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Greetings All,

My name is Matthew and I will consider myself unpublished. I found AW by stumbling across some of the posts from Google. Then I realized that I had once before been here, but did not stay. I've pondered joining writing forums for a while, and while my deliberations were quite for the favor, I never got around to joining one. Well, now I'm here, and I believe I've made a great choice. Out of the few forums I've seen, this community takes the cake. Now to introduce me further...

In Spring of 2008, I fell victim to the cunning facade of a publisher who offered to publish my poetry. I have long since seen through the fallacy presented as a promise to me. The publisher is well know among this community, and had I known what you all know about PA back then, I would not have given up my work to them. However, mistakes shape who we are and how we move further. I have completed a Novel of 90,028 words, and received my first rejection letter, Yay Me. A Form Rejection from Donald Maass. Though I believe I have the correct attitude for this business, for when I received it, I was much happier than one might expect. Strange, but in a way I already enjoy getting rejections. The acceptance will come when one least expects it.

Forgive me for the rambling, I like a good introduction. And as you all are not Agents that I am sending queries to, I don't believe there is a One-Page limit. :hooray: My tastes in writing vary from time to time, and my motto is, "I will write anything that comes to me, with or without plot and move on from there." My recent Novel was in the Paranormal Genre, concerning Vampires and Fallen Angels. Now, I know you might say Vampires and Fallen Angels are overtly-used these days, but I say that most of them tend to follow a certain plot-path that has been added onto for ages. I'm not bragging, but I believe in the great saying:
"Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it."

- C. S. Lewis
With that being said, I hope everyone finds me at least a tiny bit interesting. I welcome Private Messages, as well as many many more replies.

~Matthew
 

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Welcome.

Nice C. S. Lewis quote.
 

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Welcome Matthew, shall I call you Matt?
Do enjoy your stay here, and I will look forward to reading your work.
 

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Welcome to Absolute Write, Matthew! Maybe I will see you around the sci-fi / fantasy section!

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C. S. Lewis was very wise. And Matt will work just fine, thank you Tina. Yes Konah, perhaps you will. Thank you all for the warm welcomes.
 

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Nice introduction Matt. Welcome-

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Welcome to AW. Hope you enjoy your stay with us.
How do you like your popcorn?

If you go to the bottom of the page to the ‘forum jump’ you can scroll down and find all the areas of this place. Most of the SYW areas require the password of ….vista. A word to the wise, (50 posts), it would be a good idea to participate first in helping others before you think about posting your own work. After you have been around here for awhile, then post something of your own for help. Good luck.
 

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Hello and welcome. I'm pretty new, myself, but so far the discussions I've been apart of have been awesome. Great stuff to learn and share here.

Congrats on having submitted your first novel. I was also considering that Agency for when I've finished polishing my novel.

Happy Writing (Or sad writing if that's your thing)!

Tony B.
 

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Welcome. Rejection is par for the course in this business, the fact you take it so well is a good thing. I hope I'm as positive when I recieve mine.

Good luck.
 

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I wish to thank everyone for their welcomes. I feel comfortable here already. Merci.
 

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Welcome to the forum. :welcome:

I'm sorry you had a bad experience with a publisher, but I'm glad you kept writing. :) Keep at it!
 

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Hi Mathew

"Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it."

- C. S. Lewis

Thanks for sharing the quote. I've never heard that one before.
 
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