New Writer

[Tyr51]

I hope this is the right place to post this thought, because I am new to these boards too.

I have been following this site and enjoying the works of its members for about 2 years now. About a week ago I decided to stop lurking and post some things I had writen. Maybe it was the idea that I was always taking in things and not really giving back? I dont know. In my opinion, I'm an average writer at best, and arguably not very good.

I had been intimated/scared not to write for some time. I read information about submissions and they were completely saturated by instructions of how to handle people who would tear appart your work. The idea of people seeing something I had writen for fun, even though I know its only marginal, and writing to me to harass me kept me from participating.

Last week I decided to stop being a lurker and finally see what I could add to this community, but I did it despite my fear of getting a billion hate letters telling me to stop writing and to go home.

But today I had my very first story accepted. I got nervous because it took a week or so. But I logged in, saw that it was accepted, and I was suprised by how happy that made me. It truly amazed me that getting my story up on this site would make me feel a small bit of accomplishment. Someplace I had frequented for years thought it was okay for me to post something I had written. It made my day.

And I wanted to share. Both to say "Hello!", and also to point out that even if I wake up tomorrow with an email box full of "Your story was awful" emails, it would have been worth it.

 

[cantdog]

Here's the link

The writing is all right!

Give it a look, there's nothing there to regret: Tyr's story!

I voted. You write clearly and you project a female point of view very convincingly. Believe me, just being a girl, as any English teacher can tell you, doesn't guarantee being able to communicate that.


Thank you, Tyr.

Do keep writing.

 

[Guest]

Hi Tyr!

Great first post, btw. I think it reflected the thoughts and fears many of us went through when we first submitted a story here. And, yep, that thrill when it first got posted. It is wonderful and you should savour it.

Great attitude, keep it up and keep enjoying writing and submitting.

Lou

 

[cloudy]

I'll have to give your story a read, but I just wanted to jump in for a sec, and welcome you!

Welcome to the AH!

 

[Wicked-N-Erotic]

Welcome Tyr,
Good to see you jumped the first hurttle. Congratulations
I'll give your story a look and vote.


Wicked

 

[Tyr51]

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. This has been a really positive experience, and I am hard at work on part 2!

I have a question on ettiquette..
If someone writes to me and provides their email address, am I supposed to respond to them with thanks? If I am, is there a way to do this without revealing my email address?

Thanks for taking the time on a new person.

 

[tolyk]

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. This has been a really positive experience, and I am hard at work on part 2!

I have a question on ettiquette..
If someone writes to me and provides their email address, am I supposed to respond to them with thanks? If I am, is there a way to do this without revealing my email address?

Thanks for taking the time on a new person.

Well, you don't have to send them thanks I don't suppose.. but if they don't give their membername you can't Private Message them through the system here.. so the only way to thank them (if you feel it requires thanking) would be to email them..

If you don't want to give away your email address, then I suggest creating an alternate email address for your identity here at Lit.. Tyr51@hotmail.com or something would work, and you would be able to keep your identity secret, if that is what you were wanting to know about not revealing your email address.

-Tolyk

 

[English Lady]

Hello and welcome I had read stories here for ages before I posted my own and I was quite happy with how it was accepted. I found the boards after posting my first story oh and i was so nervous posting in here with all the great writers!

Oh...fair warning the writing stories AND posting with these here great writers gets very addictive

 

[lucky-E-leven]

Congratulations on your first story and Welcome to the AH.



~lucky