There isn't much anyone can do to ensure winning awards, but there is one thing one MUST do to be able to give oneself the chance, and that is to
produce work eligible for the awards.
I suggest you start by finding out what is eligible work to win the prize you wish to win
Find out previous winners and study their work.
Read the production and write something, every day, in their style. I suggest you choose to focus on one writer every month, and read every day a portion of their work, and write something in their style. In the beginning it can be straight copying what they have written, but be sure to mark it clearly that you - or someone else in the future - will mistake that for your own creation. Copying is a great way of learning. It's not a good way of producing original work, but it's a great way of learning to produce original work.
If it is a screen script, try to find the original script and read it.
Watch movies based on these scripts. Study the art of script writing by comparing a script to the filmatization.
Read books about how to write a script, to learn the craft.
Practice by writing a script by a movie and comparing that to the original script.
I would say
winning a fan fiction award is the easiest, as there are dozens of
those, and the pool is smallest and also the requirements easiest.
Nevertheless,
you need to find the award you wish to win, and start producing fan
fiction. Loads of it. Preferably on several fan fiction sites. Get
yourself name writing fan fiction.
Also, remember one
thing. Both E.L.James and Cassandra Clare both got their "fan fiction"
published. Erica Mitchell (E.L.James) also broke a world record with her
book and became a millionaire, which would be very nice for you, if you
could repeat the deed... ;-)
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Go everywhere that Hank Snow went too "I've been Everywhere Man"
Along the dusty Winnemucca road
When along came a semi
With a high and canvas covered load
"If you're going to Winnemucca, Mack
With me you can ride."
So I climbed into the cab
And then I settled down inside
He asked me if I'd seen a road
With so much dust and sand
And I said,
"Listen, Bud I've traveled
Every road in this here land."
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
'Cross the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel, I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere.
Been to Reno, Chicago, Fargo, Minnesota,
Buffalo, Toronto, Winslow, Sarasota,
Wichita, Tulsa, Ottawa, Oklahoma,
Tampa, Panama, Mattawa, La Paloma,
Bangor, Baltimore, Salvador, Amarillo,
Tocopilla, Barranquilla, and Padilla, I'm a killer.
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
'Cross the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel, I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere.
Boston, Charleston, Dayton, Louisiana,
Washington, Houston, Kingston, Texarkana,
Monterey, Ferriday, Santa Fe, Tallapoosa
Glen Rock, Black Rock, Little Rock, Oskaloosa,
Tennessee, Hennessey, Chicopee, Spirit Lake,
Grand Lake, Devil's Lake, Crater Lake, for Pete's sake;
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
'Round the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel, I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere.
Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville, Ombabika,
Shefferville, Jacksonville, Waterville, Costa Rica,
Pittsfield, Springfield, Bakersfield, Shreveport,
Hackensack, Cadillac, Fond do Lac, Davenport,
Idaho, Jellicoe, Argentina, Diamontina,
Pasadena, Catalina, see what I mean, sir;
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
'Round the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel, I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere.
Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, Gravellburg, Colorado,
Ellensburg, Rexburg, Vicksburg, Eldorado,
Larrimore, Atmore, Haverstraw, Chattanika,
Chaska, Nebraska, Alaska, Opelika,
Baraboo, Waterloo, Kalamazoo, Kansas City,
Sioux City, Cedar City, Dodge City, what a pity;
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
'Round the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel, I've had my share, man
"I know some place you haven't been."
I've been everywhere.
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Now, some of these places are not in the USA.
Also, this is not a list of 92 places.
There are 25 places called Buffalo, two of them not in the USA. Which one of them does Hank mean?
All of them.
There are 16 different Bangors in the world.
Nevertheless, I think Waterloo might be the biggest "problem" here.
The original Waterloo is in Belgium.
There are places called Waterloo in Antarctica, Australia (4), Canada (3), New Zealand, Sierra Leone, the UK (7), and the US (about 29 or so).
Or perhaps Springfield. There are 6 in Australia, one in Belize, 6 in Canada, 2 in Ireland, 1 in New Zealand, 1 in South Africa, a dozen in the UK, 45 in the USA, and one in the Virgin Islands.
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So, how to do this?
1. Write a list of all the places mentioned in the song.
Alaska2. Get a largish world map, and start pinning these places on the map. Maybe you decide after the 20th Jacksonville, that that wasn't a good idea after all... :-D
Amarillo
Argentina
Atmore
Bakersfield
Baltimore
Bangor
Baraboo
Barranquilla
Black Rock
Boston
Buffalo
Cadillac
Catalina
Cedar City
Charleston
Chaska
Chattanika
Chicago
Chicopee
Colorado
Costa Rica
Crater Lake
Davenport
Dayton
Devil's Lake
Diamontina
Dodge City
Eldorado
Ellensburg
Fargo
Ferriday
Fond do Lac
Glen Rock
Grand Lake
Gravellburg
Hackensack
Haverstraw
Hennessey
Houston
Idaho
Jacksonville
Jellicoe
Kalamazoo
Kansas City
Kingston
Knoxville
La Paloma
Larrimore
Little Rock
Louisiana
Louisville
Mattawa
Minnesota
Monterey
Nashville
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Ombabika
Opelika
Oskaloosa
Ottawa
Padilla
Panama
Parkersburg
Pasadena
Pittsburgh
Pittsfield
Reno
Rexburg
Salvador
Santa Fe
Sarasota
Shefferville
Shreveport
Sioux City
Spirit Lake
Springfield
Tallapoosa
Tampa
Tennessee
Texarkana
Tocopilla
Toronto
Tulsa
Vicksburg
Washington
Waterloo
Waterville
Wichita
Winnemucca
Winslow
You could decide to only go to the places that are in America. (That's the continent of America, not the USA. Though you can decide to only do the USA as well.)
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Writing
There's already tons of information on writing on-line. Just google the type of writing you wish to do, and you'll get hundreds of results.
There really is only two pieces of advice on writing, worth anything.
1. Read, read, read
2. Write, write, write
Everything else is commentary. Now, go and write.
* When it comes to writing a book, a comic book, a book series, anything you want to write - I want you to break this goal down into measurable things that can be achieved in a day. For example, you decide to write a book/play/script in a month.
Do it like NaNoWriMo. Count how many words/chapters/pages every piece of work consists of, and divide the number with 4 for weeks or 30 for days. Then set the goal to finish one part of the 30.
* Writing for a magazine or newspaper.
- Decide which magazine/newspaper you wish to write for
- Find out how people can submit their writing for that specific magazine/newspaper. Some choose their writers, and you cannot submit your work. Remove those from your list. You can write for those when you have got more fame as an author.
- Find out the requirements, subjects, etc.
Read that excellent article about how to write for a magazine and do it! No money or friends necessary!
There really is only two pieces of advice on writing, worth anything.
1. Read, read, read
2. Write, write, write
Everything else is commentary. Now, go and write.
* When it comes to writing a book, a comic book, a book series, anything you want to write - I want you to break this goal down into measurable things that can be achieved in a day. For example, you decide to write a book/play/script in a month.
Do it like NaNoWriMo. Count how many words/chapters/pages every piece of work consists of, and divide the number with 4 for weeks or 30 for days. Then set the goal to finish one part of the 30.
* Writing for a magazine or newspaper.
- Decide which magazine/newspaper you wish to write for
- Find out how people can submit their writing for that specific magazine/newspaper. Some choose their writers, and you cannot submit your work. Remove those from your list. You can write for those when you have got more fame as an author.
- Find out the requirements, subjects, etc.
Read that excellent article about how to write for a magazine and do it! No money or friends necessary!
Monday, December 1, 2014
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Meeting famous people
Find out where you can meet them and find out how you can be there.
I think you could also read about other meetings with famous people and what to expect, and what you can do to prepare yourself. If there are things you wish to get signed, see that you have a pen that can sign on the material, if you have gifts you want to give to the person etc.
One thing is that you remember the celebrities are also people. Most actors, for example, are very interested in people, as stories. They would like to know you better. Prepare something you can tell about yourself, a little anecdote about how you became a fan, and so on.
Also, remember that actors are (usually) professionals who take their work and art seriously.
How to contact famous celebrities
How to meet a celebrity
How to meet famous people
How to get an autograph through mail
I think you could also read about other meetings with famous people and what to expect, and what you can do to prepare yourself. If there are things you wish to get signed, see that you have a pen that can sign on the material, if you have gifts you want to give to the person etc.
One thing is that you remember the celebrities are also people. Most actors, for example, are very interested in people, as stories. They would like to know you better. Prepare something you can tell about yourself, a little anecdote about how you became a fan, and so on.
Also, remember that actors are (usually) professionals who take their work and art seriously.
How to contact famous celebrities
How to meet a celebrity
How to meet famous people
How to get an autograph through mail
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Marriage, romance and sex
Marriage is an important event in a person's life - if one wishes to marry.
So plan it, make a wedding scrapbook or journal where you post all the ideas that you think are nice and all the photos you like, of wedding dresses and flower arrangements and wedding cakes.
There are two things to avoid:
- don't become a bridezilla. That's really awful.
- don't ruin anyone's economy with your wedding. A wedding shouldn't cost as much as a house and several thousand dollars' wedding dress or cake is, frankly, stupid.
Try on a wedding dress / Find the Perfect Wedding Dress / Wear a beautiful, Belle inspired wedding dress
Get married / on a beach / outside in the country / in Vegas / unusually
Marry / Marry --- / someone swell / that person I can't live without / the love of my life / Get married to someone I'm truly in love with
Only get married once
Have the wedding of a lifetime
Throw petals at my wedding instead of rice
Have a small wedding / Have a tasteful Gothic/Rockabilly theme wedding
Have a wedding lit only by candle light
Have floating lanterns at my wedding
Bust out Gangnam Style on my wedding day / dance to ---- by --- on my wedding day / dance with my dad/mom/--- at my wedding /
Discover the perfect "Something blue" cocktail for my wedding reception
Shove cake in my partners face at our wedding
Make my fiancé / fiancée's wedding ring
Stay Married For 50 Years / For Life
Be married for longer than 20 years
Be married to the same person my whole life
Celebrate important anniversary milestones in your marriage.
Celebrate my 25th wedding anniversary / 50th Wedding Anniversary / in Paris, France
Renew your wedding vows after being married for ten years / in Las Vegas / every ten years / every year
25 Things You Must Include on Your Marriage Bucket List
10 Epic Ideas for Your Marriage Bucket List
Be kissed on top of a Ferris wheel
Be shut up with a kiss
Be someone’s wedding date
Dance in the rain with someone special somewhere special ;) and kiss
Experience my first open mouth kiss
Get a new year’s kiss at midnight
Get kissed when the ball drops on New Year’s Eve / get kissed in front of the ball dropping
Have an epic Hollywood worthy kiss
Have and experience my very first kiss
Kiss a celebrity / a cute --- at a party / a good looking Italian in Italy / a stranger / on NYE / someone that you think is out of your league / someone you've just met on a blind date
French kiss a French girl/boy in France
Kiss a dolphin / a sea lion / any animal you like
Kiss a frog in real life
Kiss / get kissed in the back of a limo / in the rain / on a beach near a sunset / near fireworks / on a double decker bus / passionately in the rain / under the mistletoe / under water / under the Eiffel tower / under waterfall
Kiss someone at midnight on new years eve / during a hockey game when the kiss cam points right at us / in a public crowd while everyone is watching
Wake someone up with kisses
Plan someone else's wedding
Plan a Date Night with my Spouse
Plan the most romantic evening/date for someone special and have it be the best date of their life
Stop putting yourself in situation where the attempt to date long distance it never works out
Bright together lovers who haven’t seen each other for a long time
Carve a heart with the name of the one I love into a tree - somewhere romantic
compose a song for your loved one
Divide my time with all who love me and whom I love; family, friends, my girlfriend/boyfriend
Experience love at first sight (mutual)
Fall in love / and not be afraid of getting heartbroken / with my soulmate / with someone who loves me back / as many times as i can / madly and deeply / recklessly / for the fourth time mutually
Fall in love with my husband again and again and again
Have a passionate love affair (your spouse counts! Don't cheat!)
Have someone fall in love with me so much they can’t live without me
If i am lucky marry my first love ;)
Love someone so much I can’t live without him
Make someone who hates me fall in love with me
Win over the heart of the person i am in love with now
Mortally fall in love
Be sensitive to his/her feelings
Not argue with my girl/boyfriend/spouse/lover
Put a Love Lock on Pont des Arts Bridge | France
Spend a Night Under The Stars With Someone I Love
To have someone I love love me back
To let my girlfriend/boyfriend take the lead sometimes
Wake up on January first next to the one I love
Dress in super sexy lingerie
Attend a wedding for someone I actually knowAttend my child’s wedding
Say my wedding vows
Give a speech at a good friend's wedding
Go to a destination wedding
Go to a Jewish / Catholic / Indian / united / mixed religions / gay / lesbian wedding
Witness a wedding proposal
Get proposed to
Have a holiday / summer romance
Have a Romantic Dinner on a Rooftop / a romantic getaway at an exotic location / a romantic picnic
Love someone more than my own life
Love someone with all my heart, then learn from the mistakes
The ultimate sex bucket list
11 things you should put on your sex bucket list
The Ultimate Sexual Bucket List: 75 Sex Acts to Try Before You Die
Your Ultimate Sex Bucket List
The Sexy Bucket List
Sex Bucket List: 243 Sexual Things To Do Before Your Die
So plan it, make a wedding scrapbook or journal where you post all the ideas that you think are nice and all the photos you like, of wedding dresses and flower arrangements and wedding cakes.
There are two things to avoid:
- don't become a bridezilla. That's really awful.
- don't ruin anyone's economy with your wedding. A wedding shouldn't cost as much as a house and several thousand dollars' wedding dress or cake is, frankly, stupid.
Try on a wedding dress / Find the Perfect Wedding Dress / Wear a beautiful, Belle inspired wedding dress
Marry / Marry --- / someone swell / that person I can't live without / the love of my life / Get married to someone I'm truly in love with
Only get married once
Have the wedding of a lifetime
Throw petals at my wedding instead of rice
Have a small wedding / Have a tasteful Gothic/Rockabilly theme wedding
Have a wedding lit only by candle light
Have floating lanterns at my wedding
Bust out Gangnam Style on my wedding day / dance to ---- by --- on my wedding day / dance with my dad/mom/--- at my wedding /
Discover the perfect "Something blue" cocktail for my wedding reception
Shove cake in my partners face at our wedding
Make my fiancé / fiancée's wedding ring
Stay Married For 50 Years / For Life
Be married for longer than 20 years
Be married to the same person my whole life
Celebrate important anniversary milestones in your marriage.
Celebrate my 25th wedding anniversary / 50th Wedding Anniversary / in Paris, France
Renew your wedding vows after being married for ten years / in Las Vegas / every ten years / every year
25 Things You Must Include on Your Marriage Bucket List
10 Epic Ideas for Your Marriage Bucket List
Be kissed on top of a Ferris wheel
Be shut up with a kiss
Be someone’s wedding date
Dance in the rain with someone special somewhere special ;) and kiss
Experience my first open mouth kiss
Get a new year’s kiss at midnight
Get kissed when the ball drops on New Year’s Eve / get kissed in front of the ball dropping
Have an epic Hollywood worthy kiss
Have and experience my very first kiss
Kiss a celebrity / a cute --- at a party / a good looking Italian in Italy / a stranger / on NYE / someone that you think is out of your league / someone you've just met on a blind date
French kiss a French girl/boy in France
Kiss a dolphin / a sea lion / any animal you like
Kiss a frog in real life
Kiss / get kissed in the back of a limo / in the rain / on a beach near a sunset / near fireworks / on a double decker bus / passionately in the rain / under the mistletoe / under water / under the Eiffel tower / under waterfall
Kiss someone at midnight on new years eve / during a hockey game when the kiss cam points right at us / in a public crowd while everyone is watching
Wake someone up with kisses
Plan someone else's wedding
Plan a Date Night with my Spouse
Plan the most romantic evening/date for someone special and have it be the best date of their life
Stop putting yourself in situation where the attempt to date long distance it never works out
Bright together lovers who haven’t seen each other for a long time
Carve a heart with the name of the one I love into a tree - somewhere romantic
compose a song for your loved one
Divide my time with all who love me and whom I love; family, friends, my girlfriend/boyfriend
Experience love at first sight (mutual)
Fall in love / and not be afraid of getting heartbroken / with my soulmate / with someone who loves me back / as many times as i can / madly and deeply / recklessly / for the fourth time mutually
Fall in love with my husband again and again and again
Have a passionate love affair (your spouse counts! Don't cheat!)
Have someone fall in love with me so much they can’t live without me
If i am lucky marry my first love ;)
Love someone so much I can’t live without him
Make someone who hates me fall in love with me
Win over the heart of the person i am in love with now
Mortally fall in love
Be sensitive to his/her feelings
Not argue with my girl/boyfriend/spouse/lover
Put a Love Lock on Pont des Arts Bridge | France
Spend a Night Under The Stars With Someone I Love
To have someone I love love me back
To let my girlfriend/boyfriend take the lead sometimes
Wake up on January first next to the one I love
Dress in super sexy lingerie
Attend a wedding for someone I actually knowAttend my child’s wedding
Say my wedding vows
Give a speech at a good friend's wedding
Go to a destination wedding
Go to a Jewish / Catholic / Indian / united / mixed religions / gay / lesbian wedding
Witness a wedding proposal
Get proposed to
Have a holiday / summer romance
Have a Romantic Dinner on a Rooftop / a romantic getaway at an exotic location / a romantic picnic
Love someone more than my own life
Love someone with all my heart, then learn from the mistakes
The ultimate sex bucket list
11 things you should put on your sex bucket list
The Ultimate Sexual Bucket List: 75 Sex Acts to Try Before You Die
Your Ultimate Sex Bucket List
The Sexy Bucket List
Sex Bucket List: 243 Sexual Things To Do Before Your Die
Long-exposure shot of sex
Make love / in a cathedral / forest / pool / relative's house / in the middle of a street / on a football field / on a train / on a beach / in a tent / in a yurt/ in a cabin / in front of the fire / in an airplane / in every room of the house / on a beach / on a football field / on a forest floor / on a train / on a tropical beach etc.
Listen to " I just had sex" after having sex
Tape myself making love.
Make a sexy home video
Have Adventurous Sex (in different places)
Go to a Sex Show (the trade fair kind)
Pose for a sexy calendar (for charity, of course)
Join the 16-Mile High Club
Join the Mile High club
- having a threesome, having sex mile high or in a specific car...
Have phone sex
Have sex on the beach
Have sex outside
Have sex to ‘Let’s get it on’ by Marvin Gaye
Try out S&M
Try out dominatrixing
Try all of the positions in the Kama Sutra
Tantric sex!
Take sexy photos of myself (keep them somewhere safe)
Well... er... none of these requires money.
Necessarily.
It is highly possible someone would buy you a plane ticket just to have sex with you in the plane, or invite you to their private jet, but... hmm... I really think you should consider very carefully with whom you have sex, where and when, and not do it just to be able to check off a goal from your list. Especially if "losing my virginity" is on the list.
Frankly, you can pay with your virginity and sex a world around trip, it's just that the man (or woman) who pays for it might not be your dream man.
50 Shades of Grey doesn't happen, neither does Pretty Woman.
This also reminds me of a discussion... some guy was giving some gals his ideas about sex bucket list, and it included being f-d with a dick/dildo of ever growing proportions. I remember thinking that he should be subjected to the same... then he could have a say.
Nevertheless, THINK!
I for one am really proud to only have had one man in my whole life.
Make love / in a cathedral / forest / pool / relative's house / in the middle of a street / on a football field / on a train / on a beach / in a tent / in a yurt/ in a cabin / in front of the fire / in an airplane / in every room of the house / on a beach / on a football field / on a forest floor / on a train / on a tropical beach etc.
Listen to " I just had sex" after having sex
Make love in the
back of a limo
Make love in the
woods
Make love with my hubby on a nude beachTape myself making love.
Make a sexy home video
Have Adventurous Sex (in different places)
Go to a Sex Show (the trade fair kind)
Pose for a sexy calendar (for charity, of course)
Join the 16-Mile High Club
Join the Mile High club
- having a threesome, having sex mile high or in a specific car...
Have phone sex
Have sex on the beach
Have sex outside
Have sex to ‘Let’s get it on’ by Marvin Gaye
Try out S&M
Try out dominatrixing
Try all of the positions in the Kama Sutra
Tantric sex!
Take sexy photos of myself (keep them somewhere safe)
Enjoy some
Afternoon Delight ;)
Well... er... none of these requires money.
Necessarily.
It is highly possible someone would buy you a plane ticket just to have sex with you in the plane, or invite you to their private jet, but... hmm... I really think you should consider very carefully with whom you have sex, where and when, and not do it just to be able to check off a goal from your list. Especially if "losing my virginity" is on the list.
Frankly, you can pay with your virginity and sex a world around trip, it's just that the man (or woman) who pays for it might not be your dream man.
50 Shades of Grey doesn't happen, neither does Pretty Woman.
This also reminds me of a discussion... some guy was giving some gals his ideas about sex bucket list, and it included being f-d with a dick/dildo of ever growing proportions. I remember thinking that he should be subjected to the same... then he could have a say.
Nevertheless, THINK!
I for one am really proud to only have had one man in my whole life.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Meeting non-famous people
- going on a date
- getting a friend
- getting a BFF
- getting a girl friend
- getting a boy friend
- falling in love, having sex for the first time, getting married... if one wants to
Date a British / a French / an Italian
Date a foreign guy / ---an guy / guy with a beard or a mustache / a musician / a redhead
Date someone exciting but completely wrong for you
Go on a date with my significant other each month / take myself out on a date
Date a week / a month / a year / 15 months / 18 months / 21 months / 2 years / 3 years / 5 years
Date someone I meet at a wedding / at a bookstore / on match.com / on okcupid.com / on oneharmony.com
Date someone younger than me / someone older than me / someone completely wrong for me / my best friend / someone who says "I love you" first / someone I said "I love you" first / someone with whom I have a mutual, honest, mental connection
Go on 10 dates / a blind date / with someone from a dating website / with my first love / someone who is ---/ who isn’t --- (Christian…) / double date / with gay people /stargazing date / Valentine's Day date
Take risks and chances on love / relationships / dates
Going on a date is pretty free and harmless. You definitely should go.
You can find someone through internet dating or personal ads page, but I would recommend getting active in some fan activity in your town or neighborhood. I met my husband actually in Stockholm Tolkien Society, and I know there were a lot of couples who found each other that way. Not all of those relationships have lasted - or will last - but it will be fun as long as it lasts.
You should also study the art of conversation and cultivate it.
Give yourself a goal of talking to someone every day. Preferably someone unknown, but a neighbor is good, too. Or your family.
Talking to people and making friends is a skill like any, and it can be learned.
Flirting can be learned.
Keeping friends can be learned.
- getting a friend
- getting a BFF
- getting a girl friend
- getting a boy friend
- falling in love, having sex for the first time, getting married... if one wants to
Date a British / a French / an Italian
Date a foreign guy / ---an guy / guy with a beard or a mustache / a musician / a redhead
Date someone exciting but completely wrong for you
Go on a date with my significant other each month / take myself out on a date
Date a week / a month / a year / 15 months / 18 months / 21 months / 2 years / 3 years / 5 years
Date someone I meet at a wedding / at a bookstore / on match.com / on okcupid.com / on oneharmony.com
Date someone younger than me / someone older than me / someone completely wrong for me / my best friend / someone who says "I love you" first / someone I said "I love you" first / someone with whom I have a mutual, honest, mental connection
Go on 10 dates / a blind date / with someone from a dating website / with my first love / someone who is ---/ who isn’t --- (Christian…) / double date / with gay people /stargazing date / Valentine's Day date
Take risks and chances on love / relationships / dates
Going on a date is pretty free and harmless. You definitely should go.
You can find someone through internet dating or personal ads page, but I would recommend getting active in some fan activity in your town or neighborhood. I met my husband actually in Stockholm Tolkien Society, and I know there were a lot of couples who found each other that way. Not all of those relationships have lasted - or will last - but it will be fun as long as it lasts.
You should also study the art of conversation and cultivate it.
Give yourself a goal of talking to someone every day. Preferably someone unknown, but a neighbor is good, too. Or your family.
Talking to people and making friends is a skill like any, and it can be learned.
Flirting can be learned.
Keeping friends can be learned.
Also, get yourself hobbies.
You love reading, languages, writing, movies, certain tv series - you are not alone.
Go to http://www.meetup.com/ and find things you are interested in. Join a group. Go.
Give yourself a goal to join a new group every month and go at least once a month to a meeting, and talk to people.
Here's a couple of movies about finding good friends and creating a circle of best friends when adult.
Enchanted April
Jane Austen Book Club
The thing is that... let it go. Let it happen. Don't sweat.
Live and let the friends find themselves into your life.
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