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Hey Everybody!

Wow... no pressure right, first post on here!

My name is Rochelle and this is the first time I have ever engaged on a social network for writers! I'm excited, nervous, and uncertain of what to expect.

When I'm not writing I am being sucked into reality TV, drinking coffee (in desperate need of a coffee face lift!), gaming, hanging out with my six awesome pets, or my friends. I've recently found myself obsessed with mystery rooms, if you haven't tried them you have to!

I love reading almost anything but am drawn to unhappily ever afters, those are the stories I remember. I am highly interested in fantasy, science fiction, and antagonists I love to hate.

I have written a new adult speculative fiction entitled Apperception. As you can imagine with my love for antagonists I've created a charming, lovely monster. While I love my genre I am having a hard time finding my place in the new adult market. You know with all of that 50 shades going around.

I look forward to meeting amazing people on here, giving feedback, and hopefully receiving some as well!

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Arr, avast, Rochelle! (All the good nautical greetings were taken)

Sounds like you'll fit in marvelously here — a lot of fellow fantasy writers, as well as many more with a completely different perspective for inspiration to take you in completely different directions.

This was my first — and only — foray into online writer's forums, as well. Look forward to seeing you about the Colony!
 
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Rochelle said:
Hey Everybody!

Wow... no pressure right, first post on here!

My name is Rochelle and this is the first time I have ever engaged on a social network for writers! I'm excited, nervous, and uncertain of what to expect.

When I'm not writing I am being sucked into reality TV, drinking coffee (in desperate need of a coffee face lift!), gaming, hanging out with my six awesome pets, or my friends. I've recently found myself obsessed with mystery rooms, if you haven't tried them you have to!

I love reading almost anything but am drawn to unhappily ever afters, those are the stories I remember. I am highly interested in fantasy, science fiction, and antagonists I love to hate.

I have written a new adult speculative fiction entitled Apperception. As you can imagine with my love for antagonists I've created a charming, lovely monster. While I love my genre I am having a hard time finding my place in the new adult market. You know with all of that 50 shades going around.

I look forward to meeting amazing people on here, giving feedback, and hopefully receiving some as well!

Ro
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Welcome welcome, welcome to the mad house ;) Only joking.

I'm with you on the unhappily ever afters, though it is nice to get closure, it gives the fiction a truer to life feel if it''s not a Waltons ending.

Are you submitting your novel or have you already published it?
 
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Rochelle

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Welcome welcome, welcome to the mad house ;) Only joking.

I'm with you on the unhappily ever afters, though it is nice to get closure, it gives the fiction a truer to life feel if it''s not a Waltons ending.

Are you submitting your novel or have you already published it?
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Submitting unsuccessfully thus far but I've just sent out a handful more so we'll see, fingers crossed!
 
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Hey Rochelle! Welcome! Your story sounds cool, I love the bad guys and monsters! One thing I've got to ask (because Google brought up a bunch of things), what are mystery rooms? At first I thought you meant those hidden object games... but now I'm finding rooms you don't know where you're going, escape rooms, and the list goes on! Halp! :p Also, what pets have you got? We've got a fair few animal lovers here I think!
 
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Hey Rochelle! Welcome! Your story sounds cool, I love the bad guys and monsters! One thing I've got to ask (because Google brought up a bunch of things), what are mystery rooms? At first I thought you meant those hidden object games... but now I'm finding rooms you don't know where you're going, escape rooms, and the list goes on! Halp! :p Also, what pets have you got? We've got a fair few animal lovers here I think!
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Mystery rooms or escape rooms are usually 45 min- 60 mins you are locked in a themed room with nothing (sometimes in the dark) and your goal is to put together a series of clues to escape. Sometimes there are 5 rooms to escape from and sometimes only 1. It's different based on the room but very reasonably priced and a good time!

I have a cat, dog, turtle, a Lizard, and two snakes (one big one little)

Do you have any pets?
 
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You will find that many of us have cats. And love to share pictures of them. In fact....
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Here are my two goofballs. If I had a bigger apartment, and the energy/time to keep up with one, I'd have a puppy, too. But for now, I settle for visiting my parents every few weeks and seeing my childhood pup there (okay, he's a little older than a pup, but he'll always be a puppy). :)
 
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Cats are so awesome! I need to get some pictures of all the cats next door to my parent's house. They live next door to a cat foster person and there are so many wandering around!

Aaah, turtles are so cool. I'd love one! They look so wise, I think I'd visit mine with all my problems! I have a few pets. Cats, ferrets, rabbits (not near the ferrets :p), axolotls, and fish.

I can't remember if I've asked this before, but do we have a pet picture thread? I know it would be really off-topic for a writing forum, but heck, we have a psychopath test thread, haha!
 
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Karen Gray

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I don't have cats anymore :( Hubby developed a severe allergy to ours so all 3 had to find new homes :( (hubby is on immune suppressants to try and control his Crohns)
We now have 2 dogs and 5 "unicorns" minus 3 cats. Gads that's maths with animals!
 
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