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Welcome to the Water Cooler
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New Members
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Here's the spot to introduce yourself. C'mon in and say hi!
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International District
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A gathering place for members from around the world.
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Changes and Announcements regarding the Water Cooler
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FAQs
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All that stuff you're wondering about? The answer is probably here.
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Tech Help
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Guidelines, scheduled events, suggestions, and feedback regarding the AW IRC chat room
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Announcements, Events, and Self-Promotion
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For community members to post writing-related press releases, events, and marketing.
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A place to check in, post an update about your other regular internet haunts, or set up a temporary refugee camp during outages elsewhere.
No talking smack about other message boards or moderators, though, 'kay?
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AW Library
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Members' books and stories. Before posting, please visit The LIBRARIAN for guidelines.
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General Writing Interest
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Basic Writing Questions
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Because the only dumb question is the one you don't ask.
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Novels
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11,888 | 389,855 | ||
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Write 1/Sub 1
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Just what it sounds like - for those committed W1/S1 writers: Here's a place to spread your wings. Whether it's a novel a year or a flash piece a day - write one, sub one.
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Writing For Kids
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Young Adult
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2,560 | 574,185 | ||
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Short Fiction
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Scripts, Stage, and Screen
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Nonfiction
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Poetry
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1,482 | 39,634 | ||
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Blogging and Social Networking
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Discussion
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Bewares, Recommendations & Background Check
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Here's where to check in and share about publishers, agents, and producers.
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AW Roundtable
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Beta Readers, Mentors, and Writing Buddies
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2,697 | 11,910 | ||
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Grammar and Syntax
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2,453 | 36,032 | ||
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Story Research: Experts and Interviewees Wanted
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6,180 | 88,286 | ||
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Publishing
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Ask the Agent
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Our guest literary agents answer your questions.
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Ask the Editor
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E-Publishing
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Self-Publishing and POD
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The goal is education to help writers make informed choices. This is NOT a "rah-rah! 'Indie' Self-pubber!" cheering section.
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Book Promotion Ideas and Advice
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Freelance & Work for Hire
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Freelance Writing
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Writing for magazines, e-zines, and newspapers
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examiner.com, about.com, content sites, etc
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257 | 10,071 | ||
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Networking: Sharing Leads
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Writers, swap market info here-- guidelines, contact info, publishing news and changes.
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177 | 1,983 | ||
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Paying Markets
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Editors, please post paying opportunities for writers here. Please include the pay rate inside [ ] in the thread title
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422 | 3,617 | ||
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Nonpaying Markets
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Editors, nonpaying markets belong here.
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Writing Genre
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Writing across the genre boundaries
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Romance/Women's Fiction
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1,839 | 33,959 | ||
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Mystery/Thriller/Suspense
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1,092 | 37,262 | ||
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Science Fiction/Fantasy
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4,134 | 206,704 | ||
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Religious and Spiritual Writing
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(See this board for sub-genres.)
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1,359 | 32,183 | ||
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Humor
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Bio, Autobio, and Memoir
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458 | 6,550 | ||
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Erotica
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1,188 | 20,364 | ||
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Horror
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Animals/Nature
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625 | 9,102 | ||
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Mainstream/Contemporary/Literary
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Historical Writing
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Western
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Pop Culture
Movies, music, politics, art, and all that cool stuff we want to write, read, and just can't help talking about.
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Movies, TV, and Theater
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AW Bookclub
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Talk about that book you just couldn't put down.
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Politics & Current Events
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Writing about recipes, restaurants, reviewing, and food in general.
Harriet Van Horne said, "Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all."
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Hands-On
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For crafters, artists, photographers, wood-workers, basket-weavers...and for writing about what we love to do.
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Games
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Games, Gaming, Writing for Games
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QUILTBAG
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Writing about or writing from non-heteronormative perspectives, situations, and characters
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PoC
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Writing perspectives, situations and characters by and about People of Color. Discussions focussing on race/cultural-concerns, topical news items, and other miscellany may also occur at random.
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Music and Songwriting
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Public Speaking & Education
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Writing for public address.
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AW Writing Lab
Roll up your sleeves, put in your BIC time, and write! Posting and critting, here.
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The Sandbox
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Brainstorming thorny plots, dead-ends, and anything just not yet developed enough for SYW.
The password for this forum is: vista
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NaNoWriMo and Beyond
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NaNo 2010! Are you game? Are you motivated? Are you crazy? Go for it, and find lots of support and commiseration!
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Interested in writing, critiquing and selling stories that are 1000 words or fewer? This is the forum for you!
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Writing Exercises, Prompts & Whimsical Pursuits
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Post one for everyone to try, or come to participate!
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The Break Room
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Office Party
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Writers goofing-off, making friends, and getting to know the community
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Goals and Accomplishments
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Discuss your writing goals and how you're reaching them.
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TIO
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Where flame wars and thread collapses get booted and buried.
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Rejection and Dejection
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Tales of woe and methods for dealing with rejection.
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Favorite Exceptions
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Celine Dion: For Keeps
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