How'd You Find This Site?

I actually came here first thanks to my father, who is not a writer at all. I was having issues with a publisher, I talked to him about it, and then he did what he does best -- Google. He found this place and suggested I check it out.

my parents bought me this Writer's Digest Guide thing for 2010, and it had a whole list of helpful websites for aspiring writers. this was one of them. when i first joined, i started posting, but then got really busy with school, and took a bit of a leave. then after graduation, i get really stressed with working multiple jobs and gathering up money for my eventual move to california.

but now i'm finally rested, and while i do have work, i now have some more free time to get on this site, and to really focus on my writing. but yeah, i found this site a year ago through a magazine. and i'm very pleased i did.

A friend of mine who's a writer suggested I check out the site.

Mine was under pretty sad circumstances. I have been rejected by 40 literary agents and I became desperate for feedback on what I was doing wrong ith my query. I posted my query on yahoo answers and after many people told me my query was bad someone finaly took pity on me and pointd me to this site. specificly query letter hell.

joshsandersmusic said:

Mine was under pretty sad circumstances. I have been rejected by 40 literary agents and I became desperate for feedback on what I was doing wrong ith my query. I posted my query on yahoo answers and after many people told me my query was bad someone finaly took pity on me and pointd me to this site. specificly query letter hell.

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Im sorry josh, that kinda sucks... but now your here and can get all the feedback you need.

Well this is new to me for sure. I found this site whilst searching for answers. I signed a contract with a literary agent, (one of the top recommended in UK) one year ago. She does not respond to any of my requests for conversation, approached no publishers, wants me to pay MORE money. Yes I fell into the trap, however this is after doing my homework. She also owns a publishing company. What does one do to assist other writers from falling into the same pit with this agency. I am not the only writer who has approached this agency with same results. Can anyone advise.

Jeez I can't even remember how I found this site. I remember I kept seeing AW mentioned on all these blogs I followed and by writer friends I knew, but never knew what it stood for and was too embarrassed to ask. And I do remember when I DID eventually find the site, it still took me forever to figure out how to access the forums.

I'm so smart sometimes.

I found this site through a friend

Googled "writing forum" AW is the best I have found. Period.

Hello

This forum is pretty much what I was looking for. Thanks guys, for putting it together. Really.

I googled "query letter logline forum" and so here I am. And it's good.

I haven't posted a bio for lazy privacy reasons, but I don't wanna come across as a complete stranger either. So here goes.

I've had the training to become a stage actor you might not throw a tomato at. As for writing, I'm still learning.

Also, I'm a big fan of carne asada.

Cindy Pon once mentioned that this was an excellent place to be. She was right. So I started lurking, one thing led to another, and now here I am.

I found AW through Writer Beware, found them via SFWA. All great resources.

I also found this site by running into a block, mine concerning how to describe a character without making it sound cliche or like a dating profile.

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I remember vaguely seeing it a few times in various searches, but it wasn't until recently when I doubled up my efforts to find a Beta reader or two that I sat down and registered...

Someone mentioned the site over on Writer's Digest forums and I ambled on over...

Educated

I was looking up ways to become educated without college and your site popped up! Ubfortunately, I can't remember the link.

Yup, AW is a lifesaver! I first heard about AW when I was "dogpiling" (I don't use Google) query letters. This ... "Absolute Write" kept popping up. What the HECK is this and why is it everywhere!? Fine. I'll click on it to see what it was. Wow. Oh, yeah.

An author on FB found out that Publish America had almost gotten me to publish with them. She got to me before they could sink their teeth into me, and directed me here!

Found it when I was checking out Agents

A friend suggested I check it out.

AW was recommended to me by my sister, how she found the site is anyone's guess...

I kind of found it while looking up Horror stories, ^.^; the casual atmostphere this site creates is much more lax than Deviantart's Formus

I was frustrated over trying to move from novel-writing to short-story-writing, and was googling for some tips on making the transition. A few of the threads from this board came up, and there was a lot of value in what was being said.