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Hello to All :)

I joined a few days ago and have been poking around the forums before I submit my NOOB post! I am a newbie here and a newbie writer. I have wanted to write as long as I could remember. I was recently off for 6 weeks for a surgery and read so many books, I finally said that's it I know I can do it! And now here I am learning as I go and crossing my fingers.

I have a great childhood friend who does bookreviews through facebook who is now my sound board. I sent her my first 7 chapters to get feedback, and to test her, see if she would want to continue to read or throw it in a shredder.

I decided my first would be the type of book I love to read. Crime Fiction with a little love.

She loved it told me watch my comas (they are my weak spot) and now I keep on typing!! Glad to have found this wonderful forum and hope to learn and make some friends along the way!!



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Thanks Reddog and Rusty. And no worries on the 50 posts my work is no where ready to be posted here. I will read the links and forums for now. I am so glad I found this forum. It has already helped me with a few things I needed.
 
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Bethliam said:
Crime Fiction with a little love.
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:welcome:, Beth. I, too, write crime fiction with a little romance in the mix. We're getting more mystery writers joining these days. Maybe it's time to try for another mystery writers group. :Shrug:

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She loved it told me watch my comas (they are my weak spot)
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I, also, try to avoid falling into comas. It's always a good friend who urges us to write when fully conscious. I'm fortunate to have a couple of those friends. :D
 
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Hello! I don't write crime fiction, but I love reading it.

Good luck with your writing and welcome to AW.:D
 
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I, too, am a comma addict; though, the occasional semicolon will do in a pinch, I definitely prefer the comma, at least, over other forms of punctuation: colons, I like them as well, but nothing satisfies, truly satisfies, like a good, squiggly, comma; I mean, a semicolon is only so good, in retrospect, as a means to get you to what you're really, deeply, craving; and that, my friend, is the delicious, pause-inducing, stop-and-smell the roses, or, I suppose, pansies, if you like that sort of thing, or, really, any nice, fresh, enervating, botanical smell - like a comma; I try to break my habit - and my sentences - up with the occasional use, perhaps abuse, of a dash; but, it only seems to be a "dash", if you will, to the next, and the next, and yet the next, comma; sometimes, I think, perhaps, just maybe, an intervention may be called for; perhaps from my friends, perhaps from my family, perhaps, even, from my fellow writers; but, truly, how could I manage, even function properly, without my beloved, effervescent, ever present.... Well, you know, comma.

(Don't laugh... This is really how I write sometimes. When I proof a rough draft I often call it "comma pruning") X^D
 
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Welcome. Those comas are a weak spot for all of us. Nothing sucks like being unable to wake up and write. ;)
 

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Welcome. Yea, those commas will get you. I'm good with almost every comma rule...except coordinate and cumulative adjectives. I know all the tricks for them, but I still goof them up sometimes.
 
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Welcome Beth! And congrats on getting seven chapters done on your novel. AW is a great place to help you learn and grow in your writing. :)
 

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Thank you, all of you!!

It's is so comforting to know I'm not the only one with the comma thing.. I was really starting to worry over it and these posts have made me laugh and put me at ease.. I am so glad to have found this forum, it gives me a little more faith that I am able to do this!!!


Thank you all!!!:Hug2:
 
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Welcome! From a fellow new writer stumbling her way thru the dark and treacherous forests of Firstdraftdom.
 
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Welcome! I, too, suck at commas. Pretty sure I added or subtracted a few in this very post. But having someone willing to read and honestly comment on your work is a huge plus. I'm also a fan of genre-bending, so I think you'll do okay :)
 

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Welcome! Yeah, I used to hate commas, but now I love them! Doesn't mean that I use them correctly, but they've definitely grown on me. Happy writing! :)
 

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Welcome to AW, Bethliam and I wish you the best on your writing journey.
 

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Welcome! I, too, suck at commas. Pretty sure I added or subtracted a few in this very post. But having someone willing to read and honestly comment on your work is a huge plus. I'm also a fan of genre-bending, so I think you'll do okay :)
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Thanks, I think I have wanted to write for the last 15 years and instead I always read a book. I am still reading but find myself studying the way it is written more and more. All the posts here have been so helpful in reminding myself I can do it. And all I learn by reading different threads is helping me as I go..


You guys all rock!!!!
 
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Bethliam said:
I joined a few days ago and have been poking around the forums...
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Well, in that case, I'm just gonna have to poke you back. :poke:

(In other words, you, Dear Newbie, have just been Laverned)

:welcome:
 
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