Introduce Yourself here and say Hi.

Hi I'm Scout. I am new to this site so I don't know my way around. I just wanted to say happy new year! I am a Jr. member so I am working on my Haiku's, maybe you have read some of them.

Hi,

This is my first post... I am Italian and I love English and American Literature!
Sorry for any error in syntax or vocabulary I may make, I used to write and speak a lot into English when working with tourists and travellers, now I am only able to see movies or to read books....!

Ciao!

Hello, I'm Tim from NJ, I'm new here, so just wanted to introduce myself.

Hi, I'm a dedicated English literature lover from Iran.

This is my first visit here and I think these forums rock!

Hello, I am Bhaskar. I live in this world. I am fifty. I love small stories. I try to write small stories. I hope to read stories written by others in the website and to send comment. I shall also send stories. I hope you will accept them.

Hi, I'm Mabel, I'm old but I love young adult stories and Stephanie Plum and my Kindle.

Hi, I'm Anthony. I love to analyze prose and review music on my blog: dysfunctional-harmony.tumblr.com

Hi Everyone!

I'm new to the forum and excited to exchange literary ideas with fellow bibliophiles.

A little about me: I returned to college in my late 40's to finish my undergrad degree at the University of Michigan in English Language and Literature. It was demanding, stimulating, and oh so wonderful! In order keep myself reading and discussing great works, I started a Classic Book Club with some great women 2 years ago. I've come to this site in the past to glean some wisdom for our discussions. I love to write and hope to publish one day. I'm not a good self-promoter, which could be code for a lack of confidence and/or courage to take some risks at rejection!

Besides reading and writing, I love to knit, cook, and my husband and I work with college students in our church. That has become a very rewarding part of my life--to invest time in the next generation. I have 2 daughters who are currently out of the nest, and we're enjoying a new phase of life. I have a passion for learning and knowledge and the way it opens me up to new possibilities and often new people. I speak a little German and want desperately to learn Spanish. Thanks, everyone!

This is a very difficult step!

It is not easy to speak about oneself and at the same time try to give a good first impression since it is by these words I will be remembered forever in this forum!

Just arriving to the neighborhood, being the new guy in the area, what can I say?:

"Hi everybody!" or "Esteemed fellow members!"

The first is overly familiar for a first time, too early to use it!

The second is... how to put it? Too pedantic!

So how to start this?

Well, close the eyes and jump into the arena:

Hello forum people, I am happy to share this place with you all!

(OK, it seems fifty-fifty)

Now, the second part is as hard as the first: How do I describe myself?

"I am a writer!" No, no, too early to be a writer, maybe with time I will earn the definition but not now.

"I am an amateur writer!" This is true, but I do not like to show me too humble after all!


Here we go:

I love to write and I think here I have the opportunity to make my work known and get evaluated, to participate in a place with talented people who may review, edit, and comment my need to endow posterity with a string of words in disguise of a story. And with time, learn to reciprocate in kind.


My 'bio' is plain enough:

I was born! Undoubtedly!

Then I tried hard to recognize the difference between the white and black that gives form to the letters that make the words of our beautiful language, and now, in the spaces that my work and travels allow me, I try to become a "storyteller".

In my eagerness to know the end of a tale when I am writing, I end up writing micro-stories, mini-stories, or nano-stories since I cannot wait all the time to reach the end of a novel.

Having in mind a statement made by Stephen King about his will to write a short story always ends in a big volume, I will end this introduction here, before it takes the path toward a lengthy script.

I must also add, that the similitude with Mr. King in writing, is only in the way I can make grow a description of myself. Unfortunately, there is no similitude en talent!


Thank you for reading all this rigmarole!

hi all .. i am new to this site.. i havent read more books. but i like john grisham,borges.. i watch lot of movies...

I found this website on the recomendation of a friend. It looks good. I want to get involved in the dialog. Short stories are my favorite: reading and writing. I have done some poetry. Also, I have written one Fantasy Novel, no luck yet towards publication.
I live in LA here in the San Fernando Valley, and am involved in some 12 step groups, and attend a couple classes at a local Community College. I love animals, reading and writing, for the last 5 years I have been vegitarian. I use to smoke, but not anymore. They were tough to get rid of but I managed to kick the habit.
I am eager to read some of your short stories and poetry, and share some of mine.

Hi Colin. Welcome to Lit-Net. Glad you gave up smoking. I quit for 16 years and started again so i'd appreciate any tips! The short story and poetry section is really good and I look forward to reading and posting on your work and I would encourage you to post on others as well.

Hi, everyone, I'm new to the forum and looking forward to joining in =) My name is Irena, I'm 22 and I'm from Bulgaria.

I've always been rather in love with the English language /well, that and almost every other language I've ever studied/ and that is partly the reason why I became an English teacher here in Bulgaria. That is also the reason why I absolutely adore poetry, stories, plays and any other form of expression that allows you to play around with words :)

On that note, I am currently participating in a contest called Let's Talk Shakespeare, which is interesting, because what you have to do is film yourself reading Hamlet's soliloquy. Anyone can try, but of course that only refers to people in the country, sorry. Anyway, the winner with the most likes goes on a trip to Shakespeare's birthplace, which would be so exciting. Here's the video, if you feel like lending a hand and liking, I would be ever so grateful =)

http://shakespeare.intellect.bg/2012...5-01-12190419/

/ I know it's rubbish, I'm no actor, but it was still a lot of fun to do it :) /

So thanks for taking the time to read my introduction and let the discussing begin! ^^

I'm a grad student, and I really like to discuss Shakespeare's works with others, no matter how much more they know about the plays than I do. Do you ever suppose that Shakespeare was trying to say something really BIG in any of his works? Please let me know!

hi all....
m new here....lst yr did finish my grduation.....in eng lit ....hvnt been abl 2 read too much bt m fond of reading ......n hope i vl get a lot more of things here 2 read :