Hi, my name is JMMatheis, and strangely I have been known as Fuzz, Fuzzy or the Limited Express... (we won't go there)
My profile name is what I will go by.
I am also over at Royal Road, Wattpad (Still trying to work out how to even be seen there) and here of course.
I have been writing since I was in early high school, after my head exploded due to destroying the school library's scifi/fantasy fiction section in less than a year and a half. (no, it was not a small selection of novels, I drove the librarians crazy, a Forgotten Realms or Dragonlance trilogy a night was common for me at the time, LoTR was a two day affair)
The other reason was because I was unhappy when I found out my favourite author's next book was over a year of waiting away (waiting was horrible).
I was obsessed with Lord of the Rings, the Dark Tower, Drizzt and anything else along those lines. So, deep world building, character depth and life and dynamic action.
Suddenly, without warning after uni, I shut everything down. Stopped writing, reading and I spent 12 years in a vacuum. Except for the worlds that kept on living inside my head getting some occasional notes written when they got too loud.
Finally, a student of mine asked me a question when I used a piece of my own old writing as an example for editing and punctuation:
Where is the rest? (my student was NOT happy with me shrugging my shoulders, really not happy)
That burning question, along with indulging in almost unreasonable levels of anime, led me to reopening a word97 document just over a year ago. Since then I have been non-stop. Every day without fail, writing. And I just can't get enough.
My current story in the signature I started in January this year, is almost done (currently 150,000 words, I am uploading as I make the second pass of editing). I wrote a substantial history at the end of last year that is still gradually climbing past the 140,000 word mark. I also have an unhealthy obsession with the concept of trilogies.
Hobbies? Writing, drawing, gaming and watching anime (not much at the moment, writing mainly), getting into reading again. I also enjoy RC hobbies among other things. I also am recording my chapters as an audio book, thanks to a special request by my significant other (who is
obsessed with audio books)
As I said, just saying hi, and I am looking forwards to being a part of the community.
Check out my writing if you will, I hope you enjoy.
Kind Regards,
JMMatheis