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[Tamian]

Greetings all. My name is Tamian Wood. I am a graphic designer who creates book covers for small publishers and self-publishing authors. It seems like this group would be a good fit for me, but I'm new to GoodReads and not really sure of my way around. Is there a virtual place within GoodReads to hang a shingle and set up shop?

You can see my work at www.BeyondDesignInternational.com and drop me a line if I can help at designer@tamianwood.com

Kindly,
Tamian Wood
Graphic Designer
Beyond Design
www.BeyondDesignInternational.com

[Nicole]

:waves: I'm Nicole Wolverton, a freelance writer and editor living in the Philadelphia, PA area. I read a ton of YA (my current fave is John Green), and I have an adult psychological thriller titled The Trajectory of Dreams that will be out next spring (Bitingduck Press).

Looking forward to getting involved with the group.

[Dalel]

Hi everyone! My name is Dalel Khalil and I'm the author of "From Veils to Thongs" which is a user-friendly and humorous take on how to balance Arabic traditions with American culture. I call it someone what of a "survival guide" for the contemporary Arab woman living in America.

My website is www.dalelkhalil.com!
My facebook page is "Dalel Khalil" and my twitter username is @v2tchick

Really excited to hear from everyone!

[Miles]

Very cool...nine new members in less than twenty four hours!

Greetings Byron, Andrea, JoAnn, Eric, Thomas, Tamian, Nicole, and Dalel. It's great to see my friend Brent here as well. Welcome to the group everyone!

[Thomas]

Thanks! Glad to be here (in the virtual sense.)

[Kitty]

Hello and welcome everyone!

[Brent]

Thank you for the warm welcomes everyone!

[Brent]

JoAnn wrote: "Hello, Brent! I am grabbing your CONFESSIONS right now off Amazon. I am a Christian and an author (DANCING THROUGH FIRE) who is struggling with the legalistic diatribes of some conservative Chris..."

Thank You JoAnn. :) I hope you enjoy the book, and that it is not too far "out there" for you. I will have to check out your book when I can as well.

[Brad]

I'm a husband, teacher, writer and owner of the cutest dog on planet earth. Previously, I worked in the biotech industry where I made drugs for a living.

I write because I have these bloody stories in my head and they want out! My first book, Hammer of Amahte: Book One of the Triumvirate Trilogy was a blast to write, and I can't wait for my second one to come out (due later this year)

[Brian]

I joined Goodread some years ago but it seems that most of my comments have faded away so I'm back with a vengeance. I'm the author of the Belinda Lawrence mysteries and it's probably best to view Belinda's web page to discover her.
http://belindalawrence.webs.com/
Or my page which tells all! Hope to hear from you all and keep the contact up. Cheers to all,
Brian
http://beekayvic.tripod.com

[Christine]

It's nice to meet you Brian and Brad and Brent

[Steve]

Greetings! Steve Rzasa here, author of three Christian sci-fi novels by Marcher Lord Press. I'm also a librarian -- and yes, it is the coolest job ever.

Steve Rzasa

[Millie]

Hello All, Millie Burns here. Just published Return of the Crown, a fantasy novel aimed at young adults and adults that are young : ) I am a wife, mother, word lover, hiker, rock climber, Physical Therapist Assistant, Personal Trainer, happy go lucky character. Looking forward to connecting with readers and fellow authors.

https://twitter.com/#!/BurnsMillie
http://www.facebook.com/ReturnOfTheCr...

Blog and personal website coming soon...I'll let you know when they magically pop up on the web!

[Thomas]

Hello Millie and thanks for the reminder. Weblog link! Brilliant! [slaps forehead] Can everyone tell I'm new to this stuff?

http://underdesertstars.wordpress.com/

I'm also easy to find on Facebook.

[Alicia (Jocasta~Red)]

Hey everyone, I'm Alicia, from Yorkshire in England. I love to write and read!!! I have a lot of writing material on my profile.

[ⓝⓐⓣⓗⓐⓝⓐⓔⓛ♦Depression Sucks♦]

You can find me on twitter at:@Richmond12N

[Rita]

Hi my name is Rita, I'm 16 and I love reading and also writing. Sometimes when imagination grows I start to write parts of stories but I never have imagination enough to finish them but hopefully someday I will be able to.
Nice to be in a new group everyone (:

[Millie]

Rita wrote: "Hi my name is Rita, I'm 16 and I love reading and also writing. Sometimes when imagination grows I start to write parts of stories but I never have imagination enough to finish them but hopefully s..."
Rita, try making an outline of your story first...where it starts, what might occur in the middle, and where it ends...It will likely change many times as you go. My book is similar to what I outlined when I started, but there were many things that popped up in my head as I went along that seemed so much better than my original thoughts! But an outline helps to keep you on track when you're filling in the fluff.

[Rita]

Millie wrote: "Rita wrote: "Hi my name is Rita, I'm 16 and I love reading and also writing. Sometimes when imagination grows I start to write parts of stories but I never have imagination enough to finish them bu..."

Thank you so much, that is an amazing idea, I should totally do that it will probably help a lot. Thanks for the advice Millie (:

[Nic]

Rita wrote: "Hi my name is Rita, I'm 16 and I love reading and also writing. Sometimes when imagination grows I start to write parts of stories but I never have imagination enough to finish them but hopefully s..."

Hey Rita, nice to meet young (one day hopefully to be) authors. Keep working on those stories and maybe one day you might get 1 or 2 or 3 up on those bookshelves!

[Rita]

Nic wrote: "Rita wrote: "Hi my name is Rita, I'm 16 and I love reading and also writing. Sometimes when imagination grows I start to write parts of stories but I never have imagination enough to finish them bu..."

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it

[Alicia (Jocasta~Red)]

Nathanael wrote: "You can find me on twitter at:@Richmond12N"

Okaydokee

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Christine wrote: "It's nice to meet you Christine and we both have the same names and i put a thumbs up on your facebook page just now"
You rock:)

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Alicia (Jocasta~Red) wrote: "Nathanael wrote: "You can find me on twitter at:@Richmond12N"

Okaydokee"

LOL. Hi Alicia, hello Rita!

[Alicia (Jocasta~Red)]

Heya :)

[Miles]

Greetings Brad, Brian, Steve, Millie, Alicia, and Rita. Welcome to the group!

Miles Gentry

[Natalie]

Glad to meet all of you. My first solo work available through Amazon is a songbook. The next foray will be poetry and a memoir about a murder in our family. I was glad to start with something somewhat smaller to get familiar with the epublishing process. You can tag the lyric book at http://www.amazon.com/Breathing-Hope-... The matching songs are available at www.NoiseTrade.com/BestOfNNG (for free) and www.iTunes.com/NatalieNicoleGilbert. Also happy to connect at @NatalieNicole, www.Facebook.com/NatalieNicoleGilbert, or www.GPlus.to/NatalieNicole. Look forward to getting to know you.

[Brent]

Christine wrote: "It's nice to meet you Brian and Brad and Brent"

Thank you Christine.

[Miles]

Hey Brent,

I'm actually reading your MS right now Confessions of a Heretic: How a Right Wing, Fundamentalist, Conservative Pastor Became a Leftist, Liberal Heathen

On page 27 at this very moment, so I cant' say much about it, but so far your honesty is a stand out feature. (As it should be for something titled Confessions...)

All for now, I'm going back to read!

[Robin]

HI Everyone,
My name is Robin Tzucker and I have wanted to be a published author since I was eight years old (41 years ago). I teach fourth grade and love reading and writing YA books. I will read almost anything, actually, except horror/thriller type stuff. I had a short story published in an anthology of teacher stories a few years back and this past year self-pubbed a YA novel (Kindle only right now) called "Run Away Home" http://www.amazon.com/Run-Away-Home-e...
(realistic fiction). I'm still shopping it to publishers and/or agents but it's slow going.

I'm also working on another novel (futuristic), and try to resist the urge to add new books to my Kindle on a daily basis.

I used to say there was no such thing as too many books, but we are packing to move and boy, I do own an awful lot of books! Not even including all the ones I keep at school for my classroom.

Nice to meet everyone!

[Brent]

Miles wrote: "Hey Brent,

I'm actually reading your MS right now Confessions of a Heretic: How a Right Wing, Fundamentalist, Conservative Pastor Became a Leftist, Liberal Heathen

On page 27 at this very moment..."

Thanks Miles :)

[Brad]

Christine wrote: "It's nice to meet you Brian and Brad and Brent"

Right back at ya

[A.L.]

Hello

I am Alex, I am an avid reader and just published indie author. I am from the UK.

I have just published (via Amazon Kindle and Lulu POD) the first book of "The Light Beyond the Storm Chronicles" which will, I hope be a series, book 2 is in the edit stage and book 3 is WIP. I am looking at probably 6 or 7 books including novellas and small asides. The genre is dark adult fantasy/fantasy romance/erotica.

My reading habits are varied, I like fantasy, historical romance, sci fi, classic horror, classics, some comedy, true crime and mystery.

Lady Ellen what age range is your fantasy set?

[Jose]

Hello everyone my name is Jose Vasquez im new to this group and good reads, i will turning 28 next week and im currently working on a book about aliens cloning greek mythology technology that is out of this world
so please add me thanks im also on facebook here's my contact info

http://www.goodreads.com/josevasquez

http://www.facebook.com/JoseVasquez84...

http://www.facebook.com/JoseVasquez84...

http://www.facebook.com/JoseVasquez84...

[Christine]

It's nice to meet you Jose and Alexandra

How are you Brad?

[Nic]

Jose wrote: "Hello everyone my name is Jose Vasquez im new to this group and good reads, i will turning 28 next week and im currently working on a book about aliens cloning greek mythology technology that is ou..."

Awesome! Looks like a ton of fun :D Well welcome :)

[Thomas]

Jose wrote: "Hello everyone my name is Jose Vasquez im new to this group and good reads, i will turning 28 next week and im currently working on a book about aliens cloning greek mythology technology that is ou..."

Congrats on getting the first book out there. It's a really good feeling!

[Martin]

Greetings folks,

I'm Martin, come from the city that never stops raining (Van) and I just published my first YA novel. It was quite the journey to get here. I'm interested in meeting other new indie authors, hearing their own stories and just being able to read the works of various hidden talents. For me, discovering great stories from new authors is always appealing.

[Ida]

Hi My name is Ida Byrd-Hill. I have written 7 books so far. I have published 6 of them. I am looking forward to completing my newest project a book series, Chronicles of a Young Inventor Book #1 Sam Rolls into Detroit landed on Kindle yesterday. I will be having a free promotion on July 10-13, 2012. http://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Youn...

[Tracy]

Hi, my name is Tracy Cross Lucas. I'm a short story writer-painfully shy and a master procrastinator. I'm hoping to get over my shyness of sharing and would love to share some stories and learn about new authors. I also love all types of books, but specifically: Horror, YA-post apoc, paranormal, nonfiction books about self improvement and exercise (not necessarily together) and just anything I can basically get my hands on. Thanks.

[Brian]

Hello everyone. My name is Brian Randleas and I write the Reynold's Star series. Book one Harmony was released in December of 2011, and book two Redemption is due to be released December of 2012. I also write humorous articles and when I can find the time book reviews.
Lady Ellen I love the idea you had for having the class read your book and then email you questions. I have 4 kids still in school (my biggest fans and greatest salespersons) and they have been talking with their teachers about doing the same thing. Crossing my fingers. It does sound like a lot of fun.

[Sandee is Reading]

hey guys! My name is Sandee and i'm an aspiring writer. I have tons of ideas in my head right now and i want to find someone that i can share it with so that we can work on the book together.

Anyone interested? :)

[Nic]

Sandee (loves Ash Tallyn) wrote: "hey guys! My name is Sandee and i'm an aspiring writer. I have tons of ideas in my head right now and i want to find someone that i can share it with so that we can work on the book together.

Anyo..."

Hey Sandee, what kind of ideas? I'm always open for sharring. I'm no author but i'm not foreign to books so if you are willing to share just send me a message :)

[Nic]

Tracy wrote: "Hi, my name is Tracy Cross Lucas. I'm a short story writer-painfully shy and a master procrastinator. I'm hoping to get over my shyness of sharing and would love to share some stories and learn ab..."

Hey Tracy, keep working on that shyness, it'll disapear soon enough :D If you want you could always come over on my blog ad do a guest post. Introduce yourself and talk about something related to my blog. It might help that shyness. Just an idea. ANyways welcome and all the best- Nic

[Tracy]

Nic wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Hi, my name is Tracy Cross Lucas. I'm a short story writer-painfully shy and a master procrastinator. I'm hoping to get over my shyness of sharing and would love to share some storie..."

Thanks Nic! I've given myself the month of August to finish editing one short story I wrote and to work on two more. I will definitely have a look at your blog-in the interim!

[Alicia (Jocasta~Red)]

Welcome everyone

[JoAnn]

Sandee (loves Ash Tallyn) wrote: "hey guys! My name is Sandee and i'm an aspiring writer. I have tons of ideas in my head right now and i want to find someone that i can share it with so that we can work on the book together.

Anyo..."

Hi, Sandee: I think you'll find that we writers have too many ideas of our own. The hard part for me is constant, persistent writing. Good ideas are PRICELESS, though, so I suggest you sit down and start writing. Choose your favorite story-line. If you also happen to have first-hand knowledge about your favorite topic, all the better! Cherish your own ideas, and make them come alive for the reader. Only you can do that. The best thing to do is just start. Oh... and I found that talking too much about what I'm writing reduces my motivation to compose the story itself. Talking, I think, reduces the inspirational tension, and tension drives the creative machine.

[Sandee is Reading]

JoAnn wrote: "Sandee (loves Ash Tallyn) wrote: "hey guys! My name is Sandee and i'm an aspiring writer. I have tons of ideas in my head right now and i want to find someone that i can share it with so that we ca..."

Thanks for the advice joann! Its very helpful! And yeah i am trying to do it one step at a time. :)

[Bjorn]

Sandee (loves Ash Tallyn) wrote: "JoAnn wrote: "Sandee (loves Ash Tallyn) wrote: "hey guys! My name is Sandee and i'm an aspiring writer. I have tons of ideas in my head right now and i want to find someone that i can share it with..."

I would say the same thing. You have to just START writing. Then perhaps read over what you just wrote to see how it reads. For me, sometimes talking about my book with others INCREASES my excitement, but I agree... the most important thing is to START WRITING.

I'm a new author also [currently writing my first book]. But you can get tons of tips on writing and book marketing by searching the internet. One thing I've learned is one of the best wasy to promote your first book is to be writing your NEXT one.

Gotta be confident JoAnn!

[Nic]

Sandee (loves Ash Tallyn) wrote: "hey guys! My name is Sandee and i'm an aspiring writer. I have tons of ideas in my head right now and i want to find someone that i can share it with so that we can work on the book together.

Anyo..."

Hey Sandee, like Bjorn mentioned, there are tons of tricks for everything here on the net. If you are looking to become self published or just writing tips in general. Well I follow a blog, Jad's blog, and she has all sorts of tips. I seriously advise you to go check it out. It may help A LOT. anyways here's the link if you wanna see. http://jadevarden.blogspot.ca/