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Hi Catherine. Happy to see you here. Good luck with your stories. ;-)
Catherine wrote: "Warm greetings to everyone here! New to the whole "social network" thing in general, Goodreads and LinkedIn are about as far down the path I want to travel, for the time being. It has been a very..."Hi Catherine! I'm DeeDee, it's nice to meet you! Hope everything goes well with your story!!!
Catherine wrote: "Warm greetings to everyone here! New to the whole "social network" thing in general, Goodreads and LinkedIn are about as far down the path I want to travel, for the time being. It has been a very..."Welcome Catherine,
For a writing kick start, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) starts in about 45 minutes ;) It may be a push to start it now, but something for next year (or a last minute, crazy, excellent decision for now!)
http://www.nanowrimo.org/
I still have to wait some hours :(
I'm in Melbourne Australia, so I think we start the rotation... 23 minutes to go :)
then I wish you a good start and good luck that you'll succeed :)
Hi, I’m Bridget and I live in Northern California. Lived here my whole life and love the small town lifestyle. I also love to read. My mom encouraged reading in our family at a very young age, and it didn’t matter what it was we read as long as we were reading. I started out reading anything that had a horse in it as I was horse crazy from before the time I could walk.From horses I moved onto anything and everything I can get my hands on. I still enjoy reading a wide range of genres. My first adventure in fantasy was The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne. I loved it. I combed the school libraries for more Jules Verne. Then I moved onto the Dune series by Frank Herbert and then tons of books by Piers Anthony, and I was hooked.
Then I discovered Stephen King and read The Stand until the cover fell off and lucky for me King released the complete and uncut version so I could read it all over again. My newest adventure in reading is paranormal romance, and I’ve recently become hooked on vampires. Most importantly, I love anything with a good story.
I actually became a writer thanks to reading James Herriot, although at first I wanted to be a writing veterinarian. I settled for journalism and began a sports writer. Currently, I have just released my own fantasy novel and look forward to writing even more.
Bridget wrote: "Hi, I’m Bridget and I live in Northern California. Lived here my whole life and love the small town lifestyle. I also love to read. My mom encouraged reading in our family at a very young age, and ..."Hi Bridget! I'm DeeDee and I love James Herriot too! Welcome!
Hello all, my name's Chris and it's a pleasure to make your acquaintances. I'm originally from Michigan, recently relocated to the beautiful mountains of Colorado. Obviously I'm a lover of literature (why else would I bring my silly self here to this lovely group?), and am an amalgamation of journalist, photographer, and writer on the professional side of things. In about a month I'll be releasing my own first novel (fantasy, if you're curious), and between the stressful times that come with balancing that and the day-to-day routines, I'm always on the lookout for great new reads across many genres - though I seem to have a penchant for the fantasy and the sci-fi.
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Chris wrote: "Hello all, my name's Chris and it's a pleasure to make your acquaintances. I'm originally from Michigan, recently relocated to the beautiful mountains of Colorado. Obviously I'm a lover of literatu..."Hi Chris! I'm DeeDee, welcome to the group!
D.d. wrote: "Bridget wrote: "Hi, I’m Bridget and I live in Northern California. Lived here my whole life and love the small town lifestyle. I also love to read. My mom encouraged reading in our family at a very..."Thanks DeeDee! I fell in love with him when I was like 12 and thought he had the best job heal animals and then write about it.
Judith wrote: "Hello to Chris and Bridget. Welcome!"Thanks Judith!
DeeDee, Judith - thank you both for the welcome!
Hi there, I'm Michele. I'm from Florida and been here several years now. I read just about anything I can get my hands on, as long as its good. Mainly like fantasy, scifi, and paranormal books, but want to start reading more in other genres as well.
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Michele wrote: "Hi there, I'm Michele. I'm from Florida and been here several years now. I read just about anything I can get my hands on, as long as its good. Mainly like fantasy, scifi, and paranormal books, but..."Hi Michele! I'm DeeDee, it's nice to meet you!
Hi everyone, I am Arpita and I live in Mountain View, California. Being a part of the technology world and used to a fats-paced life, I realized the only thing that keeps me connected to my own self is reading and talking to like-minded people. While people are subject to availability, I figured books are always there. Though I had lost touch with them, loving reviving the bond :). Looking forward to hearing and sharing more on the books we love!
Hi Arpita!I'm DeeDee, welcome to the fun!
Hi, Everyone,Haven't a clue what to do here, other than to share my love of books and great stories.
Lately, all I've been reading are manuscripts (new publisher, first books being released in February), and some are great, and some are...well, let's just say that the writers don't have voices, and should probably remain voiceless!
But this role (as acquisitions editor) really gets me reading outside of my normal genres, and it has been enlightening.
But mysteries, thrillers, and literary novels are my main interests when I'm not reading manuscripts.
I'll probably be mostly asking questions, so here's my first, if you'd like to answer it: what's more important to you, the story or the writing?
Cheers,
Sheryl
Sheryl wrote: "Hi, Everyone,Haven't a clue what to do here, other than to share my love of books and great stories.
Lately, all I've been reading are manuscripts (new publisher, first books being released in F..."
Hi Sheryl,
As a reader, I have to say it's about the story. If the story hooks me then I hardly notice typos or writing errors. If the story is dull or doesn't hold my attention, all those errors seem to just jump off the page at me.
Thanks, Bridget.As a reader, I agree - story is everything, and if it grabs me, I can overlook a lot...and have been known to do so, although once I learned about great writing, I found that authors who used to grab my attention now irritate me, and I can't read them any more (Wilbur Smith is one of those - first books great; later books, not so great.)
As a publisher, my dream is to find both - a great story and great writing.
And speaking of that, have to get back to editing...
I know what you mean, I should be writing, but instead I'm addicted to reading posts on GR.Maybe as a publisher find someone with a good story and then someone that writes well and put them together. I've heard two heads are better than one.
I think that's what some publishers and agents do, or so I've heard. However, seems a shame to take a good idea from someone, even if they get credit...unless they agree, of course.
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Hello! ^__^I'm just here because I LOVE books but I've been a bit too occupied with the internet and I need to get myself back to the better form of entertainment. Reading. LOL.
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I'm just here because I LOVE books but I've been a bit too occupied with the internet and I need to get myself back to the better form of entertainment. Reading. LOL."
Welcome to the group and back to the world of reading :)
I just want to say hi & welcome to the new people in our group that I haven't had a chance to meet. I'm sure that you will like it here. We seem to be growing extremely fast lately & have quite a variety of people. It looks like we're going to be having alot fun together. ;-)
Michele wrote: "Hi there, I'm Michele. I'm from Florida and been here several years now. I read just about anything I can get my hands on, as long as its good. Mainly like fantasy, scifi, and paranormal books, but..."Hi Michele, welcome to our group. I'm like you, I will read just about anything but like YA paranormal scifi, fantasy etc. ;-)
Hi I'm Amanda, I love all books. the smell the feel the idea. The more the better. Nothing is more exciting than finding a place with books just sitting everywhere. I was invited to join this group so glad to be invited and talk about books!
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Thanks for inviting me, it's great to be here =-)
Hello everyone!Amanda James kindly invited me and I'm delighted to be here.
I am an author (hard working) writing the sequel to my novel and researching like mad for it.
My preferred genre I suppose to read would be gothic. I fell in love with it years ago.
I do enjoy other sorts of books too and still have a soft spot for non-fiction which is great because of all the research I do!
Hi Guys, I have just joined this group although I have been on goodreads for some time :) I am a total bookworm and read everyday. My favorite genres are like Shazzy PNR, UF abd YA books but I also love a good old fashioned romance and sagas! Im looking forwards to the challenges :)
Sheryl wrote: "I'll probably be mostly asking questions, so here's my first, if you'd like to answer it: what's more important to you, the story or the writing?..."Good question!
I am all about the story but it is totally tied into the writing. It is so disappointing to me when I good story is ruined by bad writing (read here: bad editing).
I am prepared to self edit as I read, up to a point; but while I might accept that on a first book I'm not going to do it indefinitely no matter how intriguing your story idea might be. If you have a great story concept but no writing skill (or anyone that will read your book once and point out your typos/bad language, mindless repetition, etc) then give it to someone who can make it something worthy!
A good story can be ruined by bad writing. 'You can't have one without the other" ;)
Thank you for the welcome, Kyle!About the writing and story--I agree, a great story can be ruined by bad writing.
But the best writing in the world needs a good story!
Having said that, I think a story can be so simple as to be nearly a non story--with me it's the characters that make or break a story.
My fiction is character driven and I prefer to read that sort of fiction as well.
As for editing, I do my best but always defer to an editor!
Carole wrote: "As for editing, I do my best but always defer to an editor! ..."
Love HEART a good editor xo
..I hear they're out there .. ;)
Hi my name is Marilyn but most folks call me Gail. I want to thank Amanda for inviting me and I look to hanging out in this sanctuary...
Hey everybody! Thanks for inviting me Amanda. I LOVE books!
Hi, thanks for the invite. There's not much I don't like to read so this looks like a good group for me.
Hi. I got an invite to join the group last night. So I'm here checking you all out.
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Hey...everybody. I'm not fast enough, but welcome! (Hi Kyle!)
Welcome to everyone. I'm so behind on my email I can't keep up either. Please don't feel snubbed if I don't answer, lol. God bless you all.
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