Greetings

[Mythmaker]

I'm new to Mythic Scribes, but not to fantasy storytelling. I'm in my forties now and have been trying to write since the 70's; but I don't consider that failure. Rather, I think that writing requires elements that sometimes come through life experiences and now I am ready to sit down and use them in my writing. I am a fan of the greats like Tolkien, Dragonlance and such; over the last few years I got into WoW and realized that I had not written in quite some time and that's how I found Mythic Scribes. I hope that as a group we can motivate, constructively correct, and eventually see some of our names on the spines of books everywhere.

 

[Parqstu]

Hello, Mythmaker! Good to see you.

I'm glad you're ready to write now, we're all here to help. I also like your ambitions for the site .
By WoW do you mean World of Warcraft?

 

[Meg the Healer]

Welcome, welcome! It's good to see that there are more of us out there!

Which part of the Dragonlance series did you favor? Or did you like all of it? I read the Meetings Sextet and the Chronicles growing up. My brother was more into the series than I was, but I've read them again in my mid-20's, so I have a better apprecitation for them now.

 

[Black Dragon]

Hey Mythmaker!

It's great having you join us.

I hope that as a group we can motivate, constructively correct, and eventually see some of our names on the spines of books everywhere.

Amen!

 

[At Dusk I Reign]

Welcome Mythmaker! I'm not sure about my ability to motivate or correct, but any fan of Tolkien and Dragonlance is okay by me.

 

[Mythmaker]

Replies...

Thank you all for your kind words and welcomes. Let's see; Dragonlance books any and all are favorites ( I have 8 kids and 2 of my sons who are 12 and 10 are reading the same books I read so many years ago.) WoW is World of Warcraft in this case, and we spend quite a few hours playing a week, which is why my interests in writing resurfaced. I think I was in the middle of playing WoW when my kids and my wife said "You used to make up stories that were better than this, why don't you anymore?" So, I introduced the boys to Dragonlance, Dungeons and Dragons, and some of the classics. Every now and then we sit back and watch LOTR together.

 

[Behelit]

Welcome Mythmaker.

Good to have you here. By all means, write!

Have you ever had your sons produce and tell their own stories? Even if just short stories. I think that would be pretty constructive and fun for them. Maybe they'd resist at first since the task is daunting, but I'm sure they'd eventually get into it.

I appreciate that you introduce them to more outstanding works than the books that are normally assigned to their age range. I tend to feel that a lot of children aren't challenged enough when it comes to literacy, or any academic field now that I mention it. I digress...

 

[Mythmaker]

We home school our kids, 6 are currently in school and only 1 of those is in public school. So, we have round robin type story telling to get their juices flowing and with D&D we do the same. I will take your advice, thank you by the way, and start putting it down on paper. I see you are from Cali, I was born and raised in Carson, ever heard of it?

 

[Behelit]

I have heard of Carson. I am just on the other side of Long Beach. I don't get over that way much though.

What state managed to steal you away from your hometown?

 

[elly]

Welcome Mythmaker!

 

[Mythmaker]

Joined the military back in 88 and got stationed at Ft Bragg NC in 89. In a nutshell I found my wife and we had 8 kids together and found NC to be the best fit for us... Went home to LA 13 yrs ago and 9 yrs ago. Lived in Wilmington in 97 and Rialto in 2003. get back to you after work

 

[Legerdemain]

I love NC, lived in it most of my life. Welcome!

 

[Mythmaker]

I moved to NC when I got staioned at Ft bragg back in 88.... Pretty soon I'll have a day off and get involved the way I need to. Looks like Tuesday, I spent my last four days off moving to a new section of town....