Hi everyone.
I am truly a newbie as this is my very first online forum. I've been lurking for a while and trying to get a feel for things. I must say, AW seems pretty great so far.
I've always wanted to be a writer, but life and kids and a general lack of courage got in the way. I finally got the nerve to go for it about a year and a half ago thanks to NaNoWriMo, some great friends, an amazingly supportive husband, and an idea that WOULD NOT GO AWAY.
Three drafts, several beta readers, and more hours spent obsessing over the whole thing than I can count later, my first novel is "finished". At least, it's as finished as I can get it on my own. Which is what brought me to AW.
I've already learned a lot (thank you Uncle Jim and crew!) and I'm looking forward to connecting to other writers and learning even more.
(What I'm not looking forward to is the very scary query and dreaded synopsis, but that's another story for another day...)
I am truly a newbie as this is my very first online forum. I've been lurking for a while and trying to get a feel for things. I must say, AW seems pretty great so far.
I've always wanted to be a writer, but life and kids and a general lack of courage got in the way. I finally got the nerve to go for it about a year and a half ago thanks to NaNoWriMo, some great friends, an amazingly supportive husband, and an idea that WOULD NOT GO AWAY.
Three drafts, several beta readers, and more hours spent obsessing over the whole thing than I can count later, my first novel is "finished". At least, it's as finished as I can get it on my own. Which is what brought me to AW.
I've already learned a lot (thank you Uncle Jim and crew!) and I'm looking forward to connecting to other writers and learning even more.
(What I'm not looking forward to is the very scary query and dreaded synopsis, but that's another story for another day...)