Newbie here, I made my first post yesterday in the Erotica forum as I have an ms, which is not erotica at present time that I am contemplating turning into erotica.
It is my first book, I finished it in December of last year and have been submitting it to agents (with no luck) since Feb of this year.
I have been writing since I was small, and I have notebook after notebook of things I have written but I honestly did not believe it was possible to be a writer.
Just flat out-did not believe it.
To me that only happened to other people, in my world you went to college got a nine-to-five job and that was it. Then last year I had a rather extraordinary encounter with of all things a band. Meeting those guys, seeing that they were normal guys who were doing what they loved, not for money or fame but because they loved music, changed something in me.
After a rather enlightening talk with one of them I realized that it was possible to make your dreams come true. Like them I'm not looking to become rich or famous, I just want to write because I love it, and all of these years of denying it did a lot of damage to me in terms of how I feel about myself and my outlook on the world.
Well I wanted to change that so I set down and wrote a book. And I love it so much, despite the fact that I cannot seem to sell it.
So I have five current books in process, one I am almost done with, but I find myself getting discouraged. What if I suck, what if it is just a dream "for other people". To many what ifs to count.
But I am so glad that I found this forum, I wish I had found it and all of you years ago, or at least before I wrote my first book.
So I'm glad to be here and glad to meet all of you!
It is my first book, I finished it in December of last year and have been submitting it to agents (with no luck) since Feb of this year.
I have been writing since I was small, and I have notebook after notebook of things I have written but I honestly did not believe it was possible to be a writer.
Just flat out-did not believe it.
To me that only happened to other people, in my world you went to college got a nine-to-five job and that was it. Then last year I had a rather extraordinary encounter with of all things a band. Meeting those guys, seeing that they were normal guys who were doing what they loved, not for money or fame but because they loved music, changed something in me.
After a rather enlightening talk with one of them I realized that it was possible to make your dreams come true. Like them I'm not looking to become rich or famous, I just want to write because I love it, and all of these years of denying it did a lot of damage to me in terms of how I feel about myself and my outlook on the world.
Well I wanted to change that so I set down and wrote a book. And I love it so much, despite the fact that I cannot seem to sell it.
So I have five current books in process, one I am almost done with, but I find myself getting discouraged. What if I suck, what if it is just a dream "for other people". To many what ifs to count.
But I am so glad that I found this forum, I wish I had found it and all of you years ago, or at least before I wrote my first book.
So I'm glad to be here and glad to meet all of you!