Another "newbie" here

Milkshakable · Sep 29, 2012

Hi everyone! My name is Andrea and I'm from Toronto, Canada. By day I work as a speech writer, and by night I'm writing my first novel. My interests are mostly in YA and I see lots of other writers on here also seem interested in YA -- I'm sure I'll find lots to learn and contribute!!

Looking forward to getting to know you all!

Tepelus · Sep 29, 2012

Hello, and welcome!

L. Y. · Sep 29, 2012

Hello and

regdog · Sep 29, 2012

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Maryn · Sep 29, 2012

A pleasure to meet you, Andrea.

Maryn, waving from the other side of the lake

muse · Sep 29, 2012

Hi, Andrea. Welcome to AW. :welcome:

Griffin Hayes · Sep 29, 2012

Welcome!

Griffinvw · Sep 29, 2012

Hello and welcome!

skydragon · Sep 29, 2012

Welcome! Cute username

NicolaD · Sep 29, 2012

Welcome, Andrea!

There are heaps of threads with great info - check them out!

rwm4768 · Sep 29, 2012

Welcome.

SilverDragon · Sep 30, 2012

Hello and welcome! Wow that is really cool! Have you written speeches for a lot of well known celebrities?

Nickie · Sep 30, 2012

Welcome to the Cooler, Andrea.

Milkshakable · Sep 30, 2012

Thanks so much everyone!! I think I'll like it here.

SilverDragon: Sadly, no celebrities! I work for our provincial government, so I write for strictly for politicians and bureaucrats.

thehairymob · Sep 30, 2012

LissaB · Sep 30, 2012

Welcome! I just got here too and it's great so far

benjj · Oct 1, 2012

G'Day! Welcome. I love Brian Adams (and Glass Tiger if you're old enough). I dearly miss John Candy.

Dylan Hayes · Oct 1, 2012

Welcome to the Water Cooler, Andrea.

Ronde · Oct 2, 2012

I'm sorry Torontonian newb. There can be only one! Gotcha by a couple days.

KellyAssauer · Oct 4, 2012

Hi Andrea!

Welcome to AW!

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Welcome to our community! =)

-kelly-

Beautiful Tragedy · Oct 9, 2012

welcome and hello!

Another "newbie" here

Milkshakable

Tepelus

And so...

L. Y.

Thread surfer and virtual bartender

regdog

The Scavengers

Maryn

I Tried

muse

standing on head, typing one-handed...

Griffin Hayes

One evil little baby step at a time

Griffinvw

A cat with opposable thumbs

skydragon

NicolaD

This will all make sense tomorrow

rwm4768

practical experience, FTW

SilverDragon

Nickie

Not too old to learn

Milkshakable

thehairymob

If I had a brain I'd still be dumb

LissaB

benjj

Dylan Hayes

Ronde

KellyAssauer

The Anti-Magdalene

Beautiful Tragedy