Greetings, salutations, and so forth, Holy Worlds denizens! I'm Rosemary. Feel free to call me Rose, Rosie, Thorns 'n' Thistles, or whatever comes to mind. Make something up, I'll be delighted. Someone linked to a page on these forums from the NaNoWriMo boards; I came, I liked what I saw, I joined. Thus you have the dubious honor of my presence here now.

A little about me in general: I'm a college student, working as an English tutor and studying music at a small (but excellent) school in the Rocky Mountains. I am ravenously curious about absolutely everything, to the point where it's one of my most defining traits to those who know me. I'm afraid I allow my curiosity to run me roughshod somewhat, but I learn a lot along the way. I have a great many sisters and no brothers. I enjoy reading, writing, fiddling with things, and thinking far too much. I've spent most of my life fighting with chronic depression, and coming to terms with that has deeply colored the way that I look at life. Despite it all, I try to remain hopeful and optimistic--but if you find my sense of humor a bit twisted, that is probably why.

In some ways I expect I'll be something of the odd one out here: I tend to prefer science fiction to fantasy; my preferences in fantasy writing usually run more along the lines of myths, fairytales, and urban fantasy than Tolkienesque fantasy (not that I dislike Tolkien, I just can't write like him); and I don't usually like to mention God overtly in my writing, though I write from a point of view in which He is always present but never seen. In fact, I tend to keep my religious beliefs mostly to myself. Love them though I do, most of my closest friends are either flamboyantly non-Christian or uncompromisingly secular, and there isn't a lot of room in my social life for open religiousness. So despite differences, I'm rather looking forward to spending some time here amongst people with beliefs along the same lines as my own.

Looking forward to getting to know you all!
Rosemary

P.S. Is it just me, or are essence maps really quite simple? Because everyone keeps complaining about how complicated they are, while to me they seem very straightforward indeed. It makes me think I must be missing something.

Welcome to HW! I hope that you enjoy your membership. (You're just like me with having many sisters and no brothers)

Mae govannen Merilwen! (that's Quenya Elven) Elen síla lumenn' omentielvo!

Welcome to HW!

Welcome to Holy Worlds, Rosemary! I hope you are able to peruse the forum and see how many wonderful things there are here!

I must say, from your introduction already, I love the variety of words you use! I aspire to spice things up the same way. ^^ I look forward to seeing you are the forum!

Blessings!

~Calen

We are thrilled to have you! Don't worry about being the "odd one out" (though I suspect that you aren't going to be an odd one, anyway) - this is a diverse group with the wonderful ability to discuss differences civilly for the purposes of edification.

(We actually discussed the issue of "How much God do you put in your novels?" recently, and there are people on both sides of the spectrum. I myself use both approaches for different purposes.)

If you love sci-fi, we would love to have you join our sister site as well! http://holyworlds.org/scifi/index.php Holy Worlds for sci-fi.

Welcome!

Welcome!

Suilad!

Welcome to HW

LotR quote:
"Let's have [her join] and be done with it."
(such a nicer quote than the original)

Welcome to Holy Worlds, Rosemary.

Welcome Rosemary I look forward to seeing you around!

Welcome to HW!

eruheran

Welcome to HW, Rosemary! I hope you enjoy your time here.

In reply to your post script...
No, you're probably not missing anything. Well, we'd have to read one of your essence maps to be sure, but I am also one of the minority that didn't find essence mapping that hard. But shh! don't say that too loud, or Jaynin will turn you into the next poster child for her essence rebellion.

(smiles at Evening, she is sooo funny!)

Welcome Rosemary! We are so happy to have you among us. Beware of flytacklehugs that should soon come your way. I hear that they are quite affectionate, yet hurt considerably because of the enthusiasm behind them.

We have lots of Sci-Fi lovers on the forum, and Philli has given you the link to our Sci-Fi site. It is a baby project, and thus not as established as HW. However, there have already been some good discussions had.

Welcome Welcome!!

Welcome, Rosie! I will also say to beware of fireworks dragons. (who have not made an appearance as of yet )

*Pounds huge sign reading 'beware of dragons (and flytacklehugs)' into the ground near entrance to the introductions thread.*

I fear they are talking of me...Oh, well! *flytacklehugs Rosemary* LOL!

AWESOME to have you here! Although I think I talked with you briefly, I think it will be great to get to know you even more!

And I think it would be hard for you to be odd here. Everyone in this forum is wonderfully diverse and quirky. I'm sure you'll fit right in.

And if you're interested, Holy Worlds has a sister Sci-fi forum for you to check out.

I hope the flytacklehugle didn't hurt...

They aren't bad, Elanhil. And you can always return them. *hands George some cucumbers*

I'm just glad I wasn't here when they started.

(Hint hint, Willie!)

*hint*???? *is slow k?*

(Flytacklehug someone who missed out!)

Rosemary, do you play any instruments? We have several musicians (and a few in training *coughmecough*) on here, so I was curious.

Oh, dear. *Hides*

Ooooooh...actually. I know something better. *evil grin*

*chases Elanhil with an airsoft gun* MWAHAHAHAHA! *flytacklehugs into the bargain*

Happy, Hennie?

Much better. See, yours wasn't bad, Rosie.

OUCH OUCH OUCH!!!! NO FAIR!!!! *Pulls out semi-automatic airsoft Rifle* Hehe, hehehe! *Chases Willy*

*hides* You're scaring me, Hilly.

Willy vanishes into thin air.

HA! You can't see me! *voice echoes*

Now, now, children. *wags finger* Let's not be shooting each other with guns. =D

And welcome again to HW, Rosemary! (I already posted but I felt an urge to pop in here and chastise these rowdy young ones. =D)

eruheran