EDIT: New thread title. Sorry about that.

Hello fellow forum-ers, Tis I. . . .

Yeah. . .well. . .if you recognize me at all from this forum, you’ve probably noticed the links in my signature to my ebooks. I’m posting this today because I’m ecstatic that after a year-long wait, a major blog reviewed my novella – Nine Ides. The review is http://www.siftreviews.com/if you're curious. . . .

As a bit of background, I’ve dabbled in writing since middle school but never wrote anything substantial until after college. My first book-length story was - *waits for cosmic anvils to descend from on high* - a piece of fallout fanfiction. I wrote it for sheer enjoyment, because I loved Fallout 3, and the concept for the fanfic just wouldn’t get out of my head. So, roughly 105 hours later, I’d written http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1119444-child-of-atom/. And I had no idea what to do with it. . .Until I came here. . .

Bethforums was the first place I found to post my work for a little feedback - and after posting on fanfic.net, etc. - I can say that it was a great place to post because of the awesome community. Not only that, but it really got me into writing. I took part in many a fallout RP and wound up writing five more fanfics for this site.

A few friendly RPers suggested I try my hand at writing something original, so I did, and with their help, Nine Ides was born.

Now, as I wait for several other blogs to tear apart my ebook, I wanted to revel in the moment and thank a few Beth forum-ers for their help, insight, and encouragement - without which Nine Ides never would have been published.

A globe-crossing shout out to: SkirtWithAWeapon, TheKelttleIsOn, Fl8cobra, SchmutyBuncis, Ant1iV3, BlackHand4, Rapturian, Yttrium, Elvis, D.Foxy, and Old Andy.

If you like to write here's a list of helpful sites to get a sense of the community and hone your own craft.

Critiques: http://www.critiquecircle.com/ and http://www.authonomy.com/
Agents/Publishers: http://pred-ed.com/ and https://duotrope.com/.
General Writing / Publishing Tips: http://www.goodreads.com/and http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php/board,60.0.html.

Lately, I've been too busy with my new job to actually write, so I thought I'd share, and wish any other Beth authors out there a bit of good luck.

I was hoping for a thread where we could discuss our favorite books and devices, but instead was met with a self-advertising thread.

I don't know what else to say. What does one reply to this? Congrats?

This.

Really wasn't trying to self-advertise. I got a lot of help from people on Beth forums for that book and wanted to share the review. Thanks for the congrats.

If you want to discuss books you like this there's thread open http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1399196-whos-your-favorite-author/page__pid__21300847__st__60#entry21300847.

That's not ebook related, though. For example, it'd be quite inappropriate for me to post about howhttp://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/260191/get_dozens_of_free_business_and_it_ebooks_from_microsoft.html in there

Sorry you were mislead by the thread title.

Edit: Thanks for changing the title povuholo.

Nicely done Surfer



Now I'm gonna have to pay 2 bucks to read it, you know that right?