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Hello, Water Cooler folk!

My name is Jane Bigelow. I've been writing for, oh, quite awhile; have given it up a couple of times due to family circumstances or just giving up in hopes of having a normal life. Doesn't work. I'm an addict, and I don't want to recover.

I've published one fantasy novel, Talisman, with Pronghorn Press, a few short stories, and a number of nonfiction pieces for local publications.

I've finished a second novel and want to find an agent for it. Annette Chaudet of Pronghorn Press was great to work with, but I'd like to find a publisher with wider distribution. Oh, and I'm currently working on a third novel, a short story for an anthology, and some freelance editing.

No disrespect to self or indie publishing is intended! I've watched a couple of people do quite well that way. Neither one of them looks at a room full of strangers and feels a strong urge to run away. I do--feel the urge, that is. In practice I am a brave girl and go in there and even have fun.
 

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Take some time and read the Newbie Guide and the Stickies found
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In fact, we have lots of brilliant FAQs check them out.


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Hello. :welcome: to the Water Cooler!
 

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Nice to meet you

Hi Jane,
I joined a couple of weeks ago. It's taken me a little bit of time to figure everything out, but this is a fantastic place to communicate with inspiring people. I finished my first novel and am working on a second one. I'm also looking for an agent. I've recently been working on a few short stories and submitting them to competitions.

~Erika
 

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I'm looking for a publisher myself. I don't know if I should focus on Canada first, or just start carpet bombing new york agencies right away
 

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Hi Jane!

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! =)

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welcome, to absolute,we all make a start and stop again and with a little patience you will get there, even though it can be a daunting task at times, the word you use "addiction" is great for that purpose, hope to see you around and read your work