I can't think of a witty way of saying "I'm new"

Hi Dink! Welcome.

(I love Harry Potter, too... if you type in parens they can't hear you)

Hey, dink! So glad you're here. Good luck with your writing projects!

Hi Dink. Welcome to AW. It's good to have you with us.

Dink,

So. Um.

I admire writers who can convey a message in as few words as possible, I tend to ramble.

JAlpha

Dink, come on down! You're the 1500th contestant on The AbsoluteWrite!
<insert brassy gameshow music here>

Welcome to you.

Welcome, Dink. You're doing better than I am, as you could at least get a post to open for you. I've tried for 2 days but when I hit "new post" or "reply", I can only get the header to accept type and then nothing else functions... and of course with nothing in the message box, it won't post. I don't know how I got your thread to open with a "quick reply" as I didn't do anything but click the topic line of your post and it happened to show up below. Who's complaining though, it might be the one and only post I get

Pardon my complaining before even introducing myself. I'm Savannah and I've lurked here for a few years now. I usually don't have time to sit and talk, so never bothered to register. I've had off all this week and thought I'd delurk, only to find that task impossible. Sometimes you can't win, huh?

Anyway, I write memoirs and personal essays, am currently working on a couple of narrative nonfiction novels but have also had a few essays come out in print and participated in a serial story for the local newspaper. I'm pretty excited right now to announce I've got some writing included in Lisa Delman's new book "Dear Mom, What I've Always Wanted You to Know", release date 4-5-05. It's already available at Amazon. I can hardly wait to receive my copy and see how she put it all together.

Let's see, what else should I tell you in the event that I never get another post to open for me? I write in my "spare" time, as writing is my second job. Though I love it, and want more time to do it, my first love is nursing and I don't want to give that up yet. I am active in the local writing community, though, participating in a weekly critique group and functioning as the Writer's Guild secretary. Keeps me accountable and moving with my goals. I think getting together with fellow writers, whether in person or online, is key to making a well rounded writer who can keep going. Without it, a writer's life can get very lonely.

Anyway, guess that's it. Wish me luck getting back in again (of course now I will probably not have any more trouble, huh? LOL)

Hi

Always glad to "see" new faces round here!
Welcome!

Well, for whatever reason, the threads I am opening to read give me an automatic "quick reply" message box to fill in, which hasn't been happening until this evening. I still can't start a thread or hit "reply" but at least now I have a voice ;D

A writer without a voice is a sad creature...

Savannah
www.SavannahLatamy.com

Dink.
Glad you found the Cooler. You'll like it here.
Joanne

Hiya Dink and Savannah.

Welcome Savannah and Dink. I hope you find AW a pleasant and informative workshop for all your projects. We're here to help and provide morale support.

Triceratops

Hi Dink & Savanna... glad you're both here. It's a great place with really nice people!

Hey, Savannah! (and Dink, again!)

Welcome to Savannah
and welcome to Dink,
If you spend some time here
you won't need a shrink.

(or then again, maybe you will since we get a little crazy)

LOL Kate

And thanks to all of you for the welcome

Hiya

Hiya Dink...

First of all welcome. We are happy you are here.

Poke around and ask questions... we are a happy bunch most of the time... other than when we have witer's block or just received an emailed rejection .. well you get the idea

See you around

Howdy, Dink! Welcome to the Cooler!

dink said:

Dawn0 has instructed me to introduce myself here. So. Um.

I'm trying (actually, at the moment I'm not trying at all -- I'm mucking about on the internet) to complete my first proper children's novel. I can't tell you what it's about, because I've only written a third of it, and the remaining two-thirds are still lurking in the future. I do have an ending in mind, but it'll probably be different by the time I get there.

Annoyingly, ideas for a second story are trying to take over my head. And yesterday a third story popped up, which I'm trying really hard to ignore. I assume that everyone has this problem...

I'll whisper the next bit, my guilty secret...

I started out by writing Harry Potter fanfiction, under the same username that I have here. It wasn't great, but it taught me a lot.

Anyway, this looks to be a good place for writers. Nice to see so many people here.

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Hi Dink! I'm flattered that you not only took my advice but mentioned me too! I wish my kids would be as responsive!

Welcome (again). I wonder if I'll be seeing that rock you live on when I visit Ireland (for the first time!) this summer?

Welcome, too, Savanna907.

Welcome!


(tip for the idea's popping up all over the place. Write them down, quickly. A little plot outline and any characters you might have, or whatever. Put them where you are likely to see them every so often. Then, keep on with what your doing. Tell yourself that if you want to write the next one, you have to finish the first one first. Then all your pent up energy will propell you forward when you finally get to start it.)

Welcome again.

-Ally

(ps. It's alright. I started with Pokemon fanfiction. *shudder*)

Welcome and hope you enjoy the gang around here are pretty nuts sometimes.....