I'm not sure about the general statistics, perhaps the admin of the site would be able to access them (you can PM them about that), but the general membership can't, and I can't either, as far as I can see anyway. I'll have another look later, but so far I've got nothing.i expected a general reply like this but I know these sites do have general age and gender range statistics. for instance i belong to a car website which has mostly young male members between the ages of 19-27. This kind of answer to my question is what I was looking for to help me evaluate my own malaise with my writing habits.
Not sure I'd agree with that statement. Not entirely anyway. I came to writing pretty late, and wasn't interested in it when I was young (although young for one person is not young for another, so that is a matter of perception). I know of other writers who had no interest in writing when they were young, and now that they are old (we're talking 60's and even 70's here) they have the drive and ambition to write a novel and to get it published, a drive and ambition that wasn't there before.Let's face it, optimism and the creative drive are youthful endeavors for the most part. As we age we are less and less inclined to aspire, dream and dare, never mind sacrifice and pursue against all odds.
We're both. We have a LOT of members, from all over the globe. Some are newbies just starting and others are career writers. Many started out here AS newbies and grew to be published. We're very inclusive here and have been around a long time.