Introduce Yourself here and say Hi.

[Pompey Bum]

Welcome ~Ji. There is a wide range of ages on LitNet, so don't worry about that. I'm in my mid-fifties and I'm always amazed to find out who is older when the someone or other 'fesses up. There are also younger people here, some of whom amaze me with their maturity. Maybe I'm easily amazed. :) In any case, welcome to the site. I'm looking forward to reading your posts.

[Zosik]

Hi all,

English is not my first language Spanish Is and I am also learning Japanese.
I am an active learner and I always try to improve myself by learning something new every day.
Besides reading and writing I enjoy movies, cartoons and pretty much everything that entertains the mind since for some reason I am unable to find peace inside my head.
My main goal here is to meet a lot of grammar Nazis since I want to improve my writing skills a lot.
I am currently working in my novel (in Spanish) is the story of a person who can manipulate dreams (kind of like the movie inception but not with a complete retarded story)
I am happily married (not)
I am a lawyer (in a different country) working in an administrative position that doesn't require the skill of a lawyer which is good I never wanted to be lawyer however there is always people trying to push your life and trying to live what they couldn't with your life (right mom and dad?)
I am in love of a person (who doesn't love me in return) who is not my wife and not being honest with my wife is killing me.
I guess that sums my life right now.
I will start reading and absorbing everything you present in this forum and will start to make contributions later on.

I will gladly contribute in every way I can.

Thanks

[wrc]

Hello everybody, It's nice that we are getting so many new forum members who share with us their precious views. There should be a place to introduce yourself and say hi; and this is it. :D

Come on and tell us about yourself. :D What are your hobbies? What are your favourite books? And also share with us everything else you would like to tell us about yourself.

Have a nice time browing the wonderful world of books and book-worms! :)

)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) ))))))))))))))))
Hello to All:

I began to write when I was 14 and was put on Diary Probation. I had to keep track of everyone I talked to and what was said. It was boring. So I made up friends and conversations about robbing a bank. The Judge I turned in my work weekly never said a word. This was the start of my writing efforts.

As a teenager, I sold Bibles door to door and traveled to many States with a sales crew. This was the beginning of my education. It was also helpful in becoming a proud Atheist.

I went on to earn a BA (Film and TV Production). Then an MA (Playwriting). Then I joined the faculty of the Theater Arts Department and taught for many years.

When I got tired of teaching I formed a Film and TV Production company and did this for too many years.

Whenever I got a block of free time I wrote. I write Stage Plays and Screenplays. The last few years I've been working in Fiction.

I'm an Expat living in Mexico.

I look forward to participating in the forums.

Have a nice writing day.

[wrc]

Hello Zasik.

Welcome. It sounds like you and I have similar styles to life. A day without learning something new is a wasted day. When I was growing up I used to read a dictionary at bedtime and if I didn't learn at least 4 new words, I felt like I'd cheated myself.

I look forward to participating with you. I'm glad you joined the forum.

Have a happy writing day.

[Pompey Bum]

Oh dear, like the white rabbit in Wonderland, I'm late!

Welcome Senior Zosik. My advice to you is to stop canoodling or at least make sure that your wife doesn't read your posts. But welcome in any case. It's nice to have you with us. :)

[Pompey Bum]

I began to write when I was 14 and was put on Diary Probation.

At first I thought you wrote: dairy probation. As if your parents were PETA fanatics who didn't know how else to raise you. Welcome in any case. Hope you're enjoying sunny Mexico. :)

[Izstra]

Hello everyone,

I'm somewhat older than those whose introductions I have just read. Perhaps too old to even mention....oh what the heck, I am close to 57. I studied literature at university for four years in the second half of the 1970s and been interested in it all my life. I had a few short stories published in the early Eighties. I've edited magazines on science fiction and Bob Dylan and had three books published on Dylan. Just last week my latest book came out and this time it was on Shakespeare, called Shakespeare in Cambridge by Amberley Press. As well as Shakespeare my other interests - some might say obsessions - are the Romantic and Metaphysical poets and Nineteenth Century Russian fiction.

I'm looking forward to exploring the site now..............

[Pompey Bum]

Hello Iztra. There are people older, younger, and about the same age as you on the site, so don't worry about it. You sound like an interesting person, so I hope you've come to do more than plug your book. ;-)

[Izstra]

Hello Iztra. There are people older, younger, and about the same age as you on the site, so don't worry about it. You sound like an interesting person, so I hope you've come to do more than plug your book. ;-)

Yes, indeed I have, sorry about giving that impression I guess it is just that it fills my days at the moment and is all I am thinking of....I will refrain, repeat, I will refrain ;)

[toni]

It's been awhile!
Hey y'all.

[Lamrabetson]

Hey, My name is Amine. I am an English Literary Studies in my first year and I joined you in this community for many reasons and one of them is improving my English skills. I hope spending a good time with you guys and thank you for the useful informations

[Carolina Martin]

Hello everyone! I am from Argentina

[Zafar Hussain]

Hello every body

[Zafar Hussain]

I m from pakistan

[Zafar Hussain]

:cheers2:

[Pompey Bum]

Yikes! Hi everyone! :)

Toni, you've got more posts than I have, so welcome back. Lamrabetson/Amine, Carolina, and Zaphar, welcome from afar. It's great to have you here. :)

And Iztra, don't worry about it. I didn't intend to be rude or disrespectful. Please come and join the fun. :)

[Margerma]

Well... Not sure where to start, so I will try the Introductory thread:-) I guess my English is far from the best as I am native Russian, however after almost 10 years in the UK it had improved a lot. I love Literature. I do not remember names of the characters, plots, even names of books I had read quite often, as I consider books to be a food for a brain. Similar to the usual food for stomach. It gives an energy. Good quality food keeps you in a good health, good quality reading keeps your brain in a healthy condition. We would starve without reading with no energy left. I am trying to find my way in professional translation - English to Russian. Strangely enough, the poetry is much easier for me to translate than prose. Another strange thing - I find it confusing when people study literature (this is definitely an age thing), as only with age you start to understand that there are many ways to look at the same thing if to look from different dimensions. That is why Literature is impossible to study. What makes a character to look like a victim when you 17, can look like an abuser when you are 35. Well... Long hello, I suppose, but I do hope to find a lot of interesting topics here. So hi everyone:-)

[Pompey Bum]

Привет Margerma! Welcome to the site. You will find many lovers of Russian and English literature here. Do you enjoy current or classic literature (or both)? In either case, you will find like-minded readers on LitNet.


I am trying to find my way in professional translation - English to Russian. Strangely enough, the poetry is much easier for me to translate than prose.

There is a German lady here named Kiki who is a professional translator (and a really nice person). Maybe you two can share trade secrets with each other. Are you out there somewhere, Kiki?


Another strange thing - I find it confusing when people study literature (this is definitely an age thing), as only with age you start to understand that there are many ways to look at the same thing if to look from different dimensions. That is why Literature is impossible to study.

I could not agree more, but you will find (perhaps understandable) resistance to that truth from many graduate students who are hoping to find a teaching career (and have gone deep into debt in the attempt) by signing on to someone else's orthodoxy. And you may find others who (less forgivably) just don't think free-thinking readers have a voice in the discussion. Who cares? We will say what we have to say and let 'em fuss. I look forward to hearing your thoughts about literature. So welcome. :)

[Methinks]

Hello all,

I have been looking for a good, serious literature forum for a while. I mostly read the classics, and historical fiction, but dip into science fiction and fantasy for exceptional work. Pleased to meet you all.

[Pompey Bum]

Nice to meet you, too, Methinks. Welcome to the site. :)

[Yun Yi]

I am books lover and so thrilled to discover this forum. Looking forward to participate in near future. Just say hi to everybody. :-)

[tonywalt]

Hi Yun Yi, Welcome - just look around and participate:)

[troops23]

Hi everyone. Just an occasional writer here. Probably won't post often. Most likely only when I have something to share. But looking forward to sharing what little I have someplace safe.

[Pompey Bum]

Hey troops. Nice to have you with us. Please post as much of your work as you like. When you do, though, you may want to specify whether you would like critical feedback or are just sharing. Many people want the former (because better us than a potential publisher), and some of the comments can be merciless. If you don't want that, be sure to say so. And if some jerk doesn't get the picture and wallops you, try not to take it too seriously. Sometimes criticism is helpful and sometimes it's just someone trying to sound important. Nice to have you here in any case. :)

[troops23]

Thanks Pompey. I appreciate the heads up and looking forward to ignoring the trolls ! :-D

[LaurieN]

Hi all
Randomly saw this site - independently working on a mid life education. Tastes run eclectic but tend not to care for pop lit -- with some exceptions.

[Pompey Bum]

Welcome LaurieN. No shortage of midlife characters here (including yours truly); and we're all eclectic, at least till the transformer blows. Please make yourself right at home. :)

[Aldo Méndez]

HI everyone.

I'm new in this forums. I hope to have a good time with everyone. I'm from Mexico and I like the literure in differents lenguage, specially in english. Excuse me if my english isn't good at all, i stiil practice this lenguage. Greetings to all.

[Pompey Bum]

Hola Aldo! You are most welcome here. :)

[swadeshdana]

Dear Community Members

I say HELLO to ALL
I introduce myself as an Author.

Thanks!
Swadesh

[Pompey Bum]

Welcome Swadesh. It's nice to have you with us. Please make yourself right at home.

[InkDrought]

Evening, community members :)

Just popping by to say Hi. I currently find myself in a shortage of people with whom to freely ramble on about this or that story or topic. Moving to a new city and taking a job from home are not so conducive to enriching conversations!

I've used the site before when in need of some literary entertainment to kill some idle hours in between lectures, but never the forum. Hope to have some interesting (in the most open sense of the word haha) chats here :)

[Pompey Bum]

Welcome to the site, InkDrought. There's no shortage of free rambling here, so may you find that for which you seek. :)

[CoenW]

Hi All,

I am CoenW and I am quite new here. I don't consider myself as a good writer of literature, but I like creative writing, collaborative brainstorming, and exchanging ideas with aspiring writers and readers.

My favorite genres are mystery and screenplays. Hope everyone one is doing well!

Till next time!

[Pompey Bum]

Welcome to the site, CohenW. People aren't always the best judges of their own work, so perhaps you are a better writer than you think. :)

[Pyrrhonic]

Hi all! I'm new.

[Margerma]

Привет Margerma! Welcome to the site. You will find many lovers of Russian and English literature here. Do you enjoy current or classic literature (or both)? In either case, you will find like-minded readers on LitNet.

There is a German lady here named Kiki who is a professional translator (and a really nice person). Maybe you two can share trade secrets with each other. Are you out there somewhere, Kiki?
)

Thank you Pompei, I enjoy both! There are so many interesting people and curious thoughts on this forum, it seems I will spend here a lot of time!:-) hopefully, I fill find Kiki as well! Thanks for kind words.

[Pompey Bum]

Hi Pyrrhonic! I'm old. Welcome to the site. :)

[Letmetype]

Hi all!

I'm new to this forum and I'm looking forward to posting stories and reading your work.

[WolfgangAmadeus]

Hello everyone. I seem to have been a member for a couple of years but have never introduced myself. Sorry. I'm in lovely Shropshire in England and have always loved reading above most things. I can't imagine a life without books. My current read is the Collected Stories of Henry James in the Everyman Library. I was fortunate enough to pick up 170 volumes of these lovely editions last year and am slowly working my way through them. Hope you are reading something good. Have a lovely day wherever you are.

[SkagBoy]

Hello everybody, I'm Hugo. Why am I here? Hmm, I work in the advertising industry as a translator (German -> English) and a copywriter. BUT I'm here because in my spare time I am writing my own stuff and it's always nice and constructive to share this experience and examples of work with likeminded, intelligent and nice people - so basically I want to get feedback at some point. I also love to give positive and constructive feedback, so I'm here to contribute too.

What's more, the internet is a crazy place and I found I come across loads of things that I would never normally think of simply googling myself, so I'm also here to get inspired by you and to see what you're all listening to, reading, eating, doing, etc.

I'll shut up now. All the best !

[Pompey Bum]

Ah, behind again! Welcome LMT, WA, and Skagboy. There are one or two other translators on the site, Skag, so perhaps they will find you. No, no shortage of crazy ideas here. :)

[WolféLaPirokó]

Hiyo!

My name is Wolfé, I am a friendly wolf living in the United Kingdom but originating from Poland. I write (well, attempt to write) mostly General Fiction, but I read most everything. I also like Manga, Anime, Programming and Systems (Network) Administration. My favourite authors are Haruki Mukarami, a Polish author called Andrzej Pilipiuk. Ive read too many books to like one the most :D I listen to many different types of music, but mostly Classical (Janacek, Schubert, Elisabeth Schwartzkopf), Jazz (Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and the more modern Nujabes), Post Rock (World Ends Girlfriend, MONO) and Swing (Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra).

I hope you all welcome me to your abode~

[Jeffery Massey]

Greetings to all of my fellow writers

[FREI]

Hello All

I'm brand new here and will gladly (and soon) share some of my writing with you: I've just recently launched a new and fairly experimental publishing project and any echo at all from you will be of great interest to me and correspondingly appreciated.

Thanks & Peace
FREI

[WolvenNexus]

Wow! This is the place I've been looking for pretty much all my life!

And so I shall introduce myself...

I am a university student studying game design and development, and I am an enthusiast of stories and storytelling! I for one chase my dreams to my heart's content, and one such dream is to be a major part in fantasy literacy. I know that it sounds crazy to have such a high goal, especially with all the work and commodities I grow to become a leading game designer, but as I said... I don't just look up at the stars... I chase them, and with burning hope and great passion... I become one with the stars, shining brighter than anything to be seen!

I seek those who hide in shadows... who live a tragic life of misery... I keep them beneath my fallen wings, and hold them tight within my embrace...

A direct quote from me, to those who are at the bottom of the sea and who has lost everything... "To live a life without loss; Without loss, there is no living. You are the most lively person I have ever known..."

[SanLit]

Hi everyone!

I am new to this website, and I am also new to the English Literature subject. I hope I will learn some good things from the website as well as you all guys. I have just started studying literature, so I have very little to say about what literary books I like to read and which are my favorite authors. I hope to study literature little each day and will accomplish my goal.

Wish me good luck and I too wish you good wishes to all guys!

Thanks to the Google search that have showed me this website. :)

Cheers!

[freebird10]

Hi, everyone! I recently completed my Master's in English literature and am currently taking some time off from academics. Along with some other things, I plan to finish reading everything that I've had on my wishlist for the longest time. Looking forward to some stimulating discussions here :)

[CWolfieVan]

Hello,
I'm a literature-obsessed writer, I've also worked as a teacher, tutor, mental health worker, etc. I also love playing sports, trekking through the deep woods listening to an audio book (I have about 500 books loaded on my ipods) writing songs, singing, discussing film and music, studying history (especially Roman history, the American Civil War, Plutarch, and my favorite nonfiction writer, Will Durant), science, philosophy, religion, MMA (yes, I do love martial arts too), basketball, soccer.
Favorite writers of drama and fiction: Shakespeare, James Joyce, Hemingway, Thomas Mann, Chekhov, Homer, Cormac McCarthy, Dante, Nabokov, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Lorrie Moore, Willa Cather, Austen, Virginia Woolf, Isaac Babel, Robert E. Howard (sword and sorcery nerd growing up), Borges, Mailer, DH Lawrence, Evelyn Waugh.
Poets: Shelley, Eliot, Frost, Yeats, Wordsworth, Rilke, Tennyson, Browning.
Critics and essayists: Harold Bloom, Susan Sontag, Gore Vidal, David Denby, Anthony Lane, Pauline Kael, Montaigne, Rob Sheffield (Rolling Stone), Robert Christgau (rock music).
I just love talking literature, music, film, the process of writing, etc. I'm eager to chat with you.
"How vain it is to sit down and write when you have not stood up to live." Henry David Thoreau.

[BabylonianPixie]

Hi everyone,

I registered today and I would like to say hi. You can call me Pixie. My love with literature began when I was in 6th grade. I remember, we started with this poem by Robert Frost and though I was immature enough not to grasp the beauty of it, I loved it like a child loves snowflakes. And since then whenever I read literature I am filled with this tremendous joy that all the darkness around me diminishes like the ring of an eclipse. Life is short and if you want to life an eternity at a jiffy books are your salvation. In real life I am working with a local television channel as a reporter and presenter. I like to imbibe the beauty of literature in philosophizing the ugliness reality brings with it. My favorite genre is mystery apart from classics. I plan to write a novel someday.

[kmyoung]

Hello everyone,

Today is my very first day and I'm very excited to be studying literature and look forward to learning something new each day. Currently, my goal is to become an occupational therapist in the long term, but reading and writing is something I have always enjoyed. I look forward to interacting and learning from everyone and everything here.

[Mary M Hoden]

Hello to everyone. My name is Mary Hoden. I am a professor at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. I've joined the forum to further my secret desire - to be a published author - but I have no idea how to do it! Any and all advice is welcome. Meanwhile, I hope to learn from all of you.

[linaanne]

Hello everyone, I'm a newbie here. Hope to meet new people and to learn something in this forum.

"I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition." Let us all share happiness, encourage one another and have faith.

Have a good day ahead! :)

--LinaAnne

[Diem My Bui]

HI, I'm new here too. I like reading books and listening to music (prefer ballad)
I don't have a specific favourite author. However, I really admire Stieg Larsson and love his Millennium Series.
It is awsome!!!

[Tyler Freeman]

Hi Everyone,

My name is Tyler and I am brand new to this forum. I suppose the purpose of my online existence is simply to become inspired and feed off of all of the great writers that are outchea putting thoughts and feelings into stories. I also wouldn't mind making a friend or two.

thanks

[Number 34]

Hi everyone.

I've always been a reader but mainly non fiction. Three years ago I read The Count of Monte Cristo and it ignited a passion for fiction, particularly the classics.

I would post more but the super blood moon has just started.

[fleamailman]

("...hi..." said the goblin, wondering if he'd even come to the right place is though, besides his thoughts were more on the coffee machine at this point, so he just continued "...well there's not really much to say about me, married with kids I suppose, yes that's me then..." and then something crossed his mind "...you see, the trouble in one's introduction is simply that if you never meet the other person, there's absolutely no way to prove anything since these are just words on your screen and the reader is blind by it, I mean anyone of us could be just anything then, who knows I could even be a human for that matter MYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, no no just joking there, thought it was funny though...")

[Kemijost]

It's a typical night; husband's on the couch, tired from his day in the weather building that barn. the kids are upstairs doing what it is that they do on a weekend night in our rather low key life. My mind, as ever, is ready to fly.

Perhaps you will allow me to ramble a bit?

My mind, or ego, as it may be, at least has an anchor at least these days against flying off into the aery fair blue:rofl:, and so my sanity gets to have a say. The middle ages of my life have brought mixed blessings, one being the knowledge that I can improve some things, but the years of habit are a serious impediment to actually being as effective as I would like to be. Conflict, as always, is a great force in writing for me as it is any writer. I have never written as a earning vocation, but just for a good time, or to help someone. I'm not a person who worships in a building. I think that what's beyond can be found anywhere. I would go to a church, temple, mosque if I was going to hang with like minded people. but I don't usually see my tribe in most of those places and I have stopped looking. "What would Jesus do?' is good enough for me. I spent some time flirting with Jesus, in a way, and that was a trip.

Get the to a nunnery
packed my bags
ready to run away

just you go look see
for yourself
a mind set free

Through word, thought
time & patience
learning breezy views

This is a slice of my perspective.

Let's lift a glass,
dear reader
drink a toast to you,

and another swig for I,
it's more fun this way,
thanks for stopping by.

Anyway...

[mprs]

Hello!

This is a long time coming, but I've decided to be a little more serious with my writing (as maybe some if not most of you are on here). A quick Google search brought me to this pretty cool forum, so here I am. And I'm very excited to meet with you all.

I graduated University last Fall after spending my last semester studying abroad in Italy. I finished with a degree in Film-making (with a focus on Animation) and a minor in Art. I work full time as a Photographer and part time at an arthouse theater as a Projectionist/box office attendant. My true passion however, is Storytelling and Illustrating! Which I understand takes up more personal time than an around the clock busy bee has. Being a fresh graduate is really confusing! I want to do everything all at once, but I feel like I don't have enough lifetimes for them all!

Writing is really therapeutic :) I used to read a lot of YA and Graphic Novels/Manga in my high school years, but I've started to find myself burying myself in more serious conquests. Classics and Contemporaries alike. My list is too long to really name, but if it helps any, I'm a huge Potterhead and i find that most literary buffs I know are divided into saga categories, if you know what I mean. Luls.

Anyway, that's pretty much me right now. Nice to meet you all :)

[popadicova]

Hello, I´m glad to find the forum. I am looking for some English teachers who could recommend me books (poetry, prose) and authors which are poplular among secondary school students in English speaking countries. We are thinking of joining a competition in recitation in English language and as recitation is not my cup of tea, I don´t know what advice to give our students. Thanks for your help.

[Kemijost]

Hi Popadicova, I am not a teacher, but my kids are in secondary school. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, and Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom and various Shakespeare works; are a couple of teacher's selections. The Hunger Games series, All Quiet on the Western Front, Watership Down, and I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings are recent summer choices they made.

There are some good lists on line, here is a shorter one: URL is phschool.com/curriculum_support/reading_list/high_school.html

[nick mcglue]

Hi, everyone,

Nick McGlue here, fan of literature, film, and popular culture. I'm looking forward to meeting everyone.

[Kemijost]

Hi Nick, People don't have much to say here so far. :(

[tailor STATELY]

Howdy all y'all !

Poets: Please check out the Poetry Games & Contests at: http://www.online-literature.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?7131-Poetry-Games-amp-Contests

Looking forward to reading everyones' contributions to the forums !

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[12tone]

Hi everyone! I'm a jazz pianist and writer living in NYC. As a writer my main interest is philosophy of art and I am particularly influenced by Jacques Maritain and Etienne Gilson (two 20th-century French philosophers) in that regard. As a reader I pretty much check out everything - to give you some idea, the books I'm in the middle of right now are The Return of Sherlock Holmes by ACD, Man, Economy and State by Murray Rothbard, Collected Poems 1943-2004 by Richard Wilbur, The Complete Saki, Stromata by Clement of Alexandria (3rd century philosopher/theologian), and Life of Christ by Fulton J. Sheen.

For discovering new reading material I am a HUGE fan of the magazine Lapham's Quarterly and recommend that everyone check it out. I also currently subscribe to a journal called Image.

I love movies too (favorites are The Godfather, The Big Lebowski, Biutiful), and obviously music (jazz and lots of other stuff).

EDIT: Oh yeah, and I listen to a lot of podcasts - currently The History of Philosophy (Without Any Gaps), History of Byzantium, British History Podcast, Ancient Egyptian Podcast, 99% Invisible, and occasionally various comedy podcasts.

[TomJoe]

Hi everybody. I´m a Spanish writer and have published some novels and short stories in Spain. I also have published a couple of short stories in English although I´m not all that fluent. In any case, hello everybody it´s a pleasure to be here... Nearly forgot, I also translate from English to Spanish.

[Eusebius Clay]

Hi, I'm Eusebius. I have an active account on goodreads, but I'm looking for a different environment. I enjoy Russian literature and the classics. I have several small works of my own. Nice to be here.

[madeline777]

Hi everyone,
I'm Madeline, really glad to be here in this forum. i'm an English literature student obsessed with literature. and my favorite author is James Joyce.
have a nice day everyone

[Tambourine]

Hi, I'm Tambourine, nice to meet y'all, etc.

[Sophiya Qadeer]

It is actually nice to see a segment of the world being brought together under this forum, having the commonality of the love for books. I would not want to give a very convoluted introduction for myself as I think it would become monotonous for the forum members. All about myself could be condensed into a few statements;
I am a literature student, an avid reader, I love Victorian novels, Oriental fiction and the modern writers too. I have somewhat developed feminist leanings after reading Woolf and Sylvia Plath. I am a published writer on socio-political affairs in the world around and love discussing contemporary politics coupled with relating it to the past history of events. I am also an active Parliamentary style speaker and have a passion for debating. I love intellectual conversations, thoroughly enjoy them.
I am officially Sophiya Qadeer but am called 'Soph' by the larger segment of my social cirque.
Looking forward to enjoying this forum and a Hi to each one of you from my end. :)

[Sophiya Qadeer]

Hi Tambourine :)

[Ladybug83]

Hello Everyone! My name is Ashly and I am currently reading a great deal of books and thought it would be nice to have somewhere to talk about them. I lived in Germany for 6/1/2 years and am currently back in the states. I have a translation degree from Germany, but have yet to find an opportunity to use my German here in America :)
I have recently started branching out on books that I am reading, as I am needing to re-learn English to an extent (my brain still thinks and writes German). I am currently reading a book called "Coming into the Country" by John McPhee.
I love being out in nature and am very outgoing usually...though meeting people seems to be becoming more difficult these days.
Anyway I am glad to have the opportunity to join in this forum :)

[nychrislin]

These posts are over 10 years old, I'm hoping everyone is still around! My name is Chris, and I'm an aspiring author and entrepreneur! I just finished my first book, and would love feedback from this amazing community! Ciao!

[KAppleby]

Hi! I am new to this site. I look forward to reading and gaining new perspectives from others through this literature forum!

[Tiny]

Wassup y'all

Just pokin in 'ere to check it all out.

Guess not many p.hds floating here... get it? cuz its p and then HD! High Definition! yeah... well i thought so.

Now me mate, ernie, tol' me 'bout dis website. Turns out y'all got a strong game 'ere.

well signin' off, jus be sure 2 chck out me funny stories. Toodles

[Merlin248]

Hello from Australia. I am a Software Test Engineer who strayed from the less mercenary path of academia (East German literature and its relationship to the Staatsicherheit). Literature remains my first and truest love, and, along with travel, is an escape for me. I have an ever expanding group of favourite authors - Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen, Evelyn Waugh, The Beats, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Solzhenitsyn, Shakespeare. I have a particular interest in the relationship between Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath. Have recently been trying to become less insular with my reading, am currently reading A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow (which series I am loving, btw).

Always keen to read history as well. And I'm approx 40% through my first novel draft :)

Merlin248

[Valia]

Hello everyone! I'm Valia and I live in the Czech Republic. I write in both Czech and English and although English is not my first language I try to keep mistakes to a minimum,) I've joined this community because I enjoy creative writing and I'd appreciate some input from people. I also enjoy reading - mostly classical and detective novels.

[Impervious]

Hello :) My name is Caeley, I'm 16 (even though I look like I'm twelve), I'm an Aquarius, and I'm from Michigan
I spend a lot of time on homework and extra school activities, but when I do have free time I mostly like to read or go on tumblr. I'm honestly not that interesting haha
I really love John Flanagan, J. K. Rowling, H. P Lovecraft, Cornelia Funke, and Paolo Bacigalupi.
I love making friends and I'm not exactly shy. . . I'm also really bad at conclusions

[McColDIles]

In a hot minute of not understanding how to allow myself to write, I have found myself following generally quiet advice and registered on a forum. So, hello, I do hope that this goes well and helps me in my struggle to grow as a writer and break my restrictive fears. If you find cause to message me, please do, but do not be insulted if I take forever to respond: I am often knowing for replying in my head and not in actuality. Now time for a casual intro:
I am 18, a very incredibly fortunate resident of Calgary, Canada, and I crave experiences I acknowledge that I am afraid to obtain. Also, favourite band? Panic! At the Disco. Currently reading Diana Gabolodans series.
With love and fear, hello.

[Dennis38]

hi, im dennis. i need help with a few old books

[Ghartfield]

Hi,
My name is Glenda. I teach World Lit and English II at a small rural Mississippi high school. I also teach journalism and psychology. I have in the past also taught creative writing, Mississippi Literature, and too many courses that were really test prep in disguise. I hope to gain some insight from fellow literature aficionados! I appreciate many genres of literature but I especially enjoy Dystopian novels: Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, Anthem... are a few. A favorite non-fiction book is Elie Wiesel's Night. Powerful! I am currently trying to write a unit on Frank Baum's Life and Adventures of Santa Claus and would welcome comments or suggestions. Although the content may seem inappropriate for 10th grade, I did poll my students with positive feedback. I think they believe the book and unit will be easy! I want it to be fun, but challenging. Not just regurgitating the plot. Focus on theme and cultural reflections. Wish me luck!

[Warchat]

Hello everyone!
I'm Nick from Heidelberg, Germany. I'm 24yo book lover - I hope we will have great time together :)

[MsBennet]

Hello everyone. I am an avid reader and my favorite book is Pride and Prejudice. I also happen to love the genre of teen scifi/fantasy. Looking forward to being a part of the community.

Sincerely,
Ms. Bennet

[Bazaleel]

Well, here I am. I may post every once in a while, but I'll mostly just read. I've very little talent for writing.
Sorry that it isn't that long.

[dora.peterfay]

Hi everyone,
I've just tried to post something, but I'm not sure I managed to do it

[dora.peterfay]

I'm a first-year university student studying English at a university in Hungary. I'm originally Hungarian, but I speak three languages, all at the same level. I have been blind since I was born, so I rely on technology for nearly everything I do. I use a laptop with a screen reader for studying and reading :) (A screen reader is a software which acts as a narrator and* describes what is displayed on-screen.)

Ever since being read to as a child, I've enjoyed and valued literature. I'm particularly passionate about English literature, especially
the Romantic poets and Victorian novelists. My favorite authors include Charles Dickens, the Bronte sisters and Jane Austen. I strongly believe that literature is not "just an art", and that literature, like other humanities, social sciences and arts subjects, is just as important as the sciences. English literature is not a "pointless" degree. You can get a job with any degree if you're creative enough!
After finishing high school last year, I was planning to apply to one of England's top universities to study English language and literature, but, in order to get in, I would have needed an A-level (or equivalent) in English literature, whichh I obviously didn't have because I didn't study English literature at school, so I applied to a college in England (not a sixth form, as I was already too old for that) to study A-levels. They offered me a place, but I couldn't start my course in September. (It's a long, complicated and not very pleasant story which I'd rather not share here.) Then I applied for an IB scholarship, but that didn't work out either because their entrance tests weren't accessible. I really didn't want to apply to a university in Hungary, but I had no other choice. I'm now studying at the most prestigious university in the country. I'm enjoying my course a**** lot and am doing very well**** in all my subjects. I'm aiming for a first-class**** degree because I still haven't given up on my plans. I hope to get into Oxford, Cambridge, Durham or Exeter for my MA and PHD.

******* In order to achieve this, however, I need extra help. My literature seminar tutor this semester was a kind, understanding, warm-hearted person, but she had very low expectations. 75% of our class was in Hungarian, which is not something she was supposed to do, not to mention that what we were doing wasn't what I was supposed to be doing in preparation for a master's at a top University, i.e. not exactly what British first-year students study.**** There are a lot of great literature professors at the university, and I'll be able to take their courses next semester, but I still need extra help. I've been trying to get a tutor, but they're all very expensive.
That's my story in a nuthell. I look forward to "meeting" you all.

[The black sheep]

Hello everyone. I am new and trying to find my way around

[sajjad]

HI friends i m new here... hope i enjoy and learn in your company

[ASDuffy]

Hello, first posting I have decided to read Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett and shall comment on anything that takes my interest. if thats okay?

[M3ll155x]

Hey. I'm an English major (Philosophy minor) at Louisiana State University. My favorite authors are, um, varied...it changes constantly honestly. However my favorite novel has stayedb the same for some years: Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon. My favorite types of books is also a complicated topic--my favorites tend to me 20th century modernist/postmodernist works, but I also have a deep love for English Renaissance literature, especially the works of William Shakespeare and Mary Wroth. I hope to become a professional writer one day.

Das it.

[MartinB]

Hi Everyone,

I've not a great deal of time to give to this right now, but I have lurked as a guest on these forums for a few years now. They have been a source of new thought on old, stale texts and a source of ideas for new one that I will have to teach for the first time!

I hope to provide the same service to some other people as I join in with discussion on here.

40. Teacher of English. Currently reading Paper Towns and feeling the lost-ness and wanderlust of the absent catalyst. Um. Going to post in the poetry forum now as I have knocked a few lines out about a colleague who is leaving the teaching profession after many years. Any comments welcome!

[bebozozza]

Hello all , it.s good to be with you here
Iam bebo an acountant . I love handcrafts , reading and iam learning english this days
hope all of you enjoy your life
Bebo

[Dreamwoven]

I'm a first-year university student studying English at a university in Hungary. I'm originally Hungarian, but I speak three languages, all at the same level. I have been blind since I was born, so I rely on technology for nearly everything I do. I use a laptop with a screen reader for studying and reading :) (A screen reader is a software which acts as a narrator and* describes what is displayed on-screen.)

Ever since being read to as a child, I've enjoyed and valued literature. I'm particularly passionate about English literature, especially
the Romantic poets and Victorian novelists. My favorite authors include Charles Dickens, the Bronte sisters and Jane Austen. I strongly believe that literature is not "just an art", and that literature, like other humanities, social sciences and arts subjects, is just as important as the sciences. English literature is not a "pointless" degree. You can get a job with any degree if you're creative enough!
After finishing high school last year, I was planning to apply to one of England's top universities to study English language and literature, but, in order to get in, I would have needed an A-level (or equivalent) in English literature, whichh I obviously didn't have because I didn't study English literature at school, so I applied to a college in England (not a sixth form, as I was already too old for that) to study A-levels. They offered me a place, but I couldn't start my course in September. (It's a long, complicated and not very pleasant story which I'd rather not share here.) Then I applied for an IB scholarship, but that didn't work out either because their entrance tests weren't accessible. I really didn't want to apply to a university in Hungary, but I had no other choice. I'm now studying at the most prestigious university in the country. I'm enjoying my course a**** lot and am doing very well**** in all my subjects. I'm aiming for a first-class**** degree because I still haven't given up on my plans. I hope to get into Oxford, Cambridge, Durham or Exeter for my MA and PHD.

******* In order to achieve this, however, I need extra help. My literature seminar tutor this semester was a kind, understanding, warm-hearted person, but she had very low expectations. 75% of our class was in Hungarian, which is not something she was supposed to do, not to mention that what we were doing wasn't what I was supposed to be doing in preparation for a master's at a top University, i.e. not exactly what British first-year students study.**** There are a lot of great literature professors at the university, and I'll be able to take their courses next semester, but I still need extra help. I've been trying to get a tutor, but they're all very expensive.
That's my story in a nuthell. I look forward to "meeting" you all.

My parents were Hungarian and I learned the language just by listening to them talking. Welcome and good luck!

[MMZ]

Hi there!

[Dreamwoven]

Its awesome that you can speak and write in 3 languages being blind. I can recommend The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer, Viking/Penguin (602 pages), about Hungary under Horthy.

[OldGrayNurse]

Newbie here. To the forum, not to literature, ha. Found this site quite by accident; was googling Virginia Woolf (I've always wanted to read her but lacked the guts) and this site popped up. Looked interesting, so I joined.
I enjoy writings of all genres, but particularly Southern gothic. Faulkner, O'Connor, Welty, and Lee are a few of my favorites.
Looking forward to learning new authors, insights, and ideas and hopefully finding a few friends along the way.

[Dreamwoven]

Welcome, OldGrayNurse! There is much on LitNet to explore, and comments are always welcome.

[ragtime4ever]

Hello everyone. My name is Doug, and as you can see from my ID, playing and studying classical ragtime music is high on my list of favorite pastimes. I also enjoy reading and writing, jogging, and playing with my dogs. I currently teach English composition and introduction to literature at a local community college, so much of my work time is also devoted to writing and reading. I'm in the twilight of my years, and much of my earlier biography would include working overseas. I was in the Peace Corps in Tonga, and then worked for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Malaysia. Other countries I've had the good fortune to work in are Indonesia, Thailand, and Saudi Arabia. During my younger years, I traveled throughout Asia and Europe, led by a curiosity about world cultures and art. Also, I discovered the value of meditation during those years, and have since done my best to keep up meditation practice on a daily basis, and have read many of the contemporary writers who have done so well in explaining Buddhist psychology/philosophy; the list is long, so if anyone is interested, let me know and I'll be happy to give you the names of authors and titles that have made an impact on my life.

As an undergraduate and graduate student, I studied English and psychology, so my approach to literature is often more from the vantage point of character development and change than other literary elements. I'll name drop here just to say that during my university years I had the good fortune to be a student of one of the greatest novelists of the twentieth century, Chinua Achebe, and one of the greatest literary scholars, Cleanth Brooks.
Of course, I count many authors and books among my "favorites." Can anyone who has made a life teaching English not include Shakespeare high on the list? I also admire Henry James's works, especially his short stories, but for longer works, I must say my favorite novelist is FieldingAustenTolstoyDostoevskyDickensEliotBronteB ronteBronteMelvilleHawthorneTwainHardyJoyceLawrenc eWoolfOrwellFaulknerHemingwaySteinbeckSalingerNabo kovBellowGarciaMarquezAchebe... oh, you get the idea.
Favorite single works would have to be Mrs. Dalloway for the novel, The Middle Years for the short story, Anthony and Cleopatra for Elizabethan drama, and Fences/The Piano Lesson for contemporary drama.
I would love to hear any responses from people who have similar literary/psychological interests, as well as a passion for classical and ragtime music.

[albertomc.86]

Hi everyone, I'm an engineering student in Mexico City. I like reading a lot, of course, but I don't write actually, although I'd like to try it someday (when I have something interesting to write).
I usually read crime novels, thrillers, "philosophic novels" (like Milan Kunderas'), chronicles, few fantastic novels, and some sci-fi novels.
I actually study German and Russian languages.
Hmm... Maybe that's all for now :P

Hope I can get fun here.

Greetings to all!

[Dreamwoven]

welcome albertomc. You could write book reviews here, for example.

[blazon]

the Clerihew
it works for me and likely will for you
but whimsical please
epitomize a tantalizing tease.

[SkyFire777]

Hello everyone who loved the World of Literature!
In school i liked literature lessons, a few years ago i had read a novel Sister Carrie, this is a very interesting novel.

skype - vladimir_tango

Sorry, if i made some mistakes - i to study the English language.
Best regards. Vladimir!

[tailor STATELY]

tailor here of poesy plain
penned more oft than not
to keep me sane
welcomes all ! Flowerpot

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[albertomc.86]

I like the idea :O (Y)

[Scrah]

-All you guys seem like amazing peoples-

Hie my name is Scrah. Zimbabwean, yeah yeah i know all about Zimbabwe (laugh). I just graduated in Film and Theatre Arts studies and so i was starting to write an article on how to teach drama and i find myself here. seeing all you guys, i m a poet so i 'see' not hear words. Africa is still Africa, angry black man trying to cut deals with *sometimes* greedy white men so what else is there to do except READ. I loves to read, write and analyze literature especially drama. Please guys as i told you i am an artist, don't be offended by my so-i-call humor. i beg u always give me the benefit of the dog.. oops meant doubt. If any of you readers can direct me to literature i can use to write my article on Teaching Drama- i will tame a nice baby-lion for you and when you visit Africa you will be having your own personal security.

More time good people

[Dreamwoven]

Scrah, Welcome the Literature Network Forum!

[johnrajkumar]

Hello, everyone I am just new to the forum. It will take some time for me to abserve you all and learn the trend........

[Dreamwoven]

Welcome!

[Seph Thompson]

Hello. I'm self-employed with a wonky schedule, and so am often unable to attend the bookish events that I would like to. I write, and I am relatively well-informed about the local indie writers, especially the LGBTQ lot. For several months of the year, my reading list is limited to classics and modern literature; the rest of the time, I indulge in a smorgasbord of the written word. Caveat: My tastes in literature are persnickety, and I have no qualms about demanding that the authors reach for the literary stars. (I decided last year that I was too old to finish any book that bored me, for whatever reason. Life is short, etc. etc.)

[Dreamwoven]

Welcome, Seth, to LitNet. Have a look round and see what you like.

[Ellison]

Hello, everyone.

[Dreamwoven]

Hello Ellison. Tell us a bit about yourself?

[Ellison]

Hello Ellison. Tell us a bit about yourself?

Hmm. I am so bad at talking about myself. I enjoy the written word in many forms: fiction, essay, memoir, poetry, and so forth. Now that I'm older, I wish I would have been an English Lit major in university.

[Dreamwoven]

Then you have come to the right place. Suggest you spend some time browsing the LitNet forums and see what capture you imagination.

[marioclark]

Hi friends,
I am new to here. And very happy to be here. Thank you for adding me :)

[Dreamwoven]

I think you probably added yourself. Welcome!

[Liv_]

hello :D
i was brought here by my english paper on pride and prejudice... this forum seems cool and fun so i registered #booksFTW

[ThomasRS]

Hello everyone,

Being a new member, just wanted to introduce myself to the community and say 'hi' :)

[Dreamwoven]

Welcome, Liv, and ThomasRS, this is a friendly forum, so enjoy it.

[DocMoriarty]

Hi everyone!

I'm an avid reader of novels, mostly fiction and current (written over the past 50 years or so) but i do enjoy some of the classics as well.
I'm also a game designer who goes above and beyond with research... whether it be for story, art and aesthetics, or even gameplay mechanics!
However, I'm in no way a literature major. I tend to have questions that come about when reading some fiction and i hope the good people on this forum can help me clear up some confusion!

[Dreamwoven]

The best way is to browse the forums of LitNet. It sounds as if your game designing could be interesting.

[DocMoriarty]

The best way is to browse the forums of LitNet. It sounds as if your game designing could be interesting.

Thanks Dreamwoven, it tends to get pretty interesting after reading through several massive text books :sick:
I'll look through the forums before i ask a dumb question :p

[Dunechka]

Hi!
I'm here because I was reading The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux and really wanted to talk about it with somebody....So I searched the internet, naturally! I love books of many different kinds and I'm a bit of a history nerd- I study performance practice on violin and I love languages. It's nice to meet you all and I hope to have some cool discussions about BOOKS!!

[Dreamwoven]

Welcome! I, too have studied the violin, and also languages. You have come to the right place to discuss books!

[spikepipsqueak]

Hi,

Years ago I was receiving the Sonnet a Day thing. When I tried to find it again, I wound up here.

I am really glad to have found this forum. Not sure how much I will contribute but I will be reading with interest.

[Dreamwoven]

Always good to welcome new users to LitNet!

[Matt14]

HI, my name is Matt14.

I am looking for a poem from the 1930's, or it could be earlier. My mother learned it in school. she has remembered a few lines but, not the title, the lines are as follows:

With proud thanksgiving a mother for her children
England morns across the sea
blood of her blood
spirit of her spirit
born in the cause of the free.....

This is what I was able to get. I hope someone knows of this poem and would let me know about it Please.

I do not know if these lines are from the same poem:

How we all extend ourselves
Blood across the water (English Channel)

Thank you for any help. It is for my mother who has dementia

[Raleigh Becket]

Well, I never thought I'd be visiting forums again (my last was back in '06 or '07) but here I am.

My name's Sal. Avid book lover who just started getting into classical fiction. I've been using this website for the past few months to interpret works from various classical authors. It's nice to meet you all.

[qimissung]

HI, my name is Matt14.

I am looking for a poem from the 1930's, or it could be earlier. My mother learned it in school. she has remembered a few lines but, not the title, the lines are as follows:

With proud thanksgiving a mother for her children
England morns across the sea
blood of her blood
spirit of her spirit
born in the cause of the free.....

This is what I was able to get. I hope someone knows of this poem and would let me know about it Please.

I do not know if these lines are from the same poem:

How we all extend ourselves
Blood across the water (English Channel)

Thank you for any help. It is for my mother who has dementia


http://www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/laurence-binyon-for-the-fallen.htm

[qimissung]

Hi guys, and welcome!

[spikepipsqueak]

HI, my name is Matt14.

I am looking for a poem from the 1930's, or it could be earlier. My mother learned it in school. she has remembered a few lines but, not the title, the lines are as follows:

With proud thanksgiving a mother for her children
England morns across the sea
blood of her blood
spirit of her spirit
born in the cause of the free.....

This is what I was able to get. I hope someone knows of this poem and would let me know about it Please.

I do not know if these lines are from the same poem:

How we all extend ourselves
Blood across the water (English Channel)

Thank you for any help. It is for my mother who has dementia

Here 'tis

For The Fallen (1914)

by Laurence Binyon (1869 - 1943)

The Ode is the fourth stanza of “For the Fallen”, a poem written by Laurence Binyon in 1914. The Ode has been recited in ceremonies since 1919, including at the Australian War Memorial’s inauguration in 1929 and at every ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day Ceremony held at the Memorial. These lines should be recited in a respectful manner:


With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.

Solemn in drums thrill: Death august and royal
Signs sorrow up into immortal spheres.
There is music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again:
They sit no more at familiar tables at home;
They have no lot in our labor of the daytime;
They sleep beyond England's foam.

But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
felt as a wellspring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars that are known to the Night.

As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain,
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
to the end, to the end, they remain.

[Dreamwoven]

Brilliant that this poem was found by Spikepipsqueek! Not just found but quoted in full, including the title and the author.

[Ms_Read]

I joined a few years ago (2012) but ... I dunno.
I have been busy. My name is Jill and I'm a
extreme lit student. I'm addicted to syllabi.

:)

Hi everyone.

[Dreamwoven]

Welcome, Jill. All of us are a bit erratic on this website, periods of intensity and then doing other things.

[Andrea Michelle]

Hello, all!

I'm Andrea and, like all of you, I am a writer/literature lover. I hope this can be a place where I can post some of my work and explore other writers as well. I'm always looking for a new read and new talent. :)

[Dreamwoven]

Feel free, Andrea. Thats what LitNet is for, and welcome!

[Hazer]

Hello, I guess I am the new kid on the block. I am an avid reader having grown up without television, and writing is presumably in my blood with my Mother being a published author. I also like to explore numerous creative outlets including writing songs, photography, and wood working. And finally, during the day I am a Software Architect designing and creating enterprise software generally for Fortune 50 companies including insurance, banking, airlines, pharmaceuticals, and even DHS. I have several writing projects in the works and I am looking forward to interacting with many of you on this site.

[Dreamwoven]

You are lucky not having grown up with TV, its a real brain-dead media form. Welcome to the LitNet site and good luck!

[T B Ooi]

Hi. thanks for having me.

[davidjohnson789]

hello....

[kasusan]

Hi David

My thoughts exactly

[YesNo]

Welcome to everyone!

Regarding TV, I wonder if the internet in general or social media technology like Facebook or even this site in particular are its modern replacement. We have simply advanced beyond TV like moving from vinyl records to compact disks or even more recently digital storage in the cloud. It is better to have the opportunity to talk back that TV didn't provide in the past.

[Romail AbbaCcey]

hiiii

[Dreamwoven]

For oldies like me, technical change moves too fast to keep up.


Welcome to everyone!

Regarding TV, I wonder if the internet in general or social media technology like Facebook or even this site in particular are its modern replacement. We have simply advanced beyond TV like moving from vinyl records to compact disks or even more recently digital storage in the cloud. It is better to have the opportunity to talk back that TV didn't provide in the past.

[kulwinder]

nice...

[kulwinder]

.........

[kulwinder]

HI every one i am kulwinder and i am very excited for my upcoming here i will definatly learn here with support of you gyies....

[Danik 2016]

Hi,
I am from São Paulo, Brazil. I'm very happy to meet you. I was looking for a site where I could talk to people from numerous countries about cultural themes and that´s how I found LitNet.
Literature has been with me in one form or another during my whole life. I started as a voracious reader, and much later I also studied Literature (MA and BA in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature) and I still do.
I look forward to meeting you on these pages.:smile5:

[Mrs. Sanober]

Hello,
I am new in the forum and want to know whats going on?

[StephanTrebonto]

Hi there! Let me introduce myself. My name is Stephane. I'm from New York, but was born in Canada, Ontario. I'm glad to be here now.)

[Dreamwoven]

Welcome to the LitNet forums, Stephan.

[DCanniff46]

Hi everyone. New here. I like reading and anything literature. I just noticed my love for classic books like To kill a mockingbird and this made me realize I wanted to be a English teacher. I love Shakespeare especially his tragedies(currently reading macbeth for class and Hamlet at home).

[Spoudaios]

Hello, and greetings to all of you, from a new member.

[Dreamwoven]

I also love reading Macbeth: welcome!

[Liau Yuan Cheng]

Hey guys, I'm new here! In my free time I love to read mystery and adventure novels. I especially like those novels depicting a dystopian or utopian world, like Hunger Games and Divergent! :)

PS: I can't stand Twilight at all.

[Dreamwoven]

What about Shadowmarch? Anyway welcome to LitNet!

[SarahJane1701]

Hey everyone,
I am completely new to this, and new to forums in general! I know that is quite abnormal nowadays. Anyway, I have just joined as none of my friends have the same interests as me, and I never get to talk about literature without being told to pipe down. I am too socially awkward to go out and join a group so I thought I would try online communication instead!
My name is Sarah, I am 25, I am from Middlesbrough in the UK and I am studying an English degree part time. I am hopefully doing a Masters afterwards. My specific interests are the Gothic and the Romantic and Victorian eras.
It is going to take me a while to navigate around so if anyone can help or point me towards something interesting, that would be great.

[Dreamwoven]

Welcome! The subjects covered here are very varied, so the first thing you should do is browse them and then read the posts you are most interested in.

[Dreamwoven]

Something I have been meaning to say for a long time, but not found a place to do so is how well-maintained LitNet is. Never see any spam, don't know how those running the site do it. Thanks to those who run the site.

[lanibee]

Hi everyone! I'm a new member :) I've read hundreds of things on here, so I just decided it was time to make an account! I love to read and write, those are my main pastimes when I'm not working or studying. I'm a psychology student finishing up her BA. I'll read pretty much anything, but my tastes pretty much go from classics to teen fiction and hardly anything in between haha. Anyways, I look forward to posting and being a more active member!

[proximity1]

Hello. I'm a fan and self-directed student (now out of formal school) of Shakespeare and other topics of interest. I like reading history, sciences, politics, philosophy and literature. I'm a subscriber to the "Oxfordian" view of the identity of Shakespeare--a major interest of mine. English is my first language, French my second, and I'm trying (not very hard) to learn Italian.

[MrFarr]

My name is Mr Farr. Nice to meet everyone

[tailor STATELY]

Howdy all !

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[Demogorgonzola]

Hey yall! New member here! Demogorgonzola's my name; stewing demonic cheese is my game. I am a fan of reading everything from Gibbon to Wodehouse. I hope that by joining this community I can level up my literary know-how and become insanely word-smart. Currently in China Au Pairing, and on gap year from college. When I return, I'll be a sophomore. Love Anime, Nintendo games, and stuff like that. So any recs on those fronts will be much much appreciated. Also sometimes doodle. Interested in learning how to code and in reading Latin stuff.

Last thing, anyone know any good beginner baking recipes?

[Dreamwoven]

Welcome! You might like to publish some of your cheese recipes. There is an active section on non-fiction stuff, astronomy, cosmology, China, Yugoslavia...

[suzuka]

Hello everybody, I'm suzuka. I've just joined this forum. I like to read English books, but I'm not a native speaker, and sometimes can not understand some descriptions. I'm happy if you could help me. I particularly like saki.

[YesNo]

Welcome to the forum. I don't recall if I've read Saki or not. Your English reads well. I wouldn't have known you are not a native speaker.

[Aaron Reinwald]

Hmm... Hello, new friends! My name is Aaron. I'm a 32 year old Poet/author from Gurnee,IL(if it was in Chicago I'd have better luck with my distribution :P) So far, I have written one poetry book and one fiction book called Life Sex Delusions(Sorry totally not trying to spam that..) I have been writing poetry since I was 8 years old but just started writing fiction, 3 years ago! My grammar is quite poor, but I use a grammar editor that does a decent job usually(not using it for this.) I have written two short stories, one which I wrote recently. I am hoping to share them with you soon. I'm pretty open so don't be shy if you'd like to talk to me or have any questions for me. Take care!

[Dreamwoven]

We don't often get real authors/poets here, a couple of aspiring poets. Its a tough choice as career, good luck! Look forward to reading your work.

[WhiteRabbit24]

Hi! I actually joined a few years back but was dormant here. But now back haha. Anyways I am an elementary school teacher who likes to read!

[Dreamwoven]

Welcome back!

[PixelSword77]

Hello! I am a story writer who is looking forward to being a part of this community.

[justinvirk]

hii....i justin I am book lover that's why i have join this community....I love, love stories and some history related books thanks.....I have also collection of some books

[4a4a7a]

As a Creative Writer I Contributed a series of Short Stories to Daily News, a leading National News Paper in Sri Lanka. The Short Story of Dying Jason, about an avenging dead soldier who kept returning to the battle field was particularly well received by the public.

The editors of Daily News appreciated my writing style, creativity and the carefully thought out story line. They encouraged me to produce more, addressing a wider readership. I obliged, and my stories continued to appear in the Creative Writing Column on a regular basis.

Campus Platoon is such another attention-winning Short Story in the series. Action packed, it is about a Second Year University Student who infiltrates a junior batch in the same faculty in order to understand unseen social issues among new arrivals.

Senior Student turned Insider, Chethi Senadheera bumps against something more serious than he originally expected within a junior batch; military intelligence. Plot thickens as spy meets spy and Campus Platoon steps in.

With a more refined approach to Creative Writing, I wrote My Sweetheart, effectively utilizing the literary instrument of Personification. Written in figurative language, it compares the Western European country of Germany to a violent girl with blood on her hands, and the story begins with an introduction to the deadliest conflict in human history: World War II.

The countless atrocities committed by Nazis capture the interest of a present day history student who starts to pursue the origins of the mass scale genocide of Holocaust. He starts to unearth facts about Germany to an extent that he develops an emotional attachment to the Fatherland. The feeling is reinforced when he stumbles upon Deutsche Welle, the International Radio and TV Broadcaster of Germany.

In fact, the whole idea is based on my own real life experience. At the time I authored My Sweetheart I myself was listening to Short Wave Radio Broadcasts from Germany and providing them my feedback in the form of reception reports. It became my favorite hobby and also succeeded in finding its way in to my writings as well.

My most recent short story is "A Tall Guy with Three Holsters" which was shortlisted for the Trilogy Award in Needle-in-the-Hay Short Story Competitions.

[Shah Kamboh]

Hi, Im Canadian, Im a highschool student and I like booty and groceries

[Dreamwoven]

As a Creative Writer I Contributed a series of Short Stories to Daily News, a leading National News Paper in Sri Lanka. The Short Story of Dying Jason, about an avenging dead soldier who kept returning to the battle field was particularly well received by the public.

The editors of Daily News appreciated my writing style, creativity and the carefully thought out story line. They encouraged me to produce more, addressing a wider readership. I obliged, and my stories continued to appear in the Creative Writing Column on a regular basis.

Campus Platoon is such another attention-winning Short Story in the series. Action packed, it is about a Second Year University Student who infiltrates a junior batch in the same faculty in order to understand unseen social issues among new arrivals.

Senior Student turned Insider, Chethi Senadheera bumps against something more serious than he originally expected within a junior batch; military intelligence. Plot thickens as spy meets spy and Campus Platoon steps in.

With a more refined approach to Creative Writing, I wrote My Sweetheart, effectively utilizing the literary instrument of Personification. Written in figurative language, it compares the Western European country of Germany to a violent girl with blood on her hands, and the story begins with an introduction to the deadliest conflict in human history: World War II.

The countless atrocities committed by Nazis capture the interest of a present day history student who starts to pursue the origins of the mass scale genocide of Holocaust. He starts to unearth facts about Germany to an extent that he develops an emotional attachment to the Fatherland. The feeling is reinforced when he stumbles upon Deutsche Welle, the International Radio and TV Broadcaster of Germany.

In fact, the whole idea is based on my own real life experience. At the time I authored My Sweetheart I myself was listening to Short Wave Radio Broadcasts from Germany and providing them my feedback in the form of reception reports. It became my favorite hobby and also succeeded in finding its way in to my writings as well.

My most recent short story is "A Tall Guy with Three Holsters" which was shortlisted for the Trilogy Award in Needle-in-the-Hay Short Story Competitions.

Yours is probably the most detailed introduction its been my pleasure to read. Welcome to LitNet!

[ipah221]

Hello everyone, my name is Pramudia Haloho. I am Indonesian and a student at Indonesia University of Education. So, I wish to get some insight about 12 Angry Man :D
Well, I am going to work on a thesis about it, kind of confused though about the issue and theory to work on. And that is all I guess..

[Dreamwoven]

I guess you refer to the 1957 film "Twelve Angry Men": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Angry_Men_(1957_film).

[DonMany]

Hello from Australia everyone. My name is Don. I love reading Dean Koontz, although I haven't read for a while.
My hobbies are writing songs and poetry. I write mostly Country Gospel songs, although I have written one heavy rock, one Hip Hop, and one, jazz. Just to make things interesting. lol
I also play the guitar and am learning piano even though I am 69. I used to play trumpet in orchestras and Cornet in Brass Bands.
Of course I am retired. haha.
I like to learn new things to try and keep my mind active.
Hopefully I will see some of you around in the forums.

[Dreamwoven]

Someone of many talents! Welcome.

[YesNo]

Welcome, DonMany. I have a piano available, but I don't spend time learning it. I do remember making the children play it.

[Ki Lee]

Hello. I want to try getting my serious short stories published and maybe work towards a book publishing under amazon kindle under an anonymous. i am also studying japanese in spare time.

[DonMany]

Someone of many talents! Welcome.

Thank you Dreamwoven. :yesnod:

[DonMany]

Thank you Ki Lee. :):yesnod:

[DonMany]

Thank you YesNo. :)

[YesNo]

Hello. I want to try getting my serious short stories published and maybe work towards a book publishing under amazon kindle under an anonymous. i am also studying japanese in spare time.

I'm thinking of writing a book of limericks. Why would you want to make your book anonymous?

[glympsy]

Hello everyone .. I am glympsy from India..It will be nice to talk all of you.

[RnR Music]

Hi, I'm Kristopher Murdock (or Kris), an Apostolic Pentecostal from Fredericktown, Missouri, but it's fine to refer to me by just my username. Jesus is my everything, and I love using drama and music to praise Him and share Him with others.
I found this forum when researching Gaston LeRoux's Phantom of the Opera for a musical I'm adapting from a sequel novel. The research is for the purpose of making sure that when I reference elements set in place by the first story, I'm going by what LeRoux's book says and not by what I've learned from Andrew Lloyd Webber (since his musical is still copyrighted and I'm not affiliated with him or his company).
By the way, I encourage everyone to check out the Scriptures in my signature to learn what God says about Himself and His plan of Salvation. Also, check the Ustream link (also in my signature) to watch service videos anytime from the most powerful and loving church of which I've ever been a member.
I look forward to interacting with fellow community members and sharpening each other's literary knowledge and skills.

[Dreamwoven]

Welcome to the forums RnR!

[samanthap]

Welcome aboard all the new members :)

[gerheartsolomon]

I sing the ancient arc of time, dance in its dust and laugh under its moonlight - oh yeah, and if there's time left over, I write about it. Hi boys and girls....

[George Gordon]

Hello everyone,

You can call me George Gordon, but you don't have to call me Lord Byron (from whom I stole the name).

RnR/Kris, I'm always glad to see someone involved in drama and music - I wonder if you might know or be interested in the musical "The Gospel at Colonus?" It just came to mind.

Gerheartsolomon, I love those lines you've posted - very striking.

As for me, I just joined up. I'm a doctoral student in theatre, though I started out as a musician and have a bachelor's degree in music composition. I love to sing, write plays and poetry, and generally behave in rewardingly abnormal ways. My favorite authors are Bill Shakespeare, Sam Beckett, and Joe Goethe; favorite book is a tough choice between Finnegans Wake and Moby-Dick. As for music, Mozart, Wagner, Schoenberg, Mingus, and the Beatles should do.

I've been studying French as a second language, so I have to mention Mallarmé and especially Racine.

Current projects include research into opera, intermedial theatre, and a music-theatre adaptation of Percy and Mary Shelley's work. Looking around here, I've already been introduced to some new authors, and I look forward to trading interests with all of you!

[YesNo]

Welcome, George Gordon! So you were able to read Finnegans Wake?

[Dreamwoven]

Welcome, George Gordon. I am also a fan of Byron. You have a lot of interests that are at home here.

[George Gordon]

Thanks, YesNo and Dreamwoven!

I hope we'll have plenty of opportunities to talk about Byron - a prolific writer and an eventful life. Even Gertrude Stein had a few things to say about him.

I'll admit that I haven't read the entirety of the Wake from front to back, but I've read most of it by opening it to random sections and continuing for great lengths. It seems appropriate somehow. I've also been aided by Roland McHugh's Annotations to Finnegans Wake, which displays the annotations visually as they correspond to the words' placement on the novel's pages. Of course, no one but Joyce can claim to understand the whole thing.

"The fall (bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronn tuonntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk!)"

It's a lot of fun.

[samanthap]

Welcome, George Gordon, Glympsy, RnR and scumbag Steve... Hope you have a good time here...

[Dogbird]

Hello everyone , hope this introduction finds each and everyone of you well.
I joined to share my short stories. Novels nauseate me , short stories get right into the thick of it and then cuts the water off and I love it.
I also enjoy playing chess when I'm focused and can take my time .
Learning and watching colonial craftsmanship .
WRITE A LINE EVERYDAY.

[Dreamwoven]

Welcome toLitNet, Dogbird. See this post on MacChess: http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mac-chess-replay-game-or-moves.1964066/

[ListerCS]

Hi there,

I'm Cal. Studied creative writing at Bretton Hall nestled in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Avid reader and writer.

Fav Authors include Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Margret Atwood, Haruki Murakami and Danielewski.

In my spare time I run a bar.

Can't wait to wade through these Forums!

Ta

[Dreamwoven]

Welcome, Cal. I've always intended to read some of Atwood's work. Make yourself at home.

[Dreamwoven]

Wellcome, Ben, I think many would agree with you, looking for stories with a twist.

[Dreamwoven]

I've just finished reading an Anne Perry book of 19th century London -"Cain his brother". Now there is a book with a twist. Anne Perry had a strange past, read it up in the Wikipedia article on her. I have a whole shelf of Anne Perry's work.

[jsevans]

Hi all,

My names is Jason. By day I am an IT nerd and by night a book nerd. I'm originally from Illinois but after many adventures and plots twists, I find myself currently living in Prague, CZ.

[Dreamwoven]

Prague is a beautiful city. Welcome to Lit.net!

[Dreamwoven]

I've just finished reading an Anne Perry book of 19th century London -"Cain his brother". Now there is a book with a twist. Anne Perry had a strange past, read it up in the Wikipedia article on her. I have a whole shelf of Anne Perry's work.

I have written more about Anne Perry and her work in the book review section. See the tag there on Anne Perry.

[Nattikur]

Bonjour, salut, hello, hola. I hate writing introductions about myself, so rather I'd just like to invite people to get to know me.

I'm sure you will. I like this place. I think I'll bug you guys for a while.

FYI: Basic info - My name's Natalie, I live in London, I work in publishing, I will probably piss you off with my stubborn opinions.

[johnnybloom]

Hi All, just registered today ,with great difficulty. I live in the West of Ireland,and the broadband is rather hit and miss occasionally. I have tried to read Ullyses on a number of occasions , but failed miserably. My last attempt was about 20 years ago. Im now 58 years young, and have decided to give it another shot. I know its a masterpiece , simply because all the scholars and ordinary people who revere this work, cannot all be wrong. So, there has to be something there ! Im not acedemic in any way. Im a paramedic in the HSE National Ambulance Service. I live in Co. Mayo, and my name is John. Perhaps ,this time I may succeed,having the benefit of the great university of life. I intend to start soon, very slowly ,under no pressure. Wish me luck

[Dreamwoven]

Welcome Nattikur and johnnybloom. I've been having internet connection problems myself today but we will shortly be getting cable broadband...

[johnnybloom]

Thank you. Looking forward....thats all, just looking forward.

[Camarogirl]

Hello

[Almaas Faarii]

hi friends

[CFM56-7]

Hey everyone. I'm absolutely sure my name would be hard to pronounce so I just go by Faust.

The last book I've read is Stick and Rudder - an explanation of the art of flying by Wolfgang Langewiesche. I'm currently a literature student in a far far away country whose educational system had me ended in my current major whereas I always wanted to fly. Enjoying and savoring literature and studying it as a major had been completely different experiences for me and let me tell you the latter is not quite pleasant.

I am about to gradute in June with quite mediocre grades and finally going to have a chance to hopefully land a fullride cadetship with my national flag carrier airline. I have my own pieces and I believe there is more on the way when I finally pin those wings up on my chest and cheat on land with clouds.

This is my first post and I hope it will not go unnoticed. Any contribution to my crippled knowledge of literature is highly appreciated. Feel free to contact me through pm. Nice to meet you all.

[DonMany]

G'day Natalie. Nice to meet you. I think it will be a toss up who is more stubborn though, you or me. hahaha

[DonMany]

G'day Johnny, I haven't read it myself. Good luck with it. In Australia we just got N. B. N, (National Broadband Network). It's supposed to be the best thing yet in broadband. So far it is no faster than my old ADSL. hahaha

[DonMany]

Hi Faust, Good luck with graduating.

[DonMany]

G'day Almaas, nice to meet you.

[kcitte]

Hello, here I am. I am an English major to be. Next semester is when I'll start that journey. The most recent book I've read was Kafka's "The Metamorphosis," if that counts as a whole book on its own, otherwise what I completed before that was Orwell's "1984." I am reading two books on and off right now, one at night and one in the day, Nabokov's "Lolita" and Joyce's "Ulysses," respectively. My grammar is bad, according to my latest poetry professor. I love alliteration for no particular reason. I live in Massachusetts.

[Dreamwoven]

Welcome kcitte. The 4 authors you mention are undoubtedly central to this forum.

[DonMany]

G'day kcitte. Welcome.


"If you don't read, you don't learn'. Me 2016 :)

[Gary Allen]

Hi everyone, look forward to making some new friends, fresh debate & stimulating conversation. I am known as the Cockney Bard Poet, Author & Philosopher. I have appeared on Radio & TV a few times & more recently on the BBC. Love doing talks & teaching. I have a passion for Shakespeare, moreover the great enigma that is Shakespeare. Love to hear 'To Be or Not to Be' read properly. Many times it is not and pains my ears, heart & soul. My two favourite Sonnets are 144 & 86. For more about me please read www.thecockneybard.com it may well challenge the way you think! Never be ashamed to admit you are wrong as it is the first great step to ascertaining truth!

[Dreamwoven]

Welcome, Gary! Had a look at your home page. I'm sure you will find a home here on LitNet.

[Evie]

Hey all! So excited to be here. :) Can't wait to start discussing and I'm looking forward to meeting you all!

[Dreamwoven]

Welcome to litnet, Evie.

[Evie]

Thanks Dreamwoven!

[Hilda Tambun]

Hello everyone! I'm Hilda from Jakarta, Indonesia. I'm a sixth semester English Lit student. I'm currently working on my final paper about blak feminism analysis in Maya Angelou's "Still I Rise" poem. Does anybody know whose black feminism theory can I use? I'm totally lost and have no idea. thankssss

[nasiisa]

Hi everybody,

I am a toddler in the vast world of literature.

[Allen Mahan]

Im Allen from Toledo, OH and have been a Joycean for over 35 years. Ive studied, on scholarship, at Univ College, Dublin, as well. I am currently reading Dante's The Divine Comedy and loving it. I cannot wait to go to Florence lol! I also am very well read and knowledgable about Faulkner. My Secret Pleasure is Crime Fiction!

[Dreamwoven]

Hi everybody,

I am a toddler in the vast world of literature.

I think we all are!

[Dreamwoven]

Im Allen from Toledo, OH and have been a Joycean for over 35 years. Ive studied, on scholarship, at Univ College, Dublin, as well. I am currently reading Dante's The Divine Comedy and loving it. I cannot wait to go to Florence lol! I also am very well read and knowledgable about Faulkner. My Secret Pleasure is Crime Fiction!

Plenty here for you to get your teeth into, Allen.

[mikoshi]

Hi there
I'm currently reading The Adventures of Roderick Random by Smollett.
English isn't my native language so feel free to correct me.
"Come Sir, I know what I know" Lucio the Duke, Measure by Measure, William Shakespeare

[Dreamwoven]

Intriguing forum name, central european perhaps. Welcome to LitNet!

[rnkwetta]

Hello,
I am Richard, nice to be here. Hope to learn ad contribute to this learning forum.
Richard.

[NJBond]

Hello, all. I wanted to take a moment to stop in to say hello before I start posting. I'm Nash and I'm a high school English teacher in Tucson, AZ, USA. I hope to be able to gain some valuable insight to readings as well as provide feedback to this well connected and diverse environment.

[Danik 2016]

Welcome all to LitNet! I hope you'll like the forum. I,m looking forward to your contributions. :)

[AnneElliot]

Hello everyone !

Hi :) I'm (obviously) new here and excited to get to know this community in a better way.
I'll be posting around so I don't think there's a need to describe myself here. I just hope to find interesting discussion topics and of course, new friends!.
I'm a native spanish speaker and know how hard it can be to find people who speak the language in most forums so don't hesutate to talk to me if you want to :)

[Dreamwoven]

Welcome. Even as a native Spanish-speaker your English is excellent!

[Jackson Richardson]

Welcome, Anne Elliot. There are some good discussions of Jane Austen here, who given your name I imagine you admire.

I am unfailingly impressed by the number of posters whose first language is not English.

[Author-Ellie]

Hi all, brand, spanking, new! :)
Thought I'd drop on in and introduce myself. I'm a kiwi (New Zealander) for those who are unfamiliar with the term 'Kiwi' and try to associate me with the fruit, I may be fruity but I'm not bonkers yet! lol
I love to read, write, draw, create, spend time with my kids - (Sometimes) hey they are teenagers, what's to like? lol
I've got one book published and another on the way, well when I finish the second one, when I say it's on the way it is, though time frame wise, I never said in what year that would be? lol
I don't like winter (Go away winter) I love summer (Bring it on)
Well that's about it for now, much more to say, of course. But I'd like to keep part of me a mystery, ha ha ha

[Dreamwoven]

Its the bird, the kiwi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi), not fruit, native to NZ. I am sure you as a NZer know that. But perhaps some readers don't.

[Author-Ellie]

Its the bird, the kiwi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi), not fruit, native to NZ. I am sure you as a NZer know that. But perhaps some readers don't. You get sarcasm right? I'd have thought it came through clearly that I was referring to the fruit known as the kiwi-fruit. Not the bird. To indicate that I'm a bit on the fruity side.....guess my sarcasm slid off and I wasn't as funny as I thought LOL Oh well, nice to meet you to.

[Dreamwoven]

Nice to meet you, too. :)

[Welcheren]

Hi everyone.
I hope am posting in the correct thread. I've only recently joined The Literature Network, but I have already read two stories and I am quite thrilled at the quality of members' responses. My only previous experience with similar forums is with a community dedicated to a very specific science fiction universe. Although my field of research in the real world has led me far away from creative writing, my experiences in this sci-fi community has been quite positive, and I look forward to reading, responding and even (when it eventually comes to it) sharing some of my own writing with the community. I hope to learn how to branch out from sci-fi into previously unexplored areas (for me).
Thanks.

[Pompey Bum]

Welcome to the site, Welcheren. You'll find no shortage of otherworldly creatures here. :) Actually, LitNetters read a very broad spectrum of literature. I'm big on classics and history, but there is usually something for everyone. I hope you enjoy yourself here. Welcome again.

[Dreamwoven]

I add my welcome, LitNet is clearly the place for you to thrive in.

[Tea-bing]

Hello, newbie here. Just dropping by to say hi :)

Hobby writer looking for some critique.

[YesNo]

Welcome, Tea-bing, Welcheren, Author-Ellie, AnneElliot and everyone else!

[Witchbottles]

Hello to all

My Name is Jon, and I am a graduate student seeking an advanced degree in Humanities - Classical Literature, with a capstone certificate in Education - Teaching.

I am a retired US Marine, and currently I train upland Game Bird Dogs for a career. I am pursing my education in order to position myself for a career change to college - level professorship.

I have just joined this forum, in the hope it will expand my horizons and my learning of the humanities in general and literature in specific.
Thanks for reading my exceedingly short bio!
Jon

[Pompey Bum]

Welcome, WB. Thank you for your service. When it comes to literature, there's nothing like jumping in headfirst. I hope you find this pool enjoyable. Please make yourself at home.

Welcome to you, too, Tea-bing. The LitNetters won't be shy with their critiques, so fire away!

[Will Dockery]

Hello everybody, It's nice that we are getting so many new forum members who share with us their precious views. There should be a place to introduce yourself and say hi; and this is it. :D

Come on and tell us about yourself. :D What are your hobbies? What are your favourite books? And also share with us everything else you would like to tell us about yourself.

Have a nice time browing the wonderful world of books and book-worms! :)

I am new here but finding the site to be very useful and informative.

[Dreamwoven]

Welcome Witchbottles, and for your informative bio. Americans seem to be the main group here, I am sure you will be at home on LitNet.