Future Writers discussion

Hello! My name is Daniel (though my name shows up as D.). I'm going to try to help Connor out with this group. I hope to get to know all of you as best as I can and get involved in the discussions that take place here. Like Connor, I would like to see this group grow and for those of us already here to have a good time and learn a lot.

A little about me, if you don't mind. I am a graphic artist who draws and creates digital graphics as well. No pressure, but if you would like to see some of my work, you can by going to:

http://www.enupnion.com

And recently I became an author, too! My novel, The Dreamshift Chronicles, Broken Dreams, is now available on Amazon.com for both print and Kindle. This is my first novel and I am very excited! There was nothing like getting a copy of my own book and holding it in my hands for the first time! It's been quite an amazing learning process and, frankly, the learning is not finished yet. Not even close!

If you are interested, you can learn more about my novel right here on goodreads.

So, what about all of you? Who are you? If you are new or if you have never taken the time to introduce yourself, why not start now? You can use the Introductions folder just for that. :)

Hello Daniel! Thank you much! I'm sure you will be a great help! Nothing is better in a writing group than an author that helps run it!

Anyway, I am Connor, I'm 17 and I'm not a good writer, but I think I can give good criticism and I can be rather picky about spelling and grammar (mainly spelling, for I don't catch all grammatical errors).

If anyone has questions about the group or the mods, contact one of the moderators.

Thank you!

Hi Daniel!

Great to see a new face around here! :) And to have an author come help out in our group, too!

I'm Kirsten; I'm eighteen and a sophomore in college. I study Classics (Greek & Latin--language, culture, literature, &c.). I can't attest much to my writing skills except to say that my papers are well accepted by all of my professors so far. I'd like to be a better fiction writer, though! I can provide good criticism on spelling and grammar, and I'm an avid reader, so I like to think that I have a feel for how good stories should develop.

Anyways, that's all I can think of for now. I can promise that I'll be an active contributor and moderator in this group... except during midterms and finals. ;)

Thanks for the welcome! It's nice to (virtually) meet you. :)

Yep. I get busy, too. So I cannot always be here. I'll try my best, though.

I've wanted to learn Latin, but never had the time. I once had a book printed in 1495 (seriously!). It was the homilies of some pope (can't remember his name). The book was in fantastic condition (though the leather-over-wood cover was a bit worn eaten.

Hey guys!!! :)

My name is Adam (but most people on here refer to me as Adders) and I'm an artist/painter/sketcher/reading/witty/awesome/fun/SMART/an amateur writer/SMART/amateur graphic designer/editor of yearbook staff/president of a club/almost about to drive/epical/llama loving/Beatles, Nicki Minaj, Ke$ha fanatic/pretty cool dude kind of person and did i mention smart!?

Yeah, uh, that pretty much sums up how much of a cool person I am.. :)

Lol, Hi Adam! That was.... descriptive. I laughed at the llama loving part.

Yep I just tell the truth :)

Lol, is it all truth or some of it opinion? lol. I can't say I disagree with it, but... yeah! lol

^ add Narwhal loving and Ninja Llama* to that list

*Ninja Llama- referring to the pic I drew.. remember..?

Okay. Yeah, I think I remember. There's so much in my life I need to remember. :P

Yeah, but you need to remember important things like that!!

yeah, it's more important than my math homework! Silly me!


Math homework... Why am I bothering! Adam loves Narwhals!

Haha you guys. xD

Well, my mom kinda forced me to learn Latin till I was 16, then I decided it was totally awesome, started learning Greek, and now I'm addicted to ancient literature.... a slightly unusual thing to be obsessed with but hey, it's awesome! No accounting for taste, eh? :D

*waves* Hi Adam! Haven't seen you around in forever!! Mostly because I was busy falling over myself to get my 17 credits workload done. Hello summer!!

Yeah, you're obsessed with Greek, Latin, and Hebrew or something like that... It's a rather strange obsession, but I guess that's what makes you unique. ;)

κίρστεν (Kirsten who loves Greek :) wrote: "Haha you guys. xD

Well, my mom kinda forced me to learn Latin till I was 16, then I decided it was totally awesome, started learning Greek, and now I'm addicted to ancient literature.... a slight..."

Hi Kirsten... Honestly we haven't talked much.. at all really but that should change!! (I feel like a Facebook truth is moment)
And also, your lucky!!! I am still going to school >.<

Also: *waves back*

Connor wrote: "Yeah, you're obsessed with Greek, Latin, and Hebrew or something like that... It's a rather strange obsession, but I guess that's what makes you unique. ;)"

Haha thanks! I'm planning to do Hebrew, but I haven't done it yet. I'll tell you what, though; if you'd read bits of the New Testament in Greek, you'd probably be obsessed too. It's AWESOME. :D

☺Adam (アダム)★♪✌ wrote: "κίρστεν (Kirsten who loves Greek :) wrote: "Haha you guys. xD

Well, my mom kinda forced me to learn Latin till I was 16, then I decided it was totally awesome, started learning Greek, and now I'm..."

Noooope but I see you around a lot in Connor & Emily's groups. BTW, Ashby says hi to y'all. She's probs not coming back this summer. :(

☺Adam (アダム)★♪✌ wrote: "Hey guys!!! :)

My name is Adam (but most people on here refer to me as Adders) and I'm an artist/painter/sketcher/reading/witty/awesome/fun/SMART/an amateur writer/SMART/amateur graphic designer/e..."

how long did it take?

Oh yeah!

I'm Emily. I'm everything Adders is (xept Beatles, whatever, & Ke$sha fan), only I'm a bit smarter :P

κίρστεν (Kirsten who loves Greek :) wrote: "Connor wrote: "Yeah, you're obsessed with Greek, Latin, and Hebrew or something like that... It's a rather strange obsession, but I guess that's what makes you unique. ;)"

Haha thanks! I'm plannin..."

Aw, tell Ashby hi for me! If she does, just tell her to log in with her user name and password, even though the account is deleted. It should just come back up.

ooh cool!

Hey everyone! My novel, The Dreamshift Chronicles, is now available for the Kindle on Amazon. If you are an Amazon Prime member, you can get it for free! If not, it's $4.99. I hope you don't mind the shameless promotion, but I am excited to see my book out in print and electronically!

I'm perfectly fine with promotions. I get rather irritated at people who delete promotion posts because they're "spam." It seems disrespectful when the author went through all the work of writing it and everyone is just rude about it.

I plan on reading it btw. I have a lot to read first, but I will read it. I promise. :)

Is there a Kindle version?

Emily wrote: "Oh yeah!

I'm Emily. I'm everything Adders is (xept Beatles, whatever, & Ke$sha fan), only I'm a bit smarter :P"

Yeah right... *ahem* *brings up english grade*

It just so happens that I've never gotten a 'B' in a class before ever!!!!!!

^ I've always gotten an 'A' and I wish there was some way to prove it..

@Kristen:

Yep. There is a Kindle version. You can find it here:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Dreamshift-...

Thanks, Connor (both for wanting to read my book and for not being bothered by authors promoting their work). I appreciate it. :)

You're welcome! Somebody has to have sense enough to support authors on a book site!

Isn't that what Goodreads is for anyways? Well at least partly.

I'm waiting for my paycheck to come in. I don't get paid till two weeks from now. :( But I'm planning to buy a bunch of books for my Kindle. I'll bookmark that page! :D

hi!
I was writing a story for an English Project, when my sister told me that I write way too awkwardly. Which isn't very surprising, because I am really awkward too. So, I joined this group so I could improve. I'm not entirely sure how this group works, but I was wondering if I could perhaps have a mentor that could give me one-on-ones. If you would like to try to be mine, send me a message or something. I'll send you the story if you think you can stand my horrible writing skills.

Thank you so much for giving me a chance.

I'm not sure how this group is working yet either. I like your idea with one-on-one tutoring. I think that's great. I'm still thinking on how I want to run things and I got to delete a bunch of topics... So yeah.

Feel free to drop more suggestions!

Hiiii :) I'm not new but hi to all the new members ^.^

Hullo! Like I said on the other topic (and like Connor said) we're still working things out. We'd be happy to help, though!

If you feel brave enough to give in a shot, you could post your writing on here and we can all pitch in to give tips. If not, then no worries. I'm pretty protective of my writing too. ^^

I was bored today, so I wrote a couple of short poems. Please, feel free to check them out and yell at me for being awkward.

http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/3...
Also, this is my previously mentioned story:
http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/2...

Hi, I'm Shannon :D

I haven't really been active in this group much so I guess I'm like, a newbie but after my exams I'll try to make more of an effort to be active.

I love composing music and, when I can come up with ideas, writing stories XD

I am a total bookworm, my parents and friends tease me heaps about how I've "read most of the books in the library already" XD

If I stay up any later I might face plant in the keyboard so I'd better go.

Hello all. My name is Keshia, and my FIRST NOVEL will be published next year! (Pauses for Happy Dance!) I'm also a part-time copy editor for an awesome little YA press called Spencer Hill Press. If you write YA Fantasy/sci-fi/romance you should check them out. If you have questions about the press, my book, or really anything else, let me know!

Hi! Welcome to the group! :) What's your book called?

Hi Keshia! Awesome to have you in the group!! I second Emily's question. ;)

Oops. :) My Book is called Blood-Bound and it is a YA fantasy.

Haha not to worry! That's awesome that you're getting it published. :D

Hi thanks for joining the group! I'll have to get that on the list of books to read! :)

Connor wrote: "Hi thanks for joining the group! I'll have to get that on the list of books to read! :)"

You totally should. :) I'll let everyone know when its up on Goodreads!

Okay. :)

Hey there I know a few people from this group and thought it sounded interesting hence I joined.

Hi Jonathan! Thanks for joining. :)

hi.. im not new c;

Hi i'm Catherine, But I hate my name since its very generic. Adding that to my last name, which is Cruz, and you would find a 12 plus entries in the Philippines who had, has and will have the generic name, That is why I prefer the name Cat-cat or Clang. Nice to meet you all and I hope that you would read and critique my stories. I'm always fascinated by it, and my life is submerge to that wondrous world of stories dreams and endless possibilities.

HI my (virtual) Name is IzzyBee! I love writing and have won some awards for my creative ideas!

Hi Clang and IzzyBee! :D