I'm new to all of this.

[F.D.]

My name is Frank, and I'm a new author who is drowning in this sea of networking.

I love spy thrillers and police novels, especially Wambaugh.

[Bernadette]

I'm drowning with you, Frank!!

[F.D.]

Tha's probably NOT a good thing Bernadette. :-)

[Bernadette]

Probably not! Just wanted you to know you weren't alone. :)

[F.D.]

I thank you. The self-published author does not enjoy the perks of the traditional published writer. We are stepchildren in a very socially narrow society and we don't even get to sit at the same dinner table with them.

Where in the U.S. are you located?

[Bernadette]

Hi F.D. - I think you may have realized by now that I'm not in the States. I live in Egypt. A completely different dinner table. ;)

[F.D.]

Yes it is. Are you in Cairo?

[Bernadette]

Used to be. I left Cairo, and teaching, to complete my first book project. Now I'm living in Dahab, South Sinai.

[D.B.]

Welcome to Goodreads Frank!

[Alice]

Welcome to Goodreads, Frank. We are all together in this this. Anytime one of us learns anything, we share.