Hello from the Tip of the Mitten (Michigan)

Debra Chapoton

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I've been writing for ten years and have self-published most of my work. I'm here on AbsoluteWrite looking for help in pitching and querying.
I'm looking forward to helping others, too, with grammar and editing (decades of experience with a red pen and high school students).
 

Griffin Hayes

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Glad to have you aboard. Welcome!
 

Elaine Margarett

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Welcome!! This is a great place to be.<g>

I had the pleasure of living on the Thumb (Ubly and Bad Ax) in 2008 and 2009. I hope to some day return.
 

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Welcome, Debra. Nice to meet a fellow troll. :)

Easy, people. It's not a slam. Trolls live under the (Mackinac) bridge. Yoopers live above the bridge.
 

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Hello. Welcome to the Water Cooler!
 

KellyAssauer

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Hi Debra!

Welcome to AW!

Don't forget to read about AW basics in the Newbie Guide!

Questions about the forum software can be found in the FAQ's menu in the handy blue bar at the 'top' of this page.

This common acronym list helps identify our mystifying abbreviations.

Before you ask that Newbie question!!

See if Katiemac has the answer here.

and check out: Sara's 10 Basic Writing Tips.


If you're looking for critiques please read the 50 Post rule.

Questions about posting writing to the Share Your Work (SYW) area are explained here.

This link covers the most common problems found in the Share Your Work posts.
*Worth reading no matter how long you have been here!*

AW is a community built on the foundations of respecting your fellow writer and helping each other, it's the basic building blocks of how and why AW works.

Welcome to our community! =)


-kelly-

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The Office Party
Kelly's Soft Asylum
 

rwm4768

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Welcome. I can't imagine how many red marks you have to make on high school students' papers. Mine were usually pretty clean, but that wasn't the case for most of my friends.
 

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Hi Debra,

Welcome - from another Newbie. I'm still stumbling my way around the myriad of sites. There are plenty that provide interest, plenty for advice, and plenty to waste your time when you want to be wasted.

May your writing be a challenge and a joy.

Eric
 

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AdrianLynn

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Welcome! I spend most of my time here in Query Letter Hell SYW with my red ink font. :D I hope to see you over there with your grammar skills!