Hey, kboarders, so glad to see you here. It's a little different, though. Every forum has its own way of doing things.
Probably the biggest thing to get used to on AW is all the subforums. If you want to publish something that relates to self-publishing, it goes here:
https://absolutewrite.com/forums/fo...ublishing-Print-Audio-Digital-Papyrus-or-Clay. I just posted there about a mistake I made when I pubbed my last book.
The subforum right below the SP subforum (both of them are under publishing) is Book Promotion Ideas and Advice:
https://absolutewrite.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?48-Book-Promotion-Ideas-and-Advice. That's where all the promo stuff goes.
There's a certain amount of overlap between the two, I know. And if you get it wrong, the mods will just port it to its proper home. Nobody comes for you with pitchforks.
If you've used a service that you want to warn others about, it goes here:
https://absolutewrite.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?22-Bewares-Recommendations-amp-Background-Check.
Cover feedback happens here:
https://absolutewrite.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?234-Art-amp-Design.
I always used to post blurbs here:
https://absolutewrite.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?174-Query-Letter-Hell-SYW, although I haven't done it in a while, and currently, only queries are up. I've noticed several SFF blubs posted in the SFF part of Share Your Work, a place I heartily recommend, since the "critters" there basically taught me to edit, which is a gift beyond price:
https://absolutewrite.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?67-Science-Fiction-Fantasy-SYW.
Other Share Your Work subforums exist for other genres: literary, memoir, historical, etc. It's technically password protected, although the password is an open secret: vista. I only ever put it in once. After that my computer's just breezed past. You can comment right away on the Share Your Work subforums, but it takes fifty posts on other parts of the board before you can post blurbs or excerpts from your WIP.
Basic craft issues usually go here:
https://absolutewrite.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?175-Basic-Writing-Questions.
Hope that helps.