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Hey there! I have often visited the AW forums but I am now taking the official plunge.

I am a 32 29-year-old male. I live in a semi small town in Texas with my boyfriend of 13 years and our two cats. I love reading, playing video games and watching many television series. Most of all, though, I love to write.

I have written the first one and half novels of my fantasy trilogy but they have been put on hold as I reevaluate the direction of my story. My current project is a standalone novel set in the same world of which I am up to the halfway point.

As a reader for many years, I have often found myself frustrated with the lack of quality fantasy novels and/or series featuring strong gay main characters. So as an aspiring author, my prime objective is to produce the most entertaining high fantasy story I can using strong male leads who just so happen to like other strong males. :) Gender attraction will not be the focus of my books nor do I have intentions to preach or shove views of any kind through my works. I simply want characters that other fantasy readers like myself can relate.

I look forward to getting to know you guys and feel free to shout at me any time!
 

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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. After you post 50 posts you can use the SYW areas to get help there. The password for some of the areas is…..vista. A word to the wise, 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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Hi! Welcome to AW:welcome:

You'll love it here with the supporting community and such :)

I can highly recommend checking out the Newbie guide (not being here that long myself!) and reading the stickies in each forum topic - they're pretty handy!

Good luck, and hope to see you around!
 

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Take some time and read the Newbie Guide and the Stickies found
at the top of Forum pages. They are your best guide to learning about
Absolute Write.

Don’t forget to read the FAQ regarding posting pictures at AW.


Members who want to start a thread in Share Your Work to have work critiqued need
50 posts. Don’t make a mad dash to reach your 50 posts. Take some time to greet fellow newbies,
critique other members’ works, or join a discussion.
 

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Welcome, welcome. Whatever your writing goals I think you'll find a lot of useful stuff in this community, have fun!
 

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Welcome!
The idea of a strong gay male lead is intriguing even though I'm not gay. Sounds like an interesting look into another way of seeing things. I hope things go well for you.
 

Gatsby

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Hi Kalstarian! I'm new, too, trying to find my way around.
 

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Thank you all for the warm welcome. I really appreciate your kind words.