Writers and Readers discussion

Hi. My name's Dana and I used to be a huge reader and trying to find more time for it again. I'm also a professional copywriter and trying to branch off into fiction. I've written a middle-grade novel for which I'm seeking an agent and the first episode of a sci-fi/romance serial that I'm publishing for Kindle. Looking forward to chatting with everyone.

D.m. wrote: "Hi. My name's Dana and I used to be a huge reader and trying to find more time for it again. I'm also a professional copywriter and trying to branch off into fiction. I've written a middle-grade no..."

Welcome Dana, I hope you enjoy our group.

Lydia - welcome! And I think writing truly is addicting, I hope we see something in print from you soon!

Dana - welcome to you as well! Good luck with the agent search, and don't forget to share a link with us to the Kindle book! :)

Hello :D My name is Angela. I've been doing non fiction for a variety of publications since the late 90's. I've just recently published my first fictional book a week ago, called End of Mae.

I'm trying to go around and network, and find readers intrested in reviewing my book, and am also interested in doing reviews for my blog, dandilyonfluff.com.

I'm interested in what's going on over here, feel free to hit me up for anything. Cheers! Angela

Angela wrote: "Hello :D My name is Angela. I've been doing non fiction for a variety of publications since the late 90's. I've just recently published my first fictional book a week ago, called End of Mae.
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Welcome Angela, it's great to see you here.

It's been taking me awhile but coming to explore over here has been on my list of important things to do for a few days now... thank you for the welcome.

Hiya Angela! This is a great place to be, and if you are looking for a group with TONS of eager reviewers, go check out my other group, "Creative Reviews" here on GoodReads!

http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/4...

It is super fun there too!! :)

Thanks for the welcome! Going there now...

Hello everyone. I'm Pamela Kay Noble Brown and the author of "Revelations", a Christian Fiction Romance.

Even for a Christian woman, life and love is not always happiness and light. But will Melanie take a chance to love and trust again, or simply walk away?

Find out in "Revelations". You won't be able to put it down. Read your free sample online at http://www.kindleboards.com/book/?asi... . And to all, have a great weekend.

Pamela Kay Noble Brown

Everyone please excuse the multiple posts. I'm new to the group and trying to figure out how to get an auther image and book link to appear. Just testing.

Pamela Kay wrote: "Hello everyone. I'm Pamela Kay Noble Brown and the author of "Revelations", a Christian Fiction Romance.

Even for a Christian woman, life and love is not always happiness and light. But will M..."

Welcome Pamela, to the group. Be sure to add your book to the bookshelf and to our Books Folder.

Pamela Kay wrote: "Pamela Kay Noble Brown

Everyone please excuse the multiple posts. I'm new to the group and trying to figure out how to get an auther..."

You you have any questions about anything feel free to ask.

Great to have you here, Pamela!!

Thank you for the link to your book! :)

A.F. and Amy. Thanks so much for the welcome. I'm happy to be here.

Hi, my name is Splitter and I'm an a....wait, wrong group :).

So just, "hello!"

Great forum for a lurker like me.

C.S. wrote: "Hi, my name is Splitter and I'm an a....wait, wrong group :).

So just, "hello!"

Great forum for a lurked like me."

HAHA! Great to see you here as well! Welcome!!

Splitter, that made me laugh but now I want to know what you are... "I'm an a...." An attorney... adam ant fan...artichoke...?

Hello Ken, I've been enjoying reading all your questions for Carroll!

While I liked Adama Ant in his pop days, I am no Goody Two Shoes :)

Splitter

Why hello Ken, great to see you here! Hope you enjoy the group! :)

Maybe a Prince Charming then ;p

I've been enjoying all the good questions and answers. This was my first author Q&A and it was really fun!

Ken wrote: "Angela wrote: "Hello Ken, I've been enjoying reading all your questions for Carroll!"

Thanks Angela. I just wanted to have an interesting Q & A portion where the author's response to the questio..."

Guess I neglected to post a "Hello"
So, Hell-O.
My name is Marc Johnson and in between my bouts with chemical dependance I am a self-published writer and all around worker of words. My first book, Becoming, has been described as a profound pile of audacity or an audaciously profound pile. I always forget which.

Name:Ivan J Torres
Age:32
Country:USA
Hobbies:Music, writing, reading and movies
How you found this group:Shelfari
Other:I am the author of The Nine Orders.

Marc wrote: "Guess I neglected to post a "Hello"
So, Hell-O.
My name is Marc Johnson and in between my bouts with chemical dependance I am a self-published writer and all around worker of words. My first book..."

Hi, Marc and a belated welcome to the group.

Nice to meet you, Ivan, glad you could join us.

Hiya, Marc!! Glad to see you here!! Long time no see!! :)

Ivan, great to have you here too, take a look around and have yourself a tad bit 'o fun!!

Amy wrote: "Hiya, Marc!! Glad to see you here!! Long time no see!! :)

Ivan, great to have you here too, take a look around and have yourself a tad bit 'o fun!!"

Thanks!

Hi everyone, my name is Misty and I found this group while browsing different groups for readers and writers. I think this group is just perfect to get feedback for my story "Arise" that is if you guys are interested. Well can't wait to hear from you guys.

Misty wrote: "Hi everyone, my name is Misty and I found this group while browsing different groups for readers and writers. I think this group is just perfect to get feedback for my story "Arise" that is if you ..."

Welcome to the group, Misty and Patrick.
Feel free to post your stories in the Reading Nook or post links to them in the Critiques folder.

A. F. wrote: "Misty wrote: "Hi everyone, my name is Misty and I found this group while browsing different groups for readers and writers. I think this group is just perfect to get feedback for my story "Arise" t..."

I'd be sure to do that, I really want some feedback.

Hello to Patrick and Misty, always great to see new faces in the group!!

Another group that AF and I are both in is Creative Reviews. There are loads of people there who are ALWAYS looking for great new books to read and review!

http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/4...

Hello,

I'm Dan, currently typing from Maastricht in the Netherlands. I'm a biomedical researcher at Maastricht University where I study all the slimy stuff on the inside of your veins and arteries. I'm from New England, most recently Boston. I have a love/fear relationship with books, as good novels suck me in and trap my brain until I finish them. I'm sure many of you know the feeling, open a book after dinner and the next thing you know its 2 in the morning. :D

My sister gave us a kindle for christmas this past year and suddenly all these english language books are at my finger tips. I adore it and I've read more books in the past six months than I have in five years. My tastes run the gamut of scifi and fantasy, although my current favorite series is the Dresden Files.

I'm a writer/creator myself and my current on going project is comic entitled: Walking the Lethe Volume One you can also read it on the web at: http://walkingthelethe.com

Daniel wrote: "Hello,

I'm Dan, currently typing from Maastricht in the Netherlands. I'm a biomedical researcher at Maastricht University where I study all the slimy stuff on the inside of your veins and arterie..."

Welcome to the group, Daniel.

Great to have you here, Daniel!!! I have seen where the e-readers have really brought back some people to reading that have taken a break from it for quite some time. I love my e-reader, but I still love the physical books more!! (I'm a dork)

It's great that you are doing your own thing now as well! There is another group out there that will be happy to have you if you are looking for people to read and review your works once you have them completed! http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/4...

There are loads of wonderful resources and fun things to do in both groups! I hope you find them as useful and exciting as we all do!! :)

Hi everyone :)

I'm Anne-Mhairi and I'm a reader and a writer, currently doing more reading than writing if I'm perfectly honest, but I'll be releasing my first novel on 25th August!

I write fantasy, mostly YA, and there's always a fair bit of blood and magic involved. I'm also a huge fan of dragons and unicorns :D

Looking forward getting to know everyone, I'm feeling rather overwhelmed by Goodreads, there seem to be a billion people out there, but I'm sure I'll get to know you all sooner or later :D

Anne-Mhairi wrote: "Hi everyone :)

I'm Anne-Mhairi and I'm a reader and a writer, currently doing more reading than writing if I'm perfectly honest, but I'll be releasing my first novel on 25th August!

I write f..."

Welcome, Anne-Mhairi.

Hello again, Anne!!
And so you know, I like you even more now. I have an obsession with dragons. I even have a fairly large dragon tattoo on my back. LOVE THEM!!

Oh dragons ROCK!!! My worlds (yup, there's two of them - if things go really wrong there'll be three) have really BIG dragons. My heroine gets to ride the biggest one - he's her only friend before the story starts :D He's got four horns, likes having his muzzle scratched and can heal wounds with magic.

Love the idea of the tattoo!! I've got an ankh (key of life) on my back - how big is your dragon? Is it flying, breathing fire...?

My dragon is about six inches by six inches on my lower back. It's the top of the dragon with it's wings spread out, and the body morphs into some tribal designs at the bottom...it's pretty kick a@#!! I also have a tattoo of pixie on my left arm...she is adorable. I actually had a friend who like my pixie tat so much he made me a wooden wall plaque that he carved himself of her for me!

I love everything to do with ancient Egypt, so I love the ankh tat! That is fantastic! And I also have two worlds that I actually try to live in - the second one I uncreatively named Amy-land. There are no politics allowed in Amy-land and people are required to carry magic wands and own a dragon.

Hahahahahaha Amy-land sounds AWESOME!!! And so does the dragon!!!

I have to have magic in my stories - what's the point of being able to make stuff up if there's no magic?

Hi all!
Joined a couple days ago, thanks to Amy :)
I'm a teenage bookworm. I'm also a technology addict, for everything except books (for which I have to have a physical copy). I'm old-school like that. Like writing (amateurish) reviews.

I wrote a couple of (not bad) short stories in 5th and 6th grade, but lost my imagination in high school, so no writing for me.

Great to see you in here as well, Ana!! We have fun in here as well! :)


And Anne-Mhairi - Amy-land is one of my most favoritest (I made that word up) places to be. And magic really does exist. I know it does!!

Anagha wrote: "Hi all!
Joined a couple days ago, thanks to Amy :)
I'm a teenage bookworm. I'm also a technology addict, for everything except books (for which I have to have a physical copy). I'm old-school like ..."

Welcome to our group, Anagha.

Anagha wrote: "Hi all!
Joined a couple days ago, thanks to Amy :)
I'm a teenage bookworm. I'm also a technology addict, for everything except books (for which I have to have a physical copy). I'm old-school like ..."

Welcome! Please write all the reviews you can. You will see that as you write them, your style will improve. Independent reviewers like yourself are critical to the success of many independent and small published authors.

I hope that you will make the jump to electronically transmitted works as well. Many classics are available electronically from sites like Gutenberg for free. Other out of print works are being reissued electronically and would not be available in print even in the largest libraries. While I am by no means suggesting you abandon your print works, I am suggesting that there are other works you might like that are only available electronically which you can read on your computer.

I checked out your profile and I am thrilled that you have chosen to join us and I look forward to your posts.

Bob Cherny

Robert wrote: Welcome! Please write all the reviews you can. You will see that as you write them, your style will improve. Independent reviewers like yourself are critical to the success of many independent and small published authors. I hope that you will make the jump to electronically transmitted works as well..."

Thanks!! It's not that I can't read books on my computer. I just get distracted easily. I read a couple pages and think, Hey, while I'm on here, why don't I check my email? Or Facebook? And soon, I'm doing something completely different...

Hi everyone, my name's Robert and I'm a writer from London. I recently published my first novel, a dark comedy called The Cambridge List. I'm looking forward to getting to know the group!

Welcome, Robert from London!! Do you find it as cool to live in London as I imagine it is??

Hi Amy. The part of London I live in is crowded, noisy and almost completely bereft of greenery. Though having said that, it's my natural habitat, so I quite enjoy it! :)

Whereabout are you from?

I live in the Midwest in Illinois. It's nothing but a bunch of farmland, but very close to a big city. So it isn't crowded or noisy where I live, but after a short drive, I can get in as big of a crowd as I would like! :)

Sounds like the best of both. There's a withered tree a few streets away from me, but I don't think that counts... :)

Amy wrote: "Great to see you in here as well, Ana!! We have fun in here as well! :)


And Anne-Mhairi - Amy-land is one of my most favoritest (I made that word up) places to be. And magic really does exist. ..."

YAY for the magic!!!