New Members Welcome-Introduce Yourself!

[stephendelmar]

Thanks KC. I am working on getting a flash peice posted now.

 

--Stephen

 

 

 

Hi Bashful and Stephen! Oooooh looking forward to new stories to read. Welcome aboard the crazy train You joined at a good time, I'm looking for some new stuff to read so quickly get to it and start posting.

 

[Andy78]

Hi Stephen, Hi Bashful.

 

Welcome to this place of insanity. Hope you both enjoy the site.

[Xtro]

Hi Stephen - Nice website BTW (OGM, txtspk!*) - curious comment re writing psycho characters - I found using italic and regular text helped with multiple personality character, without messing the reader around with a change in the font itself.

 

I told him to do it that way

 

No you didn't

 

Yes I did!

 

Okay, that's it. Where's the medication...

 

(*Never sent a text in my life, and proud of it!)

[stephendelmar]

great tip Xtro, thanks.

and thanks for the comment about the website, now I just need to get more content up!

Or do I need to spend time writing...

[Ysmene]

Hey Everyone,

 

I'm new here. Right now I'm more of a reader than writer but I'll probably post some stuff in the poetry section. (if you have one.) I'll probably end up posting a couple of my essays. My stories? Well, they start out okay but I never can finish them for some reason. It's really frustrating. In any case, I hope to be hanging around here a lot but I have Multiple Sclerosis so if I'm not feeling well, I can suddenly disappear for awhile. I'm looking forward to meeting everybody.

 

Take Care,

Yaz

[ricky]

Geeze I'm really faling down on the job.

Hi Bashfulpie, Stephen and Yaz! Welcome.

 

Lots of great reading here and great people too. Enjoy.

[joann414]

Hi Ysmene Welcome to GA. Great people and great writing, and yes, there is a poetry section. Will look forward to reading you poems.

[Andy78]

Welcome Yaz. There's a ton of stuff to read here.

[Tranquility]

Not sure if this is the right place for me to post this, but here goes:

 

Hi everyone! I'm Tranq, I'm 22 and from Serbia. Oh, and I'm new. Some of you have already met me in the chatroom, but I just want to say hi to everyone else I've yet to meet.

 

Hope to see you all around and looking forward to meeting everyone ^^

[ricky]

Not sure if this is the right place for me to post this, but here goes:

 

Hi everyone! I'm Tranq, I'm 22 and from Serbia. Oh, and I'm new. Some of you have already met me in the chatroom, but I just want to say hi to everyone else I've yet to meet.

 

Hope to see you all around and looking forward to meeting everyone ^^

 

Hi Tranq! Welcome and yes this is the right place. You have such a sedate name, will you survive the wild bunch here? lol, I hope you are enjoying the site, lots of great people here and some fantastic writers as well. Not that they have to be one or the other, they can be great writers AND great people.

 

So do you read or write or both? Or just here to socialize? And what do you like to read or write about? If you do either of those?

Cheers,

R

[podga]

Hi Tranq! Welcome and yes this is the right place. You have such a sedate name, will you survive the wild bunch here? lol, I hope you are enjoying the site, lots of great people here and some fantastic writers as well. Not that they have to be one or the other, they can be great writers AND great people.

 

So do you read or write or both? Or just here to socialize? And what do you like to read or write about? If you do either of those?

Cheers,

R

 

Ricky, speaking as someone who met Tranq in chat, the question is: Will we survive him? The name is definitely misleading

[Andy78]

Welcome Tranq.

 

For one reason and another I've been somewhat absent from chat the past week or so. Hope to catch you in there soon.

[Nephylim]

I'm not around anywhere near as much as I used to and would like to be so a HUGE welcome to everyone I haven't welcomed before. If anyone needs anything don't be afraid to look me up and I'll totally fail to give you any useful information. I've got a wealth of useless information though, just waiting for your queries to unlock.

[ricky]

I'm not around anywhere near as much as I used to and would like to be so a HUGE welcome to everyone I haven't welcomed before. If anyone needs anything don't be afraid to look me up and I'll totally fail to give you any useful information. I've got a wealth of useless information though, just waiting for your queries to unlock.

 

"Queries"? Is that like a gay chastity belt?

And you had ten times that in useful information not to mention a ton of great stories. Especially if your taste buds favor the bittersweet!

And shame on you for not being here more often. You ARE the patron Saint of newbies protemp. Well when I'm not around. lol

[Tranquility]

Hey! Podga, that isn't true! I'm sweet and cuddly and I ride rainbows instead of buses every day!

 

Seriously, though; I'm not as sedate as my name implies but I'm not nearly as nasty as some make me out to be *cough* Podga *cough*

 

To answer your questions, I both read and write. Unfortunately, at this particular moment, I'm sort of pressed with time and I can't really sit down to do either properly. I haven't read GA stories for a while though, but I've been reading a few books; as far as GA goes, I'm definitely here to socialize, because this is a great community. Right now, I'm focusing my spare time on writing, though I can't seem to get more than a page or two out at a time. Steady progress, I suppose.

 

What do I like to read? Hmm *ponders* Well, I mostly like to read fantasy or sci fi - anything that will get me away from the monotony of everyday life, really. But I do enjoy other genres of writing as well, especially if they're well written or if I can somehow relate to the character(s). So, I'll pretty much read anything if I like it, from a thriller to a romance novel. As far as writing goes, for the most part I think I'll be focusing on fantasy and science fiction, though.

 

Right now, I'm working on a vampire story which I've always envisioned as a series. Therefore, I give a big hello to Nephylim; everyone's told me you're the vamp authority around here. So hai! To tell you the truth, when I tell people I'm writing about vampires, I feel a bit cheesy. No offense to anyone who enjoys the series, but it's my opinion that Twilight has managed to ruin vampires for the rest of us. To make things clear: my (hopefully) soon to come work has nothing to do with Twilight, I've drawn no inspiration from it and I've not even seen the movies or read the books. I do draw some inspiration from other sources - video games, comics, books and movies revolving around vampires - but I'm trying to stay completely original, defining my own world with its laws and mechanics, although I'm also trying to pay homage in subtle ways to some of the sources that inspired me.

 

Neph, I haven't read any of your work so far, but I really want to rectify that. It would be an honor though if we could meet up on chat sometime and have a vamp to vamp author talk.

 

Anyhow, thanks everyone for the warm welcome *hugs all around*

 

PS: I hope you enjoyed my wall of text; I am notorious for them xD

[podga]

**hands Tranqy cough drop**

 

[ricky]

Did he say he wanted to have a vamp to tramp meeting?

 

Broke my glasses last night.

 

No . . . really.

 

I think I just heard Nephy, "OH NO HE DIDN'T! And we are separated by the great pond!

[Tranquility]

Thank you, Podga. You're a regular bipedal pharmacy, you are.

 

And I hope Nephy also did a z-snap for emphasis lol

[ricky]

Thank you, Podga. You're a regular bipedal pharmacy, you are.

 

And I hope Nephy also did a z-snap for emphasis lol

 

What's that you say sonny? You think Nephy snapped her cap? You don't want her going all Nephy on yaz.

[Tranquility]

LOL! Just to be clear, Nephy, it's all Ricky here making the wild assumptions! If you want to go nephy on someone, aim your insurmountable wrath at Ricky!

 

Bwha.

[ricky]

LOL! Just to be clear, Nephy, it's all Ricky here making the wild assumptions! If you want to go nephy on someone, aim your insurmountable wrath at Ricky!

 

Bwha.

 

Hey, don't pick on the infiiiiiiiirrrrrrmmmm. I was just asking. Don't get your wild monkeys on me.

[Henry_Henry2012]

Hello people. I am Jake. I'm hoping to post my story here after a couple of months. I conjecture that I still have a lot to do - apparently.

[podga]

Hello, Jake!

 

Welcome to GA. Hope you have a good and interesting time here!

[joann414]

Welcome Jake. i am sure you will enjoy GA immensely.

[Cia]

HI Jake. There are a few steps to become an author here on GA, yes, but you can find tips for that under the Site Help tab. If you're talking writing ability and the readiness of your story, we have the Writer and Editor's Corners with lots of great places for tips and advice for getting a story to the point you're ready to post it. Good luck and welcome to GA!