Joined: 4/28/2014
Posts: 40
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I'd like to start out by saying hello to all of you here. My name is Marlin Williams and I just recently joined and I'm excited to get to know you. A little bit about myself, I started out as a free lance writer for online publications on health and fitness, but I've always wanted to write fiction in the science fiction genre. So I entered Hubpages' Patron of the Arts Contest back in 2011 and much to my surprise I won the grand prize. It's the only contest that I ever entered but it did help to inspire me to write more. I've written one novel and numerous short stories through other publishers, but when I found Book Country I felt like I was home. I'm a simple guy that loves the written word. I've had a chance to look at some of the work on here and I can see there are many talented authors, and I hope to get to do some critique work soon. As far as myself, I'm working on a science fiction piece at this moment that I plan on publishing in 3 segments and I would value your feedback. Good luck with all your writing endeavors and I hope to talk with you all more.
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Hey, Marlin. Welcome to Book Country. You sound like a talented guy. I'll take a look at that WIP of yours.
Happy Writing!
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Marlin, I went to your profile page, but you don't have a WIP posted yet. Review someone else's manuscript so you can post your own. Then comment on this thread and I'll check yours out.
Good luck in all your writing endeavors.
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Joined: 4/28/2014
Posts: 40
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Thank you Amber. I will be posting a WIP very soon, and I have plans to begin doing reviews this week.
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Joined: 4/28/2014
Posts: 40
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Hi Amber, thank you for the greetings.
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Joined: 6/7/2013
Posts: 1356
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Hi Marlin--I see you've jumped right in and started reviewing here on the site. Fantastic!
Thanks, Amber, for welcoming Marlin. Love that community spirit!
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Joined: 10/22/2014
Posts: 28
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 Hi all, I've been hanging around for a bit, so I thought it was time to introduce myself-Jean Marie, here. Or, JM, or whatever. Some call me Jean, your choice. Jean Marie's my first name, and when my mom called me that, I was usually in trouble.
A few weeks ago, I had the extreme pleasure of meeting Alex Rosa, out in California, (where I was raised and now living in CT) and she spoke so highly of Book Country, that I joined when I returned home. Of course, it took me 3 days to upload my book, Case of the Missing Look-Alikes due to jet lag and whatever else. Okay, I'm not technologically inclined and between setting up a profile, bio, a bit about the book, then there were spaces for links? Seriously? So, I set up a blog, then twitter, and messed up the upload and had to call NY 3 times to get it right. Finally did. I wish I knew who I'd spoken with so I could thank him? Poor fella.
So, here I am and I have to say it's all Alex said and more. A lot has happened since I've been here, I've spent most of my time getting familiar with the site, looking around and very busy with my next book. Also doing a lot of querying. I volunteer as an EMT, so that keeps me busy, too. Okay, that's enough for now. I mostly wanted to say hello and let you know who I am and that I'm very happy to be here.
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