About Me

[rietta89]

 I have been meaning to write an Actual Post for a while now, but for various reasons ranging from 'life getting in the way' to 'crippling social anxiety', I... haven't. So I guess the first thing to know about me is that I am the most socially awkward person on the planet. Why then am I finally writing this post? Because fandom people are an awesome, supportive bunch, worth being brave for. Hello, lovely people!

If you're reading this post, you probably found me through Biggles. I've written a fair bit for that fandom since I tripped head over heels into it during a very bleak spell in 2019, and I've also posted quite a bit since joining AO3 last November. You can expect more than a few Biggles-related posts, and probably an exchange letter or ten (AO3 fic exchanges are addictive; can confirm.) I'm also Rietta89 over there if you feel the urge to scope out my fic or get sucked into an exchange 😉

Biggles is my main fandom at the moment, but I am always ready to babble enthusiastically about Enid Blyton, The Chalet School, Doctor Who, and vintage detective literature, so be prepared for the occasional post about those to slip in.

What else am I likely to post about? Books I'm reading; things I'm watching; music I'm listening to. Occasionally places I've been, but I am a self-confessed homebody, so those probably won't occur often. I also enjoy crafting in the spare time I have left between writing, sleeping, working, and being a slave to my dog, so expect a few craft photos too.

If you're still reading at the end of all that, thank you, and please feel free to say hello in the comments. I'll figure out all the settings and how to follow people and things soon, I promise!

Comments

[philomytha]

Hello and welcome!

While I’ve known some of the books since childhood, I also tripped and fell headlong into the series as a fandom when life was being difficult a couple of years ago, there’s something very comforting about the books, I think.

[rietta89]

Thank you!

I totally agree about the comfort level; I actually had precisely one of the books (Investigates) as a child and loved it, and it was comfort-reading that which caused me to fall into the fandom. I remember finishing it and thinking, "he wrote a few more of these, didn't he?" I wasn't quite expecting 'a few' to be nearly a hundred! 😂