Sorta.
When I took a creative writing class in college, my teacher was very frustrated with me and continuously commented: “Your writing skills are hampered by your content.” What she meant was, why are you wasting your time on fantasy and science fiction?!
A year ago I met Kathy Ceceri, one of the lovely editors here, who heard me chatting about my interests and politely suggested that I might fit into a new online geeky parenting community. The issue, of course, was if I could write. I emailed her a few pieces and bit my lip for a week until I got the “yes!”
I put up a photo of me at a geek convention singing about loving an anime character. (The best part of that memory is that my daughter was sitting in the front row smiling proudly.) I wrote my first post, and since then have written seventy-three posts about all the not-mainstream things I like, do, and think.
A year later, I’m still here, wondering how I got so lucky to share my passions with an intellectual, hilarious, welcoming group of people. I’ve updated my photo, but even without purple hair, I’m still a geek. I don’t think I’m wasting my time writing about what I love.
One day in that writing class, my teacher asked me out right how I came up with such strange ideas. I sighed, wondering how I was going to be labeled in class, and honestly told her I have many worlds in my head—and it doesn’t take much effort to come up with weird stuff. Immediately people in the class started talking—about their own imaginary worlds! Confessions of fantasy lives poured out in the best discussion our class ever had.
I always wished I could continue that discussion. And with GeekMom, I can.
