Tamsyn Muir
| Name: | Tamsyn Muir |
| Also Known As: | urbanAnchorite |
| Occupation: | fan writer (retired), professional author |
| Medium: | Novell |
| Works: | The Locked Tomb |
| Official Website(s): | urbanAnchorite at AO3 t_ZM at AO3 urbanAnchorite at Tumblr tazmuir at Tumblr tazmuir at Twitter |
| Fan Website(s): | |
| On Fanlore: | Related pages |
Tamsyn Muir is a Kiwi writer[note 1] of SFF and horror fiction. Her debut series is The Locked Tomb quadrilogy. She has identified herself as urbanAnchorite, a BNF fic writer in Homestuck fandom,[1] and says she is "a fandom knucklehead from old times." Her partner is paraTactician, another Homestuck BNF.[2][3]
She moved from her fandom blog to her professional blog tazmuir in 2015.[4]
She has often collaborated, in fandom, with other Homestuck BNFs: roachpatrol, Shelby Cragg, and Jennifer Giesbrecht to name a few.
Interviews
She was interviewed for the article What Fan Fiction Teaches That the Classroom Doesn’t ([1]) as an author with a fanfic-writing background.
She held a Reddit AMA[5] following the release of Harrow the Ninth.
She was interviewed for the Kotaku article How Japanese RPGs Inspired A New Generation Of Fantasy Authors[6] in which she spoke about how the JRPGs of the 1990s was a huge influence in her work. Of Gideon the Ninth, she said: "[The] central conceit, the cavalier-necromancer duo, can definitely be looked at as a reworking of the JRPG fighter-mage dichotomy. Gideon even begins the book by leaving her bed [a reference to the openings of so many JRPGs]."
Discussion
- The Story of Tamsyn Muir, Her Fanfiction and One Bookblogger’s Purity Crusade, Archived version by MoonlightofTethys (Reddit, October 2021)
Example Works
- Marchingstuck and Promstuck by urbanAnchorite and Cephied_Variable, illustrated by schellibie
- Hemostuck by roachpatrol and urbanAnchorite, a Bloodswap fic
- The Serendipity Gospels by urbanAnchorite and schellibie
- A Hymn of Empire
- BL4CK HOL3, green 2un by urbanAnchorite and schellibie
- The Last Hearing Of Gamzee Makara by urbanAnchorite and schellibie
- Slave Bear of Care-A-Lot
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Notes
- ^ Kiwi, derived from the homonymous bird native to the archipelago, is a common self-reference used by New Zealanders, generally viewed as a symbol of pride and affection, it is also used internationally to refer them.
References
- ^ jessikast asked to tazmuir (2019-10-22). "Hi! You've mentioned several times in interviews..." Tumblr. Archived from the original on 2022-08-02.
- ^ canon confirmed by paraTactician, Nov 9, 2014
- ^ Oct 29, 2014
- ^ stepping off hiatus NOT DEAD July 13, 2015
- ^ Aug 5, 2020. I'm Tamsyn Muir, author of HARROW THE NINTH, second book of the Locked Tomb trilogy. AMA!
- ^ Jul 17, 2019. How Japanese RPGs Inspired A New Generation Of Fantasy Authors by Aidan Moher.
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