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[Groovy]

Welcome, Ben and Leonie!

And congratulations.

[Leonie]

Thanks, Groovy!

[Scout]

I'm a retired high school English teacher interested in what's happening in the world and doing what I can to improve things within my sphere of influence. Hoping to learn from other points of view.

[Quantum]

Scout wrote: "I'm a retired high school English teacher interested in what's happening in the world and doing what I can to improve things within my sphere of influence. Hoping to learn from other points of view."

Welcome, Scout! Or, perhaps, I'll learn from you. There's usually something for me to learn from someone else.

[Nik]

Hi Scout and welcome!

You'll find a lot of discussions here about what's happening, happened, likely to happen, better not to happen and other variations -:)
Admire your proactive approach.

Hope you'll enjoy and contribute

[Scout]

Alex G wrote: "Scout wrote: "I'm a retired high school English teacher interested in what's happening in the world and doing what I can to improve things within my sphere of influence. Hoping to learn from other ..."

Thanks for the welcome, Alex

[Scout]

Thanks for the welcome, Nik.

[Marie Silk]

Hi everyone! Lots of new faces here and I need to get caught up on my welcoming!

Welcome, Elizabeth!!
Welcome, Audrey!!
Welcome, Sophie!!
Welcome, Cathy!!
Welcome, M.C.!!
Welcome, Jokoloyo!!
Welcome, Iryna!!
Welcome, T.L.!!
Welcome, Amber!!
Welcome, Roger!!
Welcome, Rohvannyn!!
Welcome, Cassia!!
Welcome, Tiara!!
Welcome, Leonie!!
Welcome, Ben!!
Welcome, Scout!!



:)

[Nik]

An excellent choice of poster and allusion -:)

[Marie Silk]

Nik wrote: "An excellent choice of poster and allusion -:)"

Inspired by the group's fearless leader :)

[Nik]

-:)

[Scott]

New member here, I'm an aspiring author like so many others. Not much to my credit yet, just three short story collections and a couple of novellas. They're mostly in the horror/thriller genre, I'd say. Oh, and I have a Disney guidebook that's currently being published by Theme Park Press -- waiting on a release date. I have more in the pipeline.

I'm also a dentist, and where I'm not so successful as an author, I've done well in my slightly-over-30 years in private practice. I've also been involved in setting up (and volunteering at) our local free dental clinic, and I briefly worked for our local health department many years ago. I'm happy to give feedback to anyone who might be writing about something in that field; feel free to ask...

I noticed some posts on my friend Steve Moore's feed, and thought that the discussion sounded very interesting, so here I am...

[Nik]

Hi Scott and welcome!

I think you downplay a little your literary achievements and they aren't that small at all.

Dentists like publishers and readers here are always in high demand -:) Respect for your volunteering activity!

Hope you'll enjoy and contribute

[Marie Silk]

Hi, Scott! I've been curious about how the short story and novella markets work, so glad to welcome you here :)

[Scott]

Marie wrote: "Hi, Scott! I've been curious about how the short story and novella markets work, so glad to welcome you here :)"

The short story market, for me, has been a bust. It's even hard to give them away on the Select promotions. Novellas are a little better in the horror market. Readers seem to be okay with reading something over 25K words. I'm mostly judging by what I see being published and their ranks and reviews. (I haven't sold much...)

@Nik, thanks for the welcome! I'll keep trying by continuing to write and publish. Look forward to reading here!

[Jim]

Hello! I'm Jim Vuksic.

Formerly
Seminarian (4 yrs.), U.S. Marine (Vietnam Veteran), Professional Musician (Rhythm Guitar & Electric Bass - 8 yrs.), Management Career (H.J. Heinz Co. - 33 yrs.), Husband (35 1/2 yrs.)

Currently
Father (4 Adult Children - Ages: 36 thru 46), Grandfather (4 Grandchildren - Ages: 9 thru 21), Widower (11 yrs.), Published Author (5 1/2 yrs.), Avid Reader (All genres except Romance & Erotic)

I look forward to learning and sharing thoughts and opinions with all of the members of this group.

[Nik]

Hi Jim and welcome!

Diverse and impressive life, career and current state.
Kudos for mastering both music and writing!

Hope you'll enjoy and contribute

[George]

Nik wrote: "We would like to know you a little better. Please, introduce yourself and share what made you join. No formal CV/resume or last tax return are required -:)"

Have been retired now for 12 years. Formerly an executive in the Data Communications industry. Am now interested in learning as much as I can about the people and events of the Revolutionary War era and thereafter (1770 to 1815). May have a book in me also.

[Nik]

Hi George and welcome!

Hope you enjoy your retirement. Not sure we focus specifically on the mentioned period, but we have quite a few members interested and knowledgeable in history, so I hope the exchange of thoughts and views can be fruitful for you.

Feeling 'pregnant' with a book, is the first sign of contracting the writer's virus -:) Not the worst disease though and may evolve into a book delivery. Good luck with extracting it!

Hope you'll enjoy and contribute

[Groovy]

Welcome, Everyone!

[Scout]

Marie wrote: "Hi everyone! Lots of new faces here and I need to get caught up on my welcoming!

Welcome, Elizabeth!!
Welcome, Audrey!!
Welcome, Sophie!!
Welcome, Cathy!!
Welcome, M.C.!!
Welcome, Jokoloyo!!
Welc..."

Nik wrote: "An excellent choice of poster and allusion -:)"

Nik wrote: "An excellent choice of poster and allusion -:)"

Thanks, Marie

[Quantum]

George wrote: Have been retired now for 12 years. Formerly an executive in the Data Communications industry. Am now interested in learning as much as I can about the people and events of the Revolutionary War era and thereafter (1770 to 1815). May have a book in me also."

History is a very relevant topic for self-actualization.

Jim wrote: "Hello! I'm Jim Vuksic.


Formerly

Seminarian (4 yrs.), U.S. Marine (Vietnam Veteran), Professional Musician (Rhythm Guitar & Electric Bass - 8 yrs.), Management Career (H.J. Heinz Co. - 33 yrs.)..."

Scott wrote: "Marie wrote: "Hi, Scott! I've been curious about how the short story and novella markets work, so glad to welcome you here :)"

The short story market, for me, has been a bust. It's even hard to gi..."

Scott and Jim: Be sure to check out our Author Resources spreadsheet in the All Things Writing & Publishing folder. It has writing advice links as well as writing tools and marketing links.

Jim, Scott and George: We have a lot of people with varying backgrounds, so you've joined an excellent group. Welcome!

[Marie Silk]

Welcome, George!! :)

[M.L.]

Welcome everyone!

George, for the Revolutionary Period, Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow is a great book.

[Bunny]

Hi all,

I'm Bunny and I'm here because I'm completely obsessed with words. I love reading them, writing them, saying them and playing games with them.

Basically, looking for like-minded individuals to talk serious/nonsense/serious nonsense with.

[Nik]

Hi Bunny and welcome!

Words, worlds, wealth and all the rest - we've plenty of discussions here, some serious, some - borderline nonsense. As we welcome pluralism, you'll meet both likeminded and different minded folks.

Hope you'll enjoy and contribute

[Bunny]

Thanks Nik, looking forward to getting stuck in!

[M.L.]

Hi Bunny, welcome! :)

[Marie Silk]

Welcome, Bunny!! :)

[Groovy]

Glad to have you, Bunny!

[Alistair]

Hi,

I'm Alistair from Scotland - that's the more northern and non-Brexity part of the UK ( 'United Kingdoms' of; Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England). Often confused with just 'England', ...but nobody's perfect.

I'm not a big fan of chasing money for the sake of it, but I've no problem with getting good at 'doing things'. Currently that's writing SF and Fantasy novels. Next stage is to get better at selling them!

My 'product range' is available on Amazon as EBooks, though I am thinking of taking the plunge into hard copy - yet another learning project!

Here's the books...

The Box of Tricks
The Last Trollid
The Counsel of Wizards
Bort's People
Beach Life 2

....and my newest work; Perax Frontier is in the final pre-release stages. I've a first chapter preview on Goodreads, and if it takes your fancy, and you'd like to consider reviewing it, get in touch and I can send-on a .mobi or PDF copy.

Cheers.

[OBooko]

This Group seems very interesting for writing skills.

[Nik]

Hi Alistair and welcome!

Nice range of ebooks! You seem to be good in accomplishing projects, so I guess going into hard shouldn't be too complicated.

Hope you'll enjoy, contribute and excel in selling and moneymaking -:)

[Nik]

Hi OBooko and welcome!

Glad the group piques your interest -:)

[Alistair]

Nik wrote: "Hi Alistair and welcome!

Thanks for the welcome Nik. Now where did I put my multitasking spectacles...

Cheers, Alistair.

[M.L.]

Welcome, Alistair!
Welcome, OBooko!

Great to have you aboard!

[Groovy]

Welcome, Alistair. I wish I could hear your accent:)

And welcome, OBooko. I like the sound of your name:)

[Aiya]

Hi! I'm Aiya. Alex invited me to join and I thought it looked like an interesting group.

[Nik]

Hi Aiya and welcome!

Glad to have you here and hope you'll enjoy and contribute

[Alistair]

Groovy wrote: "Welcome, Alistair. I wish I could hear your accent:)

And welcome, OBooko. I like the sound of your name:)"

I'll try and SHOUT in my next message. ;-)

Alistair.

Just think Ewen Mcgregor, without the Alex Guinness poshness...

[Groovy]

Just think Ewen Mcgregor, without the Alex Guinness poshness...

LOL!

Welcome, Aiya!

[Quantum]

Welcome Aiya and Obooko.

Alistair wrote: "Hi,

I'm Alistair from Scotland - that's the more northern and non-Brexity part of the UK ( 'United Kingdoms' of; Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England). Often confused with just 'England'..."

ah, you like writing short stories. i'm working on a horror short right now to submit by tomorrow, 14 March!

don't forget to nominate one of your books for next month's group read.

Be sure to announce your books in the Announcements & Book Promotions folder and check out our Author Resources spreadsheet in the All Things Writing & Publishing folder.

Bunny wrote: "Hi all,

I'm Bunny and I'm here because I'm completely obsessed with words. I love reading them, writing them, saying them and playing games with them.

Basically, looking for like-minded individua..."

so, you probably like Scrabble, right? my dad beat me and my daughter at Scrabble when we visited him a couple of weeks ago!

[Chirag]

Hey, guys! I'm Chirag and I'm an Engineer. I have a love for books: fiction as well as non-fiction. Recently realized that I was getting too in fiction. So I joined this group seeing that you guys read both!

Hopefully, I can add value to your amazing group!

[Alistair]

Alex G wrote: "Welcome Aiya and Obooko.

Alistair wrote: "Hi,

I'm Alistair from Scotland - that's the more northern and non-Brexity part of the UK ( 'United Kingdoms' of; Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and E..."

Catch-up, catch-up... ...hi Chirag - how do I go about nominating a book for a 'group read'?

Thanks, Alistair.

[Nik]

Hi Chirag and welcome!

Yeah, we are into fiction, non-fiction, fake news and real ones (as a mix of fiction with non) and of course - into friendly debates -:)

Hope you'll enjoy and contribute

[Chirag]

Nik wrote: "Hi Chirag and welcome!

Yeah, we are into fiction, non-fiction, fake news and real ones (as a mix of fiction with non) and of course - into friendly debates -:)

Hope you'll enjoy and contribute"

You guys are funny! This will surely develop my sense of humor! :D

[Nik]

Chirag wrote: "You guys are funny! This will surely develop my sense of humor! :D "

Yeah, even when serious -:)

[Nik]

Alistair wrote: "how do I go about nominating a book for a 'group read'?..."

Soon to be announced for April

[Groovy]

Welcome, Chirag:)

[M.L.]

Welcome, Aiya! :)
Welcome, Chirag! :)