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Hello.

I'm Ged. I have just joined up.

I'm not sure what it's all about, but really what I'm looking for is some sort of re-action to my efforts at writing a novel. It is the next logical thing to do after recording in excess of 105000 words. I need to know whether its a load of old drivel or if there is any merit in my creation.

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Comment by Kay Elizabeth on January 27, 2012 at 4:10am: Welcome aboard, Ged. :) Rob Bacon, who's the Editor and Owner of The Perfect Write, offers a free opening chapter critique up to 5000 words. You can find out more here: http://theperfectwrite.com/home/

Hope that helps! He's a member here too so you can send him a message via your Inbox if you want to ask anything. :) I know Rob and he's a very nice man to deal with.

This is his profile : http://www.authors.com/profile/RobertLBacon

Comment by Rosemary Smith on January 30, 2012 at 9:37pm: Hi there, Ged, I guess we all feel the way you do. We struggle to put those words on the pages and then we worry about whether somebody will want to read them or not. LOL... I just put out my first attempt at doing one in e-book only and I have no idea of how to even know if anyone bought it or not....other than waiting to see if a check comes in the mail....I see other people talking about tracking their sales...but I wouldn't begin to know how to do that.....maybe I missed some fine print on the publishing site somewhere....

You can find a "pre-viewer"....Just post a note and prepare to be swamped by people who want to read your stuff......take what they say and keep what you think is helpful and ignore the stuff that ticks you off....LOL

Join as many writers groups in Linked-in as you find that interest you. I found an editor there and there are others waiting in the pages and posts , so there is no shortage....just be careful and ask a lot of questions.....some seem terribly expensive to me......