How'd You Find This Site?

I was lead to the Absolute Write website by taking two writing classes taught by Eva Shaw, and found the Forums from the home page.

Denise

AW Newsletter - but it was the AW Idol contest that got me to join. Before that, I felt like I had nothing relevant to talk about because I'm such a newbie. (Now I can't shut up!) LOL!

I found it through a link in the Absolute Write Newsletter.

Sometimes it just pays to click.

I had to cast my mind back there to answer that,

because once I arrived here, I became so immersed in the threads that I'd forgotten why I was here in the first place, and had to look again this morning for it, lol.

I was searching for details on an agency that I'd submitted to. Boy, am I glad I found this place, since the agency unfortunately doesn't sound too promising. Better to find out now than later though, eh?

I found out about this site and these boards when Jenna joined a Céline Dion online community that I am a part of. I've been reading the newsletters for a while now. I'm happy to finally be here, and I'm sure that I'll enjoy it.

Google!

I believe I found this site from my long time friend http://www.google.com

Rebecca
Chippewa Publishing
Now accepting submissions!
http://www.chippewapublishing.com

I found this site by patient direction from my friend who is also here. Uh... black winged fighter, I believe is her name here.

I had been published by PA for several months and was on their boards, when one of their authors kept coming on the boards warning about PA "bashers."

The "basher" site was never identified, but several PA authors talked about it in their posts and I first thought they were talking about Predators & Editors, but then the post language did not match what I was finding on the P&E board. Finally, I discovered about three months ago that the primary "basher" site for PA was AW.

It is ironic, that the PA author, who was warning everyone about AW in an abstract way, is the one person, who drew attention to AW and is primarily responsible for me coming here, and I suspect other PA authors as well.

Bout2givUp said:

It was a most discouraging scene,why with my best computer in the shop,and a new one not doing so keen.
So out I went in a hurried pace looking for another to the new one replace.
Once found,and taken home hooked up,and online I wondered,and I wandered til by accident I found writers,and more on a site I had never seen before...oh my!
Then engaging them I found writers in mass, nay! in legions they fell.
All as I,and all others to looking for a place to their work sell.
Alas,I see tis a twisted maze!
I must be in my sepulcher in hell.
Uhhh thats how I found the site-luck.

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One day I WILL have the confidence to come as a newbie and post something like that! WOW. Too cool!

Google

Like many, I googled something with literary agent in it and the Uncle Jim thread came up. Then I wandered over to PA and read about Atlanta Nights, and the rest was history.

I found this through the AW news letter.

sonia

I followed the link on another writer's board to a thread on this site and found it interesting, so I decided to stick around.

I was searching for some of the members on wikipedia and I ended up here! (and now i'm a member, woo!)

I can't remember... I was on the old board as well, but I didn't do much more than lurk there.

I think I came across from the speculations rumormill, following a link or a post there to the old board, and then from there to here. And I never posted into the Newbie forum until now

This is probably an old story, but I found it while doing a google search for an agent that accepted my work...turns out she wasn't legit and I saved time, money and heartache!

I Hate To Admit IT!

I read a post on the PA message board that was posted by another PublishAmerica author, and found it.
Will miracles ever cease?!!!!
I'm eternally grateful!

A friend of mine basically brow beat me into joining. hehee

At first, I barely looked at any threads, but I have recently spent more time here. I am such a pathetic newby that I barely can get anything written.

I blame my ADHD for my current problem:I can't finish anything.

Two paragraphs in, I want to go back and edit. Then I think about a different story and work on it. Even with my ritalin, I don't get very far.
I have started working a bit more. I'm trying to set a set amount of time each day to writing, even if it doesn't get much accomplished. I need to get myself trained to work.

Ooooo Half-Life, I haven't played that in a while...

I used yahoo search for writer's message board....I looked at several different boards before joining this one. I like the set up, the large selection of topics and the fact that it's very active. There are too many boards that are 'dead.'

McCann said:

I blame my ADHD for my current problem:I can't finish anything.

Two paragraphs in, I want to go back and edit. Then I think about a different story and work on it. Even with my ritalin, I don't get very far.
I have started working a bit more. I'm trying to set a set amount of time each day to writing, even if it doesn't get much accomplished. I need to get myself trained to work.

Ooooo Half-Life, I haven't played that in a while...

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Um, hate to tell you, that's not from ADHD. I have a cardboard box in my basement and a milk crate under my desk, both of which I'm fairly certain are full of beginnings. I haven't looked at them in a few years, so I can't really tell you for certain. Basically, I'm saying, this is perfectly normal.