It's A New Dawn, It's A New Day, It's A New Life For Me, And I'm Feeling...

[teddy_radiator]

I know what love is. It's in the next room, sweating over a sink of dishes other people have eaten on, just so I can sit here and type. I know what family is. It's people who knew me on dA and moved  or re-established contacts here just to stay in touch with me.

I know what friendship is. It's people who know me only by the name of a child's bunny rabbit, and care enough to make me welcome and encouraged and wanted. It's all of you. Amazing. I had almost 150 messages last night, and each and every one of them boiled down to "Welcome here, we want you to be part of the fun stuff we're doing." What a message to receive. 150 times.

Let me introduce myself to all of you who so warmly welcomed me to your community of friends. I'm Teddy Radiator, I'm from the South, and I'm a writer. I started out as an original erotic fiction writer. Then one day, a good friend and fellow perv told me to read  a fanfic. It was called "For The Potions Master's Amusement". I can see you smiling, you. Yeah, I know. It changed my life, and opened it to the possibilities of writing about characters I loved in a whole new light. You can't get much more "whole new life" than FTPMA,. now can't ya?

I stumbled onto dA(boo) and found an artist named Sempraseverus. I was captivated. She issued a challenge. She drew a beautiful picture and said, "Okay, here's your challenge. Write something about this." The result was Spellbreaker, which can be found here: http://www.sycophanthex.com/ashwinder/viewstory.php?sid=23944

Then came another, inspired by one of the songwriter friends of mine named Jay Wright (I was at a meeting of songwriter's with him when dA chloroformed my account) and it became As Morning Falls. If you'd like to read it, it's here: http://www.sycophanthex.com/ashwinder/viewstory.php?sid=23997

I have others, but I don't want to sound like some sort of gushing swot (I hear you laughing, Sempra angel), but suffice to say that I have a Muse I love. Like Mimi, my Muse comes to me and whispers in my ear. Usually about 5:30 in the morning, he slips into bed behind me, between me and a very tolerant Hubs and has his wicked way with me. And when he does, I write.

I also have an original work of fiction called Her Minder, but I don't have it on any other forum at the moment. If you can suggest a good place for it, I'll post it. It's something I'm very proud of, and I'd welcome your opinions on it.

Thanks for letting me blather. I promise I won't be so verbose in future. Well, not as. Maybe.

And thanks for allowing someone  named after a child's bunny to become part of your community.

Comments

[mimimanderly.livejournal.com]

Is THAT what your name is all about?! I had no idea... I always meant to ask you how you came by your moniker!

I have heard that "people succeed in groups." I don't know if it's true in ALL cases, but I have certainly found it to be the case. When my friends do well, I tend to do well also. It's not a matter of anyone riding on anyone else's coattails... it's more of a case that people seem to want to share their good fortune with their friends, and so they are always willing to help out... to suggest sites of interest, or challenges, or just lend a hand or an ear (or some other body part!) Success breeds success....

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

A friend of the Hubs' gave his two children each a bunny, and told them that they could name their bunny anything they wanted. The little girl immediately said, "Fluffy!", but her younger brother went away and pondered it, and came back the next day and said he'd decided to name his rabbit after his two favourite things in his room.

I have always thought it kinda pitiful than one of the boy's favourite things would be the heating system, but it's a true story.

When we were playing in a pub band in the UK, I was the only gel in the group, and they all had silly nicknames. The Hubs was called The Bassman, the guitarist was El Tel, the drummer Monkey Boy, the sax player was Dickie the Dungeon Master (he was anything but!), and I said I'd be Teddy Radiator, and it stuck!

Plus, it's about 900 times more interesting than my real name. Even the Hubs, doing his best Mr. Rickman imitation (he's not bad), can't make my name sound sexy. so Teddy I is!

[mimimanderly.livejournal.com]

I thought that perhaps it was your husband's pet name for you; that you're cuddly, like a teddy bear, and warm like a radiator. LOL... Aliases never are that easily explained, are they?

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Gosh! I wish I'd have thought of that!! I do tend to think of myself as very cuddly, and I'm having my first bouts of hot flashes, so....

I actually like your explanation better. I'm going to use it from now on lol!