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Permalink Reply by Maya Sloan on July 7, 2009 at 3:03pm

Hi Katie,

I'm a big fan! Thanks for friend-ing me!

Maya

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Permalink Reply by Zinta Aistars on July 8, 2009 at 5:55pm

I'm very much enjoying what I see here, too. Good to be on board, and looking forward to more.

My name is Zinta Aistars, and I am a bilingual writer and editor, born in the United States of immigrant parents from Latvia. Latvian was my first language, one of the oldest languages still spoken today - I hold dual citizenship. My first three books are in the Latvian language; my fourth, still in progress, is in English. My work (in both languages) appears in many publications, print and online. I make my living as a writer and editor for a large health care organization in the Midwest, freelance on the side, but creative writing will always remain my passion.

I am founder and editor-in-chief of the literary ezine, The Smoking Poet.

Stop by my page and say hello. I'm eager to connect with all the wise and writerly women here...

Z

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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth A. Kissling on July 9, 2009 at 5:00pm

Hi!

I just joined, after reading about SheWrites on one of the feminist blogs in my RSS reader (probably Feministing!). I'm a university professor, on professional leave, a.k.a. sabbatical, to work on my second book after a very stressful academic year. I'm hoping the site will a source of inspiration to write again.

Best,

EAK

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Permalink Reply by Robyn Su Miller on August 3, 2009 at 11:46am

Hello, all!

I just joined, on the heels of finishing my first attempt at screenwriting. Fun! But mostly I'm a poet.

Zinta, love your site...I smoke the very occasional cigar...and my last piece had a Sharpie used as a cigar prop!
I have a Latvian friend, too, so I'm grooving on your Latvian pride.

Well, I look forward to interacting with this awesome community!

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Permalink Reply by Barbara Sheridan on September 21, 2009 at 1:16pm

Hello,

I received a link to this site from an author's loop I belong to. Thanks for approving my membership.

~Barb Sheridan

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Permalink Reply by Vennie on September 21, 2009 at 7:07pm

I'm a newbie with you, Katie! I joined a while ago, but haven't had a chance to really delve in and explore the site (life changes). Now I'm here with more time on my hands, and I'm really looking forward to getting to know all of you incredible women.

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Permalink Reply by Sharni Montgomery on September 23, 2009 at 10:02pm

Hi there,
I'm a newbie - is this an American site? I am from Australia and what a great site this is.
I have just started a blog and I am learning like crazy but in very early days. I am really looking to meet other writers who have arrived at where I am just starting my journey to.
I am living in a small country town and really feel the need to connect with other writers, give and receive feedback - and to help each other on our journeys.
My goal is to really find my voice / niche in my current blog with ambition to have a book published one day.
I would really appreciate any help / feedback along the way.
Please feel free to check out the beginnings of my blog and I would appreciate any feedback. As I say, it is the beginning of the journey for me and need the wisdom of shewriters!!!
Thanks for having me!
http://chroniclesofsharnia-sharnanigans.blogspot.com/

Sharni

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Permalink Reply by Skyler White on September 28, 2009 at 5:12am

Hi! I’m Skyler White. My debut novel, and Falling, Fly, comes out March 2 from Berkley. It’s a dark fable of desire between a fallen angel and a self-medicating neuroscientist set in a steampunk Irish hell.

Olivia is a vampire bored with modernity. Tattooist, boyfriend, black-metal singer: everyone you don't love tastes the same. She returns to Ireland's subterranean L'Otel Matillide - the Hotel of the Damned - to bury her hope with her severed wings.

In this flame-papered, inertia-powered hotel, Olivia encounters Dominic O'Shaunnessey, a self-medicating neuroscientist plagued by impossible visions. Dominic, convinced that Olivia is delusional and not damned, urges her to enroll in his research study. His medication, he asserts, can cure her of mythology. She counters that his hallucinations are past-life memories and part of an ancient curse of repeated, remembered incarnations.

When his research and her despair collide in Ireland’s L’Otel Mathillide – a subterranean hell of beauty, demons and dreams – rationalist and angel unite in a clash of desire and damnation that threatens to destroy them both.

Many of the locations and several of the ideas for Falling came from a solo trip to Ireland in 2005 that was both a spiritual and a genetic quest. An adopted child of obviously Irish extraction, I took my “stones and whiskey” tour through the old abbeys and distilleries, looking for my Irish soul – a sense of connection to place or people. Much of what I found, both philosophically and geographically, underpins Falling, as well as the other books in the planned series, The Harrowing. I’ve just returned from a follow-up trip doing less personal, more factual research for my second book, Deus Inversus. I’ve written about that trip on my blog:
http://www.skylerwhite.com/blog-latest-news

I’m looking forward to getting to know this community. Please friend me here at the She Writes, and/or visit my official site to reach me on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LiveJournal, etc.

Thanks and I'm looking forward to getting to know many of you!

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Permalink Reply by Jay Whittaker on October 11, 2009 at 2:54pm

Hello, I'm new too and am still finding my way round. Good to be here though!

Jay

Skyler White said:

Hi! I’m Skyler White. My debut novel, and Falling, Fly, comes out March 2 from Berkley. It’s a dark fable of desire between a fallen angel and a self-medicating neuroscientist set in a steampunk Irish hell. Olivia is a vampire bored with modernity. Tattooist, boyfriend, black-metal singer: everyone you don't love tastes the same. She returns to Ireland's subterranean L'Otel Matillide - the Hotel of the Damned - to bury her hope with her severed wings.

In this flame-papered, inertia-powered hotel, Olivia encounters Dominic O'Shaunnessey, a self-medicating neuroscientist plagued by impossible visions. Dominic, convinced that Olivia is delusional and not damned, urges her to enroll in his research study. His medication, he asserts, can cure her of mythology. She counters that his hallucinations are past-life memories and part of an ancient curse of repeated, remembered incarnations.

When his research and her despair collide in Ireland’s L’Otel Mathillide – a subterranean hell of beauty, demons and dreams – rationalist and angel unite in a clash of desire and damnation that threatens to destroy them both.

Many of the locations and several of the ideas for Falling came from a solo trip to Ireland in 2005 that was both a spiritual and a genetic quest. An adopted child of obviously Irish extraction, I took my “stones and whiskey” tour through the old abbeys and distilleries, looking for my Irish soul – a sense of connection to place or people. Much of what I found, both philosophically and geographically, underpins Falling, as well as the other books in the planned series, The Harrowing. I’ve just returned from a follow-up trip doing less personal, more factual research for my second book, Deus Inversus. I’ve written about that trip on my blog:
http://www.skylerwhite.com/blog-latest-news

I’m looking forward to getting to know this community. Please friend me here at the She Writes, and/or visit my official site to reach me on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LiveJournal, etc.

Thanks and I'm looking forward to getting to know many of you!

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Permalink Reply by Sharon Cathcart on October 14, 2009 at 11:24am

Hello, everyone. I'm a new member, and author of both fiction and non-fiction. Please visit my author website for more information: Sharon E. Cathcart.

I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Compton on October 16, 2009 at 9:59pm

Hi ladies,

I'm a newbie here, too, and looking forward to meeting you and joining in some of the discussions. A friend on Facebook told me about the site. It looks great so far!

Julie

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Permalink Reply by Karla Carlson on October 17, 2009 at 6:30am

Hello,

My name is Karla and I am a stay at home mom / writer. I am new to the trade and right now am focusing on honing my skills and craft. I found the site and am excited to find my way around and see all it has to offer.

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