Introduce Yourself here and say Hi.

[Pompey Bum]

Merhaba TLB and welcome to the site. You will find many lovers of Russian and French literature here. Please make yourself at home.

[Pompey Bum]

Hello Alana and welcome to the site.

[LurgidVogon]

Hi, I'm also new here (obviously). Like Samercury above, I also love languages. I can speak and read Japanese, Spanish, and some German and Russian besides English. I would also like to study ancient Greek, Sanskrit, Turkish, Arabic, Hebrew... <sigh> So many languages, so little time....
I actually don't much like poetry, but Japanese and German poetry in the original languages is great. I don't know what it is about English, but most of our poetry is not that good (IMHO). As for fiction, Paul Auster, Hermann Hesse, and most hard science fiction (not <shudder> fantasy, except for JRR Tolkien, who was a god)....

[icamalika]

Hi everyone...
im from indonesia
i like to talk about french litterature and comparative literature..
my favorite author is haruki murakami (well he is japanese but i still love his books), albert camus, sartre, kafka etc..

[Pompey Bum]

Hi Lurgid and Ica. Welcome to the site. Make yourselves right at home.

[YesNo]

That's a nice idea of converting one's stories into short-movie scripts. That might be one way to test the effectiveness of the short story's plot. Welcome!

[Giuliano]

Hello guys, I'm Giuliano( yea, really no point in coming up with a nickname). Unfortunately I had already posted a thread before thinking about introducting myself, but hey, better now than never. While we are at it, I hope you will allow me to take the liberty of asking whether you'd like to provide your thoughts on my thread "Should a non-native speaker write in english?" under "general literature"( I can't post the link, apparently).

[Watch-Dog]

Hi Everybody. I'm a librarian, and I guess you could call me a scholar as well. I wrote my doctoral thesis on Shakespeare, and I'm in negotiations to get it published. A book on Shakespeare...now that's a dream come true. I'm about to ask a very specific question in another part of the forum. Maybe you could help me with it! Thanks much.

[Pompey Bum]

Hey Giuiliano and Watch-dog. Welcome to both of you! Good luck on getting published, WD. Sounds like a really exciting time.

[Watch-Dog]

Thanks Pompey!

[Emmawoodhouse]

Hi folks, my name here is Emma Woodhouse, because I love Emma by Jane Austen, and I live in sunny Marrakech.
I never meet people who read Austen, and maybe this could change...

[Pompey Bum]

Welcome Emma! You will find many Austin readers here. I've been to sunny Marrakech, by the way, and loved it. Morocco is such a beautiful country!

[Jonathan_Fuller]

Hello friends,
I am John.
I have found this forum interesting and thought you people might like a new journal that I found.
If you love writing or reading literary works, like poems, stories, articles in English Language, you can try this one. I am posting the link here
ashvamegh . net Ashvamegh is an international journal that accepts submission of every kind round the year.
Please go ahead and give it a try.

[Bladderworth]

Hi, I just posted an intro but it's not showing up (yet) Must be a reason, I guess! Does the moderator vet stuff before publication?

[Pompey Bum]

Hi Blad! I'm not sure the answer to your question (I'm not a mod), but welcome to the site on any case.