DreamBliss
Acolyte
That's the question I have been asking myself as I Googled around looking for the best writing forums. I do have an account with Nanowrimo, but I am fairly certain that it is not the best place for me. My wish list for a writing forums would be as follows:
1. NO CENSORSHIP of ANY KIND!
I don't know why so many writing forums want to cater to both young people and adults. Should be one or the other, especially since most writing forums are also concerned about anyone posting anything of a sexual nature. Why is that? I can promise that 99.9% of the kids that come here know more about sex than me, and use more swear words. That's just par for the course going to public school! We need to stop acting like nudity and sex are something dirty we need to protect children from. Simply have a check in your Registration page for "I certify I am 18+" and whatever legal wording is required, then leave it at that.
2. ACTIVE, knowledgeable, loving, and supportive community.
A community of fellow writers that understands a writing project, and the writing initially done for it, is not to be criticize or judged unless specifically requested, and when it is, it is done constructively.
3. Agent connections.
By this I mean there are agents regularly lurking in the background who can and will swoop in whenever a finished work is of interest to them. Make the process a little easier. Stephen King may have enjoyed collecting rejection letters on his nail, but some of us would rather not go through all that.
This is probably not a complete list...
OK, so about me... I started writing poetry in my teens. I started with that, moved on to short stories. Mostly horror. I also started a fantasy story that rhymed - finished about a chapter of that. Many, many starts. Two completions, sort of. Nothing published, though I have entered a few contests and submitted a few proposals. About 20 years or so later, after renouncing my former Christian faith of those last 20 years, I started a blog, Romance Beyond Reality. Other blogs followed, and my current blog is BlissWriter. I will provide a link when I have earned the privilege.
I am now 45 years old, single, unmarried, never been married and overweight. I am what is generally labelled as spiritual, not religious. My writing has been limited mostly to blog entries and the occasional Zen poem I am trying, yet again, to do something with this writing ability/skill/talent. You can thank the author of "Chapter After Chapter" for that. Good book so far. Also "Write Naked" and "Writer's Life." Anyhow due to something I read in "Chapter After Chapter" I decided I that although I could not commit to being a writer, for reasons I may later mention, I can commit to completing one manuscript of publishable length and quality, with at least 3 edits, by May 1st of next year. That's the goal and intention. I want to get just one finished book under my belt. I would like to see it published, but just having it ready with some editing done will have to be good enough. Please do not challenge or criticize this goal! Just accept it and respect it, whatever your experienced or personal opinion.
The book I am working on (which I probably can't share any of here) is for now simply entitled, "Furry Sex Story." It is meant to be a romance - nothing more or less - with fantasy elements. Really its all about my two main characters having a lot, and I mean a LOT, of sex. There are a few things about this story you might call twists. One is that it is focused on a male character. No female focused romance with some tall handsome stranger here! Another is that my male lead is 45, overweight and he lives alone. Yeah, he's based loosely on me. The biggest thing is that the female lead is not human. She is from another world entirely. She has heightened senses and is extremely sensitive. She is covered in blue and silver fur over most of her body, (except the sensitive parts.) She has long hair, ears and a tail. Otherwise she is very similar in appearance and build to a human. Oh and she finds my male lead to be very attractive! So all you furries out there, you will finally have a romance seemingly written just for you! If I can finish it that is. Not sure that this will be the One Book (the book with which I meet my goal) or not. If you don't know what a furry is, Google. Probably can't say more here.
So that's me and what I am doing in a nutshell. Feel free to tell me if I will fit in here or not. I figure eventually I will find my tribe, as it were. Thank you for reading this to the end.
1. NO CENSORSHIP of ANY KIND!
I don't know why so many writing forums want to cater to both young people and adults. Should be one or the other, especially since most writing forums are also concerned about anyone posting anything of a sexual nature. Why is that? I can promise that 99.9% of the kids that come here know more about sex than me, and use more swear words. That's just par for the course going to public school! We need to stop acting like nudity and sex are something dirty we need to protect children from. Simply have a check in your Registration page for "I certify I am 18+" and whatever legal wording is required, then leave it at that.
2. ACTIVE, knowledgeable, loving, and supportive community.
A community of fellow writers that understands a writing project, and the writing initially done for it, is not to be criticize or judged unless specifically requested, and when it is, it is done constructively.
3. Agent connections.
By this I mean there are agents regularly lurking in the background who can and will swoop in whenever a finished work is of interest to them. Make the process a little easier. Stephen King may have enjoyed collecting rejection letters on his nail, but some of us would rather not go through all that.
This is probably not a complete list...
OK, so about me... I started writing poetry in my teens. I started with that, moved on to short stories. Mostly horror. I also started a fantasy story that rhymed - finished about a chapter of that. Many, many starts. Two completions, sort of. Nothing published, though I have entered a few contests and submitted a few proposals. About 20 years or so later, after renouncing my former Christian faith of those last 20 years, I started a blog, Romance Beyond Reality. Other blogs followed, and my current blog is BlissWriter. I will provide a link when I have earned the privilege.
I am now 45 years old, single, unmarried, never been married and overweight. I am what is generally labelled as spiritual, not religious. My writing has been limited mostly to blog entries and the occasional Zen poem I am trying, yet again, to do something with this writing ability/skill/talent. You can thank the author of "Chapter After Chapter" for that. Good book so far. Also "Write Naked" and "Writer's Life." Anyhow due to something I read in "Chapter After Chapter" I decided I that although I could not commit to being a writer, for reasons I may later mention, I can commit to completing one manuscript of publishable length and quality, with at least 3 edits, by May 1st of next year. That's the goal and intention. I want to get just one finished book under my belt. I would like to see it published, but just having it ready with some editing done will have to be good enough. Please do not challenge or criticize this goal! Just accept it and respect it, whatever your experienced or personal opinion.
The book I am working on (which I probably can't share any of here) is for now simply entitled, "Furry Sex Story." It is meant to be a romance - nothing more or less - with fantasy elements. Really its all about my two main characters having a lot, and I mean a LOT, of sex. There are a few things about this story you might call twists. One is that it is focused on a male character. No female focused romance with some tall handsome stranger here! Another is that my male lead is 45, overweight and he lives alone. Yeah, he's based loosely on me. The biggest thing is that the female lead is not human. She is from another world entirely. She has heightened senses and is extremely sensitive. She is covered in blue and silver fur over most of her body, (except the sensitive parts.) She has long hair, ears and a tail. Otherwise she is very similar in appearance and build to a human. Oh and she finds my male lead to be very attractive! So all you furries out there, you will finally have a romance seemingly written just for you! If I can finish it that is. Not sure that this will be the One Book (the book with which I meet my goal) or not. If you don't know what a furry is, Google. Probably can't say more here.
So that's me and what I am doing in a nutshell. Feel free to tell me if I will fit in here or not. I figure eventually I will find my tribe, as it were. Thank you for reading this to the end.