How'd You Find This Site?

I almost signed with Publish America but decided to do some research first. I happened upon this site and the people were very nice and told all the horrible things PA has done. I lucked out when i found this site or my novel series would be butchered like a cow.

I arrived here after googling for something like ``writing novels.'' I landed at Uncle Jim's thread. That was so long ago, and the thread was so short then, that I managed to read the whole thing in less than three weeks.


I lurked for quite some time afterward before pitching in.

Hi Sean...you following me? (me following you)?

Found you all in confirming info. on publishing "scams"....

Glad to be here!!!

Writer's Digest 101 Best Web Sites for Writers.

I was investingating NY Literary Agency....thank goodness..

Thanks, Jenna

I was reading one of Ms. Glatzer's books wherein she mentioned AbsoluteWrite. Having sold one article for a paltry fee, I found her book very uplifting, real and humorous all at the same time. I felt that any one with that type of advice and experience must be related to a great site! I signed up for the markets... and, now, here I am at the Water Cooler! I look forward to communicating with you all in the future.

Thanks for letting me in!

I was an occasional reader/lurker for quite a while before I decided to register and start posting, so it's hard to be sure. That said I'm pretty certain I first came here via a link someone had posted on another Writers' Forum.

I'm pretty sure I got here from a link in the newsletter.

My wife, who's a member, pointed me in this general direction

I searched for ages before i found it. Suddenly it just popped up on the list after i typed in several keyword on google search. (thank god for google!) he he

A link in a post in another writer's forum brought me here.

I began browsing around and saw that Victoria Strauss was a major contributor. And I LOVE this woman! I love the good work she is doing for the innocent and uninformed writers of the world. I had some dealings with her a while back. I even sent her a copy of a contract from a questionable agency for her records.

I figure if it's a place Ms. Strauss likes, well then I want to know more about it.
So I stayed and explored and stayed . . . . . . and stayed.

SDMB sent me here as I was looking for writers and artists to contribute to my webzine.

Alleycat told me to come here, & because the other forum was down, I did

I searched Google, though I can't recall exactly the key words I used. It was one of the first hits. It ended up being pretty damned scintillating and insightful, so I stuck around.

I came, I saw, I'm confused

I found this site thru AW's main board. If you've never been to a place like this before it can be a little confusing. I'm trying to learn as much as I can about the business of writing & becoming a freelancer. This looks like a place to learn much & get help along the way. Good to be on board.

I found out about this through a guy I know in my creative writing class.

I found this site when I did a search for NY Literary on Overture. I was trying to find out if it was a scam. I found this listing, came to see what it was all about, read brilliant posts regarding NY Literary....and I stayed

I googled "writers forums". Two stood out, this one and one other (I won't mention it here). I started posting on the other one but some of the reactions seemed a bit hostile so I came over here and was immediately taken by the warmth of welcome to my "hello" post.

The colour scheme is better too.