Writers and Readers discussion

Wow! You have a number of ebooks out. Very cool.Checked out your website.

And the stills! Beautiful. I'm very impressed.

And thanks for "friending" me. Friends are good.

Hopefully we'll talk soon. It's almost 2am here, so I'll have to say goodnight. Nite.

Daniel wrote: "And thanks for "friending" me. Friends are good."

Too right! Feel free to pinch any interesting groups from my page. :) Georgina.

Daniel wrote: "Hopefully we'll talk soon. It's almost 2am here, so I'll have to say goodnight. Nite."

9pm here. Night to you.

A.F. wrote: "Cecilia wrote: "Hi all, I'm Cecilia. I'm currently working on my dark urban fantasy. My Contemporary Romance Novella Truly, Madly, Deeply, You, will be released on March 21st by Inkspell Publishing..."

Thank you, A.F.

Georgina wrote: "I'm Georgina, a reader and a writer."

Hey Georgina, welcome. :)

Cecilia wrote: "Georgina wrote: "I'm Georgina, a reader and a writer."

Hey Georgina, welcome. :)"

Hi Cecilia!

Oh my goodness, there's a lot to catch up on in this group!

Well, hello all. My name is Mia Darien and I'm a stay-at-home wife and mother, lunatic writer, spastic reader and self-published author. (There's a theme to this, I know it.) I write all kinds of genre fiction and I read all kinds of it, too.

Some day, I want to write a book on "Self-promotion and Social Media for the Socially Anxious & Phobic"... once I figure it out myself! So, I'm slowly going to try to learn my way around here and join in as my courage allows. :)

Hello, all! This is my first day on Goodreads! I'm pretty excited to be in a place where everyone reads and I can learn about new books. I read nonfiction and I'm currently reading books on writing and publishing. They are so interesting to read!

I'm also a writer - very much so, actually - and an author. I love to write! I've self-published three books in print and ebook formats. I'm also writing two books at the moment.

Follow me on my author blog if you're interested in learning more. Writing and reading is my life! Glad to be here!

Daniel wrote: "And the stills! Beautiful. I'm very impressed."

And thank you, Daniel. I didn't see this post until now. :) Georgina.

Hi to Mia and Christine too!

Hello, Georgina, Mia and Christina. I'm in charge of this asylum, uh, group and I'd like to say welcome to you all.

Thanks for the welcomes! :)

Thanks for the welcomes, Georgina and A.F.

Cecilia wrote: "Hi all, I'm Cecilia. I'm currently working on my dark urban fantasy. My Contemporary Romance Novella Truly, Madly, Deeply, You, will be released on March 21st by Inkspell Publishing. I read, review..."

Cecilia wrote: "A.F. wrote: "Cecilia wrote: "Hi all, I'm Cecilia. I'm currently working on my dark urban fantasy. My Contemporary Romance Novella Truly, Madly, Deeply, You, will be released on March 21st by Inkspe..."

Hey, Cecilia. Thought I'd say "Hi!" I'm excited for your March launch. Congratulations. I also wanted to ask you how far you are on your new dark urban fantasy. I'm almost done with something along those lines, although focused primarily on the urban-Hispanic subculture.

I'll be the first to buy when it's out, and I'll be looking out for Truly, Madly, Deeply, You in March.

I was also interested in hearing more about the way your handling you urban fantasy and if you were drawing from personal experience. I know I am. Plus, it’s exciting to know there’s a good market for this kind of genre. And exciting to be able to congratulate you. Glad to meet you.

Christine wrote: "Hello, all! This is my first day on Goodreads! I'm pretty excited to be in a place where everyone reads and I can learn about new books. I read nonfiction and I'm currently reading books on writing..."

And Christine. New to this so I'll say "Hey!" and glad to meet you.

Cecilia wrote: "A.F. wrote: "Cecilia wrote: "Hi all, I'm Cecilia. I'm currently working on my dark urban fantasy. My Contemporary Romance Novella Truly, Madly, Deeply, You, will be released on March 21st by Inkspe..."

I read your Soul Collector excerpt. Love your tight descriptive style. I'm impressed.

Thanks, Daniel! Nice to meet you, too.

Daniel wrote: "Cecilia wrote: "Hi all, I'm Cecilia. I'm currently working on my dark urban fantasy. My Contemporary Romance Novella Truly, Madly, Deeply, You, will be released on March 21st by Inkspell Publishing..."
Hi Daniel, Thank you. It's great to meet you too. :)

I'm really glad to know you enjoyed reading Soul Collector excerpt. I have to say I'm having too much fun writing it as well. I had set it aside to work on Truly Madly, but now that is over and done with, I'm back on SC with gusto. I hope to complete it before April then send it to my editor.

Yes. Some of the scenes are drawn from personal experience. I work as an assistant nurse,so the experience came in handy in this story.
You are right. There's a good market for this genre. Yours sounds interesting. mmh when I think about it, I've never read stories focused on Urban-Hispanic subculture. That's cool! Would love to read this when it's out. :)
Please do let me know how you are fairing on with your story.

Greetings, fellow readers and writers! My name is Mari Mann and I'm the author of Parisian by Heart. Looking forward to reading and writing here in this group.

Cheers!

Mari wrote: "Greetings, fellow readers and writers! My name is Mari Mann and I'm the author of Parisian by Heart. Looking forward to reading and writing here in this group.

Che..."

Welcome to the group, Mari.

Mari wrote: "Greetings, fellow readers and writers! My name is Mari Mann and I'm the author of Parisian by Heart. Looking forward to reading and writing here in this group.

Che..."

Hi Mari. :) Georgina.

Welcome, Winifred

Welcome to all new people. :) It can be very overwhelming, but taking it one step at a time helps.

Hi!

I write as W. R. A. Lewis, but my friends call me Ray. I use my initials because there's another, very large, Ray Lewis also in the Baltimore/DC area who might not want me in his Google searches.

I write 7,000 - 10,000 word stories. Two are illustrated and for kids of all ages. One is text only and is a spoof of pulp detective stories.

All three are in the Kindle store where I have an author's page. I requested one here, but haven't received the email yet.

W. R. A. wrote: "Hi!

I write as W. R. A. Lewis, but my friends call me Ray. I use my initials because there's another, very large, Ray Lewis also in the Baltimore/DC area who might not want me in his Google search..."

Welcome to the group, Ray.

Carroll wrote: "Hey guys, I just want to thank A.F., Amy and Mhairi for allowing me to be a part of this awesome group!

But I am leaving Goodreads in the next few months. If you want to know why, you will have ..."

Carroll, I read your blog post, and I understand why you've come to this decision, but I want you to know you are always welcome here. I'm just sorry I didn't know about your problems sooner, I would have offered to help with the interviews and reviews.

grisly poem-nonpoem on that blog
no images
no metaphors
no rhythm in the lines quoted
but why does leaving goodreads have anything to do with that?
rj ray

Hi all -- I've just joined this group but haven't explored it yet. I've been writing for a long time. I published a crime novel and some 25 stories before I decided to segue into artists books about 1990. I have some 16 books online http://ocotilloarts.com and a blog http://ocotilloarts.com/blog where I have been recently experimenting with serializing novels and showing visual poems as well as discursive pieces on writing and making books. You're welcome to download anything on the website. Most are pdf with the visuals, some text-only, a few e-books. Currently I'm about to submit a ms on the detective genre called The Figure Of the Detective. You're welcome to that, too, though it's deliberately not the current version. Let me know what you think.

Charles wrote: "Hi all -- I've just joined this group but haven't explored it yet. I've been writing for a long time. I published a crime novel and some 25 stories before I decided to segue into artists books abou..."

Welcome to the group Charles.
If you need any help finding your way around there's a Group Navigation Folder posted here:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/7...

Hello, Im Cassie and my passion is reading. I do write on the side and one day hope to write a book but right now I just do reviews of books I read. Please let me know if you would like to guest post :)
If you like paranormal or YA please stop by :)
http://shadowkissedcassie.blogspot.com/

Cassie wrote: "Hello, Im Cassie and my passion is reading. I do write on the side and one day hope to write a book but right now I just do reviews of books I read. Please let me know if you would like to guest po..."

Hi, Cassie and welcome.

Hello and welcome to both Charles and Cassie. :)

My name is Tracy Allen. I have not published any books yet, but I want to. Just looking for any helpful hints, tricks of the trade, and thoughts as to how to get started in the business. I mean, I know write of course, but other then that. I have written lots of short stories, poetry and am trying to write a book.

Thanks ahead.
Tracy

Tracy wrote: "My name is Tracy Allen. I have not published any books yet, but I want to. Just looking for any helpful hints, tricks of the trade, and thoughts as to how to get started in the business. I mean, I ..."

Welcome Tracy.

Hira wrote: "Hi I'm Hira, I'm a writer- more like a poet but I write short stories sometimes. I'm also in the middle of writing my book  I am who I am do check it out. And I love to read!"

Hi, Hira and welcome. It's nice to have another poet in the group.

Hira wrote: "Thank you. Are you a poet as well?"

Yes, I have a couple of poetry books that I published independently.

Hira wrote: "Awsome! I would like to read them sone time. I love poetry."

I've got some excepts posted on my profile:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Hi everyone!

I am Rob and both a reader and a writer. I have about 5 different projects going right now but I am currently working on just two manuscripts. One is a full novel (fantasy) and the other is a novella (ghosts related). I am already making notes for NanoWrimo and that will be a contemporary piece about a college student who gets diagnosed with something soon after starting school and it unleashes a lot of secrets and emotions. I am also a goodreads author:)

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Rob wrote: "Hi everyone!

I am Rob and both a reader and a writer. I have about 5 different projects going right now but I am currently working on just two manuscripts. One is a full novel (fantasy) and the ot..."

Welcome to the group, Rob.

Hello everyone.

My name is Wilfredo Rodriguez and I'm an alcoholic. Wait... no, wrong group.

I'm currently rewriting my first novel and it's been an very humbling experience. Until I finish that, I won't even pretend to be a 'writer'. I wanted to join a good dynamic group that could give me some advice and perhaps some light cheering.

I'm also trying to be a better reader, if that makes sense. I'm a bit ashamed to admit it, but I'm a horribly slow reader. I would love to know the freaking secret to speed reading. Unless it just means I'm stupid. If it's that, just leave a smiley face. My puny inferior brain will understand. Seriously, I need to speed up my reading or I'm gonna end up finishing the Stand on my deathbed. Any ideas? Suggestions?

Wilfredo wrote: "Hello everyone.

My name is Wilfredo Rodriguez and I'm an alcoholic. Wait... no, wrong group.

I'm currently rewriting my first novel and it's been an very humbling experience. Until I finish tha..."

Hello Wilfredo, and welcome to the group.

Hi, I'm Kirsty. I've been writing a lot, none of it yet focused enough to finish, and I work as an editorial assistant so I get to read a LOT, which I love. Also an avid reader in my spare time.

Kirsty wrote: "Hi, I'm Kirsty. I've been writing a lot, none of it yet focused enough to finish, and I work as an editorial assistant so I get to read a LOT, which I love. Also an avid reader in my spare time."

Hello, Kirsty and welcome.

Hello My name is Ann Lee I love to read as much as I love to write. I am the author of "Human Property Hanging in the Family Tree Yields a Harvest" and "Code of Silence the Andre Coppage Story."

Ann wrote: "Hello My name is Ann Lee I love to read as much as I love to write. I am the author of "Human Property Hanging in the Family Tree Yields a Harvest" and "Code of Silence the Andre Coppage Story.""

Welcome to the group, Ann.

Welcome to all the new folks joining in. I'm kind of behind on my welcomes. ^_^

Hey Everyone,

My name is Jason Baldwin-Stephens and I recently self-published Days Like These. Looking forward to getting to know everyone here.

Jason wrote: "Hey Everyone,

My name is Jason Baldwin-Stephens and I recently self-published Days Like These. Looking forward to getting to know everyone here."

Hi, Jason, and welcome to the group.