Hello there I'm new here; a young woman from the Netherlands who's now finally sitting down for what she's loved doing most since she was 10 years old: writing. I've been putting down a lot of scribbles, scrawls, notes and the likes, and recently I have started on something I hope to work out as my first real book - if I get to finish it, that is I hope to find inspiration a plenty here, ways to improve my writing and of course kindred spirits As for my daily life: I live with my girlfriend in a small and quiet town. We have fourteen children - well, children too us: they're a lovely bunch of bunnies (2), rats (2), hamsters (6) and goldfish (4) - oh, and a bunch of shrimp and small fish ^^ During the day I work at a Costumer Service Desk, which gives me plenty of time to write when no one's calling in, and in the evening and weekend I usually just stay at home with my partner while cleaning the house, playing with the animals, writing, drawing, watching movies, making clothes and enjoy life in general. My life may be a simple one, but I love it nonetheless I write fiction, mostly fantasy though my latest scribbling has a good deal of reality in it - I'm enjoying it much more than I thought I would Anything else you wish to know? Just ask ^^ Oh, and before I forget - English is not my native tongue, so improvements are most definitely welcome.
Welcome to Writing Forums, Scribblefae! I hope you find what you're looking for here, whatever your interests in writing. This forum aims to provide the best workshopping resources on the internet, and to that end we have a few rules which you should familiarise yourself with before you get stuck in. The main section of the site is the Writing Workshop, where members can post their writing in order to receive critique of their work. However, before we allow members to post their work, they must have met some basic requirements. Firstly, you must have been a member for fourteen days, and have made twenty posts on the forum overall (please note, posts in Word Games do not count towards this). This is so that members, when they post their work, have familiarised themselves with the forums and contributed to them (as well as hopefully learned something for themselves). Secondly, members must provide two constructive reviews of other people's work for each piece of their own that they wish to post. This is because we believe that the focus of workshopping should be equally upon giving reviews as receiving them, as they allow a writer to practice and improve their editing skills, which they can then apply to their own writing. Beyond the Writing Workshop, you will find that we have extensive forums for discussion of aspects of writing, as well as a community area for general discussion. We also run periodic short story and poetry contests, which are good for challenging yourself and expanding your skills. The requirements of the Writing Workshop don't apply to the contests, so new members are allowed (nay, encouraged!) to get stuck in and enter! If you have any questions or problems, then the moderators (myself, Lemex and Dante Dases) should be your first port of call. Any technical problems with the site itself should be directed to Daniel, the site administrator and owner. I would recommend you have a look over the rules so that you know what to expect, and what is expected. But aside from that, I hope you enjoy your time here. Banzai
Quite a nice little family you've got there! It must be a lot of work. =) Welcome to the forums and I look forward to reading your stuff. By the way, don't worry about your English as you write very well.
Thank you all for your warm welcome @ Rebel Yellow: It most certainly is, but then again, what sort of "mothers" would we be if we wouldn't give our kiddies what they need and deserve? We chose to start a petzoo in out living room (and bed room), so we'll just have to shoulder the consequences ^^ Oh, and thank you for your reassurance on my English
