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I joined Absolute Write in 2013 but have no recollection of doing so - at the time I had a five year old, a three year old, and two year old twins so I ask forgiveness for this.

I've been writing since 2012, done some indie-publishing but now that the kids are a week from ALL being in elementary school I'm ready to throw myself into the nitty gritty business of getting traditionally published.

I just got into Viable Paradise 21 and my future roomie (@dmbeucler) is very savvy and sent me a ton of useful information - including a suggestion to join Absolute Write. Thus I tried to join and discovered I was already a member...

I've got a fully-drafted novel and the first 8k words will be workshopped at VP, then I plan to submit to agents and prepare myself mentally for the rejections to follow.

Anyway, I've read many of the FAQs and Guides and hope I haven't missed anything! What are your favorite forums? Where should I get started. It's a little overwhelming!!

Guang Ming Whitley
 
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. . . at the time I had a five year old, a three year old, and two year old twins so I ask forgiveness for this.

Okay, I forgive you, but the twins make it harder to do so. No chance of giving away the five-year-old, huh? :Shrug:

:welcome:, anyway. :greenie
 

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I joined Absolute Write in 2013 but have no recollection of doing so - at the time I had a five year old, a three year old, and two year old twins so I ask forgiveness for this.

I've been writing since 2012, done some indie-publishing but now that the kids are a week from ALL being in elementary school I'm ready to throw myself into the nitty gritty business of getting traditionally published.

I just got into Viable Paradise 21 and my future roomie (@dmbeucler) is very savvy and sent me a ton of useful information - including a suggestion to join Absolute Write. Thus I tried to join and discovered I was already a member...

I've got a fully-drafted novel and the first 8k words will be workshopped at VP, then I plan to submit to agents and prepare myself mentally for the rejections to follow.

Anyway, I've read many of the FAQs and Guides and hope I haven't missed anything! What are your favorite forums? Where should I get started. It's a little overwhelming!!

Guang Ming Whitley

Hi there and welcome!

Nice to see more VPers. We've got a lot of alums here.
 

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Welcome! (again...sorta ;) )

I can see why you would have got distracted by all those kids, and forgotten you joined here!

My fave forums are the Share Your Work forums, but I know there's a lot more to AW than just those, like political discussions, etc. I'm here for the serious business of getting my novels into a publishable state, though, hence why I stick mostly to the SYW forums.
 

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Hi, GM. The forum is quite large, so I suggest finding one or two threads that stick out to you and reading the stickies, getting involved in a few conversations, and go from there. Finding people who write the same genre as you do may help as well. Anyway, welcome and good luck! :welcome: