rebeccarobota: Iguana Girl (Default)
2037-05-21 03:34 pm

Introduction Post

Hi, all! I'm a queer/bi white cis woman in my mid-30s, originally from New England, currently working as a librarian in Richmond, Virginia. I read and write speculative fiction; adore comics, public radio, and podcasts; and am enthusiastic about history, spending time outdoors, local food, travel, my cat, and smashing capitalism/patriarchy/white supremacy (or at least pointedly critiquing it).

I started journaling here in 2019, when I decided it was time to return to social media and discovered that Dreamwidth was waiting for me all this time, like the punk fairy godmother of the Internet.

I mostly write about daily life, personal grievances, writing, the occasional baked good, and other Things I Think Are Neat. Shoot me a message if you'd like to be friends!
rebeccarobota: Iguana Girl (Default)
2019-06-10 06:29 pm

I started a blog!

A second blog, that is.

I've been enjoying Dreamwidth immensely, but have been torn about what I want this journal to be. Is it a private space to write about my life, or a public space to discuss my interests? Meanwhile, I've been wanting to post my longer book reviews somewhere that isn't Goodreads.

So, I have started a separate book blog! It is called Dream Maps, I will be posting book reviews and essays, mainly about speculative fiction. I have several Goodreads reviews that I'll be adapting, and once I've exhausted my backlist, I hope to continue posting once a month or so.

For the time being I will share a link here whenever I post on the book blog. In the unlikely event that the blog gains its own momentum, I will stop cross-posting, but for now it seems sensible.

Additionally, I will be moving this journal to friends-only, since it will be strictly focused on personal life. Could change in the future, but seems like the right move for now.

I'm excited about this endeavor! Dreamwidth has been such a refreshing place to practice what I  think of as "Slow Internet." Book blogs may be very 2009, but I am very 2009 and am looking forward to the practice of writing reflectively in this small corner of the web.