Introduce Yourself here and say Hi.

[Dunkin D Addict]

Hello to all. Started to make my first post in the general section, but I saw the suggestion for intros ... so here I am.

Favorites - I always seem to end up back where I started, which was grabbing books off shelves in my Dad's collections, sticking mostly to "manly adventures in the wild." - London, Kipling, Service, Scott, plus "pulp" stuff like R.E. Howard, MacLain, etc.

Back into Reading - After many years of being "too busy to read," I'm trying to relocate that kid who used to read so much he'd walk home from school reading a book and walking at the same time. I'm not that bad anymore, but my latest gig is trying to chip away at some of the "great book lists" or "top 100 lists."

I just got done with ... Wuthering Heights, Light in August
Now I'm reading ... Anna Karenina, with Ivanhoe on deck (unless he gets replaced by your April book of the month ...)

Other hobbies & work - I edit and write for a living at present. I'm in Iraq and spend about half of my day editing and re-working/writing award narratives for my fellow Marines (Bronze Stars and other commendation medals ...).

That's me! Ma'asalam ...

[vin1391]

Hi Dunkin Welcome to Here.

I always wanted to read Anna Karenina but I still have to wait till exams are over....

[decon_blue]

Hi,
Am a 24 yr old writer living in new delhi, india. just got this job in this town. thats right, am in a new town after a rather idylic childhood in goa. frankly, am a little inundated by the density of the threads posted here. dunno if im feeling like polishing my two cents right now. most of what i read was in my inglis bachelors. then i did some freewheel travelling and a few albums later, i was here. tell you the truth, i'm more interested in original writing and than discussing what happened to others. originality is not new, or so i believe. just that the numbers have their own identity besides their individuality. so i struggle on against the onslaught of life, idea and emotion (l.i.e) driven by some pecularities of my own.

[decon_blue]

Hi,
Am a 24 yr old writer living in new delhi, india. just got this job in this town. thats right, am in a new town after a rather idylic childhood in goa. frankly, am a little inundated by the density of the threads posted here. dunno if im feeling like polishing my two cents right now. most of what i read was in my inglis bachelors. then i did some freewheel travelling and a few albums later, i was here. tell you the truth, i'm more interested in original writing and than discussing what happened to others. originality is not new, or so i believe. just that the numbers have their own identity besides their individuality. so i struggle on against the onslaught of life, idea and emotion (l.i.e) driven by some pecularities of my own.

[hockeychick8792]

Hey, thought I would check this out. I ama accomplished poet having a few of my works published. As of right now though I am just trying to get through school. Living on art, passion, and of course HoCkEy!!!

[vin1391]

Hi Decon I am from India too...Welcome to here.

Hi Hockeychick its great you having poetry published...welcome to the forum...

[decon_blue]

Hiya Vin,
Thanks for the reply. I like your signature. Tell me, what does one do around here forum? I see a maze of threads and wonder where 'now' fits. I want to write. Say a oemp or a rosty?

[Naila]

Hello everybody. I came across with this site today and you can not imagine how happy I am since I have a extreme thirst to to discuss pieces of writing and especially poetry.
My hobbies are few: reading, sports, and and above all writing poetry.

[Naila]

Do you agree or disagree with Emily Dickinson's point of view"Tell the truth, but tell it slant."

[Naila]

Allow not a sneaky drop to tear
And pass thy eyes for eyes to spy.
A sky, though blue, in , clouds would fly
And a shot might pierce a bird and tear.

Hurt?Oh heart, I know you are;
Dwelling in darkness sure is hard.
Yet, do risk and play the last game card
Thy smile may shine like that cheerful star.

Please i need your opinnion

[Banville]

Hello. I'm Banville, named for John, not Theodore de. I live in a very small town on a very large island off the West Coast of Canada. I'm still finding my way around the forum. My favourite book is Fowler's Modern English Usage (the first edition, which may give you an idea of just how old & cranky I am). I'm looking forward to meeting you all.

[Madhuri]

Hello to all new comers

Hiya Vin,
Thanks for the reply. I like your signature. Tell me, what does one do around here forum? I see a maze of threads and wonder where 'now' fits. I want to write. Say a oemp or a rosty?

Hi Blue. Welcome !

Dont be confused, you just need to figure out which area you want to focus on. If you have a story to tell there's a forum for it, similarly for poetry, religion and philisophy, or some discussion on specific author, there is a whole lot of books that are availabel online for reading, and if you want some light chat, there's the General chat forum. There is a Book Club too, when you can see which is the current read. There are discussions on that book, etc. You can start your own thread or you can also take part in and existing one if you want to contribute to the main theme of the topic. There's a lot that you can do here.

Just browse around and feel comfortable.

Btw, I am from Delhi too

[vin1391]

Hiya Vin,
Thanks for the reply. I like your signature. Tell me, what does one do around here forum? I see a maze of threads and wonder where 'now' fits. I want to write. Say a oemp or a rosty?

Thanks ...anyway you'll be fine after sometime of looking at the topics.its easy .Like Madhuri said everything is arranged...

[Allan77K]

A few quick jottings about myself. 29-year-old, Danish, writing thesis on Margaret Atwood - primarily focussing on her 2003 dystopia "Oryx and Crake".

I hope I will get to discuss all and sundry stuff with a lot of interesting people with winding and inquisitive minds.

I would also like start off by quoting Lewis Hyde from his book "The Gift" (p. 252) - a quote to encourage both people doing critical detective work and people writing literature:

”In a Hermetic mood we will make a hundred intellectual connections only to find, when we check them with a less restless god [e.g. Apollo], that ninety-nine of them are useless”.

Give it up for Hermes.

[hockeychick8792]

Welcome to all members whom are new and all that are veteran!