escritorzuela

• First thing first, I'll link to my author's newsletter. I intend to update it about once every two months, or whenever I have important news. In it I also share some personal updates and recommendations.
• Last year, I shared a teaser for a a project of mine, "Underground Elysium", a quite sui generis dystopian novella featuring a misandrist vampire society. I hope to have a polished draft of the real thing in a few months; then, I'll see how I go about sharing feedback.
• My fandom username is laufire; you can find me in tumblr and in ao3. I likely won't be as active on the first in the upcoming year, but I want to continue my writing streak on the latter, where I recently published my 100th fic (!!!), after finally getting rid of all the prompts in my inbox ^^U. You can see them compiled here.

• Detective Comics Comics STILL has me in its clutches. It's terminal, I fear. I read mostly (and write exclusively) post-crisis/pre-reboot canon, though I dabbled in others (DCAU, Batman Returns, the Snyderverse, Batwoman s2... to name a few favourites). Jason Todd is the getaway drug into the rest, but my interests are expansive (other Bats, Arrows, Amazons, Suicide Squads, Talia, Catwoman...). Recently I finished reading all of new earth!Cass comics, and now I'm going through the highlights of Lady Shiva's appearances. During this month of January I also plan to do the same with Duke Thomas (about the one (1) thing I consider a vast improvement in the current continuity), and some key issues from Wonder Woman (1987).
• My own original stories. My stories are largely focused on female characters (and if there's romance, it's likely f/f). This year, and in the short and medium-long term, I'll be focused on my standalone ideas, leaving aside more expansive series. Other than Underground Elysium, the list of the most advanced ideas includes "Chasing Fanny" (pseudo noir story about a medium, a femme fatale, and a sob-sister wannabe reporter), "The Leech of Wonderland" (a cynic take on the historical romance genre involving a naïve young woman and a dangerous suitor), "A Child's Covenant" (a dark fairy tale about a survivor trying to find some temporary happiness before it's too late), "One Over Many" (my take on the "what if one day you woke up and all the men were gone" speculative subgenre), and "All About Eves" (magical realism + historical realism + time travel).

• Authors & Books: Ana María Matute, Angela Carter, "Beauty and the Beast" (Madame de VIlleneuve), Camilla Andrew ("The Essence of the Equinox", "The Sanguine Sorceress"), Catherynne M. Valente, "Carmilla", Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "Dangerous Liaisons", Daphne du Maurier, Devin Grayson, "El cordero carnívoro", Greg Rucka, Hope Mirrlees, "Hymn to Demeter", Judd Winick, Marjorie Liu, Mary Wollstoncraft Shelley, "Medea", Miguel Hernández, Philip Pullman, "Pygmalion", Shirley Jackson.
• Comics: outside of DC, I tend to go for Image Comics (Monstress, Paper Girls, Saga). I want to get more into Marvel, starting with returning to my Iron Man reading, and to begin on Black WIdow.
• Films: the Alien franchise, Black Swan, Blancanieves (2012), Colombiana, El verdugo, Jupiter Ascending, Lust Caution, Pan's Labyrinth, Practical Magic, The Handmaiden, The Lion in Winter, The Mask of Zorro, The Terminator.
• Musical artists: Aaliyah, Amistades Peligrosas, Amy Winehouse, Ani DiFranco, Antonio VIvaldi, Ariana Grande, Bear McCreary, Christopher Beck, Clint Mansell, Dessa, Ennio Morricone, Fiona Apple, FKA twigs, Florence + the Machine, Georges Bizet, Hole, Julie London, Kate Bush, Mariah Carey, Mägo de Oz, Mirel Wagner, Montserrat Caballé, Nancy Sinatra, Nina Simone, Peggy Seeger, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Queen, Richard Wagner, Serguéi Serguéievich Prokófiev, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Pretty Reckless, Tracy Chapman.
• Shows: the Buffyverse, the Plecverse, Black Sails, Desperate Housewives, Dollhouse, Killjoys, Nikita, Person of Interest, Reign, Scandal, Severance, Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Good Wife, The Wire, Underground, Veronica Mars.
• Others: art history, creative writing, photography, history & historiography, criminal and international law, orcas, owls...

• Authors & Books: Ana María Matute, Angela Carter, Camilla Andrew ("When the Stars Alight", "The Sanguine Sorceress"), "Carmilla", Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "Dangerous Liaisons", Daphne du Maurier, "El cordero carnívoro", "Hymn to Demeter", Mary Wollstoncraft Shelley, "Medea", Miguel Hernández, Philip Pullman, "Pygmalion", Shirley Jackson, Terry Pratchett.
• Comics: outside of DC, I tend to go for IDW (Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees), Image (Monstress, Paper Girls, Saga), and Iron Man (volumes 1 & 3, Doomquest/Legacy of Doom, Fatal Frontier, the current run).
• Films: the Alien franchise, Black Swan, Blancanieves (2012), Colombiana, El verdugo, Jupiter Ascending, Lust Caution, Pan's Labyrinth, Practical Magic, The Handmaiden, The Lion in Winter, The Mask of Zorro, The Terminator.
• Shows: the Buffyverse, the Plecverse, Black Sails, Desperate Housewives, Dollhouse, Killjoys, Nikita, Person of Interest, Reign, Severance, Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Sopranos, Veronica Mars.

In it I intend to post monthly updates (with excerpts, recommendations, etc.), as well as an extra publication with more in-depth narrative analysis over various topics and original short stories every month. You can take a look at that first entry, and see if it's something you'll be interested in!