Duke

I am new here and thought I would take a moment to stop in and say hello.

My name is Michael and I live in NW. Washington. I have been published in the past, but I was out of writing for many years. The market is not the same!!! LOL

I do not write much anymore, but I am looking to pick it back up. So I hope you all will bare with me and I hope to see you on the boards.

Nickie

Hello Michael, and welcome to the forums!

What genre did you write? I'm sure this here is a good place to take up writing again!



Nickie

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fastkilr

You mean people didn't scam you for useless compilations of untalented author's stories so you could have your name published, then become bruttally plagerized over the internet? It's a lovely market.

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LoneWolf

Hullo! I had to come over and say hey after I saw your name. Even though I bet you probably didn't mean it, I looove the Duke Bluedevils so it caught my eye That's cool that you've been published before! Maybe I'll get to read your work down in Short Stories soon! Welcome to WF!

LW

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Graff

Welcome Duke! Hope you like it here.

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mammamaia

welcome, duke!... i'm not about to get nekkid withya [ i know you meant 'bear' not 'bare'... couldn't resist the tweak], but am looking forward to seeing you post some work and comments...

i lived in seattle for a while and love the state... whereabouts are you located, and what have you had published?

love and [fully-clothed ] hugs, maia

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Duke

Hi all,

Well I have had 13 short stories, 1 play and 60 poems published.
With the exception of some of the poems these were published over 20 years ago. They were not published online back then, yes I am dating myself!!! LOL

Back then when I was getting published most were Fantasy stories and then just a couple of fictional stories. The play was written in turn of the century english which was very difficult to write.

Recently, okay several years ago I started studing and researching to change genre to Suspense/horror and it has been one of the best things I could have done. I have since got into Microbiology, genetics and of course crimes and the psycology behind it.

One of the things that I am going into now is I am going to start a publishing company that focuses around the new writer. I got approved for the loan on this but it is still a ways away as it is a ton of work.

Other then this I will post things as I get them written and look forward to my time here.

Thanks for the great welcome!!!

fastkilr

Wow, you're pretty big. I'd date you too, big Duke.

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A_MacLaren

You're not from Hazzard, are you? I hate those Dukes.

Enjoy the site.