Read books by AWers!

Welcome to the AbsoluteWrite Water Cooler! Please read The Newbie Guide To Absolute Write

editing for authors ad

A publisher or agency using Google ads to solicit your novel probably isn't anyone you want to write for.


Go Back   Absolute Write Water Cooler > Welcome to the Water Cooler > New Members
Reload this Page Greetings!
Register FAQ Calendar Mark Forums Read

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 02-11-2013, 11:27 AM   #1
Shinteetah
New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin
 
Shinteetah's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 4
Shinteetah is on a distinguished road
Greetings!
Hello, everyone! I come in peace, and I'm anxious to learn.

I've self-published two books thus far (one of them doing extremely well, the other not impressing anyone but I'm at least happy with it), and I have several more in the pipeline. I'm looking forward to learning from this group and sharing great progress together.

Nice to meet you all!
Shinteetah is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-11-2013, 01:23 PM   #2
alleycat
Meow.
AW Moderator
 
alleycat's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 52,005
alleycat is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsalleycat is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsalleycat is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsalleycat is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsalleycat is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsalleycat is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsalleycat is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsalleycat is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsalleycat is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsalleycat is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsalleycat is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Welcome.
__________________
.
alleycat is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-11-2013, 02:04 PM   #3
Nekko
New motto: more purr, less hiss
 
Nekko's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Northern CA in the woods with the bears
Posts: 774
Nekko is a shiny, shiny jewelNekko is a shiny, shiny jewel
Welcome, welcome!

Congrats on the success on the book that's doing well. More importantly, (as long as your bills are getting paid) It's always wonderful when you the author are happy with your work!

Looking forward to seeing you around the threads!
__________________
I'd appreciate your comments on Confrontation

Murder, unappeased, makes the dead malevolent. Posie Graeme-Evans, The Island House
Nekko is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-11-2013, 03:00 PM   #4
regdog
Starscream
AW Moderator
 
regdog's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Admit it, you'd go Decepticon for him too
Posts: 34,697
regdog is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsregdog is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsregdog is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsregdog is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsregdog is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsregdog is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsregdog is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsregdog is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsregdog is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsregdog is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsregdog is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments



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.


Please read the FAQ about posting photos.


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!
__________________
A DOG OF WAR
Click the cover, it's a link
Loyal Tierza struggles through the heartache and despair of WW2 to find her boy.




My First Blog-Marriage
My Second Blog-The Boy In The Striped Pajamas



Help find Tracey Cooeedownunder's sister is missing


No Rest For the Wicked Click to buy. Haggis has a story in it.
regdog is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-11-2013, 03:48 PM   #5
KellyAssauer
The Anti-Magdalene
 
KellyAssauer's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: The The Nutcracker Suite
Posts: 33,686
KellyAssauer is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKellyAssauer is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKellyAssauer is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKellyAssauer is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKellyAssauer is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKellyAssauer is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKellyAssauer is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKellyAssauer is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKellyAssauer is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKellyAssauer is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsKellyAssauer is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Hi Shinteetah!

Welcome to AW!

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

Questions about the forum 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.
and check out: Sara's 10 Basic Writing Tips!

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

Posting your writing to the Share Your Work (SYW) area is explained here. This link covers the most common problems posts. found in SYW *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-

Fun AW social links:
The Office Party
Kelly's Soft Asylum
__________________
[LEFT]
What Genre is my writing?
Literary & Misfit Writers Group
Kelly's Soft Asylum*
*social fun thread - title suspect to change

Tears are peanut & helplessness.
KellyAssauer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-11-2013, 04:24 PM   #6
ellisshuman
Author of short stories, novel
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Israel
Posts: 129
ellisshuman is on a distinguished road
welcome!
__________________
*-*-*

Blogging at Ellis Shuman Writes.




*-*-*
ellisshuman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-11-2013, 04:30 PM   #7
wazzujim
practical experience, FTW
 
wazzujim's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Virginia
Posts: 117
wazzujim is on a distinguished road
Welcome aboard, and good luck!
__________________
Go Cougs!
wazzujim is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-11-2013, 04:33 PM   #8
Tepelus
Order of the Dragon
 
Tepelus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Michigan
Posts: 4,953
Tepelus is a candidate for sainthoodTepelus is a candidate for sainthoodTepelus is a candidate for sainthoodTepelus is a candidate for sainthoodTepelus is a candidate for sainthoodTepelus is a candidate for sainthoodTepelus is a candidate for sainthoodTepelus is a candidate for sainthood
Hello, and welcome!
__________________

Cast Your Eyes On The Ocean,
Cast Your Soul To The Sea.
When The Dark Night Seems Endless,
Please Remember Me.

My Blog. You know you want to.
My deviantART page. I draw and photograph, too.
Tepelus is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-11-2013, 05:09 PM   #9
heyjude
Making my own sunshine
AW Moderator
 
heyjude's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Gulf coast of FL
Posts: 14,098
heyjude is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsheyjude is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsheyjude is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsheyjude is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsheyjude is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsheyjude is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsheyjude is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsheyjude is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsheyjude is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsheyjude is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsheyjude is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by alleycat View Post
My resolution is to be nice to everyone this year.
heyjude is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-11-2013, 05:15 PM   #10
Griffin Hayes
One evil little baby step at a time
 
Griffin Hayes's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 2,928
Griffin Hayes is on a distinguished road
Welcome to AW!
__________________
Griffin Hayes is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-11-2013, 05:45 PM   #11
PorterStarrByrd
.. and the 'voices'
 
PorterStarrByrd's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Moose Rapids, Quebec
Posts: 11,558
PorterStarrByrd is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPorterStarrByrd is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPorterStarrByrd is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPorterStarrByrd is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPorterStarrByrd is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPorterStarrByrd is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPorterStarrByrd is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPorterStarrByrd is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPorterStarrByrd is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPorterStarrByrd is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPorterStarrByrd is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Welcome aboard
__________________
http://porterstarrbyrd.blogspot.com/


We have met the enemy and he is us - Pogo

The reason I spend so much time out of the box is that somebody crapped in it Porter Starr Byrd
PorterStarrByrd is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-11-2013, 07:11 PM   #12
Rockweaver
practical experience, FTW
 
Rockweaver's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Texas
Posts: 1,310
Rockweaver is a shiny, shiny jewelRockweaver is a shiny, shiny jewel
hi and welcome aboard
__________________
This is what i should be working on.
Book 1 of The Andera Chronicles, The Sword of Kings. (10000/80000 estamated)
Book 2 of The Andera Chronicles, The Sword of Shadows.
Book 3 of The Andera Chronicles, The Binding Ring.

Happiness is like a bird. The damn thing keeps flying away. Next time I find it I will shoot it and have it stuffed. ME

Lord of the 55th sub basement to the Pub.
Rockweaver is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-11-2013, 08:45 PM   #13
thehairymob
If I had a brain I'd still be dumb
 
thehairymob's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Scotland
Posts: 8,961
thehairymob has a golden reputationthehairymob has a golden reputationthehairymob has a golden reputationthehairymob has a golden reputationthehairymob has a golden reputationthehairymob has a golden reputation
thehairymob is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-12-2013, 12:41 AM   #14
L.M. Tracy
New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin
 
L.M. Tracy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 19
L.M. Tracy is on a distinguished road
Welcome to the forum and glad to hear one of your books are doing well!
L.M. Tracy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-12-2013, 04:30 AM   #15
L. Y.
*shaka*
 
L. Y.'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: The 5-0
Posts: 3,852
L. Y. is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsL. Y. is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsL. Y. is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsL. Y. is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsL. Y. is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsL. Y. is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsL. Y. is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsL. Y. is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsL. Y. is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsL. Y. is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsL. Y. is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Welcome to the Water Cooler!
__________________
Write. Edit. Rinse, repeat.
L. Y. is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-12-2013, 08:28 AM   #16
rwm4768
practical experience, FTW
 
rwm4768's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Missouri
Posts: 5,873
rwm4768 has earned our admirationrwm4768 has earned our admirationrwm4768 has earned our admirationrwm4768 has earned our admiration
Welcome. Good luck with your books.
__________________
My writing blog: http://ryanmuellerwriting.blogspot.com/

WIP:
The Man in the Crystal Prison (Upper MG Contemporary Fantasy): 66K Revising and Editing
White Fire (Epic Fantasy): 114K Revising and Editing.
rwm4768 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-12-2013, 04:42 PM   #17
AngelWriter42
New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin
 
AngelWriter42's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Lancaster, PA
Posts: 25
AngelWriter42 is on a distinguished road
Welcome! Congratulations on your success and I wish you more on the horizon! May your writing flow for you today! I am new here too and working on my first novel.
__________________
http://www.dreambigwords.blogspot.com/

Work in progress: The Mother Tree - a fictional journey through 12-year old Rachel Green's spirited world of ancient blood, native roots and magic.
AngelWriter42 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-12-2013, 10:16 PM   #18
Shinteetah
New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin
 
Shinteetah's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 4
Shinteetah is on a distinguished road
Thank you all for the cozy welcome and the congratulations. Nice to see such a supportive group here!
Shinteetah is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-12-2013, 11:02 PM   #19
Ashwood
supercalifragilisticexpia lidocious
 
Ashwood's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Gravity Falls, Oregon
Posts: 290
Ashwood is well-respected
Welcome!!
Ashwood is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-13-2013, 12:00 AM   #20
poeticcaresses
Normality is overrated :)
 
poeticcaresses's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: West Coast
Posts: 132
poeticcaresses is well-respected
Welcome!
poeticcaresses is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-14-2013, 11:03 PM   #21
jackdomino
28 tiles, such a wonderful game...
 
jackdomino's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Currently the Garden State but trying to book a flight out...
Posts: 51
jackdomino is on a distinguished road
Welcome and congratulations on the publishing!
jackdomino is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-15-2013, 12:50 AM   #22
Neporsche
Tribal Scribe
 
Neporsche's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Street of the Gods
Posts: 1,662
Neporsche is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsNeporsche is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsNeporsche is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsNeporsche is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsNeporsche is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsNeporsche is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsNeporsche is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsNeporsche is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsNeporsche is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Hi and welcome to the asylum!
__________________
I was only applying the Golden Rule, given that I have often wished to be smacked in the face until I consent to doing something productive. - Buz, Tribal Voice

Get the most trustworthy stuffed animals in the house, set up a committee and talk it out... - Westie, Tribal Shaman
Neporsche is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-15-2013, 01:09 AM   #23
NottiThistledore
figuring it all out
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 62
NottiThistledore is on a distinguished road
Welcome to the boards! Glad to hear that your books are doing well.
__________________
NottiThistledore is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »
Thread Tools
Display Modes
Linear Mode Linear Mode

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Custom Search

If this site is helpful to you,
Please consider a voluntary subscription to defray ongoing expenses.

Buy Scrivener 2 for Mac OS X (Regular Licence)


All times are GMT +4.5. The time now is 12:26 PM.

Contact Us - Absolute Write - Archive - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.5
Copyright ©2000 - 2013, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.