First Blog - An intro

Wow my first ever blog!
I guess I'd better start at the beginning then:
As the title suggests I'm an aspiring author - a fantasy author to be exact - and am in the process of writing my first book. I'm not that far with the actual writing of it, it's mostly planning at the moment but I'm writing snippets as I go.
This blog is basically going to be a record of my writing progress: how far along in the story I am, when I start sending it off etc.
I find writing is my way of escaping into another world and expressing my feelings through characters and what they experience. It's something I've always thought I'd like to try and growing up I've found that I'm able to write fairly well and recieve good feedback. My least favourite part of writing is ending the story, as I know that it is never really the end and I want to carry on following my characters in their lives. I don't intend to write for money and I fully expect to end up working another job, with writing taking a back seat, but I can still give it a go.

As for the book itself:
I have the main idea and a basic idea of the plot, my main characters are fairly developed now and some of the secondary characters are starting to take shape. I have a setting and some very detailed notes about the environment, fundamental laws and a little history of the location.
The book is currently divided into three sections and I have written the start of the first chapters of two of these.

And finally a little about me as a person:
I am actually in my last year of secondary school at the moment and am currently waiting for replies from universities: I am sitting pretty on two offers but still waiting for three more replies. I am not studying and subjects at the moment that in any way relate to writing.
I am - naturally - an avid reader of just about any type of fiction you can shove under my nose and have a huge arsenal of fiction books under my belt.
I have a number of obsessions ranging from books to films to sports and skills.
I also write a little fanfiction every now and then and have my own DeviantART account where I post photos, drawings and digital art. These two accounts are not under the same name as this blog: I want to keep them separate for now.

Well, I think that's about it for now.
Toodles :)
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