If you're new, introduce yourself!

[Jessica]

Thanks Elizabeth! I'll definitely begin adding all of my info! I'm hoping I can find someone to read chapters, short stories, the full MS once it gets there, pretty much anything and everything. Not that I have a whole lot to pass on at the moment but hoping someone else is in need of a CP and we could benefit one another! Thanks so much for your offer for the summer! I may just pass things on to you then. :)

[Mike]

Hi Elizabeth. I signed up a while ago and submitted all my info, but just did it again. Always happy to talk about myself.

Mike Snyder, a writer/director/producer. I and my partners are The Trailer Guys, a company specializing in live action book trailers based on a lifetime of knowledge writing, shooting and producing features, TV series and reality.

We love the format and genre, as well as the creativity of working with various authors. And the speed! We can film a day or two, edit a week and see something great come to life on book sites and screens all over the world. So much more fulfilling tan shooting something and waiting a year for it to premiere...

MKS

[Elizabeth]

That is fascinating! And I can't figure out Adobe premiere :-D

We organized a few weeks ago, and so I'm afraid you might have gotten lost in a folder somewhere. Thanks for reposting, and please put your information in blog/website thread. I know a lot of writers would love to see the work and how much a book trailer would cost.

[Angela]

Hi Everyone!

Elizabeth told me about this group and it looks amazing! I'm excited to get to know you all!

I'm Angela Corbett and I write YA/New Adult and chick-lit. I also love cupcakes, classic cars, and Neil Diamond--it took me a long time to admit that last one.

My debut series is a YA paranormal romance trilogy. Eternal Starling, the first book in the Emblem of Eternity trilogy, will be released in December, 2011 by Pendrell Publishing. Here is the Goodreads link to Eternal Starling

Drop me a line here, or you can also come visit me on my Facebook page or website.

[Cate]

Hi all! *waves* I just joined. I'm Cate Masters, and I write a little of everything (sounds like a confession, lol) My blog also serves as my web site: http://catemasters.blogspot.com
And I have a Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cate-Ma...
Good to meet/see you here.
:)
Cate

[Elizabeth]

Hey Mike, Angela and Cate! Welcome to our little group :-D I love meeting new people, and Cate I love your blog banner. Seems we've got a lot in common. A virus ate my computer last month. Wonder if it's the same one?

Dell's great as long as you pay them that 70 dollar fee to help you over the phone. I've always wondered if it's a big racket. Upload a virus and then get paid to take it off ... hmmmm...

Anyway, welcome to our insanity!

[Catherine]

Hi, I'm Cathy Keaton and I'm new to the group. I'm currently a would-be writer in much need of critical support! I write paranormal romance fiction, usually in the YA grade (but, sometimes Adult, too).

Looking forward to meeting some nice people here...

[Elizabeth]

Hey Cathy,
I'm so glad you joined us! Feel free to roam around the place and comment at will. Someone's always on twitter, so be sure to leave your info on the twitter and fb tabs so we can connect there as well.
It's great to meet you, and I'm sure I'll we'll be talking soon!
Beth

[Rachel]

Hello everyone! I totally thought I introduced myself before but I don't see it above (oops, sorry!)

My name is Rachel Harris (Twitter @EndingUnplanned) and I am a lover of YA literature! Last year I inhaled about 250 books along with writing my first novel, and I just completed my second, a YA Magical Realism/Historical. Which is also why I probably didn't introduce myself--I was kinda manic in getting words out LOL.

I have been CPs with Trish for a few months and have met a few of you via Twitter, but I look forward to getting to know everyone better on here! Oh, and I am also a homeschool mom to two princesses, the blessed wife of a wonderful man, and a transplated New Orleanian living in Houston, Texas. :-)

[Elizabeth]

Rachel! *waves!*

To be honest, I only know you by your twitter name, so it's nice to finally meet you in person (well, sort of :-).
Congrats on the books! Please put them under the book folder, and I'll add them to our shelf. We are all HUGE Trish fans, and so we're thrilled you've joined us!

[Rachel]

Hello Beth!

I've heard so many great things about you from our girl Hope :-) So it is nice to 'meet' you, too!

Thrilled to be here!

[Mary]

Hi everyone! My name is Mary, or XchylerConn either works for me. I blog about authors and others who ask me too. I post reviews around, tweet, and FB it. I recently got Part One of my book out it is a type of intro. I have it on Smashwords for free so please check it out its only 5493 words and I could use some followers. http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...
My blogs are http://www.mysticthoughts-xc.blogspot... and http://www.mysticthoughtsauthors.word...

[Elizabeth]

Hey Mary! I'm so glad you joined us! Are you looking for followers or critiques for the part one? If you want a little feedback, please repost as a separate discussion under the critique forum so that everyone will have a space to add their thoughts. If you'd rather just have followers and a "Yaaay Mary" pat on the back, just leave it here :-) You're on my "list for lunch" today.

Also, chirenjenzie has some great writers, so take a look at the shelf and if there's something you'd like to review, just give them a holler!

Again, so glad you're here!
Chi (aka beth :-)

[Laurence]

Hi everyone! My name is Laurence (pronounced lo-rance to rhyme with France). I write YA Fantasy, and am looking forward to getting to know all of you. I am currently querying my first book THE WHITE ROSE, and am looking for feedback, critique and all around peer support. You can find me on twitter at @LaurenceKing

So happy to be here!

[Elizabeth]

Welcome Laurence that rhymes with France! So glad you've joined us. Please feel free to poke around and comment at will! When your book makes its way to Goodreads, please be sure to let me know and I'll put it on the shelf!

[Cynthia]

Hi Everyone! I am Cynthia and I run Book Reader Addicts on Facebook. So glad to be part of this group!

[L.T.]

Cynthia wrote: "Hi Everyone! I am Cynthia and I run Book Reader Addicts on Facebook. So glad to be part of this group!"

Hi Cynthia! Happy to meet you and welcome to our group! Many won't read my books, even with a major motion picture trilogy in the works and great reviews, because I'm indie. Does your FB site support only trad. published authors?

[Kiersten]

Hi everyone, Kiersten here *wave* Elizabeth told me about this group and I just had to join. I just published my first novel Demon Possession: Shadow Quest Book 1 Last month (the print version came out yesterday!).

I'm one of those PNR addicts, and before I started writing I would read about one book every three or so days. Now I'm lucky to get in one every two weeks.

I'm so glad to have been invited here! I'm always looking for advice on how to improve my writing, and I'm sort of bumbling my way around when it comes to promotion. LOL. I've learned quite a bit already so I'll try to help out where I can.

[Elizabeth]

Yaaaay! Welcome Kiersten! Hey, be sure to put your twitter name on the twitter thread. Someone's always on there, so I'd love it if you could join us there as well! :-D

[L.T.]

Kiersten wrote: "Hi everyone, Kiersten here *wave* Elizabeth told me about this group and I just had to join. I just published my first novel Demon Possession: Shadow Quest Book 1 Last month (the pr..."

Hi Kiersten! Welcome to the group. Congrats on your latest release! I'll have to check it out. In the meantime, your also welcome to visit my website at http://web.me.com/imagobooks or visit the Imago FB fan page started up by readers http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lorna-S...
Have a lovely day!

[Deana]

Hey! My name is Deana. Elizabeth told me about this group and I thought I'd come check things out. I am a YA writer, blogger, mother of two, UK Wildcat fanatic...hmm...I think that about covers it. Looking forward to getting to know everyone:)

[Laurence]

Welcome to the group, Deana! I recently joined myself...

[Elizabeth]

Deana!! *waves!!* welcome to my insanity!

Seriously, you're gonna love it here (and thanks Laurence for welcoming our newest member :-)

I believe the next few weeks are absolutely nuts for everyone, but hopefully when summer gets under way we can start some great discussions.

[Deana]

Hi! I can't wait...I'm all about insanity:)

[Elizabeth]

You're from Kentucky...I think that goes without saying :-D

[Deana]

Hehe...no doubt:)

[Stacy]

Hi! My name is Stacy, and I'm here after reading Elizabeth's post on The Ending Unplanned today.

I'm a SAHM from Iowa writing my second book, a psychological thriller. It will be my first attempt at publication, and I'm nearing the end of my first draft. I'm interested in feedback and support, as well as making new writing friends. You can find me on Twitter as stacygreen26, and my blog is http://stacygreenauthor.blogspot.com/.

Look forward to getting to know you all!

[Elizabeth]

Hey Stacy!
So nice to meet you. I'm crazy busy at the moment, but if your still needing help around the middle of July, I'd love to read your stuff! :-) my email is beth(at)elizabethisaacs.com

Welcome to the crazy world of Chirenjenzie!

[Stacy]

Elizabeth, I'd love for you to read my stuff. My goal is to get the rough draft finished by the 17th, before I go on vacation, so the middle of July would give me plenty of time for a first edit. I look forward to it!

Thanks!

[Deana]

Hi Stacy, nice to meet you. congrats on almost finishing that draft:)

[Stacy]

Thanks Deanna! Nice to meet you as well:)

[Laurence]

Welcome,Stacy!

[Stacy]

Thanks so much!

[Cyndi]

Welcome to the group, Stacy!

Stacy wrote: "Hi! My name is Stacy, and I'm here after reading Elizabeth's post on The Ending Unplanned today.

I'm a SAHM from Iowa writing my second book, a psychological thriller. It will be my first attempt..."

[Stacy]

Thanks, Cyndi!

[Michael]

After retiring from the FBI and as an ex-cop, I wrote two books. Midnight Sin is a crime novel and Walking the Corporate Beat: Police School for Business People is a non-fiction, lessons learned.

On my Author Page I blog about current crime and security issues, such as the Casey Anthony Trial and terrorism. I always welcome friendly debate on my blogs. Please visit and share your thoughts.

Thanks,
Michael Tabman

Midnight Sin

Walking the Corporate Beat: Police School for Business People

[Elizabeth]

Welcome Michael! Thanks for joining us!

[Michael]

Elizabeth wrote: "Welcome Michael! Thanks for joining us!"

Thank you. I look forward to an exchange of thoughts and opinions.

Michael Tabman

[Doug]

I came here from a suggestion posted on the group for my narrative nonfiction book The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg, about my battle with a drug company and how I found my mother along the way. I also write a blog about healthcare and the pharmaceutical industry called 'Before You Take That Pill' (and wrote a book of the same name, as well as other nonfiction). I have also written 7 screenplays.

[Just a person]

Welcome Doug and Michael! Let us know how we can help you!

[Genevieve]

Hi all, and thank you, Beth, for inviting me to join your group!

I'm fairly new to this whole world. My first novel,Under the Same Sky was published Jan 2012 by Berkley, and the second, Sound of the Heart will be out May 1 2012. These are the first two books I've ever written. They're historical adventure (I shy away from historical "romance" even though I'm with Berkley Sensation, so there's a HEA!) with a paranormal twist. I work mostly around the mid-1800's and I write gritty - I don't pull punches. I was inspired to write by Diana Gabaldon's genius.

Anyway, thanks again. I'm terrible at being active on these groups (busy writing and running my editing business) but I'll try!
- Genevieve

[Elizabeth]

If you're terrible at being active you'll fit right into our little group! :-)

We started as a group of writers on twitter that wanted more than 140 characters (there's a shocker :-). In the course of getting to know one another, knicknames were given. Long story short, I'm Chi (pronounce kye. It's short for Chimera. Blame Izzie for that one :-) Italia Trent is Ren, Jenn Sprague is Jen, and Hope Collier is Izzie. Put them all together and you get Chi-Ren-Jen-Zie. Goofy as it sounds, that's how we got this even goofier name! We also have a blog. http://www.chirenjenzie.blogspot.com in which we take part in our author's blog tours, shout out anything that's going on in your life, and all authors here are encouraged to write a post every now and then (when they come up for air from their own projects, of course :-).

I'll add your books to our shelf, and welcome to the insanity!

[Just a person]

Welcome!!

[Genevieve]

That sounds terrific! I have a MASSIVE blog tour coming up in May, so I"ll be sure to post it.
Thanks, Chi!

[Becky]

Hello! I just joined the group via an invite from Elizabeth (Beth). I teach with Beth and absolutely love her books (so proud of her)!!! I love reading and want to write...just haven't started that dream/goal yet. We shall see where it takes me...

[Elizabeth]

Whoot! You joined our merry band of insanity! I'm sure you'll fit right in! :-)

[Just a person]

Welcome Becky

[Becky]

Elizabeth wrote: "Whoot! You joined our merry band of insanity! I'm sure you'll fit right in! :-)"

Of course...Insanity is what we do. :-)

[Becky]

Brandi wrote: "Welcome Becky"

Thanks! :)

[Hope]

Becky wrote: "Hello! I just joined the group via an invite from Elizabeth (Beth). I teach with Beth and absolutely love her books (so proud of her)!!! I love reading and want to write...just haven't started that..."

Hi Becky!

Welcome!!! Lovely to meet you :)