Authors, Writers, Publishers, and Book Readers

How did you find your way to Authors.com?

I was thinking today about how big the internet is and the vastness of its reach. And then I pondered on how we all find our little corners of happiness on the web. Authors.com is definitely one of mine! So tell me, how did you get here initially and discover our fab community? :D

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Permalink Reply by Steve Mekkelsen Madden on September 28, 2011 at 8:01pm

Hi Kay, I found authors.com simply by typing in www.authors.com. :-) I thought if anyone had it, it should pull up an interesting site that I can share and collaborate with. Fortunately for me, I was correct! :-)

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Permalink Reply by Abby Mains on October 1, 2011 at 5:11am

At my school, my fifth grade teacher told the class to look for poems on her recommended poetry sites. My friend Chandler was not following directions and went on the web and on this site and found my cousin Kenny Thurman. I just thought that it would be cool to be on a site where you can write your own poetry. When I got home from school, I stored this site on my electronic organizer and went on it and BAM!!!! I am here.

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Permalink Reply by Stacy Eaton on October 3, 2011 at 10:43pm

I love that this place is growing so much!

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Permalink Reply by Sean Noonan on October 4, 2011 at 12:03pm

Its quite active as well, Stacy. I am a member on some other sites such as Writers and Artists, good sites but not much interaction going on. Here if you ask a question people respond and you meet such nice folks too. ;)))

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Permalink Reply by Nevada Drake on October 6, 2011 at 5:30am

Now that I am in the middle of a move, it is difficult to remember how I came upon this site. Considering I had been following links concerning Indie publishers, I probably came across you through an article that began with links on Writer's Digest or Publisher's Weekly. Following links is my downfall. It can consume hours of my time. Fortunately, it always turns up treasures like this one.

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Permalink Reply by W.J. O'Neil on October 10, 2011 at 5:14pm

While researching helpful sites for new authors like me that I thought would be good enough to link to from mine I was lucky enough to stumble upon Authors.com. It is no doubt one of the best author sites I have found so far and I will assuredly be recommending it with a link from my sites. Thanks for the warm welcome and I'm truly glad I stumbled upon Authors.com.

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Permalink Reply by deirdre m casey on October 11, 2011 at 4:08pm

hey, great to be aboard! i found authors.com by looking for books by one of my favorite authors, of course i found nothing, but this great website. Now i can talk to people just like me who like to read.

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Permalink Reply by Sean Noonan on October 11, 2011 at 4:21pm

and write, Deirdrie. We have many good authors here. Welcome.

deirdre m casey said:

hey, great to be aboard! i found authors.com by looking for books by one of my favorite authors, of course i found nothing, but this great website. Now i can talk to people just like me who like to read.

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Permalink Reply by Gabriel Adeoluwa on October 11, 2011 at 8:44pm

I was helping my mom look for some journals online, getting frustrated, I typed authors into the search panel and found authors.com. i decided to try it out, the warm fuzziness of authors.com made me abort mission. i haven't found mom's journals up till today, not because i tried anyway.

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Permalink Reply by Christina on October 12, 2011 at 8:23pm

I actually work in online community management, and found Authors.com when I did a google search for readers and writers online communities. I used to manage the community for R&W at iVillage and have missed talking about books and authors since it went defunct several years ago. I've been so busy up until now *working* online that I haven't had much time to participate -- hoping to change that now :).

~Christina

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Permalink Reply by Stanley S. Thornton on October 12, 2011 at 10:14pm

Well, for me, I'm a new author. I am self-published, which means I have no real support behind me, other than my own efforts. It also means I have to stumble in the dark, trying to find my way. I'm sure I'm not the only one finding this process, sometimes frustrating. So I started looking around for a site like this, where other authors congregate. Being a self-published author is a pretty lonely way to go, so it's always less lonely to find others in the same boat with you.