Yep, we post, we chat, we laugh (snorting makes it funnier), and we cry (but strange, alien tears, cyber tears, or steam-forced tears).  And then we do it all over again, uh huh.

Hehe, underage drinking. Fer shame!  So, if you'd been in Arkansas that would be...what, 12? Whahahahaha. Couldn't have been too bad of a jail though if it had LOTR to read. 

The influential fantasy books I read were the Baum Oz books, Jules Verne, R. L. Stevenson books, the Scarecrow series (the one about the 18th C. English Robin Hood--not the horror flicks), LOTR, the Turok Son of Stone comics, Lloyd Alexander's Black Cauldron series and Westmark series, Piers Anthony's Spell for Chameleon, Eddings Pawn of Prophecy, and the Springer's The Silver Sun (which made me cry and cry). I was never into dragons and elves and fairies and women running around with swords (unless they were psychotic serial killers), LOTR and me excepted (I was in the SCA for quite a few years and learned to fight Florentine style with swords).

So I decided I needed to explore the genre a bit more.  My fantasy story has all the expected elements in it: dragons, really evil dudes, smelly shapeshifters, giants, dwarves, cannibals, killer storms, mermaids, talking animals, magical places, strange spells, prophetic dreams, epic battles, witches and seawitches, wizards, naked promiscuous fairies, and of course, a love interest. And I try to really fling the angst and suffering around. Did I miss anything?

I don't have ADD, but maybe I should have that checked... LOL. I seem to have all the same symptoms...whahahaha.

It will be a pleasure to have you drop in and share tidbits or whatever!  Happy to have you join in.

Kydd

Yeppers!  Thanks!  There's a few of us die-hards here! 

Hi Kydd, is that like a promotion? If it is cool well done.

Excuse I, still don't fully understand how this pile of zero's and one's is bolted together.
I'm on my first ever novel, or any piece of writing in-fact. But I'm loving it and having fun. I like the idea of this wee community tucked away. Were all rejects from The Big Bang Theory. :-)
Bonnie your spot on, the caliber is high, which is invaluable for feedback. I have made a mental note to have squint at your work, gee me a week as I'm doing a few zero reviews; there are some writers who's work has been hanging in the departure lounge for weeks, its not right, so I'm on a wee quest to give them some encouragement. Not that I'm any J R Tolein, any review is better than being ignored.

I look forward to chatting with you all, thanks again Kydd.

Cheers me Dears

D A Reynolds

Hi, I've been away due to health issues. It's nice to be able to get back to my writing. Looking forward to getting to know all of you in this forum.

Hi, All!

Newbie question from the village idiot (and trust me, kind & generous souls that you are, any of you who tracked my efforts to even figure out HOW to post for the SS6 will understand the complete & utter accuracy of the term): is this a forum wherein we're allowed to whine, beg, & engage in shameless pleas for reviews?   

Need anyone guess why I'm asking?

Hugs, y'all -
Bonnie VI Milani

hehe, glad you found us, SP!

Howdy folks.

Just found this forum and I am as happy as a geek with a replica LOTR ring in my hands. Glad I found this place and I hope to have some great conversations here. Also looking forward to see what everyone else has here.
Cheers for now.

Kris

Hey Chris, Welcome...

Hi Kydd... I just noticed the new (to me) Sci-fi thread here and dropped in to see
that you have a lot of folks stopping by. I usually hang out at the FPH
(Fantasy, Paranormal & Horror) topic. It had a lot more activity in the
past, but I made a lot of friends there too.
I like your new thread topics and will keep coming back. I haven't been too active
in the past year because of health probs and work on my published books. I'm
still working on book 2 "Secret of the Druids" with Cable Hornman for the series
"Tales of the Bard" and will workshop it here on TNBW.
Maybe now my health is a little better I can sit long enough to do some reviews
and work on my chapters. In any event...
Hi Everybody!
Lee

Last edited by C Lee Brown (10-11-2012 21:53:09)

Hey Kydd, sorry to hear about the spine surgery. Hope everything got fixed and mends well.
(Now stay away from bungee jumping and skiing down steep snow-covered mountains. )

I have two sci-fi short stories in the works. one is about a gladiator set in the future and
the other story is set on a new colony planet where people mysteriously are being killed.

I'll let you know when they are ready to post here on tNBW.
What have you in the works?
Lee