Newbies, meet everyone else!

[Juli Pennock]

I'm Juli, currently 50,000 words into an urban fantasy that I can't seem to get anyone to beta-read, lol! (I use all the bad words and wonder if that turns a lot of people off?)

Anyway, I love to write, and read, of course, and I just moved to Florida (from Colorado) a few months ago. It's weird but I think I like it :)

[Sofia]

Hi, Juli, it's great to have you here!

[Juli Pennock]

Sofia wrote: "Hi, Juli, it's great to have you here!"

Thanks :)

[Angie]

Hi I'm Angie. I love to read almost as much as I love to write.

[James]

Juli wrote: "I'm Juli, currently 50,000 words into an urban fantasy that I can't seem to get anyone to beta-read, lol! (I use all the bad words and wonder if that turns a lot of people off?)

Anyway, I love to ..."

One of the best sites for getting people to read your work is: http://authonomy.com. It's a Harper Collins site. The best way to get reads is to offer people there "read swaps." Also check into a local writers group that meets regularly. I meet with a group here in Pittsburgh weekly. Check Meetup.com or just google "Writers groups" in your area.

[Elizabeth]

Hey guys,
Please feel free to call me Ez. I'm a young woman from Australia, and instead of sleeping I'm introducing myself to you fine people.
I've been into writing ever since 14, and reading ever since I can remember. At the moment I'm working on a steampunk/dystopic/AU plot......and it's really hard to come up with ideas/goals for it...

[Sofia]

Hi Ez! It's great to have you here!

[Anna]

Hi Ez! I like Australia. ;)

[Juli Pennock]

James wrote: "Juli wrote: "I'm Juli, currently 50,000 words into an urban fantasy that I can't seem to get anyone to beta-read, lol! (I use all the bad words and wonder if that turns a lot of people off?)

Anywa..."

Thank you so much! That looks like it will be a great resource :)

[Michael]

Nice to meet you Gareth, wish you the best on your novel!

[sᴏᴘʜ|☂]

Hey Everyone!

[George]

Hello,

My name is George. I'm new to this group, but I've been on Goodreads for a couple of years. I look forward to meeting new people and reading what everyone has to offer. Thank you for letting me join your group.

[Michael]

nice ta meetcha George :)

[Sofia]

Hi, George! It's great to have you here! I look forward to reading your work. What genre do you usually write?

[George]

Hi Sofia,

It's good to be here. I write short stories, but not in a specific genre.

[Sergio]

Hi, My names is Sergio and I started yesterday! Just wanted to join and start posting a couple of different things to get some feedback from my online peers :).

[[deleted user]]

Hello! I'm new too. I'm 19 and on my last year in college. I like reading thrillers, contemporary novels, and romance, not much YA (don't hate me pls lol). Anyway, I hope to make friends around here, fellow aspiring writers. Good day! ;)

[Sofia]

Hello Angelica and Sergio! I'm looking forward to reading your work!

[H.M]

Hi, I'm Holly. I started a creative writing course with the Open University a few months ago, but would love to be a part of an online group as I think it adds something extra to the learning curve.

I'm an avid reader as well, but primarily trying to get motivated to write at the minute! Anyway I look forward to getting to know you all, and hopefully giving and getting some feedback.

[Sofia]

Hi, Holly! It's great to have you here! What kind of stuff do you like to write/read?

[Michael]

Welcome everyone! I'm fairly new, too.

Juli wrote"I'm...currently 50,000 words into an urban fantasy

Hi, Juli. What exactly is urban fantasy?

[H.M]

Sofia wrote: "Hi, Holly! It's great to have you here! What kind of stuff do you like to write/read?"

Hi Sofia,

Thanks for your message. Well at the moment the Open University (who I'm doing the creative writing course with) steer us away from genre fiction and towards character driven stories, so the stuff I'm reading and writing is centered around the character and staying well away from genre. It was a bit frustrating at first that I couldn't write a story around something like a crime or sci-fi plot, but I'm used to it now!

To be honest though all the books I love are really focused on the character, so at the minute I'm trying to read mostly contemporary fiction. I am however reading a crime novel at the minute, and I love a good sci-fi.

By the way, hi Michael! What do you read/write?

[[deleted user]]

Sofia: Hi. Thanks. I'm excited to share too! :D

Holly: Hi! Welcome! :) I like contemporary fiction too. Anyway, good luck on the creative writing course. Are you currently working on a story? :)

[Sergio]

Howdy to all the new folks :D I'm so excited to start sharing!

[Elizabeth]

Sofia wrote: "Hi Ez! It's great to have you here!"
Thanks Sofia!

[H.M]

Angelica wrote: "Sofia: Hi. Thanks. I'm excited to share too! :D

Holly: Hi! Welcome! :) I like contemporary fiction too. Anyway, good luck on the creative writing course. Are you currently working on a story? :)"

I'm covering memoir writing as part of my Open University course, so just about to start a 1500 word story for that. It should be easy enough to write as I became ill in 2007 with M.S, so have plenty of material!

[Amy]

Hi! My name's Amy and I live in Scotland. I'm trying to get back into writing short stories - I've been somewhat M.I.A for a while. :)

[H.M]

Hi Amy, I'm too writing a lot of short stories. What genre do you write in?

[George]

Hi Amy I look forward to reading your short stories.

[Amy]

Thanks, I look forward to sharing them. Holly, I look forward to reading yours. I'm still writing a bit of everything until I find my niche, but I especially enjoy writing kids' stories and poems - I can really get crazy with the ideas! What about you?

[[deleted user]]

Holly: Oh wow. I hope you're all better now :) and I look forward to seeing your work. Good luck! :)

Amy: Hello. Please do share some of your works. Children's literature can be comforting to read sometimes. :) And I like your name. It reminds me of the character in The Big Bang Theory (sorry for being random).

[Sergio]

Hey guys I just recently posted the intro to a story in the dystopian Sci-fi folder and was looking for some feed back :). It's only really two paragraphs long, but I really would like to know what sort of mood it sets and what it's missing so I can edit it and include those changes to my writing. Please check it out :D!

[Amélie]

Hey! I'm Amelie and I've written an 87,000-word YA fantasy. I'm looking to meet fellow writers who are in the same boat. Excited to be here!

[Anna]

Amelie wrote: "Hey! I'm Amelie and I've written an 87,000-word YA fantasy. I'm looking to meet fellow writers who are in the same boat. Excited to be here!"

Hi Amelie! I also write YA fantasy! Looking forward to perhaps discussing writerly things with you. :)

[Sofia]

Hi, Amelie, great to have you here!

[Sofia]

Hi Mai! It's great to have you here! It's a shame your original account got deleted. :(

[Ashley]

Hi everyone! I'm Ashley. I usually go by Inu online so you can call me whichever you prefer. I'll answer to both. I love to read, been doing so since I was 2! :) I've only recently (as in the last few years) have started to enjoy writing. I've always thought I was craptastic at it but people who have read my stuff seem to enjoy it, so there you are. *shrug* I mostly write fanfiction one shots and about 99% of that is slash fiction. What can I say? It's a guilty pleasure of mine. Haha. So anyway, hello and I hope to have a lot of fun here!

[Sofia]

Yay, newbies! Welcome, Iia and Ashley! I hope you have fun here! :)

[Diana]

Hello Everyone, Diana here. I'm an avid reader and have been written, journals, poems, and short stories, on and off, for most of my life. Recently I started writing again, for others to read this time, and have successfully had one short and one poem actually published (to my shock and elation). I have a few more 'out there' and am also working on a novel that's been rattling around in my head for more years than I care to admit to. At present, I'm cautiously hopeful.

[Sofia]

Hey, Diana! It's great to have you here! I'm looking forward to reading your work! On here you can share your stories and receive feedback or simply connect with other writers (or both, of course). We have a lot of resources to help writers struggling with a paragraph or a plot point and of course you can check out our writing challenges.
In what genre do you write?

[Diana]

Hi Sofia,
Thank you. I look forward to interacting with everyone here. As for genre…I couldn't really pigeon hole it. I guess, romance would me the common theme although I just finished a short for submission to "The First Line" that is fantasy. It really varies. I just write and hope someone else can figure out where it belongs. LOL.

[Mr]

Greetings!! I look forward to reading your stuff!

[Kat]

Ashley wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Ashley. I usually go by Inu online so you can call me whichever you prefer. I'll answer to both. I love to read, been doing so since I was 2! :) I've only recently (as in the last..."

Hi Ashley! Would love to read your work. I love to indulge (reading and writing; mostly writing these days) in FanFiction when time permits!

[Ashley]

Katrina wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Ashley. I usually go by Inu online so you can call me whichever you prefer. I'll answer to both. I love to read, been doing so since I was 2! :) I've only recently ..."
I haven't wrote a lot but what I have is on AO3. :) You can find me under the name inunokanojo on there. I also have a deviantart- inunokanojo.deviantart.com and a y-gallery with my stuff posted as well.

[Cherie]

I've been reading through the folders and got caught up in all of the stories on here, so I forgot to post a "Hello, I'm new," sort of thing. So here it is:

"Hello, I'm new." (:

[Sofia]

Hello newbies! Welcome! It's great to have you here and I hope you have lots of fun. Mr, Cherie, in what genre do you write?

[Cherie]

I mainly write paranormal horror. I am trying to find my little niche. I will read mostly anything though. (:

[Noah]

Hey everybody,

I'm new to the group and I'm a huge fan of fantasy, Sci-fi, horror, and thrillers. Those are my main favorites, but I'm open to other genres as well, so any recommendations are welcome.

I'm also going through quite a lot of ideas to see which will make a great book. I'll put up some of my ideas up soon to get some advice on which ones you like.

[Cherie]

Hey, Noah. Nice to meet you! I look forward to reading your work!

[Janosch]

Hello to everybody who recently joined the group!
Wow! The group grew fast over the last three month! :)
I hope to come back and be more active here.

Glad to see so many new ambitious writers and readers!

Have fun yall!