer king put together because he was super bored. This one’s not super fleshed out yet.

(Edited on 3-19-24)

Hi I’m Ogre(He/Him) and I’ve been writing since about 12 years old so we’ll say about 28 years at this point. I have other creative outlets but writing has been the most consistent and the one I’ve improved upon the best. I’m neurodivergant, ADHD. So of course I support that community.

I’m a chill person who likes a multitude of genres. If you’d like to talk to me, I’m always happy to get a message. I will always reflect the energy of those that message me.

This is a safe place for most...if you read my stuff you’ll know who isn’t welcome. No Nazis, no TERFS, no BIGOTS.  I’m LGBTQIA+ friendly and supportive. Black Lives matter. I do what I can when I can.  This is a writing blog and not a political one, but my views are def shared now and again.

My Genres:

-Fantasy; This is where my heart lives. I’ve been role playing online since the yahoo and Lycos chatroom days and in all of those rooms I’ve been drawn to fantasy. Between that and many years playing DnD, Fantasy is my default.

-Modern Fantasy: I LOVE writing this. I’m getting better at it with each passing year. I simply love combining magic and modern tech and the mix allows me to go wild with world building. This is where I put my current Dark Sanctuary Saga at. Superheroes to me are a type of fantasy.

-Cyberpunk: I LOVE this kind of setting. I’ve played Shadowrun and really liked the system...not the racism, and liked the idea of the setting. I’ve written a little here and there but if you have any prompts or ideas shoot em my way and I’ll see what I can do to work with them.

-Adult themes(Sexual) I’m actually very comfortable writing out this sort of content. I’ll be self posting on Amazon at some point unless I’m pointed toward a better option.

Those will be my main writing points I think for future works and what not. A lot of my writing is just responding to writing prompts set up by various pages here and there. I love just making up an entire world for about 1.5k words and then moving onto the next one. So many ideas to revisit.

Also most of what I post are rough drafts at best. My time is limited for editing and when I write something at 10pm right after work I’m not going to self edit much. I just like putting the creation out there and the positive emotions. If I can make someone happy even through spelling errors, then I am happy as well.

Works in Progress:

40 year old Bastard in Another world.

This is really my driving force right now, I’m really enjoying writing this story and I think I’ll be keeping this up for a while. Sure its a shameless self insert but I don’t think enough main characters have ADHD or even mention it. Its just fun for right now. Its an isekai about a man who gets pulled into another world and has to deal with the politics and such there.

I’ve started to re-write it and I’m much happier with the retold version. 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/60846667/chapters/155415544

Unnamed erotic work

   As I said I’m very comfortable writing this, and am trying to get something written so I can venture into amateur self publishing or something along those lines. This is a long way off of being completed, and I won’t post any snippets on this blog. I might start a second blog for that stuff but I might just write it and put it out with little fanfare. Not quite sure.

If you can or feel like you want to support me in anyway...I won’t be mad. I’m thrilled that you’ve taken the time to read my profile. I’ll be ecstatic if you could leave a little something for me too. But no pressure, I’m not in dire straights or anything.

Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/unknownogre

This is where I am publishing my longer and chapter-ed works. If you want to take some time and read through longer bits. Its easier to find here. So give it a visit, I don’t make money off of it but It would be cool if you read some of it. 

Storyteller Saturday

Hello hello! 

Flash Fiction Friday has a bunch of different events run by different people, but the one I follow is run by the incredible @cawolters. Sometimes other writeblrs host the event, too!

Every Friday, FFF encourages writers to crank out a flash piece in 24 hours. A flash piece, in this case, is 100-1000 words. And each week, there’s a theme. This week’s is Jumping Fences!