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[howdidufindmehere]

Ok, so I am a late entry here.... found myself missing Live Journal and needing a place where I felt I could safely vent. Trying to find friends and find my way here.

I am having a week that has been making me kinda sad and I don't like it. A friend died of cancer - she and I were not even all that tight, but it has been hitting me hard and I am out of sorts. I also received an unbelievably disappointing royalty check from my publisher, was rejected by a different publisher, and now I am kind of questioning my existence. A sweet student gave me a beautiful hand drawn sympathy card and I ugly cried in my office.

So yeah. This is my first post.

Comments

[ellenmillion]

--big hugs--

[howdidufindmehere]

Thank you so much! Much appreciated. Posts like this are why I missed LiveJournal.

Welcome!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>Ok, so I am a late entry here.... found myself missing Live Journal and needing a place where I felt I could safely vent. Trying to find friends and find my way here.<<

Your timing is perfect! It's Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, which typically brings a big spike in activity so it's easier to find friends and communities.

I also recommend my Twitter Exodus post, twitter_refugees, and getting_started with resources for newcomers.

>> I am having a week that has been making me kinda sad and I don't like it. <<

My sympathies. I have a post on Coping with Grief. I also do a Hard Things post periodically and that was this week's Wednesday post.

Re: Welcome!

[howdidufindmehere]

Thank you so much!! I am feeling slightly less alone now!

Re: Welcome!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I'm happy I could help.

Among the best places to find friends are the "addme" communities, and most fannish events appear on fandomcalendar or fandom_on_dw if you're into that.

It's easier to attract readers if you post regularly -- once a week is a good minimum. A lot of folks use recurring posts for maintaining activity without too much work. If you pick one or a few favorite topics to support that way, then it's easy for folks to see "what your blog is about" at a glance. Think about what you want to post or talk about most often and that should give you a starting point.

Re: Welcome!

[howdidufindmehere]

Thanks for all the links! I'm slowly finding my way here, I appreciate the "Map."

Re: Welcome!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I'm happy I could help. Folks are more likely to stick around if people reach out to them.

[rafiwinters]

Welcome to DW, new friend. I agree: cancer sucks. A friend of 40 years died of it recently and in two days I have to go to her memorial service. Hugs for you.

What kind of writing do you publish?

[howdidufindmehere]

I have self-published a book on Tarot and I'm currently writing another. I also had a book about Wicca published last yer by Schiffer.

[rafiwinters]

What's the title of the book about Wicca? And the name you write under?

[howdidufindmehere]

My book is called An Illuminated Guide to Wicca. I write under Helena Domenic.

[rafiwinters]

Cool!

[caszabrewin]

What a sweet gift. Anyone who can draw just seems especially gifted to me. I can't even do stick people well.

Oh, Cancer, that C Ya Next Tuesday creature. It takes so many. Life is sacred. Whether that person was close to you or not, it can be sad. Big hugs. Grief is weird. Unfortunately, Grief and I have a long history.

[howdidufindmehere]

Thanks so much.

[earthspirits]

My condolences - it's always hard and very sorrowful to lose a friend. *gentle hugs, if you'd like them*

[howdidufindmehere]

Thank you!

hello from addme

[serafaery]

Hi there, I saw your addme entry and browsed a little and I find your writing really engaging and enjoyable, so I subscribed. No need to subscribe back or anything, no pressure at all at this time. My journal is relatively locked down and only a handful of people have access because i vent highly, highly personal inner thoughts in a stream of consciousness style that most people can't digest. when i write something digestible and appropriate, I leave it public, which is averaging maaaaybe 1x per week? i journal compulsively sometimes multiple times a day but honestly don't want to subject too many people to my internal petty dramas lol. so anyway I'm just gunna hang out and lurk if that's okay, if you *really* want access lmk. I am about to turn 48, and have been through a lot of crap, i consider myself non-religious but am a bit pagan-leaning but more faery than wicca, but have many friends who are witches. i worship nature if anything. i am a faery by profession (this mostly involves tying sparkly things into people's hair called "fairy hair"), and am married and polyromantic. :) I had hip dysplasia and a reconstruction in my late 20s which makes me worried for your poor lil hip. if it continues to bother you for long, you might have to get a scan to check for a torn labrum. it can be fixed but boy is it painful (mine never tore but was severely inflamed and wow I don't know how people even walk with a tear).

Re: hello from addme

[howdidufindmehere]

Hello! Welcome, thank you! I always subscribe back, can't help it. I would love to tie sparkly things in my hair, maybe I will over the summer.

I am about to post about my hip - it is doing much better today!