Thread: Newby to WF

Hi all,

I have been writing four years and thought I would give this forum a short try. My main reason for joining the forum is to get feed back from some of my work. I am probably like others who spend too much time at the keyboard and not enough time getting out to meet other writers. We live in a busy world and time constraints are tough.

I am a short story writer and that does not mean being a short story writer because of inability to write novels. I love the short story format where there can be nothing but lean with no fat at all.

I did a search for writer forums and landed here. I am willing to help others as well as being helped by others.

I am opinionated, sometimes crusty, hard to get along with (ask my last dog) but I love freely and give freely and I need the fellowship of other writers whose whole life is not taken up in how to get published.
I don't care if you ever get published just as long as you love to write.

River is really my nick name, my name that I stick on my stuff is Darrel Bird. I answer to River, Darrel, Bubba or anything else with the word dinner attached to it.

Well...you did ask for introductions didn't you? What else do you expect from a writer but long drawn out introductions?

I've been writing for just four years too.
Hope your 'short' try turns into a long stay. Welcome to WF, River.

Welcome to the site, Rivers. Remember, writing is only half the tools for improvement. Critiquing others is another.

Look forward to seeing your posts

S

Welcome to the site River.

Hello there, Darrel, and welcome to the forums.

Originally Posted by seyelint

Welcome to the site, Rivers. Remember, writing is only half the tools for improvement. Critiquing others is another.

Look forward to seeing your posts

S

If you see my critiques you may wish I had never come here. I don't edit for others, nor do I tear them down unless they put out a piece in freaking present tense. I kicked my last dog out because he peed on my floor! Writing in present tense is the same as peeing on my floor. it assaults every nerve in my being.

Do not pee on my floor!

Originally Posted by Nickie

Hello there, Darrel, and welcome to the forums.

Hi there Nickie, I did check out your website and I liked what I saw. I also have written some historical fiction along with some romance. I cross genre boundaries with ease. Wrote one Western even! I think I have three romances if I remember correctly or maybe four. I am heading back off to book mark your website. Thanks for the link.

River? What a simple yet lovely name. . . .

Welcome to the forums. I'm sure you'll find the site helpful; there's so much talent here that I think you'll find it difficult not to improve and, in time, help others improve.

I look forward to seeing some of your work.

Welcome again and good luck.

Bruno

Originally Posted by River

I am a short story writer and that does not mean being a short story writer because of inability to write novels. I love the short story format where there can be nothing but lean with no fat at all.

Well put! I am currently trying some long fiction but I usually prefer short stories and flash fiction. They're an entirely different art and can be very demanding. Nice to meet someone else who appreciates the short story for what it really is!

Welcome, pull up a comfy chair, have a cookie, and enjoy the forums.

Originally Posted by River

Writing in present tense is the same as peeing on my floor. it assaults every nerve in my being.

Do not pee on my floor!

Hello River! Welcome!

So here I am reading your post, when I remember that I love pushing buttons and seeing what reaction I can get. And then you post that you have a huge button that generates a large reaction, and you don't want people to push it. Well!

I get up out of my seat, get a glass of water, and return with a smile ready to write. My fingers hover over the keyboard, twitching with eager glee. Carefully, I quote a section of your post and begin to clack the keys. "Hello River! Welcome!" I think I will enjoy this...

Originally Posted by j.w.olson

Hello River! Welcome!

So here I am reading your post, when I remember that I love pushing buttons and seeing what reaction I can get. And then you post that you have a huge button that generates a large reaction, and you don't want people to push it. Well!

I get up out of my seat, get a glass of water, and return with a smile ready to write. My fingers hover over the keyboard, twitching with eager glee. Carefully, I quote a section of your post and begin to clack the keys. "Hello River! Welcome!" I think I will enjoy this...

Heh heh! Thanks J.W. Look forward to it.

Foxee,

So glad to meet someone else who enjoys the art of the short story. I was beginning to think that I was totally alone in my appreciation of the tightly woven format and bare bones structure of the short story.
Not to say that I don't appreciate the 300 page novel.
What I always wanted to do is team write a short story and I recently succeeded in doing just that, we are still friends too, or at least I think we are.

I got the idea to do a team write when I read the seamless work of Niven and Pournelle who wrote Lucifer's Hammer. I don't know of a case thats ever been done on a short other than the one we just did.