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Welcome.
« on: September 16, 2018, 01:11:30 AM »
Welcome to the forum.

This is a place for writers to discuss anything about writing, and readers to discuss books. To this end, various areas have been created to keep things on topic. Anything else can be discussed in the Off Topic areas.

The forum has 2 aspects to it. Public areas, and Member only areas.

In Public areas, everything you post will be indexed into Google and other search engines.

In Member only areas, post should be private. (If anyone discovers they are not, let me know.)

Choose wisely which area to post in. If you make a mistake or change your mind about where you made a new thread, contact me or a moderator to get it moved. If it appears obvious it is in the wrong place, it probably will be moved. If it gets moved and this bothers you, by all means ask us to move it back.

The only real rule here is to BE NICE. Although some areas will have their own rules, such as to avoid over-promotion and spam.

There is a moderation statement here, please read it. https://writersanctum.com/index.php?topic=9.0

If you want to make suggestions for forum layout changes, use the area for this purpose.

If you have a problem, let me know. I cant fix what I dont know about.

Please bear with us as the forum goes through its birthing pains.

« Last Edit: January 11, 2019, 01:21:42 PM by TimothyEllis »
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Re: Welcome.
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2018, 05:51:21 AM »
Thank you for taking so much time out of your schedule and setting this up for us, it looks awesome and I am loving the changes!  :grouphug:

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« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2018, 06:06:06 AM »
Thank you. Very much appreciated.
 

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« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2018, 07:08:14 AM »
Thank you! I love this place already. The smileys bring so many cool memories from the old days!

 :roll: :roll: :banana: :roll: :roll:

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CoraBuhlert

Re: Welcome.
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2018, 08:33:03 AM »
Thanks for setting this up, Timothy.  :banana: :smilie_zauber: :band: :grouphug:

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Jeff Tanyard

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« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2018, 02:08:13 PM »
Thanks, Timothy.  Nice to see a large collection of smileys.   :icon_mrgreen:
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Re: Welcome.
« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2018, 02:19:12 PM »
Thanks, Timothy.  Nice to see a large collection of smileys.   :icon_mrgreen:

See one elsewhere you want here, let me know where and what.  :icon_mrgreen:

I added a few this morning.
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Jeff Tanyard

Re: Welcome.
« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2018, 02:21:46 PM »
Thanks, Timothy.  Nice to see a large collection of smileys.   :icon_mrgreen:

See one elsewhere you want here, let me know where and what.  :icon_mrgreen:

I added a few this morning.


Lol... awesome.  I'll totally take you up on that.   :icon_mrgreen:
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Re: Welcome.
« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2018, 04:31:24 PM »
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Re: Welcome.
« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2018, 10:29:43 AM »
Timothy, thanks so much for taking the time to do this. Given that kb evolved from kindle to writerly discussions, it was high time the Writer's Café was organized. Seems like VS did a favor. Onwards!


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Re: Welcome.
« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2018, 11:56:33 AM »
Timothy, thanks so much for taking the time to do this. Given that kb evolved from kindle to writerly discussions, it was high time the Writer's Café was organized. Seems like VS did a favor. Onwards!

I've campaigned there several time to get the writers area expanded, but they ignored all calls.
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Mark Gardner

Re: Welcome.
« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2018, 05:15:31 AM »
I feel sorry for those professionals who "gave VerticalScrape the benefit of the doubt." It looks like I -just- made the cutoff to have my account deleted. I suspect that this forum may be the future home for many kBoards refugees.
 

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« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2018, 04:32:29 PM »
Thanks, Timothy, for creating this forum. :hug:
 

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Re: Welcome.
« Reply #13 on: September 20, 2018, 05:30:03 PM »
Thanks Timothy!  :icon_biggrin:
 

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Re: Welcome.
« Reply #14 on: September 20, 2018, 10:59:52 PM »
Thank you!  Looks lovely!  :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em  <-----Lmfao.
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Re: Welcome.
« Reply #15 on: September 20, 2018, 11:12:30 PM »
Thanks Timothy. As a testament to my relief at the formation of Writer Sanctum, I've gone so far as to register, which is more than I did at The Other Place  :banana:

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Re: Welcome.
« Reply #16 on: September 21, 2018, 01:43:25 AM »
Thanks Timothy for creating Writersanctum.

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« Reply #17 on: September 21, 2018, 01:48:58 AM »
Thank you so much for creating this space for writers.  :heart: :heart: :heart:
 

R H Auslander

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« Reply #18 on: September 21, 2018, 02:11:56 AM »
Thanks, Timothy! Great site and I have an inkling of the work you've put in it.
 

Cathleen

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« Reply #19 on: September 21, 2018, 02:37:01 AM »
Thank so much for all the work you put in to making a new home for indie writers, Timothy. But I currently have smiley envy. Where do all the smileys live?
 

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« Reply #20 on: September 21, 2018, 03:23:41 AM »
Things are looking up. Thanks, Timothy!
 

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Re: Welcome.
« Reply #21 on: September 21, 2018, 04:07:11 AM »
GEEEEEZ, I get distracted by hurricane Florence, come back, and bedamned if a hurricane didn't hit online, too. AND looks like I missed out on the opportunity to delete my other profile which is just the cherry on top.  :shocked:

Loving the smileys, though.  :icon_rofl:

Thank you for this!

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« Reply #22 on: September 21, 2018, 04:07:48 AM »
Thanks! :mhk9U91:
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oganalp

Re: Welcome.
« Reply #23 on: September 21, 2018, 05:44:52 AM »
Thank you! I was feeling like a fish out of water with all the kb chaos going on. I still have so much to learn from you people. Cheers!

cecilia_writer

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« Reply #24 on: September 21, 2018, 05:50:42 AM »
Thank you, Timothy - I felt as if I had blinked and missed everything but have (almost) caught up. Great that you've sprung into action so quickly.
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« Reply #25 on: September 21, 2018, 08:06:22 AM »
Hello good  people.   :mhk9U91:  I hope you folks don't mind someone stepping out of writing lurkdom to sign on this board. 
 
Work and life events had me step back from the writing world for two years or so, but I've got some actual me/writing time again and here I am.  E-pub closings have left me with a sizeable backlist I'm staring to revise and hope to get back out there sooner than later.  I hope to make some new writing friends and absorb some of your self-publishing wisdom.

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Gabriella

Re: Welcome.
« Reply #26 on: September 21, 2018, 12:07:51 PM »
Hah... I see the smileys now!  :hug: so cute.

Thanks for making it LOOK so much like Kboards, Timothy. I really wasn't expecting that. The familiarity is comforting.

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« Reply #27 on: September 23, 2018, 02:44:53 AM »
Thank you so much for creating this forum and giving us a new home. Even though I was largely a lurker at KB, it's still great to have this new place that happens to be run by an author, which makes me feel more at home. Cheers! :)
 

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« Reply #28 on: September 23, 2018, 02:57:04 AM »
Thank you for having me.  :hug: Feels nice to be onboard at the start of something warm and wonderful.  Hoping to lurk less and participate more.  :eek:
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« Reply #29 on: September 23, 2018, 03:05:11 AM »
Thanks for setting this up. Hi everyone.
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Re: Welcome.
« Reply #30 on: September 23, 2018, 04:09:59 PM »

Thank you for this haven,   :grouphug:   Timothy. Glad to register (which is rare for me).

Looks good!.  :Tup5a:
 

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Re: Welcome.
« Reply #31 on: September 23, 2018, 10:41:39 PM »
Hi Everybody,
Thanks so much for doing this Timothy.
I love the set-up of WriterSanctum. I can't wait to get inside and meet everyone again.

 

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« Reply #32 on: September 24, 2018, 11:14:25 PM »
Thanks for doing this Timothy. I'm not a huge poster over on KB, nor prob will I be here. I'm a - prefer my paid forum with team of awesome mods kinda gal. But I'm happy there's a place if KB sinks into the ocean because despite it's many faults its needed. Thank for taking this on! Grin
 

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« Reply #33 on: September 25, 2018, 04:09:15 AM »
Good to see some avatars I recognise  :cool: . I'm only posting so I can try out the smilies  grint:banana: . Please don't have too many. I used to correspond with a friend via Skype text and emoticons. We gave up using the emoticons because there were simply too many and it wasted time looking for the ones we wanted, and I didn't know what many of them were supposed to be  :undecided:

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« Reply #34 on: September 26, 2018, 01:43:32 AM »
Hello good  people.   :mhk9U91:  I hope you folks don't mind someone stepping out of writing lurkdom to sign on this board. 
 
Work and life events had me step back from the writing world for two years or so, but I've got some actual me/writing time again and here I am.  E-pub closings have left me with a sizeable backlist I'm staring to revise and hope to get back out there sooner than later.  I hope to make some new writing friends and absorb some of your self-publishing wisdom.

Exactly my thoughts. :D So: Hello everyone! Hope you don't mind another lurker joining you.

Also Thanks @Timothy for setting this up. I am so glad this community (and its wisdom :angel:) won't be lost.
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Re: Welcome.
« Reply #35 on: September 28, 2018, 08:36:57 AM »
I'm here. I made it. I loved WC for the mods and the authors so when you guys decamped, I followed. Many good people still there but I'll probably lurk. This will be my third time trying to settle into a forum that doesn't melt down on me. (first AW and now WC) Third time's the charm, right?
Thank you Timothy for making this happen and when we all get our bearings, hopefully a "many hands make light work" sort of thing will happen.
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« Reply #36 on: October 01, 2018, 06:40:36 PM »
Thank you for setting this up, Timothy. It's good to see so many familiar faces.
 

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« Reply #37 on: October 01, 2018, 11:35:27 PM »
Glad to see everything is up and running again  :clap

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« Reply #38 on: October 02, 2018, 04:02:10 PM »
Hello! I'm new and want to say hello and thank you for creating this place.  :band:  (And maybe make sure my signature looks okay also...)
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« Reply #39 on: October 18, 2018, 12:22:07 PM »
Thank you for creating this, Timothy! 

I'm mostly in Lurk Mode lately due to health issues and work, but I was watching the whole Kboards debacle and promptly deleted my signature, all pictures and blurbs, and have been slowly overwriting my 1100+ posts there.

It's nice to have the signature back AND be able to include all three of my pen names.

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« Reply #40 on: October 18, 2018, 08:20:28 PM »
:mhk9U91:  <-- Me waving to familiar "faces."

Hey, Judy! Nice to see you.  :mhk9U91: {Waves back}

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« Reply #41 on: October 25, 2018, 07:00:24 PM »
Thank you Timothy for setting this up.
I was only a lurker at kboards and watched its collapse with dismay but this forum seems to have hit the ground running with lots of useful discussions which I hope to be more active in.  :littleclap
 

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« Reply #42 on: November 02, 2018, 01:33:03 AM »
Another KB lurker checking in. Thanks for setting this place up - hoping to learn and contribute.
 

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« Reply #43 on: November 30, 2018, 09:38:51 PM »
Thanks, Timothy. Lots of familiar avatars.  Grin
 

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« Reply #44 on: December 12, 2018, 02:39:32 AM »
Finally got around to registering here. I didn't post a lot over at the other place, but I plan to get more involved now. Good to see all the familiar faces whose posts I learned so much from over there.
 

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« Reply #45 on: January 11, 2019, 01:02:27 PM »
Thanks for setting this place up!  You might also want to update the Moderation Statement link.
 

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« Reply #46 on: January 11, 2019, 01:22:29 PM »
Thanks for setting this place up!  You might also want to update the Moderation Statement link.

Good catch.  :doh:
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« Reply #47 on: January 11, 2019, 02:07:00 PM »
Thanks for setting this place up!  You might also want to update the Moderation Statement link.

Good catch.  :doh:

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« Reply #48 on: January 22, 2019, 08:31:05 AM »
Okay. Everyone can relax… I’m here now. (←That was satire… actually, you can all snort now at my arrival.  Grin) I would like to ditto-thank the forum owner/creator for establishing this site. May it grow, take off, succeed, and then flourish to a monster-level of bougie-ness you’d never envisioned! ;) You have my best wishes for a successful future; I'm looking forward to seeing it grow.

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