Welcome to the Published Authors Network

[Shelagh Watkins]

Welcome to the forum! Please introduce yourself and say a little bit about yourself.

[Shelagh Watkins]

Hi Yvonne,

Welcome to the forum! You will find many friendly and helpful authors here. Good luck with the writing courses!

~Shelagh

[Shelagh Watkins]

Hi Kat,

Welcome to the forum! Good luck with the books!

~Shelagh

[Shelagh Watkins]

Hi Lauren,

Welcome to the forum! If you join the Published Authors Forum (link top left) you can post the chapter on the WIP board for critique. The board is private and will only show up after you have joined.

Good luck with your writing!

~Shelagh

[Shelagh Watkins]

Hi Dominic,

Welcome to the forum! Good luck with your writing! Sounds as though you have a wealth of experience to write about.

~Shelagh

[Tree Good]

Hello Everyone!
My name is Tree Good.
I am a soon-to-be 55 year-old Mohawk woman from the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in Ontario Canada.
I am very happily married to Big Al and we are both dog lovers. At the moment we have 3 but that number
changes from time to time because we take in any strays we find. Living in the country on a dead-end road,
we find dumped dogs fairly often. The most we've had at one time is 6.
I enjoy 4-wheeling, scrap-booking, country music and crocheting.
I still love hiking whenever the arthritis allows me to indulge in that passion, but what I enjoy above almost
everything else is curling up with a good book.
Many thanks to Zada Connaway for telling me about this site!
Looking forward to meeting and making many new friends here and finding some good reading material!
Tree Good.
Author of "The Language of Poetry Forms".

[Shelagh Watkins]

Hi Tree,

Welcome to the forum! I hope you make many new friends and enjoy your time here. Good luck with the poetry book!

~Shelagh

[domenic Pappalardo]

Like John Steinbeck, Franz Kafka, and Erni Pyle, this writer grew up in a dirty box-car rolling across the American countryside.

The folks I write about have eaten dirt, felt hunger, lived behind dumpsters, had their hearts broken. People in my tales are real people. I never make up a character. Those in my stories let you see what their thinking, and how they feel. Characters like Judge Dexter Stevens who would rather watch two rabbits at play, than an Atomic bomb. Like the Judge once said, "Anybody can build an atomic bomb, no one's ever built a rabbit yet."

Accomplishments
At times I've been on top of the barrel. I've been in the barrel. I've even been at the bottom of the barrel. But like most folks, being under the barrel is not new to me.

Friends
Homeless, Actors, hookers, dirt farmers, and dreamers.

Birth Place
West Upton Mass U.S.A.

Additional Information
I am a writer. If you see me standing across the street looking at you, be assured, I am writing you into a story, and you have become a character.

Contact Information
Shine a light into the night sky…wave it around three times.

[Shelagh Watkins]

Hi Dominic,

Welcome to the forum! You seem to have had the ideal upbringing for a writer.

~Shelagh

[Andre]

Hi, My name is Andre, otherwise known as 'the walking miracle guy' because 15 years ago, I was an adult illiterate,(English is not my first language) homeless, and living with cancer, depression and panic disorder. However, I am pleased to have been able to overcome all of them without drugs, therapist or coach. I also have never sat in a class room to learn to speak, read and write. I am self-taught

I had worked really hard to overcome all of the above mentioned dis-abilities. I have achieved a humble degree in philosophy. I qualified as a teacher, and now I write books on self-help.

I love this website. I find it most educating and inspiring. Thank you Madam for having me here.

[Shelagh Watkins]

Hi Andre,

Welcome to the forum! What a busy fifteen years! Congratulations on your degree and your books -- I wish you much success with them!

~Shelagh

[Norm Goldman]

Hi: I am the Publisher & Editor of the book reviewing and author interviewing site, bookpleasures.com.
We have been in existence since 2002 and we have posted over 4500 reviews and over 500 author interviews.

Our reviewers come from all over the globe including Pakistan, India, South Africa, England, USA, Canada, Egypt and many other countries.

I am also a top 500 Amazon reviewer.

Bookpleasures.com is always on the lookout for new books to review and we also welcome new reviewers to our group.

[Shelagh Watkins]

Hi Norm,

Welcome to the forum! Seven years of reviewing books from around the world is quite an achievement. I wish you continued success!

~Shelagh