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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 2459562" data-attributes="member: 63">I want to meet every person on these boards. All 30,000+ of them.Tell me who you are, give us a bit of your life story, and we can get to know each other. For my own part, I'm a writer of fiction who has never had the patience for poetic forms. I prefer to experiment with prose structure and personal essays, though I admit I am jealous of those who have the restraint and artistry to create poetry under rigid rules.I have a wide circle of friends I have met through my alma mater, Emory University in Atlanta. Many of them are leaving now, heading off to careers or graduate programs, but I intend to stay here as a librarian and writer, hopefully getting a break with Cartoon Network or a publisher, once I finally finish this novel I'm working on. I started just over a year ago, right before I graduated, and I'm nearly done, but I've never explored the difficulties of publishing fiction.A lot of you also might be familiar with my gaming writing. With E.N. Publishing I have written or produced nearly a dozen D&D books, plus three issues of the short-lived EN World Gamer. If I'd chosen a more profitable niche to publish in, I'd be considered rather successful, but we don't have the capital to expand our operation. Still, I'm damned proud of my work, and I keep learning more with every book I put out. I'd love to expand to publishing fiction, but I'd hate to turn the company into a vanity press.As to why I started this thread, it ties in with a conversation I had just today with a friend of mine who's leaving Atlanta. I've known him for five years, and we met thanks to gaming. This good friend of mine pointed out that if I have a persistent problem in my life, it's that I'm too friendly and casual with people. With strangers I can be amiable and casual, and with good friends I'm very comfortable and close, but with just casual acquaintances, I sometimes assume we know each other well enough that socially taboo topics of conversation are okay. I have to stop myself from discussing a weekend's drinking party with my 30- and 40-something coworkers, and with my friends I'm blunt about who I really am, including the things I'm a little ashamed of.Now, I'm not trying to share naughty details of my life with you (but I have those, and heck, if you're curious, just ask). Rather, I'd like to get to know you on whatever level you're comfortable with.So, who are you? What's your story?</blockquote>

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