Hello to all. To keep it short, I'm a student in the United States and a loathe every second of it. My creative pores are plugged during the day, but hopefully this forum will serve as the location in which I can pore my creativity on the unwitting saps who have time to hear and read about it. I've never been published, although I've written several short stories, half-novels, and the like. I'm not sure what you would call "in the works," but my current projects include two short stories, a novel, a musical, and a screen play. I'll be done in a century or two, so don't wait up.
Greetings. . . I am Tess. . . I live in the Northeast. ~artificial bleeping and blooping~ Hi and welcome. I've got a couple of WIP (works in progress) as well. I feel that my work will be published some day, but in the meantime the suspense is wretched. Hope you have fun here.
Hello from another Holden I think I replied to your thread instead of beginning my own, which primarily means I've revealed that I am a technological idiot. I, too, am working on numerous WIP. Two novels, a movie treatment, a pitch for a television show, and a stage play. Like you, I'll need a couple hundred years to finish, but it keeps me out of trouble, and I'm a riot at family gatherings. Reality is pore clogging, and we artists should have a permanent pass so we don't have to participate. Totally not fair! Good luck with your stuff! Cathy Holden Robinson
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