NWOPD
Founder, Administrator

My name is Daniel, I’m the original founder of WritingForums.org. I created WF at age 16, in 2006. I created this forum as a place for aspiring writers to network and improve their craft - something I felt the internet lacked at the time.

My role as forum administrator is largely behind-the-scenes: planning and developing new features, website maintenance, technical support, and developing site policies. I am back from a rather lengthy hiatus and hope to become more involved in the day-to-day.

I’m a Midwest native, currently living in the Valley of the Sun. I graduated with a B.S. in Business Entrepreneurship, with incomplete degrees in Philosophy and Political Science. I have a strong passion for entrepreneurship, and aim to own several successful businesses one day.

I’m an amateur author, and most enjoy writing persuasive essays and creative non-fiction. I currently work as part of a very small entertainment company, filling the role of business planning and (most recently) the position of Line Producer.


Big Soft Moose
Admin Moderator

Hi Folks - I'm the admin moderator here, which basically means that I am a moderator with slightly increased access rights, to do stuff like award medals, and detect spammers. Day to day just think of me like any other moderator, here to help, answer questions and keep the site running smoothly.

I'm an internationally award winning writer - that is, I once won the writing contest on our school trip to France . I wrote my first book when I was 8. It was heavily plaigarised from Watership Down and featured hand drawn pages and cover art nearly as bad as that of Empress Theresa. My more recent books are better, I hope.

I'm a self published author of 8 thriller / action adventure novels that are pretty much in the same sort of vein as Lee Child, Mark Dawson, or Vince Flynn. This has also made me the forum's go-to guy on self publishing questions, so if you are thinking of going that route feel free to ask and I'll help if I can.



Selbbin
Moderator

Australian based and living in Sydney, I've got a wide variety of creative interests, which covers writing in various forms such as screenplays, novels and poetry. I have a film and tv background. In the past have done a lot of screenplay writing, editing and development. I'm also a photographer, DOP and director, with a few bad DVD movies out there and now focusing on documentaries.

I've decided to go back to university in 2022 to study Journalism and Creative Writing, hoping to draw all my interests, skills and experience into one big ball and doing something constructive with it.

I love hiking, nature, animals, wilderness, and the warm and fuzzies of the world. Hit me up about screenplays, hiking, or life in general.


Homer Potvin
Moderator

Hi, I'm Homer and I've been a member of WF since early 2017. Born and raised in Rhode Island, USA, I've spent my life in the hospitality industry, working currently as a general manager of a swanky restaurant in downtown Providence, which makes me a cross between Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca and Quark from Deep Space 9.

Never been published, but I've been writing since I've been old enough to hold a pen, and have four (mostly bad) novels under my belt. I write a little bit of everything, but specialize in science fiction, literary, dark humor, and anything weird or offbeat. Others have said that my career of legalized excess and debauchery have given me a unique insight into the more indulgent sectors of the human psyche, and how to write a character who wants something that might be a little different from what the plot would suggest. I have formal degrees in history with a focus on Post War Europe and Nazism, but have never used them for anything beyond the occasional political rant.

Other than that? I play a lot of guitar, read everything under the sun, and try to be balance my inherent cynicism with general positivity. Hit me up with any writing questions about bars, restaurants, casinos, hotels, food, booze, schmooze, or how to win friends and influence people.


Seven Crowns
Moderator

This is Seven Crowns, wishing you a good day from the stratosphere of Colorado! Truthfully, I don't belong here. I was raised in the flat country of Texas and remember those days as a sort of golden age—the time and the place—but I've been a mile up in the sky for a generation now and can pretty much say that I'm used to it. Pikes Peak is right outside my window. I walked up it once. It took many hours. Make sure to bring aspirin because altitude sickness feels like an hour on the Tilt-o-Whirl. That's an ordeal for a Texan.

Where I'm employed, I'm a one man army. I'm paid to fix machines and administer networks. "I am the one who fixes your broken computer by plugging in its power cord," said in a Walter White rasp. That's about all I wish to say about work.

In my spare time I read and write. I tend toward the spec-fic genres though I have great respect for certain literary works. I like stories that are brave, strange, and funny. I've written novels, but I've never submitted them. I've published a lot of short stories though, many dozens, both in semi-pro and pro publications. You can find me in select horror anthologies in your bookstore. Anthologies are my favorite targets. A couple of those were prestigious, but lets be honest, in the authorial world you need a novel to be truly legit. I'm working on that. It will happen.

Outside of books / writing, I enjoy playing the piano (I was offered a full-ride scholarship for this, but turned it down, possibly a lifelong mistake), listening to music (my avatar is always music related, my handle is too), bowling (yabba-dabba-doo), watching movies, and going out to eat.

I have hundreds of writing books in my library. Editing is my favorite part of the process. I'm very careful with craft and technique, but I have a soft spot for strong voices that trample the grammar. I am famous for long forum posts and apparently long bio posts too. Take care!



Hammer
Moderator

Hi Everyone, Hammer here. I live by the Thames in sunny Surrey, Englandshire, where the view from my study is so inspirational that I spend more time staring out of the window than actually writing. When I do manage to scribble it’s mostly comedic fantasy – for the real-world, I use the front door. I have two books beta’d and edited but not published, and have four more in progress – two currently active and two which I want to come back to when I am a better writer!

Work-wise I have been waiter, barman, bouncer, insurance clerk, civil engineer, teacher (in a borstal…), salesman, paper-boy, and a freelance software developer – mainly in banks and big law-firms. Oh, and a professional sous-chef, but only for forty minutes, I have had my face burned off for a safety video (not actually burned off, it was make-up really) and I have sold a few photos to magazines. Currently I run a bar (well, a converted horsebox), and am in the process of setting up a small campsite in a vineyard. It may not sound very focussed, but career does mean to move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way.

I love to travel and spend as much time in a camper or on the water as reality allows, which works well with writing - half of my first novel was written whilst touring in the South of France!



dbesim
Moderator

Greetings fellow members. I live in the suburbs of London and love to explore poetry in different forms. I have two poetry collections published and have been able to get some of my work into anthologies and on one occasion on a postcard.

I also enjoy writing short-stories and those of you on the site who’re more familiar with me know I like to spend a lot of my time in the contests section poring over work and deciding on which entry is most worth a vote. Recently I’ve been a part of several writing workshops, creative writing and some poetry workshops that have been hosted over zoom (since the pandemic had taken the location of those workshops away from us).

I used to host a creative writing workshop myself at the local library and may consider making them available again in future.

I enjoy reading, writing, taking walks, solving hanjie puzzles and also like to draw once in a while. Besides poetry I like writing short-stories and flash pieces too. See you round.