Hi, Greetings .I am an aspiring author and hope i can gain a lot of information and guidance from this site . I understand that my grammer etc is lacking but what i lack in grammer etc i hope i can make up with life experiance having living on three continents and having a very used suit case.
Hi there Longreach! Sounds like you have an interesting life and could use that to your advantage in your writing Hope to hear from you, Aszy
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You know what until I started editing I thought my grammar and punctuation was poor - discovered after buying a couple of books and working through the exercises there was nothing wrong with it, it is just not natural to me. So I don't worry about it until i am editing. Good Luck with it. -Charlotte
A used suitcase is a good mark of character indeed. Can't say how many writing exercises I've been forced to do over time where you have to write about someone's luggage. Hi there, anyway.
