The Writers' Network! discussion

Hi William. Thanks for inviting me. What is your book called? I'd like to check it out :) I'm currently in the middle of my book too.

Sounds interesting! I'll purchase it on my Kindle as soon as I finish reading my current book (I'll let you know when I'm about to buy it :D ) I haven't decided on a name for my book yet but I'm in the middle of writing it and just finished the research, planning, character outlines etc. :)

Hello ever'one! I'm Sarah. :D

Heyyy!

'Sup?

Hey, umm all?

William wrote: "Thanks, Lacrimosa, that's brilliant!
That's great about your book, can you say what sort of thing it is?"

It has to do with a curse that runs down the bloodline of all sons born in one family because of a murder of a man's daughter. You'll see. I should b able to get it published by the beginning of next year. I'll tell you guys as soon as I do :)

Sarah (Antique Angel) wrote: "'Sup?"

Hellloooo! I happen to be... Eating a cheesecake at the moment!

Lacrimosa Wolfe wrote: "Sarah (Antique Angel) wrote: "'Sup?"

Hellloooo! I happen to be... Eating a cheesecake at the moment!"

HEYYY!!!! I LOVE cheesecake!!!!

I am so jealous of you right now Lacrimsoa Wolfe!

Sarah (Antique Angel) wrote: "I am so jealous of you right now Lacrimsoa Wolfe!"

Hehehe, I'm not eating it anymore, sadly. I finished it off the other day!! But yeah, I LUVVVVV cheesecake too!

:D

I love cherries on top too!

Hello! (I followed William over from Devil's Advocate :~P)
Just wanted to say hi :~D

Hello Everyone :)

Good to meet you all! You might enjoy a few free chapters from my new supernatural thriller, NORTHMAN http://wp.me/s24Exb-northman. Out this month. Lock your doors.

Or, how about three free dark tales? On my blog: http://wp.me/p24Exb-4k We’ve also got berserk Vikings, dead robins, psycho cats, mad authors, fat controllers...

Good to meet you!

JD

Hello William!

Found this group while perusing good reads, nice place you all have here :)

Anyway, like many I am an aspiring new author. I write in many genre, but so far have been published for a horror shortstory at Horrorbound Online magazine, and my first published novel, "The Goldenwealth Light" -- a YA fantasy piece with a Neverending Story flavor that's currently available in paperback from Amazon or digital formats for kindle.

At any rate, thanks for creating this group. I hope I end up having something worthwhile to contribute.

www.ordonline.net (Shameless self-book promotion -- I just can't resist.)

Nice site Scott, and your book looksreally interesting too.
Looking forward to chatting with you :~)

Thanks William!

Thanks Victoria for the welcome and the vote of confidence. I'm hoping to do a free kindle version promotion soon to hopefully drum up some interest. I hope it goes well!

Hi everyone, I just joined the group. I'm an aspiring author, I've just self-published my first novel and currently trying to muster up the discipline to start on a second one.

Hi!! I'm Numey. Currently working on a fantasy tale... and poems. :)

Hiya! I'm Djinn. I have two sci-fi fantasy romance books currently published. They are a bit on the simplistic side. :) But I like em. My third is currently at the editor and I have started on a fourth.

Words are awesome Brandon!

I'm Timothy. I write fantasy for younger audiences and crime-focused fiction for older audiences. I've only been published twice in two vanity press ezines. Other than that, I'm trying to buckle down and finish a final draft of a middle-grade novel. I also do performance/spoken word/slam poetry, and my friends and I are self-publishing a book of our work.

Greetings all!

I have to agree, Brandon. Creating a work of literature is just as valid an artform as painting with a brush. You're simply painting with words instead. It really does feel more like a craft or a sculpture when you really start getting into refining a piece.

William wrote: "Hi Numey and welcome to the group - your work sounds exciting!"

Thanks William... :)

Yeah, badger William about it. I did :)

Seriously though, welcome and enjoy your stay!

Hello, I'm new here to GR and saw this group. I thought I'd join and hopefully contribute to the conversations. I have a couple of books published so far. I wrote a paranormal trilogy and a crime/suspense novel.

Clausdrum
Dark Deception

Thanks so much!

Welcome to everybody I have not welcomed yet! You have some interesting looking works there, Susan :)

Hi, y'all, I'm new here and from south Louisiana. I've sold a series of humorous mysteries and then my latest, a suspense called APPROACHING MENACE. I'd like to get it on Goodreads and want to give two Kindle copies to suspense readers who might read and review it fairly soon on Goodreads. Please let me know if you're interested.

One reviewer said, "If you like works by Mary Higgens Clark, this book's for you!" Another one said, "I highly recommend this spine-chilling tale!"

Hi everyone. I'm not actually a writer, but I'm an avid reader. I have so much respect for unknown authors and and I love seeing the creative process in action! I'm actually trying to help promote a new website for writers. The site needs authors to create works online in order to build content and get the site going. It's called BranchItUp, and it's a collaborative web application for writers, editors, proofreaders, illustrators, etc. Writers can create works online and then other enhance (or "branch up") the books. Very unique idea. The site is www.branchitup.com and there's a great demo video on the top right screen of the site. let me know what you think of it! of course it's an open community and totally free.

There was a Comcast glitch, but it's totally up and running now. Hope you can try it again and thanks for the support!

Hello June and Dara!

Looks like you've seen some pretty good success, June! Editorial reviews on Amazon would be a wonderful thing, heh.

Nice that we have some non-author readers here, Dara. It's good to have a different perspective.

Thanks for the welcome! You never know, I may try my hand at writing too...

Hi, I'm Karen. I've been writing short stories and two novels for nearly six years now, but haven't tried publishing anything yet. The novels each in their third drafts. I have entered a couple short story contests. I've had a subscription to "The Writer" magazine for five years and try to keep learning. An avid reader since the age of five or thereabouts, I had an English minor in college but never wrote fiction--only edited government reports, masters and doctoral theses and wrote some web articles for a gallery. I've been stuck for about three months now, not writing anything. Tried to turn my first novel into a YA novel, and I'm not sure it's working. Help!

Haven't done that yet. I've been trying to redraft the one novel and can't write anything worthwhile. I'll try your suggestion.

Greetings colleagues,

Sort of newbie... I participated in Goodreads for a while, but in a fit of depression over a really crufty sales report I canceled all my subscriptions and memberships in all my writing forums. My wife convinced me that even if I don't sell much (anything) I enjoy writing so much that I should not give it up. So I am rebuilding and starting over. It's a lot of work.

For new writers, I would be willing to "beta read" some of your work depending on the genre. Give me a holler if you think I might be interested.

Hey all.

I'm Jon and i'm currently attempting to write my first book which is a traditional YA/adult crossover fantasy. The name i have for it at the moment is "Tales of Acheron". I can't decide whether to have that as a title for the individual book or for the series (the story is way to long to fit in one book so it'll definitely be a series).

Of course all of the above is assuming that i ever actually finish it lol. I also have an idea thats forming for an adult urban fantasy but thats a pipe dream atm.

Anyways, glad to be here and i hope to be able to bounce ideas of you all and get advice if/when i need it.

Keshena wrote: "Hello and welcome, Jonathan! You should post something in the "post an excerpt" thread so we can all see what you do."

I'll have a read through and find a section that i think i'm happy with and post it up.

Thanks

Just call me Jon folks. Jonathan makes me think my mother's scolding me for something lol (ingrained or what).

Hi! I'm Claude :)

I write to get those voices out of my head... Mostly for fun, though I would love to be able to make a living out of it! (someday)...

My first Romance was published by a small house (big mistake), and I self-published the next two.

Visit me at www.claudedancourt.webs.com or join me on Twitter (@Claudedancourt)

Hello! My name is Kiersten. I am a nineteen year old college sophomore. I am very interested in history and politics so those topics are what my writings are centered around. I am currently in the research phase of my first novel which is about the Oregon Trail

Hi I'm Sarah and I'm a budding young author :) I mainly write about fantasy and animals, but am plotting together a novel about humans in about the 1700s. I hope to be active and share ideas as well as helping :)

Hello everyone,

I am a writer of romance suspense and love to read. I love to curl up a good book or sit at my desk and work on my novel. I have an event for a YA Paranormal Fantasy Romance book giveaway on my blog at http://activeamateurchef.wordpress.co...

Happy Holidays,

Colleen Green

Hi Everyone! I just got an invite to join this resourceful group. What a great idea! I'm Peggy Strak, author of the contemporary novel, "A Stop in the Park," a story of a disillusioned married couple trapped in the modern American dream. I'm half way through the first draft of my second novel. Looking forward to some good discussions. ~ Peggy

Nice to meet u Peggy I just liked your book "A Stop in the Park" on Facebook!

Colleen
http://activeamateurchef.wordpress.co...

Hi, is there any room for a children author ;)? My name is Melly, and I have 5 children books previously published and sold in my country. I also have one self-pub MG book currently in amazon. I love knowing and chatting with fella authors. I think all of you are very cool.

Hi! I'm also an avid reader and I'd love to help promote new authors :-)

Hello! My nickname is Emz, I'm 11, and really excited about joining this group!!! Thanks William for inviting me. Can I just advertise my topic "Please, can anyone find a good name for my character?" In the character section of the struggling writers group, and also my topic "Emz's writing" in the writers a-g section in the writers who are children group. I will be posting some stuff on there soon!!

Hi, I'm Robin. I write typcially Urban Fantasy and/or Mystery/Thriller/Suspense. I've been writing for a bit, but not in these genres. They're kind of a switch over. One I like but I still have issues with it on more than one ocassion. I read widely, or at least I try to. It's nice to meet you all. :)

Hi, Robin. Do you have any books available now?