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AndreyKuzmichev

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Hi, I have just joined the forum. Very happy to be here.

I am a new writer: I have previously published 3 short stories and have recently completed my first novel which I am now looking to get critiqued and, hopefully, represented by an agent for traditional publishing.

I was born in Russia, but am now settled in the US, in the Washington, DC area. My daytime job is to serve as a managing editor of a scientific journal.

I am particularly interested in the genre of historical fiction. I am a huge fan of Dostoyevsky, whose style I hope to adopt and develop further in my writing.

I am very excited to be on this forum and am counting on being active on it for a long time. I am happy to volunteer as a beta reader and a crit partner. Let me know!
 

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Hello and welcome. Also new myself. I got my first traffic ticket around the time I was reading "Crime and Punishment" in high school. Got very paranoid very fast.
 

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Congratulations on the publications, and welcome to AW!
 

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Welcome, Andrey! Congrats on finishing your novel.
 

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:welcome:


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Thank you, Cinna--funny story about Crime and Punishment! I hope you did not follow Raskol'nikov's ideas with whoever gave you the ticket....
Andrey
 

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Thank you, ByTXP! It was a good 3-year ordeal... I hope whoever critiques it doesn't have too many re-writes.
Andrey

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Thank you, Reddog! These resources are very helpful--I will definitely check them out.
Andrey
 

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Welcome, Andrey.