Aislinn O'Shea

First, I want to state that I will be using this 'Live Journal', unlike prior.  I resolve to actually try to keep a journal, and try my best not to embarrass myself at the same time.

Currently I am at FenCon, feeling so like a fish out of water.  I am not a fanatical fan, not a 'real' writer yet, and definitely not an outgoing person.  This is supposed to be a way of getting me out to meet new people, make friends and contacts, but I feel so displaced from everyone here.   I mean, I have nothing to be afraid of; in fact, I am not afraid of being here at all.  I am not afraid of meeting people.  Just as with my writing, I struggle as to where to start when it comes to meeting new people.  You so don't want to sound like the idiot or offend someone by saying the wrong thing.  Some writer I am - great at writing about the character afraid of their own shadow, then suddenly faced with a whole new reality where they must interact and overcome those fears in order to learn how to survive.  Yeah, I can write about it, but I don't seem to do well living it.  Oh well, I am making the attempt.