One might say that writing is the thing that ultimately brought me into the furry fandom. I remember watching videos on Youtube one day in my college dorm room, when I stumbled upon videos of fursuits and seeing one realistic suit in particular that reminded me so strongly of Cassidy, one of my characters, complete in a medieval dress. It was amazing! It was as though I was watching one of my own characters literally come to life off the page.
It was only to be expected that I fell into the fandom pretty hard after that, though not without a certain amount of self-conscious dragging of heels, but I soon found myself at my first convention, during which I commissioned my first fursuit.
My writing, nearly always animal in nature, is my pride and joy. If I am proud of anything, it is the way I am able to enjoyable put words to paper, or words to screen. It's been the one thing I've been good at, and that thing I knew I was good at growing up. So imagine my hesitation in bringing this beloved thing I do into the often-scrutinized microscope over the furry fandom. I see myself putting this part of my life out for everyone to see, and and all I can see is lost job opportunities, publishers who will refuse to work with me, and an uncertain future.
Granted, now I realize none of this is new and nothing writers before me haven't faced in their own times. How dare I think that I am any different or that my obstacles are more than theirs.
Thus today, at least for today, I think I'll swallow a bit of my stubborn pride, be honest with myself and everyone else as to who I am. And if my parents were right in the philosophy of "honesty is the best policy," I'll be alright.
It was only to be expected that I fell into the fandom pretty hard after that, though not without a certain amount of self-conscious dragging of heels, but I soon found myself at my first convention, during which I commissioned my first fursuit.
My writing, nearly always animal in nature, is my pride and joy. If I am proud of anything, it is the way I am able to enjoyable put words to paper, or words to screen. It's been the one thing I've been good at, and that thing I knew I was good at growing up. So imagine my hesitation in bringing this beloved thing I do into the often-scrutinized microscope over the furry fandom. I see myself putting this part of my life out for everyone to see, and and all I can see is lost job opportunities, publishers who will refuse to work with me, and an uncertain future.
Granted, now I realize none of this is new and nothing writers before me haven't faced in their own times. How dare I think that I am any different or that my obstacles are more than theirs.
Thus today, at least for today, I think I'll swallow a bit of my stubborn pride, be honest with myself and everyone else as to who I am. And if my parents were right in the philosophy of "honesty is the best policy," I'll be alright.
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