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MsLaylaCakes

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I've lurked on this forum for months while researching where to submit my Romance. Now that I'm in the interminable "waiting game" phase, I thought it's finally time I come clean and introduce myself :) (it's better to bite my nails in the company of others).

My name is Layla, and I've picked Tara Quan as my pen name (I was trying to avoid the whole "Mom stumbling onto my plan to become a 'hot, explicit' romance writer situation," but that already happened...yesterday, as a matter of fact). I wrote a blog post about it, and who knew my mother googles my name on a regular basis?
 

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Hello. :welcome: to the Water Cooler!
 

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Welcome. At least you don't have to worry about hiding it from your mom now. There's always a positive.
 

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Take some time and read the Newbie Guide and the Stickies found
at the top of Forum pages. They are your best guide to learning about
Absolute Write.

Don’t forget to read the FAQ regarding posting pictures at AW.


In fact, we have lots of brilliant FAQs check them out.


Members who want to start a thread in Share Your Work to have work critiqued need
50 posts. Don’t make a mad dash to reach your 50 posts. Take some time to greet fellow newbies,
critique other members’ works, or join a discussion.


Announcements, Events and Self Promotion is for active members only. All obvious spam will be deleted on sight!
 

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Welcome aboard! I'm fairly new here, but it seems like I've been a part of this place for much longer than I have, and it feels like home already. I'm sure it will soon start to feel that way to you as well.
 

KellyAssauer

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Hi Layla!

Welcome to AW!

Don't forget to read about AW basics in the Newbie Guide!

Questions about this software can be found in the FAQ's menu in the handy blue bar at the 'top' of this page.

This common acronym list helps identify our mystifying abbreviations.

Before you ask that Newbie question!!
See if Katiemac has the answer here.

Check out: Sara's 10 Basic Writing Tips.

If you're looking for critiques please read the 50 Post rule.

Questions about posting writing to the Share Your Work (SYW) area
and explained here. This link covers the most common problems found in the Share Your Work *Worth reading no matter how long you have been here!*

AW is a community built on the foundations of respecting your fellow writer and helping each other, it's the basic building blocks of how and why AW works.

Welcome to our community! =)

-kelly-