Welcome, welcome, welcome!
You'll love it here, I'm sure. AW is, in my opinion, the internet's premier writing place, with all the info you'll ever need on all things writing and publishing, and home to an amazing community, to boot.
Please carefully read the Newbies Guide you were linked to when you registered, as well as the stickied/pinned threads at the top of each forum page. These will help you quickly understand not only the forum rules, but also the culture and etiquette of the various spaces within, and will also help make the forums less overwhelming.
There's a lot to discover, so please take your time exploring, lurk if you like, join in conversations you find fun or interesting if you like, make friends, enjoy yourself!
Please note that there is a 50-post requirement before you can start a thread in any of our Share Your Work rooms. If receiving critique is a goal of yours that's great, but please don't rush to 50 posts. You'll benefit far more from the community (and be able to give far more, too) by becoming part of it
And if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!
See you around the boards
Izz