AW was mentioned a few times on the online critique group I'm a member of. And Dmytryp invited me to check it out, so I've browsed through the site a few times. It looked good, so now I decided to join.
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Heya!
I just found it now by searching in google 'grammer, spelling and plot editor needed'. So now, I have to figure out what this site is for! I'm just kidding.
Kathy
I just found it now by searching in google 'grammer, spelling and plot editor needed'. So now, I have to figure out what this site is for! I'm just kidding.
Kathy
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I first heard of Absolute Write through Miss Snark.
Sniff. Sniff.
Howl....
Okay, pulling myself back together....
Sniff. Sniff.
Howl....
Okay, pulling myself back together....
Another Googler.
I was googling Robot Zombies and your forum popped up. I've been lurking ever since, and I'm finally starting to post.
If anyone is interested in my new webcomic -I am in dire need of feedback:
http://www.robot-zombies.com/
I was googling Robot Zombies and your forum popped up. I've been lurking ever since, and I'm finally starting to post.
If anyone is interested in my new webcomic -I am in dire need of feedback:
http://www.robot-zombies.com/
I was looking for some critics about "how to make a movie in 21 days" on google and find a thread on this board.
I too was just surfing the internet looking for publishing companies when I came upon this site.
I found it while looking for an agent. One of the agent listings sent me here, its an awesome site!
accidental find
The first time I found the water cooler was an accident. I was looking around the net for information to improve my understanding regarding the policies of PublishAmerica. I had begun to feel a little uneasy about some of their procedures regarding publishing, promoting and royalties. Finding a link to the water cooler blog on "why I don't recommend PublishAmerica", which is linked to the water cooler, was a happy accident. The more I read and checked the more concerned I became. Seeing that others had similar concerns was both unsettling and reassuring. Now the statement that, "The reality check came in the same envelope as the royalty check." is fully verified.
I need more input regarding options to help avoid the deceptions and excessive costs of publication. I can see even now that PublishAmerica is charging me for services that they are not performing. I am considering voiding their contract and finding a new publisher. I would appreciate any information from other authors with experience in this sort of thing, particularly any who have themselves managed to void the contract with PA and found a new and less expensive publisher. A company who engages in deceptive practices will not deal fairly.
The first time I found the water cooler was an accident. I was looking around the net for information to improve my understanding regarding the policies of PublishAmerica. I had begun to feel a little uneasy about some of their procedures regarding publishing, promoting and royalties. Finding a link to the water cooler blog on "why I don't recommend PublishAmerica", which is linked to the water cooler, was a happy accident. The more I read and checked the more concerned I became. Seeing that others had similar concerns was both unsettling and reassuring. Now the statement that, "The reality check came in the same envelope as the royalty check." is fully verified.
I need more input regarding options to help avoid the deceptions and excessive costs of publication. I can see even now that PublishAmerica is charging me for services that they are not performing. I am considering voiding their contract and finding a new publisher. I would appreciate any information from other authors with experience in this sort of thing, particularly any who have themselves managed to void the contract with PA and found a new and less expensive publisher. A company who engages in deceptive practices will not deal fairly.
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I found you when researching WL Writers Agency (by whom I escaped being scammed by w/in an inch of my life). . .now I'm sad and bummed and looking for comfort. . .sniff.
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I was searching for an active writing forum. I used google. It gave me a couple of websites ---but nothing compared to how active and diverse this forum is. I think I found this about a week of just randomly googling and researching about the process of writing.
Gosh, 'bout 2 years ago, I needed advice regarding agents 'to be or not to be agented'. Put in a particular agent's name, and WELLAH! I was directed here. Shocking.
But it wasn't until this past summer that I really found my nitch...nich...er...'space' here, a gaggle of buds, and the best-damned-time-EVAH!!!
*sniff* I love you guys....
Nope...haven't been sipping on the sly over at the Cabaret....*sniff* nope, that's SOOO not Capt. Morgan in my espresso....more like Jack Sparrow, but that's another captain and story altogether....
But it wasn't until this past summer that I really found my nitch...nich...er...'space' here, a gaggle of buds, and the best-damned-time-EVAH!!!
*sniff* I love you guys....
Nope...haven't been sipping on the sly over at the Cabaret....*sniff* nope, that's SOOO not Capt. Morgan in my espresso....more like Jack Sparrow, but that's another captain and story altogether....
I found this site googling WL Writer's Agency and I, too, avoided that scam by the skin of my teeth thanks to Absolute Write.
I was just another fool that thought he could write looking up agents on their own sites until I found one that had none. This was the first link on Google and the "Bewares and Background Check" had such scathing comments about the person I was looking up (I don't even remember whom) that I checked the rest of my list against this site. I'm looking forward to seeing what else I can find here.
On an unrelated subject: Inked09012, the word is spelled "niche".
On an unrelated subject: Inked09012, the word is spelled "niche".
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That's so sad!
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By the way, I never contributed to this thread because it was so far in the past that I'm not sure.
I'm pretty sure I came here because of the Neverending PA Thread (the original one ), but I had heard of the site before. So maybe I had visited the board before, but stayed because of that thread. Isn't that pathetic? 
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a very helpfull resource for writers
Great community, not to feirce and not to soft. Exactly what beginners and advanced writers need. A absolute 10/10.
Great community, not to feirce and not to soft. Exactly what beginners and advanced writers need. A absolute 10/10.
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Began surfing for agent lists, found P&E, and then AW --- best find ever!!!!
www.donaldmichaelplatt.com
www.donaldmichaelplatt.com
Yeah, P&E listed recommended. I don't know that I have time to hit several sites, so it's nice to find one recommended by so many others.
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By the eternal laws of the Internet, of course that googling for a writing forum got me nothing as huge & busy as this site, but luckily I stumbled on it in a list on some other God-forgotten writer's site. So anyway, I'm glad I'm here. I'm a complete noob at the moment, but I'm ready to browse the jungle of AW 